Hi all,

now I managed to use lib/crc32. Obviously the patch looks a lot better
now!

Regards,
Jan

> Hi,
> 
> I tried to use those "in-kernel" functions, but they seem to do little
> different CRC calculations. Unfortunately I don't have any experiences
> with CRC stuff, anyone able to help here?
> 
> Regards,
> Jan
> 
> >  >+/* This table is needed for efficient CRC32 calculation */
> >  >+static const unsigned long crc_table[8][256] = {
> >  >+ {
> >  >+ 0x00000000UL, 0x77073096UL, 0xee0e612cUL, 0x990951baUL, 0x076dc419UL,
> >  
> > First, by using "unsigned long", you may be doubling the size on most 64 bit 
> > platforms. Second, I'm pretty sure there is a standard implementation of 
> > several CRCs already in the kernel - is there a reason not to use one of them 
> > (e.g. a different polynomial)?
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