Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 01:50:33 +0200
From: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: marcelo@conectiva.com.br, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Shared crc32 for 2.4.
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On 05.17, David Woodhouse wrote:
> This has been needed for a long time... please pull from
> master.kernel.org:/home/dwmw2/BK/crc32-2.4 or apply the GNU patch below.
> 
> I can resend for 2.4.22-pre1 if you prefer, but it's been working in 2.5
> and in various other 2.4 trees for a while now so I'm sending it now
> anyway.
> 

This works if crc32.o is compiled as a module, but does not work if it is
built into the kernel. For example, crc32_le symbol does not appear
in System.map nor vmlinux.
For me, it failed with 8390.o ans 8139too.o. But just because they are the
only drivers needing crc32 that I build.

TIA

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