Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262143AbUCVR17 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:27:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262147AbUCVR17 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:27:59 -0500 Received: from rtp-iport-2.cisco.com ([64.102.122.149]:49570 "EHLO rtp-iport-2.cisco.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262143AbUCVR14 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:27:56 -0500 X-BrightmailFiltered: true To: Jeff Garzik Cc: James Morris , Jouni Malinen , "David S. Miller" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matt_Domsch@dell.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/libcrc32c implementation References: <405F1B99.3050707@pobox.com> From: Clay Haapala Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc. SRBU Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAHlBMVEXl5ufMrp3a4OLr6ujO lXzChGmsblZzRzjF1+ErFRAz+KIaAAACVElEQVR4nG3TQW/aMBQAYC9IO88dguyWUomqt0DQ do7koO22SXFQb6uE7XIMKrFya+mhPk8D43+79+wMyrp3gnx59nvxMxmNEnIWycgH+U9E55CO rkZJ8hYipbXTdfcvQK/Xy6JF2zqI+qpbjZAszSDG2oXYp0FI5mOqbAeuDtLBdeuO8fNVxkzr E9jklKEgQWsppYYf9v4IE3i/4RiVRPneQTpoXSM8QA7un3QZQ2cl54wXIH7VDwEmrdOiZBgF V5BiLwLM4B3BS0ZpB24d4IvzW+QIc7/JIcAQIadF2eeUzn3FAa6xWFYUotjIRmLB7vEvCC4t VAugpTrC2FleLBm2wVnlAc7Dl2u5L1UozgWCjTxMW+vb4GVVFhWWFSCdKmgDMhaNFoxL3bSH rc/Irn1/RcWlh+UqNgHeNwishJ1L6LCpjdmGz76RmFGyuSwLgLUxJhyUlLA7fHMpeSGVPsFA wqtK4voI8RE+I3DsDpfamSNMpIBTKrF1yIpPMA0AzQPU5gSwCTyC/aEAtX4NM6gLM3CCziBT jRR+StQ/AA8a7AMuwxn0YAmcRKnVGwDRiOcw3uMWlajgAJsAPbw4OIpwrH3/vdq9B7hpl7GD w61A4PxwSqyH9J25gePnYdqhYjjZ5s6QCb3bwvOLJWPBFvCvWVDSthYmcff44IcacOUOt1Yv yGCF1+twuQtQCPjzZIaK/Lrx9+6b7TKEdXTwgz8R+uJv5K1jOcWMnO7NJ3v/QlprnzP1deUe 8j4CpVE82MRj4j5SHGDnfvul8uGwjqNnpf4Ak4pzJDIy3lkAAAAASUVORK5CYII= Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:27:39 -0600 In-Reply-To: <405F1B99.3050707@pobox.com> (Jeff Garzik's message of "Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:00:09 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110001 (No Gnus v0.1) XEmacs/21.5 (celeriac, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1277 Lines: 31 On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Jeff Garzik spake thusly: > Clay Haapala wrote: >> This patch agains 2.6.4 kernel code implements the CRC32C >> algorithm. The routines are based on the same design as the >> existing CRC32 code. Licensing is intended to be identical (GPL). >> The immediate customer of this code is the wrapper code in >> crypto/crc32c, available in another patch. > > > Why not call it 'crc32c' like its cousin crc32, rather than the > less-similar 'libcrc32c'? Violates the Principle of Least Surprise > ;-) > > Jeff The module under crypto is call "crc32c", which would conflict, UIASM. I'd entertain any reasonable naming. For a bit, undercrypto, I was calling that module "crc32c_wrap", but that looked ugly, too, but probably is more PLS-compliant. :-) -- Clay Haapala (chaapala@cisco.com) Cisco Systems SRBU +1 763-398-1056 6450 Wedgwood Rd, Suite 130 Maple Grove MN 55311 PGP: C89240AD Of course the drugs advertised in all those emails are safe. Show me the dead spammers! (Please!) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/