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SubjectRe: [PATCH] lib/libcrc32c implementation
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



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