Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:36:45 +0400 | | From | Andrey Panin <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] 2.6.7-mm2, Use it in AX.25 drivers | |
On 180, 06 28, 2004 at 06:53:54PM +0200, Thomas Sailer wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 14:52, Andrey Panin wrote:
> > This patch makes AX.25 drivers use common crc16 code.
>
> Hrm, isn't this bit of a misnamer?
>
> While the polynomial usually known as "CCITT" or "X25" is
> x^16+x^12+x^5+x^0, CRC-16 usually means the polynomial
> x^16+x^15+x^2+x^0. So to avoid confusion I suggest renaming it from
> CRC16 to CRCCCITT or similar...
Yeah I see, it's really CCITT CRC and it's really misnamed :(
I'll post a patch to fix it (probably tomorrow).
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