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SubjectRe: [patch] longstanding chksum patch
[i wasn't going to continue this thread, but...]

> interface. All string functions works careless about the alignment of the
> buffers, and the same should be done by the chksum routine. I don't want

Umm, the ip checksum has nothing to do with any string routines.
The ip checksum is defined in terms of _16-bit_ _words_.
[hence different aligment requirements]


> all callers are using 32bit aligned buffers, that's not my point at all.

yeah, if we ignore this tiny detail then I can see your patch making
sense :^)


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