Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: crc32 cleanups | Date | Fri, 12 Oct 2001 21:04:38 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> said:
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> We must consider the case where the kernel is built, and then a random > 3rd party module comes along that needs crc32 features. An ar library > won't cut it, and neither will [the existing crc32 method of] patching > linux/lib/crc32.c. That leaves (a) unconditionally building it into the > kernel, or (b) Makefile and Config.in rules.
(b) won't work if my kernel has no CRC32 modules, and a random 3rd party module needs it. So it looks like firm builtin is the only real option (a). -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Vin~a del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616 - 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/
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