From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 18:20:20 +0200
> Use generic kernel CRC32 implementation because it:
> 1. Should be faster (uses lookup tables),
> 2. Removes duplicated CRC generation code,
> 3. Uses well-proven algorithm instead of coding it one more time.
>
> Suggested-by: Eri
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
> Sent: 23 July 2018 17:20
> Use generic kernel CRC32 implementation because it:
> 1. Should be faster (uses lookup tables),
Are you sure?
The lookup tables are unlikely to be in the data cache and
the 6 cache misses kill performance.
(Not that it particularly matters whe
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
> Sent: 24 July 2018 12:12
...
> >> Not tested on hardware.
> >
> > Have you verified that the old and new functions give the
> > same result for a few mac addresses?
> > It is very easy to use the wrong bits in crc calculations
> > or generate the output in the wrong bit
On 24 July 2018 at 13:05, David Laight wrote:
> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
>> Sent: 23 July 2018 17:20
>> Use generic kernel CRC32 implementation because it:
>> 1. Should be faster (uses lookup tables),
>
> Are you sure?
> The lookup tables are unlikely to be in the data cache and
> the 6 cache mis
