Re: [PATCH] Using Intel CRC32 instruction to accelerate CRC32c algorithm by new crypto API.

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:10:25PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote:

How about making crc32c an inline function then?
On processors that have this feature, this compiles to that single
instruction, plus whatever setup it needs. Nice and efficient.
On other processors, either inline the algorithm or inline
a call to an out of line function, depending on how bulky this is.

Please read the thread carefully.  Being a single instruction
is nothing special.  The same thing applies for other algorithms
too, e.g., AES is also just a single instruction with the VIA
PadLock (and Intel in future).

The crypto API has handled this just fine.

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