Re: [PATCH 4/4] 2.6.7-mm2, Use it in AX.25 drivers

[Thomas Sailer]

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...

Tom

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