Re: [PATCH] Re: crc32 and lib.a (was Re: [PATCH] nbd in 2.5.3 does not

Jeff Garzik (garzik@havoc.gtf.org)
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:08:42 -0500


On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 02:59:04PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote:
> As a side note, this thing is so tiny (less than 4K on sparc64!) so
> why don't we just include it unconditionally instead of having all
> of this "turn it on for these drivers" stuff?

Does that 4K include the BE and LE crc tables?

<shrug> I don't mind much either way, except that I am general
resistant to "turn this on unconditionally" for bloat reasons.
[ie. its a reflex :)]

Jeff

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