EFI_CRC32

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Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME

efi_crc32 - EFI version of crc32 function  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

u32 efi_crc32 (const void * buf, unsigned long len);  

ARGUMENTS

buf
buffer to calculate crc32 of len - length of buf
len
-- undescribed --
 

DESCRIPTION

Returns EFI-style CRC32 value for buf

This function uses the little endian Ethernet polynomial but seeds the function with ~0, and xor's with ~0 at the end. Note, the EFI Specification, v1.02, has a reference to Dr. Dobbs Journal, May 1994 (actually it's in May 1992).


 

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