Re: MIPS checksum bug

To:	macro@linux-mips.org
Subject:	Re: MIPS checksum bug
From:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Date:	Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:27:05 +0900 (JST)
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:46:56 +0100 (BST), "Maciej W. Rozycki" 
<macro@linux-mips.org> wrote:
> > Well, csum_partial()'s return value is __wsum (32-bit).  So strictly
> > there is no need to folding into 16-bit.
> 
>  Hmm, what's the purpose of doing the fold in csum_partial() then?

Well, maybe odd-byte handling requires 16-bit holded values?

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Atsushi Nemoto

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