crc32: add note about this patchset to crc32.c
authorBob Pearson <rpearson@systemfabricworks.com>
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:02:24 +0000 (15:02 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:58:38 +0000 (16:58 -0700)
Add a comment at the top of crc32.c

[djwong@us.ibm.com: Minor changelog tweaks]
Signed-off-by: Bob Pearson <rpearson@systemfabricworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
lib/crc32.c

index 4eac9c770cd42a7fcf7e3760735a15d01b2d0991..a1a5145a93ba0a96d8207bdf048e697c50129f61 100644 (file)
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 /*
+ * Aug 8, 2011 Bob Pearson with help from Joakim Tjernlund and George Spelvin
+ * cleaned up code to current version of sparse and added the slicing-by-8
+ * algorithm to the closely similar existing slicing-by-4 algorithm.
+ *
  * Oct 15, 2000 Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
  * Nicer crc32 functions/docs submitted by linux@horizon.com.  Thanks!
  * Code was from the public domain, copyright abandoned.  Code was