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Re: [gNewSense-users] [RFC] possible blob in linux-ubuntu-modules
From: |
Eric Padman |
Subject: |
Re: [gNewSense-users] [RFC] possible blob in linux-ubuntu-modules |
Date: |
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:11:57 +1200 |
On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 14:50 -0500, Ivan Camilo Jimenez Perez wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First, sorry for the blank message I sent last time, I hit 'send'
> unintentionally.
>
> Now, verifying the freedom of the .../ubuntu/wireless/p80211 directory of
> package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24, I encountered the file p80211wep.c which
> contains a table of 256 hex values.
> I'd like to know if it qualify as a blob or is something part of the
> algorithm for the CRC (which the table is for). I guess it's the second.
>
> The table is in:
>
> /* Local Static Definitions */
>
> static const UINT32 wep_crc32_table[256] = {
> <hex values>
> };
>
> Thanks,
>
> Iván Jiménez
Hi Iván,
It's hard to tell. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable about this than
me can help you out some more. Perhaps you would like to contact the
linux-wlan devs mentioned in the file and ask them to explain exactly
what the purpose of this block is and where these values are derived
from.
* Inquiries regarding the linux-wlan Open Source project can be
* made directly to:
*
* AbsoluteValue Systems Inc.
* address@hidden
* http://www.linux-wlan.com
Cheers,
Eric (MentalNotes)
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