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Re: [gNewSense-users] [RFC] possible blob in linux-ubuntu-modules
From: |
Karl Goetz |
Subject: |
Re: [gNewSense-users] [RFC] possible blob in linux-ubuntu-modules |
Date: |
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:38:12 +0930 |
On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 10:11 +1200, Eric Padman wrote:
> 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.
If the reply is unclear, mark the package as such.
kk
>
> * 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)
--
Karl Goetz,
Debian user / Ubuntu contributor / gNewSense contributor
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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