gnewsense-users
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

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

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part


reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]