>Number:         7754
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       The code to calculate an ethernet FCS is needlessly duplicated
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jun 10 15:20:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Lloyd Parkes
>Organization:
Victoria University of Wellington
>Release:        NetBSD-1.4
>Environment:
All NetBSDs
>Description:
The code to calculate an ethernet FCS is duplicated in a number of
drivers. Since this is a MI algorithm, and common to all ethernet 
devices, the code should be centralised. Since this code is used to
calculate multicast filters more often than it is used to check a
FCS, it doesn't need to be heavily optimised. i.e. a MI implementation
will do just fine.
>How-To-Repeat:


>Fix:

I'm working on it, but it isn't hard.
>Audit-Trail:
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