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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Debug and error messages in AIXv3 device drivers and kernel extensions
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Date: 29 May 91 18:31:48 GMT
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marc@mercutio.ultra.com (Marc Kwiatkowski {Host Software-AIX}) writes:
[a bunch of things I'm not able to answer]
>	If the conscientious programmer wants to stick to the
>	recommended VPD format, s/he must write her/his own
>	CRC calculation routine, since one was not provided
>	as a basic kernel extension.

I can't argue with the other stuff, but there is a CRC routine
included as a sample in /usr/lpp/bos/samples/ciodd.c.

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