Re: [PATCH] crc: Add PCLMUL implementation

[Jim Meyering]

As soon as this is added to gnulib, I'll be happy to prepare for a new
gzip release that includes it.

On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 9:45 AM Sam Russell <sam.h.russell@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I should also add that I'm planning long term to try and get the major open 
> source tools (e.g. gzip) using the most efficient algorithms for CRC32, so 
> there will be more patches coming in future to match the ones I've submitted 
> to coreutils. Are there any volunteers to be maintainer for these?
>
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 17:52 Sam Russell <sam.h.russell@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I'd prefer of the crc PCLMUL feature is "opt-in" from a package
>> > maintainer point of view.
>>
>> fine by me, this just requires a change to the build script then? the 
>> binding in crc.c has #ifdefs around it already
>>
>> > So this would be removed.
>>
>> ok, so we just need crc pclmul to be explicitly flagged on by a downstream 
>> maintainer to make it work? I'll look into how to make that work
>>
>> > Add yourself as maintainer of the new module please :)
>>
>> I can't commit to being a maintainer, but I can commit to being available 
>> for a few months in the case of any bugs arising. My goal here is improving 
>> the speed of gzip, would it be a better bet to work directly with them to 
>> get it included there?
>>