nes-proj/core/lib/crc16.h
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/** \addtogroup lib
* @{ */
/**
* \defgroup crc16 Cyclic Redundancy Check 16 (CRC16) calculation
*
* The Cyclic Redundancy Check 16 is a hash function that produces a
* checksum that is used to detect errors in transmissions. The CRC16
* calculation module is an iterative CRC calculator that can be used
* to cumulatively update a CRC checksum for every incoming byte.
*
* @{
*/
/**
* \file
* Header file for the CRC16 calculcation
* \author
* Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
*
*/
/*
* Copyright (c) 2005, Swedish Institute of Computer Science
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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*
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* SUCH DAMAGE.
*
* This file is part of the Contiki operating system.
*
* @(#)$Id: crc16.h,v 1.4 2008/10/15 14:17:28 nvt-se Exp $
*/
#ifndef __CRC16_H__
#define __CRC16_H__
/**
* \brief Update an accumulated CRC16 checksum with one byte.
* \param b The byte to be added to the checksum
* \param crc The accumulated CRC that is to be updated.
* \return The updated CRC checksum.
*
* This function updates an accumulated CRC16 checksum
* with one byte. It can be used as a running checksum, or
* to checksum an entire data block.
*
* \note The algorithm used in this implementation is
* tailored for a running checksum and does not perform as
* well as a table-driven algorithm when checksumming an
* entire data block.
*
*/
unsigned short crc16_add(unsigned char b, unsigned short crc);
/**
* \brief Calculate the CRC16 over a data area
* \param data Pointer to the data
* \param datalen The length of the data
* \param crc The accumulated CRC that is to be updated (or zero).
* \return The CRC16 checksum.
*
* This function calculates the CRC16 checksum of a data area.
*
* \note The algorithm used in this implementation is
* tailored for a running checksum and does not perform as
* well as a table-driven algorithm when checksumming an
* entire data block.
*/
unsigned short crc16_data(const unsigned char *data, int datalen,
unsigned short acc);
#endif /* __CRC16_H__ */
/** @} */
/** @} */