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Remove crc32_le_combine() and crc32_le_shift(), since they are no longer used. Although combination is an interesting thing that can be done with CRCs, it turned out that none of the users of it in the kernel were even close to being worthwhile. All were much better off simply chaining the CRCs or processing zeroes. Let's remove the CRC32 combination code for now. It can come back (potentially optimized with carryless multiplication instructions) if there is ever a case where it would actually be worthwhile. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250607032228.27868-1-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
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