[U-Boot-Users] crc32 and md5sum

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Apr 27 23:37:07 CEST 2006


In message <200604272159.51791.antonio.dibacco at aruba.it> you wrote:
> Anyone knows if crc32 and md5sum give the same result? Which is better?

Of course they don't give the same result.

What is better depends on what you need it for.

> In the u-boot only crc32 is used.

Yes, and this is IMHO perfectly OK.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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