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| author | Raymond Lu <songyulu@hdfgroup.org> | 2005-07-08 17:26:27 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Lu <songyulu@hdfgroup.org> | 2005-07-08 17:26:27 (GMT) |
| commit | 9b8558b691fa7675570f0b6f1953da5a9907907e (patch) | |
| tree | 432dbd160c0005d3b7ecff79ab07e3eb6e7a7fa3 /src/H5Zfletcher32.c | |
| parent | f8964f5c1f29dce2c0c50e292f9e953d39ca347d (diff) | |
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[svn-r11055] Purpose: Add comment.
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diff --git a/src/H5Zfletcher32.c b/src/H5Zfletcher32.c index c75412f..04741b4 100644 --- a/src/H5Zfletcher32.c +++ b/src/H5Zfletcher32.c @@ -126,7 +126,16 @@ H5Z_filter_fletcher32_compute(void *_src, size_t len) * Jan 3, 2003 * * Modifications: - * + * Raymond Lu + * July 8, 2005 + * There was a bug in the calculating code of the Fletcher32 + * checksum in the library before v1.6.3. The checksum + * value wasn't consistent between big-endian and little-endian + * systems. This bug was fixed in Release 1.6.3. However, + * after fixing the bug, the checksum value is no longer the + * same as before on little-endian system. We'll check both + * the correct checksum and the wrong checksum to be consistent + * with Release 1.6.2 and before. *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* ARGSUSED */ |