checksum calculation
To calculate CRC I found a piece of code but I am not understanding the concept. Here is the code: count =128 and ptr=some value; calcrc(unsigned char *ptr, int count) { unsigned short crc; unsigned char i; crc = 0; while (--count >= 0) { crc = crc ^ (unsigned short)*ptr++ << 8; i = 8; do { if (crc & 0x8000) crc = crc << 1 ^ 0x1021; else crc = crc << 1; } while(--i); } return (crc); } Please any body explain and tell me the logic. This looks like a CRC (specifically it looks like CRC-16-CCITT, used by things like 802.15.4, X.25, V.41, CDMA, Bluetooth, XMODEM, HDLC, PPP and IrDA). You might