.\" -*-nroff-*-
-.TH crc32 3mLib "8 May 1999" "mLib"
+.ie t \{\
+. ds ss \s8\u
+. ds se \d\s0
+.\}
+.el \{\
+. ds ss ^
+. ds se
+.\}
+.TH crc32 3 "8 May 1999" "mLib"
.SH NAME
crc32 \- calculate 32-bit CRC
+.\" @crc32
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B "#include <mLib/crc32.h>"
-.BI "int crc32(unsigned long " crc ", const void *" buf ", size_t " sz );
+.BI "uint32 crc32(uint32 " crc ", const void *" buf ", size_t " sz );
.BI CRC32( result ", " crc ", " buf ", " sz )
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The exact behaviour of the CRC is beyond the scope of this manual;
suffice to say that the result is, in some suitable representation, the
-remainder after division in the finite field GF(2^32) of the block by a
-carefully chosen polynomial of order 32.
+remainder after division by a degree-32 polynomial in GF(2)[x].
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
The return value is the 32-bit CRC of the input block.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR mLib (3).
.SH AUTHOR
Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org>