diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/udf/crc_table.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/udf/crc_table.cpp
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+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  This software is part of the OpenBeOS distribution and is covered 
+//  by the OpenBeOS license.
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2003 Tyler Dauwalder, tyler@dauwalder.net
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/*! \file crc_table.cpp
+
+	Standalone program to generate the CRC table used for calculating
+	UDF tag id CRC values.
+	
+	This code based off of crc code in UDF-2.50 specs, as permitted.
+	See UDF-2.50 6.5 for more information.	
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	ulong crc, poly;
+
+	if (argc != 2) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "USAGE: crc_table <octal polynomial=010041 for UDF>\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	sscanf(argv[1], "%lo", &poly);
+	if (poly & 0xffff0000) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: polynomial is too large, sucka.\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	printf("//! CRC 0%o table, as generated by crc_table.cpp\n", poly);
+	printf("static uint16 crc_table[256] = { \n");
+	for (int n = 0; n < 256; n++) {
+		if (n%8 == 0)
+			printf("    ");
+		crc = n << 8;
+		for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+			if (crc & 0x8000)
+				crc = (crc << 1) ^ poly;
+			else
+				crc <<= 1;
+			crc &= 0xffff;
+		}
+		printf("0x%04x%s ", crc, (n != 255 ? "," : ""));
+		if (n%8 == 7)
+			printf("\n");
+	}
+	printf("};\n");
+	return 0;
+}