If "buf[0]" is 255 then "len" gets set to 0.  The call to
"crc_ccitt(0xffff, buf, len - 2);" casts the "len - 2" to a high
positive number which is ugly.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>