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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl index 3ff39bafc00..94f21361e0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl @@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ <chapter id="usage"> <title>Usage</title> <para> - This chapter provides examples how to use the library. + This chapter provides examples of how to use the library. </para> <sect1> <title>Initializing</title> <para> - The init function init_rs returns a pointer to a + The init function init_rs returns a pointer to an rs decoder structure, which holds the necessary information for encoding, decoding and error correction with the given polynomial. It either uses an existing @@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ static struct rs_control *rs_decoder; /* Symbolsize is 10 (bits) - * Primitve polynomial is x^10+x^3+1 + * Primitive polynomial is x^10+x^3+1 * first consecutive root is 0 - * primitve element to generate roots = 1 - * generator polinomial degree (number of roots) = 6 + * primitive element to generate roots = 1 + * generator polynomial degree (number of roots) = 6 */ rs_decoder = init_rs (10, 0x409, 0, 1, 6); </programlisting> @@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ rs_decoder = init_rs (10, 0x409, 0, 1, 6); </para> <para> The expanded data can be inverted on the fly by - providing a non zero inversion mask. The expanded data is + providing a non-zero inversion mask. The expanded data is XOR'ed with the mask. This is used e.g. for FLASH ECC, where the all 0xFF is inverted to an all 0x00. The Reed-Solomon code for all 0x00 is all 0x00. The code is inverted before storing to FLASH so it is 0xFF - too. This prevent's that reading from an erased FLASH + too. This prevents that reading from an erased FLASH results in ECC errors. </para> <para> @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ free_rs(rs_decoder); May be used under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) </programlisting> <para> - The wrapper functions and interfaces are written by Thomas Gleixner + The wrapper functions and interfaces are written by Thomas Gleixner. </para> <para> Many users have provided bugfixes, improvements and helping hands for testing. |