linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc: Fix some typo errors in ras.rst

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Message-ID: <eae29941-683c-4501-d3f0-8c33532e8975@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 May 2020 12:19:33 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Fix some typo errors in ras.rst

On 5/5/20 11:48 AM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 11:10:49AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> Fix typo errors.
> By reformatting it, you've successfully obscured what typos you've fixed.
> As a result I read the whole paragraph, and ...
>
>>   ECC memory
>>   ----------
>>   
>> -As mentioned on the previous section, ECC memory has extra bits to be
>> -used for error correction. So, on 64 bit systems, a memory module
>> -has 64 bits of *data width*, and 74 bits of *total width*. So, there are
>> -8 bits extra bits to be used for the error detection and correction
>> +As mentioned on the previous section, ECC memory has extra bits to
> s/on/in/
>
>> +be used for error correction. So, on 64 bit systems, a memory module
>> +has 64 bits of *data width*, and 72 bits of *total width*.
> Usually a 64-bit system refers to the width of a pointer.  Here, it's
> referring to the width of the memory system, which is rather confusing.
> How about "In the above example" instead of "So, on 64 bit systems".
>
>> So, there
>> +are 8 extra bits to be used for the error detection and correction
>>   mechanisms. Those extra bits are called *syndrome*\ [#f1]_\ [#f2]_.
> This would read better as:
>
> The extra 8 bits which are used for error detection and correction
> are referred to as the *syndrome*\ [#f1]_\ [#f2]_.
>
Thanks for the suggestion. Will incorporate that in v2.

-Longman