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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2007-05-08 00:31:53 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-05-08 11:15:15 -0700
commit58235413b24d5e5245685b84a4efe1ebc95f7886 (patch)
tree78148337e51b12413e6247bb7cd74dc7828d297e /Documentation/DocBook
parentacd64b737567d88a907bb09d7e982ac5e6ad6a7b (diff)
downloadlinux-58235413b24d5e5245685b84a4efe1ebc95f7886.tar.bz2
docbook: librs typo fixes
librs docbook typo fixes. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl
index 3ff39bafc00e..94f21361e0ed 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.