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

[Waiman Long]

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