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]_.
