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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH / RFC] Shared Reed-Solomon ECC Library
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:05:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1096916727.21297.445.camel@thomas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41619B74.8070802@tmr.com>

On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 20:50, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> > the attached patch contains a shared Reed-Solomon Library analogous to
> > the shared zlib.
>
> One use would be very reliable CD/DVD for backup. I believe there's a 
> freshmeat project which addresses this problem, but a reliable optical 
> device certainly sounds easy using this approach.

Most data storage devices use RS codes for data integrity, including
CD/DVD/HD devicesm but the ECC mechanisms are built into the device
itself. 
Modems and wireless communication devices use similar but more complex 
techniques based on polynomial encoding/decoding. 

tglx



      reply	other threads:[~2004-10-04 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-01 22:48 [PATCH / RFC] Shared Reed-Solomon ECC Library Thomas Gleixner
2004-10-04 18:50 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-10-04 19:05   ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]

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