diff --git a/raid.c b/raid.c index bcbf9c8e..2d898022 100644 --- a/raid.c +++ b/raid.c @@ -831,19 +831,18 @@ void raid_gen(unsigned level, unsigned char** buffer, unsigned diskmax, unsigned * the system is not solvable. * * Using the primitive polynomial 285, Quad Parity works for up to 21 disks - * with parity generators "1,2,4,8". Changing polynomial to 391, it works for - * up to 27 disks with the same parity generators. + * with parity generators "1,2,4,8". Changing polynomial to 391/451/463/487, + * it works for up to 27 disks with the same parity generators. * Using different parity generators like "1,7,53,139" it's possible to * make it working for up to 33 disks. But no more. * - * A general method working for Quad Parity and more, is to use a - * Vondermonde matrix [3] and [4] or a Cauchy matrix [5], but resulting - * with a slower computational performance, because the coefficients of + * A general method working for Quad Parity and more, is to use a a Cauchy matrix [3], + * but with a slower computational performance, because the coefficients of * the equations are arbitrarely chosen, and not derived from parity generators. * This means that you need to use multiplication tables to implement the * syndrome computation, instead of the fast approach described in [1]. * Note anyway, that there is also a way to implement multiplication tables - * in a very fast way with SSE instructions [6]. + * in a very fast way with SSE instructions [4]. * * In details, Triple Parity is implemented for n disks Di, computing * the syndromes P,Q,R with: @@ -896,10 +895,8 @@ void raid_gen(unsigned level, unsigned char** buffer, unsigned diskmax, unsigned * References: * [1] Anvin, "The mathematics of RAID-6", 2004 * [2] Brown, "Multiple-parity RAID", 2011 - * [3] Plank, "A Tutorial on Reed-Solomon Coding for Fault-Tolerance in RAID-like Systems", 1999 - * [4] Plank, Ying Ding, "Note: Correction to the 1997 Tutorial on Reed-Solomon Coding", 2003 - * [5] Blömer, "An XOR-Based Erasure-Resilient Coding Scheme", 1995 - * [6] Plank, "Screaming Fast Galois Field Arithmetic Using Intel SIMD Instructions", 2013 + * [3] Blömer, "An XOR-Based Erasure-Resilient Coding Scheme", 1995 + * [4] Plank, "Screaming Fast Galois Field Arithmetic Using Intel SIMD Instructions", 2013 */ /**