Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 00:10:08 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Fabio Miranda <fmirand@yahoo.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: offtopic: assembly Message-ID: <3C0DD660.65AFF0EE@mindspring.com> References: <20011205045240.75224.qmail@web11504.mail.yahoo.com>
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Fabio Miranda wrote: > I want to understand Why each byte (8 bit of data and > 1 bit of parity) has one bit of parity? To permit the hardware to catch single bit errors. ECC is a better version of this, which permits the hardware to correct single bit errors, and catch multiple bit errors. > what makes the difference from 'par' to 'no par'? A byte had even partiy if there are an even number of bits set, and odd paroty if an odd number of bits are set. > What part of > the program do the requested byte belongs (Code, data, > stack)? It doesn't matter. It all gets checked. > p.s. Anyone know a site like linux's > www.linuxassembly.org? > I want to know the freebsd developer's resources on > web ( i am not lucky to buy books online and my > bookstores arent unix-focused:)), i want to understand > freebsd internals! There have been a number of programs in assembly published in -hacers and -current, as well as -alpha (if you are in need of an Aplha assembly language "Hello World!" program). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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