X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=web%2Fmanual.m4;h=30fe922f63bd6fab3ffd86ca4f2653dc0423bf1c;hb=ef679cdaa57f21fb578ab774520b0972fefaefcb;hp=946b9d0953621b23a3a6e30e62c211674d0c6ea5;hpb=9417eae5ca2b9f10d25f769221e8fd91048bc68a;p=paraslash.git diff --git a/web/manual.m4 b/web/manual.m4 index 946b9d09..30fe922f 100644 --- a/web/manual.m4 +++ b/web/manual.m4 @@ -280,7 +280,11 @@ might need to tell the configure script where to find them. Try ./configure --help to see a list of options. If the paraslash package was compiled -successfully, execute as root, +successfully, execute (optionally) + + make test + +to run the paraslash test suite. If all tests pass, execute as root make install @@ -1500,9 +1504,9 @@ Forward error correction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As already mentioned REFERENCE(Streaming protocols, earlier), -paraslash uses forward error correction (FEC) for the unreliable -UDP transport. FEC is a technique which was invented already in -1960 by Reed and Solomon and which is widely used for the parity +paraslash uses forward error correction (FEC) for the unreliable UDP +and DCCP transports. FEC is a technique which was invented already +in 1960 by Reed and Solomon and which is widely used for the parity calculations of storage devices (RAID arrays). It is based on the algebraic concept of finite fields, today called Galois fields, in honour of the mathematician Galois (1811-1832). The FEC implementation