https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%E2%80%93Solomon_error_correction

https://surf-vhdl.com/how-to-implement-a-reed-solomon-encoder-in-vhdl/

We would want a generic module that you provide the tap configuration, instead of hard code like these examples ...

https://gitlab.cern.ch/gbt-fpga/lpgbt-emul/blob/4a30a75e8ae8e6eaf4f6b0c68a62a1af6a455b81/rs_decoder_N7K5.v

https://gitlab.cern.ch/gbt-fpga/lpgbt-fpga/blob/0c5127483bfdfe07423fc28c7a29b4367f9b33ef/downlink/rs_encoder_N7K5.vhd

https://gitlab.cern.ch/gbt-fpga/lpgbt-emul/blob/4a30a75e8ae8e6eaf4f6b0c68a62a1af6a455b81/rs_encoder_N15K13.v

https://gitlab.cern.ch/gbt-fpga/lpgbt-fpga/blob/0c5127483bfdfe07423fc28c7a29b4367f9b33ef/uplink/fec_rsDecoderN15K13.vhd

https://gitlab.cern.ch/gbt-fpga/lpgbt-emul/blob/4a30a75e8ae8e6eaf4f6b0c68a62a1af6a455b81/rs_encoder_N31K29.v

https://gitlab.cern.ch/gbt-fpga/lpgbt-fpga/blob/0c5127483bfdfe07423fc28c7a29b4367f9b33ef/uplink/fec_rsDecoderN31K29.vhd

https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/ip_documentation/rs_decoder/v9_0/pg107-rs-decoder.pdf

https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/ip_documentation/rs_encoder/v9_0/pg025_rs_encoder.pdf