Subject: Re: bzero
To: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 11/04/2001 01:06:24
Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com> writes:
> Also, we tend to prefer memset() now (woohoo - standards!), so that
> might be an interesting next project after bzero, and of course you
> should be able to reuse much of this work.
We more than "prefer it" -- we've eliminated bzero and bcopy from the
kernel. There are still calls for them but they're just macros for
mem*.
Having the nifty new faster routine changed to be memset would be a win.
Perry
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