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Re: bzero



Simon Burge <simonb%wasabisystems.com@localhost> 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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