Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 16:18:30 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, mpp@mpp.minn.net Subject: Re: subyte() Message-ID: <199507240618.QAA04367@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>I was looking into PR# 462 (uname system call doesn't return >uts.version), and it appears to me that the problem is that >the subyte() routine isn't writing the bytes back to the >correct address in the caller's memory. Subyte() isn't >called in very many places, so it is possible that >it has been broken for a while and no one would have >ever really noticed. It is called a lot for tty input via ureadc(). >Could someone go double check me on this and make sure >I'm not hallucinating about this? The uname() in kern_xxx.c is a mirage. It is now only for compatibility. uname() is now implemented in the library by calling sysctl() for each component. There is also compatibility cruft for a the BSDI uname(). Bruce
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