From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 7 8:36:57 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 08:36:54 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (unknown [194.128.198.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50F8837B401 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 08:36:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eB7GXXm32836; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:33:33 GMT (envelope-from nik) Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:33:32 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: "G. Adam Stanislav" , Stephen McKay , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pipe Message-ID: <20001207163332.A32725@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> References: <20001202085127.A301@int80h.org> <3A292D98.E655D755@softweyr.com> <20001203012841.B228@whizkidtech.net> <200012040256.eB42upH07905@dungeon.home> <20001205085645.A228@whizkidtech.net> <20001205110328.A228@whizkidtech.net> <20001205121423.A228@whizkidtech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from des@ofug.org on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 09:50:55AM +0100 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 09:50:55AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > "G. Adam Stanislav" writes: > > On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 06:11:06PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > >The second and third sentences of the second paragraph (the one that > > >starts on line 23), as well as the entire eighth paragraph (that > > >starts on line 45), address the questions you asked in your previous > > >mail. > > I know it addresses it. Unfortunately, I didn't understand a word of it. > > I don't see how it could get any clearer. > > [...] If addr is zero, an address will be selected by > the system. The actual starting address of the region is returned. NAME mmap - map files or devices into memory [...] doesn't immediately shout "You can use this function to allocate memory as well". Perhaps mmap - allocate memory, or map files or devices into memory would be better? In addition, mmap isn't listed in the SEE ALSO for malloc(3), nor is it listed in memory(3). mmap() is listed in malloc(3), but only in an error message. N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message