From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 10 7:13:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40F5837B491 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 07:12:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1AFAtg99308 for hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 15:10:55 GMT (envelope-from nik) Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 15:10:55 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Updating mmap(2) [nik@freebsd.org: Re: pipe] Message-ID: <20010210151055.A99274@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There was no comment to these. Any objections if I commit my proposed changes? N ----- Forwarded message from Nik Clayton ----- 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 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 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- 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