minix/kernel/system/do_memset.c
2005-10-14 08:58:59 +00:00

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/* The kernel call implemented in this file:
* m_type: SYS_MEMSET
*
* The parameters for this kernel call are:
* m2_p1: MEM_PTR (virtual address)
* m2_l1: MEM_COUNT (returns physical address)
* m2_l2: MEM_PATTERN (size of datastructure)
*/
#include "../system.h"
#if USE_MEMSET
/*===========================================================================*
* do_memset *
*===========================================================================*/
PUBLIC int do_memset(m_ptr)
register message *m_ptr;
{
/* Handle sys_memset(). This writes a pattern into the specified memory. */
unsigned long p;
unsigned char c = m_ptr->MEM_PATTERN;
p = c | (c << 8) | (c << 16) | (c << 24);
phys_memset((phys_bytes) m_ptr->MEM_PTR, p, (phys_bytes) m_ptr->MEM_COUNT);
return(OK);
}
#endif /* USE_MEMSET */