svn commit: r316311 - in head: lib/libstand sys/boot/geli sys/boot/i386/gptboot sys/boot/i386/loader sys/boot/i386/zfsboot

[Steven Hartland]

On 31/03/2017 16:16, Ian Lepore wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-03-31 at 00:04 +0000, Allan Jude wrote:
>>    Add explicit_bzero() to libstand, and switch GELIBoot to using it
>      revolution > man explicit_bzero
>      No manual entry for explicit_bzero
>
>      revolution > svn log -v explicit_bzero.c
>      ...
>      r272673 | delphij | 2014-10-06 22:54:11 -0600 (Mon, 06 Oct 2014) | 5 lines
>
>      Add explicit_bzero(3) and its kernel counterpart.
>
>      Obtained from:  OpenBSD
>
> So... can anyone provide a clue what's "explicit" (or different in any
> way) between explicit_bzero() and normal bzero()?
>
Not sure why your system doesn't find the main page, as it works on my 
11 box, however does this help:
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=explicit_bzero&apropos=0&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+11-current&format=html

     Regards
     Steve