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

[Ian Lepore]

 On Fri, 2017-03-31 at 16:27 +0100, Steven Hartland wrote:
> 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&se
> ktion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+11-current&format=html
> 
>      Regards
>      Steve

Oh, my bad, I forgot to check for a manpage on a newer system (I'm
running 10.3-stable on my desktop but working with 11-stable all day,
so I tend to forget that).

Thanks.

-- Ian