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From: tege@sics.se (Torbj|rn Granlund)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Bug in bzero - zeroing backwards
Message-ID: <1990Oct4.224854.28395@sics.se>
Date: 4 Oct 90 22:48:54 GMT
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Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
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If the i386 "direction flag" is set on entry to bzero (DYNIX 3.0.12),
the result is to zero the memory block *ending* at the supplied
pointer.
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Torbjorn Granlund