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Re: Zeoring out memory
On Nov 10, 2007 3:10 AM, Mohammad M Molla <merajul_i@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Let me clarify. I am porting an ethernet driver from Linux to an embedded OS
> which does not have memset. So yeh, its in kernel space (not linux kernel)
> and I need some software mechanism to zero fill the memory. Also the
> platform is MIPS.
How about writing your own custom memset or bzero ?
Can be done i guess.
thanks
>
> - Meraj
>
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> Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Le Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:25:29 -0800 (PST),
> Mohammad M Molla a écrit :
>
>
> > How can I zero out a large chunk of allocated memory given I don't
> > have access to memset/bzero? Is there any efficient way to do that in
> > software?
>
> Your question looks strange: why wouldn't you have access to memset()
> or bzero() ?
>
> In the Linux kernel, memset() is available, so you can use it.
>
> Sincerly,
>
> Thomas
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