Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:37:16 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> Cc: Alan Cox <alc@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern init_sysent.c sys_generic.c syscalls.c syscalls.master src/sys/sys syscall-hide.h syscall.h syscall.mk sysproto.h Message-ID: <199903280037.QAA17148@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199903272338.DAA00388@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>
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:Alan Cox wrote: :> alc 1999/03/27 13:17:00 PST :> :> Added pread and pwrite. These functions are defined by the X/Open :> Threads Extension. (Note: We use the same syscall numbers as NetBSD.) : :Then why our interface to these syscalls differs from the NetBSD one? : :And what the functions do with offset == -1? : :Dima If offset is -1, the descriptor's current ( thread unsafe ) seek position is used. I dunno in regards to NetBSD. They seem to have an extra 'pad' argument in there. Is that a standard? X/Open's pread/pwrite doesn't have a pad. Alan: Manual pages would be nice. -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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