--- Kamal Prasad <kamalpr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ref:- the email from the tech-kern mailing list
> archive below:-
> it looks like powerpc (and possibly some other
> architectures) provides special instructions to copy
> bytes/strings ie update addressing. I was wondering
> if
> the implementation in netbsd takes advantage of
> these
> instructions -as and when they are available.
> thanks
> -kamal
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> Subject: Re: copystr
> To: Gary Thorpe <gathorpe79@yahoo.com>
> From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
> List: tech-kern
> Date: 09/02/2002 13:48:14 
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 03:23:35PM -0400, Gary
> Thorpe
> wrote:
> 
>  > By the way I'm using 1.5.2:
>  > 58% man 9 memcpy
>  > man: no entry for memcpy in the manual.
>  > 59% man 9 bcopy
>  > man: no entry for bcopy in the manual.
>  > 
>  > If they are there, then the are not documented.
>  > 
>  > According to the web man pages, bcopy and memcpy
> are
>  > available for 1.6 (and nothing before): so what
> did
>  > people use for 1.5.x?
> 
> memcpy and bcopy.  They simply weren't documented
> then.
> 
> -- 
>         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems
> 
> 
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Regarding memcpy(9) man page: it should be upated to
indicate WHEN the function is available (e.g. many man
pages say "This function has been available since
NetBSD x.x.x") for the sake of accurate documentation.

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