On Thursday 22 November 2007, Wang Yu wrote: > what is the usage of memset function? and in i386 > flush_dcache_page(page) does nothing, why? I can answer you the first question: void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n); DESCRIPTION The memset() function fills the first n bytes of the memory area pointed to by s with the constant byte c. RETURN VALUE The memset() function returns a pointer to the memory area s. Bye...Frank -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ