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diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/interface/syscall/mach_print.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/interface/syscall/mach_print.mdwn index a169e92e..d03c9674 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/interface/syscall/mach_print.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/interface/syscall/mach_print.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -88,3 +88,33 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] the caller's address space without going through a special copy-from-user function <braunr> not very portable + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-11-25 + + <teythoon> can we get the mach_printf function somewhere so that it's + easier to use please ? + <braunr> well + <braunr> i'm not comfortable with that + <teythoon> y not ? + <braunr> i don't consider mach_print being part of the interface yet + <teythoon> ... + <braunr> it's really a debugging call + <braunr> not always available + <teythoon> so what, let it fail if it is not + <braunr> ok + <braunr> i should change it first + <braunr> pass a size argument + <braunr> and do a proper copyin + <teythoon> cool, thanks :) + <braunr> then we could add that printf function in libshouldbeinlibc i + guess + <teythoon> that'd be nice, yes + <braunr> hm + <braunr> that would make only hurd servers able to use it though + <braunr> unless we preload it + <teythoon> well, i thought it's a staging area for libc ? + <braunr> in theory yes, in practice some functions have been stuck there + for ages + <braunr> we'll discuss that with youpi and tschwinge + <braunr> and pinotree |