From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Mon Sep 12 02:53:05 2005 X-Original-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Delivered-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Subject: Re: [MiNT] /kern documentation From: Evan Langlois To: Ingo Schmidt Cc: MiNT-Liste In-Reply-To: <102530818.20050912013755@der-ingo.de> References: <102530818.20050912013755@der-ingo.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:50:36 -0500 Message-Id: <1126486236.29983.7.camel@taro.coolrunningconcepts.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - esc14.midphase.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - fishpool.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - CoolRunningConcepts.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-To: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: Evan@CoolRunningConcepts.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 tagged_above=-50.5 required=7.0 tests=AWL, BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_SORBS X-Spam-Level: On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 01:37 +0200, Ingo Schmidt wrote: > I am not a good C coder, but to me it seems, that in the format > string, 13 arguments are present, while only 12 get passed in the end. You are correct. I'm also wondering if the %08x arguments should rather be %08lx? > Does this maybe cause the weird behaviour? Or is everything correct > and I am missing something? Missing an argument could cause the issue or if the function is expecting 16 bit integer arguments (%x and -mshort) and you give it 32 bit (ulong). Depending on how the compiler passes arguments. > What is the use of meminfo anyway? Which programs are using this? Or > is it meant to be read by humans, just to have something nice to look > at? ;-) I'm guessing its for applications like ps and top. -- Evan