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28.Dd August 30, 2016
29.Dt PMAP_ZERO 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm pmap_zero_page ,
33.Nm pmap_zero_area ,
34.Nd zero-fill a page using machine-dependent optimizations
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/param.h
37.In vm/vm.h
38.In vm/pmap.h
39.Ft void
40.Fn pmap_zero_page "vm_page_t m"
41.Ft void
42.Fn pmap_zero_page_area "vm_page_t m" "int off" "int size"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn pmap_zero_page
46function zero-fills an entire page using machine-dependent optimizations.
47The
48.Fn pmap_zero_page_area
49function is used to zero-fill an area of a page.
50The range specified must not cross a page boundary; it must be contained
51entirely within a single page.
52.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
53This function is required to be implemented for each architecture supported by
54.Fx .
55.Sh SEE ALSO
56.Xr bzero 3 ,
57.Xr pmap 9
58.Sh AUTHORS
59This manual page was written by
60.An Bruce M Simpson Aq Mt bms@spc.org .
61