opensolaris man page for bzero

bzero(9F)						   Kernel Functions for Drivers 						 bzero(9F)

NAME
       bzero - clear memory for a given number of bytes

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <sys/ddi.h>

       void bzero(void *addr, size_t bytes);

INTERFACE LEVEL
       Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).

PARAMETERS
       addr	Starting virtual address of memory to be cleared.

       bytes	The number of bytes to clear starting at addr.

DESCRIPTION
       The bzero() function clears a contiguous portion of memory by filling it with zeros.

CONTEXT
       The bzero() function can be called from user, interrupt, or kernel context.

SEE ALSO
       bcopy(9F), clrbuf(9F), kmem_zalloc(9F)

       Writing Device Drivers

WARNINGS
       The  address  range  specified  must  be  within the kernel space. No range checking is done.  If an address outside of the kernel space is
       selected, the driver may corrupt the system in an unpredictable way.

SunOS 5.11							    16 Jan 2006 							 bzero(9F)