Updated to fedora-glibc-20060301T0647

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/manual/llio.texi b/manual/llio.texi
index 863b3b4316..1d088d8ee2 100644
--- a/manual/llio.texi
+++ b/manual/llio.texi
@@ -368,6 +368,11 @@ sending it a @code{SIGTTIN} signal isn't working.  This might happen if
 the signal is being blocked or ignored, or because the process group is
 orphaned.  @xref{Job Control}, for more information about job control,
 and @ref{Signal Handling}, for information about signals.
+
+@item EINVAL
+In some systems, when reading from a character or block device, position
+and size offsets must be aligned to a particular block size.  This error
+indicates that the offsets were not properly aligned.
 @end table
 
 Please note that there is no function named @code{read64}.  This is not
@@ -515,6 +520,11 @@ The device containing the file is full.
 This error is returned when you try to write to a pipe or FIFO that
 isn't open for reading by any process.  When this happens, a @code{SIGPIPE}
 signal is also sent to the process; see @ref{Signal Handling}.
+
+@item EINVAL
+In some systems, when writing to a character or block device, position
+and size offsets must be aligned to a particular block size.  This error
+indicates that the offsets were not properly aligned.
 @end table
 
 Unless you have arranged to prevent @code{EINTR} failures, you should
diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi
index 0f28806a22..91b9d84eb2 100644
--- a/manual/memory.texi
+++ b/manual/memory.texi
@@ -1968,7 +1968,8 @@ obstack_next_free (@var{obstack-ptr}) - obstack_base (@var{obstack-ptr})
 
 Each obstack has an @dfn{alignment boundary}; each object allocated in
 the obstack automatically starts on an address that is a multiple of the
-specified boundary.  By default, this boundary is 4 bytes.
+specified boundary.  By default, this boundary is aligned so that
+the object can hold any type of data.
 
 To access an obstack's alignment boundary, use the macro
 @code{obstack_alignment_mask}, whose function prototype looks like
@@ -1980,7 +1981,9 @@ this:
 The value is a bit mask; a bit that is 1 indicates that the corresponding
 bit in the address of an object should be 0.  The mask value should be one
 less than a power of 2; the effect is that all object addresses are
-multiples of that power of 2.  The default value of the mask is 3, so that
+multiples of that power of 2.  The default value of the mask is a value
+that allows aligned objects to hold any type of data: for example, if
+its value is 3, any type of data can be stored at locations whose
 addresses are multiples of 4.  A mask value of 0 means an object can start
 on any multiple of 1 (that is, no alignment is required).