strncpy etc.
Looks like a typo in include/asm-mips/string.h has strncpy returning the wrong thing -- a pointer to the END of the destination string, rather than the beginning of the destination string.
Patch for 2.4 is below:
Index: include/asm-mips/string.h
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RCS file:
/projects/bbp/cvsroot/systemsw/linux/src/kernel/include/asm-mips/string.h,v retrieving revision 1.6
11/18 22:27:15 renamed from 09/05 22:15:51 1.6 +1 -1
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ : "0" (__dest), "1" (__src), "2" (__n) : "memory"); - return __dest; + return __xdest; } #define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCMP