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Date:      Fri, 8 Jun 2007 13:57:34 +0400
From:      Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src UPDATING src/sys/net ethernet.h if_ethersubr.c
Message-ID:  <20070608095734.GW25127@comp.chem.msu.su>
In-Reply-To: <20070607172413.T90728@carver.gumbysoft.com>
References:  <200705291240.l4TCek0K048926@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070607172413.T90728@carver.gumbysoft.com>

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On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 05:28:06PM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> Hello Yar,
> 
> This commit appears to break bootstrapping -CURRENT from RELENG_6 and 
> 6.2-RELEASE.  I'm not exactly sure why and will continue to investigate.

I'd say that it's rather unlikely, but I may be missing some point.

> Right now I'm getting errors (EINVAL) and panics at boot time in ifconfig 
> when trying to configure interfaces after upgrading the kernel from 6.2 to 
> HEAD for the first time.

Which platform do you use?

> On Tue, 29 May 2007, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> 
> >yar         2007-05-29 12:40:46 UTC
> >
> > FreeBSD src repository
> >
> > Modified files:
> >   .                    UPDATING
> >   sys/net              ethernet.h if_ethersubr.c
> > Log:
> > Sync ether_ioctl() with ioctl(2) and ifnet.if_ioctl
> > as to the type of the command argument: int -> u_long.
> > These types have different widths in the 64-bit world.
> >
> > Add a note to UPDATING because the change breaks KBI
> > on 64-bit platforms.
> >
> > Discussed on:   -net, -current
> > Reviewed by:    bms, ru
> >
> > Revision  Changes    Path
> > 1.492     +6 -0      src/UPDATING
> > 1.32      +1 -1      src/sys/net/ethernet.h
> > 1.229     +1 -1      src/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c
> >
> 
> -- 
> Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
> dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org

-- 
Yar



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