From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 25 12:51:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A2C916A41A for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:51:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rink@rink.nu) Received: from mx1.rink.nu (thunderstone.rink.nu [213.34.49.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 356D613C457 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:51:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rink@rink.nu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.rink.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48B656D43B; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:51:02 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rink.nu Received: from mx1.rink.nu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (thunderstone.rink.nu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ec71LzuEp0K8; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:50:34 +0100 (CET) Received: by mx1.rink.nu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3C3E06D43A; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:50:34 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:50:34 +0100 From: Rink Springer To: Mike Shuey Message-ID: <20080125125034.GA36449@rink.nu> References: <4799664C.5050001@fmepnet.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4799664C.5050001@fmepnet.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootparamd fix for RELENG_7_0? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:51:04 -0000 Hi Mike, On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 11:32:12PM -0500, Mike Shuey wrote: > I just spent several evenings finding out that FreeBSD's bootparamd > isn't 64-bit clean. Turns out, I'm not the only one; in April, 2007, > Tyler Spivey filed PR 112163 about this. He also included a simple > patch, to clear up most of the problems (replacing long with ip_addr_t > in several key places). Yes, I've encounted the same problem on amd64 as well while trying to netboot a Netra from a FreeBSD/amd64 server. I recall the problem of using long's. > What's the likelihood that his patch could be applied before 7.0 is > fully released? The patch I'm talking about is his second shot, > attached to his problem report here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/112163 > I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the pointer. -- Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "Anyway boys, this is America. Just because you get more votes doesn't mean you win." - Fox Mulder