Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:30:20 -0500 From: Mike Shuey <shuey@fmepnet.org> To: Rink Springer <rink@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootparamd fix for RELENG_7_0? Message-ID: <479A008C.1050000@fmepnet.org> In-Reply-To: <20080125125034.GA36449@rink.nu> References: <4799664C.5050001@fmepnet.org> <20080125125034.GA36449@rink.nu>
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Rink Springer wrote: > 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. I'm booting a SparcStation IPC from an amd64 RELENG_7_0 server. Same deal (though I suspect you have the luxury of a working NVRAM battery). >> 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. That'd be wonderful, thanks. -- Mike "No .sig for you" Shuey
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