Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:10:08 GMT From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: amd64/163710: setjump in userboot.so causes stack corruption Message-ID: <201112300810.pBU8A8fo022012@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR amd64/163710; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Russell Cattelan <cattelan@digitalelves.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/163710: setjump in userboot.so causes stack corruption Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:33:37 -0800 On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Russell Cattelan <cattelan@digitalelves.com> wrote: >>Description: > For some reason the forth interpreter is built and linked as 32bit even > on amd64. That's the catch. We use the same 32 bit loader on i386 and amd64. The common loader understands both kernel formats. This unfortunately has meant that the libstand and sys/boot environment has had to be 32 bit. -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; KI6FJV "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 "If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution." -- Robert Sewell
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