Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:50:34 +0100 From: Rink Springer <rink@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Shuey <shuey@fmepnet.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootparamd fix for RELENG_7_0? Message-ID: <20080125125034.GA36449@rink.nu> In-Reply-To: <4799664C.5050001@fmepnet.org> References: <4799664C.5050001@fmepnet.org>
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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
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