From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 25 15:30:32 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 E53DB16A418 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:30:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shuey@fmepnet.org) Received: from maggie.fmepnet.org (maggie.fmepnet.org [66.246.224.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB58713C46A for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:30:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shuey@fmepnet.org) Received: from pal-180-158.itap.purdue.edu ([128.211.180.158]) by maggie.fmepnet.org with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JIQVk-0007Ik-0T; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:30:32 -0500 Message-ID: <479A008C.1050000@fmepnet.org> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:30:20 -0500 From: Mike Shuey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rink Springer References: <4799664C.5050001@fmepnet.org> <20080125125034.GA36449@rink.nu> In-Reply-To: <20080125125034.GA36449@rink.nu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 15:30:33 -0000 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