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Date:      Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:52:41 +0200
From:      Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org>
To:        ianjhart@ntlworld.com
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [TESTING]: twe/twa ioctl change
Message-ID:  <20090625115241.GA58111@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090625124907.16921sphoad1r19c@10.248.192.16>
References:  <20090624161714.GA95624@freebsd.org> <20090625124907.16921sphoad1r19c@10.248.192.16>

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On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:49:07PM +0100, ianjhart@ntlworld.com wrote:
> Quoting Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org>:
> 
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> >
> >hi
> >
> >if you have twe or twa card with management software please test this 
> >patch:
> >
> >   	http://www.vlakno.cz/~rdivacky/tw-ioctl-fix.patch
> >
> >the testing will be especially useful on amd64 machine.
> >
> >thnx!
> >
> >roman
> >
> >
> 
> Is this a general bug fix patch, or is it only for 3dm users?
> 
> i.e. What symptom does it address?

this is not meant to fix anything in particular. this fixes the bit width
of a ioctl command argument that can cause problems on machines where
int is not the same size as long (amd64 for example)

I am quite fine if you test the patch and say "management software still works"

roman



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