Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:10:08 GMT From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sparc64/105607: ipfw on sparc64 doesn't work at all (causes panic) Message-ID: <200611162310.kAGNA8s0002240@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR sparc64/105607; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Aled Morris <aledm@qix.co.uk> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sparc64/105607: ipfw on sparc64 doesn't work at all (causes panic) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:01:03 -0500 On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 10:03:07PM +0000, Aled Morris wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >>I tried. The problem is in loading kernel modules. Panic every time. > >> > >>IPFW compiled-in to the kernel works fine. > >> > >>Now what do I do? submit a new PR for the KLD problem? > >> > >> > > > >No, it's not really a bug, but a design limitation in the way things > >are compiled on sparc. > > > >Kris > > > > > KLD isn't expected to work on sparc64? As I said, not if you have too much memory. Apparently =4GB is already too much, but lesser amounts do work. > There should be a note about this in the release notes or on the website > or something (maybe I missed it?) Not sure if/where it's documented, so yeah, maybe it could be more prominent. Kris
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