Re: kern/38109: Shared memory code can't handle > 4GB of memory

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/38109; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: Mindaugas Rasiukevicius <rmind%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Cc: dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
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        gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/38109: Shared memory code can't handle > 4GB of memory
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:03:51 +0000

 On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 10:49:09AM +0100, Mindaugas Rasiukevicius wrote:
  > >  All that stuff got ripped out in -current and replaced with new code
  > >  that doesn't have such silly limits.
  > >  
  > >  FWIW.
  > 
  > Can you please check the code before claiming such silly comments? ;)
 
 Er... oops.
 
 Glad someone's looking over my shoulder.
 
 You didn't cc: gnats-bugs, so I'm including the rest of the mail for
 posterity:
 
  > Here is a little bit modified patch for -current:
  > 
  > http://www.netbsd.org/~rmind/shm_fix.diff
  > 
  > However, it breaks the ABI for ipcs(1). Not sure if we want keep the
  > compatibility here..
  > 
  > -- 
  > Best regards,
  > Mindaugas
  > www.NetBSD.org
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost