Subject: Re: Need tester
To: Juergen Hannken-Illjes <hannken@eis.cs.tu-bs.de>
From: Markus W Kilbinger <kilbi@rad.rwth-aachen.de>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/14/2003 22:26:38
>>>>> "Juergen" == Juergen Hannken-Illjes <hannken@eis.cs.tu-bs.de> writes:

    Juergen> It looks like src/lib/libc/arch/powerpc/string/bzero.S
    Juergen> still contains an implicit assumption of a 32 byte cache
    Juergen> line. Using the appended patch my PowerPC 403 based
    Juergen> userland doesn't dump core any more.

    Juergen> Before toasting the macppc port could someone please
    Juergen> check, if it still works for macppc?

    Juergen> - patch src/lib/libc/arch/powerpc/string/bzero.S
    Juergen> - build and install libc (back up the old one first)
    Juergen> - see it run (or fail)

    Juergen> Index: src/lib/libc/arch/powerpc/string/bzero.S
    Juergen> ===================================================================
    Juergen> RCS file: /cvsroot/src/lib/libc/arch/powerpc/string/bzero.S,v
    Juergen> retrieving revision 1.5
    Juergen> diff -u -2 -r1.5 bzero.S
    Juergen> --- bzero.S	2002/07/30 06:07:58	1.5
    Juergen> +++ bzero.S	2003/03/11 11:20:18

I did, it's running on my tibook without any (obvious; anything
special I can test?) problem (just successfully compiled the complete
postgresql pkgsrc).

Markus.