Subject: Re: compat_netbsd32
To: Raymond Meyer <raymond.meyer@rambler.ru>
From: Andrew Doran <ad@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 04/13/2007 13:53:13
Hi,

On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 01:49:01PM +0100, Raymond Meyer wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:30:20 +0200
> Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 12:56:51PM +0100, Raymond Meyer wrote:
> > > Hi, is it still the case that threaded applications are not supported in
> > > 32-bit mode?
> > 
> > Good question - I think it should work in -current, and if not should be very
> > easy to fix. I haven't tested it though.
> > 
> > Martin
> 
> Cool, sounds promising. I'll give it a try in a few days time. I really need
> OpenOffice on sparc64, and then I could completely switch from Solaris to
> NetBSD. I think OpenOffice is not 64-bit clean yet.

The compat32 code uses the "stackgap" which isn't MT safe. Efforts are being
made to change that, but for now you might run into problems because of it.

Cheers,
Andrew