Subject: bin/13453: rbootd is assuming vax arch handles odd integer address
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <egil_crash@hotmail.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/12/2001 23:05:01
>Number:         13453
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       rbootd is assuming vax arch handles odd integer address
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul 12 23:02:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Emil
>Release:        1.5 ALPHA
>Organization:
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>Environment:
>Description:
rbootd assumes that integer can be placed on non aligned addresses on vax
architecture. It can, but the compiler doesn't handle it properley (maybe
because of optimizer, -O2). The RMP message structure gets corrupt.

>How-To-Repeat:
try netbooting a hp workstation with rboot, using a vax machine as bootserver.
>Fix:
Removing the vax ifdef in the rmp headerfile and recompiling made it 
work for me.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: