Re: kern/43589 (Rump mount process panics with assertion on file images)

[Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/43589; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/43589 (Rump mount process panics with assertion on file
 images)
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:15:47 -0400

 On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:25:01 +0000 (UTC)
 Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost> wrote:
 
 >  I'm surprised that if using -current rump sources on netbsd-5 is easy,
 >  a pullup wouldn't be (and it does not matter if it doesn't make it in
 >  the 5.1 releases), but it could make it 5.2 if it was pulled up to
 >  netbsd-5...  and it would fix a feature which is broken on stable
 >  releases (what most users will be running, with all the rump_<foo>.8
 >  man pages advertizing the vnd-less file mounting feature).
 
 Someone off-list reminded me of the difference between upgrading the
 userland only part and the rump-kernel, and I think I better understand
 that a pullup for this issue could involve significant work.
 
 Thanks again,
 -- 
 Matt