re: kern/48449: y2038 shortcomings of ffsv1

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/48449; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: dholland%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: re: kern/48449: y2038 shortcomings of ffsv1
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:33:48 +1000

 one thing is that not all platforms can cope without ffsv1.
 
 the canonical example we have is shark, which reads netbsd
 kernels out of ffsv1 and they have to appear to be a.out.
 this is a firmware limitation, and the one person who has
 attempted to create an ofwboot for shark failed.