Subject: Re: COMPAT_NETBSD32 on 3.x branch
To: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@netbsd.org>
From: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
List: port-amd64
Date: 09/17/2005 08:45:30
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 12:02:45AM +0200, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> Chuck Silvers wrote:
> 
> >hi quentin,
> >
> >would you be willing to back-port your compat/netbsd32 fixes of a couple
> >months ago to the 3.x branch?  currently 32-bit apps don't work at all
> >on amd64 in the branch, exec fails because there are two vmcmds trying
> >to create mappings at the same address.
> > 
> >
> Quentin fixed some compat_netbsd32 issues, but the particular one you're 
> talking about here was fixed by me in a different commit: having an 
> emulation-specific hook for preferred VM mapping addresses, which makes 
> the dynamic loader get mapped at the right address again.

ok, cool.  I'd think we'd want the other fixes too, though.


> I've been asked for a pullup of this into netbsd-3 before.. I should 
> just get off my ass and do that.

yes, please :-)

-Chuck