Subject: Re: Further observations...
To: Justin R. Smith <jsmith@mcs.drexel.edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/08/1998 10:31:21
	Would it be possible to isolate the code for the test and
	submit it via a PR? 

		David/absolute

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		-- Olin Miller.

On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Justin R. Smith wrote:

> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 00:15:34 -0500
> From: "Justin R. Smith" <jsmith@mcs.drexel.edu>
> To: port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Further observations...
> 
> Thanks for answering my questions, Mr. Wood!  I'll download hfsutils and
> build them. I also overlooked the ability to use the Installer to simply
> copy files into the Unix system via cpin and cpout...
> 
> I'm in the throes of building clisp (a free common Lisp). It comes with an
> elaborate configure script that tests (among other things) for a working
> 'mmap' function. (It is capable of running without it (about 7% slower)).
> 
> Unfortunately the very TEST for 'mmap' crashes the kernel, dropping me into
> a debugger.  The only viable option, at this point seems to be to reboot.
> 
> I had to rename the include file for 'mmap' (sys/mman.h -> sys/z_mman.h)so
> the configure script wouldn't even test for it.  This may be a BSD 4.4 bug
> rather than something peculiar to NetBSD.
> 
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