bootparamd fix for RELENG_7_0?

[Mike Shuey]

Rink Springer wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 11:32:12PM -0500, Mike Shuey wrote:
>> I just spent several evenings finding out that FreeBSD's bootparamd
>> isn't 64-bit clean.  Turns out, I'm not the only one; in April, 2007,
>> Tyler Spivey filed PR 112163 about this.  He also included a simple
>> patch, to clear up most of the problems (replacing long with ip_addr_t
>> in several key places).
> 
> Yes, I've encounted the same problem on amd64 as well while trying to
> netboot a Netra from a FreeBSD/amd64 server. I recall the problem of
> using long's.

I'm booting a SparcStation IPC from an amd64 RELENG_7_0 server.  Same
deal (though I suspect you have the luxury of a working NVRAM battery).

>> What's the likelihood that his patch could be applied before 7.0 is
>> fully released?  The patch I'm talking about is his second shot,
>> attached to his problem report here:
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/112163
>>
> 
> I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the pointer.

That'd be wonderful, thanks.

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Mike "No .sig for you" Shuey