Subject: port-sparc64/32999: sparc64 uses 32bit VM limits, even in 64 bit mode
To: None <port-sparc64-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@aprisoft.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/05/2006 10:15:44
>Number: 32999
>Category: port-sparc64
>Synopsis: sparc64 uses 32bit VM limits, even in 64 bit mode
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: port-sparc64-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 05 10:15:44 +0000 2006
>Originator: Martin Husemann
>Release: NetBSD 3.99.15
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD nelly.aprisoft.de 3.99.15 NetBSD 3.99.15 (NELLY) #2: Thu Mar 2 11:05:22 CET 2006 martin@nelly.aprisoft.de:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/NELLY sparc64
Architecture: sparc64
Machine: sparc64
>Description:
Content-Length: 240
Lines: 8
For some silly reason (see comment in arch/sparc64/include/vmparam.h)
sparc64 always uses 32bit VM limits - for example the maximum stack
size is 8 MB.
>How-To-Repeat:
code inspection
>Fix:
When fixing this, VM_TOPDOWN should be added too