Subject: Re: Any changes to COMPAT_OSF1 since 1.5?
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Kevin P. Neal <kpneal@pobox.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/13/2001 00:40:16
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:30:23PM -0500, Nathan J. Williams wrote:
> "Kevin P. Neal" <kpneal@pobox.com> writes:
>
> > Have there been any changes to DUNIX emulation since 1.5? I've got
> > "Digital UNIX V4.0E (Rev. 1091); Wed Oct 6 16:40:55 EDT 1999",
> > NetBSD/alpha 1.5, and I'm trying to run netscape.
>
> Netscape 4.7 has mostly worked for me through the 1.5 cycle and up
> until very recently in -current (and that problem is being worked on).
Ah. This appears to be 4.05 on my box. I'll look at upgrading. Uh, "but
still!" :)
> > 4112 real-netscape CALL classcntl(0x8,0x22,0x1fffff0d0,0)
> > 4112 real-netscape RET classcntl -1 errno 78 Function not implemented
> > 4112 real-netscape CALL getuid
> > 4112 real-netscape RET getuid 100/0x64
> > 4112 real-netscape CALL stat(0x248009b0,0x1ffffd3f8)
> > 4112 real-netscape NAMI "/emul/osf1/usr/sbin/class_daemon"
> > 4112 real-netscape NAMI "/emul/osf1"
> > 4112 real-netscape NAMI "/emul/osf1/usr/sbin/class_daemon"
> > 4112 real-netscape RET stat 0
> > 4112 real-netscape CALL #201 (unimplemented msgget)
> > 4112 real-netscape PSIG SIGSYS SIG_DFL
> >
> > Should I send-pr this?
>
> Is it dying immediately at startup, or later when you try to do
> something in particular? I find that javascript-laden sites
> occasionally cause netscape to trip over SIGSYS, but not with that
> particular system call.
At startup.
--
"A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of
invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto the floor ...
in the vicinity of the cat, then moving the laser ... in an irregular way
fascinating to cats,..." -- US patent 5443036, "Method of exercising a cat"