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patch by J¸«ärgen Keil
author arpi_esp
date Fri, 08 Jun 2001 23:36:58 +0000
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b36fb1ae4b53 applied solaris8/netbsd/other fixes patch by J¸«ärgen Keil <jk@tools.de>
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1 Notes for Solaris users
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4 1. It *only* works on Solaris x86. It can't work on SPARC systems due to
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5 the use of win32 codecs.
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7 2. To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake),
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8 native Solaris make will not work.
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10 3. For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch:
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11 http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/
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13 4. Due to two bugs in solaris 8 x86, you cannot reliably play DVDs using a
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14 capacity >4GB:
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16 - The sd(7D) driver on solaris 8 x86 driver has bug when accessing a
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17 disk block >4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE
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18 (i.e. CDROM and DVD media). Due to a 32bit int overflow, a disk
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19 address modulo 4GB is accessed.
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20 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516)
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22 - The similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka ISO9660),
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23 hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks >4GB, all data is
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24 accessed modulo 4GB
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25 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592)
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27 --
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28 Jürgen Keil
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