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Solaris 8 DVD support and other fixes by Juergen Keil <jk@tools.de>
author arpi_esp
date Wed, 06 Jun 2001 21:16:21 +0000
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1 Notes for Solaris users 1 Notes for Solaris users
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4 1. To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), 4 1. To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake),
5 native Solaris make will not work. 5 native Solaris make will not work.
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7 2. Due to two bugs in solaris 8 x86, you cannot reliably play DVDs using a
8 capacity >4GB:
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10 - The sd(7D) driver on solaris 8 x86 driver has bug when accessing a
11 disk block >4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE
12 (i.e. CDROM and DVD media). Due to a 32bit int overflow, a disk
13 address modulo 4GB is accessed.
14 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516)
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16 - The similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka ISO9660),
17 hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks >4GB, all data is
18 accessed modulo 4GB
19 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592)
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22 Jürgen Keil
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