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Remove an obsolete link in the solaris section of the documentation (mplayer should work out of the box with the included mpdvdkit2 on solaris). Mention the patches that should be installed to fix one of the two bugs that prevent the use of DVDs >4GB on solaris 8.
author jkeil
date Sat, 04 Jan 2003 19:33:22 +0000
parents 0c0b84a656fe
children 6af7a6595cc9
files DOCS/documentation.html
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/DOCS/documentation.html	Sat Jan 04 19:26:04 2003 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/documentation.html	Sat Jan 04 19:33:22 2003 +0000
@@ -1688,23 +1688,25 @@
    ... more "Illegal mnemonic" and "Syntax error" errors ...
 </PRE>
 
-<P>For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch:
-  <A HREF="http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/">http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/</A>.</P>
-
-<P>Due to two bugs in Solaris 8 x86, you cannot reliably play DVD discs larger
+<P>Due to bugs in Solaris 8, you may not be able to play DVD discs larger
   than 4 GB:</P>
 
 <UL>
-  <LI>The sd(7D) driver on Solaris 8 x86 driver has bug when accessing a disk
+  <LI>The sd(7D) driver on Solaris 8 x86 has a bug when accessing a disk
     block &gt;4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE (i.e.  CD-ROM
     and DVD media).  Due to a 32Bit int overflow, a disk address modulo 4GB is
     accessed.
     (<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516</A>)
+    <P>
+    This problem does not exist in the SPARC version of Solaris 8.
   </LI>
   <LI>A similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka
-    ISO9660), hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks larger than 4GB, all data
+    ISO9660), hsfs may not not support partitions/disks larger than 4GB, all data
     is accessed modulo 4GB.
-    (<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592</A>)
+    (<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592</A>).
+    <P>
+    The hsfs problem can be fixed by installing patch 109764-04 (sparc) /
+    109765-04 (x86).
   </LI>
 </UL>