On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 04:37:16PM +0100, Jes Sorensen wrote: > >>>>> "Grant" == Grant Grundler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Grant> o dd to > Grant> raw disk isn't working right. "No space left on device". See > Grant> the output below. > > Likely cause would be that the structs for stat don't match between > the kernel and glibc. I still think the best approach would be to go > for a clean 64 bit userland from the beginning as we have on the Alpha > and ia64 and provide backwards compat support afterwards. I don't like > to see the hppa64 port end up in the same situation as sparc64 where > almost nothing gets done for years because there is already a 32 bit > userland.
This 'no space' problem was caused by an error in the register save/ restore on interrupts, for 64 bit (assembly.h): date: 2000/12/11 13:10:49; author: rhirst; state: Exp; lines: +10 -0 cr11 (sar) is a funny one. 5 bits on PA1.1 and 6 bit on PA2.0. For PA2.0 mtsar or mtctl always write 6 bits, but mfctl only reads 5 bits. Use mfctl,w to read all six bits. Otherwise we loose the 6th bit on a save/restore over interrupt. Caused dd of=/dev/sdaX to report no space available at random. Richard
