On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 08:21:42AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:35:03PM +0100, Daniel van Eeden wrote: > > Is it an sparc64 only problem or is ipsec also unusable on sparc32? > > The problem is specific to any arch where the userspace and kernel run > different bitness. Like sparc64, where userland is 32bit (same for > ppc64, mips64 and some other arch's atleast for a short time). > > Ioctl's from userspace have to be translated in this case from 32bit to > 64bit. Those translations have to be done by someone, and no one has > tried it yet.
Stupid question: Aren't 64-bit userland binaries supported by the sun4u kernels? If so, can't ipsec userland be compiled as a 64-bit app? Please enlighten me; I know I don't know all the details. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Avoid gunfire in the bathroom tonight.
