sparc64/105607: ipfw on sparc64 doesn't work at all (causes panic)

[Kris Kennaway]

The following reply was made to PR sparc64/105607; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>
To: Aled Morris <aledm at qix.co.uk>
Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>, freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: sparc64/105607: ipfw on sparc64 doesn't work at all (causes panic)
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:48:05 -0500

 On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 08:38:26PM +0000, Aled Morris wrote:
 > Aled Morris wrote:
 > 
 > >I'll try a new kernel build.
 > >
 > I tried.  The problem is in loading kernel modules.  Panic every time.
 > 
 > IPFW compiled-in to the kernel works fine.
 > 
 > Now what do I do?  submit a new PR for the KLD problem?
 
 No, it's not really a bug, but a design limitation in the way things
 are compiled on sparc.
 
 Kris