From 888ef8250c68181399568fe7f3d98d3eb5787a6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juergen Keil Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 13:56:01 +0000 Subject: Document a problem with the solaris kernel (x86 only) accessing dvds >4GB capacity. CVS patchset: 750 CVS date: 2001/10/06 13:56:01 --- doc/README.solaris | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/README.solaris b/doc/README.solaris index 852d4e33d..3e094af04 100644 --- a/doc/README.solaris +++ b/doc/README.solaris @@ -62,3 +62,17 @@ Known Problems with the following contents: PaletteFile /opt/sfw/etc/im_palette.pal + + +* On Solaris x86, you cannot reliably play DVDs using a capacity >4GB: + + The sd(7D) driver on solaris x86 has a bug when accessing a disk + block >4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE (i.e. + CDROM and DVD media). Due to a 32bit int overflow, a disk address + modulo 4GB is accessed. + + There's no workaround available. + + See the following message for more details about this bug: + + http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516 -- cgit v1.2.3