[OpenAFS] Solaris x86 also crashes because of item 1434

[Sergio Gelato]

* John Tang Boyland [2004-03-16 09:30:46 -0600]:
> Last summer AFS bug #1434 was apparently fixed for Solaris 8 on SPARC,
> but apparently not fixed for Solaris 8 on Intel.  I was hoping

Are you sure? The fix (by D.E.Engert) was to bracket the read_binding_file()
call with a #ifndef AFS_SUN58_ENV, and I see that src/config/param.sunx86_58.h
does define AFS_SUN58_ENV.

> the latest openafs would fix this, but it appears that the
> kernel module for 1.2.11 is the same as the one for 1.2.10.

IIRC the problem was discovered when 1.2.9 was current, and the fix was
integrated in 1.2.10.

> I finally patched my system and now starting afs crashes the kernel.

Meaning that you applied Sun's patch 108529-20 or newer? 

Are you using the binary tarballs from www.openafs.org or compiling your
own?

Can you run
	nm /kernel/fs/afs | grep read_binding_file
? The fix for 1434 removed all references to that symbol; if you don't see
it, that means you don't have bug 1434. (You may have discovered a different
bug.)

> (I tried to set this as a comment to ticket #1434, but (1) I don't
> know who would get the comment, and (2) guest is not allowed to
> post comments and (3) rt.central.org doesn't mention how to create 
> a non-guest account.)

I think the proper way to report bugs is to mail openafs-bugs@openafs.org.
RT is apparently read-only for the likes of you and me. (That's OK with me.)