Bug#264782: marked as done (grub: Boot failures with >2GB ram)
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Subject: grub: Boot failures with >2GB ram
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Package: grub
Version: 0.94+cvs20040429-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch
Hi,
I tracked down the (or at least one of) boot failures with more than 2
GB ram.
I reported the patch upstream but the diff is also attached here. The
patch should be placed into debian/patches and added to 00list.
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=9954
MfG
Goswin
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5-amd64
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE
Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.4-3 Shared libraries for terminal hand
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diff -Nurd grub-0.95+cvs20040624/stage2/char_io.c grub-0.95+cvs20040624-mrvn/stage2/char_io.c
--- grub-0.95+cvs20040624/stage2/char_io.c 2004-05-23 18:45:44.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-0.95+cvs20040624-mrvn/stage2/char_io.c 2004-08-10 11:58:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -1175,10 +1175,10 @@
#endif /* ! STAGE1_5 */
int
-memcheck (int addr, int len)
+memcheck (unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
{
#ifdef GRUB_UTIL
- static int start_addr (void)
+ static unsigned long start_addr (void)
{
int ret;
# if defined(HAVE_START_SYMBOL)
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@
return ret;
}
- static int end_addr (void)
+ static unsigned long end_addr (void)
{
int ret;
# if defined(HAVE_END_SYMBOL)
diff -Nurd grub-0.95+cvs20040624/stage2/shared.h grub-0.95+cvs20040624-mrvn/stage2/shared.h
--- grub-0.95+cvs20040624/stage2/shared.h 2004-06-20 15:48:47.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-0.95+cvs20040624-mrvn/stage2/shared.h 2004-08-10 11:58:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@
int nul_terminate (char *str);
int get_based_digit (int c, int base);
int safe_parse_maxint (char **str_ptr, int *myint_ptr);
-int memcheck (int start, int len);
+int memcheck (unsigned long start, unsigned long len);
void grub_putstr (const char *str);
#ifndef NO_DECOMPRESSION
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From: Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org>
To: Goswin Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>,
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Subject: Re: Bug#264782: grub: Boot failures with >2GB ram
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On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 07:26:45PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> >
> > I reported the patch upstream but the diff is also attached here. The
> > patch should be placed into debian/patches and added to 00list.
>
> Cool. I'm uploading this ASAP.
Euh, I forgot to close the bug.
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Robert Millan
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