Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.15-4
In all versions of 2.6 that I've tested with d-i to date, srm_env no longer
works correctly. Attempting to query any variables from
/proc/srm_environment on alpha gives a "Bad address" error:
$ cat /proc/srm_environment/named_variables/language
6cat: /proc/srm_environment/named_variables/language: Bad address
$
strace shows:
open("/proc/srm_environment/named_variables/language", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(0x3, 0x11fc49798) = 0
read(3, "6\0\0\0", 1024) = 4
write(1, "6\0\0\0", 46) = 4
read(3, 0x120018000, 1024) = -1 EFAULT (Bad address)
With coreutils cat, it does at least output the contents ("6") before
exiting with the error; with busybox cat, there is no output, breaking
language autodetection in the installer.
This worked fine with 2.4.27.
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