Hi everybody, as it works on x86 and amd64 like a charm, it doesn't on sparc64. Maybe someone want to have a look at it. :) Regards, Frederic Jaeckel -- PASTE -- # ./bird Bus error (core dumped) # gdb ./bird bird.core GNU gdb 6.5 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "sparc64--netbsd"... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.12...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libc.so.12 Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so Core was generated by `bird'. Program terminated with signal 10, Bus error. #0 config_alloc (name=0x13d1d8 "/usr/pkg/etc/bird.conf") at conf.c:79 79 cfg_mem = c->mem = l; (gdb) backtrace #0 config_alloc (name=0x13d1d8 "/usr/pkg/etc/bird.conf") at conf.c:79 #1 0x000000000012e110 in unix_read_config (cp=0xffffffffffffba48, name=0x13d1d8 "/usr/pkg/etc/bird.conf") at main.c:93 #2 0x000000000012e2d8 in main (argc=1, argv=0xffffffffffffbba8) at main.c:111