# Various (possible) problems of aarch64

Here a list of possible problems of NetBSD/evbarm aarch64 that needs further
investigation in order to write proper PR or better yet to fix them!


## `mpv` and NetBSD crashes
Just by invoking `mpv` via:

    $ mpv

It is possible to completely crash NetBSD on aarch64. Investigate why and if
possible get a complete backtrace.

(Is it PaX MPROTECT related?)


## Python `import requests` SIGILLs
Doing a (please note that also `python36` is affected):

    $ python2.7 -c 'import requests'
    Illegal instruction (core dumped)
    Exit 132

leads to a SIGILL. Trying to reduce the test case this also happens with just a:

    $ python2.7 -c 'import OpenSSL'
    Illegal instruction (core dumped)
    Exit 132

Trying to debug this a bit further we can see:

    % cat asi.py
    import OpenSSL
    % python2.7 -m trace --trace asi.py
    [...]
    binding.py(88):     for attr in dir(lib):
    binding.py(89):         if attr not in excluded_names:
    binding.py(90):             setattr(conditional_lib, attr, getattr(lib, attr))
    binding.py(88):     for attr in dir(lib):
    binding.py(89):         if attr not in excluded_names:
    binding.py(90):             setattr(conditional_lib, attr, getattr(lib, attr))
    binding.py(88):     for attr in dir(lib):
    binding.py(89):         if attr not in excluded_names:
    binding.py(90):             setattr(conditional_lib, attr, getattr(lib, attr))
    binding.py(88):     for attr in dir(lib):
    binding.py(92):     return conditional_lib
    binding.py(126):                 cls._lib_loaded = True
    binding.py(128):                 cls.lib.SSL_library_init()
    Illegal instruction (core dumped)
    Exit 132