[patch] Fix hald-runner crash on sparc

[David Zeuthen]

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 20:34 +0100, Sjoerd Simons wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   Attached are two patches. The first fixes a crash caused by a sigBUS on
>   sparc, while the second makes hal DIE as soon as it detects the connection
>   to hald-runner is gone. 
> 
>   Ok to commit?

Yup, but please fix up the summary line of each commit to start with a
non-capital letter. Thanks.

(there's some git magic to do that; can't remember it offhand; perhaps
someone who does can paste it here for future reference? Thanks!)

      David