diff --git a/boehm-gc/ChangeLog b/boehm-gc/ChangeLog
index d1c9c04656f0b04222df64f26c9f9285c1294c89..a97a5e9403768833e1b45686891d57f3babca490 100644
--- a/boehm-gc/ChangeLog
+++ b/boehm-gc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2001-09-26  Rainer Orth  <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+
+	* solaris_threads.c (MAX_ORIG_STACK_SIZE) [I386]: Provide special
+	Solaris 2/Intel definition.
+	
+	* configure.in (i?86-*-solaris2.[89]*): Define
+	SOLARIS25_PROC_VDB_BUG_FIXED.
+	* include/private/gcconfig.h [I386 && SUNOS5]: Use it.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
+	* include/private/gcconfig.h [I386 && SUNOS5] (DATASTART): Use _etext.
+	(DATAEND): Define using _end.
+
 2001-09-11  Per Bothner  <per@bothner.com>
 
 	* include/Makefile.am:  New file.  It defines include_HEADERS.
diff --git a/boehm-gc/configure b/boehm-gc/configure
index b975d0c8202252069990ada62e747db43cf27d30..79d9655842f7baee92496cc6573977089207443e 100755
--- a/boehm-gc/configure
+++ b/boehm-gc/configure
@@ -2806,6 +2806,12 @@ machdep=
 case "$host" in
  alpha*-*-*)
     machdep="alpha_mach_dep.lo"
+    ;;
+ i?86-*-solaris2.[89]*)
+    cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
+#define SOLARIS25_PROC_VDB_BUG_FIXED 1
+EOF
+
     ;;
  mipstx39-*-elf*)
     machdep="mips_ultrix_mach_dep.lo"
diff --git a/boehm-gc/configure.in b/boehm-gc/configure.in
index 8fc2cdffbecac78d654c1c62e6307a197d03c18e..48f69908fab824bc6ff02f65a323e0feffcd12bd 100644
--- a/boehm-gc/configure.in
+++ b/boehm-gc/configure.in
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ case "$host" in
  alpha*-*-*)
     machdep="alpha_mach_dep.lo"
     ;;
+ i?86-*-solaris2.[[89]]*)
+    AC_DEFINE(SOLARIS25_PROC_VDB_BUG_FIXED)
+    ;;
  mipstx39-*-elf*)
     machdep="mips_ultrix_mach_dep.lo"
     AC_DEFINE(STACKBASE, __stackbase)
diff --git a/boehm-gc/include/private/gcconfig.h b/boehm-gc/include/private/gcconfig.h
index e8bac1bcdc29e648e191d79ae4ece6f97abab1c6..4e20f48ade3ac084aeb997a94912e183c444e6bf 100644
--- a/boehm-gc/include/private/gcconfig.h
+++ b/boehm-gc/include/private/gcconfig.h
@@ -838,9 +838,10 @@
 #   endif
 #   ifdef SUNOS5
 #	define OS_TYPE "SUNOS5"
-  	extern int etext, _start;
+  	extern int _etext, _end;
   	extern char * GC_SysVGetDataStart();
-#       define DATASTART GC_SysVGetDataStart(0x1000, &etext)
+#       define DATASTART GC_SysVGetDataStart(0x1000, &_etext)
+#	define DATAEND (&_end)
 /*	# define STACKBOTTOM ((ptr_t)(&_start)) worked through 2.7,  	*/
 /*      but reportedly breaks under 2.8.  It appears that the stack	*/
 /* 	base is a property of the executable, so this should not break	*/
@@ -849,7 +850,9 @@
 #       include <sys/vmparam.h>
 #	define STACKBOTTOM USRSTACK
 /** At least in Solaris 2.5, PROC_VDB gives wrong values for dirty bits. */
-/*#	define PROC_VDB*/
+#	ifdef SOLARIS25_PROC_VDB_BUG_FIXED
+#	  define PROC_VDB
+#	endif
 #	define DYNAMIC_LOADING
 #	ifndef USE_MMAP
 #	    define USE_MMAP
diff --git a/boehm-gc/solaris_threads.c b/boehm-gc/solaris_threads.c
index 8cc6319cd22e82ef528ef6fecad157c3b72753b0..a0d03406981714fb4dd71311df3ca4610e4beddb 100644
--- a/boehm-gc/solaris_threads.c
+++ b/boehm-gc/solaris_threads.c
@@ -621,7 +621,18 @@ GC_thread GC_lookup_thread(thread_t id)
     return(p);
 }
 
+/* Solaris 2/Intel uses an initial stack size limit slightly bigger than the
+   SPARC default of 8 MB.  Account for this to warn only if the user has
+   raised the limit beyond the default.
+
+   This is identical to DFLSSIZ defined in <sys/vm_machparam.h>.  This file
+   is installed in /usr/platform/`uname -m`/include, which is not in the
+   default include directory list, so copy the definition here.  */
+#ifdef I386
+# define MAX_ORIG_STACK_SIZE (8 * 1024 * 1024 + ((USRSTACK) & 0x3FFFFF))
+#else
 # define MAX_ORIG_STACK_SIZE (8 * 1024 * 1024)
+#endif
 
 word GC_get_orig_stack_size() {
     struct rlimit rl;