Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 04:50:45 -0500 (EST) From: Lyndon Griffin <lgriffin@bsd4us.org> To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 32 vs. 64 Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.10.10001190440430.31627-100000@ns.bsd4us.org> In-Reply-To: <20000119014317.O67844@relay.nuxi.com>
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That's what I thought... what is the feasability of producing a single small kernel that will run sun4 and sun4u and everything in between? By small, I mean 2mb or less (I like the idea of having a boot floppy for those machines that can support it). Again, this is way ahead of the curve, but it's good to have goals. <:) Lyndon Griffin http://www.bsd4us.org On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, David O'Brien wrote: > > Given that Solaris 7 (and 8) can run both 32bit and 64bit executables, can > > a sun4u boot off a 32bit-only kernel? > > Yes. In fact if you want to use ``cdrecord'' on Solaris 7, you must boot > the 32-bit kernel. > > > > Maybe I'm mistaken about the nature of Solaris' gradual movement to 64bit, > > and Solaris 2.5.1 is indeed a 64bit os? > > Solaris 7 was the first 100% 64-bit Solaris. > > -- > -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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