Yes, sol8 does support the sun4m systems to my knowledge. According to Sun,
it supports the same things as sol7, except for the sun4c systems, Voyager,
and 600MP.

Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: port-sparc-owner@netbsd.org [mailto:port-sparc-owner@netbsd.org]On
Behalf Of Greywolf
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 8:32 PM
To: eeh@netbsd.org
Cc: port-sparc@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: Why no 128-bit FPU?


On 24 Jan 2002 eeh@netbsd.org wrote:

# | I must confess this message looks a bit odd coming from the sparc64
# | spearhead; have you had enough coffee yet?
# |
# | Since the SPARC port is 64-bit fpu/v8, wouldn't supporting 128-bit/v9
# | on it be *forward* compatible?
# |
# | or is it I who have not yet consumed adequate doses of caffeine and
# | hence am misunderstanding your question?
# |
# | # Is there some reason the sparc port does not support
# | # the 128-bit FPU emulation and v9 instructions?  It should
# | # be backwards compatible?
#
# If you look at the size of `long double' in sol 8 you'll find it's
# 16.

...does Sol 8 support the sun4m architecture?  I know it won't run
on the sun4c.


# Eduardo


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