Subject: Re: 32-Bit Userland On 64-Bit Machine?
To: Bill Dorsey <dorsey@lila.com>
From: Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/24/2003 19:57:45
Bill Dorsey said:

>I find it a bit strange that what seems to me to be the most useful 
>configuration of an ultra-sparc based system (running in 32-bit mode 
>for best compatibility -- just as Sun does with Solaris) requires one 
>to perform a lot of contortions before getting it working.

From Solaris 8 and onwards, it only installs 32bit kernel on Ultra sparc
boxes of 200 mhz or less. I believe that Solaris 10 is eliminating 32bit
kernel mode all together.


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