>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:37:43 -0400, Ryan Novosielski said: > > I'm confused at this point as well. The R5000 does not report back as > 64-bit, but I see from reading Wiki that the first 64-bit chip was > R4000. I have an R8000 that is, but my R4400's and R5000's are all 32 > according to the OS. > > As far as running 32-bit vs. 64-bit IRIX, there is no way to specify. > This I know because I thought one of my 4400's used to identify as > 64-bit before a re-install. sgi support told me, essentially, that they > are what they are when you install and that's the way it is.
My guess is that the R4400/R5000's are used in low-end machines. Either the MMU or system architecture in those machines isn't able to cope with 64-bit addressing or it was a marketing strategy to only support 64-bit on the high-end machines. > I guess we're getting off-topic though. Yeah, sorry. __Martin > > Martin Simmons wrote: > >>>>>> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:36:49 -0400, Ryan Novosielski said: > >> And FYI, I have just retired about 20 IRIX systems, so I have more than > >> enough to go around for software testing should that be desirable. I run > >> Bacula currently on an IRIX machine to back up a webserver running on > >> that host, but not a 64-bit one, so I didn't run into this. As those > >> reading no doubt know by now, IRIX is identified as IRIX64 on any system > >> running a 64-bit processor. > > > > I think it is bit more complicated than that, because my retired IRIX > > machine > > has an R5000 CPU, which is 64-bit, but it is running 32-bit IRIX. I don't > > know if that is normal because I didn't install the OS... > > > > __Martin > > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > > easier > > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
