Robert Healey wrote: > Does anyone else have a large installation of sun4m architecture > machines it would be nice to run something other than Linux/NetBSD on? > > SS20, SS5, SS10, various server 4m machines. > > How about the old 1000's and 2000 4d archs? > > Or is Sun strongly opposed to admitting 32bit SPARC exists/existed? I > noticed they torpedo'd Solaris9 support a while back by forcing S9 > patches to only work on 64 bit systems even though the original S9 > updates supported 4m just fine. > > 32bit x86 is OK, any reason why 32bit SPARC isn't other than just 'cuz? > > 4m's make decent single task server boxes for services just like small > x86 boxes. > > My $0.02 > > -Rob > > For those clamoring for 4u and 4v support, what is wrong with the > support in Solaris10 or SXCE? I would think OpenSolaris would be more > useful for targeting older 4m/4d/4u architectures like Linux and NetBSD > do. > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > SS5 is wayyy too slow, even for Solaris 8 (Last version I think supported)
4m's make good heaters, dns servers and routing devices, nothing more considering the exponential bloat the has occurred over the years to address modern needs, and there's no going back. Even with Indiana which is about 1/6th as bloated as S10, it's still pushing it to even move those magnetic waves around in your head that way. It's simply unthesible and not because everything is 64-bit or that Sun doesn't want to mention it, it's a matter of modern operating systems needing modern hardware, such an old and unsupported machine is not of their concern nor would the cost in trimming be worth it. You're free to trim down Indiana and make it work, I mean on x86 systems 32-bit is no less supported than 64-bit for most intensive purposes. James _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
