On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Rainer Orth wrote: >> From my understanding, it was not. UltraSPARC I support was dropped when > 32-bit SPARC was removed. The fact that US-I machines run perfectly fine > in 64-bit mode (and have been since Solaris 7) wasn't taken into > consideration. Yes, there was a small risk, but at least you had the > choice. With the wholesale removal, you didn't any longer.
The milk is spilt; there is little point discussing the issue any further. In real terms, the only machine to be dropped is the Ultra-1; faster CPUs are available very easily for Ultra-2 and beyond. May I suggest that a good use for your Ultra-1s is keeping a test platform for your legacy Solaris 9 applications? -- Andre van Eyssen. mail: andre at purplecow.org jabber: andre at interact.purplecow.org purplecow.org: UNIX for the masses http://www2.purplecow.org purplecow.org: PCOWpix http://pix.purplecow.org
