[geeks] Can someone sell me a cheap ultra sparc :-)

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 11:14:17PM +1000, Scott Howard wrote:

> The primary impact of these changes are to systems that rely on third-party
> 32-bit kernel modules: firewalls, kernel-resident drivers, and replacement
> filesystems, for example. These systems must be updated to use 64-bit
> versions of those modules.

I don't see why they would do this.

32-bit programs are all you need sometimes.  Some sites won't need
64-bits for years to come.

Is it that much maintenance work for them?

> Another impact of these changes is that UltraSPARC systems that contain
> UltraSPARC I processors with clocks that run at 200MHz or lower frequencies
> might not be supported in a future release. 

This sounds awfully arbitrary.  Is Solaris going to check your clock
speed and shut off if its too low?


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