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Date:      Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:04:22 +1000
From:      Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org>
To:        Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
Cc:        Alex Keahan <alex@hightemplar.com>
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP:  ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history
Message-ID:  <20040626140422.GA10281@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au>
In-Reply-To: <200406261535.47434.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
References:  <34301.1088242340@critter.freebsd.dk> <200406261336.26051.alex@hightemplar.com> <20040626125907.5b5b3ae7.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> <200406261535.47434.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>

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On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 03:35:40PM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> On Saturday 26 June 2004 12:59, Miguel Mendez wrote:
> > On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:36:25 +0300
> > Alex Keahan <alex@hightemplar.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > Is Solaris/x86 supported by ibcs2 or svr4?   Solaris/x86 is being
> > > actively developed by Sun and is far from extinct.
> >
> > Solaris/x86 is a niche product.
> > [...]
> 
> That's all very subjective arguments. The question is, does the binary compat 
> _work_ for any recent Solaris/x86 stuff? I rather doubt it, but haven't 
> checked, Scott seems to suggest it doesn't.

Last time I checked, it was at least capable of running a "Hello World"
program compiled on SunOS 5.8. I suspect it would be capable of running
most programs that use only Standard C library routines, but I doubt
something like Java would run -- it doesn't even work well under
Linux emulation.


Tim



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