From: Oleg Krivosheev <kriol@fnal.gov>
To: Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.com>
Cc: frichard@bbn.com, egcs@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: sparc64 support for Solaris
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 21:50:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971017230809.10734A-100000@drabble> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199710180206.TAA24784@atrus.synopsys.com>
On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Joe Buck wrote:
> > I was wondering how I can enable 64 bit support and v9 instruction
> > scheduling for an Ultra 1 Model 170 running Solaris2.5. This is
> > apparently not possible when the target is "sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1".
>
> If you turned it on, your process would bomb at the first context switch.
> Solaris 2.5.x does not save the 64-bit register state, so basically some
> registers will come back randomized (from other processes?).
hmm...
are you sure ?
Solaris2.5.1 ultra != solaris 2.5.1 32bit sparc.
> Solaris 2.6 is supposed to fix this.
no
64bit interface will be in Solaris 2.7, Q1 next year i've heard
OK
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-10-17 21:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-10-17 16:51 Fred Richardson
1997-10-17 19:03 ` David S. Miller
1997-10-17 19:06 ` Joe Buck
1997-10-17 19:44 ` John Carr
1997-10-17 21:50 ` Oleg Krivosheev [this message]
1997-10-18 11:53 ` Joe Buck
1997-10-18 12:39 ` Joe Buck
1997-10-17 19:31 Mike Stump
1997-10-19 13:06 ` Fred Richardson
1997-10-20 18:57 ` John Carr
1997-10-20 19:22 ` Doug Evans
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