Starting with Solaris 7 (IIRC), Sun introduced 64 Solaris (and I realize that's a simplification as it was implemented in layers).
I'm a little unclear as to the difference between SPARCv9 and 64bit. I thought they were the same thing. If you look at the SPARCv9 architecture specs: http://www.sparc.com/standards/SPARCV9.pdf, it states that SPARC-V9 introduces 64bit addressing. Ben pointed out to me though that (if I understood correctly) the sparcv9 in the Linux/gcc sense is just optimized for the Sun UltraSPARC (sun4u) processor. If you look under Solaris (>=7): There is /usr/lib and /usr/lib/64 is a symlink to /usr/lib/sparcv9: file /usr/lib/libc: /usr/lib/libc.so.1: ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped file /usr/lib/sparcv9/libc.so.1 (or /usr/lib/64/libc.so.1): /usr/lib/sparcv9/libc.so.1: ELF 64-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARCV9 Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped However, this is not the case everywhere. While there is a /usr/bin/sparcv9 and /kernel/drv/sparcv9 (and many more: grep sparcv9 /var/sadm/install/contents), there are no /usr/bin/64 or /kernel/drv/64 links. I did notice though (and it's documented) that every binary/library in the sparcv9 directories is 64bit. I've never had to delve into this under Solaris--it just works. The only quirk is that if you compile a kernel module under gcc for a 64bit kernel, you need to specify -m64 (as mentioned on the list). The first time I got bit by this is trying to get the bridge-utils to work under Linux on an UltraSPARC, so I'm trying to get a handle on it. In fact, there are some interesting conversations going on at the bridge development list. Anyway, I hope this helps. Obviously I don't have the expertise necessary to contribute to this discussion. It's very interesting though. Definitely seems like it will become a more common problem in the near future. <> Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clint Adams Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:05 PM To: Ben Collins Cc: Albert Cahalan; [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: procps doesn't buildd - /lib versus /lib64 > No, Solaris has normal libs in /lib and their 64-bit libs in /lib64. > Just like we do. Neat, huh? In which version is that true?
