>
> I wrote Transarc, asking if there would eventually be different sysnames
> for the 32- and 64-bit versions of AFS 3.6. They said both versions will
> have the sysname "sun4x_57".
>
> Our initial thought was to set sysname ourself, using "sun4u_57" for
> 64-bit machines and "sun4x_57" for 32-bit machines. Ah, but then what
> do you do about 64-bit machines running in 32-bit mode? And of
> course the AFS "sys" command will always return "sun4x_57"; we'd have to modi
fy
> that binary as well...
>
> Has anyone else run up against this? Any thoughts on how to
> address the problem?
Unless transarc has changed something in 3.6 what is returned by fs
sysname or @sys is actually controlled with the fs command. If you
run "fs sysname <new sysname>" then @sys will be whatever <new sysname>
was.
Using that you should be able to put together a script that run
as partof the AFS startup and figures out the appropriate value. The
64 bit machines in 32 bit mode might make it interesting, but that's
just because I don't know the magic command to ask the system
what mode it is in.
thanx
-jmck
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Jim McKinney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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