Sorry for the late response here...

>>>>> James C McPherson writes:

jmcp> Just because your cpu can't run 64bit code does not mean that it
jmcp> cannot build 64bit code.

jmcp> Our makefiles are setup to build all possible architectures for a
jmcp> family (ie, x64/x86 vs sun4u/sun4v). I don't believe that hacking
jmcp> them to do cpu capability detection and not build bits is a viable
jmcp> use of anybody's time.

Well, IIRC, building ON on a low-end system can take the better part of
a day.

The OpenSolaris test farm does have some build servers, which I think
people can use if their personal hardware isn't fast enough.

http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+testing/buildservers

mike

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