-----Original message----- From: Phil Dibowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 03:16:16 -0500 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Can't compile Ipfilter4.1.4 on Solaris9 (SPARC)
> Hans Werner Strube wrote: > > jing shen wrote: > > > >>But, when I tried to set up startup scripts in /etc/rc2.d I met > >>another question. Someone says original startup script should be > >>modified to run 64bits ipfilter. That is, /usr/sbin/sparcv9/ipf is > >>ipfilter 64bit code & /usr/sbin/ipf is 32bits. > >> > >>Need I modify it ? > > > > > > No, /usr/sbin/ipf is a hard link to /usr/lib/isaexec, which automatically > > selects the appropriate binary /usr/sbin/sparcv7/ipf or > > /usr/sbin/sparcv9/ipf. > > Hrm. I just noticed something... > > On sparc, /sbin/ipf is a symlink to /usr/sbin/ipf which is, as you > mentioned a hardlink to isaexec. > > On the other hand, in solaris x86, /usr/sbin/ipf doesn't exist, and > /sbin/ipf is the actual ipf binary.... > > Now I wouldn't expect isaexec to be used on x86... it isn't needed... Hi Phil, and others, Well, now with AMD64, Solaris 10 x86/x64 can run in 32 or 64 bits, we'll need the same structure for x86/x64. Simon. > but why is /usr/sbin/ipf on one arch but not the other, and why is > /sbin/ipf a symlink on one arch and real on another. That seems wrong to > me... > > -- > Phil Dibowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Freeware and Technical Pages Insanity Palace of Metallica > http://www.phildev.net/ http://www.ipom.com/ > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 > > Simon-Bernard Drolet, Specialiste X inc., 514-247-6741. SXi at pppoe dot ca Certified Sun Technical Instructor Sun Certified System, Network and Security Administrator for Solaris
