On 03/15/10 06:50 AM, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: ...
*And also unlike Mac OS X, where a 32-bit kernel can run 64-bit applications, provided the CPU is 64-bit capable. On Solaris, a 64-bit kernel is required to run 64-bit applications, but can still run 32-bit applications. Additionally, Solaris does not have "fat" binaries (a single binary file that combines binaries compiled for two or more architectures), so it ends up having totally separate copies, with a way (typically isaexec) to have a single program decide which to actually execute.
However, OpenSolaris does have "fat" (multi-variant) packages ;) However, those are not used for 32-bit vs. 64-bit, but for SPARC vs. i386. -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
