* On 2018-01-22 at 11:52 GMT, a b wrote:

> Apologies if this has been asked before,  in  which  case  I
> will  be  grateful  to be pointed to the documentation to go
> read.
> 
> I have a perfectly good, last generation Pentium 4 server at
> 3.2  GHz  which  currently runs Solaris 10 GA (01/2006). I'd
> like to migrate away from Solaris 10 and run SDC on it.
> 
> Solaris and by extension illumos used to  have  full  32-bit
> kernel  support,  which  if  I understood correctly has pur-
> posely been ripped out.
> 
> I'd hate to waste a good server just because it has a 32-bit
> processor. Is there a way to restore that and build a 32-bit
> kernel so I can run SmartOS and SDC? What steps do I need to
> take?

It's just software, so there's always a way, but SmartOS has never
supported 32-bit so you will need to do a huge amount of engineering
work by yourself to achieve this.  It's not simply a case of reverting
some patches and booting a custom build.

-- 
Jonathan Perkin  -  Joyent, Inc.  -  www.joyent.com


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