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Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS but how?

Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS but how?
From: Oliver Schinagl
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:29:02 +0200

Ian Collins wrote:
> Oliver Schinagl wrote:
>   
>> Casper.Dik@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>>> However, I found on the liveDVD/CD that nexentia and beleniX both don't
>>>> come in x86_64 flavors? Or does solaris autodetect and auto run in 64bit
>>>> mode at boottime?
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Solaris autodetects the CPU type and boots in 64 bit mode on 64 bit
>>> CPUs and in 32 bit mode on 32 bit CPUs.
>>>
>>> large parts of the runtime (executables) exist only in 32 bit varieties
>>> to save space; but libraries by and large come in both 32 and 64 bit
>>> variants as do device drivers and kernel modules.
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> once I boot it in 64bit mode, i'd have to run emulation libraries to run
>> 32bit bins right? 
>>     
> No.  Solaris has both 32 and 64 bit libraries.
>
> Ian
>
>   
so you are saying that i can run both 32bit and 64bit code
simultaneously, natively with the solaris kernel? That's pretty damn cool
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