SUMMARY: 64 bit Solaris 2.8
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I got lots of responses promptly. Thanks for following people who offered me
kindly helps:
Christophe Dupre
Henrik Mortensen
Jona Sperty
Ray McCaffity
Angel R Rivera
Mark McManus
John Martinez
Scott Kulp
Farzad Hejazi
Don Harris
All people agree that 64 bit is suported because the processor is UltraSPARC
I.
Most people believe that I need to reinstall the Solaris 2.8 if 64bit mode
is not installed in the first place. Some think no reinstallation is needed.
All agree that /platform/sun4u/boot.conf file need to be edited to uncomment
"ALLOW_64BIT_KERNEL_ON_UltraSPARC1_CPU=true".
Since I don't have many application installed yet, to play safe, I
reinstalled Solaris 2.8 and edited the boot.conf file. Now when I run
"isainfo -v" and get the following output:
64-bit sparcv9 applications
32-bit sparc applications
Thanks again for the helps.
Eddie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eddie Li
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:47 PM
> To: 'codeprof at codeprof.com'
> Subject: 64 bit Solaris 2.8
>
> Dear Manager,
>
> I have a Ultra 1 machine with UltraSPARC 143MHz processor, and want to
> install Solaris 2.8 on it. Here are my questions:
>
> 1. is the processor a SPARC V9 64-bit UltraSPARC processor? How can find
> it out?
> 2. I installed 32 bits Solaris 2.8 on it because the firmware was 3.1.1.
> Now I updated the firmware to 3.25.0 and want to use 64bits Solaris 2.8.
> Do I need to reinstall from the scratch?
>
> Thanks.
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I got lots of responses promptly. =
Thanks for following people who offered me kindly helps:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Christophe Dupre</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Henrik Mortensen</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Jona Sperty</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Ray McCaffity</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Angel R Rivera</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Mark McManus</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">John Martinez</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Scott Kulp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Farzad Hejazi</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Don Harris</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">All people agree that 64 bit is =
suported because the processor is UltraSPARC I.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Most people believe that I need to =
reinstall the Solaris 2.8 if 64bit mode is not installed in the first =
place. Some think no reinstallation is needed. All agree that =
/platform/sun4u/boot.conf file need to be edited to uncomment =
"ALLOW_64BIT_KERNEL_ON_UltraSPARC1_CPU=3Dtrue".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Since I don't have many application =
installed yet, to play safe, I reinstalled Solaris 2.8 and edited the =
boot.conf file. Now when I run "isainfo -v" and get the =
following output:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">64-bit sparcv9 applications</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">32-bit sparc applications</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks again for the helps.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Eddie</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">From: </FONT></B> <FONT =
SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Eddie Li </FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Sent: </FONT></B> <FONT =
SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:47 PM</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">To: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">'codeprof at codeprof.com'</FONT>
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FACE=3D"Arial">Subject: </FONT>=
</B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">64 bit Solaris 2.8</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Dear Manager,</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I have a Ultra 1 machine with =
UltraSPARC 143MHz processor, and want to install Solaris 2.8 on it. =
Here are my questions:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">1. is the processor a SPARC V9 64-bit =
UltraSPARC processor? How can find it out?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">2. I installed 32 bits Solaris 2.8 on =
it because the firmware was 3.1.1. Now I updated the firmware to 3.25.0 =
and want to use 64bits Solaris 2.8. Do I need to reinstall from the =
scratch?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks.</FONT>
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