Re: Solaris 10 Linux support

From: Axel Neumann (Axel.Neumann_at_epost.de)
Date: 10/11/04

  • Next message: Andrew J. Brehm: "Re: Solaris 10 Linux support" 
    Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:35:20 +0200

    "Andrew J. Brehm" <ajbrehm@gmail.com> wrote:
    > http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/10/top10.jsp
    >
    > "We've made Solaris 10 the most interoperable operating system platform
    > ever. Linux applications will run on Solaris 10--natively. No emulation,
    > no complication, no performance hit. Perhaps you want to run that x86
    > application on some bigger UltraSPARC processor iron--no problem. We
    > base our work on open standards to make transitions easy--and a lot less
    > expensive than the last transition you went through."
    >
    > This is rather unclear and the further information given on other pages
    > doesn't help much either.
    >
    > Does this mean that Solaris/SPARC will run x86 Linux binaries or why is
    > "x86 application" mentioned in conjunction with Linux compatibility and
    > "UltraSPARC processor iron"?
    >
    > --
    > Andrew J. Brehm
    > Marx Brothers Fan
    > PowerPC User
    > Supporter of Chicken Pizza

    Hi,

    Linux x86 binaries will not run on a SPARC system except there would be a
    x86 emulator or you install a SunPci card in the box.

    What the text means is the following:

    You can run Linux x86 binaries on a Solaris 10 x86 system.

    You can "easily" port a Linux application to Solaris 10 SPARC due to the
    fact it is based on open standards.

    HTH,

    Axel Neumann

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