Re: Solaris 10 Linux support

From: Andrew J. Brehm (ajbrehm_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/11/04

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    Axel Neumann <Axel.Neumann@epost.de> wrote:

    > "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.
    >

    Yes, that was well-known.

    The new information is that Sun apparently don't offer a built-in
    emulator and thus the text above ("Perhaps you want to run that x86
    application on some bigger UltraSPARC processor iron--no problem") is
    not really correct or could be misunderstood. 

    -- 
Andrew J. Brehm
Marx Brothers Fan
PowerPC User
Supporter of Chicken Pizza
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