Re: GPL'ing Solaris won't save SUN

From: Peter Bunclark (psb_at_ast.cam.ac.uk)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:03:47 +0100

Casper H.S. Dik wrote:

>Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org> writes:
>
>
>
>>Kernel panics resulting from memory getting scribbled on
>>inappropriately have been the "canonical" problem. The memory has
>>been replaced, repetitively. CPUs and carriers have been replaced, ad
>>nauseum.
>>
>>
>
>Memory getting scribbled over looks more like a software
>problem than a hardware problem. (Somewhat dependign on
>the pattern)
>
>It's certainly not a usual problem (what OS version was it
>running, what additional software, specficially kernel components,
>and was it ever run with "set kmem_flags = 0xf")
>
>It pains me to see unhappy customers; and you story is particularly
>uncharacteristic as far as I can tell.
>
>Casper
>
>
There have been many anecdotes over time, including at least one from me,
of Sparc/Solaris systems running longer than a year; and usually the final
reboot is caused by a must-have security patch or a power cut. (And
`running'
means running services, not just idling away in a corner).

Pete.

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