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Re: [TCLUG] Re: [TCLUG:22159] sparc, sparc64 and sparcv9 ?



Quoting Gabe Turner (dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu):
> Which one were you trying to compile (sparc, sparc64, sparcv9)?  Sparc
> seems to implicitly mean 32-bit Sparcs in this particular context.  Sparc64
> is, well, 64-bit Sparcs.  Sparcv9 - you got me.  "An Ultra" could mean
> any ultra.  Is it an Ultra 1, 2, 5, 10, 60, or 80?  Ultra 1s, 2s, 5s, and
> 10s are 32-bit.  The rest are 64-bit, IIRC.

glibc < 2.2 does not support 64-bit SPARC 
glib >= 2.2 does support it

After looking through redhat's web site I finally posted a bug and was promptly
flamed for not knowing this. :-)

For thoses intersted:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18373

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