Re: Solaris source

stephen farrell (sfarrell@healthquiz.com)
29 Apr 1997 12:31:16 -0500


Todd Graham Lewis <lists@reflections.eng.mindspring.net> writes:

> On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, David S. Miller wrote:
>
> > I hear Solaris/x86 is selling like hot cakes these days anyways, so we
> > have a lot to worry about it seems... 8-)
>
> Speaking of which, now that we have:
>
> SCO/Intel -> Linux/Intel
> Linux/Intel -> Linux/Alpha
> DU/Alpha -> Linux/Alpha
> SunOS/Sparc -> Linux/Sparc
> Solaris/Sparc -> Linux/Sparc
> (Pardon me if I missed any)
>
> running, especially the later two, are there any plans to get
>
> Solaris/Intel -> Linux/Intel
>
> working? David & Miguel's Sparc/Linux paper seemed to intimate that
> Solaris emulation was not hard, even after SunOS emulation took all the
> reserved slot thingie-whatsits. I'm curious, given that the four
> applications which run on Solaris/Intel might, if runnable under Linux,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

keep in mind that one of those 4 apps is a sun-supported, promptly
released, JDK... which is pretty desireable, i think.

--steve farrell