> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 08:03:41AM -0700, Tom Buskey > wrote: > > > > Solaris is 64 bits with support for 32 bits. I've > been running 64 bit Solaris since Solaris 7 as I > imagine most Solaris users have. I don't think any > other major 64 bit OS has been in general use as long > (VMS?). > > IRIX, AIX, pretty much any commercial OS written for > something > that didn't have an Intel CPU in it. ;)
You're right of course and lots of people use them. My point is that Solaris has been 64 bits longer then most others. I think 64 bits in AIX got 64 bits after Solaris and Linux (via Alpha) did. Irix was 64 bit near the same time as Solaris but the end of the Irix is visible. Did they port it to anything other then MIPS? OSF1 or Digital Unix or Tru64 on the Alpha was the 1st commercial 64 bit OS but it's pretty much gone nowadays. I'm not sure where VMS or HP-UX stand. > > I can't remember the last time I had a 32 vs 64 bit > issue in Solaris. In Windows XP or Linux I think > it's common. > > 64-bit is relatively new to the x86 platform as > compared to the other > CPUs which have had it for, well, crap, almost 15 > years at this point? > 64-bit is extremely mature on all those systems. > Linux and Windows > as well as the BSDs) are all relative newcomers to > the 64-bit arena. The 2nd non-x86 port of Linux was to the Alpha in 1999 (98?) by Linus no less. And it was 64 bits. However, linux distributions seem to be 99% x86-32 and everything else has limited distribution support; you have to roll your own for other platforms. x86-64 is probably the best supported non x86-32 platform. Everything else seems to disappear after awhile. Linux the kernel has been 64 bit for a long time, but the popular distributions are mostly 32 bit userland on a 64 bit kernel. Web plugins are generally only available for the 32 bit web browser, etc. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
