Re: [PLUG] Buying a Sparc

["NARESH G REDDY" <nyg102@psu.edu>]

forget the SPARC. I will stick with a Intel P4. They are cheap now : new P4
system for $599 .

Thanks For all the replies and suggestions.

Naresh


On Fri, 3 May 2002 16:46:53, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

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> On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:46:35PM -0400, Time wrote:
> > [root@sixtyfour]~$ cc -v
> > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-linux/2.95.4/specs
> > gcc version 2.95.4  (Debian prerelease)
> >=20
> > So I understand, is the kernel running in 64-bit mode? I'm really
> > confused. 8\
> 
> As mct pointed out, I asked for the wrong thing. (egcs64 is used
> explicilty to build 64-bit kernels.)
> 
> I'd hazard a guess that you are running with the processor in 64-bit
> mode, but probably not getting as much out of it as you will after
> gcc3 stableizes and you start building kernels with it instead.
> (It's been rototilled here and there to be more portable and clean.
> Though it's still a nightmare to follow the code.)
> 
> --=20
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
> 
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