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Strange that it doesn’t support SPARC. It’s like Linux only supporting ARM64 and not x86.
by mise_en_place 3y ago
Strange that it doesn’t support SPARC. It’s like Linux only supporting ARM64 and not x86.
- stonogo 3y agoThere's an effort to support it: https://dlc.openindiana.aurora-opencloud.org/SPARC/ https://dlc.openindiana.aurora-opencloud.org/SPARC/ I think it doesn't have much support because the majority of SPARC gear out there runs better with SunOS. Solaris was a big jump up in processing requirements.
- tedunangst 3y agoIgnoring 20 years of sparc hardware produced after the last sunos release.
- rbanffy 3y agoOracle doesn’t help much IIRC. SPARC seems to be a dead-end hardware-wise. A real shame IMHO.
- pjmlp 3y agoThe improvements regarding memory tagging, the first UNIX architecture to ship memory tagging in production for years, has been done under Oracle management.
- palmfacehn 3y agoWill they keep the architecture going forward with new chips?
- pjmlp 3y agoSPARC is doing just fine for the context of existing Solaris customers. ARM, RISC-V and CHERI have similar memory tagging capabilities for Linux/Windows users. The elephant in the room are Intel/AMD not being able to deliver on that front, after several failed attempts.
- rbanffy 3y ago> SPARC is doing just fine for the context of existing Solaris customers. In other words, it's a legacy product. There's no future roadmap for SPARC, unlike ARM, x86, POWER, and Z.
- palmfacehn 3y agoFrom my limited reading on the topic, even Fujitsu has moved on to ARM. Maybe someone can pop in here with a correction to that?
- stonogo 3y agoYes, it's pretty clear everyone is. What's your point?
- tedunangst 3y agoThe majority of sparc gear out there doesn't run sunos at all, let alone better.