Re: [tlug] Only 32bits for Linux on UltraSparc II :(

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Zuco Pietro wrote:

>As a recent acquisition, I have an UltraSparc II 450Mhz.
>I tried some Linux distributions, and almost all the packages are
>compiled in 32bits, even Gentoo too.
>I'm thinking about make some Linux from scratch and compile everything
>in 64bits, but before I would like to hear from, some opinions about
>the throughput.
>I think that a full 64bits Linux distribution will be faster that a 32
>emulated one, or maybe I'm wrong?
>  
>

I have no idea about performance, but SuSE 9.3 comes with a 64-bit DVD 
as part of the boxed set...

Lyle