Re: What's GENERIC32?

On Sat, Sep 04, 2021 at 09:35:29AM -0400, Mouse wrote:
> >>> [...Javastation-1...sparc64 GENERIC32...]
> >> If the hardware is 64-bit, why not just use straight sparc64?
> >> What's different that makes that fail?
> > Nothing, it is just an option.  Memory usage is different, userland
> > is different, applications fail differently :-)
> 
> Ah.  I thought what I'd read indicated that on the JS-1 you _had_ to
> use the 32-bit sparc64 setup.  But then, what I read was disjointed in
> other respects, so it's entirely possible I misunderstood.
> 
> I'll try a straight-up sparc64 install and see what happens.

All JavaStations I have seen use 32bit sparc cpus and, see
sparc MRCOFFEE and KRUPS kernels.

Martin