Solaris stability and upgrades (was RE: [SunRescue] help a guy run 2.6 on his 670MP)

[Jonathan Katz]

Rip wrote:
> > 	Ultra 1 buglets in 64-bit mode are
> > 	severe enough that Ultra 1s shouldn't
> > 	run in 64-bit mode unless absolutely
> > 	necessary) 
 
And Pete brought up:
> I do not agree with this at all.  I have run dozens of U1's with 64-bit
> Sol 7 (happily editing boot.conf) and had *no* trouble whatsoever.

I think Rip is pointing out the FOOF-like bug the U1s
suffer from-- any moron luser can hard-lock the box by
feeding it the right invalid instructions. Unless you
trust your users, < 200Mhz U1s in 64bit mode isn't
that good a move.

-Jon