[SunRescue] Re: SPARC Versions

Brian Hechinger rescue at sunhelp.org
Thu May 31 10:08:05 CDT 2001


> I think V8 is the sun4m SuperSPARC and friends, V8+ is a 32-bit subset
> of V9 including the extra FP registers of the Ultra. Hence no go on SS/5.

for some reason the idea that 8+ has something to do with SMP, or adds to the
instruction set to improve SMP, i don't really remember.

> One of these days I will have to dig into the specs :)

please do, this is driving me insane.

-brian



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