AW: [OpenAFS] OpenAFS for x86 Solaris 8

[Rubino Geiß]

Hi there,

you can actually get the compiler form sun. For free. For 30 days. 

I did compile a openafs-client on solaris 8 intel. It worked pretty
neat, after i downloaded the trial compiler from sun and the
http://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.3.2/openafs-1.3.2-src.tar unstable
release.

1.2.5 didn't work for me. I had to tweak some shell variables like
"setenv CP cp" but I guess that depends on how many gnu utils you got. I
got none, so I have to fake a little bit.

Bye, ruby



-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: openafs-info-admin@openafs.org
[mailto:openafs-info-admin@openafs.org] Im Auftrag von Derrick J
Brashear
Gesendet: Sonntag, 30. Juni 2002 10:39
An: Alan Meadows
Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org
Betreff: Re: [OpenAFS] OpenAFS for x86 Solaris 8


On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Alan Meadows wrote:

> >gcc isn't supported for building kernel modules yet. It's Sun cc or 
> >nothing.
> 
> 
> Does this mean OpenAFS is not capable of working on x86 Solaris 8 
> systems?

We got patches from someone who claimed to have tried them, so I'll have
to go with no. I could believe I was mistaken and it worked with gcc on
x86 (it is known to not work on sparc) but I doubt it.

> If building OpenAFS is not possible with gcc, I do not see a way to 
> build
> it at all because as far as I can tell it's not possible to get Sun's
cc 
> compiler for x86 Solaris.  Their latest version of the compiler suite
is 
> for the SPARC platform only.  It also doesn't look like they intend to

> release a compiler suite for the x86 architecture anytime soon.

By implication you're saying "the current version isn't available so no
version ever was"?

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/Solaris2/x86/FAQ/ question 6.30 implies
otherwise. 

> > > attempts.  It really looks as though I should be using "sunx86_58"

> > > as my sysname, but this does not exist?
> >
> >It will in the next version.
> 
> If you cannot build Solaris kernel module's with gcc and x86 systems 
> do not
> have the ability to acquire Sun's cc compiler, how will this help?

I don't know anything about compiler availability from Sun, current or
otherwise, so I can't really comment meaningfully on that. I don't have
a Solaris x86 machine, but clearly it was/is useful to someone. We can
probably arrange at minimum for a binary build of the next version, and
when I have a minute I can inquire as to the what and how of building
this. 




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