From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>
To: Brandon Barker <bebarker@meginc.com>
Cc: "linux-mips@oss.sgi.com" <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: Indy 64 or 32 bit?
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:42:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010807164249.B26419@bacchus.dhis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01080623471400.01828@linux>; from bebarker@meginc.com on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:47:36PM -0400
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:47:36PM -0400, Brandon Barker wrote:
> I will be purchasing 2 SGI Indy R5000 models from reputable.com, and was
> curious if these are 64 bit systems or 32 bit systems (for that matter, are
> all/any Indys 32 or 64 bit systems). My guess is 64 because I wiould think
> IRIX has been 64 for quite some time, but was curious. I use Linux on x86
> but will probably use IRIX for a few weeks on the Indy's until I become
> familiar enough with the machines to try installing Linux. BTW, does gcc
> work on IRIX?
By hardwareware it's a 64-bit system - like all SGI systems we support.
The kernel is just a 32-bit one though which is a reasonable compromise
for these systems.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-07 14:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-07 3:47 Indy 64 or 32 bit? Brandon Barker
2001-08-07 3:56 ` George Gensure
2001-08-07 4:03 ` nick
2001-08-07 4:11 ` Nils C. Anderson
2001-08-07 4:11 ` Nils C. Anderson
2001-08-07 14:42 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2001-08-08 0:45 ` J. Scott Kasten
2001-08-08 10:17 ` Ralf Baechle
2001-08-08 15:02 ` J. Scott Kasten
2001-08-08 15:18 ` Ralf Baechle
2001-08-08 15:41 ` Thiemo Seufer
2001-08-08 20:12 ` J. Scott Kasten
2001-08-08 21:16 ` Thiemo Seufer
2001-08-09 12:08 ` Ralf Baechle
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