Solaris 10 64bit for Intel's EMT64 Technology???

Question

I've read about SUN's support for AMD's 64 bit technology and the recently release commercial Server Platforms.
Does anyone know IF SUN's Solaris 10 release is available in 64bit aware flavor for Intels' EM64T XEON processors?
I also read the Solaris 10 Specs on SUN's site (http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/specs.html) and it states that EM64T is a "Supported Platform", but that's about it. Any further elaboration would be appreciated.
I look forward to your responses.
Thanks,
ieeecons

Answer 1

Not sure about the Pentium EM64T compatibility (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EM64T ) but it runs great on my dual-Xeon EM64T box, a Dell SC1425. And as you probably know, the EM64T is not a true 64-bit processor, but has extensions that allow it to access >4GB memory.
There's also an entry in the Solaris HCL for the Dell SC1425 server.
uname -aSunOS fluxnew 5.10 Generic i86pc i386 i86pc
psrinfo -vStatus of virtual processor 0 as of: 06/15/2005 15:05:53
on-line since 03/25/2005 20:45:36.
The i386 processor operates at 2800 MHz,
and has an i387 compatible floating point processor.
Status of virtual processor 1 as of: 06/15/2005 15:05:53
on-line since 03/25/2005 20:45:42.
The i386 processor operates at 2800 MHz,
and has an i387 compatible floating point processor.
Status of virtual processor 2 as of: 06/15/2005 15:05:53
on-line since 03/25/2005 20:45:44.
The i386 processor operates at 2800 MHz,
and has an i387 compatible floating point processor.
Status of virtual processor 3 as of: 06/15/2005 15:05:53
on-line since 03/25/2005 20:45:47.
The i386 processor operates at 2800 MHz,
and has an i387 compatible floating point processor.
prtconf -vi86pc
System properties:
[snip]
name='whoami' type=string items=1
value='/platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix'
and prtconf -x gives a 0 result code, no output. so in theory it's running the real 64bit Solaris :-)