Thanks "John T. Douglass" and Martin Hepworth
Original Post:
>
> > Hi all,
> > Do my binaries - thirdparty, user compiled - compiled and running
> on
> > Solaris 2.5 will run as it is on Solaris 7.
> >
> > I wish to NFS mount our software disk on Sol 2.5 on a new ultra 80
> > Solaris 7 system and give it to user. Is 7 downward comaptable?
> (These
> > user programs are mostly ASIC design software.)
> >
Tha answer is In general yes Solaris 2.5 binaries will work under
Solaris 7.
>The
> ones
> to watch out for are device drivers since a 32 bit device driver will
> clearly not work if you are booting the 64bit kernel which is
> available in
> Solaris >7
>
> However there is no guarantee without trying.
>
> -- John
tnx
sajan
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