[Project-managers] Short-term access to a Solaris x86 box needed

[Tobias Achterberg]

Lou,

there is a new beta version of VMWare Server 2 which supports 64 bit. It should be
possible to install Solaris in this VMWare environment.


Best, Tobias


Lou Hafer wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> 	Apologies for catching some of you twice.
> 	
> 	In the never-ending effort to get the AMPL solver interface library
> (ThirdParty/ASL) to build on all platforms supported by the Coin build system,
> we've run across a problem:  On Solaris x86 systems, ASL needs a small bit of
> assembly code (fpsetprec) to adjust floating point precision.  Unfortunately,
> the current bit of assembly code works only for 32-bit builds.  The Solaris and
> GCC assemblers choke in a 64-bit build.
> 
> 	David Gay, one of the maintainers of ASL, is willing to try to write an
> appropriate bit of 64-bit assembler, but needs access to a Solaris x86 box
> capable of doing 64-bit builds.  I've made a few individual inquiries, to no
> avail.
> 
> 	Would one of you be able to give David ssh access to a suitable Solaris
> x86 system?  I'd guess this will light use and require less than two weeks,
> perhaps much less, but that's just a guess.
> 
> 	If you have a suitable system, please let me (lou at cs.sfu.ca) know and
> I'll put you in touch with David.
> 
> 						Thanks,
> 							Lou
> 
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