Oracle Solaris 11.4 beta progress on LP64 conversion
From Alan Coopersmith Blog: https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/oracle-solaris-114-beta-progress-on-lp64-conversion-v2
Back in 2014, I posted Moving Oracle Solaris to LP64 bit by bit describing work we were doing then. In 2015, I provided an update covering Oracle Solaris 11.3 progress on LP64 conversion.
Now that we've released the Oracle Solaris 11.4 Beta to the public you can see the ratio of ILP32 to LP64 programs in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin in the full Oracle Solaris package repositories has dramatically shifted in 11.4:
| Release | 32-bit | 64-bit | total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solaris 11.0 | 1707 (92%) | 144 (8%) | 1851 |
| Solaris 11.1 | 1723 (92%) | 150 (8%) | 1873 |
| Solaris 11.2 | 1652 (86%) | 271 (14%) | 1923 |
| Solaris 11.3 | 1603 (80%) | 379 (19%) | 1982 |
| Solaris 11.4 | 169 (9%) | 1769 (91%) | 1938 |
That's over 70% more of the commands shipped in the OS which can use ADI to stop buffer overflows on SPARC, take advantage of more registers on x86, have more address space available for ASLR to choose from, are ready for timestamps and dates past 2038, and receive the other benefits of 64-bit software as described in previous blogs !