Switch SPARC GNU coreutils+bash from 32 to 64bit[PSARC/2008/351SelfReview]

[John Plocher]

[Roland and I are bouncing a proposal back and forth...]

Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> 4) analysis of big-picture performance issues, if any (does 64-bit run 
> faster, or slower?  maybe run a some test of boot time analysis.)

IIRC, the SPARC impact was "doesn't run faster" combined with
"takes more disk space", rather than "runs significantly slower".

> 5) a rough estimate in the increase of the size of the media/miniroot 
> for the SPARC port

While interesting, this is IMO not an architectural issue, not part
of this case (which isn't proposing to make a complete 64-bit
miniroot), and with the way we are going with IPS and the size of
disks (CD, DVD and rust) this is probably not a practical concern
even if it ends up doubling the size (which I doubt it will).

   -John