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Question about the Eclipse C/C++ development tool

Luis Toro — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:49:38 GMT

I'm in the process of upgrading a K580 server running 32-bit 11.0 to 32-bit 11i v2 (with 2gb of memory). The developers want to use this Eclipse tool which has "HP Integrity Server/HP-UX 11i v2 or later" as a supported platform in its documentation. Will this be supported on a K580 (RISC-based) server running that version of the OS at 32-bit ? The developers want to maintain the 32-bit OS.
thanks

Re: Question about the Eclipse C/C++ development tool

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:58:45 GMT

Stop. Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.00. Your K-box (or any K-box) will not run 11i v2 (11.23) and there is no 32-bit version of 11.23.

Re: Question about the Eclipse C/C++ development tool

Bill Hassell — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:13:04 GMT

Your developers need to transition to the 21st century (are they still using Windows 98?). HP has not made any servers in the last several years that will run a 32bit OS. 11.0 64bit was first available in 1997. You will not find anything faster than the K580 running a 32bit OS except an A500 (aka, rp 2450) which hasn't been manufactured since 2002. The good news is that all the 32bit compatible servers are quite cheap, with K-class boxes selling for 1 or 2 dollars a pound.

Now there has been about 10 years of notification and testing to show that properly designed 32bit applications will run without any change in a 64bit OS, a major feature of HP's 64bit OS. Here's a history of servers for the last decade. Notice that the latest servers do NOT run 11.00 at all and 11.0 is obsolete this year.

Time marches on...

Re: Question about the Eclipse C/C++ development tool

Luis Toro — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:16:14 GMT

Thank you both for the rather colorful replies. This is an old legacy application that has been "going away" or "to be migrated to a Windows application" for several years now. The individuals that coded the app are no longer around, hence the apprehension to upgrade, or make any changes for that matter.