Solaris 64-bit Developer's Guide

Copyright

  Preface

  1.  64-bit Computing

  2.  When to Use 64-bit

  3.  Comparing 32-bit and 64-bit Interfaces

  4.  Converting Applications

  5.  The Development Environment

  6.  Advanced Topics

What's New for Applications

64-bit: ABI Features

ABI Features: SPARC V9

Address Space Layout: SPARC V9

Placement of Text and Data

Code Models

Interprocess Communication

ELF and System Generation Tools

/proc

libkvm and /dev/ksyms

libkstat

Changes to stdio

Performance Issues

64-bit Application Advantages

64-bit Application Disadvantages

System Call Issues

What Does EOVERFLOW Mean?

Beware ioctl()

  A.  Changes in Derived Types

  B.  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  Index