The name of the latest Solaris operating environment release is Solaris 7 but code and path or package path names may use Solaris 2.7 or SunOS 5.7.
The Sun(TM) WorkShop(TM) documentation applies to Solaris 2.5.1, Solaris 2.6, and Solaris 7 operating environments on:
The SPARC(TM) platform
The x86 platform, where x86 refers to the Intel implementation of one of the following: Intel 80386, Intel 80486, Pentium, or the equivalent
The term "x86" refers to the Intel 8086 family of microprocessor chips, including the Pentium, Pentium Pro, and Pentium II processors and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD and Cyrix. In this document, the term "x86" refers to the overall platform architecture. Features described in this book that are particular to a specific platform are differentiated by the terms "SPARC" and "x86" in the text.