Oracle 8 on Linux on Sparc

Ok... we have an Oracle Server running on a remote Sparc 220R system. We then have an Ultra 5, which has a Sparc processor in it. We have RedHat Linux running on the Ultra 5. So thats Linux on Sparc (not i386). Is it possible to communicate with the remote oracle database using this set up? Oracle only distributes binaries of their clients. They support linux, but only under Intel chips. They support Sparc chips, but only with Solaris. I looked DEEPLY into IODBC. What a nightmare. When I finally even remotely determined that it was possible for free, all the drivers to connect to an oracle DB were, again, in binary format and not available as source (damn money grubbing companies). So it all comes down to... is it even possible? I heard rumors that with very cleaver relinking the Oracle 8.0.5 client will work under Linux on Sparc. Of course this is all to be used through PHP4.0.6 on the ultra 5. The reason we are running Linux on the Sparc instead of Solaris is beacuse PHP has a known bug in with PHP under Solaris when using the UCD SNMP package (http://www.php.net/bugs.php?id=12282) For the project this box will be used to develop REQUIRES PHP with full SNMP support, Linux was necessary. Any ideas anyone? -- Robert Schultz - bert@ncinter.net