HP-UX 11i Release Notes (December 2000)

Compatibility
Obsolescence and Deprecation of APIs
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• libcma PA applications will continue to run on follow-on releases of
HP-UX, including those supporting IA-64 via compatibility mode.
• Applications using libcma should start migrating to POSIX threads
(libpthread).
• libcma applications can maintain their existing development
environment on 11.0 to 11i in order to continue to make application
defect repairs where the libcma development environment is still
available and then deploy the application on follow-on releases of
HP-UX, including those supporting IA-64.
Customer Transition Aids
Transitioning from CMA threads to POSIX threads is a non-trivial effort.
The 11.x/IA-64 Software Transition Kit (STK) provides tools and
documentation transition aids to help with the transition at:
http://devresource.hp.com/STK
Additonal transition aids include:
• Porting CMA Threads Programs to HP-UX 11.0 POSIX Threads at:
http://docs.hp.com/
• The Porting CMA Threads Programs to HP-UX 11.0 POSIX Threads
white paper at:
http://devrsrc.external.hp.com/devresource/Docs/TechPapers/PortThreads.html
• STK tools that can detect libcma usage in customer code/binaries at:
http:/devresource.hp.com/STK
• The Introduction to Kernel Threads white paper at:
http://devresource.hp.com/STK/partner/threads.html