HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Release Notes, May 2001
Table Of Contents
- 1 Overview of the Release Notes
- 2 Workstation/Server Specific Information
- 3 HP-UX Features
- 4 File and Disk Management
- 5 Networking
- 6 Commands and System Calls
- 7 Programming
- aC++ Libraries
- Changes to libc
- libcres.a Library
- New libdcekt.sl and libdcecpkt.sl Libraries
- New Linux Compatible API Library
- New locale Libraries
- New Unwind Library
- X11 Libraries
- SNMP
- Machine Dependent Headers
- Threadsafe Documentation
- Obsolescence and Deprecation of APIs
- Linker Toolset
- gprof Multiple Shared Library Profiling
- CXperf Performance Monitoring Support
- HP Caliper
- WDB Debugger Tool
- ADB Debugger Tool
- Fortran
- Packaging for Specific Releases
- 8 Other Functionality
File and Disk Management
EFI File System Commands
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EFI File System Commands
The EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) file system is new type of file
system. It provides support for operating system loaders on
Itanium-based systems. The HP-UX OS loader is located on the EFI file
system.
An EFI partition of an IPF bootdisk uses the EFI file system to store the
HP-UX OS loader and is required for booting an Itanium-based
system.The EFI file system commands allow a user to create, display and
access the EFI file system on a given device.
There are seven commands for accessing the EFI file system. They are:
idisk creates operating system partitions on a disk that will
be used for IPF.
efi_fsinit creates new EFI file system on a specified partition.
efi_mkdir creates new directory on a specified EFI file system.
efi_cp copies a file between any supported HP-UX file system
and a specified EFI file system.
efi_ls lists contents of a specified EFI file system.
efi_rm removes an existing file from a specified EFI file
system.
efi_rmdir removes an existing directory from a specified EFI file
system.
EFI File System Compatibility
EFI file system commands are available for both IPF and PA systems.
Change the time (using the time command) only in HP-UX, not in the
EFI shell. Currently, changing the time in the EFI shell causes problems
with time in HP-UX. As long as the time in HP-UX is correct, the time
should be consistent. The side effect of this problem is that the time
shown in the EFI shell (using the time command) may not represent the
correct time.