HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes

• The sfd Daemon: Deprecated. Planned for obsolescence in HP-UX 11i v3.
• The sysdef command: Deprecated. Reports incorrect values for some tunable parameters
such as msgmap, sema, and shmem.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1
September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming”
• Absolute Debugger (adb): Improved program includes support shared library, threads,
multiprocessor dump reading, 64-bit DLKM dump reading, among others. Also includes
improved command-line syntax, enhanced capabilities in expressions and format strings,
and better file searching and writing capability, among others.
• HP aC++ Compiler for PA-RISC A.03.55.02: Includes numerous new features for customers
migrating from HP-UX 11i v1.
• HP C Compiler for PA-RISC: Includes numerous changes to version B.11.11.02 in each
subsequent release (B.11.11.04, B.11.11.06, B.11.11.08, B.11.11.10).
• HP Fortran for HP-UX 2.8.2: Includes performance tuning enhancements.
• HP MLIB 8.6: FFT routines support data sizes of any positive length.
• HP MPI 2.0.1: InfiniBand interconnect on PA-RISC supported.
• HP-UX Buffer Cache Tunable Parameters: All tunables associated to the sizing of the buffer
cache (nbuf, bufpages, bufcache_max_pct, dbc_min_pct, and dbc_max_pct) have
been deprecated and will be obsolete in HP-UX 11i v3.
• Java 2 Standard Edition Platform:
— HP 3D Technology for the Java 2 Standard Edition Platform: Only for Itanium ®-based
systems. PA-RISC-based systems not supported.
— Java for HP-UX PA-RISC Add-On C++ Libraries for SDK and RTE: Now included in
HP-UX 11i v2.
• Math Library (libm): Although the C Math Library’s API for PA-RISC is unchanged from
HP-UX 11i v1, differences between it and the API for Itanium®-based systems should be
noted.
• POSIX Threads: Augmented for PA-RISC systems to support two modes of scheduling,
system scope (1x1) and process scope (MxN).
• The Software Transition Kit (STK): Available on the Web or Application Release media is a
collection of tools and documents designed to help transition HP-UX applications from
earlier versions of HP-UX to the latest version of HP-UX on the PA-RISC or the
Itanium®-based platform.
• Transition Links: Deprecated. Will become obsolete in post-HP-UX 11i v2 releases.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1
September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization”
• Internationalization Features: Changes include Unicode 3.0 support, GB18030 standard,
simplified Chinese input methods, mainframe iconv converters for Japanese characters,
system support for Latin and South American locales, new locale binaries and iconv
converters, Hong Kong supplementary character set (HKSCS), TrueType fonts for Asian
languages, and other changes.
• Deprecated Functionality: Several commands, library routines, and lp model files deprecated.
Will be removed in next major release of HP-UX.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1
September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality”
• ccNUMA: Changes include: greater performance for some work loads; ability to configure
systems for optimal performance with regard to interleaved versus cell local memory; ability
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