HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance
What is New in the September 2004 Release?
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•The mmap() Function: Now possible to perform mappings between a process's
address space and I/O device registers or memory.
•The olrad Command: The rad (1M) command replaced by the more robust olrad
(1M) command.
• Post/Wait: New. Provides a fast, lightweight synchronization facility for user
applications.
•The ps command: The default width is now set to 128 characters and a default file
has been provided to define the length of the command field, which can be between
64-1020.
•The rc Shell Script: When a system needs reboot for some reason, messages in the
file /etc/rc.bootmsg will be displayed before the system is rebooted.
•The scsimgr and scsiscan Commands: Deprecated. Planned for obsolescence in
HP-UX 11i v3.
•The settune and settune_txn System Calls: Post HP-UX 11i v2, tunables set using
these kernel system calls will not be persistent across reboots.
•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.