HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 Release Notes

10 Libraries and programming
NOTE: For changes to other products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in
the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release” (page 11).
libIO(3X) library
The libIO(3X) library provides APIs to access the I/O subsystem through the dev_config driver.
Summary of Change
The libIO(3X) library provides a new Application Programming Interface (API) named as
io_dev_to_cluster_dsf() in order to convert a persistent dev_t to a corresponding
cluster-wide device special file.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
• Manpages (/usr/share/man/man3.Z/libIO.3x)
◦ libIO(3X)
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
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