HP-UX Linker and Libraries June 2006 Release Notes Version B.11.53 (for PA32 and PA64 Systems) Version B.12.35 (for Itanium-Based Systems) Edition 1 HP-UX 11iv1 and HP-UX 11iv2 Manufacturing Part Number: B2355-90969 June 2006 United States © Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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1 HP-UX Linker and Libraries June 2006 Release Notes The information in this document applies to the release of HP-UX Linker and Libraries, version B.11.53 and version B.12.35, for the HP-UX 11iv1 and HP-UX 11iv2 operating system.
HP-UX Linker and Libraries June 2006 Release Notes Announcement Announcement HP-UX linker and dynamic loader provide linking and loading behaviors found widely across the Unix industry (SVR4 (System V Release 4) standards). The linker toolset uses the ELF (executable and linking file format) object file format on Itanium-based systems and PA64 systems, and the SOM (System Object Module) file format on PA32 systems.
HP-UX Linker and Libraries June 2006 Release Notes New Features in This Release New Features in This Release This section describes new features introduced in this release of HP-UX Linker and Libraries.
HP-UX Linker and Libraries June 2006 Release Notes New Features in This Release Direct Access to the Linker Footprint This version of linker adds a new program header, PT_HP_LINKER_FOOTPRINT, which points to the linker footprint in the output file. This feature is available only for Intel Itanium-based systems. New +FP Flag Values to Specify Rounding Mode For floating point operations, this version of linker enables you to specify values for rounding mode.
HP-UX Linker and Libraries June 2006 Release Notes Documentation Overview Documentation Overview This section discusses the following topics: • “Before You Begin” on page 7 • “Accessing HP-UX Linker Online Help” on page 7 • “Related Documentation” on page 8 Before You Begin Before you begin to use the HP-UX Linker Online Help, complete the following steps: 1. Set the DISPLAY environment variable to graphic mode to open an HTML browser. 2.
HP-UX Linker and Libraries June 2006 Release Notes Documentation Overview Related Documentation The following documentation is available on the HP-UX 11i v2 Instant Information CD and also at: http://docs.hp.com • Parallel Programming Guide for HP-UX Systems Describes efficient methods for shared-memory programming using the following HP-UX compilers: HP Fortran, HP aC++ (ANSI C++), and HP C.
