User`s guide

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Maintenance and Feature Streams
Introduced in IRIX 6.5.16:
• IRIX 6.5.16 supports a new XThread Control Interface (XTCI) that
allows users to control many interrupt thread parameters, including
cpu binding. For information on this interface, see the realtime(5)
man page.
• For the IRIX 6.5.16 release, performance improvements have been
made to the rtmond system monitoring daemon. For information on
the rtmond daemon, see the rtmond(1) man page.
• For the IRIX 6.5.16 release, Array Services scaling support has
increased from a maximum of 8 hosts to 64 hosts. Array Services also
provides increased interoperability with job limits and new functions
such as askillash. For more information, see the Array Services
release notes and the array_services(5) man page and the “Array
Services” chapter in IRIX Admin: Resource Administration.
• IRIX 6.5.16 provides support for mice with more than three buttons
and mice with wheels. Users with Microsoft Intellimouse or
Intellimouse Explorer can use this expanded functionality in many
IRIX and Open Source applications. For information on this feature,
see the pcmouse(7) man page.
• The IRIX 6.5.16 release adds an -x[processor] option to the
mpadmin(1) command that allows you to exclude the specified CPU
from performing any work. This functionality is useful in a situation