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Introduced in IRIX 6.5.4:
• Support for the Miser queue repack policy. For more information, see
the miser(4) and miser(5) man pages, and IRIX Admin: System
Configuration and Operation, Chapter 7 “Managing User Processes.”
• Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Client for accessing
shared resources in distributed computing DCE/DFS serving
environments
– Kernel libraries only
– Requires installation of DCE/DFS 1.2.2a software for full
functionality
Introduced in IRIX 6.5.3:
• (Octane systems only) The worst-case interrupt response time is
guaranteed to be less than one millisecond on properly configured
Octane systems
• Support for the X security and appgroup extensions (combined with
a new Netscape plug-in, these allow the embedding of X applications
in webpages)
• Support for European fonts, including the Euro currency symbol
• New Software Manager and Inst commands to simplify selections for
upgrades