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- The Florida SunFlash
-
- December 1992 Software Technical Bulletin
-
- SunFLASH Vol 47 #25 November 1992
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- This article describes the contents of the Software Technical Bulletin
- (STB) for December, 1992. Is posted to SunFlash to make those
- customers who have a support contract aware that they should be
- receiving this execellent publication.
-
- Copies of the STB are sent to the just the people listed in your
- support contract. They have limited duplication rights (see notice
- included each month within the STB).
-
- Two sample STBs, in PostScript, are in solar.nova.edu:/pub/sunflash/1992
- and in ftp.uu.net:systems/sun/sunflash/1992
-
- 185,395 stbaug92.ps.Z
- 171,958 stbjul92.ps.Z
- Each is about 100 pages.
-
- This article contains two parts:
- o Table Of Contents for December 1992
- o STB Editor's Introduction
-
- The text and PostScript STBs are also included in the SunSolve CD ROM
- service (see sunflash 44.07 "SunSolve and Sun HelpDesk").
-
- Note that second editions of SunSolve and Sun HelpDesk have begun
- shipping. You should install at least SunSolve - it's totally rad,
- dude!
-
- -johnj
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Contents
- --------
-
- 1. STB Editor's Introduction 1-1
-
- STB Overview 1-1
- Updates 1-4
- Current Sun Software Products and Release Versions
- (October 1992) 1-4
-
- 2. Multithreading 2-1
-
- Writing Multithreaded Code in Solaris 2-1
- SunOS 5.0 MT Architecture 2-1
- Multithreaded Libraries 2-3
- Multithreading Examples 2-4
- Threads Interfaces 2-14
-
- 3. Solaris 3-1
-
- Compliance with SVID III 3-1
- System V Interface Definition 3-1
- SunOS 4.1.x to Solaris 2.1 Migration Path 3-3
- The System V Migration Tool 3-5
- Solaris 2.1 Source Compatibility 3-7
- BSD Compatibility 3-9
- SVID III versus SCD 2.0 3-13
- Bibliography 3-14
- Compatibility Between SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.1 3-15
- User and System Administration Command Compatibility 3-16
- System Call Compatibility 3-21
- Library Routines Compatibility 3-22
-
- 4. SunOS 4-1
-
- SunDBE 1.3 Technical Description 4-1
- SunDBE 1.3: Optimized for SPARCservers 4-3
- Full SunOS Kernel Functionality 4-3
- Virtual Memory Enhancements 4-4
- Asynchronous I/O Enhancements 4-8
- File Descriptor Enhancements 4-8
- High Resolution Timer 4-9
- Other Enhancements 4-9
- SunDBE Media and Availability 4-9
- SunDBE 1.3: Compatible with Solaris 4-10
-
- 5. Languages 5-1
-
- VMS Features in SPARCompiler FORTRAN 5-1
- VMS Language Features You Get Automatically 5-2
- VMS Language Features Needing -xl 5-6
- VMS System Routines You Get Automatically 5-9
- VMS System Routines Needing -lV77 5-15
- Unsupported VMS FORTRAN 5-21
-
- 6. Software Release Versions 6-1
-
- Current Sun Software Products and Release Versions 6-1
- Operating Systems 6-1
- Window Systems & Desktop Utilities 6-1
- Graphics Software 6-2
- Software Development 6-2
- System Management 6-3
- Connectivity Products 6-3
- Other Products 6-4
- Updated Sun Operating System Support Matrix 6-5
-
- 7. Notes & Comments 7-1
-
- World Hotlines 7-1
- Reporting Bugs 7-3
- Submitting Software Bugs: United States and Canada 7-3
- Submitting Software Bugs: Europe 7-4
- Submitting Software Bugs: Intercon 7-8
- Your STB Subscription 7-10
-
- A. Index for July-December 1992 A-1
-
- Index
-
- ===============================================================================
-
- Year: 1992
- Month: December
- Title: STB Editor's Introduction
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- STB Overview
- ------------
-
- This month's STB contains articles of general interest in the topics outlined
- below.
-
-
- ** Multithreading
-
- "Writing Multithreaded Code in Solaris" is an updated version of a SunSoft
- technical paper presented at the Spring 1992 IEEE COMPCON convention. The
- article describes some of the issues encountered in using and converting
- libraries to the multithreaded environment in SunOS 5.x. The issues are
- illustrated by several examples of coding situations in which threads can be
- used effectively, such as file copying; matrix multiplication; windowing
- applications that are also RPC clients; RPC services; and networked window
- system servers. The coding examples have been updated since the original
- publication of the paper.
-
- ** Solaris
-
- This month's article is excerpted from the forthcoming SunSoft Press book
- "Solaris Porting Guide" by the SunSoft ISV Engineering staff, to be published
- in the Spring of 1993. The book is based upon the original ISV Engineering
- document "Pipeline to Solaris 2.0", which was published in early 1992.
-
- "Compliance with SVID III" introduces the System V Interface Definition, Third
- Edition (SVID III), and the methods necessary to develop SVID-compliant source
- code that can be used in both the SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.1 environments.
- The SVID details the external interfaces to the services that are provided by
- all UNIX System V environments; its purpose is to define an operating system
- environment that allows users to create applications that are hardware-
- independent. This article describes the developer's migration to Solaris 2.x,
- and demonstrates the use of SunSoft's System V Migration Tool (svmt).
-
- ** SunOS
-
- "SunDBE 1.3 Technical Description" introduces the new release of the Sun
- Database Excelerator (SunDBE), an alternative kernel for SunOS which increases
- both performance and the number of concurrent users in Sun systems running
- database applications. The SunDBE kernel significantly increases the
- performance of Informix, Ingres, Oracle, and Sybase DBMS applications.
-
- ** Languages
-
- "VMS Features in SPARCompiler FORTRAN" describes the many VAX/VMS FORTRAN
- extensions available with SunPro's SPARCompiler FORTRAN compiler (f77). Some
- features are available automatically; some require the -xl (extended language)
- command-line option; some require the -lV77 (VMS library) command-line option.
- This article gathers all information about the VMS features from existing
- documentation, and assembles it into a single sequence, with some minor updates
- and corrections.
-
- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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- Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM.
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-
- All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third
- party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local
- Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in
- your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications
- within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or
- publication by Sun Microsystems.
-
- John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@Sun.COM. (305) 776-7770.
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