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IRIX 6.2 Documentation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IRIX 6.2 is an upwardly compatible revision of IRIX 5 and IRIX 6. This is the first release that merges the 5.3 (32-bit) and 6.1 (64-bit) releases of software across our product line. This bundles an important new file system (XFS), while providing a number of improved kernel threads and greater graphics/kernel modularity speeding user requests and limiting system bottlenecks. IRIX 6.2 incorporates IRIX 5.3 features not previously avialable in IRIX 6. IRIX 6.2 incorporates substantial functionality from UNIX System V, Releases 4.1 and 4.2 (SVR4). The following documents are included herein: * Preparing for IRIX 6.2 & 64-bit, A Nutshell view and series of pointers * IRIX 6.2 for System and Network Administrators, Pipeline, May/June, 1996 * IRIX 6.2 README FIRST * IRIX 6.2 Instructions for Customers Updating From Earlier IRIX Releases * IRIX 6.2 Datasheet, June 18, 1996 * IRIX 6.2 Technical Specifications, January 10, 1996 * Introduction to RogueWave Tools.h++ Libraries for Irix 6.2 ---------------------------------------------------- * IRIX 6.2 64-Bit Architecture and Standards Technical Report, April 16, 1996 * IRIX 6.2 New Features List * N32 Welcome to MIPSpro N32 ABI overview * MIPSpro(TM) N32 ABI Handbook * MIPSpro 64-Bit Porting and Transition Guide * IRIX 6.2 Device Driver Programming Guide * Programming on Silicon Graphics Systems: An Overview * Topics in IRIX Programming * SGITCL Programmer's Guide * Documentation Catalog for IRIX 6.2 * Preparing to Upgrade to IRIX 6.2 * The Coff Story -- End of Coff Support * IRIX 6.2 Execution/Compilation Table * 6.2 IRIX Admin Manual Set o IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation o IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems o IRIX Admin: Peripheral Devices o IRIX Admin: Networking and Mail o IRIX Admin: Backup, Security, and Accounting o IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing * Preparing for IRIX 6.2 & 64-bit, A Nutshell view and series of pointers * IRIX 6.2 for System and Network Administrators, Pipeline, May/June, 1996 This article discusses topics of interest to a system or network administrator, or anyone that is responsible for maintaining an IRIS system. This article contains several items that system and network administrators should be aware of before upgrading to IRIX 6.2. It is strongly suggested that this article be read before upgrading to IRIX 6.2. * IRIX 6.2 README FIRST -- Before upgrading to IRIX 6.2 please read this information * IRIX 6.2 Instructions for Customers Updating From Earlier IRIX Releases This was something sent out to all people with an SGI support contract. 3 pages, it discusses, + Installation Conflicts + References to IRIX 5.3, eoe1, and eoe2 + IRIX 6.2 Supported Systems + References to "Beta" Software + XPG4 + NetLS-Based Licenses + Incorrect Release Numbers + Missing Release Notes + Infinite Reality * IRIX 6.2 Datasheet, June 18, 1996 * IRIX 6.2 Technical Specifications, January 10, 1996 * Introduction to RogueWave Tools.h++ Libraries for Irix 6.2 This article shows how to get started with the Tools.h++ collection and utility classes available in the Irix 6.2 compiler configuration, including the ANSI Class library support via Tools.h++. ---------------------------------------------------------------- * IRIX 6.2 64-Bit Architecture and Standards Technical Report, April 22, 1996 * IRIX 6.2 New Features List document, March, 1996 * Welcome to MIPSpro N32 ABI overview * MIPSpro(TM) N32 ABI Handbook, March, 1996 o HTML format o PostScript: complete book as single file: + compressed PostScript (55 pages) + uncompressed PostScript each chapter/section as a separate file: + Table of Contents (chapters as separate files) This book describes the N32 High Performance 32-bit Application Binary Interface (ABI) for the MIPS architecture. Topics include: o Chapter 1, "N32 ABI Overview" + "What is N32?," which describes the n32 ABI and compares it with the other MIPS ABIs. + "Why We Need a New ABI," which lists the reasons why we need a new ABI. + "N32 Migration Requirements," which describes what is required of both SGI and its customers to use the n32 ABI. o Chapter 2, "Calling Convention Implementations" o Chapter 3, "N32 Compatibility, Porting, and Assembly Language Programming Issues" o Chapter 4, "N32 Examples and Case Studies" This document uses the following terminology: o32 -- The current 32-bit ABI generated by the ucode compiler, that is, 32-bit compilers prior to IRIX 6.1 operating system. n32 -- The new 32-bit ABI generated by the MIPSpro 64-bit compiler. n64 -- The new 64-bit ABI generated by the MIPSpro 64-bit compiler. * MIPSpro 64-Bit Porting and Transition Guide, March 1996 This document describes porting and transitioning to the MIPSpro 32-bit, 64-bit and high performance 32-bit (N32) compilers, and how to employ them with IRIX 6.2, as well as providing techniques for tuning the performance of your R8000 applications. * IRIX 6.2 Device Driver Programming Guide, March 1996 This guide describes the ways in which hardware devices are integrated into and controlled from a Silicon Graphics computer system running the IRIX operating system version 6.2 and above. Three general classes of device-control software exist in an IRIX system: process-level drivers, kernel-level drivers, and STREAMS drivers. o A process-level driver executes as part of a user-initiated process. Examples include the use of programmed I/O (PIO) to the VME bus, and control of external interrupts in a Challenge system. o A kernel-level driver is loaded as part of the IRIX kernel and executes in the kernel address space, controlling one device in response to calls to its read, write, and ioctl (control) entry points. o A STREAMS driver is dynamically loaded into the kernel address space to monitor or modify a stream of data passing between a device and a user process. All three classes are discussed in this guide, although the greatest amount of attention is given to kernel-level drivers. Note: This edition applies only to IRIX 6.2 and later. If you are working with an earlier release (4.x, 5.2, 5.3, 6.0.x, or 6.1), you should use the version of this manual appropriate to that release. * Programming on Silicon Graphics Systems: An Overview, March 1996 o HTML format o compressed PostScript Table of Contents (chapters as separate files) If your goal is to write application programs that run on Silicon Graphics computers, and if you know quite a bit about UNIX but not much about the IRIX operating system, this book is for you. It doesn't tell you everything you need to know to write your IRIX application, but it does give you an overview of IRIX and the tools and libraries it provides, and it tells you where to go to learn more. The IRIX operating system is Silicon Graphics' implementation of the UNIX operating system. All application programs written for Silicon Graphics platforms run in the IRIX environment. Writing an application with a graphical user interface that runs on Silicon Graphics platforms requires the IRIX operating system, a compiler for your source code, tools to build your user interface, tools to debug and tune your program, and typically one or more application libraries. This guide describes the software Silicon Graphics provides to perform these tasks. What You Should Know Before Reading This Guide This guide assumes that readers are experienced programmers who are familiar with a UNIX programming environment, but not necessarily familiar with IRIX. An understanding of object-oriented programming is helpful when reading parts of this book. * Topics in IRIX Programming, March 1996 o HTML format o compressed PostScript Table of Contents (chapters as separate files) This manual discusses several topics of interest to programmers writing applications for the IRIX operating system on Silicon Graphics computers, including memory management, interprocess communication, models of parallel computation, file and record locking, font access, and internationalization. This manual contains the following chapters: o Chapter 1, "Process Address Space," tells how the virtual address space is created and how objects are mapped into it. o Chapter 2, "Interprocess Communication," describes System V and IRIX interprocess communication mechanisms. o Chapter 3, "Models of Parallel Computation," gives an overview of the different ways you can specify parallel execution in Silicon Graphics systems. o Chapter 4, "File and Record Locking," describes how to lock and unlock files and parts of files from within a program. o Chapter 5, "Working With Fonts," discusses typography and font use on Silicon Graphics computers, and describes the Font Manager library. o Chapter 6, "Internationalizing Your Application," explains how to create an application that can be adapted for use in different countries. o Appendix A, "ISO 3166 Country Names and Abbreviations," lists country codes for use with internationalization and localization. o Appendix B, "Converting PVM Applications to MPI," documents the methods of porting a PVM-based application to MPI. This manual assumes you are writing an application that executes under IRIX version 6.2 or later, and that you are familiar with the programming conventions of UNIX in general and IRIX in particular. * SGITCL Programmer's Guide, March 1996 o HTML format o compressed PostScript Table of Contents (chapters as separate files) Tcl is a simple interpretive programming language designed for rapid development of user interface applications. SGITCL is a bundled product in IRIX 6.2 that includes extended Tcl and various user interface libraries. This guide describes the installation and use of SGITCL, and discusses particulars of the SGITCL implementation. This manual contains the following chapters: o Chapter 1, "What Tcl Offers," describes the advantages of working with Tcl and offers an introduction to various programming tools related to Tcl. o Chapter 2, "Common Tcl Extensions," enumerates available Tcl extensions and related components that are included with SGITCL. o Chapter 3, "Custom SGITCL Extensions," lists the Tcl extensions that are available only with SGITCL. o Chapter 4, "Using Tcl Motif," offers an extended description of Tcl Motif, which allows you to produce real Motif(TM) applications. o Appendix A, "Extending Tcl," describes how to extend Tcl yourself, using C or C++ programs bound as Tcl procedures ---------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: -- July 3, 1996 -- The following documentation listings will go out-of-date almost immediately -- nevertheless, we felt this "time-snapshot" was a useful "time beacon" reference. ---------------------------- * Documentation Catalog for IRIX 6.2 (which references its Manuals Summary list) This catalog lists the product documentation that is available in printed format and can be ordered through SGI, as well as documentation not available in printed format. * IRIX 6.2 Manuals Listing (which references its Manuals Summary list) * IRIX 6.2 Technical Publications BOM (Bill Of Materials) ---------------------------------------------------------------- * Preparing to Upgrade to IRIX 6.2 Provides the method to identifing COFF (IRIX 4) binaries and replacing them with the ELF binaries IRIX 5 and later releases employ. Includes the coffcheck utility employed to find and replace COFF executable files on local file systems. * The Coff Story -- End of Coff Support COFF (Common Object File Format) is dead; long live ELF (Executable and Linking Format) * IRIX 6.2 Execution/Compilation Table -------------------------------------- IRIX Admin Manual Set New with IRIX 6.2, this set is comprised of 6 Manuals -- all of which are included here -- intended for system administrators: those people who are responsible for servers, multiple systems, and file structures outside the user's home directory and immediate working directories. If you find yourself in the position of maintaining systems for others or if you require more information about IRIX than is in the end-user manuals, these guides are for you. The IRIX Admin guides are available through the IRIS InSight online viewing system: 1. IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation 2. IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems 3. IRIX Admin: Peripheral Devices 4. IRIX Admin: Networking and Mail 5. IRIX Admin: Backup, Security, and Accounting 6. IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing ------------------------------------ * IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation, March 1996 o HTML format o compressed PostScript Table of Contents (chapters as separate files) Lists good general system administration practices and describes system administration tasks, including configuring the operating system; managing user accounts, user processes, and disk resources; interacting with the system while in the PROM monitor; and tuning system performance. How to Use This Guide This guide is written for administrators who are responsible for performing tasks beyond the reasonable scope of "end users." Frequently, people who would consider themselves end users find themselves performing advanced administrative tasks. This book has been prepared to help both the new and experienced administrator successfully perform all operations necessary to configure IRIX systems. It is hoped that people who considered themselves end users in the past will, by using this book, gain experience and confidence in successfully performing advanced system administration tasks. Target Audience of This Guide This guide is intended for administrators who are responsible for one or more systems beyond the usual user responsibility for the user's home directory structure and immediate working directories. This guide and its companion guides have been written to provide directions for those who find themselves in the position of maintaining systems for themselves and others and who require more information about IRIX commands and system and network expertise. * IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems, March 1996 o HTML format o compressed PostScript Table of Contents (chapters as separate files) This guide discusses important concepts and administration procedures for disks, filesystems, logical volumes, and guaranteed-rate I/O. These procedures apply to all Silicon Graphics systems running the IRIX 6.2 release or later. This guide replaces the disks and filesystems material in the now-obsolete IRIX Advanced Site and Server Administration Guide. It also incorporates all of the material in the guide Getting Started With XFS Filesystems except for the material on backup and restore, which is now included in the guide IRIX Admin: Backup, Security, and Accounting. The types of disks, filesystems, and logical volumes covered in this guide are: o SCSI disks. Systems that run IRIX 6.2 or later use only SCSI disks. o The Extent File System (EFS). The EFS filesystem, a filesystem developed by Silicon Graphics, has been the filesystem used by IRIX for many years. o The XFS filesystem. The XFS filesystem, a high-performance alternative to EFS developed by Silicon Graphics, was first released for IRIX 5.3. o lv logical volumes. The lv logical volume system provides basic logical volumes and has been available in IRIX for many years. Support for lv logical volumes will be dropped in a future IRIX release. o XLV logical volumes. The XLV logical volume system, a high-performance logical volume system with many advanced features was developed by Silicon Graphics and released first for IRIX 5.3. This guide is organized into chapters that provide reference information (the "concepts" chapters) and chapters that give procedures for performing disk and filesystem administration tasks. An appendix provides in-depth information about the command fsck. * IRIX Admin: Peripheral Devices, March 1996 o HTML format o compressed PostScript Table of Contents (chapters as separate files) This guide explains how to use the system-level IRIX utilities available with IRIS workstations and servers to set up and maintain peripheral devices, such as terminals, modems, printers, and CD-ROM and tape drives. Also includes specifications for the associated cables for these devices. If you have a graphics workstation, you may find it convenient to use the System Manager, which is described in the Personal System Administration Guide. That guide should be your first resource for administering graphics workstations. Regardless of whether you use the System Manager or the IRIX command-line interface, the results are the same. The System Manager does not create any new files on your system, unlike applications such as WorkSpace. If you have a server, this book and the other books in the IRIX Admin suite are your primary guides to system administration, since without graphics, you cannot use the System Manager. This guide does not describe the System Manager in great detail. Instead, it covers the traditional shell command approach to administering peripherals with the IRIX operating system. * IRIX Admin: Networking and Mail, March 1996 o HTML format o compressed PostScript Table of Contents (chapters as separate files) This guide explains how to set up and maintain a network of IRIS workstations and servers. It includes information on TCP/IP networking, including SLIP and PPP, UUCP networking, and configuring the sendmail mail transfer agent. The standard network communications software that runs on Silicon Graphics workstations is derived from the networking software in the 4.3BSD UNIX releases from the University of California at Berkeley and the Sun Microsystems RPC (remote procedure call) system. The IRIX operating system implements the Internet Protocol suite and UNIX domain sockets using the 4.3BSD UNIX socket mechanism. The system also supports access to the underlying network media by means of raw sockets. * IRIX Admin: Backup, Security, and Accounting, March 1996 o HTML format o compressed PostScript Table of Contents (chapters as separate files) Describes how to back up and restore files, how to protect your system's and network's security, and how to track system usage on a per-user basis. This guide is written for system and network administrators responsible for IRIX backups, security, or accounting. If you are responsible for your personal workstation only, refer to the Personal System Administrator's Guide first for this information. What This Guide Contains This manual documents data backup and recovery, host and network security, and host resource auditing and accounting for IRIX computer sites. How to Use This Guide You will probably use the parts of this document separately. If you are responsible for backups, refer to Part I. Read Chapter 1 if you have yet to implement a backup policy, Chapter 2 to learn details on the use of a particular backup tool, and Chapter 3 if you are having trouble with backups. If you are responsible for security, read Part II, Chapter 4 for details on configuring IRIX host security, and Chapter 5 if you are responsible for network security as well. If you are responsible for system auditing, read Part III, Chapter 6. If you are responsible for monitoring system usage, read Part III, Chapter 7. * IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing, March 1996 o HTML format o compressed PostScript Table of Contents (chapters as separate files) Explains how to install Silicon Graphics software products using Inst, the command line interface to the IRIX installation utility, inst (see the inst(1M) reference page). It introduces readers to Silicon Graphics software release conventions and explains how to plan, execute, and maintain a software installation on Silicon Graphics workstations and servers. Two installation methods are described in this guide: o live installations that in which software is transferred while the target system remains in operation o specialized installations, called miniroot installations, that rely on system firmware for the software transfer (This method requires a system shutdown.) This guide contains only information that is specific to setting up FLEXlm licensing software on Silicon Graphics workstations and servers. Please refer to these documents, which are available online from IRIS InSight, for complete information on administering a licensing scheme: o FLEXlm End User Manual o Network License System Administration Guide Inst or Software Manager? In addition to Inst, the command line interface, the inst utility includes Software Manager, a graphical user interface to conventional installations. Software Manager is documented separately in the Personal System Administration Guide. Because of its graphical features, Software Manager cannot be used for miniroot installations. To perform miniroot installations, use Inst and the instructions provided in Chapter 3 of this guide. Information in Chapter 1 explains how to determine whether a miniroot installation is necessary. The operation of inst and the Inst and Software Manager interfaces can be customized with a set of preferences. Use Chapter 8 as a comprehensive reference for specifying preferences and for managing the configuration files that store preference settings for both interfaces. Installing Diskless Systems IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing does not explain how to install software for diskless operation. Please refer to the Diskless Workstation Administration Guide for instructions on installing diskless systems. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright ⌐ 1995-96, Silicon Graphics, Inc.