HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

September 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 9: “Commands and System Calls”
• getaddrinfo(3N) Function: Modified to support Destination Address Selection algorithm defined
in RFC 3484.
• ioinit(1M) Command: New option -A invokes Critical Resource Analysis and generates usage
report, before modifying existing instance number of an IO node.
• ioscan(1M) Command: -P option of the command has been enhanced to accept new
properties.
• mpsched(1) Command: Enhanced to provide the system topology information at Proximity,
Socket and Core level. You can use this information to create processor sets by choosing SPUs
with appropriate locality.
• scsimgr(1M) Command: More user-friendly identifiers enhance the usability of the mass storage
stack.
September 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming”
• New: Decimal Floating-Point Arithmetic: Includes support for decimal floating-point (decimal
FP) arithmetic for C on HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) September 2008 Update for Integrity servers,
following the current draft revision of the IEEE 754 floating-point standard and ISO/IEC
Technical Report 24732.
• New: Dynamic System V Semaphore Tunables: Allows the system administrator to change
the system V semaphore tunable(s) value(s) dynamically without requiring a reboot of the
system. Software Pack product. Optional on all OEs.
• HP WildeBeest Debugger: Provides decimal floating point debugging support, improved
memory debugging capabilities, improved Core file debugging support, and more.
• HP-UX Linker and HP Dynamic Loader: Features include improved fastbind mechanism for
decreasing program startup time; improved dld startup time; non-suspension of threads; and
more.
• Java 2 Standard Edition Platform
◦ New: Java JDK/JRE for HP-UX: JDK/JRE version 6.0 is a new version of the HP-UX Java
Development Kit (JDK) for the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition. JDK/JRE version 5.0 and
SDK/RTE 1.4.2 have been updated to incorporate defect and security bulletin fixes.
• Libc Enhancement: The printf(3S) and scanf(3S) family of functions have been enhanced to
recognize decimal floating point conversion specifiers. Software Pack product. Optional on
all OEs.
• libIO.so Shared Library: Provides APIs for accessing the kernel I/O system data structures
maintained by the HP-UX I/O subsystem. Delivers new shared libraries which are thread safe.
• New: MallocNextGen: Provides a totally new implementation of the user space memory
allocator. This new allocator may show better performance for multi-threaded applications or
applications with small block allocations. Software Pack product. Optional on all OEs.
• New: Numeric User Group Name: With this feature it is possible to create user/group names
that begin with a numeric character and in turn be entirely numeric. Software Pack product.
Optional on all OEs.
• Perl: Updated to version 5.8.8 build 822.2 to incorporate defect fixes. Includes performance
improvements.
September 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization”
• European TrueType Fonts Extension - Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, and Vietnamese: You can now
print Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, and Vietnamese characters using the PostScript print filter.
• Internationalized PostScript Printing Enhancements: Includes support for the printing and proper
shaping of Arabic, Hebrew and Thai characters with enhanced bidirectional printing support;
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