Installation guide

TABLE 2–1 Solaris 2.6 Features at a Glance (continued)
Feature Description
XIL
TM The XIL foundation imaging library is suitable for libraries or applications requiring
imaging or digital video, such as document imaging, color prepress, or digital video
generation and playback. The following features are new in the Solaris 2.6 release. The XIL
1.3 library:
- Is MT-hot
- Supports the 32-bit, single-precision, floating-point data type
- Supports temporary images
- Supports the new XIL_GENERAL storage format
- Includes Kodak Color Management System (KCMS) support
- Supports the new XIL_BAND_SEQUENTIAL storage format for all data types
- Saves on memory use with tiled storage
PEX
TM
3.0.2
Runtime
Environment
The PEX application programmer interface (API) provides application portability across
platforms and 3-D graphics on local and remote displays.
KCMS
Multithreaded
Programming
KCMS now supports multithreaded programs: it is multithread safe (MT-safe). A KCMS
application using multithreaded capabilities does not require locks around KCMS library
calls.
X11R6 Base
Window System
The X11R6 Base Windowing System includes the latest fixes and patches from the X
Consortium.
X11 Double
Buffer Extension
The double buffer extension (DBE) provides a standard way to use double-buffering
within the framework of the X Window System. Double-buffering uses two buffers, called
"front" and "back," that hold images. The front buffer is visible to the user; the back buffer
is not. A detailed specification is available via an Internet browser in ftp://ftp.x.org/
pub/DOCS/DBE/
Large Files Support
Large Files Large files are supported on UFS, NFS, and CacheFS file systems. Applications can create
and access files up to one Tbyte on UFS-mounted file systems and up to the limit of the
NFS server for NFS- and CacheFS-mounted file systems. A new −mount option is
available to disable the large-file support on UFS file systems. This −mount option gives
the systems administrator a way to ensure that older applications that are not able to
safely handle large files will not accidentally operate on large files.
What’s New at a Glance 2-7