User Guide

214 Utilities Reference
Utilities Reference
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August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Display Old API Names = value Control messages about obsolescent API functions from earlier
versions of NetWare. This parameter can be used as a debugging
tool.
Supported values:
ON = Use if you write your own modules and you are upgrading
your NetWare modules to use newer APIs.
OFF = Use if you aren’t upgrading modules.
Default: OFF
The following types of messages appear when a module is
loaded that uses the obsolescent APIs:
Module is using old API: SetInterruptVector
Module is using old API: ReturnPermanentMemory
Module is using old API: AllocateReturnablePermMemory
If you receive messages such as these, contact the vender of the
module.
You can set this parameter in the STARTUP.NCF file.
Note: Old API functions are those that have been replaced with
newer, more efficient functions. The old functions work—they are
not obsolete—but they work more slowly.
Old API functions are not limited to NetWare 3 versions. Nor have
all older API functions been replaced—many of them are still in
use.
Parameter Use to