What's New in the Solaris 9 Operating Environment

Hardware Enhancements

Feature Description
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) ACPI is a new, more flexible way to configure and control IA hardware. ACPI obsoletes Plug and Play BIOS and the Intel Multi-Processor Specification (MPSPEC). If ACPI is available on your IA based system, the Solaris 8 operating environment automatically uses it to configure the hardware.
PCI Hot-Plug Support This feature enables standard PCI adapters to be hot-plugged into a machine with the hot-plug capability that is running Solaris Intel Platform Edition. You can now add (hot-add) or remove (hot-remove) adapters from a system while the system is still running.
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Support for Keyboards and Mouse Devices Solaris Intel Platform Edition now provides USB support for keyboards and mouse devices.
X Server Video Driver Enhancement Solaris Intel Platform Edition now provides support for more video devices.

Feature Description

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)

ACPI is a new, more flexible way to configure and control IA hardware. ACPI obsoletes Plug and Play BIOS and the Intel Multi-Processor Specification (MPSPEC). If ACPI is available on your IA based system, the Solaris 8 operating environment automatically uses it to configure the hardware.

PCI Hot-Plug Support

This feature enables standard PCI adapters to be hot-plugged into a machine with the hot-plug capability that is running Solaris Intel Platform Edition. You can now add (hot-add) or remove (hot-remove) adapters from a system while the system is still running.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Support for Keyboards and Mouse Devices

Solaris Intel Platform Edition now provides USB support for keyboards and mouse devices.

X Server Video Driver Enhancement

Solaris Intel Platform Edition now provides support for more video devices.