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ChorusOS 5.0 Transition Guide
Book Information
Preface
Part I Upgrading to Version 5.0 of the ChorusOS Operating System
Chapter 1 Overview of Major Enhancements in ChorusOS 5.0
Changes to the Documentation Set
API Reorganization and POSIX Compliance
Enhancements to System Features
Enhancements to Platform Features
Enhancements to Networking Features
Enhancements to Tools
Chapter 2 Changes to the ChorusOS 5.0 Installation
What's New About Installing?
JVM Test Relocation
The extract.sh -only Option
Compatibility with JDK 1.2/1.3
Uninstaller
CD Installer
Before you install ChorusOS 5.0
New Default Files and Directories
Part II Transition Information for Users and System Administrators
Chapter 3 File System Changes
Changes to File Systems
Changes to Media and File System Support
SCSI CD-ROM Drive
ISO 9660 File System
New NFS Version
Chapter 4 Configuration Changes
New Features and Tunables
New Features
Changed Features
New Tunables and Their Default Settings
Support for Floating Point Configuration
Support for FPU Exception Handling
MMU/Cache Configuration
Chapter 5 Networking changes
Messaging Changes
RPC Extensions
Changes to Network Protocols
IPv6
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
The Network Time Protocol Daemon (ntpd)
The ntpq Command
The ntptrace Command
The ntpdate command
Changes to Network Utilities
traceroute
tcpdump
Enhanced System Security
Password Management
Chapter 6 Changes to Utilities
Target Utilities
cbfs
Host Utilities
Boot Storage Device
bootMonitor
bootConfig
bootAgent
rdbd
rpcbind
System Management Utilities
dhcrelay
gifconfig
logger
named
named-xfer
ndp
passwd
pdump
ping6
pwd_mkdb
rtsold
sync
syslogd
tftpd
Part III Transition Information for Application Developers
Chapter 7 Additions and Changes to the Programming Environment
Application Watchdog
Black Box
High Resolution Timer
Messaging
System Instrumentation
System Logging
Support for Shared Libraries
System Events
Chapter 8 Standard Application Interfaces and POSIX Interfaces
API Reorganization
Chapter 9 Tool changes
C/C++ Compilers and Linkers
GDB Debugging Tool
Insight GUI for GDB
Part IV Transition Information for BSP Developers
Chapter 10 Changes to DDIs and DKI Extensions
Changes to DDIs
Updated DDIs
Common Bus DDI
PCI Bus DDI
NVRAM DDI
Flash DDI
Ethernet DDI
New DDIs
Flash Control DDI
Watchdog Timer DDI
IDE/ATA DDI
Bus Communication DDIs
PCI Resource Manager DDI
Keyboard DDI
Mouse DDI
PCMCIA Bus DDI
GPIO DDI
Hot Swap Controller (HSC) DDI
PCI Swap DDI
Media Independent Interface (MII) DDI
Transceiver (PHY) DDI
Management DDI
Diagnostics DDI
Fault Injection DDIs
Statistic DDIs
Changes to DKI Extensions
svDkiThreadCancel
svDeviceNewNotify/svDeviceNewCancel
svDkiIoRemap
svDkiInitLevel
High Resolution Timer DKI
Chapter 11 Changes to Drivers
Reorganization of the Driver Source Trees
New Drivers
Generic Drivers
UltraSPARC Specific Drivers
PowerPC Specific Drivers
Intel specific drivers
Updated drivers
Generic drivers
UltraSPARC Specific Drivers
PowerPC Specific Drivers
Intel Specific Drivers
Chapter 12 Changes to Boot Libraries and Boards
Boot Library Changes
Board Changes
x86 Boards
PowerPC Boards
Usparc Boards
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