Solaris 9 (SPARC Platform Edition) 9/02 Release Notes

Features That Might Be Removed in a Future Release

Solaris 32-bit `Sun4U` Kernel

Many installations of the Solaris 7, 8, and 9 software use the default 64-bit kernel to support 32-bit and 64-bit applications. Customers who use the 32-bit kernel on UltraSPARC systems should read this notice.

In the Solaris 7, 8 and 9 operating environments, all systems that are based on the UltraSPARC I and UltraSPARC II processors allow administrators the choice of booting a 32-bit kernel or a 64-bit kernel. The UltraSPARC III® and later systems support only the 64-bit kernel.

In a future release of the Solaris operating environment, the 32-bit kernel might not be available for the UltraSPARC I and UltraSPARC II systems.

The primary impact of these changes are to systems that rely on third-party 32-bit kernel modules: firewalls, kernel-resident drivers, and replacement filesystems, for example. These systems must be updated to use 64-bit versions of those modules.

Another impact of these changes is that UltraSPARC systems that contain UltraSPARC I processors with clocks that run at 200MHz or lower frequencies might not be supported in a future release.

To identify the system's kernel type, use the isainfo(1) command.

% isainfo -kv

To identify the system's processor clock rate, use the psrinfo(1M) command.

% psrinfo -v | grep MHz

Netstat `-k` Option

The unsupported -k option of netstat, which reports on all named kstats on the running OS instance, might be removed in a future release. Use the supported kstat(1M) command, which provides the same facility. The kstat command was introduced in the Solaris 8 operating environment.

SPARCengine Ultra AX

Support for the SPARCengine Ultra^TM AXmp graphics card might not be provided in a future release of the Solaris operating environment. Related support for third-party graphics cards, such as the IGS CyberPro2010 on the Ultra AX, might not be provided in a future release of the Solaris operating environment.

Standalone Router Discovery

The /usr/sbin/in.rdisc implementation of the IPv4 ICMP Router Discovery protocol might not be supported in a future release of Solaris. A near-equivalent version of this protocol, which is implemented as a component of /usr/sbin/in.routed, supports an enhanced administrative interface. The /usr/sbin/in.routed component supports the implementation of Routing Information Protocol (RIP) version 2. The /usr/sbin/in.routed component also has the ability to distinguish Mobile IP advertisements from Router Discovery messages.

AdminTool

AdminTool (admintool), including swmtool, might not be supported in a future release.

Asian Short `dtlogin` Names

The following Asian short locale names might not be listed in the dtlogin language list in a future release.

zh
zh.GBK
zh.UTF-8
ko
ko.UTF-8
zh_TW

The Solaris 8, Solaris 9 , and Solaris 9 9/02 releases provide new ISO standard locale names, including:

zh_CN.EUC
zh_CN.GBK
zh_CN.UTF-8
ko_KR.EUC
ko_KR.UTF-8
zh_TW.EUC

Device Management Entries in `power.conf`

The Device Management entries in power.conf(4) might not be supported in a future release. Similar capability is provided by the Automatic Device Power Management entries in the Solaris 9 operating environment.

Federated Naming Service XFN Libraries and Commands

The Federated Naming Service (FNS), which is based on the X/Open XFN standard, might not be supported in a future release.

GMT Zoneinfo Time Zones

The /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/GMT[+-]* time zones might not be supported in a future release. These files might be removed from /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo. Replace usage of the zoneinfo time zones with the equivalent Etc/GMT[-+]* file. See the man pages zoneinfo(4) and environ(5) for more information.

JRE 1.2.2

Version 1.2.2 of the Java^TM runtime environment (JRE) might not be supported in a future release. Similar capability is supported by Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.4 and compatible versions. Current and previous versions of JRE are available for download from http://java.sun.com.

Kerberos Version 4 Client

The Kerberos version 4 client might be removed from a future release. This client includes the Kerberos version 4 support in the kinit(1), kdestroy(1), klist(1), mount_nfs(1M), mount_nfs(1M), and kerbd commands. The Kerberos version 4 client also includes support in the kerberos (3KRB) library, and in the ONC RPC programming API kerberos_rpc (3KRB).

Korean CID Fonts

Korean CID fonts might not be supported in a future release. You can use the Korean TrueType fonts that are included in the Solaris operating environment as a replacement for Korean CID fonts.

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Client Library

LDAP client library, libldap.so.3, might not be included in a future release. The current version of this library, libldap.so.5, is compliant with the draft-ietf-ldapext-ldap-c-api-05.txt revision of the ldap-c-api draft from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

NIS+

NIS+ might not be supported in a future release. Tools to aid in the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

`pam_unix` Module

The pam_unix(5) module might not be supported in a future release. A similar range of operations is provided by pam_authtok_check(5), pam_authtok_get(5), pam_authtok_store(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_unix_account(5), pam_unix_auth(5), and pam_unix_session(5).

Perl Version 5.005_03

Perl version 5.005_03 might not be supported in a future release. In the Solaris 9 operating environment, the default version of Perl has been changed to a version that is not binary compatible with the earlier version (5.005_03). However, the earlier version of Perl is still retained for compatibility. Customer-installed modules need to be rebuilt and reinstalled against the new version. Modify any scripts that require the use of version 5.005_03 to explicitly use the 5.005_03 version of the interpreter (/usr/perl5/5.005_03/bin/perl) instead of the default version (/bin/perl, /usr/bin/perl, or /usr/perl5/bin/perl).

Power Management I/O Control Commands

The following power management I/O control commands (ioctls) might not be supported in a future release.

PM_DISABLE_AUTOPM
PM_REENABLE_AUTOPM
PM_SET_CUR_PWR
PM_GET_CUR_PWR
PM_GET_NORM_PWR

The following alternative ioctls are supported in the Solaris 9 9/02 operating environment.

PM_DIRECT_PM
PM_RELEASE_DIRECT_PM
PM_GET_CURRENT_POWER
PM_SET_CURRENT_POWER
PM_GET_FULL_POWER

For more information on these alternative ioctls, see the ioctl(2) man page.

Solstice Enterprise Agents

Solstice Enterprise Agents might not be supported in a future release.

SPC Driver

The SPC driver might not be supported in a future release.

`sun4m` Hardware

sun4m hardware might not be supported in a future release of the Solaris operating environment.

XIL

XIL might not be supported in a future release. An application that uses XIL causes the following warning message to be displayed.

          WARNING:  XIL OBSOLESCENCE
     This application uses the Solaris XIL interface
     which has been declared obsolete and may not be
     present in version of Solaris beyond Solaris 9.
     Please notify your application supplier. 
     The message can be suppressed by setting the environment variable
     "_XIL_SUPPRESS_OBSOLETE_MSG.

`xutops` Print Filter

The xutops print filter might not be supported in a future release. A similar range of operations is provided by the mp(1) print filter in the Solaris 9 9/02 operating environment.