Features That Might Be Removed in a Future Release

The following features might not be supported in a future release of the Oracle Solaris OS.

LP Print Service

The LP print service might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release.

SPARC: Legacy System Support

• Support for legacy systems that have included the UltraSPARC I, II, IIe, III, IIIi, III+, IV, and IV+ processor architectures, as reported by the Oracle Solaris psrinfo -pv command, might be removed from a future Oracle Solaris release. All SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers and SPARC T-Series servers will continue to be supported.

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  Note - Oracle Solaris 10 will continue to be a supported operating system for these affected platforms as per the current Oracle lifetime support policy.

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• The following SPARC workstations might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release:

  • Ultra 2, 3, 5, 10, 25, 30, 45, 60, and 80

  • Sun Blade 100, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2500

  Continue using the Oracle Solaris 10 OS for the remaining life of the hardware. Then, migrate to either an x64 workstation or a Sun Ray desktop.

rstart Client and rstartd Server

The rstart client and rstartd server might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release. To start an X Window system program on another machine, use the X11 forwarding feature of the ssh(1) command.

rdist Command

The rdist command might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release.

crypt Command

The crypt(1) command might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release. Instead, you can use the encrypt(1) command, which provides access to new and secure algorithms, to protect your files.

The encrypt(1) command is available starting from this Oracle Solaris 10 release.

-x and -C Options in the vi, ex, and ed Commands

The -x and -C options for the vi(1), ex(1), and ed(1) commands might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release. Instead, you can use the encrypt(1) command, which provides access to new and secure algorithms, to protect your files.

The encrypt(1) command is available starting from this Oracle Solaris 10 release.

sysidtool Framework

Managing the configuration of an Oracle Solaris instance by using the sysidtool(1M) framework might not be possible in a future Oracle Solaris release. You can use the smf(5) system configuration framework for managing the configuration of an Oracle Solaris instance.

Sun OpenGL Software From Oracle for the SPARC Platform

The Sun OpenGL software from Oracle for the SPARC platform might no longer be included in a future Oracle Solaris release. Instead, you can use the Mesa implementation of libGL or the Nvidia OpenGL provided for Nvidia graphics devices on the x64 platform, which provide the same functionality.

WU-ftpd Server

The Oracle Solaris FTP server based on WU-ftpd might not be available in a future release of the Oracle Solaris OS. The WU-ftpd server might be replaced with a new FTP server.

Boot Support in Solaris Volume Manager From Oracle

The ability to boot from a Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) metadevice might not be supported in the next release of the Oracle Solaris OS.

ioctls Floppy Driver and fdformat Utility

The ioctls (fdio) floppy driver and the fdformat utility might be removed in the next Oracle Solaris release. However, the support for the USB floppy will continue.

tnf Tracing (3TNF)

The tnf tracing (3TNF) facility might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. Instead, use dtrace(1M) for tracing purposes.

Replacing /etc/power.conf and pmconfig With poweradm

The /etc/power.conf configuration file and the pmconfig(1M) utility might be replaced with the poweradm(1M) command in a future Oracle Solaris release. The number of properties that can be configured with the poweradm(1M) command will be minimal.

Replacing Trusted Extensions IPv6 CIPSO With CALIPSO

Oracle might replace the IPv6 Commercial Internet Protocol Security Option (CIPSO) implementation with the IETF CALIPSO standard in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Commercial Internet Protocol Security Option (CIPSO), defined in FIPS PUB 188, is a standard for IPv4. The Trusted Extensions feature of Oracle Solaris has a proprietary IPv6 implementation of CIPSO because no CIPSO equivalent standards existed for IPv6 when Trusted Extensions was released.

IETF has now produced a CIPSO equivalent standard for IPv6, called Common Architecture Label IPv6 Security Option (CALIPSO) or RFC 5570.

The current CIPSO IPv4 support is not affected. CIPSO and CALIPSO are used by Trusted Extensions only.

/etc/hostname.interface Files

The /etc/hostname.interface files that are used to store persistent network configuration might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Flash Archive Installation Commands

The following flash archive installation commands might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• flar(1M)

• flarcreate(1M)

In addition, installations performed by using the flash_archive(4) file format might not be supported.

x86: lsimega Driver Support

The lsimega(7d) driver might not be included in a future release. If you are using devices that are driven by lsimega(7d), migrate to glm(7d) or upgrade to more recent hardware.

Removal of QLogic SCSI Ultra160 Device Driver

The qus device driver might be removed from a future Oracle Solaris release. The qus device driver supports the QLogic Ultra160 SCSI host bus adapter.

32-bit SPARC and x86: libmle Library

The libmle library might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release.

32-bit SPARC: Removal of Asian SunOS4.x BCP

The support for all versions of Asian SunOS4 BCP might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release. However, you can continue to use all versions of Asian SunOS4 BCP in Oracle Solaris 10 branded zones.

32-bit SPARC and x86: Removal of Legacy Asian Print Filters

The following legacy Asian print filters might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• big5.epson.filter(1)

• cns.epson.filter(1)

• jprconv(1)

• jpostprint(1)

• jtops(1)

• thaifilter(1)

For text to PS conversion, use the mp(1) filter.

32-bit SPARC and x86: Removal of Legacy Asian Libraries

The following legacy Asian libraries, including their xctype macros, might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• libcle

• libhle

• libkle

Instead of these libraries, use the standard functions iconv(3C) and wctype(3C). Note that you might be able to use these libraries in Oracle Solaris 10 branded zones.

32-bit SPARC and x86: Removal of Legacy Asian Commands

The following Asian legacy commands might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• EUC capable mailx(1), talk(1), in.comsat(1M), and install_comsat(1M) under the /usr/SUNWale/bin directory

• Legacy utilities such as jaio.h(7i), jtty(1), kanji(1), evftobdf(1), runb5(1), and mkcodetab(1)

• Legacy code set that include the following converters:

  • ja locale – euctoibmj ibmjtoeuc euctojis jistoeuc euctosj sjtoeuc jistosj sjtojis

  • ko locale – wansungtojohap johaptowansung comptonb nbtocomp comptopack packtocomp

  • zh locale – cgbtoeuc euctocgb cnstoeuc euctocns

  • zh_TW locale – big5toeuc euctobig5 cnsconv

Use the iconv(1) command instead of the legacy code set converters. Note that you might be able to use these commands in Oracle Solaris 10 branded zones.

Diskless Client Functionality

The diskless client functionality might not be supported. The following commands might be affected:

• smdiskless(1M)

• smoservice(1M)

SPARC: SunOS 4 Binary Compatibility Support

All versions of the SunOS 4 binary compatibility support might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release. However, the support for all versions of SunOS 4 binaries will continue when used in Oracle Solaris 10 branded zones.

32-bit x86: sk98sol Driver

The sk98sol driver for SysKonnect/Marvell SK-Net gigabit Ethernet devices might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release.

IP-Forwarding SMF Services

IP-forwarding SMF services manage system-wide forwarding configuration. The following IP-forwarding SMF services might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• svc:/network/ipv4-forwarding:default

• svc:/network/ipv6-forwarding:default

x86: 32-bit X Servers and Drivers

The 32-bit versions of the following X servers for x86 platforms might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• Xephyr

• Xorg

• Xvfb

• Xvnc

Any Xorg loadable module, including video drivers, input device drivers, and extensions, that are not provided in a 64-bit version will not be used. If a usable video driver is not found, Xorg will use the vesa driver.

The following table shows x86 video devices that include the Xorg drivers in 32-bit versions.

Video Device Driver Name Alliance Promotion apm Ark Logic ark Chips & Technologies chips 3Dlabs/TI glint glint Number Nine Imagine 128 i128 Intel i740 i740 NeoMagic neomagic Rendition Verite rendition S3 s3 S3 ViRGE & Trio3D s3virge S3 Savage savage Silicon Motion siliconmotion SiS & XGI sis 3Dfx tdfx DEC 21039/TGA tga Tseng Labs tseng

The man pages for each driver give more information on the supported devices. If you want to build and support the driver yourself, the source for these drivers is available from the X.Org foundation at http://www.x.org/.

SYSV3 SCO Compatibility Environment Variable

Support for the SYSV3 SCO compatibility environment variable might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release. The following commands might be affected:

• df

• echo

• expr

• sh

• tar

• uname

passmgmt Command

The passmgmt command might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release. You can use the following commands instead, which provide the same functionality:

• useradd(1M)

• userdel(1M)

• usermod(1M)

• roleadd(1M)

• roledel(1M)

• rolemod(1M)

Locale Administrator

The localeadm(1M) command might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release.

SIP Express Router (SER)

SER and SERWeb might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Jakarta Tomcat 4 Interfaces in the Oracle Solaris OS

Jakarta Tomcat 4 might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release. You can migrate to either Apache Tomcat 5.5 or Apache Tomcat 6, which provide the same functionality.

x86: lx Branded Zone

The lx brand uses the branded zones framework to enable Linux binary applications to run unmodified on a machine with an Oracle Solaris OS kernel.

Support for the lx branded zone might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris Zones release.

Plotting Commands

The following plotting commands might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• aedplot

• atoplot

• bgplot

• crtplot

• dumbplot

• gigiplot

• hp7221plot

• hpplot

• implot

• plot

• plottoa

• vplot

• t300

• t300s

• t4013

• t450

• tek

In addition, the -g option of LPR might no longer be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

MySQL 4

MySQL 4 RDBMS might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. You can migrate to MySQL 5.1, which provides the same functionality.

Apache httpd 1.3

Apache httpd 1.3 might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. You can migrate to Apache httpd 2 which provides the same functionality.

audit_user Database

The audit_user(4) database and the getuausernam(3BSM) accessor functions might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release. The per-user audit preselection flags might be specified differently.

Audit Daemon Interfaces

The following interfaces that are used by the Oracle Solaris audit daemon might not be supported in a future release:

• auditsvc(2)

• audit_data(4)

Oracle Solaris Audit Commands

The following Oracle Solaris audit interfaces might be replaced with an equivalent functionality in a future release of Oracle Solaris:

• audit_control(4)

• audit_startup(1M)

• bsmconv(1M)

• bsmrecord(1M)

• bsmunconv(1M)

Auditing File Size Statistics and File Size Restriction Interfaces

The auditing file size statistics and file size restriction interfaces getfsize and setfsize, consisting of the similarly named subcommands within the auditon(2) system call and the options to the auditconfig(1M) command, might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Drivers for Various SPARC Compatible Graphics Cards

The following drivers for graphics cards on the SPARC platform might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Card/Device Driver Name Creator, Creator3D ffb Elite3D afb Expert3D, Expert3D Lite ifb GX, GXplus, TurboGX, TurboGXplus cg6 PGX m64 PGX32 gfxp PGX64 m64 Sun Blade 100/150 on-board graphics m64 Ultra 3 laptop on-board graphics m64 Ultra 5/10 on-board graphics m64 XVR-200 mko XVR-500 ifb XVR-600 jfb XVR-1000 gfb XVR-1200 jfb XVR-2500 kfb XVR-4000 zulu

Short Form Locales

The following table lists locales that might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release. The table also lists the corresponding replacement locales.

Locales to be Removed Replacement Locales ar ar_EG.ISO8859-6 bg_BG bg_BG.ISO8859-5 ca ca_ES.ISO8859-1 ca_ES ca_ES.ISO8859-1 cs cs_CZ.ISO8859-2 cs_CZ cs_CZ.ISO8859-2 da da_DK.ISO8859-1 da_DK da_DK.ISO8859-1 da.ISO8859-15 da_DK.ISO8859-15 de de_DE.ISO8859-1 de_AT de_AT.ISO8859-1 de_CH de_CH.ISO8859-1 de_DE de_DE.ISO8859-1 de.ISO8859-15 de_DE.ISO8859-15 de.UTF-8 de_DE.UTF-8 el el_GR.ISO8859-7 el_GR el_GR.ISO8859-7 el.sun_eu_greek el_GR.ISO8859-7 el.UTF-8 el_CY.UTF-8 en_AU en_AU.ISO8859-1 en_CA en_CA.ISO8859-1 en_GB en_GB.ISO8859-1 en_IE en_IE.ISO8859-1 en_NZ en_NZ.ISO8859-1 en_US en_US.ISO8859-1 es es_ES.ISO8859-1 es_AR es_AR.ISO8859-1 es_BO es_BO.ISO8859-1 es_CL es_CL.ISO8859-1 es_CO es_CO.ISO8859-1 es_CR es_CR.ISO8859-1 es_EC es_EC.ISO8859-1 es_ES es_ES.ISO8859-1 es_GT es_GT.ISO8859-1 es.ISO8859-15 es_ES.ISO8859-15 es_MX es_MX.ISO8859-1 es_NI es_NI.ISO8859-1 es_PA es_PA.ISO8859-1 es_PE es_PE.ISO8859-1 es_PY es_PY.ISO8859-1 es_SV es_SV.ISO8859-1 es.UTF-8 es_ES.UTF-8 es_UY es_UY.ISO8859-1 es_VE es_VE.ISO8859-1 et et_EE.ISO8859-15 et_EE et_EE.ISO8859-15 fi fi_FI.ISO8859-1 fi_FI fi_FI.ISO8859-1 fi.ISO8859-15 fi_FI.ISO8859-15 fr fr_FR.ISO8859-1 fr_BE fr_BE.ISO8859-1 fr_CA fr_CA.ISO8859-1 fr_CH fr_CH.ISO8859-1 fr_FR fr_FR.ISO8859-1 fr.ISO8859-15 fr_FR.ISO8859-15 fr.UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8 he he_IL.ISO8859-8 he_IL he_IL.ISO8859-8 hr_HR hr_HR.ISO8859-2 hu hu_HU.ISO8859-2 hu_HU hu_HU.ISO8859-2 is_IS is_IS.ISO8859-1 it it_IT.ISO8859-1 it.ISO8859-15 it_IT.ISO8859-15 it_IT it_IT.ISO8859-1 it.UTF-8 it_IT.UTF-8 ja ja_JP.eucJP ko ko_KR.EUC ko.UTF-8 ko_KR.UTF-8 lt lt_LT.ISO8859-13 lt_LT lt_LT.ISO8859-13 lv lv_LV.ISO8859-13 lv_LV lv_LV.ISO8859-13 mk_MK mk_MK.ISO8859-5 nl nl_NL.ISO8859-1 nl_BE nl_BE.ISO8859-1 nl.ISO8859-15 nl_NL.ISO8859-15 nl_NL nl_NL.ISO8859-1 no nb_NO.ISO8859-1 no_NO nb_NO.ISO8859-1 no_NO.ISO8859-1@bokmal nb_NO.ISO8859-1 no_NO.ISO8859-1@nynorsk nn_NO.ISO8859-1 no_NY nn_NO.ISO8859-1 pl pl_PL.ISO8859-2 pl_PL pl_PL.ISO8859-2 pl.UTF-8 pl_PL.UTF-8 pt pt_PT.ISO8859-1 pt_BR pt_BR.ISO8859-1 pt.ISO8859-15 pt_PT.ISO8859-15 pt_PT pt_PT.ISO8859-1 ro_RO ro_RO.ISO8859-2 ru ru_RU.ISO8859-5 ru.koi8-r ru_RU.KOI8-R ru_RU ru_RU.ISO8859-5 ru.UTF-8 ru_RU.UTF-8 sh bs_BA.ISO8859-2 sh_BA bs_BA.ISO8859-2 sh_BA.ISO8859-2@bosnia bs_BA.ISO8859-2 sh_BA.UTF-8 bs_BA.UTF-8 sk_SK sk_SK.ISO8859-2 sl_SI sl_SI.ISO8859-2 sq_AL sq_AL.ISO8859-2 sr_CS sr_ME.UTF-8 or sr_RS.UTF-8 sr_CS.UTF-8 sr_ME.UTF-8 or sr_RS.UTF-8 sr_SP sr_ME.ISO8859-5 or sr_RS.ISO8859-5 sr_YU sr_ME.ISO8859-5 or sr_RS.ISO8859-5 sr_YU.ISO8859-5 sr_ME.ISO8859-5 or sr_RS.ISO8859-5 sv sv_SE.ISO8859-1 sv_SE sv_SE.ISO8859-1 sv.ISO8859-15 sv_SE.ISO8859-15 sv.UTF-8 sv_SE.UTF-8 th th_TH.TIS620 th_TH th_TH.TIS620 th_TH.ISO8859-11 th_TH.TIS620 tr tr_TR.ISO8859-9 tr_TR tr_TR.ISO8859-9 zh zh_CN.EUC zh.GBK zh_CN.GBK zh_TW zh_TW.EUC zh.UTF-8 zh_CN.UTF-8

Support for Java SE 1.4.2

Support for Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 1.4.2 might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release. To receive critical fixes, consider the following options:

• Migrate to Java SE for Business 1.4.2.

• Migrate to the latest Java SE release.

For information about the technology support and EOL policy for Java SE, see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html.

Support for Java SE 5.0

Support for Java SE 5.0 might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release. To receive critical fixes, consider the following options:

• Migrate to Java SE for Business 5.0

• Migrate to the latest Java SE release

For information about technology support and EOL policy, see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html.

@euro Locale Variants

The following @euro locale variants might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release:

ca_ES.ISO8859-15@euro fr_BE.ISO8859-15@euro de_AT.ISO8859-15@euro fr_BE.UTF-8@euro de_DE.ISO8859-15@euro fr_FR.ISO8859-15@euro de_DE.UTF-8@euro fr_FR.UTF-8@euro el_GR.ISO8859-7@euro it_IT.ISO8859-15@euro en_IE.ISO8859-15@euro it_IT.UTF-8@euro es_ES.ISO8859-15@euro nl_BE.ISO8859-15@euro es_ES.UTF-8@euro nl_NL.ISO8859-15@euro fi_FI.ISO8859-15@euro pt_PT.ISO8859-15@euro

Use the corresponding non-variant locales.

ucblinks Command

The ucblinks feature that created Oracle's SunOS 4.x device name links in the /dev directory might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. The current release uses SunOS 5.x device names.

The following table lists the SunOS 4.x device name links that might be removed.

SunOS 4.x Device Name Device Type /dev/[r]fd%d fd floppy /dev/[r]sr%d sd/atapi cdrom /dev/[r]sd%d sd disk /dev/[r]n%d st tape

The following table lists the current SunOS 5.x device name links.

SunOS 5.x Device Name Device Type /dev/[r]diskette fd floppy /dev/[r]dsk/* sd/atapi cdrom /dev/[r]dsk/* sd disk /dev/rmt/* st tape

Xprt Server and Xprint Extension

The Xprt server and Xprint extension to the X Window System might no longer be included in a future Oracle Solaris release. The libXp library will remain for binary compatibility. This library enables existing users of this software to continue printing over the network to Xprt servers running Oracle Solaris 10 and prior releases, or Xprint implementations on other platforms.

xmh Command

The xmh command might no longer be included in a future Oracle Solaris release. Thunderbird and Evolution are the supported email applications.

XIE Libraries

X Imaging Extension (XIE) libraries might no longer be included in a future Oracle Solaris release.

bdftosnf and showsnf Commands

The bdftosnf and showsnf commands might no longer be included in a future Oracle Solaris release.

PostgreSQL 8.1 and 8.2

PostgreSQL versions 8.1 and 8.2 might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Locale Variant cz

The cz short variant for the Czech locale might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release. Use the following Czech locales instead:

• cs_CZ

• cs_CZ.ISO8859-2

• cs_CZ.UTF-8

• cs_CZ.UTF-8@euro

xorgcfg and xorgconfig Utilities

The xorgcfg and xorgconfig utilities for generating xorg.conf files might no longer be available in a future Oracle Solaris release.

The Xorg(1) server does not require an xorg.conf(4) file in many cases and will autoconfigure itself if the file is not present. Use one of the following alternative methods to generate an xorg.conf file for customization if the default configuration does not meet your needs:

• When the server is not already running, /usr/X11/bin/Xorg -configure provides a sample configuration file for the currently detected hardware in the system.

• When the Xorg server is started without a configuration file, the xorg.conf data that Xorg automatically generates is logged in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log log file. The xorg.conf data might also be copied to an xorg.conf file for customization.

• Users of NVIDIA graphics devices should use the provided nvidia-settings(1) and nvidia-xconfig(1) utilities to generate or update device-specific configurations.

• Users of Oracle's Sun graphics devices for the SPARC platform should use the fbconfig(1) utility to generate or update device-specific configurations.

Oracle Berkeley DB 4.2

Oracle Berkeley DB 4.2 might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Some audiorecord and audioplay Application Switches

The -p and -b switches in both the audiorecord and audioplay applications, as well as the -m switch in audiorecord might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release.

If a filename is not specified on the command line and standard input and output is not a TTY, both applications will exit with an error. Any changes to audio volume settings made by these applications are not persistent from one instance to the next. If you want to adjust audio device settings, migrate to the mixerctl(1) and gnome-volume-control(1) applications.

Policy Change for Inbound Open-Source and Third-Party, Vendor-Supplied Open-Source Components

When the open-source community stops the development of inbound open-source components such as Mozilla projects, Oracle will also stop all the development and support activities of that product version. Component end-of-software announcements will appear in the Release Notes document.

Mozilla 1.X Support

Starting from the Solaris 10 10/08 release, the Mozilla 1.X software is no longer supported as a result of the new inbound open-source components policy change. Users should upgrade to Firefox.

x86: sbpro Driver

The Sound Blaster Pro device driver (sbpro) for Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16, and Sound Blaster AWE32 ISA devices might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

CacheFS File System

The CacheFS file system might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

sdtudctool Command

The sdtudctool command might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. For more information, see User Defined Characters Migration Guide at http://developers.sun.com/global/products_platforms/solaris/reference/techart/UDCGuide.html

ctlmp and ctlconvert_txt Utilities

The /usr/openwin/bin/ctlmp and /usr/openwin/bin/ctlconvert_txt utilities might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. Use the mp(1) print filter or another suitable printing mechanism.

genlayouttbl Utility

The genlayouttbl(1) utility which provides complex text layout data to the CDE/Motif GUI toolkit might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Mobile IPv4

The Mobile IPv4 feature described in the mipagent(1M) man page might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Gnopernicus

Gnopernicus, the Java Desktop System Screen Reader might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. Use the Orca Screen Reader instead.

Xsun Server

The Xsun server for the X Window System might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. Users should migrate to the Xorg server.

Features such as Display Postscript (DPS) and X Image Extension (XIE) that are available in Xsun but not in Xorg might no longer be included.

Common Desktop Environment

The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. Users should migrate to the Java Desktop System.

Sun Java System Calendar Server Client Applet

The Sun Java System Calendar Server client applet, Now, might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release.

DARPA Trivial Name Server

The DARPA trivial name server, in.tnamed(1M), might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. The Internet domain name server named(1M) provides similar functionality.

I2O Intelligent I/O

The I2O intelligent I/O driver framework and all corresponding drivers might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. This technology includes the i2o_bs(7D), and i2o_scsi(7D) drivers, and all I2O related functionality.

GNOME Viewer for PDF and PostScript Files

The GNOME viewer for PDF and PostScript files, might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. A replacement application might be provided to enable viewing of PDF and PostScript files.

Smartcard Administrative Interface

The Smartcard administrative graphical interface sdtsmartcardadmin(1M) might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. The same functionality is available through the smartcard(1M) command.

iButton Smartcard

The Dallas Semiconductor iButton Java Card Smartcard and OpenCard Framework (OCF) terminal driver, as described in the ocf_ibutton(7d) man page, might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. Migrate to other Smartcard devices that are supported by the libpcsclite(3LIB) utility.

Cyberflex Smartcard

The Cyberflex Smartcard might not be supported by the pam_smartcard(5) and smartcard(1M) commands in a future Oracle Solaris release. Migrate to other Smartcard devices and cards that are supported by the libpcsclite(3LIB) utility.

PAM Smartcard

The PAM Smartcard module pam_smartcard(5) might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release.

OCF or SCF Smartcard Framework

The OCF or SCF Smartcard framework might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. The functionality of ocfserv(1M) will be provided by pcscd(1M). The card provisioning functionality of smartcard(1M) will be provided by muscletool(1M). The driver configuration functionality provided by smartcard(1M) is generally not necessary with pcscd(1M). However, when required, system administrators can edit the reader.conf(4) file accordingly.

SCF Smartcard APIs

The SmartCard Framework (SCF) interfaces exported by libsmartcard and smartcard.jar might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. These interfaces are now obsolete. New C applications should be written to use the PS/SC interfaces exported from libpscslite(3LIB). There is no planned replacement for the SCF Java interfaces at this time.

Remote Program Load Server Functionality

The Remote Program Load (RPL) server functionality available through rpld(1M) and rpld.conf(4) might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Transition From ipge to e1000g NIC Driver as the Default Ethernet Driver for sun4v Systems

The ipge driver and all its SUNWipge packages for sun4v systems might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. Starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release, Ontario and other SPARC based platforms transition from ipge to e1000g drivers. The e1000g driver is the default Ethernet driver for all Oracle platforms that use Intel 1G chipsets.

Solstice Enterprise Agents Support

The following Solstice Enterprise Agents (SEA) agents, libraries, and packages might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• SEA-based SNMP master agent and subagents

• libssagent and libssasnmp libraries

• SUNWsacom, SUNWsasnm, SUNWmibii packages

The System Management Agent (SMA) provides similar functionality for these resources.

32-bit x86: Extended Memory File System Support

The extended memory file system (xmemfs) might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

For more information, see the xmemfs(7FS) man page.

Standard Type Services Framework Support

The Standard Type Services Framework (STSF) might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release.

This framework includes the following:

• libST and libXst libraries

• xstls command

• stfsloader service

• XST extension to Xsun and Xorg servers

You can find this functionality in one of the following alternative sources:

• libX11

• libXft2

SPARC: jfca Driver Support

The JNI Fibre Channel Adapter (jfca) driver might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. For more information, see the jfca(7D) man page.

zic -s Option Support

The -s option of the zic command might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release. For more information, see the zic(1M) man page.

Removable Volume Management Support

The volume management daemon (vold), volume management file system (volfs), and the associated volume management commands might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release. Automatic mounting and unmounting of removable media will continue to be supported.

For more information, see the vold(1M) and volfs(7FS) man pages.

64-bit SPARC: Dual Basic Rate ISDN Interface and Multimedia Codec Chips

T5900FC Dual Basic Rate ISDN Interface (DBRI) and associated multimedia codec chips might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. In addition, device drivers written for these devices might not be supported.

SPARC: Certain Drivers Might Not Be Supported in a Future Oracle Solaris Release

The following drivers might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• SUNWrtvc – Device driver for the SunVideo real-time video capture and compression card

• SUNWdial – Streams module for the Dials and Buttons devices

• SUNWdialh – Header files for the Dials and Buttons devices

Automated Security Enhancement Tool Support

The checksum functionality provided by the Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET) in the /usr/aset directory will be deprecated in a subsequent release. To replicate the functionality, use the Basic Audit Reporting Tool (BART), which is available at /usr/bin/bart.

Asian Short dtlogin Names

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

• ko

• zh

• zh_TW

Beginning with the Solaris 8 release, the following ISO-standard locale names are provided:

• ko_KR.EUC

• ko_KR.UTF-8

• zh_CN.EUC

• zh_CN.GBK

• zh_CN.UTF-8

• zh_TW.EUC

Cfront Runtime Support Library

The libC.so.3 library is the runtime support library for programs that are compiled by the Cfront C++ compiler C++ 3.0. Neither the compiler nor programs that are created by the compiler run on the Oracle Solaris 10 OS. The library might not be supported in a future release of Oracle Solaris.

Configuration Administrations's fp Plug-In Hardware Options

The following options of the configuration administration (cfgadm) fp plug-in might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• show_FCP_dev

• unusable_FCP_dev

Device Allocation Interfaces for the Basic Security Module

The following components of the device allocation mechanism of the Basic Security Module might not be included in a future Oracle Solaris release:

• mkdevalloc(1M)

• mkdevmaps(1M)

• /etc/security/dev

Obsolete Device Driver Interfaces

Some device driver interfaces (DDI) might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

The following table lists the DDIs that might not be supported, along with the preferred DDI alternatives.

Obsolete Interface Preferred Interface mmap devmap identify set to nulldev copyin ddi_copyin copyout ddi_copyout ddi_dma_addr_setup ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle ddi_dma_buf_setup(9F) ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle ddi_dma_curwin ddi_dma_getwin ddi_dma_free ddi_dma_free_handle ddi_dma_htoc ddi_dma_addr[buf]_bind-handle ddi_dma_movwin ddi_dma_getwin ddi_dma_nextseg ddi_dma_nextcookie ddi_dma_nextwin ddi_dma_nextcookie ddi_dma_segtocookie ddi_dma_nextcookie ddi_dma_setup ddi_dma_*_handle ddi_dmae_getlim ddi_dmae_getattr ddi_getlongprop ddi_prop_lookup ddi_getlongprop_buf ddi_prop_lookup ddi_getprop ddi_prop_get_in ddi_getproplen ddi_prop_lookup ddi_iopb_alloc ddi_dma_mem_alloc ddi_iopb_free ddi_dma_mem_free ddi_mem_alloc ddi_dma_mem_alloc ddi_mem_free ddi_dma_mem_free ddi_map_regs ddi_regs_map_setup ddi_prop_create ddi_prop_update ddi_prop_modify ddi_prop_update ddi_segmap see devmap ddi_segmap_setup devmap_setup ddi_unmap_regs ddi_regs_map_free free_pktiopb scsi_free_consistent_buf get_pktiopb scsi_alloc_consistent_buf makecom_g0 scsi_setup_cdb makecom_g0_s scsi_setup_cdb makecom_g1 scsi_setup_cdb makecom_g5 scsi_setup_cdb scsi_dmafree scsi_destroy_pkt scsi_dmaget scsi_init_pkt scsi_pktalloc scsi_init_pkt scsi_pktfree scsi_destroy_pkt scsi_resalloc scsi_init_pkt scsi_resfree scsi_destroy_pkt scsi_slave scsi_probe scsi_unslave scsi_unprobe ddi_peek{c,s,l,d} ddi_peek{8,16,32,64} ddi_poke{c,s,l,d} ddi_poke{8,16,32,64} in{b,w,l} ddi_get{8,16,32} out{b,w,l} ddi_put{8,16,32} repins{b,w,l} ddi_rep_get{8,16,32} repouts{b,w,l} ddi_rep_put{8,16,32}

Device Management Entries in the power.conf File

The Device Management entries in the power.conf file might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. Similar capability is provided by the Automatic Device Power Management entries in the Oracle Solaris OS.

For more information, see the power.conf(4) man page.

Device Support and Driver Software

The following table lists devices and driver software that might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Table 4-1 Device and Driver Software

Name of Physical Device Name of Driver Type of Card AMI MegaRAID host bus adapter, first generation mega SCSI RAID Compaq 53C8x5 PCI SCSI and Compaq 53C876 PCI SCSI cpqncr SCSI HBA Compaq SMART-2/P Array Controller and Compaq SMART-2SL Array Controller smartii SCSI RAID controller IBM PC ServeRAID SCSI, IBM ServeRAID II UltraSCSI, and IBM ServeRAID-3 Ultra2 SCSI chs SCSI RAID

Form and Menu Language Interpreter

The Form and Menu Language Interpreter (FMLI) commands are obsolete and might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. The obsolete commands include the following:

• /usr/bin/fmli

• /usr/bin/vsig

Host Files in /etc/net/ti*

The host files in /etc/net/ti* are no longer checked in the Oracle Solaris OS, although these files remain in the software. In a future Oracle Solaris release, these host files might be removed.

Kerberos Ticket Lifetime Parameters in the krb5.conf File

The Kerberos Ticket Lifetime parameters, max_life and max_renewable_life, might no longer be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. These parameters are in the appdefaults section of the /etc/krb5/krb5.conf file. Instead of these parameters, use max_lifetime and renew_lifetime in the libdefaults section of the /etc/krb5/krb5.conf file.

Korean CID Fonts

Korean CID fonts will not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. You can use the Korean TrueType fonts that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS as a replacement for Korean CID fonts.

Legacy or Traditional Non-UTF-8 Locales

Oracle is adopting Unicode for character encoding. Therefore, non-UTF-8 locales might be removed as Java Desktop System login locales in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Functions in the CPU Performance Counters Library (libcpc)

Hardware performance counters enable the measurement of many different hardware events that are related to CPU behavior. The following functions in the CPU Performance Counters library (libcpc) might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

cpc_access cpc_pctx_rele cpc_bind_event cpc_pctx_take_sample cpc_count_sys_events cpc_rele cpc_count_usr_events cpc_seterrfn cpc_event_accum cpc_shared_bind_event cpc_event_diff cpc_shared_close cpc_eventtostr cpc_shared_open cpc_getcciname cpc_shared_rele cpc_getcpuref cpc_shared_take_sample cpc_getcpuver cpc_strtoevent cpc_getnpic cpc_take_sample cpc_getusage cpc_version cpc_pctx_bind_event cpc_walk_names cpc_pctx_invalidate

New functions have been added to the library in the Oracle Solaris 10 OS. Developers who have code that utilizes the interfaces in the preceding list should instead use the following corresponding new functions:

cpc_open cpc_close cpc_set_create cpc_set_destroy cpc_set_add_request cpc_set_request_preset cpc_buf_create cpc_buf_destroy cpc_bind_curlwp cpc_bind_pctx cpc_bind_cpu cpc_unbind cpc_set_sample cpc_buf_sub cpc_buf_add cpc_buf_copy cpc_buf_zero cpc_buf_get cpc_buf_set cpc_buf_hrtime cpc_buf_tick cpc_walk_requests cpc_walk_events_all cpc_walk_events_pic cpc_walk_attrs cpc_enable cpc_disable cpc_caps cpc_npic cpc_cpuref cpc_cciname cpc_seterrhndlr

See the cpc(3CPC) man page for details.

libXinput Library

The libXinput.so.0 library might not be provided in a future Oracle Solaris release. The libXinput.so.0 library was provided for backward compatibility with X11R4 applications that were built by using the draft standard X Input API of the Solaris 2.1 and Solaris 2.2 releases. The X11 standard X Input Extension library, libXi, was integrated in the Solaris 2.3 release.

All applications that rely on the libXi API should be built by using the libXi shared library for future compatibility and standards conformance.

NIS+ Name Service Type

NIS+ might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. Tools to aid in the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in the Solaris 9 release.

nstest Test Program

The nstest program is an interactive DNS test program to construct and send DNS queries. This program might no longer be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. The same functionality that is provided by this test program is available by using the dig and nslookup commands.

Perl Version 5.6.1

Perl version 5.6.1 might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. Perl version 5.8.4, the default version in the Oracle Solaris 10 OS, is not binary compatible with Perl version 5.6.1. However, the earlier version is still retained in this release. Customized modules that are installed by the customer must be rebuilt and reinstalled to use Perl version 5.8.4. Modify any scripts that require the use of version 5.6.1 to specifically use version 5.6.1 of the interpreter instead of version 5.8.4. The interpreters of the respective Perl versions are located in the following directories:

• Perl 5.6.1: /usr/perl5/5.6.1/bin/perl

• Perl 5.8.4: /bin/perl, /usr/bin/perl, or /usr/perl5/bin/perl

Solaris Management Console Patch Tool (Patch Manager)

The Management Console patch tool, Patch Manager, might not be available in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Solstice Enterprise Agents

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

Stand-Alone Router Discovery

The /usr/sbin/in.rdisc implementation of the IPv4 ICMP Router Discovery protocol might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. 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 can also distinguish mobile IP advertisements from router discovery messages.

Oracle Sun Fire Link Interfaces

The Oracle Sun Fire Link Interfaces might no longer be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release.

Java Desktop System Applications

The following applications in Java Desktop System Release 3 might be removed from a future Oracle Solaris release.

• Calendar Preview

• Diagram Editor

• Disk Analyzer

• GNOME Keyboard Layout Switcher

• Java Dictionary

• Java Text Editor

• Mr. Project

• Calendar Preview

Token Ring and Fiber Distributed Data Interface Device Types

Support for token ring (DL_TPR) and Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) device types in generic LAN driver (GLD) might be removed in a future Oracle Solaris release. After the removal is implemented, drivers for token ring or FDDI devices that rely on this support in GLD cease to function. However, other drivers or applications that do not use this support are not affected. To test whether a driver relies on GLD, run the following script:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Test a driver binary for use of GLD
#
for file
do
     /usr/ccs/bin/nm $file | /bin/awk '
     /\|gld_register$/       { isgld=1; }
     END {
         if (isgld)
             print file, "uses GLD";
         else
             print file, "does not use GLD";
     }' file=$file
done

For more information about generic LAN driver, see the gld(7D) man page as well as Writing Device Drivers.

WBEM Dynamic Reconfiguration

The WBEM Dynamic Reconfiguration (WDR) feature might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. WDR is currently supported on Oracle's Sun Fire midrange and high-end systems.

XIL Interface

The XIL interface might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris 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.

xetops Utility

The xetops utility might not be supported in a future Oracle Solaris release. The xetops utility converts an Asian text file to a PostScript file. This conversion enables Asian characters to be printed on PostScript printers that do not have resident Asian fonts.

Similar capability is provided by the mp command, which has been enhanced to support all of the native Asian encodings with more options and functionality.