CHAPTER 4

Late-Breaking Solaris End Of Software Statements

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End of Feature Statements in the Solaris 2.6 Operating Environment

SPARC only: SPARCserver 600 series

Solaris 2.6 no longer supports the SPARCserver^(TM) 630MP, 670MP, and 690MP systems. All hardware options and supported configurations dependent upon the SPARCserver 600 series architecture are no longer supported in this Solaris 2.6 release.

For more information, contact your authorized Sun Support provider.

SPARC only: Sun-4 and Sun-4e Systems

Solaris 2.5 or any higher version of the operating system is not supported on Sun- 4^(TM) systems (such as the Sun 4/110, Sun 4/150, Sun 4/260, and Sun 4/280) or Sun-4e systems (such as the SPARCengine^(TM) 1E).

Dataless Clients

Support for the dataless client system type is no longer available in Solaris 2.6. Customers currently using this system type are advised to convert existing dataless systems to the diskless, standalone, server, or AutoClient system type.

The dataless client system type was originally designed to achieve the data sharing features of the diskless system type, while avoiding many of the corresponding network throughput delays. At that time, the benefits of the system type outweighed the administrative costs, given the absence of a superior alternative. With the advent of AutoClient systems, this is no longer the case.

NeWSprint and NeWSprint-Based Printers

NeWSprint^(TM) software is no longer available in Solaris 2.6. With the exception of Japan and Korea, NeWSprint entered End-of-Life in June of 1995. Japan and Korea have temporarily continued shipping NeWSprint because of special circumstances. In the rest of the world, recent activity with NeWSprint has resulted in upgrading customers from SunOS to Solaris.

NeWSprint was used to adapt 3rd-party printers to the Sun environment and to support printers sold by Sun. Sun printers that used NeWSprint include:

• SPARCprinter^(TM)
• SPARCprinter II
• NeWSprinter^(TM) 20
• NeWSprinter CL+^(TM)

You cannot install these printers on systems that use the Solaris 2.6 operating system.

The Motif Window Manager (MWM) is no longer supported in the Solaris 2.6 operating environment.

If you are currently using the Motif Window Manager, upgrade to CDE desktop. The CDE desktop provides superior functionality and the transition is not difficult. The following information is provided if you cannot upgrade from the MWM to the full CDE desktop. If you have developed applications using the Motif Development kit that shipped with the 2.5 Software Developer's Kit, you can now use dtwm, the Window Manager, that is part of CDE.

The Windows Manager can be used just like the MWM. The Windows Manager also supports resource files for the MWM. The following actions can be taken to make the Windows Manager appear similar to an existing MWM configuration. Turn off the dtwm front panel using the following settings:

Dtwm*useFrontPanel: False

This resource can be set in .Xdefaults, or the existing resource can be changed from True to False in the /usr/dt/app-defaults/C/Dtwm file. The dtwm option -name allows the use of most existing mwm resources. The -name option is documented in the dtwm man page.

Motif Window Manager customers may or may not depend on the following file: $HOME/.mwmrc. There is a dtwm resource configuration file that can be set to make dtwm read the $HOME/.mwmrc file. This resource is documented in the dtwm man page. The root menu for dtwm and mwm is not the same. The dtwm root menu is fully configurable. You can make any changes in the root menu. See the man pages for dtwm and dtwmrc.

F3 Font Technology

Support for F3 fonts and the TypeScaler rasterizer, SunSoft's proprietary scalable font technology, is no longer available in Solaris 2.6. SunSoft plans to enhance the font technology offering in Solaris and has chosen to focus support only on the two industry standard font formats:

• Type1
• TrueType

F3 fonts will be removed in releases of Solaris greater than 2.6. End-of-Life specifies that in all releases of Solaris greater than 2.6 during the next 5 years, the 57 F3 fonts and the TypeScaler rasterizer may not necessarily ship with the Solaris software but the 57 fonts have to be installed from an optional package. The fonts may no longer be found in the End User Cluster. Typescaler rasterizer support will continue to be part of the window server for the next 5 years. If you want to continue to use F3 fonts, you will need to install them from the optional package.

• F3 fonts, Type Scaler, and any aftermarket F3 fonts continue to be available in the Solaris 2.5 and higher releases.
• Starting with the Solaris 2.6 release and for the next 5 years, F3 fonts, and TypeScaler will be supported in the Solaris software but the fonts may need to be installed separately.
• SunSoft is committed to support industry-standard font formats.
• Solaris 2.5 and higher releases contain Adobe^(TM) Display PostScript^(TM) and Adobe XATM, which support the Adobe Type 1 format. The Solaris 2.5 and higher release also includes a number of Type1 fonts.
• Solaris 2.6 release adds a TrueType rasterizer to support the TrueType font format and can include a number of TrueType fonts. The goal is for the Solaris 2.6 release to become an integrated Type1/TrueType environment.

If you depend on certain F3 fonts, you might want to consider acquiring them in the Type1 or TrueType formats if the fonts are not included in the Solaris software.

Uppercase User Name

When an uppercase user name was typed at the login prompt, login(1) assumed that the terminal is not capable of handling lowercase and set the terminal modes for uppercase only operation. Because this feature caused user confusion and supported only obsolete hardware, it is no longer available in Solaris 2.6.

SPARC only: Direct Xlib

Direct Xlib^(TM) is no longer available in Solaris 2.6.

Use the Sun Shared Memory Transport Extension (SUN_SME) with Standard Xlib for comparable Xlib performance (refer to the Xsun man page for details). SUN_SME does not use Direct Graphics Access (DGA); therefore, it does not generate the overhead and limitations associated with using Direct Xlib. SUN_SME is supported on all SPARC platforms.

For more information on using SUN_SME, contact your authorized Sun support provider.

SPARC only: GS

The GS graphics device is no longer available in Solaris 2.6.

SPARC only: GT

The GT graphics device is no longer available in Solaris 2.6.

SPARCstorage Array - ssacli(1M) Command -

The ssacli(1M) command is no longer available in Solaris 2.6.

Use the ssaadm(1M) command for SPARCstorage Array^(TM) administrative management. For more information on using ssaadm(1M), refer to the Platform Notes: Using the Standard SPARCstorage Array Software manual in the Solaris 2.6 on the Sun Hardware AnswerBook set.

SPARC only: SBus Expansion Subsystem

The SBus Expansion Subsystem is not supported in Solaris 2.6.

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End of Feature Statements in Future Releases of the Solaris Operating Environment

x86 only: Support of Systems With Intel 80386 Chips

Support for platforms based on the Intel 80386 chip may no longer be supported in releases greater than Solaris 2.6.

Format of OS Man Pages Source Files

In releases of Solaris after June 1997, the reference manual pages (man pages) in /usr/share/man may no longer be provided in the nroff/troff format. Support for man pages will be provided with SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) formatted man pages. It will no longer be possible to format the Solaris man page source files directly using nroff(1) or troff(1).

Users of the man command will not be affected. Support for nroff/troff formatted man pages will continue for the man command.

Solaris PEX

Solaris PEX may not be included in releases of the Solaris operating environment greater than 2.6. Starting with the Solaris 2.6 release, the following error is displayed whenever a PEXlib program is compiled:

#error: "Solaris PEX has been declared Obsolete and may not be present in versions of Solaris after 2.6. #define SUNPEX_WARNING_DISABLE (or use -D) to disable this message."

To compile a PEXlib program, disable this message by adding #define to the program:

#define SUNPEX_WARNING_DISABLE

or by using the -DSUNPEX_WARNING_DISABLE compiler directive.

SPARC only: sp Driver

The undocumented sp driver (/dev/sp) will no longer be supported in releases of Solaris greater than 2.6.

x86 only: Support of devconfig System Utility

In releases of Solaris greater than Solaris 2.6, the devconfig system utility (replaced by kdmconfig in Solaris 2.5), may no longer be supported.

x86 only: Support of Systems and Devices

The following systems or devices may no longer be supported in releases of Solaris greater than 2.6.

Systems

All IBM PS/2, Personal Computers, and PC Servers systems with the IBM Micro Channel Bus Architecture including, but not limited to, the following:

• IBM PS/2 Model 76 (9576-xxx)
• IBM PS/2 Model 95 XP 486 (9595-OLx)
• IBM PS/2 Model 95 XP 486 (9595-OMx)
• IBM PS/2 Server 95 Array (9595-3Qx)
• IBM PC Server 320 (8640-Mxx)
• IBM PC Server 500 (8641-OYx)
• IBM PC Server 520 (8641-Mxx)
• IBM PC Server 720 (8642-xxx)
• AST Manhattan Series
• Compaq SystemPro (i486 through Pentium 100)
• Tricord PowerFrame ES3000, ES4000, ES5000
• Wyse Series 7000i, 7000-760MP, 7000-765MP

Devices

All previously supported Microchannel devices including (but not limited to):

• IBM PS/2 Micro Channel SCSI Adapter (mcis driver)
• IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Adapter /A (corvette driver)
• IBM 16/4 Token Ring Adapter (Micro Channel)
• IBM Auto 16/4 Token Ring Adapter (Micro Channel)
• Adaptec AHA-1640/1640 Microchannel SCSI Controller
• Com EtherLink III/MC (3C529)

• 3Com EtherLink II (3C503) (el driver)
• 3Com EtherLink 16 (3C507) (elink driver)
• Dell SCSI Array (dsa Driver) Tricord Intelligent SCSI Subsystem Controller (iss driver)
• Racal Interlan ES3210 Ethernet Adapter (riles driver)
• Texas Instruments notebook mouse (tiqmouse driver)
• Compaq QVision 1024/E Compaq QVision 1024/I
• Compaq QVision 1280 Diamond Stealth 24
• Diamond Stealth VRAM
• Diamond Viper PCI
• Diamond Viper VLB
• Diamond Viper Pro PCI
• Diamond Viper Pro VLB
• Diamond Viper SE
• IBM XGA
• IBM XGA-2
• Intergraph TD-2, TD-3 (Weitek Power P9000)
• Intergraph G91
• Matrox MGA Impression
• Matrox MGA Ultima
• Matrox MGA Ultima Plus
• Matrox MGA Ultima Plus 200
• Miro miroMagic
• Orchid Fahrenheit 1280
• Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 Plus
• Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 Plus
• Orchid Fahrenheit VA
• Orchid Prodesigner IIs

Notebooks

• Ambra SN425C
• AST Ascentia 800N 486SX/33
• AST Ascentia 900N 4/50
• AST Ascentia 900N 4/75
• AST Ascentia 910N (486DX2-50)
• AST Power Exec 4/33 ColorPlus
• Compaq LTE 4/25C
• Compaq LTE 4/33
• Compaq LTE Elite
• Everex StepNote
• Gateway 2000 ColorBook
• Tadpole 1000
• Texas Instruments 4000E
• Texas Instruments 5000
• Toshiba 2000CT

• Toshiba T1950CT
• Toshiba T3400
• Toshiba T3600
• Toshiba DynaBook SS475 051CT
• Toshiba DynaBook SS475-JP
• Twinhead Slimnote II
• Zenith Data Systems Z-Note
• Zenith Data Systems Z-Noteflex

SPARC only: Support for Graphic Devices

Software support for the following graphic devices will no longer be supported in releases of Solaris greater than 2.6:

Device	Driver
MG1,MG2	bwtwo
CG2	cgtwo
CG4	cgfour
TC	cgeight
ZX,TZX	leo

SPARC only: nis_db(3N) Interface

The nis_db(3N) interface will no longer be supported in releases of Solaris greater than 2.6.