The following table indicates what platforms are supported for this release of SysInfo. This platform list is subject to change with each dot dot release of SysInfo.
| SysInfo Class of Information | ||||||||||
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| OS | Man. | Hard- ware | Gen | Ker | Sys | Dev | SW | Part | GUI | Notes |
| AIX 4.1.4 - 4.3.3 | IBM | rs6000 | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | AIX 3.2 - 4.1.3 and releases after 4.3.3 should work, but are untested. |
| BSD/OS 3.1, 4.0, 4.1 | x86 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | ? | ||
| FreeBSD 3.2 - 4.0 | x86 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | See Platform Notes | |
| HP-UX 10.20 - 11.00 | HP | hp9000 | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Versions prior to 10.20 and after 11.00 should work but are untested. |
| IRIX 6.5 | SGI | MIPS | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | ? | IRIX 6.5 tested. IRIX 5.x - 6.4 may no longer work. |
| Linux 2.2 (glibc 2.1) | x86 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Supported Distributions: Red Hat 6.1 and later. Other distributions with Linux kernel 2.2 + glibc 2.1 and later should work. See Platform Notes | |
| Solaris 2.5 - 8 | Sun | SPARC | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | See Platform Notes |
| Solaris 7 - 8 | Sun | x86 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Tested on limited hardware. |
| KEY: Y - Yes, it's supported N - No, it's not supported P - Planned |
CLASS OF INFORMATION KEY: Gen - General Information (-class general) Ker - Kernel Information (-class kernel) Sys - SysConf Information (-class sysconf) Dev - Device Information (-class device) SW - Software Information (-class software) Part - Partition Information (-class partition) |
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This release contains the following significant new features:
The following is a list of major bug fixes and changes:
See the CHANGES file for a list of specific changes/bug fixes in this release.
We recommend upgrading from all previous versions if you wish to use any of the new features or are affected by any of the above mentioned bugs.
This is a bug fix release. While we recommend you always run the latest version we specifically recommend you upgrade to this release for the following specific reasons:
See the CHANGES file for a list of specific changes/bug fixes in this release.
| AIX 4.3 | SysInfo now supports AIX 4.3 |
| Linux 2.2 on x86 | This release adds Device class support for Linux systems. |
| Solaris 8 (SunOS 5.8) | Full support for all Solaris 8 systems, including 64-bit (UltraSPARC) systems. |
This is a bug fix release. While we recommend you always run the latest version we specifically recommend you upgrade to this release for the following specific reasons:
See the CHANGES file for a list of specific changes/bug fixes in this release.
Here's an example from a Solaris 7 system:
SUNWxwrtl X Window System & Graphics Runtime Library Links in /usr/lib
Name : SUNWxwrtl
Version : 3.7.2100
Revision : 0.98.08.05
Category : system
Sub Category : usr
Architecture : sparc
Date Installed : Nov 03 1999 10:15
Production Stamp : fantasyland980815103017
Base Directory : /usr
Vendor Name : Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Classes : none
Tz : US/Pacific
Path : /sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sadm/install/bin
Oambase : /usr/sadm/sysadm
Maxinst : 1000
Sunw Pkgvers : 1.0
Patchlist : 107648-09 107656-05
Patch Info 107648 09 : Installed: Thu Oct 14 21:40:19 PDT 1999 From: fern Obsoletes: Requires: 107078-17 Incompatibles:
Patch Info 107656 05 : Installed: Thu Oct 14 21:41:05 PDT 1999 From: fern Obsoletes: Requires: 107648-06 Incompatibles:
Pkgsav : /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWxwrtl/save
Pkg No Unified : TRUE
Update : yes
Part of Product : OpenWindows 2.6.0
Description : X Window System & Graphics Runtime Library Links in /usr/lib
Verbose Description : X Window System & Graphics runtime library link
Additionally, a list of files associated with each software instance is provided with the following attribute information:
The information collected includes:
Here are 2 examples:
c0t0d0s0 is a 7.9 GB ufs partition in use as / Name : c0t0d0s0 Device Path : /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 Usage Status : FILESYSTEM Mount/Usage : / Mount/Usage Options : rw suid dev=2580000 largefiles Type : ufs Size : 7.9 GB Amount In Use : 5.5 GB Sector Size : 512 # of Sectors : 16469712 c0t0d0s1 is a 400 MB SWAP partition Name : c0t0d0s1 Device Path : /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 Usage Status : SWAP Type : SWAP Size : 400 MB Sector Size : 512 Starting Sector : 16469712 Ending Sector : 17289215 # of Sectors : 819504
Please see the Version 3.5 Release Notes for information about that release.
| HP-UX | When obtaining software class information on HP-UX, SysInfo may appear to be sluggish taking several minutes to gather information depending on the speed and hardware configuration of the system. It may also use lots of memory (20-70MB). These problems are due to the use of the HP-UX swlist command which is both slow in outputing information and copious in its output. |
| Solaris 7 and later | Special compilation care is required on Solaris 7 and later. See the Solaris 7 and later compilation notes in the Installation documentation. |
| Sun/SPARC EDID | VESA Extend Display Identification Data (EDID) for monitors appears to only be available from Creator Series 2 (FFB2) and later Creator frame buffers. No sign of EDID data on any other Sun framebuffer so far. |
| Linux | Support for device class information is provided for Linux systems which run the Linux 2.2 or later kernel. Only devices connected to the PCI bus will be recognized by SysInfo even if Linux recognizes the device. Devices connected to ISA, EISA, MicroChannel, or other legacy buses will not be identified by SysInfo. |
| FreeBSD | On FreeBSD 4.0 and later, devices on PCI buses are recognized. On releases prior to 4.0, both PCI and ISA bus devices are recognized. There is no EISA support. |