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SysInfoTM 4.1 Release Notes

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Supported Systems

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
OS Man. Hard- ware Gen Ker Sys Dev SW Part GUI Notes
AIX 4.1.4 - 4.3.3IBMrs6000 YNYYYYY 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 YYYYNY?  
FreeBSD 3.2 - 4.0 x86 YYYYNYY See Platform Notes
HP-UX 10.20 - 11.00HPhp9000 YYNYNYY Versions prior to 10.20 and after 11.00 should work but are untested.
IRIX 6.5SGIMIPS YNYYYY? IRIX 6.5 tested. IRIX 5.x - 6.4 may no longer work.
Linux 2.2 (glibc 2.1) x86 YYYYYYY 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 - 8SunSPARC YYYYYYY See Platform Notes
Solaris 7 - 8Sunx86 YYYYYYY 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)
 

System Requirements

The following are the system requirements for binary (precompiled) distributions:

License Information

The SysInfo license scheme allows no-cost use by non-profit (government and military organizations, including research institutions primarily funded by government sources, are not eligible) and educational institutions. All other customers need to purchase the proper license. More information, including pricing is available by clicking here

SysInfo will automatically allow 60-days of free use (with all features) for demonstration purposes when installed with no license. Just download and install it.

SysInfo will automatically detect if it's being run on an educational or non-profit system if the domain name of the system is one of the known educational or non-profit domains. Currently this includes:

where CC is a country code. All other institutions must register and request a (free) license.

Major New Features/Improvements

Changes added to 4.1

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.

Changes added to 4.0.2

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.

New Platform Support

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.

Changes added to 4.0.1

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.

Changes added to 4.0

Changes from Previous Releases

Please see the Version 3.5 Release Notes for information about that release.

Platform Specific Notes

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.

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