IRIX 5.2 and IRIX 6.0
Supported Hardware and Software
 

IRIX 5.2

Supported Hardware

The IRIX 5.2 product set has been qualified to support all current and prior Silicon Graphics workstations and servers except those that have been obsoleted. Obsoleted platforms include 4D60G, 4D60T, 4D70G, and 4D70-based servers.

Software Compatibility

The IRIX 5.2 product supports two levels of compatibility with IRIX 4.0.x. Compatibility at the binary level includes full support for programs that have been compiled and linked under IRIX 4.0.1 and later. Exceptions to the binary compatibility support include products that access /proc or /debug, use kernel data structures, rely on old defects, or use static libraries instead of shared libraries.

IRIX 6.0

Supported Hardware

The IRIX 6.0 product set has been qualified to support POWER Challenge, POWER Onyx, and POWER Onyx Extreme Silicon Graphics workstations and servers.

Software Compatibility

The IRIX 6.0 product supports several levels of compatibility with previous IRIX releases. IRIX 6.0 can support all user-level binaries that were supported with IRIX 5.2, including binaries compiled in an IRIX 4.0.x environment. IRIX 6.0 coupled with the IRIX Developer's Option 6.0 can support compilation and linking of 32-bit ELF binaries to IRIX 5.2 libraries. This environment does not support creation of products to be taken into an IRIX 5.2 environment for execution. It exists strictly for the creation and execution of binaries in the IRIX 6.0 environment.

You can download and print an Operating system Periodic Table, if you use a Silicon Graphics System with Showcase.