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IDO Release Notes
IDO Release Notes
1 Introduction
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1. Introduction
These release notes describe the 6.0 IRIX Developer's Option
(called IDO). The IRIX Developer's Option is a set of
individually installable products:
Product Name Installable Products
ISO/ANSI C c_dev
Base Compiler Tools dev
and Headers
X11 Development x_dev
OpenGr Development gl_dev
Motif Development motif_dev
CROSS64 Development cross64
Each of these products is described in its own release note,
except the CROSS64 Development Option. The CROSS64
Development Option is intended for users who want to develop
64-bit applications targeting an IRIX 6.0 system, but run
their development tools on an IRIX 5.2 system. By
installing the CROSS64 Development Option, a user can build
64-bit programs on an Indy (for example), and later run them
on a Power Challange. It is described in more detail below.
Note: Included with the IDO 6.0 software is a Software
License Agreement. This software is provided to you
solely under the terms and conditions of the Software
License Agreement. Please take a few moments to
review the Agreement.
1.1 Release_Identification_Information
Following is the release identification information for the
IRIX Developer's Option.
Software Option Product IRIX Developer's
Option
Version 6.0
Product Code SC4-IDO-6.0
System Software Requirements IRIX 6.0
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1.2 Installation_Information
The IRIS Software Installation Guide fully and accurately
documents the process for installing optional products such
as the IRIX Developer's Option. For installation
information about a specific product, refer to that
product's online release notes. The CROSS64 Development
Option is not intended to be installed on an IRIX 6.0
machine; there is a special installation procedure for
installing CROSS64 on a 5.2 machine, which is described
below.
1.2.1 Installation Information for the CROSS64 Development
Option You can install the CROSS64 Development Option on a
live system. This is the preferred method:
1. Become superuser.
2. Create a directory /usr/cross64 (it may be a symlink
to a disk with more space). Depending on what images
you install, it can take up to 300 Mb of disk space.
3. To install the IRIX 6.0 images on a IRIX 5.2 machine,
you need to run the patched inst from the 5.2 patch
CD-ROM, patch34, which can recognize the new product
structure. If your system has not been patched yet,
you must do so before doing the CROSS64 installation.
Refer to the 5.2 patch CD-ROM to install patch34. It
cannot be installed directly from the IRIX 6.0 CD-ROM;
you need to do this from the /dist/irix5.2 directory
of an installed IRIX 5.2 system or from the IRIX 5.2
CD-ROM.
The images in the /dist/irix5.2 directory can be
copied to a local disk or placed on the network where
a miniroot local disk install or a miniroot network
install can be done.
If you have the 5.2 patch CD-ROM, we recommend you
install from there because it is set up to install
directly off the CD-ROM. See the Software
Installation Guide if you need further instructions.
4. Install System Software
5. Now that you have the patch34 version of inst on your
system, bring it back up. The remainder of the
installation is done while your system is up.
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6. When you install, you need to redirect all
installations to /usr/cross64 so you dont clobber your
5.2 operating environment. You will need the -r
/usr/cross64 flag for inst.
7. You also need to tell inst to assume your system is a
Power Challenge so it loads the Power Challenge
images. You will use the flags:
-m CPUBOARD=IP21 -m GFXBOARD=SERVER -m SUBGR=SERVER
for inst.
8. At this point, it may be worthwhile to create an alias
so you don't have to type in all the flags:
alias crossinst "../../../usr/sbin/inst -r /usr/cross64 -m CPUBOARD=IP21 -m GFXBOARD=SERVER -m SUBGR=SERVER"
9. Then (assuming you have the IRIX 6.0 CD-ROM loaded),
you can run the aliased inst to install the images
simply by specifying:
crossinst -f /CDROM/dist
The following products must be installed in /usr/cross64 for
a basic cross compilation environment:
cross64 Note: this doesn't
install by default,
you have to ask for
it by specifying:
inst> install cross64"
c_dev
compiler_dev
dev
The following products can be installed optionally into
/usr/cross64 and give you additional features:
motif_dev Motif development (requires X)
pfa_dev Power Fortran
pwrc_dev Power C
x_dev X development (make sure you install x_dev.sw.dev64)
c++_dev C++
ftn_dev Fortran 77
motif_cross64 Note: this doesn't install by default, you have to
ask for it by specifying: inst> install
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motif_cross64
gl_dev OpenGL development
Do not install any books into /cross64. To keep books from
installing, type:
inst> keep *.books
After the installation is complete, you can optionally
install the 6.0-specific books into your systems default
book area. When doing this, you need to run the new inst;
however, you can leave out the redirection and machine flags
(just use inst by itself). This requires you already have
InSight installed.
Note: The following two books, The C++ Programmer's Guide
and The C Language Reference Manual, will overwrite books by
the same name in your 5.2 environment. These are updated
books which provide information on 6.0 as well as 5.2
compilers.
For information on how to use the CROSS64 Development
Environment, see the Base Compiler Development Option
release notes.
1.3 Online_Release_Notes
After you install the online documentation for a product
(the relnotes subsystem), you can view the release notes on
your screen.
If you have a graphics system, select ``Release Notes'' from
the Tools submenu of the Toolchest. This displays the
grelnotes(1) graphical browser for the on-line release
notes.
Refer to the grelnotes(1) reference page for information on
options to this command.
If you have a non-graphics system, you can use the relnotes
command. Refer to the relnotes(1) reference page for
accessing the on-line release notes.
1.4 Reference_Manual_Pages_for_CROSS64_Development_Option
Reference manual pages for the CROSS64 Development Option
are installed under /usr/cross64. In order to access these,
you need to add /usr/cross64/usr/share/catman to your
MANPATH environment variable. Place it ahead of your normal
MANPATH to access the CROSS64 man pages first.
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1.5 Product_Support
Silicon Graphics, Inc., provides a comprehensive product
support maintenance program for its products.
If you are in the U.S. or Canada and would like support for
your Silicon Graphics-supported products, contact the
Technical Assistance Center at
1-800-800-4SGI.
If you are outside the U.S. and Canada, contact the Silicon
Graphics subsidiary or authorized distributor in your
country.