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Functionality:

• tavor HCA Driver 

The tavor driver that supports older InfiniBand HCAs (Host Channel Adapters) will be removed and not supported. No functionality for InfiniBand on these HCAs will be supported in the future, including firmware upgrade by using the fwflash utility.

Note: The tavor driver supports older InfiniBand HCAs such as:

• Mellanox InfiniHost-based for PCIx (Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended)

• Mellanox InfiniHost III Ex with onboard memory for PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express)

 

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Commands:

• crypt(1) 
The crypt(1) command is not supported. Instead, use the encrypt(1) command to protect your files. The encrypt(1) command provides access to newer and more secure algorithms. Starting from Oracle Solaris 10, the encrypt(1) command is available.


• des(1) 
The des(1) command is not supported. Instead, use the encrypt(1) command, which provides access to newer and more secure algorithms.


• pmconfig(1M) 

The pmconfig(1M) utility used for power management has been removed. Instead use the poweradm(1M) command.

Note: The ability to configure power management settings through the /etc/power.conf file in addition to the pmconfig(1M) command, has been removed. Configuration has been moved into the SMF configuration repository.



• sysidtool(1M) 
The sysidtool(1M) suite of programs used for configuring the Oracle Solaris OS has been removed. Instead, use the Service Management Facility smf(5) for managing configurations.


• bsmconv(1M) and bsmunconv(1M) 
The bsmconv(1M) and bsmunconv(1M) commands used to enable/disable auditing and device allocation, have been removed. To configure auditing functionality on Oracle Solaris 11, use audit(1M). To configure device allocation on Oracle Solaris 11, enable/disable the svc:/system/device/allocate service with no reboot required. For more information, see device_allocate(1M).


• passmgmt(1) 

The passmgmt(1) command has been removed. Administrators may use the following commands, which provide the same functionality:

• useradd(1M)

• userdel(1M)

• usermod(1M)

• roleadd(1M)

• roledel(1M)

• rolemod(1M)



• rstart(1) and rstartd(1) 
The rstart(1) and rstartd(1) commands that allow remote execution have been removed. To start a X Window System program on another machine, use the X11 forwarding feature of the ssh(1) command.


• smdiskless(1) and smoservice(1M) 
The smdiskless(1) and smoservice(1M) commands to manage diskless client support for a server have been removed.


• wificonfig(1M) 
The wificonfig(1M) command to administer wireless networking configuration has been removed. Wireless networking configuration may be administered using the dladm(1M) and ipadm(1M) commands.


• rdist(1) 
The rdist(1) command for remote file distribution has been removed. Instead, use either rsync(1) or scp(1) for remote file transfer.


• graph(1) and spline(1) 

The graph(1) and spline(1) commands for data graphing have been removed. Developers or administrators wishing to consider other alternatives can look at gnuplot(1) by installing the image/gnuplot package.



• -x and -C options in the vi(1), ex(1) and ed(1) commands 

The -x and -C options have been removed from the vi(1), ex(1) and ed(1) commands. Use the encrypt(1) command to access newer and more secure algorithms.

Note: The vim(1) command also has a -x option, though it is incompatible with the old cryptographic algorithm used in the vi(1), ex(1), and ed(1) commands. If you already have files encrypted by using this feature, decrypt them by using an Oracle Solaris 10 machine or an Oracle Solaris 10 Zone.



• -s and -i options in the dladm show-{link|aggr} subcommands 

The options -s and -i have been removed from the dladm show-link and the dladm show-aggr subcommands. Use the dlstat show-link and dlstat show-aggr subcommands to display the statistics information about links or aggregations.



• -y and -z options in the sort command 

The -y and -z options have been removed for the /usr/bin/sort command. These two options have been obsolete since Solaris 8 but are removed from Oracle Solaris 11 onwards.

Note: The /usr/xpg4/bin/sort command still has the -y and -z options for standards compatibility. However, using these options will not have any effect.




Functionality:



• 32-bit Kernel 
Support for the 32–bit only x86 hardware has been removed. Support for running 32-bit applications and libraries will continue.


• End of Support for Legacy Hardware 

Support for legacy systems that have included the UltraSPARC I, II, IIe, III, IIIi, III+, IV and IV+ processor architectures (as reported by the Solaris 'psrinfo -pv' command) has been removed. All Oracle SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers and Oracle SPARC T-Series Servers will continue to be supported.

Note: Oracle Solaris 10 will continue to be a supported operating system for these affected platforms as per the current Oracle lifetime support policy.



• xVM Hypervisor 
xVM hypervisor, the Oracle Solaris Xen-based hypervisor for x86 systems, has been removed.  Oracle offers two x86-based hypervisor solutions for Oracle Solaris users: Oracle VM Server for x86 and Oracle VM VirtualBox.  See http://www.oracle.com/virtualization


• 32-bit x86: X Servers and Graphic Drivers 

32–bit versions of the Xorg, Xephyr, Xvfb, Xdmx, and Xvnc X servers have been removed.

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Any Xorg loadable module (including video drivers, input device drivers, and extensions) that is not provided in a 64–bit version cannot be used in such a release. When a usable video driver is not found, Xorg will generally fall back to the vesa driver.

The following 32-bit x86 video drivers are affected:

apm	Alliance Promotion
ark	Ark Logic
chips	Chips & Technologies
glint	3DLabs/T1 Glint
i128	Number Nine Imagine 128
i740	Intel i740
neomagic	NeoMagic
rendition	Rendition Verite
s3	S3
s3virge	S3 ViRGE & Trio3D
savage	S3 Savage
siliconmotion	Silicon Motion
sis	SiS & XGI
tdfx	3Dfx
tga	DEC 21039/TGA
tseng	Tseng Labs

 



• Drivers 

The following drivers and their associated man pages have been removed.

adp	Adaptec SCSI HBA (AIC78xx chip)
cadp	Adaptec SCSI HBA (AIC789x chip)
cqhpc	HP Hotplug Controller
cadp160	Adaptec Ultra160 SCSI HBA (AIC7892, AIC-7899A, AIC-7899B2 chips)
hpfc	1st gen Fibre Channel HBA driver (HP/Agilent Tach TL/TS cards)
skfp	SysKonnect PCI FDDI HCA (SK-55xx, SK-58xx series)
symhisl	LSI Logic SCSI HBA (SYM53C895A, SYM53C1010-33, SYM53C1010-66)
audiovia97	Via 82C686 Integrated Audio
ncrs	32bit x86 LSI Logic SCSI HBA (53C8xxx)  Note: Users still using devices driven by ncrs(7d) will need to migrate to using glm(7d) for those devices, or upgrade to more recent hardware.
sk98sol	SysKonnect/Marvell SK-Net gigabit ethernet devices
kfb	XVR-2500
lsimega	SCSI HBA driver for LSI MegaRAID 320-2x SCSI RAID Controller
ge	Gigabit-Ethernet driver for GEM based networking hardware
ce	Gigabit-Ethernet driver for Cassini based networking hardware (Gigaswift)
qus	QLogic Ultra3 Parallel SCSI HBA driver (ISP12160 chipset)



• cacheFS 
The cacheFS cache filesystem designed to speed up network file system file access for networked computers has been removed. Improvements to NFS have meant that there is less of a need for a cache filesystem.


• tracing(3TNF) 
Trace Normal Form (TNF) tracing, including prex(1), tnfdump(1) and tnfextra(1) has been removed. Instead, use dtrace(1M) for tracing.


• libinetcfg Library Interfaces 

The libinetcfg library interfaces have been removed. Developers or administrators can use the libipadm library interfaces instead.



• On-board Floppy Drive Controller 
On-board floppy drive controller and related interfaces and utilities are not supported on both the x86 and the SPARC hardware platforms. However, these two platforms continue to support the external USB floppy drives.


• Smartcard Support 
The following smartcard functionality has been removed:
• The graphical smartcard admin interface sdtsmartcardadmin(1M)
• The Dallas Semiconductor iButton, the Java Card Smartcard, and the OpenCard Framework (OCF) terminal driver
• The Cyberflex Smartcard
• The PAM Smartcard module pam_smartcard(5)
• The OCF/SCF Smartcard framework
• The Smartcard Framework (SCF) interfaces
Note:Smartcard functionality will continue to be supported in Oracle Sun Ray Clients.


• Oracle Solaris Containers for Linux Applications 
Oracle Solaris Containers for Linux applications has been removed. Users who want to run Linux applications in a virtual environment should consider either Oracle VM Server for x86 or Oracle VM VirtualBox. See http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/oraclevm/index.html


• TOR 

TOR, software that helps users and groups to improve privacy and security in online networks, has been removed. TOR can be downloaded independently from https://www.torproject.org



• Remote Share Memory API (RSM API) 

The Remote Share Memory API (RSM API) has been removed. The reason for removal is that the hardware (SunFire Link and Dolphin SCI) that RSM API was designed to support are no longer supported.



• SunOS 4 Binaries  

Support for the SunOS 4 binaries has been removed. However, the SunOS 4 binaries can still be executed in an Oracle Solaris 10 Zone.



• OpenWindows Libraries 

The OpenWindows libraries have been removed. Applications that use OpenWindows toolkits such as XView and OpenLook Intrinsic Toolkit (OLIT) no longer run. However, if required, the applications that use OpenWindows Libraries can be run in Oracle Solaris 10 Zones.



• libmle 

libmle, the multi-lingual environment library used in several input method framework and language engines, has been removed.



• ICU 2.1 and 3.2 
The ICU (International Components for Unicode) v2 and v3 libraries have been removed. Developers are encouraged to migrate their software to ICU v4.


• LP print service 
The LP print service has been removed. CUPS is the replacement print service in Oracle Solaris 11.


• IP forwarding SMF services 
The following IP forwarding SMF services used for system-wide forwarding management are not supported:
• svc:/network/ipv4-forwarding:default
• svc:/network/ipv6-forwarding:default
Use the ipadm(1m) command or the routeadm(1m) command to configure a system-wide forwarding.


• /etc/hostname.<interface> files 

The /etc/hostname.<interface> files are no longer supported interfaces for storing persistent network configurations. Use the ipadm(1m) and dladm(1m) commands to configure the IP interfaces persistently.



• NISPlus 

The NIS+ directory service has been removed.



• Sun OpenGL software for the SPARC platform 

The Sun OpenGL software for the SPARC platform has been removed. Similar functionality can be provided via the Mesa implementation of libGL, or the Nvidia OpenGL provided for the Nvidia graphics devices on the x64 platform.



• Trusted Extensions - IPv6 CIPSO 

The Commercial Internet Protocol Security Option (CIPSO), defined in FIPS PUB 188, is a standard for IPv4. Oracle Solaris Trusted Extensions has a proprietary IPv6 implementation of CIPSO because no CIPSO equivalent standards existed for IPv6 when Solaris Trusted Extensions was shipped. Now IETF has produced a CIPSO equivalent standard for IPv6, namely Common Architecture Label IPv6 Security Option (CALIPSO) or RFC 5570. Oracle may replace its IPv6 CIPSO implementation with support for the IETF CALIPSO standard in future.

Note: Support for the current CIPSO IPv4 will not be affected. CIPSO and CALIPSO are used by Trusted Extensions only.



• SYSV3 SCO Compatibility Environment Variable 

Support for the SYSV3 SCO compatibility environment variable has been removed. The following commands might be affected:

• df

• echo

• expr

• sh

• tar

• uname



• Boot Support in SVM 
The functionality to boot from a Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) metadevice has been removed.


• GNOME On-Screen Keyboard 
The GNOME On-Screen Keyboard (GOK) has been removed as it is no longer maintained in the upstream GNOME community. Replacement functionality may be provided in a future release.


• Power Management Interfaces 
Support for the following power management interfaces has been removed.

• ddi_power
• ddi_dev_is_needed
• pm_create_components
• pm_destroy_components
• pm_set_normal_power
• DDI_PM_SUSPEND
• DDI_PM_RESUME

Drivers using these interfaces will fail to load with Oracle Solaris 11. For more information about the proper usage of power management device drivers, see Chapter 12, “Power Management,” in Writing Device Drivers. Drivers complying with the features described in this chapter will function properly if compiled for Oracle Solaris 10.



• rstchown 

The kernel tunable parameter rstchown has been removed. The rstchown tunable parameter was set in the /etc/system file and was used to restrict the operations of the chown command.

However, starting with Oracle Solaris 11, you can use any of the following alternatives on the individual file systems to restrict the operations of the chown command.

• Use the ZFS rstchown file system property.

• Set the rstchown mount option when mounting a file system.



• 3510 and 3511 Storage Arrays 
The Sun 3510 and 3511 storage arrays are no longer supported.


• Solaris Management Console 
The Solaris Management Console (SMC) has been removed. Instead, you can use command-line utilities such as useradd(1M), roleadd(1M), profiles(1), tncfg(1M), zfs(1M), share(1M) and ipadm(1M).


• Hamster 
Hamster has been removed. Hamster is a time tracking applet.


• ASET 
The Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET) functionality provided by aset(5) in /usr/aset is removed. However, from Solaris 10 onwards, an advanced version of the checksum functionality of ASET is provided by bart(1).


• Codeina 

Codeina, a utility to assist users to install media codec plugins to play certain media formats, has been removed. Users can continue to get media codec plugins directly from the Fluendo website at http://www.fluendo.com.



• Apache httpd 1.3 

Apache httpd version 1.3 has been removed. You must migrate to Apache httpd version 2.2 which provides the same functionality.



• MySQL 5.0 
MySQL 5.0 database has been removed from the Oracle Solaris 11 software package repository in line with existing lifecycle policies for the database. Users must migrate to version 5.1 for equivalent functionality.


• PostgreSQL 
PostgreSQL 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 has been removed from the Oracle Solaris 11 software package repository. Users can continue to get this object-relational database management system directly from the PostgreSQL website at http://www.postgresql.org/



Localization:



• SCIM 
Support for the Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) has been removed. Instead, use the iBus input method.


• Short Form Locales 

The following table lists locales that have been removed in this Oracle Solaris release. The table also lists the corresponding locales that provide the same locale data and that must be used instead.

Locale to Be Obsoleted	Replacement Locale
ar	ar_EG.ISO8859-6
bg_BG	bg_BG.ISO8859-5
ca	ca_ES.ISO8859-1
ca_ES	ca_ES.ISO8859-1
cs	cs_CZ.ISO8859-2
cs_CZ	cs_CZ.ISO8859-2
da	da_DK.ISO8859-1
da_DK	da_DK.ISO8859-1
da.ISO8859-15	da_DK.ISO8859-15
de	de_DE.ISO8859-1
de_AT	de_AT.ISO8859-1
de_CH	de_CH.ISO8859-1
de_DE	de_DE.ISO8859-1
de.ISO8859-15	de_DE.ISO8859-15
de.UTF-8	de_DE.UTF-8
el	el_GR.ISO8859-7
el_GR	el_GR.ISO8859-7
el.sun_eu_greek	el_GR.ISO8859-7
el.UTF-8	el_CY.UTF-8
en_AU	en_AU.ISO8859-1
en_CA	en_CA.ISO8859-1
en_GB	en_GB.ISO8859-1
en_IE	en_IE.ISO8859-1
en_NZ	en_NZ.ISO8859-1
en_US	en_US.ISO8859-1
es	es_ES.ISO8859-1
es_AR	es_AR.ISO8859-1
es_BO	es_BO.ISO8859-1
es_CL	es_CL.ISO8859-1
es_CO	es_CO.ISO8859-1
es_CR	es_CR.ISO8859-1
es_EC	es_EC.ISO8859-1
es_ES	es_ES.ISO8859-1
es_GT	es_GT.ISO8859-1
es.ISO8859-15	es_ES.ISO8859-15
es_MX	es_MX.ISO8859-1
es_NI	es_NI.ISO8859-1
es_PA	es_PA.ISO8859-1
es_PE	es_PE.ISO8859-1
es_PY	es_PY.ISO8859-1
es_SV	es_SV.ISO8859-1
es.UTF-8	es_ES.UTF-8
es_UY	es_UY.ISO8859-1
es_VE	es_VE.ISO8859-1
et	et_EE.ISO8859-15
et_EE	et_EE.ISO8859-15
fi	fi_FI.ISO8859-1
fi_FI	fi_FI.ISO8859-1
fi.ISO8859-15	fi_FI.ISO8859-15
fr	fr_FR.ISO8859-1
fr_BE	fr_BE.ISO8859-1
fr_CA	fr_CA.ISO8859-1
fr_CH	fr_CH.ISO8859-1
fr_FR	fr_FR.ISO8859-1
fr.ISO8859-15	fr_FR.ISO8859-15
fr.UTF-8	fr_FR.UTF-8
he	he_IL.ISO8859-8
he_IL	he_IL.ISO8859-8
hr_HR	hr_HR.ISO8859-2
hu	hu_HU.ISO8859-2
hu_HU	hu_HU.ISO8859-2
is_IS	is_IS.ISO8859-1
it	it_IT.ISO8859-1
it.ISO8859-15	it_IT.ISO8859-15
it_IT	it_IT.ISO8859-1
it.UTF-8	it_IT.UTF-8
ja	ja_JP.eucJP
ko	ko_KR.EUC
ko.UTF-8	ko_KR.UTF-8
lt	lt_LT.ISO8859-13
lt_LT	lt_LT.ISO8859-13
lv	lv_LV.ISO8859-13
lv_LV	lv_LV.ISO8859-13
mk_MK	mk_MK.ISO8859-5
nl	nl_NL.ISO8859-1
nl_BE	nl_BE.ISO8859-1
nl.ISO8859-15	nl_NL.ISO8859-15
nl_NL	nl_NL.ISO8859-1
no	nb_NO.ISO8859-1
no_NO	nb_NO.ISO8859-1
no_NO.ISO8859-1@bokmal	nb_NO.ISO8859-1
no_NO.ISO8859-1@nynorsk	nn_NO.ISO8859-1
no_NY	nn_NO.ISO8859-1
pl	pl_PL.ISO8859-2
pl_PL	pl_PL.ISO8859-2
pl.UTF-8	pl_PL.UTF-8
pt	pt_PT.ISO8859-1
pt_BR	pt_BR.ISO8859-1
pt.ISO8859-15	pt_PT.ISO8859-15
pt_PT	pt_PT.ISO8859-1
ro_RO	ro_RO.ISO8859-2
ru	ru_RU.ISO8859-5
ru.koi8-r	ru_RU.KOI8-R
ru_RU	ru_RU.ISO8859-5
ru.UTF-8	ru_RU.UTF-8
sh	bs_BA.ISO8859-2
sh_BA	bs_BA.ISO8859-2
sh_BA.ISO8859-2@bosnia	bs_BA.ISO8859-2
sh_BA.UTF-8	bs_BA.UTF-8
sk_SK	sk_SK.ISO8859-2
sl_SI	sl_SI.ISO8859-2
sq_AL	sq_AL.ISO8859-2
sr_CS	sr_ME.UTF-8 or sr_RS.UTF-8
sr_CS.UTF-8	sr_ME.UTF-8 or sr_RS.UTF-8
sr_SP	sr_ME.ISO8859-5 or sr_RS.ISO8859-5
sr_YU	sr_ME.ISO8859-5 or sr_RS.ISO8859-5
sr_YU.ISO8859-5	sr_ME.ISO8859-5 or sr_RS.ISO8859-5
sv	sv_SE.ISO8859-1
sv_SE	sv_SE.ISO8859-1
sv.ISO8859-15	sv_SE.ISO8859-15
sv.UTF-8	sv_SE.UTF-8
th	th_TH.TIS620
th_TH	th_TH.TIS620
th_TH.ISO8859-11	th_TH.TIS620
tr	tr_TR.ISO8859-9
tr_TR	tr_TR.ISO8859-9
zh	zh_CN.EUC
zh.GBK	zh_CN.GBK
zh_TW	zh_TW.EUC
zh.UTF-8	zh_CN.UTF-8

 



• Asian SunOS4.x BCP 
Support for the Asian SunOS4.x BCP has been removed. However, it can still be used in an Oracle Solaris 10 Zone.


• Legacy Asian Print Filters 
The following legacy Asian print filters are no longer supported:
• jprconv(1)
• jpostprint(1)
• jtops(1)
• big5.epson.filter(1)
• cns.epson.filter(1)
• thaifilter(1)
Note: For text to PS conversion, use the mp(1) filter.


• Legacy Asian Libraries 
The Asian legacy libraries (libkle, libcle, and libhle) including their xctype macros are no longer supported. Instead, use the standard function iconv(3C) or wctype(3C).


Note: The libraries can still be used in an Oracle Solaris 10 Zone.



• Legacy Asian Commands 
The following Asian legacy commands are no longer supported:
• EUC capable mailx(1), talk(1), in.comsat(1m) and install_comsat(1m) in the /usr/SUNWale/bin directory
• Legacy utilities - jaio.h(7i), jtty(1), kanji(1), evftobdf(1), runb5(1) and mkcodetab(1)
• Legacy code set converters

  • ja locale

    euctoibmj, ibmjtoeuc, euctojis, jistoeuc, euctosj, sjtoeuc, jistosj, sjtojis

  • ko locale

    wansungtojohap, johaptowansung, comptonb, nbtocomp, comptopack, packtocomp

  • zh locale

    cgbtoeuc, euctocgb, cnstoeuc, euctocns

  • zh_TW locale

    big5toeuc, euctobig5, cnsconv
Note: Use the iconv(1) command instead of the legacy code set converters. The commands can still be used in an Oracle Solaris 10 Zone.