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.