This manual, Platform Notes: SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20, describes the machine-dependent functionalities of the Solaris® 2.x graphics and window system APIs (Application Program Interfaces) such as XGL(TM)(2-D and 3-D Graphics Library), XIL(TM) (X Imaging Library), and Xlib, as related to the SX video subsystem. In addition, this document describes configuring and tuning the SX video subsystem to enhance the performance of the applications using the XGL and XIL APIs.
This document should be used as an addendum to the Solaris 2.x document set and the SPARCstation 10SX Hardware Owner's Guide or SPARCstation 20 Hardware Owner's Guide.
This book is intended for developers who want to tune the SPARCstation(TM) 10SX or SPARCstation 20 video subsystem for using OpenWindows(TM), XGL, or XIL applications.
Chapter 1, "Introduction to Graphics on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20", gives a brief description of the SPARCstation 10SX and 20SX.
Chapter 2, "Reserving DRAM for SX Accelerated Applications and 20SX", discusses issues pertinent to configuring the SPARCstation 10SX to enhance Sun Pixel Arithmetic Memory processor (SX) accelerator performance.
Chapter 3, "Running OpenWindows on the SPARCstation 10SX and SPARCstation 20 and 20SX", discusses the visuals that are present when running OpenWindows on the SPARCstation 10SX.
Chapter 4, "XIL Acceleration on SX", covers commonly-used XIL functions which have been accelerated on the SX.
Chapter 5, "XGL 3.0.2 Accelerator Guide for SX", discusses the operation of XGL 3.0.2 on the SX.
Appendix A, "Boot Messages", shows messages displayed on the SPARCstation 10SX or 20SX during the boot process following SXDRAM configuration.
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
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Typeface or Meaning Example Symbol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AaBbCc123 The names of commands, Edit your .login file.
files, and directories;
on-screen computer output Use ls -a to list all files.
machine_name% You have mail.
AaBbCc123 What you type, contrasted machine_name% su
with on-screen computer
output Password:
AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder: To delete a file, type rm filename.
replace with a real name or
value
AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide.
terms, or words to be These are called class options.
emphasized
You must be root to do this.
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The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
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Shell Prompt --------------------------------------------
C shell prompt machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell $
prompt
Bourne shell and Korn shell #
superuser prompt
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