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Solaris Operating System End-of-Software Support Statements

The following end-of-software-support announcements are current, as of the Solaris 10 8/07 Operating System. For the complete text of Solaris Operating System end-of-software-support announcements see the Solaris 10 Release Notes.

Features Removed From the Solaris 10 Operating System

• Korean CID Fonts
• device_driver Path-Name Support in add_drv System Command
• admintool Command
• asysmem() and sysmem() Interfaces
• BIND Version 8 DNS Server and Tools
• x86: Common Object File Format (COFF)
• Obsolete Device Driver Interfaces
• Euro Character Input Sequences That Are Alt Key-Based and Meta Key-Based
• Federated Naming Service XFN Libraries and Commands
• Generic LAN Driver Version 0 Interfaces
• GMT Zoneinfo Time Zones
• GNOME Components Excluded From Sun Java Desktop System, Release 3
• Graphic Driver Support
  
• x86: Mixed EISA Devices and Drivers
• JRE 1.2.2
• Kodak Color Management System
• SPARC: Lance Ethernet Drivers
• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Client Library
• Obsolete Lightweight Process (LWP) Interfaces
• Nameless Interface Groups Feature
• Netscape Software
• netstat -k Option
• x86: Network Devices
• Non-POSIX Thread Behavior of the fork() Function
• pam_unix Module
• PC File Viewer
• Perl Version 5.005_03
• ptrace Interface In libc
• Power Management I/O Control Commands
• sendmailvars and the L and G sendmail.cf commands
• ShowMe TV
• SPARC: 64-bit Packages
• sdtjmplay Desktop Java Media Player
• Solaris Static System Libraries
• Solaris Volume Manager Transactional Volume
• stc(7d) for Serial Parallel Controller on S-bus
• Storage Interfaces
• sun4m Hardware
• SunFDDI and SunHSI/S Drivers
• Sun StorEdge A1000, Sun StorEdge A3000, Sun StorEdge A3500, and Sun StorEdge A3500FC Systems
• Tape Devices
• Token Ring Network Drivers
• SPARC: 32-bit Sun4U Kernel
• Ultra AX and SPARCengine Ultra AXmp Graphics Card
• 32-bit: X11 Static Libraries
• xutops Print Filter

Features That Might Be Removed in a Future Release

• Gnopernicus
• Xsun Server
• Common Desktop Environment
• CDE Image Viewer
• Sun Java System Calendar Server Client Applet
• Darpa Trivial Name Server
• I20 Intlligent I/O
• GNOME Viewer for PDF and PostScript Files
• The Graphical Smartcard Admin Interface
• iButton Smartcard
• Cyberflex Smartcard
• PAM Smartcard
• OCF/SCF Smartcard Framework
• SCF Smartcard APIs
• Remote Program Load Server Funtionality
• Transition From ipge to e1000g NIC Driver as the Default Ethernet Driver for Sun4V Systems
• Asian Short dtlogin Names
• Audit Daemon Interfaces
• Automated Security Enhancement Tool Support
• Cfront Runtime Support Library
• Certain Drivers Might Not be Supported in a Future Solaris Release
• Configuration Assistant's fp Plug-in Hardware Options
• Controller Devices and Drivers
• Device Allocation Interfaces For the Basic Security Module
  
• Dual Basic Rate ISDN Interface and Multimedia Codec Chips
• Obsolete Device Driver Interfaces
• Device Management Entries in power.conf
• Device Support and Driver Software
• Extended Memory File System Support
• Form and Menu Language Interpreter
  
• Host Files in /etc/net/ti*
• Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.4
  
• jfca Driver Support
• Kerberos Ticket Lifetime Parameters in krb5.conf
• Legacy or Traditional Non-UTF-8 Locales
• Functions in the CPU Performance Counters Library (libcpc)
• libXinput Library
• Mozilla 1.X Support
• Network Information Service Plus (NIS+) Name Service Type
• nstest Test Program
• Perl Version 5.6.1
• Removable Volume Management Support
• Solaris Management Console Patch Tool (Patch Manager)
• Solstice Enterprise Agents
• Solstice Enterprise Agent Support
• Standard Type Services Framework Support
• Standalone Router Discovery
• Sun Fire Link Interfaces
• Sun Java Desktop System Applications
  
• Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 7.0 (Formerly Sun ONE Application Server 7.0 Platform Edition)
• Token Ring and Fiber Distributed Data Interface Device Types
• WBEM-based Dynamic Reconfiguration
• XIL Interface
• Xsun DDX Modules, Library, and Related Files
• zic -s Option Support

End-of-Software-Support Announcements in Previous Releases of the Solaris Operating System

For more information on end-of-software-support announcements published previously, see the following documents on http://docs.sun.com.

• Solaris 9 End-of-Software-Support Announcements
  • Solaris 9 9/05 Release Notes
• Solaris 8 Transition Frequently Asked Questions
• Solaris 8 End-of-Software-Support Announcements
  • Solaris 8 (SPARC Platform Edition) 2/04 Release Notes
  • Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) 2/02 Release Notes