XIL Version Chart

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XIL has increased its functionality since its inception as part of Solaris 2.2. While XIL remains committed to full binary backwards compatability for all XIL applications, not all the newer features of XIL are available as part of earlier operating system versions. Use this chart to determine which Solaris version and XIL version is appropriate for your development.

XIL Version
XIL 1.2.1
XIL 1.3
XIL 1.4
XIL 1.4.1
Solaris Version
Solaris 2.5.1
Solaris 2.6
Solaris 7
Solaris 8
Applications will run on...
Solaris 2.2 and later
Solaris 2.6 and later
Solaris 7 and later
Solaris 8
Multithread Safe
X
X
X
Automatic Multiprocessor Scaling
X
X
X
Support for Tiled Images
X
X
X
Bit/Byte/Short Data type Support
X
X
X
X
32Bit IEEE Float Data type Support
X
X
X
Pixel Sequential Data Support
X
bit data
X
bit data
X
bit data
X
bit data
Band Sequential Data Support
X
byte/short data
X
X
X
Arbitrary Data Layout Support
X
X
X
Kodak Color Management System Integration
X
X
X
Double Buffered Frame buffer Support
X
X
X
Stereo Frame buffer Support
X
X
Deferred Execution
X
X
X
X
Transparent Hardware Acceleration
X
X
X
X