Chris Malley (cmalley++at++evt.com)
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 13:42:46 -0600
On Mar 26, Allan Schaffer responded with the following update to
the FAQ (which never seemed to have made it into the FAQ, see below).
> Subject: ! -9- What version of IRIS Performer should I use?
> Date: 17 Mar 97 00:00:01 EST
>
> IRIX performer_eoe performer_dev +Patches
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 6.4 2.0.4 2.0 1392
> 6.3 2.0.3 2.0 1392
>
> 6.2 (IR only*) 2.1 2.1 n/a
> 6.2 (non-IR*) 2.0.1 2.0 1347, 1392
>
> 5.3 2.0 2.0 1414
>
> (*) Onyx InfiniteReality systems running 6.2 should use IRIS
> Performer 2.1 (eoe and dev). Note that Performer 2.1 is -only-
> officially supported on Onyx InfiniteReality systems running IRIX
> 6.2. Other systems running 6.2 should use 2.0.1 eoe and 2.0 dev,
> as indicated above.
As of 15 minutes ago, the FAQ still lists the following obsolete entry:
> ------------------------------
>
> Subject: ! -9- What are the released versions of IRIS Performer?
> Date: 12 Dec 95 00:00:01 EST
>
> IRIS Performer 2.0: For IRIX 5.3, 6.1, or 6.2
>
> IRIS Performer 1.2/IRIX5: (now obsolete) For IRIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.0.1, 6.1
> IRIS Performer 1.2/IRIX4: (now obsolete) For IRIX 4.0.5(A-J) only
> IRIS Performer 1.1: (now obsolete) For IRIX 5.x only
> IRIS Performer 1.0: (now obsolete) For IRIX 4.x only
[....bunch of stuff deleted....]
> ------------------------------
The SGI patch site lists the following Performer-related patches.
(I may have missed some -- since the patch site's search engine
was down, I had to manually find these.)
> 1696 (IRIX 6.x)
> Performer 2.0.4 EOE bug fixes for Performer 2.0
>
> 1392 (IRIX 6.2 only)
> Performer 2.0.2 DEV bug fix patch for Performer 2.0
>
> 1347 (IRIX 6.2 only)
> Performer 2.0.2 EOE bug fix patch for Performer 2.0(.1) DSOs
>
> 1414 (IRIX 5.3 only)
> Performer 2.0.2 bug fix patch for Performer2.0
As far as I can tell, 1696 makes 1347 obsolete, right?
We support our application on 5.3, 6.2, 6.3 (O2), and 6.4.
We need to know what version of performer_eoe/dev can we can run
on each OS, and what version each OS ships with.
We're having problems with the performer_eoe 2.0.3 shipped
with IRIX 6.3, and are not sure which performer_dev we should
be using on each platform.
Here's what I've managed to infer from the above info. I think
the fog is beginning to lift on eoe (thanks to patch 1696), but
dev is still a mystery.
------------
IRIX 5.3 -
Ships with:
N/A
Most current versions:
performer_eoe 2.0.2
performer_dev 2.0.2
To upgrade:
Start with the Performer 2.0 CD and apply patch 1414
to upgrade both eoe and dev to 2.0.2.
IRIX 6.2 (non IR) -
Ships with:
N/A
Most current versions:
performer_eoe 2.0.4
performer_dev 2.0.2
To upgrade:
Start with the Performer 2.0 CD and apply patch 1696
to upgrade eoe to 2.0.4. Apply patch 1392 to upgrade
dev to 2.0.2.
IRIX 6.2 (IR) -
Ships with:
N/A
Most current versions:
performer_eoe 2.1
performer_dev 2.1
To upgrade:
Use the Performer 2.1 CD. No patches required.
IRIX 6.3 -
Ships with:
performer_eoe 2.0.3
Most current versions:
performer_eoe 2.0.4
performer_dev 2.0 (???)
To upgrade:
Start with the Performer 2.0 CD and apply patch 1696
to upgrade eoe to 2.0.4. Based on the above patch info,
there is no upgrade for performer_dev. (Is this true?)
IRIX 6.4
Ships with:
performer_eoe 2.0.4
Most current versions:
same as IRIX 6.3
To upgrade:
same as IRIX 6.3
------------
I would be amazed if the above is correct.
If it's not, can someone please correct it?
Thanks.
Chris
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