IRIX

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IRIX
IRIX desktop
IRIX 6.5 desktop under 4dwm window manager
developer Silicon Graphics (SGI)
License (s) Proprietary
First publ. 1983
Current  version 6.5.30 (August 16, 2006)
ancestry UNIX
↳ System V
↳ IRIX
Architecture (s) MIPS
Others Development stopped
www.sgi.com/.../irix/

IRIX was a commercial Unix - Operating system of the company Silicon Graphics (SGI) and is designed to operate MIPS -based systems from SGI designed. Due to its high scalability , it could be used on workstations as well as on supercomputers and thus created a basis for use in high performance computing (HPC) and for graphics calculations. The system comes from the System V family and is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

The main applications included computer animation , medicine and research ( computed tomography , molecular chemistry , microscopy ), geology ( visualization of fossil raw material deposits , digital landscape models ) as well as military ( constructive simulation ) and computer-aided design (CAD).

features

From version 5.3, the journaling file system XFS is used under IRIX , previously the Extent File System (EFS) was used. IRIX uses 4dwm as the window manager . The IRIX licenses are always tied to the SGI computers, i. That is, when you buy a computer from SGI, you also get an IRIX license.

IRIX corresponds to the POSIX and UNIX 95 standards . The history of development and the naming of the versions are not entirely indisputable. The system appeared under the name IRIX for the first time shortly after the switch from Motorola's 68000 family to the MIPS architecture. The name IRIX is guaranteed for Release 3.1. The last version is 6.5.30 from August 16, 2006. The manufacturer SGI stopped the production of IRIX / MIPS on December 29, 2006; Support for existing customers was still available until the end of 2013. New (hardware) products from SGI are shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server .

history

version publication Remarks
IRIS GL2 1 1983
  • First version based on code from UniSoft UniPlus System V (porting from UNIX System V Release 3 to Motorola 68k architecture) with BSD4.2 and SGI extensions ( IRIS Graphics Library )
  • Support for 68k -based workstations ( GL2-W ) and terminals ( GL2-T ) of the SGI 1000 , SGI 2000 and SGI 3000 series for connection to DEC VAX computers
  • Designations IRIS GL2-W2.x , IRIS GL2-T2.x for Motorola-68010 -based systems and IRIS GL2-W3.x , IRIS GL2-T3.x for Motorola-68020 -based systems
  • Graphical user interface: MEX (Multiple EXposure)
IRIS GL2 1.5 1984
  • Alternative naming as Silicon Graphics System V
  • The last published versions of the IRIS GL2 line were IRIS GL2 version 6 or IRIS GL2-W3.6 ( 1987 ), but there is also said to have been an unpublished version 7
4D1-1.0 1986
  • First version with support for systems of the MIPS -based 4D series
  • Development based on RISC / os and implementation of IRIS GL2
  • Probably unpublished version; Subsequent naming on IRIX 1.0 (since 4D1-3.0 )
4D1-2.0 November 18, 1987
  • First officially published version of the 4D line
4D1-3.0 June 10, 1988
  • First name of the 4D1 operating system line as IRIX
  • Update of the extensions based on BSD4.3 ; Support for Extent File System (EFS) and real-time graphics systems
  • Support for systems from the Professional Iris , PowerSeries and Personal Iris series
  • Graphical user interface: Sun NeWS , SGI 4Sight window manager
4D1-4.0 September 1991
  • Extension of the support to systems of the series: Indigo R3000 (since 4D1-4.0 ), Crimson (since 4D1-4.02 ), PowerSeries (since 4D1-4.05 ), Indigo R3000 (since 4D1-4.05F ), Crimson Extreme , Indigo 2 and Challenge M (since 4D1-4.0H )
  • Creation of a security- optimized development branch of IRIX called Trusted IRIX / B (TIRIX) and publication of the first version 4D1-4.0.1T
  • Support for Reality Engine graphics hardware
  • Graphical user interface: X11R4 , 4dwm window manager, IRIS Workspace desktop environment
IRIX 5.0 March 1993
  • Update of the code base to UNIX System V Release 4 and thus introduction of the binary format ELF
  • Support exclusively for systems of the Onyx / Challenge series
  • Support for RealityEngine2 and VTX graphics hardware
  • Graphical user interface: X11R5, 4dwm window manager, Indigo Magic Desktop (IMD) working environment
IRIX 5.0.1 June 1993
  • Introduction of the Systune kernel tuning and configuration utility , shadow password
IRIX 5.1 September 1993
  • Release of the versions IRIX 5.1 (Indy) with support for systems of the Indy series and IRIX 5.1 (Non Indy) with support for systems of the Onyx / Challenge , Indigo and Indigo 2 series
IRIX 5.1.1 September 1993
  • Release of the versions IRIX 5.1.1 (Indy) with support for systems of the Indy series and IRIX 5.1.1 (Non Indy) with support for systems of the Onyx / Challenge , Indigo , Indigo 2 and Indigo2 XL series
IRIX 5.2 March 1994
  • Consolidation of previous versions of the IRIX lines 4D and 5.x
  • Support for systems from the Professional Iris , PowerSeries , Personal Iris , Crimson , Indigo and Onyx / Challenge series
  • Release of further versions: IRIX 5.2 for Onyx Extreme , IRIX 5.2 for Indy R4600PC & Challenge S , IRIX 5.2 for Indy R4600SC, XZ and Presenter , IRIX 5.2 for Challenge / Onyx , IRIX 5.2 TKO and IRIX 5.2 + VSeries 1.0
IRIX 5.3 November 1994
  • Combination of previous series-specific versions of the IRIX 5.x line
  • Support for systems from the Professional Iris , Power Series , Personal Iris , Indigo , Indigo 2 , Challenge / Onyx and Indy / Challenge S series
  • First IRIX XFS version IRIX 5.3 XFS , December 1994 with support for the journaling file system XFS and XLV logical volumes
  • Support for NFSv3
  • Release of other versions: IRIX 5.3 for Indy R4400 175 MHz (February 1995), IRIX 5.3 with Presenter 1.0 (May 1995), IRIX 5.3 for 175 MHz and 2 MB cache (August 1995), IRIX 5.3 for Indy R4x00 (August 1995), IRIX 5.3 with Presenter for 175 MHz and 2 MB Cache (September 1995), IRIX 5.3 for Indigo 2 Impact (September 1995), IRIX 5.3 for all Dual Head Indy (October 1995), IRIX 5.3 for all Indigo 2 Impact (December 1995) , IRIX 5.3 for Indy including R5000 (February 1996), IRIX 5.3 XFS for Indy including R5000 (May 1996)
IRIX 6.0 December 1994
  • First 64-bit version of IRIX; Descent from IRIX 5.2
  • Support for systems from the Power Challenge and Power Onyx series
  • Graphical user interface: X11R5, 4dwm window manager, Indigo Magic Desktop (renamed to IRIS Interactive Desktop )
IRIX 6.0.1 December 1994
  • Second 64-bit version of IRIX; Descent from IRIX 5.3
  • Support for systems from the Power Challenge , Power Onyx and Power Indigo 2 series
  • Other versions: IRIX 6.0.1 XFS (March 1995), IRIX 6.0.1 for Power Indigo 2 with Presenter (May 1995)
Trusted IRIX 5.3 June 1995
  • Last version of Trusted IRIX; Descent from IRIX 5.3
IRIX 6.1 July 1995
  • Extended security functions by merging the lines IRIX 6.x and Trusted IRIX
  • First standard support for XFS file system
  • Support for ISO 9660
IRIX 6.2 March 1996
  • Extended network support through implementation of DHCP clients, NIS + , PPP , IP aliasing
  • Support for Infinite Reality graphics hardware
  • Conversion from X11R5 to X11R6; Introduction of OpenGL ; Extension of the user ID to 32-bit
  • Further version IRIX 6.2 for Indigo 2 Impact R10000 (June 1996)
IRIX 6.3 September 1996
  • Support exclusively for systems of the O2 series
  • Further version IRIX 6.3 for O2 including R10000
IRIX 6.4 November 1996
  • Support for Origin 200 , Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 systems
  • Further version IRIX 6.4 for Origin, Onyx2 and OCTANE (February 1997)
IRIX 6.5 June 1998
  • Combination of all previous series-specific versions of lines 5.x and 6.x
  • Since IRIX 6.5 , the further development of the IRIX 6.5 line took place in the versions IRIX 6.5.1 (August 1998) to IRIX 6.5.30 (August 2006)
  • Support for: Gigabit Ethernet and Infinite Reality 2 graphics hardware (since IRIX 6.5.1 , August 1998), VPro graphics and Infinite Reality 3 graphics hardware (since IRIX 6.5.8 , May 2000)
  • Support for: IPv6 (since IRIX 6.5.19 , February 2003)
  • Since IRIX 6.5.23 (February 2004) support for systems of the Challenge , Indigo , Indigo 2 , Indy , Power Challenge , Power Indigo 2 , Power Onyx and Onyx series has been discontinued

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silicon Graphics IRIS 2000/3000 FAQ