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This page contains tools and documentation to help you transition your source code on Solaris to HP-UX 11i v2 operating system on Integrity or HP 9000 servers.

Preparing for your transition

The following information will help you begin to understand the requirements for transitioning your applications to HP-UX 11i v2.

» Transition considerations
» Solaris to HP-UX porting guide
» The application transition tutorial

Browse through the list below to access more resources.

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Resource index

»	Understanding the porting process

»	Scoping the extent of a transition

»	Porting an application

»	Deploying the transition

»	Understanding the tools

»	Working with Itanium-based architecture

»	64-bit computing

»	Working with HP-UX

»	Working with threads and multiprocessors

»	Transitioning linkers and libraries

»	Working with object header files

»	Working with C and C++ applications

»	Working with Fortran applications

»	Working with Cobol applications

»	Coding for compatibility

»	Coding for portability

»	Understanding HP compilers

»	Analyzing performance

»	Working to a standard

»	Downloads

»	Forums

»	Product info

»	Services

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Resources

Understanding the porting process

Mar 2004	» Overview of transitioning software to HP-UX on Integrity servers Describes how HP-UX 11i on Integrity servers works and how you can learn about transitioning your software to this platform.
May 2005	» Performing a port to HP-UX platforms Describes the steps you need to take to set up the development and build environments before performing the port.
Feb 2005	» Solaris to HP-UX porting guide Provides you with information and hints for porting your applications from Solaris 8 to HP-UX 11i v2.
Mar 2004	» Source code transitions Explains the differences between qualifying and porting applications.
Feb 2004	» Transition considerations Defines differences between qualifying and porting an application, with pointers to additional how-to information.

Scoping the extent of a transition

Sep 2005	» binaryScan 1.2 A tool for scanning executable images that reports on compatibility of APIs for a particular source/destination operating system pair.
Sep 2005	» Solaris Software Transition Kit 2.1 Contains file scanning tools with associated database and information, which you can use to check source files, makefiles, and scripts for identifiers that may indicate transition problems.

Porting an application

	» HP aC++ List of links to technical information and software.
	» HP C/ANSI C developer's bundle List of features in bundle including links to documentation and how to buy the HP C compiler.
	» HP Code Advisor A static analysis tool for C and C++ programs. It reports various programming errors in the source code, enabling programmers to identify potential coding errors, porting issues, and security vulnerabilities. HP Code Advisor leverages the advanced analysis capabilities of HP C and HP aC++ compilers available on the HP Integrity systems.
	» HP Fortran List of links to technical information and software.
Mar 2006	» Java platform standard edition for HP-UX 11i Links to J2SE downloads for SDKs, RTEs, HPjtune, HPjmeter, and HPjconfig.
Sep 2005	» Solaris Software Transition Kit 2.1 Contains file scanning tools with associated database and information, which you can use to check source files, makefiles, and scripts for identifiers that may indicate transition problems.

Deploying the transition

Sep 2005

» Solaris-to-HP-UX Porting Kit (SHPK)
Contains select Solaris-compatible development tools, header files and libraries to assist customers in migrating their applications from Solaris to HP-UX 11.

Understanding the tools

Sep 2004	» binaryScan frequently asked questions
Feb 2005	» binaryScan reference Describes how to use binaryScan to understand ABI/API compatibility issues and how to interpret reports generated by the scanner.
Mar 2004	» scanwizard Describes scanwizard, a command-line utility that guides you through the use of the file scanners included in the Software Transition Kits.
Feb 2005	» Solaris to HP-UX STK docs online A collection of tools and documents to help you transition your Solaris applications to the HP-UX environment on the Itanium® platform.
Feb 2004	» STK overview Lists and describes the components that make the Software Transition Kits.
	» The application transition tutorial Use this tutorial to gain an understanding of the tool capabilities and functions, and how they can help you transition your source code to HP-UX.

Working with Itanium-based architecture

Jul 2003	» ACPI system locality information table interface (PDF, 121 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader)
Jan 2006	» Intel Itanium architecture software developer's manual: Volume 1 - application architecture (PDF, 2843 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader)
Jan 2006	» Intel Itanium architecture software developer's manual: Volume 2 - system architecture (PDF, 7904 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader)
Jan 2006	» Intel Itanium architecture software developer's manual: Volume 3 - instruction set reference (PDF, 10051 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader)
May 2004	» Intel Itanium processor reference manual for software development (PDF, 1530 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader)
Apr 2001	» Itanium software conventions and runtime architecture (PDF, 722 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader)
Mar 2004	» Overview of the Itanium-based architecture
Mar 2004	» Overview of transitioning software to HP-UX on Integrity servers Describes how HP-UX 11i on Integrity servers works and how you can learn about transitioning your software to this platform.
Apr 2004	» Performance checklist for software development on Integrity servers Suggests various actions for developers to take in order to increase the performance of their applications.
Apr 2004	» Portability checklist for software development on Integrity servers Suggests various actions for developers to take in order to make their code portable.
Mar 2004	» Preparing source code for HP-UX on Integrity servers Provides tips to help you prepare your source code for HP-UX 11i on Integrity servers.
Dec 2004	» The libm library and floating-point arithmetic in HP-UX for Itanium 2 Describes the libm library and the compiler floating-point on HP-UX 11i v2 for Itanium® 2-based systems.

64-bit computing

Dec 1996	» How to write a 64-bit clean IO driver for HP-UX (PDF, 157 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) A porting guide to help developers write device drivers for 64-bit HP-UX.
Mar 2004	» HP-UX 64-bit compiler and linker changes Describes the improvements that have been made to the HP-UX compilers and linker in support of the 64-bit architecture.
Mar 2004	» HP-UX 64-bit evolutionary strategy Discusses the porting concerns of the HP-UX 64-bit data model and performance considerations when transitioning to 64-bit platforms.
Mar 2004	» HP-UX 64-bit porting concepts Describes HP's strategy to gradually introduce 64-bits to its HP-UX operating system while maintaining binary compatibility.
Mar 2004	» What is 64-bit computing? Describes the benefits of 64-bit computing in contrast with 32-bit computing.

Working with HP-UX

	» HP-UX 11i v2 - all technical documentation
Feb 2005	» HP-UX server support matrix
Mar 2000	» HP-UX software 11.x developer's guide (PDF, 296 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Presents the benefits of moving to HP-UX 11.x.

Working with threads and multiprocessors

Apr 1997	» HP-UX multiprocessing (PDF, 98 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Introduces multiprocessor data structures and associated locking strategies.
Apr 1997	» HP-UX process management (PDF, 284 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Defines process and thread management and how processes are created, executed, terminated and more.
Mar 2004	» Introduction to kernel threads An introduction to kernel threads and their use in HP-UX 11.x.
Mar 2004	» Porting DCE threads programs to HP-UX 11.0 POSIX threads Covers the pthreads programming model and porting issues.
Sep 2004	» POSIX threads on HP-UX 11i: HP-UX 11i v2 update 2 (PDF, 70 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Provides an overview of the thread model implementation on HP-UX 11i and describes the impact on application behavior and performance.
Mar 2004	» Threads on HP-UX, Solaris, and NT Provides a conceptual mapping of thread function calls between four implementations: HP-UX threads, Solaris threads, POSIX threads on Solaris, and NT proprietary threads.

Transitioning linkers and libraries

Nov 1997	» HP-UX linker and libraries user's guide: HP 9000 computers Describes the linker and libraries on HP-UX 11.0.
Nov 2000	» Migrating HP curses applications to Xcurses Describes the steps necessary to migrate applications based on HP curses to the Xcurses library.
Mar 2004	» Steps to version your shared library (PDF, 37 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Explores the reasons and techniques to version a shared library using whole library versioning, aka V4 versioning.

Working with object header files

May 1997	» ELF-64 object file format including HP and HP-UX extensions (PDF, 162 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Contains the HP vendor-specific and HP-UX environment-specific extensions to ELF.
Dec 1996	» elf.h (CRTEXT, 22 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) ELF-64 object file format header file.
Dec 1996	» elf_hp.h (CRTEXT, 11 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) ELF-64 object file format header file.
Dec 1996	» elf_parisc.h (CRTEXT, 12 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) ELF-64 object file format header file.
Dec 1996	» elftypes.h (CRTEXT, 2 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) ELF-64 object file format header file.
Oct 1997	» Processor-specific ELF supplement for PA-RISC with HP and HP-UX extensions (PDF, 126 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Presents the machine-specific definitions for PA-RISC architecture and HP vendor-specific and HP-UX environment-specific extensions to ELF that are specific to the PA-RISC architecture.

Working with C and C++ applications

	» aC++ standard conformance and compatibility changes An overview of the differences that you may experience when upgrading from HP aC++ version 5.x compilers to HP aC++ version 6.0, including discussion of ISO C++ and Intel® Itanium® ABI specification conformance, implementation-defined behavior, and options and pragmas.
May 2006	» HP aC++ programmer's guide: HP-UX systems Lists links to various aC++ programming pages and documents.
May 1999	» HP aC++ transition guide (PDF, 1049 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Describes differences between HP C++ 10.x (cfront) to HP aC++ and provides guidelines to transition from one compiler to the other.
Sep 2003	» HP C/HP-UX programmer's guide: HP-UX systems
Jun 2000	» HP C/HP-UX reference manual: HP 9000 computers Presents reference information on the C programming language, as implemented on HP 9000 computers.
	» HP Code Advisor A static analysis tool for C and C++ programs. It reports various programming errors in the source code, enabling programmers to identify potential coding errors, porting issues, and security vulnerabilities. HP Code Advisor leverages the advanced analysis capabilities of HP C and HP aC++ compilers available on the HP Integrity systems.
Mar 2004	» Transitioning C and aC++ programs to the 64-bit data model Provides guidelines and tips to port HP-UX C and C++ applications to the 64-bit data model.
Sep 1997	» Using templates in HP aC++ (PDF, 153 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Summarizes the template features defined in the C++ draft standard and describes template instantiation as implemented in HP aC++.

Working with Fortran applications

Nov 1997	» HP Fortran 90 1.2 release notes
Oct 1998	» HP Fortran 90 programmer's reference
Feb 1999	» HP Fortran 90 V2.2 release notes for HP-UX 11.00
Nov 2001	» HP Fortran 90 v2.4.10 for HP-UX 10.20, 11.x, and 11i release note
Dec 2005	» HP Fortran release notes: version 3.0

Working with Cobol applications

Dec 1996	» Micro Focus Object COBOL 4.1 for UNIX - book shelf Lists various links to Cobol v4.1 programming documents and pages.
Dec 1998	» Micro Focus Object COBOL 4.1.20 for UNIX - book shelf Lists various links to Cobol v4.1.20 programming documents and pages.

Coding for compatibility

	» aC++ standard conformance and compatibility changes An overview of the differences that you may experience when upgrading from HP aC++ version 5.x compilers to HP aC++ version 6.0, including discussion of ISO C++ and Intel® Itanium® ABI specification conformance, implementation-defined behavior, and options and pragmas.
Mar 2004	» Coding practices for compatibility Describes the coding practices that can impact an application's compatibility with future versions of HP-UX.

Coding for portability

Mar 2004	» Coding practices for compatibility Describes the coding practices that can impact an application's compatibility with future versions of HP-UX.
Apr 2004	» Portability checklist for software development on Integrity servers Suggests various actions for developers to take in order to make their code portable.
Mar 2004	» Writing portable code Provides guidelines to develop portable code for HP-UX 32-bit, 64-bit, and other UNIX systems.

Understanding HP compilers

	» aC++ standard conformance and compatibility changes An overview of the differences that you may experience when upgrading from HP aC++ version 5.x compilers to HP aC++ version 6.0, including discussion of ISO C++ and Intel® Itanium® ABI specification conformance, implementation-defined behavior, and options and pragmas.
Apr 2006	» HP compilers for HP Integrity servers (PDF, 404 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Provides a technical overview of the key features of HP compilers for Intel Itanium®-based HP-UX systems.

Analyzing performance

Jan 2004	» HP-UX 11i tuning and performance Learn how to quickly maximize the value of any HP-UX system including hardware, the OS platform, and application development, within any environment and throughout every stage in the lifecycle of an HP-UX system.
Apr 2004	» Performance checklist for software development on Integrity servers Suggests various actions for developers to take in order to increase the performance of their applications.

Working to a standard

	» Internationalization checklist Describes what to keep in mind when developing internationalized applications.
Mar 2004	» Locale methods customization Explains how to define your own methods in creating a locale.
Apr 2000	» Software conventions for HP-UX (PDF, 78 KB. Requires Adobe® Reader) Describes software conventions for HP-UX that are not covered by common runtime conventions.

Downloads

Sep 2005	» binaryScan 1.2 A tool for scanning executable images that reports on compatibility of APIs for a particular source/destination operating system pair.
	» HP aC++ List of links to technical information and software.
	» HP C/ANSI C developer's bundle List of features in bundle including links to documentation and how to buy the HP C compiler.
	» HP Code Advisor A static analysis tool for C and C++ programs. It reports various programming errors in the source code, enabling programmers to identify potential coding errors, porting issues, and security vulnerabilities. HP Code Advisor leverages the advanced analysis capabilities of HP C and HP aC++ compilers available on the HP Integrity systems.
	» HP Fortran List of links to technical information and software.
Mar 2006	» Java platform standard edition for HP-UX 11i Links to J2SE downloads for SDKs, RTEs, HPjtune, HPjmeter, and HPjconfig.
Sep 2005	» Solaris Software Transition Kit 2.1 Contains file scanning tools with associated database and information, which you can use to check source files, makefiles, and scripts for identifiers that may indicate transition problems.
Sep 2005	» Solaris-to-HP-UX Porting Kit (SHPK) Contains select Solaris-compatible development tools, header files and libraries to assist customers in migrating their applications from Solaris to HP-UX 11.

Product info

Sep 2005	» binaryScan features List of features and links to the download and the FAQ.
Sep 2005	» Solaris STK features List of features and links to the Solaris STK online and Solaris STK download.
Sep 2005	» Solaris-to-HP-UX Porting Kit (SHPK) features The Solaris-to-HP-UX Porting Kit includes a migration environment that contains select development tools, header files and libraries to effortlessly address incompatibilities between the two platforms.

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