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Add UTF-8 support to smbc.rte

Some clients require support for UTF-8 file name encoding. Currently, smbc.rte does not provide this functionality--only characters in the range 0-127 decimal will work when UTF-8 file name encoding is chosen.
over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Add new POLLEXCL flag for poll() function to solve thundering herd problem. Flag logic like EPOLLEXCLUSIVE for linux epoll()

We have developed multiprocessing middleware named Enduro/X, where several processes may listen for messages on several ipc queues (SystemV for example). Processes are using poll() to wait for event in some queue. Work on queues may be load balanc...
over 4 years ago in AIX 8 Delivered

Increasing the maximum number of bytes allowed in messages outstanding on an associated message queue

Increasing the maximum number of bytes allowed in messages outstanding on an associated message queue
over 4 years ago in AIX 4 Delivered

vNIC Takeover needs to much time

vNIC Takeover needs to much time in certain configuration up to 30 sec. According to IBM Support it works as designed.
over 4 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Support for CAA record types in bind, for AIX versions 7.1 and 7.2

Customer requested about when will be available the support for CAA record types in bind, for AIX 7.1 and 7.2 versions. They can't use the CAA record type in the current versions of AIX.
over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

SO_REUSEPORT path for AIX 7.2

Our current application accepts connection using a single process and creating a child processes to process each request as per your suggestion Please visit the below link and module on which couple of companies are already implemented on this mod...
over 4 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Querying LDAP server for users public ssh key via secldapclntd

We would like to have the possibility to use secldapclntd to read during login-time the users ssh public key from an LDAP server (for more details refer to the specified case)
over 4 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Creating ISO files larger than 4 GB with (smitty) mkdvd

If you use the script /usr/sbin/mkcd or mkdvd (is the same script) to create an ISO file from a slightly larger mksysb, a second ISO file is automatically created after 4 GB. /usr/sbin/mkcd -L -m MKSYSB_FILE -C /tmp -I /tmp -V rootvg -R -S -rwxr--...
over 4 years ago in AIX 7 Delivered

Disabling eth adapters in AIX

In the current AIX releases (7.x) there is no way to completely disable unused ethernet adapter. This may cause performance degradation when "entstat -d" or "netstat -v" are issued or other tools try to get statistics from this adapter. After syst...
over 4 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

Speed of DLPAR for procs and especially memory in AIX

DLPAR operations in AIX take a long time, especially when adding a huge amount of memory. But also the addition of cores takes a lot of time. In HA cluster scenarios, the idea is to run the passive cluster partner with a minimum of resources and i...
almost 5 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered