Patch-ID# 100431-03 Keywords: gt, microcode, xgl, phigs, performance, markers, lines, depth-cue Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.1;4.1.2: Performance improvements for GT Date: 31-Jan-92 Solaris release: 1.0.1 SunOS release: 4.1.1-GFX-Rev2, 4.1.2 Unbundled Product: N/A Unbundled Release: N/A Topic: GT Microcode BugId's fixed with this patch: 1068120, 1074981, 1080766 1086669 Architectures for which this patch is available: sun4c Patches which may conflict with this patch: 100349 Obsoleted by: Problem Description: The GT is slower than it should be for non-dot markers. An RFE has been added which fixes this problem for both PHIGS and XGL applications. There is a bug when rendering clipped depth-cued lines which causes an incorrect line color to be displayed. There is also a bug where undrawing antialiased lines in QUM mode has no effect NOTE: to see whether this patch is needed, users should run: what /usr/lib/gt.ucode | grep RELEASE The following message should be printed: GT Front End Microcode: RELEASE Built 01/27/92_14:58:48, Revision 9.51 If the revision number is lower than 9.5.1 then this patch is needed. Revision 9.5.1 fixes the aforementioned bugs. After installation, the user should verify that the microcode was installed properly, by checking the revision number, as described above, to ensure that 9.5.1 microcode is installed. INSTALL: As root, make a backup copy of gt.ucode: mv /usr/lib/gt.ucode /usr/lib/gt.ucode.bak No install the patched gt.ucode: cp sun4c/gt.ucode /usr/lib/gt.ucode