Linux® Application Tuning Guide

Document Number: 007-4639-010

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Record of Revision

Revision 001October 2003 
Original publication.

Revision 002May 2004 
Updated to support the SGI ProPack 3 for Linux release.

Revision 003August 2004 
Updated to support the SGI ProPack 3 for Linux Service Pack 1 release.

Revision 004January 2005 
Updated to support the SGI ProPack 3 for Linux Service Pack 3 release.

Revision 005August 2005 
Updated to support the SGI ProPack 4 for Linux Service Pack 2 release.

Revision 006April 2007 
Updated to support the SGI ProPack 5 for Linux Service Pack 1 release.

Revision 007June 2007 
Updated to support the SGI ProPack 5 for Linux Service Pack 2 release.

Revision 008October 2007 
Updated to support the SGI ProPack 5 for Linux Service Pack 3 release.

Revision 009July 2008 
Updated to support the SGI ProPack 6 for Linux release.

Revision 010January 2009 
Updated to support the SGI ProPack 6 for Linux Service Pack 2 release.