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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1994. All rights reserved.

Modification Date:  19-NOV-2001
Modification Type:  Note added regarding this kit is no longer
                    available through SSB.

OP/SYS: OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENTS: Bugcheck
Terminal Driver
FTDRIVER

SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

CSCPAT Kit: CSCPAT_0208 V1.5 (CSCPAT_0208015)
CSCPAT Kit Size: 90 Blocks
Engineering Cross Reference: FTDRVR$04_U3054
FTDRV$01_055
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS VAX V5.4, V5.4-1, V5.4-2, V5.4-3,
V5.5, V5.5-1
System Reboot Necessary: Yes

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ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO (patch) kit exists for FTDRIVER on OpenVMS VAX V5.4 through
V5.5-1. This kit addresses the following problems:

o Invalid exception in FTDRIVER, caused by a READ EVENT
NOTIFICATION. Bugcheck occurs at FTDRIVER+595.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.4-1.

o FTDRIVER crashes Invalid Exception, reason UCB$L_SVAPTE = 0.
The UCB$L_SVAPTE address in the FAT device UCB has been
cleared.

o FTDRIVER causes JOB BYTLM to run out. This occurs when a
subprocess used to create a Pseudo Terminal is deleted
before the Pseudo Terminal is deleted. If this is done
repeatedly, the JOB will run out of BYTLM.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-1.

o FTdriver causes DOUBLDEALO bugcheck if a packet comes from
variable pool when creating a FTAxx UCB. The crash occurs
when deleting the UCB if the creating process does not
exist anymore.

NOTE: The problem does not occur if the packet is from the
lookaside list.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-1.


RELATED ARTICLES:

Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the VMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate product
database and perform a query using the search string 'CSCPAT_0208'.


ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:

If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:

[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO (Patch) Kits Using Service Tools


INSTALLATION NOTES:

In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted. If the system is a member of a VAXcluster, the
entire cluster should be rebooted.
  
  ==========================================================================
  | Table of Kit Image Information |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
  | Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | FTDRIVER.EXE |%X3EB7D855| X-5 | 14-NOV-1991 |
  | | | 10:19:14.05 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | FTDRIVER.EXE |%XC857D756| X-5 | 7-DEC-1991 |
  | | | 10:58:57.20 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+