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

Modification Date:  12-NOV-2001
Modification Type:  Note added regarding this kit is no longer
                    available through SSB.

OP/SYS: OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENT: PKIDRIVER - PKIDRIVER.EXE

SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

CSCPAT Kit: CSCPAT_1038 V1.1 (CSCPAT_1038011)
CSCPAT Kit Size: 90 Blocks
Engineering Cross Reference: DRIVER$02_U1055
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS VAX V5.5, V5.5-1
System Reboot Necessary: Yes

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ECO KIT SUMMARY:

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

o With RZ58 and other newer/faster SCSI (Small Computer System
Interface) devices that attempt to initiate Synchronous
Negotiation (SDTR), VMS can hang during system boot and Mount
Verification can loop endlessly experiencing parity errors,
phase interrupt timeouts, bus resets, and possible data
corruption.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2.

o The system crashes with an INVEXCEPTN bugcheck at boot
time when slower SCSI devices (e.g., RZ24) are run using
the PKIDRIVER.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2.

o When the PKIDRIVER tape exerciser program writes a record
with an odd number of bytes to tape the last byte
transferred contains incorrect data. This problem does not
occur if a record with an even number of bytes is written.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2.


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_1038'.


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.
  
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  | Table of Kit Image Information |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
  | Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | PKIDRIVER.EXE |%X817C7524| X-9C2 | 30-JUL-1992 |
  | | | 15:57:10.21 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+