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ALPDRIV13_061 Alpha CPU_ROUTINES, IKB/GQA/DRIVER ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: SYS$IKBDRIVER
SYS$GQADRIVER
SYS$CPU_ROUTINES_0902
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: ALPDRIV13_061
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: ALPDRIV10_061 For V6.1
SYS$IKBDRIVER,
SYS$GQADRIVER,
SYS$CPU_ROUTINES_0902
ALPCPU904_062 For V6.1 Images only
ALPCPU902_062 For V6.1 Images Only
AXPDRIV08_061 (AXPDRIV)
AXPDRIV07_061
AXPDRIV06_061
AXPDRIV02_061
AXPDRIV01_061 (CSCPAT_2054)
AXPDECW01_061 (CSCPAT_2053)
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 667 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
Engineering Note:
If you have not previously installed the ALPDRIV10_061 kit and are
installing the ALPDRIV13_061 on an Alphaserver 2100 system, you
should also install the ALPSCSI04_061 kit. If you have previously
installed the ALPDRIV10_061 kit, you do not need to install the
ALPDRIV13_061 kit (see problem description for further
explanation).
CSC NOTE: It is possible that installation of this ECO kit may
appear to cause a system to fail to boot. The system
may either have an access violation or display the
following error:
%SYSINIT-F-LOADERR,error loading RMS.EXE status=00000044
If this occurs, installation of the ALPBOOT05_061 ECO
kit will be necessary in order for the system to reboot.
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 - V6.1-1H2. This kit addresses
the following problems:
Problems addressed in ALPDRIV13_061:
o All SCSI drivers are being consolidated into a separate Alpha
SCSI kit. Since SYS$PKEDRIVER.EXE and SYS$PKTDRIVER.EXE are
SCSI drivers, they are being removed from the ALPDRIV10_061
kit and re-issued in the ALPSCSI04_061 kit. There are no new
fixes in this kit. If you have previously installed the
ALPDRIV10_061 kit you do not need to install the ALPDRIV13_061
kit.
Remedial kit ALPDRIV10_061 contained fixes for several
problems related to the Alphaserver 2100 system. If you are
installing the ALPDRIV13_061 on an Alphaserver 2100 system you
should also install the ALPSCSI04_061 remedial kit.
o The ALPDRIV10_061 and ALPCPU904_062 remedial kits both contain
the V6.1R, SYS$CPU_ROUTINES_0902.EXE image. This kit eliminates
the duplication.
Problems addressed in ALPDRIV10_061:
o Update the SYS$CPU_ROUTINES_0902.EXE image to keep it current
with the ALPCPU902_062 remedial kit. There are no new problem
fixes in this kit.
Problems addressed in AXPDRIV08_061:
o The system may crash due to parity errors in SYS$CPU_ROUTINES_0902
which cause memory corruption.
Problems addressed in the AXPDRIV06_061 kit:
o The AXPDRIV02_061 and AXPDECW01_061 kits addressed common
problems but there were image conflicts between the two kits.
This kit combines the superseded kits and eliminates the
documentation and image problems.
Problems Addressed in the AXPDRIV02_061 Kit:
o The LK411 rev B01 keyboard is not recognized by the device
driver, and certain keys (function keys, editing keys) fail to
function, or function incorrectly.
NOTE: This problem was incorrectly documented to be fixed by
the AXPDRIV02_061 kit. However, this problem was actually
corrected by the AXPDECW01_061 kit as noted in the
AXPDECW01_061 kit documentation.
As discussed in the previous section, the images from
AXPDRIV02_061 and AXPDECW01_061 were combined into the
AXPDRIV06_061 kit to eliminate this confusion.
o Some DEC 2100 A500MP (Sable) systems have been found halted with
the message, "machine check in PALmode". It is not possible to
obtain a crash dump of this problem.
o The Compaq QVision 1024/EISA card is in critically low supply due
to an ASIC supply problem. This patch kit adds support for the
Compaq Qvision 1280i (isa), 1280e (EISA), and 1280p (PCI) Qvision
modules, which are being used as substitute modules for the
1024/EISA. The 1280 modules are identical in functionality to
the 1024 module.
Sable console must be upgraded to V3.6 prior to installing the
1280i,1280e or 1280p modules.
Problems Addressed in the AXPDECW01_061 Kit:
o LK411 keyboards (REV B01) shipping with 2100 Server systems do
not function correctly. The keyboard is not recognized as an
LK450/411 and, as a result, the keyboard is treated as a PC
keyboard. Eight of the function keys do not work correctly,
two of the main array keys generate incorrect codes, one of
the keypad keys is inoperative, and the editing keys are in
the wrong positions.
Problems Addressed in ALPCPU902_062 for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1,
V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2:
o Intermittent system failures may occur due to the incorrect handling
of a correctable memory error. The failure appears as an INVEXCEPTN
crash.
o A system crash may occur during an attempt to queue a lock request
against an associated resource. The crash occurs due to a corrupt
R0 register.
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in the
OPENVMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate product
database and perform a query using either of the following search strings:
'ALPDRIV13_061' or 'ALPDRIV'.
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 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 VMScluster, 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 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$CPU_ROUTINES_0902.EXE | 63763CD0 | X-1 | 4-DEC-1995 |
| | | 10:42:31.44 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$GQADRIVER.EXE | 889C3928 | DW V6.1-940402 | 1-AUG-1994 |
| | | 13:41:21.62 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$IKBDRIVER.EXE | EF49A4E3 | DW V6.1-940402 | 11-MAY-1994 |
| | | 13:49:52.72 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
