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ALPINIT01_070 Alpha V6.1 - V7.0 INIT$SHR ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1995, 1996. All rights reserved.
OP/SYS: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: INIT - INIT$SHR.EXE
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: ALPINIT01_070
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: AXPINIT01_061 (AXPINIT)
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 762 Blocks
Saveset A - 162 Blocks
Saveset B - 198 Blocks
Saveset C - 198 Blocks
Saveset D - 198 Blocks
Cover Letter - 6 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2
V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3
V7.0
System Reboot Necessary: No
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for INIT$SHR on OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 through V7.0.
This kit addresses the following problems:
Problems addressed in ALPINIT01_070:
o A part of the global variable space in the INIT$SHR.EXE image
is not initialized to zero each time the $INIT_VOL System
Service is called from a program. This causes the INIT$SHR.EXE
image to remain active. Therefore, the first call in a series
will be correct, but all subsequent calls will pick up values
from the first call which can result in disk corruption.
Problems addressed in AXPINIT01_061:
o An INIT of a brand new tape can go into an infinite loop.
This also causes the IO count to steadily increase on some
tape drives.
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: 'ALPINIT01_070' or 'ALPINIT'.
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:
The system does not need to be rebooted after this kit is installed.
However, if you have other nodes in your VMScluster, they should be
rebooted or you should install this kit on each system
in order to make use of the new image(s).
==========================================================================
| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| INIT$SHR.EXE | DAA23437 | ALPHA X5SC-E5N | 10-JUL-1996 |
| | | 12:56:40.07 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
==========================================================================
| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| INIT$SHR.EXE | CDA84E96 | ALPHA X61Q-Z2A | 13-JUN-1996 |
| | | 20:31:44.16 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
==========================================================================
| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| INIT$SHR.EXE | 21B86AAE | X-3 | 1-JUL-1996 |
| | | 17:43:08.55 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
