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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996.  All rights reserved.

PRODUCT:    OpenVMS Alpha

COMPONENT:  FTDRIVER

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPPTD01_070
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  None
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  347 Blocks
                    Saveset A -  54 Blocks
                    Saveset B -  54 Blocks
                    Saveset C -  54 Blocks
                    Saveset D -  54 Blocks
                 Cover Letter -   5 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/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for FTDRIVER.EXE on OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 through
V7.0.  This kit addresses the following problems:

  o  When the owner of an FTA device logs out and the UCB is
     deallocated, the system may crash.


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: 'ALPPTD01_070' or 'ALPPTD'.


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.
  
  ==========================================================================
  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | Image Information for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2:          |
  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  | SYS$FTDRIVER.EXE           | F174B9C5 | X-3             | 13-AUG-1996  |
  |                                       |                 | 12:18:29.74  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | Image Information for OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3:|
  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  | SYS$FTDRIVER.EXE           | FC020D2D | X-3             | 13-AUG-1996  |
  |                                       |                 | 01:12:53.29  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | Image Information for OpenVMS Alpha V7.0:                              |
  +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  | SYS$FTDRIVER.EXE           | 76ADC23F | X-3             | 15-AUG-1996  |
  |                                       |                 | 00:48:17.76  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+