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ALPLAN01_070 Alpha V7.0 LAN/Network/Boot Drivers ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: OpenVMS Alpha V7.0
COMPONENT: LAN/Network/Boot Drivers
NET$CSMACD.EXE
NET$FDDI.EXE
SYS$ECDRIVER.EXE
SYS$ERDRIVER.EXE
SYS$ESDRIVER.EXE
SYS$EWDRIVER.EXE
SYS$EXDRIVER.EXE
SYS$EZDRIVER.EXE
SYS$FADRIVER.EXE
SYS$FCDRIVER.EXE
SYS$FRDRIVER.EXE
SYS$FWDRIVER.EXE
SYS$FXDRIVER.EXE
SYS$HCDRIVER.EXE
SYS$ICDRIVER.EXE
SYS$IRDRIVER.EXE
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: ALPLAN01_070
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: None
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 3960 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V7.0
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
Installation Rating: 3 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed versions of OpenVMS which
are experiencing the problems described.
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for several drivers on OpenVMS Alpha V7.0. This
kit addresses the following problems:
o If an Alpha 8200/8400 is booted over the DEFPA, the boot
process hangs immediately after the transition to the
runtime DEFPA driver at the point of checking the status
of the system disk.
%EXECINIT-I-ACTIVESET, joining ACTIVE set
%EXECINIT-S-CIAO, transferring to the scheduler
%SWAPPER-I-SHUFFLE, executing SWAPPER initialization code
%SWAPPER-I-SYSDISK, checking status of system disk
%SMP-I-SECMSG, CPU #05 message: P05>>>START
%SMP-I-CPUBOOTED, CPU #05 has joined the PRIMARY CPU in
multiprocesor operation
%SMP-I-CPUBOOTED, CPU #06 has joined the PRIMARY CPU in
multiprocessor operation
%SMP-I-CPUBOOTED, CPU #07 has joined the PRIMARY CPU in
multiprocessor operation
o On systems with an EWDRIVER, if the cable is removed or the
HUB repeater looses power, the system must be rebooted to
reactivate the twisted pair connection.
o An INVEXCEPTN Bugcheck may occur with DE205 @ PC 000B0004 0000.
The crash is in ERDRIVER, LAN$COMPLETE_VCRP_NOPC using PHASE
IV ADDRESS TRUE in NCL routing script.
o Handling more than 6 multicast addresses per user may cause
cause pool corruption or an access violation and crash.
o When using the HLL system code debugger, multiple connections
from the same node do not work
o A BUGCHECK NETDLLERR crash may occur in SYS$FADRIVER+0031F8.
The 'SHOW LAN/DEV=FA' command displays the "Last error CSR"
field equal to 606. The system must also have more than 2
gigabytes of memory for this problem to appear.
o A system crash may occur during startup or shutdown at
NET$FDDI+50DD when an attempt is made to access an FDDI
network management data structure that does not exist.
It is possible for a DECnet-OSI user to create an FDDI
station with CSMACD Network Management data structures.
o When LAN protocols are stopped, some will not be removed
from the multicast table.
o Allocating a local data structure and overwriting existing
pointers causes 106 bytes of memory to be "lost" when the
last user of the port is deleted.
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OpenVMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'ALPLAN01_070' or 'ALPLAN'.
ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:
If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:
[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools
INSTALLATION NOTES:
In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted. If the system is a member of a VMScluster, the
entire cluster should be rebooted.
==========================================================================
| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| CSMACD.EXE | D4DBABF8 | X-8 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:55.22 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| FDDI.EXE | 73C6E60C | X-8 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:56.72 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$ECDRIVER.EXE | C04E3677 | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:06.95 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$ERDRIVER.EXE | 618F4896 | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:10.69 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$ESDRIVER.EXE | B1F0D607 | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:17.55 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$EWDRIVER.EXE | 2AEF90C0 | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:14.26 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$EXDRIVER.EXE | 32D08AB3 | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:20.89 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$EZDRIVER.EXE | 070C3824 | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:24.23 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$FADRIVER.EXE | 2A2C4B9A | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:27.57 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$FCDRIVER.EXE | 41F56271 | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:30.96 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$FRDRIVER.EXE | 4CDD0B98 | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:34.39 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$FWDRIVER.EXE | EBA5D5D1 | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:37.75 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$FXDRIVER.EXE | A6F2FA30 | X-3 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:41.20 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$HCDRIVER.EXE | 441FF2E8 | X-4 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:52.25 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$ICDRIVER.EXE | 0BF67D25 | X-16 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:48.37 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$IRDRIVER.EXE | 15235D91 | X-16 | 29-AUG-1996 |
| | | 12:51:44.72 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
