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HP Services Software Patches - alpdriv12_061
 
NOTE:  An OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file is stored
       on the Internet in a self-expanding compressed file.
       The name of the compressed file will be kit_name-dcx_vaxexe
       for OpenVMS VAX or kit_name-dcx_axpexe for OpenVMS Alpha.
 
       Once the file is copied to your system, it can be expanded
       by typing RUN compressed_file.  The resultant file will
       be the OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file which
       can be used to install the ECO.
 
*OpenVMS] ALPDRIV12_061 Alpha V6.1 LRDRIVER ECO Summary

Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1995, 1996.  All rights reserved.

OP/SYS:     OpenVMS Alpha

COMPONENT:  LRDRIVER 

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPDRIV12_061
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPDRIV11_061
                                           ALPDRIV09_061
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  216 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for LRDRIVER on OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 through V6.1-1H2.
This kit addresses the following problems: 

Problems addressed in ALPDRIV12_061:

  o  The ALPDRIV11_061 remedial kit did not check to see if the system
     the kit was being installed on was an SMP (multi-processor) system.  
     If the system is an SMP system and the AXPSYS07_061 remedial kit 
     is not installed, installing the ALPDRIV11_061 kit will lead to 
     system instability.  The ALPDRIV12_061 kit installation procedure 
     will check to see if the system the kit is being installed on is 
     an SMP (multi-processor) system.  If so, the kit will check to see 
     if the AXPSYS07_061 remedial kit has been installed.  If not,
     ALPDRIV12_061 will not install.   This is a problem for SMP
     systems only.


Problems addressed in ALPDRIV11_061:

  o  All known problems with TAB expansions.                                  
                                                                              
  o  Random non-useful completion status is sometimes returned.               
     The correct, meaningful error status is now returned.                    
                                                                              
  o  The system might crash with a double deallocate when a                   
     device is spooled.                                                       
                                                                              
  o  Random garbage characters may be printed when the printer                
     is set to 'DEVICE/PRINTALL.'                                             
                                                                              
  o  Problems may exist with DEClaser 1152 and third-party                    
     CalComp[TM] & Tektronics[R] plotters and LP27s.                          

     These problems are fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.


Problems addressed in ALPDRIV09_061:

  o  If the following commands are executed:

          $DEFINE/FORM/NOWRAP/NOTRUNC FORMNAME FORMNUMBER
          $SET DEVICE /SPOOLED LRA0:
          $INIT/QUEUE/START/ON=NODE::LRA0/DEF=(NOFEED,NOFLAG,-
          $_NOBURST,NOTRAILER,FORM=FORMNAME) queuename

          $SET PRINTER/CR/NOFALLBACK/FF/LOWER/PAGE=66/PASSALL-
          $_/PRINTALL/TAB/NOTRUNC/UNKNOWN/WIDTH=132/NOWRAP LRA0:

          $PRINT/QUEUE=queuename/FORM=formname/PASSALL filename

          After 2 minutes the queue goes into stalled status.

          If the customer then tries:

          STOP/QUEUE queuename

          SET DEVICE/NOSPOOLED LRA0:

  The system will crash with a double deallocation memory error
  due to incorrect register usage.


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 must be rebooted. 


REFERENCES:                                                                   
                                                                              
[TM] CalComp is a trademark of Lockheed Corporation.                          
[R] TEKTRONIX is a registered trademark of Tektronix, Inc.
Files on this server are as follows:
»alpdriv12_061.README
»alpdriv12_061.CHKSUM
»alpdriv12_061.CVRLET_TXT
»alpdriv12_061.a-dcx_axpexe
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