OpenVMS ALPLAN02_062 Alpha V6.1-V6.2 Boot Drivers/LAN ECO Summary
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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996. All rights reserved.
OP/SYS: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: LAN - Local Area Network
Boot Drivers
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: ALPLAN02_062
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: ALPBOOT01_062 (Only Partially,
see NOTE Below)
AXPLAN01_062
AXPLAN03_061
AXPLAN02_061
AXPLAN01_061
ECO Kit Size: Saveset A - 180 Blocks
Saveset B - 1026 Blocks
Saveset C - 576 Blocks
Cover Letter - 20 Blocks
Total of 4 files - 1802 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2,
V6.2
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
NOTE: The ALPBOOT01_062 remedial kit is superseded for the
DECchip 21040 and 21041 (TULIP) Driver problem only.
All other fixes previously contained in the ALPBOOT01_062
ECO have been moved to the ALPBOOT05_061 and ALPBOOT02_062
remedial kits.
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for LANs and Boot Drivers on OpenVMS Alpha
V6.1 through V6.2. This kit addresses the following problems:
Problems addressed in the ALPLAN02_062 kit:
o Separate the ALPBOOT01_062 remedial kit into separate kits for
LAN and BOOTDRIVER fixes.
Problems addressed in the ALPBOOT01_062 kit:
o Digital has determined that a condition exists in some
PCI-Ethernet interfaces in which there is an extremely remote
possibility for data corruption during network transmission.
Digital has received no customer complaints to date, but
rather first encountered the problem during internal product
testing and analysis. This specific condition exists when the
PCI interface is set to a DMA burst length of 0 or 32
longwords. Using a DMA burst length of 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16
longwords will eliminate this condition. To address this
concern, Digital is making available a driver patch and
considers its installation mandatory for all affected systems
and options to optimize data integrity. No hardware
modification or replacement is necessary.
This condition only exists under the Digital UNIX operating
system V3.2C and OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 (and variants, i.e.
V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2) and V6.2. Higher-level protocols and
layered applications may, in fact, detect the corruption and
retry the data transmission with some negligible affect on
data throughput. Windows NT has a default setting of 16
longwords for the DMA burst length. This does not pose a risk
unless a customer were to change this setting.
The system and option products from Digital that are impacted
by this condition include:
DE434 PCI-Ethernet option AlphaServer 400 system
DE435 PCI-Ethernet option AlphaServer 1000 system
DE450 PCI-Ethernet option AlphaServer 2000 system
AlphaStation 200 system AlphaServer 2100 system
AlphaStation 250 system AlphaServer 8200 system
AlphaStation 400 system AlphaServer 8400 system
AlphaStation 600 system
For OpenVMS Alpha users, this condition exists in V6.1 (and
variants) and V6.2. Digital plans on providing the corrected
driver in all OpenVMS Alpha factory installed software as of
early December and in the V6.2-1H1 hardware release and the
V7.0 release scheduled for distribution in January 1996, as
well. Because the OpenVMS operating system drivers have this
parameter hard coded, it is not possible to change it without
loading a new driver.
Problems addressed in the AXPLAN01_062 kit:
NOTE: According to OpenVMS Engineering, the fixes described in
this SECTION discussing ALPLAN (or AXPLAN) kits have been
included in OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.
o This kit provides support for DE203, DE204, and DE205 Digital
Ethernet ISA Bus Adapters.
NOTE: This following information replaces Section 4.11.2.2 in the
OpenVMS Version 6.2 Release Notes.
To enable support for DE203, DE204, and DE205 Digital
Ethernet ISA Bus Adapters, a device must be configured.
Then the system must be shut down and rebooted.
Currently OpenVMS Alpha does not support multiple adapters.
The DE203, DE204, and DE205 ISA LAN devices must be
configured with a port address (iobase0) of 300 (hex), the
base of adapter memory (membase0) should be d0000 (hex),
and a memory length (memlen0) of 10000 (hex). These ISA LAN
devices can be configured in one of the following ways:
o Using the console isacfg command
o Using the data file, SYS$MANAGER:ISA_CONFIG.DAT
The following examples are specific to DE203, DE204, and
DE205 devices. For more information about configuring ISA
devices, refer to the OpenVMS Version 6.2 Release Notes.
To configure an ISA LAN device using the isacfg command at
the console prompt do the following:
>>> isacfg -slot 1 -etype 1 -enadev 1 -irq0 5 -iobase0 300
-membase0 %Xd0000 -memlen0 %x10000 -handle "DE205" -mk
The command ("-mk") makes an isacfg entry for the ISA device
at slot 1. It is a singleport type of device (-typ 1). The
"-handle" parameter tells the operating system what type of
device it is and must be set to "DE205". The iobase should
be set to 300(hex), the base of adapter memory should be set
to D0000(hex), and the length of adapter memory should be
set to 10000 (hex).
To configure an ISA LAN device using the
SYS$MANAGER:ISA_CONFIG.DAT file, you must enter the
following information:
[ERA0]
NAME=ER ; Device name
DRIVER=SYS$ERDRIVER ; Driver name
NODE=1 ; Slot #1
IRQ=5 ; IRQ 5
PORT=(300:f) ; 15 bytes starting at 300 (hex)
MEM=(D0000:10000) ; 64 bytes starting at D0000 (hex)
Problems Addressed in the AXPLAN03_061 kit for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1,
V6.1-1H1 and V6.1-1H2:
o The images supplied with the AXPLAN02_061 kit were not
installable on OpenVMS AXP V6.1-1H2. This kit provides
corrected images that will install on V6.1, V6.1-1H1, and
V6.1-1H2.
Problems addressed in the AXPLAN02_061 kit for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1,
V6.1-1H1 and V6.1-1H2:
o The DEFTA for TurboChannel systems has a data corruption
problem. This fix provides a driver software fix for that
problem. Also, DEFPA support is added.
NOTE: This is not a problem in OpenVMS Alpha V6.1-1H2.
o The SMC Tulip adapter requires software selection of thin
wire/thick wire. This fix adds this software selection to the
runtime driver and the boot driver.
Problems addressed in the AXPLAN01_061 kit for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1,
V6.1-1H1 and V6.1-1H2:
o If multiple PCI LAN adapters are present in a system, they are
typically multiple Tulip PCI Ethernet adapters. The adapters
may not be configured properly resulting in the adapters being
marked offline.
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.
This patch can be found at any of these sites:
Colorado Site
Georgia Site
Files on this server are as follows:
alplan02_062.README
alplan02_062.CHKSUM
alplan02_062.CVRLET_TXT
alplan02_062.a-dcx_axpexe
alplan02_062.b-dcx_axpexe
alplan02_062.c-dcx_axpexe
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