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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1995, 1998. All rights reserved.

Modification Date:  29-APR-1998
Modification Type:  Updated Kit:  Supersedes ALPSYS14_061

OP/SYS:     DIGITAL OpenVMS Alpha

COMPONENT:  SYSTEM - SYSDEVICE.EXE

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPSYS24_061
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPSYS14_061
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  252 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes
     Rolling Reboot Supported:  Yes
     Installation Rating:  3 - To be installed on all systems running
                               the listed versions of OpenVMS which
                               are experiencing the problems described.

     Kit Dependencies:

       The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
       installation of this kit:

         None

       In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
       kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:

         None




ECO KIT SUMMARY:

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

Problems addressed in the ALPSYS24_061 kit:

  o  A SRVEXCEPT crash occurred early in the boot process when a
     new 'fixed' image was used.  The Signal Array had an ACCVIO
     with the message code in the offending PC = EXE$WRTMAILBOX+00C1C
     and in the operand = EXE$DELMBX+006E4.


Problems addressed in the ALPSYS14_061 kit:

NOTE:  According to OpenVMS Engineering, the fixes discussed
       below have been included in OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.

  o  System crashes with PGFIPLHI at SYSDEVICE_NPRO+02C8C at IPL 11.
     The VA is pointing to a CCB (Channel Control Block) and the PC
     is located within the MBDRIVER module.


RELATED ARTICLES:

Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS database(s).  To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'ALPSYS24_061' or 'ALPSYS'.


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 images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted.  If there are other nodes in the VMScluster, they must
also be rebooted in order to make use of the new image(s).

If it is not possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at
this time, a rolling re-boot may be performed.
  
  ==========================================================================
  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYSDEVICE.EXE              | 27F43383 | X-3             | 26-MAR-1998  |
  |                                       |                 | 12:02:24.78  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+