TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              PTF607 - IPX support for Arcnet
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300038
DOCUMENT REVISION:  B
DATE:               25JAN95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         PTF607

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 1.1

ABSTRACT:

The ptf607 file contains PTF607 which provides Unixware 1.1 and later 
with support for Arcnet with IPX.  A new /usr/sbin/npsd executable is 
provided, along with a necessary ipx driver.  This update if for UnixWare 1.1

SYMPTOM

Prior to this update UnixWare did not support Archnet with IPX

SOLUTION

Apply the ptf607 file.

Installation Instructions:

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the ptf607.Z and ptf607.txt files to the /tmp directory  
    on your machine.

2.  Read the release notes contained in this file.

3.  Now become root, uncompress the file and add the package to your 
    system using the following commands:

     $ su
     # uncompress /tmp/ptf607.Z
     # pkgadd -d /tmp/ptf607 ptf607

Solution Specifics

General Description.

These release notes acquaint you with the information for UnixWare 
PTF607 - "Arcnet Support".  This update, consisting of a single 3.5 
inch floppy diskette, enables Unixware 1.1 users to run IPX over Arcnet.

To provide Arcnet support, PTF607 updates two files.  The first is an IPX
driver,

     /etc/conf/pack.d/ipxl/Driver.o

The second is the executable,

     /usr/sbin/npsd

The section below, entitled "Software Notes and Recommendations", provides
details on initializing npsd for use with Arcnet.  The example given will
target users of the Datapoint product.

New Features.

PTF607 provides Unixware 1.1 and later with support for Arcnet with IPX.  A
new /usr/sbin/npsd executable is provided, along with a necessary ipx driver.

Software Notes and Recommendations.

To use ipx/spx with arcnet, the /usr/sbin/npsd binary must be started as
follows:

     npsd -f novell_rx-net

The npsd startup command requires the -f novell_rx-net argument, whereas the
user connecting to the ethernet or token ring frames starts npsd without an
argument.  This initialization can be done automatically at boot time by
modifying the file /etc/rc2.d/S27nuc.  Change line 109 from:

          /usr/sbin/npsd -v >> $LOG 2>&1
     To:
          /usr/sbin/npsd -f novell_rx-net -v >> $LOG 2>&1

If you are using the Datapoint Arcnet software, you must install 2 drivers,
both of which are provided by Datapoint:

1) The Datapoint Arcnet rim driver, for the arcnet rim card.  

2) arcpkt, for the defragmentation of the arcnet packets.  After the Datapoint
drivers get installed, their initialization routines are placed in the file
/etc/rc2.d/S65ans.  These need to be run before the NUC initialization
routines, found in S27nuc.  This can be accomplished by renaming the S27nuc
file:

     mv /etc/rc2.d/S27nuc /etc/rc2.d/S66nuc

As part of the PTF installation, the Unix operating system will be rebuilt,
allowing the ipxl driver to become part of the Unix kernel.  This and any
driver that gets installed does not become a part of the operating system
until the Unix kernel is rebuilt.

Once the kernel is rebuilt (using the /etc/conf/bin/idbuild command) the
machine must be rebooted for driver changes to take effect.

This update is for Unixware version 1.1 and later.

NOTE: This patch modifies same files as ptf102 and update 1.1.1

Hardware Notes and Recommendations.

The PTF is targeted for the i386 and i486 CPU's.

Installation Instructions.

The PTF consists of 1 3.5 inch floppy.  Insert the floppy into the drive and,
while logged in as root, type

     pkgadd -d diskette1

and proceed with the instructions.

Troubleshooting.

PTF607 is successful if you succeed in communicating over arcnet connections
with IPX.