TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              PTF643 - Support for Concurrent Pass-thru of SCSI Commands
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300117
DOCUMENT REVISION:  B
DATE:               25JAN95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         PTF643

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 1.1

ABSTRACT:

The ptf643 file contains PTF643 - "Support for Concurrent Pass-Thru 
of SCSI Commands".  PTF643 provides support for concurrent pass-thru 
of SCSI commands to more than one pass-thru device. This PTF contains 
a modification to the following HBA devices: adsc.  This ptf requires 
UnixWare v1.1 or later.


SYMPTOM

Patch needed to allow concurrent pass-thru of SCSI Commands.

SOLUTION

Apply the ptf643 file.

Installation Instructions:

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the ptf643.Z and ptf643.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/ptf643.Z   
     # pkgadd -d /tmp/ptf643 ptf643

Solution Specifics

Release Notes: PTF643
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General Description.
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These release notes acquaint you with information concerning UnixWare 
PTF643 - "Support for Concurrent Pass-Thru of SCSI Commands".  This 
update consists of one 3.5 inch floppy.

New Features.
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PTF643 provides support for concurrent pass-thru of SCSI commands to 
more than one pass-thru device.

Software Notes and Recommendations.
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This update is for Unixware version 1.1 and later.

Hardware Notes and Recommendations.
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None.

Installation Instructions.
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The PTF consists of one 3.5 inch floppy.  It is installed in "pkgadd" format. 
The following command line should be used:

     pkgadd -d diskette1

Troubleshooting.
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PTF643 is successful if you succeed in loading and processing the floppy.