TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              TF2017 - Xenix App runs on 1.1 not on 2.0
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300215
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               23MAY95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         tf2017    

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 2.0

ABSTRACT:

Customer has a Xenix application that runs on UW1.1 but hangs on UW2.0.


SYMPTOM

Xenix App runs on 1.1 not on 2.0

SOLUTION

Apply the tf2017 file.


Installation Instructions:  

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the tf2017.Z and tf2017.txt to the /tmp directory 
    on your machine.

2.  Read the release notes contained in this file and follow the
    instuctions to add the packages to your system.

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

        $ su
        # uncompress /tmp/tf2017.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/tf2017

Solution Specifics

Title
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PTF2017 - Patch for a Xenix application that runs on UW1.1 but not on UW2.0.

UnixWare Product And Version
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UnixWare 2.0.1

General Description.
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These release notes acquaint you with the information for UnixWare
PTF2017 - "Patch for a Xenix application that runs on UW1.1 but not 
on UW2.0".  This update consists of a single 3.5 inch floppy diskette.

PTF2017 updates the svc and xnamfs drivers to support Xenix applications 
in UW 2.01.  The new driver files will prevent the system hang noticed in 
some Xenix applications running under UW2.01.

New Features.
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Software Notes and Recommendations.
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PTF2017 is for Unixware version 2.01.

PTF2017 will update the following files:
     /etc/conf/pack.d/svc/Driver_atup.o
     /etc/conf/pack.d/svc/Driver_mp.o
     /etc/conf/pack.d/xnamfs/Driver_atup.o
     /etc/conf/pack.d/xnamfs/Driver_mp.o
     /etc/conf/pack.d/xnamfs/Modstub.o
and  /etc/conf/pack.d/xnamfs/stubs.c

After updating the files, the PTF will rebuild the kernel.  The new driver 
will be installed after the system is rebooted.

Hardware Notes and Recommendations.
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The PTF is targeted for the i386, i486 and Pentium CPU's.