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• HP-UX 11.31 is only supported on specific models. Server models: rp34xx, rp44xx, rp7405, rp7410, rp7420, rp8420, rp6440, rp8440; workstation models: с8000 (ID#100098). Of these models, the current version of Charon-PAR supports rp34xx and rp44xx.
• Ctrl+c in the Charon-PAR console is passed to the emulator's child processes and kills the PuTTY console process (ID#100188). To prevent this behavior, the emulator serial line configuration can be changed as follows:
  
  • Modify the default configuration serial.uart0.device.command="putty -telnet -P 30000 localhost"
    • either to: serial.uart0.device.command="trap '' SIGINT ; putty -telnet -P 30000 localhost", or
    • to: serial.uart0.device.command="setsid putty -telnet -P 30000 localhost"
• PA9-32 continuous output on shutdown: after the guest system has been shut down, the emulator continuously shows  the message PDC CHASSIS:0XDA00 State= OFF until  the emulator is stopped (ID#100190). This does not affect the normal operation of the emulated system. To revert to the previous behavior, a new command can be added to the configuration file:
  system.stop_on_halt = false
  It will disable emulator auto-stop after shutting down HP-UX.
• Low network performance particular in Google cloud environments when a dedicated NIC is configured for the guest OS (ID#100117). This is related to the cloud environment not properly disabling offloading for the NIC as configured on the Linux level. Workaround: use a bridge/NAT configuration where the emulator uses a TAP interface.

• HP-UX 11.11 -- lpmc_em CPU errors (ID#100084). Should this problem occur, the following workaround can be implemented:

  # Stop diagnostics daemon
# /sbin/init.d/diagnostic stop
# Set config to disable diagnostics
# echo "DIAGNOSTICS=0" >> /etc/rc.config
  
  

• HP-UX 11.11, "btlan: Invalid connection type in SROM" reported in dmesg. This message does not affect network operation (ID: 100118).
  

• MPE Virtual tape errors/timeouts when restoring large backup (ID#100130). Workaround:
  Force the store to use sequential (instead of index read. Enter the following command before restoring the backup:
  :setvar hpfastsearch false.
  
• The emulator currently has no serial port flow control protocol on telnet port (ID#100080).
• When installing the aksusbd package version 8.13 in some CentOS 7.x environments it was observed that the aksusbd service did not start automatically after a new installation or an upgrade. The following error was displayed during the installation: Failed to restart aksusbd.service: Access denied. If this happens, uninstall the aksusbd package and reboot the system. After rebooting the system, re-install the package. The cause of this sporadic problem has not yet been identified.
• When using shutdown -r now on HP-UX 11.31, HP-UX does not enter the GSP console. It works correctly with shutdown -h now (ID#100205).
• Repeated MMU assist off messages may be displayed. This message means that the MMU assistance module detected an unsupported guest OS. It is normal to see these messages during a reset and when the guest OS is starting (when the guest OS is not available).
• If running the Charon emulator host in a Nutanix VM, it must be ensured that Nutanix host partitioning be configured in a way that the emulator's domain (node) does not conflict with or share any resources with other nodes. Failing to do so can cause low performance and instability.
• TOC in HP-UX on an emulated rp7400 system when the configuration contains SCSI controllers on the second system bus (ID#100221).
• When configuring the emulator to use TAP interfaces, you cannot configure an already existing TAP interface for emulator use. This will lead to the error message tap_open (): tap10: TUNSETIFF failed: Invalid argument.
• The Charon-PAR installation kit does not contain the 64-bit HASP vendor library (/var/hasplm/haspvlib_x86_64_68704.so). This can lead to the error message Unable to find Vendor Library when trying to install a license. If you encounter the problem, please contact Stromasys support who can provide the library to you.

Version 3.0.6 Build 22001 (Patch Release)

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• Improvements in the NCR/LSI/SYM 53cXXX SCSI controller code (ID#100113).
• The following SCSI commands were implemented in the emulator: A3 = Maintenance-in and 1C = Receive Diagnostics Results (ID#100143).
• Improvements for the TLB cache (ID#100151).
• VE (Virtual Environment) license support (ID#100158, ID#100178, ID#100239).
• AMD support (ID#100213).
• Implemented real-time priority for timer task, memory locking, and counters at disk level (ID#100229). If Charon-PAR is to be run from a non-root user, the executable image requires certain capabilities. These capabilities can be set with the command: sudo setcap 'cap_sys_nice+eip cap_ipc_lock+eip cap_net_admin+eip' /opt/charon/bin/charon-par
  Please note: the real-time priority for the timer task requires CPU accounting to be disabled.
• Serial port default parameters can now be added with the new port_defaults parameter; the new keep_on_reset preserves settings on reset (ID#100237).
• Added license_lost_usr_cmd parameter as an alternative to hasp_lost_usr_cmd to reflect VE license support (ID#100240).

Information about Version 3.0.5

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• The charon-report tool failed (ID#100193).
• The Infineon SmallTalk application could not start, and emulator showed reserved instruction errors (ID#100194).
• MMU assistance was off on certain emulated models due to a problem with memory layout (ID#100197).
• Trap handling problem when using FPU fast-mode (-F) (ID#100199).
• The LSI/SL 53C1xxx controller family is now supported by the emulator (ID#100189).
• The configuration file templates for the emulated rp3440,rp4440, and oversized rp7400 models are now available (ID#100203).
• Extended TLB size for certain rp7400 and N4000 models (ID#100207).
• PA9-32 continuous output on shutdown: after the guest system has been shut down, the emulator continuously showed  the message PDC CHASSIS:0XDA00 State= OFF until  the emulator was stopped (ID#100190). This did not affect the normal operation of the emulated system. By default, these messages are no longer shown. To revert to the previous behavior, a new command that will disable the auto-stop feature can be added to the configuration file:
  system.stop_on_halt = false
• Message reserved instruction c0000000 (0x30, OP_CTL(0, 0x0)) <--> (0x30, 0x0) is no longer shown (ID#100212).
• When creating a fingerprint file, if it does not contain the data required by the Stromasys licensing concept, hasp_srm_view shows an error message and the reason for the problem (e.g., aksusbd not running) (ID#5623).

Information about Version 3.0.4

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