Charon-AXP V4.9 Build 194-08 for Linux 64 bit - Patch Notes

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Description

This is the Patch Release Notes for Charon-AXP version 4.9 build 194-08 for Linux, a cumulative patch for Charon-AXP version 4.9 build 194-02 for Linux


Information

  • As this is a cumulative patch, this means that it also includes all the fixes provided by previous patch versions.
  • On first installation, you can install this patch directly, no need to install the vanilla product build 194-02 and then the patch.

Charon configuration changes required

None

Problems fixed

Problems fixed by patch 194-08

  • Tru64 UNIX boot sequence aborting with a "panic (cpu 0): System does not have a console configured" message1 (ID#5512, Case #00031586)
  • Tru64 UNIX V5.1b systems stuck during boot sequence with patch 194-052, 194-06 or 194-07 installed (ID#5560)

1: If you face this problem, please read this article: Charon-AXP/Tru64 - "System does not have a console configured" error message when booting

2: This patch was distributed for special cases only.

Problems fixed by patch 194-07

  • Some issues with "ncu" utility service (ID #5404)
  • "license_key_lookup_retry" functionality has been broken (so no retry was performed) (ID#5538)
  • BUGCHECK (and emulator crash) happens while performing BACKUP from bypass-enabled disk to vtape under OpenVMS Alpha (ID#5521)
  • Scan/rescan on PGB with Passthrough fails (ID#5527)



Problems fixed by patch 194-04

  • Usage of Linux bonding adapter with Charon (ID #4750)
  • "Failed to query for max frame size" messages (ID #4899)
  • Team0 interface disappearing after being dedicated to Charon with NCU (ID #5434)
  • DE500BA Link down in OpenVMS (ewa0) and Tru64 (tu0) (ID #5482)
  • Core dump in certain specific configurations (ID #5483)
  • AlphaServer GS320 crashes at start (ID #5495)

Installation

  1. Stop all running Charon-AXP instances
  2. Make sure that no template files (i.e. "es40.cfg.template") have been used for your specific configuration. Otherwise copy those files to some place to save.
  3. Login as "root" user.
  4. Proceed with update of the installed kit according to this instruction: CHARON-AXP for Linux installation

Deinstallation

Deinstallation can be applied only to Charon product, not to the patch.


For details of complete deinstallation see chapter "CHARON-AXP for Linux deinstallation"

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