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From: sullivan@marge.math.binghamton.edu (fred sullivan)
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Subject: Re: Need help on MicroVAX-II ethernet crash problems
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Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 08:30:47 EDT
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Keywords: Ultrix, MicroVAX, ethernet, DEQNA

>We had this problem too, with machines panicing with (I think) segmentation
>violation in qeput().  DEC has a patch for Ultrix 1.2, which you were
>supposed to get if you got the DEQNA FCO to rev. E (if you didn't get the
>patch - you're not alone.  We didn't get it with the FCO either, even though
>Software Support told me we were supposed to).  The patch fixes the crash
>problem, and also fixes the "qerestart" problem (only if you have a rev. E
>or later DEQNA).  The distribution channel for the patch is (or was, when I
>got it) your field service office.
>
Is this fixed in Ultrix 2.0, which I am about to install, or should I ask
for the patch?


Fred Sullivan
Department of Mathematical Sciences
State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, New York  13903
Email: sullivan@marge.math.binghamton.edu