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From: ksp@swrinde.swri.edu (Keith S. Pickens)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: WARNING: SunOS 4.0 + TrailBlazer problem
Keywords: SunOS TrailBlazer
Message-ID: <1538@swrinde.swri.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 88 01:24:55 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
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There is a bug in the SunOS 4.0 tty driver which results
in lost characters during high speed input.  A TrailBlazer
based uucp link will fail when receiving data.  This
problem was observed on a Sun-3/180 running SunOS 4.0.
Sun has observed this bug internally and it is assigned
reference number 1010898.

My understanding is that the fix for this problem is known.
However, Sun is not currently making it available  [ :-( ]
and has instead scheduled it for inclusion in release
4.0.1.

If you are considering upgrading to 4.0 be aware of this
problem.  You may want to wait until the fix is available.
If on the other hand you have already taken the plunge
and your uucp connections are failing, a call to Sun would
be in order.


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The above represents my understanding of the situation.

Keith S. Pickens  ut-sally!swrinde!ksp
Southwest Research Institute
San Antonio, Texas
(512) 522-3149