mjb@acd4.UUCP ( Mike Bryan ) (10/27/89)
Earlier in the week I posted info about a problem with processes accessing shared memory becoming blocked at a priority of -24. It seems DEC has a patch tape available for this problem (and a few others), but it does not work on the 5400. You cannot build a kernel, due to several compile time errors with multiply defined symbols and such. According to software support, it only works for DECstations, not DECsystems. (Gee, lets hear it for consistency!) The support folk were going to talk to the engineering folk, and see what could be done about getting a patch tape which works on the 5400. That's about all I know at this time. If you see problems similar to the ones I'm having, please ask DEC for the patch tape. (If they get enough requests, they might even get one out for the 5400 soon. :-) -- Mike Bryan, Applied Computing Devices, 100 N Campus Dr, Terre Haute IN 47802 Phone: 812/232-6051 FAX: 812/231-5280 Home: 812/232-0815 UUCP: uunet!acd4!mjb INTERNET: mjb%acd4@uunet.uu.net "Agony is born of desire; that's what you get for wanting." --- Moev