Conference 7.286::fddi

You'd have have to ask Megan [RUSURE::] Gentry.  [Though my V4.3A machine is
quite the DEFTA driver it's running]

    The DEFTA ULTRIX Driver is in field test.  We are about three months
    late getting this on the street - bad EFT site selection/little or no
    run time; However, it does work.  I expect to ship it some time between
    now and END-JAN-94.  If you have a "situation" where the customer is
    willing to be a field test site, please contact me directly:
    
    		DELNI::G_NIELSEN

	Support for DEFTA in Ultrix V4.3A will be via a setldable
	kit which will add the modules required.  Versions earlier
	than V4.3A will NOT be supported.

	It has been tested on both R3000 and R4000 systems.

	It is also part of the V4.4 project, so it will be part of
	the base system at that time.

	See .-1 for contact person if you have a situation...

					Megan Gentry

	Oh yes, the kit will NOT be available over the net until
	it is a real, shipping product.

					Megan

Where is the ULTRIX 4.3a setld kit? We don't want to upgrade to 
ULTRIX 4.4.

PJDM

Please, someone must know where this kit is. I've got two customers 
waiting for it, and there's been no response here or from the product  
manager. What's a poor consultant supposed to do?

PJDM

	I am the person who generated the tape and passed a copy on
	to George Nielsen, who I believe is the product manager for
	the DEFTAs.  To get a copy of the tape, contact him.  I think
	he's on DELNI::G_NIELSEN

					Megan Gentry

No response there, either. Doesn't *anybody* have a clue where it can 
be found? I'm getting depressed.

PJDM

    Dennis (SCHOOL::) Majikas is now the Product Manager for DEFTA.
    George Nielsen continues with DEFEA, DEFPA, and DEFPZ adapters.
    
    
    Dick Kirk

Dennis Majikas was the first person I sent mail to. No reply. Any 
other ideas?

PJDM

    The C/C manager for High Performance Networks is George Hoff
    (SCHOOL::HOFF).  If it's really urgent, you may want to escalate it to
    him.
    
    /l

Or contact Larry Walker.  You should be able to get prompt answers to
questions like this, or else there is a problem that needs to be fixed.

	paul

    Whoa.....
    
    I sent mail to PJDM just this morning.  There has been lots going on
    in the background on finding this kit.
    
    I've located a tape with the driver kit for Ultrix 4.3.  This looks 
    like the only known copy.  I'll load this baby up and add a pointer to 
    this note.
    
    One more note - might be a good idea to get the customer up to 4.4!
                                                                    
    Bill
    
     

Thanks for the response. I haven't received your mail message yet.

Waiting eagerly...

PJDM

    The DEC FDDI Device Driver Kit for ULTRIX V4.3A is located at -
    
    	NPSS::DSA8:[INTERCHANGE]ULTRIX-43A-DEFTA.TAR;1
        NPSS::DSA8:[INTERCHANGE]ULTRIX-43A-DEFTA.release_notes_ps
    
    The tar file contains a setld kit and needs to be unpacked.
    

	Bill Wade
	Network Product Support
        

Thank you, but...

$ COPY NPSS::DSA8:[INTERCHANGE]ULTRIX-43A-DEFTA.RELEASE_NOTES_PS []
%RMS-E-PRV, insufficient privilege or file protection violation

PJDM

    The release notes are world readable now.

	The version of if_fta.o which is on that tape has a few bugs
	which weren't found until after V4.4 released.  One of the
	bugs caused a system hang about 6.5 hours after boot in some
	circumstances.  There was another bug fixed which might have
	caused a panic.

	Contact the CSC for this replacement.

==============================================================================

/sys/MIPS/BINARY/if_fta.o
CHECKSUM: 09168    195
----------------------

Patch id:       ULTV44-017-1

        This replacement module corrects several bugs including one
        which can cause a system hang and one which could cause a
        system panic.  Additionally, some minor performance enhancements
        have been included and code has been added to more completely
        identify the DEFTA module type.

        A kernel rebuild is required.

==============================================================================

					Megan Gentry

Re: .-1

	The module was built for V4.4, but is completely compatible with
	V4.3a and can be used to replace the if_fta.o module which comes
	off the kit previously mentioned.

					Megan Gentry

I've tried copying ULTRIX-43A-DEFTA.TAR to ULTRIX using two methods:

dcp -i directly to ULTRIX

SPOOL COPY to a local VMS node then FTP in binary mode to ULTRIX

Either way, I get a checksum error from tar when undoing it.

Can someone please check that the file was copied correctly in the 
first place?

PJDM

I went on leave just as the kit became available. I'm trying to copy it, but 
it's corrupt from my point of view, therefore I still haven't got the kit, 
although I do have the patch.

Can someone else please copy the kit to an ULTRIX system and untar it to see if 
it's brain trouble on my part, or a truly corrupt kit file.

PJDM

    
    
    Copied it image mode (ftp), tar -xf ultrix-43a-defta.tar, 
    fails with a directory checksum error, possible filename 
    /instctrl/UDTDEFTA435.inv1.  
    
    Copied it ascii no *apparent* problems extracting the files.
    

	Having been the one who produced the tape in the first place
	(but NOT responsible for distributing it), I went to check my
	master tape and ... it appears someone has walked off with it.

	In my 'copius' free time, I'll see if I can regenerate the
	tape... no promises...

					Megan Gentry