HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1B-5 Patch Summary and Release Notes (March 2009)

• Corrects the cause of a kernel memory fault panic in the KZPEA driver.
• Fixes a simple lock fault in wakeup_async_waiter.
• Fixes a problem with the environmental monitoring daemon on partitioned
AlphaServer GS80/GS160/GS320 systems.
• Provides new EMX driver hardware attributes.
• Improves selection timeout handling in RAID services.
• Fixes a simple lock fault in cdisk_bbr_comp.
• Fixes an issue related to aha_chim driver blocking in interrupt context.
• Fixes the cause of a kernel memory fault that occurs in the ctape_generic_pass_thru
routine when bus resets were detected.
• Prevents system hangs due to certain internal Fibre Channel adapter failures.
• Fixes an issue in which the hwmgr utility displays an incorrect MTU size for a
network interface.
• Fixes several I/O error handling and error reporting problems in the Tru64 Emulex
Fibre Channel driver that can result in inefficient error handling or misleading
error log entries.
• Causes an error to be logged to binary.errlog when a LUN contraction is
detected
• Causes "Tru64 AHA_CHIM" to be returned for the SIM vendor ID.
• Allows the hwmgr redirect scsi command to work with lockmode 4.
• Fixes device recovery timing by improving the chances for a problem disk to
recover.
• Allows the first path to be removed with hwmgr if it is stale.
• Provides environmental sensor support for Superdome power supply sensors.
• Provides support for the CPU offline capability on AlphaServer GS1280 systems,
as required for Capacity on Demand.
• Updates the bcm driver to V1.0.22 to fix issues with IPv6 and SNMP.
• Enables SmartArray 5300 controller hardware events to be logged to the
binary.errlog during boot time. This is useful in diagnosing logical volume
state change and physical drive hotswaps that can occur while the system in not
booted.
• Fixes a simple lock panic in the floppy diskette driver.
• Prevents the memory troller from starting on titan and tsunami platforms with
aluminum ev68 CPUs.
• Fixes a problem with the Smart Array driver that could cause a system hang to
occur during error recovery when I/O is active.
• Fixes a consvar -s bootdef_dev failure with KZPCC.
• Corrects a problem in which systems configured with VX1 graphics card do not
return to console when the halt button is pressed, thereby making the console is
then unusable.
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