HP AD278A and AD279A PCI Multiplexer Release Notes HP-UX 11iv2 and HP-UX 11iv3 (5900-3161, July 2013)

NOTE: System Administration Manager (SAM) is deprecated in HP-UX 11i v3. HP System
Management Homepage (HP SMH) is the system administration tool for managing HP-UX 11i.
SMH provides web-based systems management functionality, at-a-glance monitoring of system
component health, and consolidated log viewing. SMH also provides Terminal User Interfaces
(TUIs).
2.1 Defects fixed in this release
Defect fixed in Web 1307 release for HP-UX 11.31
Table 3 AD278A/AD279A PCI MUX fix for HP-UX 11.31
Release versionDefect DescriptionDefect ID
B.11.31.1307pmux_stty cannot change dtr state with AD278A.
When pci_mux1 direct device is open, the CRTS flag
is reset on pci_mux1 even when pci_mux and
asio0 do not reset CRTS.
QXCR1001277652
2.2 Defects fixed in previous releases for HP-UX 11.31
Table 4 AD278A/AD279A PCI MUX fixes for HP-UX 11.31
Release versionDefect DescriptionDefect ID
B.11.31.1109The fastcook option is enabled by default.
This is resolved in the current release. The fastcook option is
removed from the HP-UX system. pmux_stty utility and pci_mux
driver do not support fastcook.
QXCR1001143754
B.11.31.1107The pci_mux1 port hangs because of a lock mismatch. This defect
is fixed in the current release. Locks are synchronized and a function
is added to resolve the lock mismatch error.
QXCR1001099093
B.11.31.1107The ch_callin and ch_callout variables display negative
values.
This defect is fixed in the current release. Modified the code to ensure
that the negative value error does not occur for the ch_callin and
ch_callout variables.
QXCR1001134739
B.11.31.1107The PCI_MUX1 MTNOACTIVITY timeout displays time in seconds
instead of minutes.
This defect is fixed in the current release. Modified the code to ensure
that the PCI_MUX1 MTNOACTIVITY time is displayed in minutes.
QXCR1001117855
B.11.31.1012HP-UX 11.31 the PCI MUX AD278 does not raise the DTR on
open().
The open system call on a pci_mux1 device does not set the Data
Terminal Ready (DTR) Signal on the RS232 serial port.
QXCR1001072766
B.11.31.1012The select system call fails to return writable pci_mux1 device files.
Modified the pci_mux1 driver to fix this defect.
QXCR1001073874
B.11.31.0909The what string on /usr/conf/mod/pci_mux1 B.11.31.0806_LR
displays incorrect string.
Modified pci_mux1 to display the correct what string for 0909
release.
QXCR1000901487
8 Known problems, workarounds, and limitations