Date:  Sat, 02 Jun 2001 17:17:16 -0400
From:  madodelatptdprolog.net
Subject:  [VOICENWS] Updated kernels now officialy

From: "Klaus Staedtler" <staedtler-przyborskiatweb.de> 

01.06.2001
Updated kernels now officialy  (von: Klaus Staedtler :
staedtler-przyborskiatweb.de)

IBM has released the 0508 Kernel releases from testcase now officialy

Warp 4/WSeB/MCP/ACP Kernels updated

On May 31, 2001 IBM OS/2 Fix Distribution released updated files for the
various kernels. They contain fixes since xr_e002/xr_m015/mcp/acp: 

New TrapDump 

Bug Fix: JR15030: TRAPDUMP QUERY doesn't show PD 

File: DF0508.ZIP 

SES drivers, See README.SES for details. 

File: SES0330.ZIP 

File versions : 

     WSeb/ACP SMP (D is debug version) 

          SMP0508.ZIP 
          SMP0508D.ZIP 

     WSeB/ACP Uni/MCP (D is debug version) 

          UNI0508.ZIP 
          UNI0508D.ZIP 

     Warp4 (D is debug version) 

          W40508.ZIP 
          W40508D.ZIP 

New function: 

   1.Support for >64m memory using int15 func e820. Note, this support is
enabled ONLY for Intel Pentium Pro or
     later, or non-Intel Pentium-class machines. This is done in an effort
to prevent problems on older PCs. 
   2.The presence of \os2\boot\os2norev.$$$ suppresses the display of
internal revision during boot. 
   3.Adding "EARLYMEMINIT=TRUE" to config.sys will allow device drivers,
etc., access to the memory above
     16mb early in boot. Previously, this was only available after DD and
IFS init was completed. This has various
     implications when enabled: 
        1.AHA154X.ADD may do bad things to your system. Don't even enable
if using. 
        2.There may be some settings of HPFS386 cache that are
incompatible. 
        3.Trap messages will now give the module name instead of the
device name. 

          For example, "Exception in module: CLOCK01" instead of
"Exception in Device Driver: CLOCK$". 

   4.Traps in 32 bit code now show the modname, too 
   5.Systems with a 486SX chip running FP15 will function correctly. Note,
they will NOT work with ACP or
     (necessarily) on MCP. 
   6.SESDD32 will now work correctly (I hope) for both uni and smp 

Bug Fixes: 

     JR13335: Some VDMs won't run, complaining of too-long command lines 
     JR15194: XCOPY fails with SYS1186 or SYS1192 on (at least) MO drives 
     JR15038: Trap 8 in h_DeviceHelpDM running an app from a tcpbeui drive

     JR15229: Files left open after ERROR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES returned to
app 
     PJ27676: Causes hangs on some systems running UNI or W4 kernels 
     PJ27554: Hang or (on allstrict) trap 3 on SMP (only) during beeps 
     PJ27678: SMP kernels could not be RIPL-booted. As part of this, there
is a new config.sys parameter
     I13PAGES= available. Adding I13PAGES=1 to config.sys (note, no SET)
reduces the memory usage of the
     mini VDM processes used by ibm1s506.add and the GRADD drivers. This
becomes important in RIPL-boot
     situations. 
     PJ27677: SMP systems hang with multiple threads of same process
entering a critical section (affects ADSM
     client) 
     PJ27757: Trap 000e running Theseus/4 (note, theseus4.exe may still
end up with a sys3175, but at least the
     system doesn't crash). 
     PJ27736: Trap in _PLD_WriteReturnCode 
     PJ27777: Set BEGINLIBPATH= (in config.sys ONLY) may be ignored. Also,
it would lead to a bogus copy of
     BEGINLIBPATH= in the environment. 
     PJ27906: Trap 000e in pvwRegKrnlInstance running SPM/2 (may also
cause unknown odd behavior in other
     performance monitors). 
     PJ27919: Complete system hang running some apps (same as JR12136) 

See README in the zip for Install Instructions. 

Disclaimer: These interim fixes will be supported by IBM until the next
fixpack is available or until superceded by a newer interim fix. At the
discretion of IBM, you may be required to revert to GA (i.e.
MCP/ACP/fixpack) code to pursue specific support issues. 

ftp://ftp.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/update-kernels/




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