Date:  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:22:59 -0500
From:  "Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] SW: 20040330 kernels on IBM Testcase FTP site


From: "Mark Dodel" <madodelDESPAM at ptdprolog.net> 


Yet another new set of kernels for OS/2 on IBM's Testcase FTP server
today. Download from <ftp://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/ps/fromibm/os2/>


From the Readme:

"This contains fixes since xr_e002/xr_m015/mcp/acp. Important note: If you
use the OS/2 SES facility, you need a new sesdd32.sys dated April 2001 or
later to use this kernel. Also, a matching dump formatter (df_ret.exe),
provided separately, is required, if you want to analyze a dump from this
kernel. Finally, note that os2ldr is only required for the >64mb memory
detection mentioned below."

As always these are not officially supported by IBM unless they tell you
to use them.  

  **** Please send any followup to comp.os.os2.bugs on usenet.  ****

Also note that files are only on IBM's testcase for 2-3 days, so if you
want to try these get them now.   Make certain you back up any files
replaced and don't try these on a production system.  Read any readme file
before applying any changes.  If your system is working well, and you have
no problems addressed by these updates, do yourself a favour and don't
mess with this.  You have been warned. 

The UNI and SMP files are for WSeB/ACP/eCS Pro (SMP kernel) and the W4
files are for post FP15/MCP versions, including eComStation.  Only use the
SMP kernel on a machine with more then one CPU.]

From the readme file:

 Fixes to problems that exist in released code:

  20040330 14.098b
  	PJ29712 (os2ldr) final fix for boot blob hang on fast
          (around 3+ gHz) CPUs
	- backed out some kernel stuff that accidentally got built


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