Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!netnews.summit.novell.com! netnews.summit.novell.com!not-for-mail From: eng-supp...@summit.novell.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.unixware Subject: UnixWare Update 1.1.3 - info Date: 10 Nov 1994 16:59:25 -0500 Organization: Novell, Summit Lines: 379 Distribution: world Message-ID: <39u53tINNboq@marble.summit.novell.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: marble.summit.novell.com Summary: Update 1.1.3 content NOVELL ENGINEERING SUPPORT BULLETIN - UPDATE 1.1.3 Enclosed is a current view of the features and fixes provided in UnixWare Update 1.1.3. Although we do not anticipate any major modifications, this list is subject to change. UnixWare Update 1.1.3 is scheduled for early availability on the ftp sites before the end of the year. Usha Pulijal Project Manager Novell UnixWare Engineering Support ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction These notes describe the Update 1.1.3 release for the Novell (R) UnixWare (TM) Personal Edition, Application Server, Software Development Kit, and other Novell UnixWare add-on products. Update 1.1.3 is a cumulative release consisting of the features that were provided in Updates 1.1.1 and and 1.1.2, as well as features that are new in Update 1.1.3. Update 1.1.3 will correctly install on UW1.1, Update 1.1.1, and Update 1.1.2. Removal of Update 1.1.3 will restore the system to it's previous state. For example, if Update 1.1.3 is installed on an Update 1.1.1 system, removal of Update 1.1.3 will restore the system to Update 1.1.1. 1.1 Features Update 1.1.3 provides new functionality and enhancements in the following areas: - Novell Virtual Terminal (NVT2) support - Performance enhancements - Merge enhancements - New video drivers - Numerous improvements 2. Update 1.1.3 Software Notes and Recommendations This section details the features and improvements provided by Update 1.1.3. Only those features that have not been provided in previous updates are discussed here. 2.1 Features 2.1.1 Novell Virtual Terminal (NVT2) Support: The NVT2 protocol establishes terminal connections between DOS workstations and UNIX host systems by guaranteeing packet delivery and providing connection-oriented services. NVT2 provides the same functionality as NVT, but uses SPX for connection-oriented services rather than the NVT protocol, which is built on top of IPX. By using SPX for transport and session control, NVT2 provides improved file transfer and security capabilities. Compatibility with NVT clients is also provided. Each NVT2 connection requires an SPX connection. NVT2 servers advertise remote login service and listen for SPX connection requests on the advertised socket. NVT2 clients query for and discover remote login servers, and initiate an SPX connection to the advertised listener socket. The listening NVT2 server accepts the connection and begins a terminal session on a new SPX socket (distinct from the listening socket). The client and server now exchange data over the connection. 2.1.2 Performance Enhancements: Novell, working with Oracle and Compaq, has prepared a report on UnixWare performance that is available in a TPC-B Full Disclosure Report, an audited performance report published and distributed by the Transaction Processing Council. Performance enhancements such as 4 MB page size for Pentium processors, and raw I/O performance improvements to the Compaq IDA driver and sd01 target driver, have been included in Update 1.1.3. 2.1.3 Merge Enhancements: Merge allows you to run DOS and Windows (and their applications) simultaneously with UnixWare. UnixWare Update 1.1.3 includes release 3.1.2 of Merge. This release provides numerous quality and performance improvements, such as more robust keyboard handling and virtual terminal switching, expanded DOS support, increased graphic performance, and faster NetWare access. 2.1.4 Video Drivers The following new video driver is available: - P9000 - Diamond Viper Video Card (Weitek P9000) VLB model 2.1.5 Ethernet Upgrades: An upgrade to the following Ethernet driver is available: - el3: 3COM (R) Etherlink (R) III (3C579) Network Interface Card (NIC) 2.2 General Improvements 2.2.1 Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs): These PTFs are applied automatically when you install the update. Please do not attempt to apply them again after you have installed the update. NOTE: After the update is installed, pkginfo will still report that these PTFs are installed on your system, even though the update has superseded them. You should not attempt to remove these PTFs from your system after the update is installed. ptf 135 Problems with UnixWare update installations when an el16 driver is installed have been fixed. ptf 144 The slave side of a pseudo-terminal subsystem (pty) now supports tcgetattr. ptf 147 The iaf module no longer refuses login connections when minor numbers greater than 255 are used. ptf 148 A number of improvements have been made in support of token ring networks. These include: The DLPI and OSI token ring drivers now support packet sizes up to 8K. The locally administered addresses (LAA) feature is now supported. Problems that caused the network to hang when the token ring cable was disconnected have been fixed. Problems that caused a panic in tokunitdata have been fixed. ptf 149 Telnet into a machine where a sender and receiver process are communicating via UNIX domain sockets no longer causes communication problems. ptf 150 The who command no longer gives incorrect state information for devices greater than 12 characters. ptf 152 Problems with file locking on Xenix and NUC file systems have been fixed. ptf 160 After a connection attempt over TCP is aborted, subsequent connection attempts to that server will no longer fail. ptf 174 The localtime function no longer causes problems with process size. ptf 185 There is no longer a panic after use of the icmp_send routine. ptf 192 An error in the pullupmsg() routine, which was causing corrupted messages, has been fixed. ptf 605 Overall UnixWare performance has been enhanced for Database Servers. Features such as support for the Pentium 4Meg pages, raw I/O performance improvements, and miscellaneous kernel refinements have been added. (See the section on ``Performance Enhancements'' above.) ptf 607 The interface to the Arcnet DLPI driver has been added to NPSD, and the IPX driver has been modified to handle the Arcnet header information. ptf 610 Async I/O transfers of 16 KB blocks are now allowed. ptf 615 The IDE disk HBA support no longer issues seek commands, which eliminated job timeouts, install failures, and corrupted reads on certain Maxtor and Connor IDE drives. ptf 617 Tektronix emulation is now supported in xterm. ptf 618 The asyc driver no longer leaves RTS high after the device is closed; RTS is now dropped when DTR is dropped. ptf 621 IDE disk drive parameter translation (parameters which define heads as greater than 16) is supported. Drives requiring this are usually greater than 500 MB. Some vendors refer to this as Logical Block Addressing (LBA). To install on systems with a disk using this capability, use the boot floppy provided with ptf 621. ptf 624 The UnixWare mail command and the sendmail.cf (configuration file) have been modified to allow sendmail and the UnixWare mail command to work together. The ismail variable is now checked before parsing arguments to the mail command, indicating whether the program was run as mail or as rmail. ptf 625 Problems with the mipx driver have been fixed; the message ``A file server could not be found'' is no longer generated when a new Merge session is started. ptf 627 The MCA SCSI controller with mcis driver now recognizes tape drives. ptf 629 syslogd can now process information from remote systems. ptf 631 The IDE/ESDI HBA driver (athd(7)) supports more thorough error recovery to recover from transient read failures. ptf 636 Problems with the NumLock and Shift keys in X windows have been fixed. ptf 646 PPP now retransmits a PAP packet if no response is received from the remote end. ptf 648 Problems with UnixWare update installations when an el3 driver is installed have been fixed. ptf 652 There are no longer problems with clicking on icons and moving windows when the NumLock key is active with Motif Window Manager (mwm). 2.2.2 Graphical User Interface (GUI) - The Desktop now comes up properly when csh is the login shell and the European Language Supplement package is installed. - Problems with applications that used the GetError functions have been fixed. - Additional menus under the X window manager have been translated for European locales. - Using the space bar to select an icon now works properly in European locales. Other keyboard mapping problems have also been fixed. - The default permissions given to new Desktop users are now more restrictive regarding mounting privileges. - Problems with installation of Type 1 fonts from DOS diskettes have been fixed. - Problems when using the GUI to add more than 10 packages on tape or disk have been fixed. 2.2.3 Printing - The lp command -o options for length, copies, and pages are now processed correctly. - The lp driver now checks printer status during the open routine. - The European Language Supplement package now supports the IBM Proprinter, EPSON ESC/P, Canon Bubble Jet, and Hewlett-Packard Deskjet printers. - The banner page now prints international characters properly. 2.2.4 Networking - setuname now changes the hostname in all necessary files, so there are no longer problems starting up during the next reboot. - PPP now responds with a NAK to any authentication protocol request it receives that is not supported. - PPP usage no longer causes inetd to loop. - The in_cksum routine no longer generates incorrect checksums that can cause TCP retransmissions. - Problems with the NIS address resolver have been fixed. 2.2.5 Drivers - Systems using both the asyc and asyhp drivers are now supported. - The asyc and asyhp drivers no longer have receive overrun problems at 19,200 baud. - DMA flags are now set correctly for async I/O with adse, adsa, mcis, and fdtb drivers. - A number of enhancements have been made to the ODI core package. These include: a fix pertaining to the Eagle NE1500 and compatible network cards; a fix to the token ring source routing module to fix problems with the token ring bus mastering cards; and addition of ODI APIs to support additional ODI HSM drivers such as HP27247B, Proteon token ring, etc. 2.2.6 File Systems - File compression now works properly with files on an NFS mounted file system. - File systems mounted with the nosuid option now execute setuid programs with the correct privileges. 2.2.7 Miscellaneous - There is no longer a limit on the number of environment parameters allowed by make. - pkgtrans has been added to the base operating system. - Problems with the LD_BIND_NOW environmental variable have been fixed. - The valid_login() routine no longer allows . and .. as login names. - The maximum number of sockets on a server has been increased to 200. - The cpio command now produces the correct exit status codes. - The userdel command will no longer remove the home directory if it is a system directory such as / or /bin. - The sort command now works properly with accented letters in Spanish locales. - Login names with ``log'' as the first three characters are now allowed. - Minor problems with cron have been fixed. - Calls to connect() no longer return unnecessary EAGAIN errors; instead, the connect() code will retry the connection. - Problems with the socket.h include file have been fixed. - The pcnfsd command now verifies NIS users. - There is no longer a 35-40 second delay during SPX communication with the UnixWare X server. - There are no longer problems with core dumps from ld stating that ld is not checking the return values from mmap. - Problems where the BNU recovery scenario would lock up a modem have been fixed. - There are no longer problems with icon installation if the home directory where the icon is being installed is a symbolic link. - Problems with floating point expressions involving the ?: operator have been fixed. - Problems with the extended backup service have been fixed.