Patch-ID# 104102-01
Keywords: hostview libdr libsuperd core dump bringup -v DR Detach reconfig
Synopsis: SSP 2.1 CS6400: hostview, libdr and libsuperd fixes
Date: Nov/19/96

Solaris Release: 2.4, 2.5

SunOS release: 5.4, 5.5

Unbundled Product: SSP CS6400

Unbundled Release: 2.1

Topic: SSP 2.1 CS6400: hostview, libdr and libsuperd fixes
NOTE:
   NOTE 1:	This patch replaces the Cray patch C641029-03.  You do
		not need to install this patch if you have already
		installed C641029-03.

   NOTE 2:	BugID's with six digits or less are related to Cray SPR's.

BugId's fixed with this patch: 87364 89852 90618 87346 90616 91650 87583 87575 89852 92408
 
Changes incorporated in this version:

Relevant Architectures: sparc

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 641029-03,641031-02

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Patches required with this patch:

Obsoleted by:

Files included with this patch:

/opt/CYRSssp/bin/hostview
/opt/CYRSssp/lib/libdr.so
/opt/CYRSssp/lib/libsuperd.so
postinstall to edit /usr/openwin/lib/app-defaults/Hostview

Problem Description:

(from C641029-03)

92408: 2.4 PATCH FOR SPR 92049: "FORCE RETRY" BUTTON NOT ENABLED DURING A DETACH

When a DR detach operation fails, using either hostview or dr(1m), due to
a forcible condition the user may select the "Force Retry" option; but
in the case of hostview, it does not enable the "Force Retry" button.
Also, the DR library does not reset a board properly by executing sd_post 
with the -f argument as required in forcible conditions.

(from C641029-02)

91650: DISMISS OF HOSTVIEW DR WINDOWS SHOULD REQUIRE CONFIRMATION

While a Dynamic Reconfiguration Operation may be in progress (Reset, Diagnose,
Attach or Detach a system board), the user can select the  'Dismiss' button
from the DR window in which case hostview will dismiss this window stopping
the process that was executing such operation. By stopping this operation,
the host may be left in an unknown state, and the System Administrator may
not be aware of this.  Therefore, a pop-up warning window indicating that
a DR operation is in progress is recommended, so that the user can decide
to cancel or continue the dismissal of this window after choosing Dismiss.

90616: COMPLETE BUTTON ACTIVATES TOO SOON

When doing DR detach of a board, the Complete button will activate before the
drain opration is finished. If the user clicks on this Complete button, and
the drain operation is still in progress, the user will get error messages
indicating that he can't Complete the detach until memory Drain is finished.

87346: HOSTVIEW CITES ERRORS WHEN CONTINUING AN ATTACH/DETACH OPERATIONS

When a person either attaches or detaches a system board and leaves the board
in a DR intermediate state (Init Attach, Drain) by Dismissing the DR dialog 
window, and decides later on to complete the DR operation, hostview will set the
Push down buttons in an incorrect state, which may be confusing to the user and
may cause error messages been displayed in the DR text widget.

In this case, the user will have to retry the same DR operation (Init Attach or 
Drain), having libdr.so complain for not having the board in the correct DR
state. After that, hostview sets the correct push-down buttons for the user
to complete or abort the operation.

90618: RECONFIG BUTTON IS ALWAYS ACTIVATED ON HOSTVIEW GUI

The Reconfig button on the Dynamic Reconfiguration dialog box is always
activated, therefore enabling the user to select this button when they
are not allow to. This button only needs to be activated after a successful
attach/detach operation.

89852: DR APPLICATIONS/LIBRARIES & DR_DAEMON SHOULD SHARE SYMBOLIC CONSTANTS

The hostview applications default file (/usr/openwin/lib/app-defaults/Hostview)
needs to be updated to enable DR detach.  The hostview program now uses 
symbolic defines to interpret shared structures.

(from C641029-01)

87364: HOSTVIEW CORE DUMPS DOING BRINGUP -V

Hostview will core dump when running bringup -v from hostview's bringup
dialog box. The problem lies in a buffer whose size was not big enough
to hold all output coming out from bringup -v, which caused a bus error.

(from C641031-02)

87575: LIBDR SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY EDIT BLACKLIST FILE
89852: DR APPLICATIONS/LIBRARIES & DR_DAEMON SHOULD SHARE SYMBOLIC CONSTANTS

This patch contains support for the Dynamic Reconfiguration detach
feature.  A few minor problems have been corrected and code cleanup
done during DR detach development.

libdr.so, which is used by dr(1m) and Hostview for DR operations, has
been changed to automatically edit the blacklist file when boards are
attached and detached.  When a detach operation is started on a system
board, the board is blacklisted.  When an attach operation is started
on a system board, the board in unblacklisted. Manual editing of this
file is no longer needed when doing DR operations.

(from C641031-01)

87583: ROUTINE SPD_UPDATE_LPBCK_CONF_FILE() DOES NOT UPDATE SYSBD 0

If the user does a DR DETACH/ATTACH board operation, the machine_config file
will be updated automatically. But if the board number happens to be zero, then
this file won't be updated. The workaround is to have the user manually edit
the file. But this procedure is wrong since the machine_config file is
CRAY-usage only and customers shouldn't be changing it.

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