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TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1876
Written by: BOSACK 8-Mar-78 17:56:18
Edit checked: NO Document: YES
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: POSTLD
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem:
THE BUGCHK/HLT/INF OUTPUT FROM POSTLD DOESN'T SAY WHAT TYPE OF BUGXXX
AN ENTRY IS.
Diagnosis:
NEW FEATURE.
Solution:
OUTPUT [CHK/HLT/INF] AS APPROPRIATE IN THE BUGSTRINGS.TXT LISTING.
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1877
Written by: BOSACK 8-Mar-78 17:58:36
Edit checked: NO Document: NO
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: FOO
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem:
Diagnosis:
Solution:
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1878
Written by: BOSACK 20-Apr-78 13:43:41
Edit checked: NO Document: NO
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: PHYSO
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem:
DUAL PORT CONTENTION COULD CAUSE XBWERR WHEN THERE WAS NO REAL ERROR.
Diagnosis:
UDSKIO ALWAYS TESTED FOR OFFLINE DRIVES.
Solution:
TEST DOP%EO
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1882
Written by: PORCHER 5-May-78 13:47:43
Edit checked: NO Document: NO
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: DTESRV
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: I/O page fail after Front-End reload failure.
Diagnosis: DTE still has "To -10 Byte Count Loaded" flag up. -11 can
start a To -10 transfer, after page has been removed.
Solution: Clear PI 0 enable (to prevent transfers) on any errors in
reload code (at ROMGNK).
At RMTRY1, add
HRRZ A,RMDTE
CALL DTREST
.
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1883
Written by: OSMAN 12-May-78 12:45:57
Edit checked: NO Document: YES
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: PLEASE DOCUMENT .MSHFL
Diagnosis:
Solution:
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1884
Written by: MCLEAN 14-May-78 14:17:51
Edit checked: NO Document: YES
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: GTJFN
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's: 11294
Problem: JSB FULL AND RECOGNITION WRONG IF USERS SPECIFIES TOO SMALL A BYTE COUNT
Diagnosis: WRONG ERROR CODE GIVEN AND PRINTED WRONG
Solution: ADD NEW ERROR CODE GJFX51. (BYTE SIZE TOO SMALL)
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1885
Written by: OSMAN 15-May-78 09:33:59
Edit checked: NO Document: NO
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: NONE
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: .MSHFL IDEA CANCELED
Diagnosis:
Solution:
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1886
Written by: MILLER 15-May-78 18:20:39
Edit checked: NO Document: NO
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: STG
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: Need to be able to define
the default swapping to put on a new structure independent
of the DST for the monitor.
Diagnosis: As above. By having this, structure swapping space
can be large enough to meet future needs
Solution: Add new parameter, SWDST. This is the number of swapping
pages to allocate on the structure. Is defined in STG as:
NDG SWDST,NDST
and can be overriden in PARAMS
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1887
Written by: MILLER 16-May-78 13:05:13
Edit checked: NO Document: YES
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: MEXEC
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: CHECKD needs to know the default
swapping space for the monitor
Diagnosis: As above
Solution: Add enw GETTAB table, NSWPGS
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1888
Written by: OSMAN 17-May-78 11:32:00
Edit checked: NO Document: YES
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: MSTR DSKALC
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: NEED CONVENIENT WAY TO MODIFY
HOMEBLOCKS
Diagnosis:
Solution: ADD .MSHOM FUNCTION OF MSTR
THIS FUNCTION ALLOWS ENABLED WHEEL OR OPR PROGRAM TO SPECIFY WORD
OF HOMEBLOCK OF MOUNTED STRUCTURE TO BE MODIFIED, WHICH BITS SHOULD
BE MODIFIED, AND WHAT THE NEW VALUES SHOULD BE.
1/ LENGTH,,.MSHOM
2/ ARGBLK
ARGBLK:
ARGBLK+.MSHNM/ HANDLE ON ALIAS (SUCH AS POINTER TO STRING, OR
DEVICE DESIGNATOR)
ARGBLK+.MSHOF/ OFFSET SPECIFYING WHICH WORD SHOULD BE CHANGED
ARGBLK+.MSHVL/ VALUE FOR NEW BITS
ARGBLK+.MSHMK/ MASK SHOWING WHICH BITS SHOULD BE CHANGED
POSSIBLE ERRORS:
MSTRX2 INSUFFICIENT PRIVS
MSTRX3 ARG BLOCK TOO SMALL
MSTX21 STRUCTURE NOT MOUNTED
BLECCCH ANY ERRORS "MODHOM" ROUTINE RETURNS
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1889
Written by: MILLER 18-May-78 12:45:02
Edit checked: NO Document: YES
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: APRSRV JSYSA
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: Need way to report all machine
status via SYSERR. Also need new monitor funcitons to enable
and disable reporting
Diagnosis: Request by F/S. Add code to APRSRV to gather machine
status block on any error. Also add new SMON and TMON functions to
enable and disable reporting
Solution: AS above
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1890
Written by: PORCHER 24-May-78 12:29:29
Edit checked: NO Document: NO
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: DISC
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem: DUMPER does not incremental save files which
have been renamed but not modified.
Diagnosis: Rename (RNAMF) copies the BACKUP words .FBBK0 to .FBBK4 from
the source FDB to the new FDB. These words should not be copied, but
should be zero in every new file.
Solution: Change the rename FDB mask to not copy .FBBK0 to .FBBK4.
TOPS20 Change Order Number 3A.1892
Written by: DBELL 5-Jun-78 14:00:32
Edit checked: NO Document: NO
TCO Tested: NO Maintenance Release: NO
Program: MONITOR
Routines Affected: MONITOR
Related TCO's:
Related SPR's:
Problem:
MONPDL BUGHLTS
Diagnosis: SCHEDULAR STACK TOO SHORT IN CASE WHERE BIG BUFFER CODE
TRIES TO OUTPUT A CHARACTER TO A TERMINAL WHICH IS TLINKED TO A PTY.
CONTROLLING JOBS IS THEN WAKED AND IS MADE RUNNABLE, WHICH USES UP
THE REST OF THE STACK.
Solution:
INCREASE NSKDP FROM 67 TO 100. THIS MUCH INCREASE IS NOT NECESSARY