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IV61485: OSP DOES NOT WORK WITH PCIE 2-PORT ASYNC EIA-232 ADAPTER APPLIES TO AIX 7100-03

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • When a printer of type "osp" is created with the parent
    adapter of PCIe 2-port Async EIA-232 Adapter, the output
    will often be corrupted.  If careful examination of the
    output is done, it will print characters 1-16, skip
    characters 17-64, then print characters 65-81 ...
    

Local fix

  • Change the tbc64 setting down to 16 or less.  e.g.
    
    chdev -l lp0 -a tbc64=16
    

Problem summary

  • When a printer of type "osp" is created with the parent
    adapter of PCIe 2-port Async EIA-232 Adapter, the output
    will often be corrupted.
    

Problem conclusion

  • Code changes are made to increase the adapter FIFO count.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

  • 6100-09 - use AIX APAR IV61434
    6100-09 - use AIX APAR IV61434
    7100-03 - use AIX APAR IV61485
    7100-04 - use AIX APAR IV61495
    

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV61485

  • Reported component name

    AIX V7.1

  • Reported component ID

    5765H4000

  • Reported release

    710

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Submitted date

    2014-06-12

  • Closed date

    2014-06-12

  • Last modified date

    2016-05-11

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

    IV55004

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    AIX V7.1

  • Fixed component ID

    5765H4000

Applicable component levels

  • R710 PSY U862201

       UP14/10/29 I 1000

PTF to Fileset Mapping

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 May 2016