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Re: File: /sys/BINARY/isp.mod

 
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Ivan Ferreira
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Re: File: /sys/BINARY/isp.mod

1.- if i have answered "y", what would have been showed?

You will have the option to enter a text string, in previous unix version, you enable some features at this time, for example, you could type something like:

options packetfilter

To enable network packet tracing.

2.- what the system means when it says "to edit the configuration" ?

Enable additional features not listed in the first menu.

3.- does the system mean to run: strings vmunix?

No.
Por que hacerlo dificil si es posible hacerlo facil? - Why do it the hard way, when you can do it the easy way?
DCBrown
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Re: File: /sys/BINARY/isp.mod

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4.- What is the meaning of the sentence "untimeout test patch"?
This is the engineer's description of the change within the source file isp1020.c for this customer patch. Once the changes are merged into the source pool for the next OS release these are removed. They are placed in the source files so support engineers can identify where the files came from and know that a patched kernel is being run when analyzing system crash files.

5.- what is the meaning of the fields of the lines that were changed?
< @(#)$RCSfile: isp1020.c,v $ $Revision: 1.1.303.1 $ (DEC) $Date: 1999/12/02 15:47:45 $
< @(#)$RCSfile: isp1020.c,v $ $Revision: 1.1.303.1 $ SS_PERFORM_TMO, untimeout test patch
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> @(#)$RCSfile: isp1020.c,v $ $Revision: 1.1.213.6 $ (DEC) $Date: 1999/06/21 17:07:08 $

The original isp driver you were running had the isp1020.c source file revision of 1.1.213.6 with a last edit date of 1999/06/21. This file was part of the original OS kit/baselevel that you installed and were running. The new isp driver has the isp1020.c source file from 1999/12/02. So this patch was created about 6 months after the original base level release. The revision number 1.1.303.1 is assigned by the source control software and just signifies that it is a different version of the file. The 2nd copy of the RCS string within the source file lists that this is a patched file and not part of a general OS kit/baselevel.