Patch-ID# 100458-01
Keywords: signal, alarm, time, setitimer, call, deliver,sigalrm
Synopsis: SunOS 4.1;4.1.1;4.1.2: Setitimer sometimes fails to deliver a SIGALRM.
Date: 19-Dec-1991
 
SunOS release: 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2 

Unbundled Product: N/A
 
Unbundled Release: N/A
 
Topic: SunOS Setitimer calls.
 
BugId's fixed with this patch: 1076393

Architectures for which this patch is available: sun3, sun3x, sun4, sun4c

Obsoleted By:

Patches which may conflict with this patch:

Files included with this patch: README, kern_sig.o

Problem Description: SunOS 4.1.1: Setitimer calls sometimes fail to deliver a SIGALRM.

INSTALL:  
This example illustrates the sun4c case. 

As root:

Save the previous object file.
mv /sys/`arch -k`/OBJ/kern_sig.o /sys/`arch -k`/OBJ/kern_sig.o.orig

Install the new file into the system configuration area.
cp {4.1,4.1.1,4.1.2}/`arch -k`/kern_sig.o /sys/`arch -k`/OBJ

Rebuild the kernel.

Copy the new vmunix to /vmunix and reboot the machine.