Patch-ID# 100458-03
Keywords: signal, alarm, time, setitimer, call, deliver,sigalrm
Synopsis: SunOS 4.1;4.1.1;4.1.2;4.1.3: Setitimer sometimes fails to deliver 
a SIGALRM.
Date: Jan/27/93
 
SunOS release: 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3

Unbundled Product: N/A
 
Unbundled Release: N/A

Topic: SunOS Setitimer calls.
 
BugId's fixed with this patch: 1076393

Changes incorporated in this version:

  Patch release 03 is to provide a SunOS 4.1.3 version of patch for
       GENERIC and SunDBE 1.3 release. 
 
  Patch release 02 provided a DBE 1.2 compatible version for the
        4.1.2 version of the patch


Architectures for which this patch is available: sun3, sun3x, sun4, sun4c, sun4m

Obsoleted By:

Patches which may conflict with this patch:

Files included with this patch: README, kern_sig.o, kern_sig.dbe.o 

Problem Description: 

1076393: Setitimer calls sometimes fail to deliver a SIGALRM.


INSTALL:  

As root:

For 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 OS systems with DBE installed:
   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 {4.1.2,4.1.3}/`arch -k`/kern_sig.dbe.o /sys/`arch -k`/OBJ/kern_sig.o

Otherwise if DBE is NOT installed:
   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 {4.1,4.1.1,4.1.2,4.1.3}/`arch -k`/kern_sig.o /sys/`arch -k`/OBJ/kern_sig.o

Rebuild the kernel.

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