Craig asks:

> Everyone... (and Bill),
> 
> A couple years ago I posted a strange showq on MPE/iX 7.5 (N-class 750/400)
> 
> :showq ;status
> 
>                     ------QUANTUM-------
> QUEUE  BASE  LIMIT  MIN    MAX    ACTUAL  BOOST  TIMESLICE
> -----  ----  -----  ---    ---    ------  -----  ---------
>  CQ    152    200   20     200    20      DECAY    200
>  DQ    202    238   -1726  -1726  -1726   DECAY    400
>  EQ    240    253   2000   2000   2000    DECAY    200
> 
> :
> 
> This issue has been resolved on some sites, but I don't know how?  Is there a patch?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Craig

Hi Craig,

Yes, the patch was MPEMXK3 which has been superseded for each release in the 2 years since we corrected that. The patches are:

6.5 - MPEMXR6
7.0 - MPEMXQ3
7.5 - MPEMXT0

And I forgot to write down the A,B or C suffix before I logged off the HP net so I
could send this :-(  I think you can get the full patch ID from ITRC when you order it.

The problem, if anyone cares was that the quantum values were being stored as 
integers and for N-classes, specifically the 750Mhz the value could exceed the max an integer could hold resulting in a negative value when displayed via showq;status.

hth,

Bill

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