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QNX® Momentics® Development Suite 6.3.0 Service Pack 3 Dell PowerEdge 840 Support Patch (Patch ID 730) Installation Note

Date of this edition: August 23, 2007

Target OS: This patch is compatible with targets that are running QNX^® Neutrino^® 6.3.0 SP3.

Host OS: In order to apply this patch, you must have installed QNX Momentics 6.3.0 SP3 as a self-hosted development system.

For information about the issues that this patch addresses, see the release notes.

This note includes:

Installation procedure
Structure of a patch
Applying the patch
Technical support

Installation procedure

Log in as root.
Download the patch-630SP3-0730-dell840-support.tar archive to your host environment.
Determine the base directory of your QNX Momentics installation by opening a command shell and using the qconfig command. For example:
```
$ qconfig
QNX Installations

Installation Name: QNX Momentics 6.3.0
Version: 6.3.0
Base Directory: /usr/qnx630/
QNX_HOST: /usr/qnx630/host/qnx6/x86/
QNX_TARGET: /usr/qnx630/target/qnx6/
  
```
The base directory in this example is /usr/qnx630/, but it could be different on your machine, depending on where you installed QNX Momentics.
Extract the archive you downloaded into the base directory by opening a command shell and using the following commands (replacing base_dir with the path found in step 2, and archive_path with the full path to the downloaded archive):
cd base_dir
tar -x -v -f archive_path/patch-630SP3-0730-dell840-support.tar

Structure of a patch

The patch is installed in the base_dir/patches/630SP3-0730/ directory. This directory includes:

version: Includes the patch number and the build information.
manifest: Contains the checksums of the files shipped in the patch (as generated by the cksum utility).
shiplist: A list of the files included in the patch.
target: A directory of fixes related to components that would be built into QNX Neutrino target or runtime systems.

Applying the patch

Next, you must replace the files on your development host with the patched files.

Since this is a destructive procedure, we recommend that you create a backup of the affected files.

Creating a backup

To create a backup on any of our hosts:

Go to the base directory:
cd base_dir
Make a backup of the files that will be overwritten:
pax -w < patches/630SP3-0730/shiplist > patches/630SP3-0730-backup.tar
You can use whatever name you like for the backup archive. The pax utility might display some error messages when it attempts to back up nonexistent files for host operating systems other than the one you're using. You can ignore these messages.

Copying the files

To apply the patch:

Go to the patch directory:
cd base_dir/patches/630SP3-0730
Install the target updates:
cp -Rp target base_dir/.

Install the runtime updates:

cd target/qnx6/
cp -f etc/system/enum/devices/graphics /etc/system/enum/devices/

For further instructions, see the release notes.

Technical support

If you have any questions, comments, or problems with a QNX product, please contact Technical Support. For more information, see the How to Get Help chapter of the Welcome to QNX Momentics guide or visit our website, www.qnx.com.