Re: large arrays native element count wrong with Channel Access in EPICS 3.14.12

["Ernest L. Williams Jr." <ernesto@slac.stanford.edu>]

Jeff Hill wrote:
> I committed a fix to the R3.14 branch. An overzealous optimization was
> installed. See bug 701673 at launchpad for the details.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/701673
>   

Hi,
Where do we pick up the patch?
Looks like I can just grab the text directly from  
"https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/701673";

Andrew do you intend to add the patch to  *EPICS Base R3.14.12: Known 
Problems web page?*



Cheers,
Ernest

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Hill [mailto:johill@lanl.gov]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:27 AM
> > To: 'tech-talk@aps.anl.gov'
> > Subject: RE: Problem using large arrays with Channel Access in EPICS
> > 3.14.12
> >
> > Yes, there were two new features merged into CA for the R3.14.12 patch
> > release. I will have a look.
> >
> > PS: IMHO, we can consider that risk is reduced if only patches are merged
> > into patch releases. Perhaps new features are best placed in point
> > releases.
> >
> > Jeff
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> > With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is
> > not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they
> > are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them
> > as they fly overhead. -- RFC 1925
> >
> >
> >     
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov [mailto:tech-talk-
> > > bounces@aps.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Andrew Johnson
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:43 PM
> > > To: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
> > > Subject: Re: Problem using large arrays with Channel Access in EPICS
> > > 3.14.12
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 11 January 2011 15:21:32 Till Straumann wrote:
> > >       
> > > > Could be a limitation of the CA protocol
> > > >         
> > > No, this is as a result of changes in src/rsrv between 3.14.11 and
> > > 3.14.12
> > > because large arrays work fine in 3.14.11.
> > >
> > > We introduced two major new features in the latest release, CA over TCP
> > > and
> > > dynamic array sizing, and one of them (most probably the latter) has
> > > broken
> > > the correct reporting of the element count.  The CA protocol solved the
> > > problem of only a having a 16 bit m_count field a long time ago, but it
> > > looks
> > > like that hack^H^H^H^Hsolution didn't get propagated into the latest
> > > code.
> > >
> > > - Andrew
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