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midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>  12. Magical fuse-saving PTF (was RE: i5/OS V5R3 : Urgent support
>      notifications) (Haase, Justin C.)
>
>So does this mean that the PTF updates code on the drive to keep some
>sort of arm down or block in place to prevent the staticky part of the
>tape from coming in contact with things?  I don't understand how a PTF
>could stop a fuse from blowing - anyone have any details?  The "more
>details" of the notification below really didn't say how.


It seems more interesting to think the opposite... A PTF could _cause_ a fuse 
to blow. I.e., if a PTF can replace/modify at some level existing code that 
could allow physical damage to occur, then another PTF could replace/modify the 
same level of code in the opposite way.

Tom Liotta

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