If a CRAY Origin2000 system is reconfigured, a different module with a different FLEXlm host ID could be located in the first position, causing a previously valid FLEXlm key to fail. If a license key problem arises after a system has been reconfigured, a new license must be generated. XLV information could be lost in an upgrade from IRIX 6.5-SE to IRIX 6.5.1m. If device nodes are not created, however, then the volume was not configured into the kernel. In this case, it does not help to keep the device nodes at the reboot.
PROM now checks mode bits.
Sometimes, processor mode bits are not loaded correctly into the CPUs at startup. The prom now checks the value of the processor mode bits in the processor to ensure that they are loaded correctly. If they are not, then the module with the bad mode bits is power cycled to reset the processors and reload the mode bits. The prom will try and power cycle three times before manual intervention is required. Previously, some intermediate prom levels detected the bad mode bits and disabled the CPUs in question.