Patch-ID# 109882-06
Keywords: eri 10/100 Ethernet suspend resume non-cable SUNW,eri0
Synopsis: SunOS 5.8: eri header files patch
Date: Jun/05/2002

Install Requirements: None                      
Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

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Topic: SunOS 5.8: eri header files patch
	NOTE:   Refer to Special Install Instructions section for
                IMPORTANT specific information on this patch.

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4231424 4327054 4345671 4345969 4363777 4364842 4376935 4378440 4386437 4389260 4412127 4467555 4467562 4479894 4480970 4486544 4496082 4509547 4518457 4528597 4546894 4599774 4637678

Changes incorporated in this version: 4467555 4467562 4479894 4496082 4518457 4528597 4546894 4599774 4637678

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 109347-02

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/etc/driver_aliases
/etc/minor_perm
/etc/name_to_major
/usr/include/sys/eri.h
/usr/include/sys/eri_common.h
/usr/include/sys/eri_mac.h
/usr/include/sys/eri_msg.h
/usr/include/sys/eri_phy.h

Problem Description:

4546894 eri driver performs link check too often
4496082 eri drops packets due to rx-descriptor flag corruption in HDX
4467555 Error counters are not updated correctly in eri_nonfatal_err()
4637678 eri receives multicast when not configured to receive multicast
4518457 dvma usage on receive in eri causes data corruption
4528597 eri needs tunables for eri_rx_ring_size and eri_tx_ring_size
4599774 eri link will not establish after switch reset
4479894 Intermittent link loss with RIO/eri1 interface on Netra T1
4467562 Tx interrupt rate is high during high rate of packet transmission
 
(from 109882-05)
 
4480970 eri interface goes up & down under heavy http load
4486544 BAD TRAP in bcopy from mcopymsg
4509547 eri needs NDD tunables for interrupt blanking and interval
 
(from 109882-04)
 
4386437 eri driver not DR safe
4389260 eri: 'ifSpeed' kstat should be 'ifspeed' for consistency
4363777 eri system stops during LAN load test
4412127 eri driver deadlocks, bad locking hierarchy.
 
(from 109882-03)
 
4378440 System hang caused by eri driver deadlock when running sunvts
4376935 RIO ethernet driver(eri) does not support multiple tranceivers
4364842 eri pci_PM and tx_hang workarounds
 
(from 109882-02)
 
4345671 eri stops receiving non-cable interrupts
4345969 remove "NOTICE: SUNW,eri0 : 10 Mbps half duplex link up"
 
(from 109882-01)
 
	This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete
	the feature changes introduced in point patch 109347-02.
 
4231424 Add a new 10/100 Ethernet driver eri (64-bit only)
 
(from 109347-02)
 
4327054 no network access via eri after a suspend/resume cycle
 
	This patch revision was generated to deliver the updated
	source for the eri driver.
 
(from 109347-01)
 
4231424 Add a new 10/100 Ethernet driver eri (64-bit only)

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
 
For Solaris 7-8 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 104945-02
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.

Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------
 
NOTE 1: To get the complete fix for bug 4386437 (eri driver not DR
	safe), one needs to install patch 110723-02 (or newer).
 
NOTE 2: Please install patch 110723-05 (or newer) to get the complete
        fix for the following bugids:
 
	4546894 4496082 4467555 4637678 4518457 4528597 4599774
        4479894 4467562

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, March 28, 2003

