OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 108813-16
Keywords: ap panic trunking hotplug performance dr sunfire sunvts sbus hang dvma
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 108813-17 SunOS 5.8: Sun Gigabit Ethernet 3.0
Date: Dec/01/2003


Install Requirements: Reboot after installation                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

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Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4285590 4286596 4295731 4309515 4311852 4327077 4333896 4335247 4336578 4343651 4347663 4348511 4355771 4368504 4381305 4382499 4415127 4434934 4454143 4457937 4480717 4491399 4520535 4521459 4527681 4650055 4656013 4660429 4671573 4707744 4718277 4759414 4771770 4779489 4782136 4792353 4819970 4843595 4844596 4848485 4852341 4901165 4919572 4920721 4926374 4937693

Changes incorporated in this version: 4937693 4901165 4926374 4919572 4920721

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/kernel/drv/ge
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/ge
/opt/SUNWconn/ge/include/sys/ge_common.h
/opt/SUNWconn/ge/include/sys/ge_mac.h

Problem Description:

4920721 ge <-> ge rcp operation stalls or corrupts transfer
4937693 Trunking and DR can be incompatible
4901165 panic in ge driver
4926374 GEM driver v2.41 does not work with old hwchecksum
4919572 GEM: GEG_STATUS_RX_NO_BUF interrupt not enabled
 
(from 108813-15)
4660429 Sun Trunking 1.2.1 gem driver panics with 3 ports down out of 4 ports
 
(from 108813-14)
4844596 Assertion failed mp->b_next == NULL in ge:geuninit
4848485 panic: bad rmfree
 
(from 108813-13)
4779489 ge driver uses unpublished mi_alloc(), etc. interfaces
4792353 panic: mutex_exit: not owner running SUNWsgdr
4852341 ge driver: Driver not compatible with some kernels
4819970 ge:taco panics with "BAD TRAP: type=31 due to NULL pointer dereference"
4843595 one of the external cards
 
(from 108813-12)
4771770 SPECweb performance down 21% on GEM (v2.29) in s10_20 with ge_put_cfg=1
4782136 GEM performance on 15K is lower than anticipated
 
(from 108813-11)
4759414 ge should protect itself from mblk which has b_rptr > b_wptr
4656013 ge interface hangs starts logging ge_queue_cnt, ge_queue_full_cnt / CPU
4718277 Bus Error (BERR) panic attempting to unconfigure GEM nic card
4650055 ge netlbtest always fails on first iteration after boot
4707744 PCI ge hang on UltraSPARC II when ge_dmaburst_mode=1
 
(from 108813-10)
4671573 Gem receive performance can be improved using DVMA
4527681 Ultra Enterprise 4500s intermittently hang during network boot over GBE 3.0
 
(from 108813-09)
4434934 subsequent time stamps must have monotonically increasing values
4520535 gigabit flow control is not working.
4521459 netstat -k flow control counter pause_on_cnt, pause_off_cnt remains "0"
 
(from 108813-08)
4491399 Serengeti panics running ttcp over GEM network
 
(from 108813-07)
4382499 alignment trap in qfedodetach()
4454143 Hang observed running sun VTS test.(netlbtest problems)
4480717 Panic "BAD TRAP" with GEM v2.16 on Serengeti with DR stress test
4348511 network drivers should report link_status in kstat structure
4457937 memory leak in ge_setup_mac_address()
 
(from 108813-06)
4381305 gem Specweb transmit performance
4415127 "Link Down - cable problem?" message when a node is out of an OPS cluster
4336578 SUNWged 3.0 causes continuous messages to fill up console and message file
 
(from 108813-05)
4335247 gem transmit performance may be improved
4347663 GigabitEthernet2.0 (X1141A) stops
4368504 Add kstat counters for checksum errors, internal queue counters
4333896 gem: intermittent network hangs on specweb99 clients
 
(from 108813-04)
4355771 GEM v2.7 receive hang with TTCP and AP 2.3 switching
 
(from 108813-03)
4343651 Client GEM mounts do not unmount the GEM server when a client is rebooted
 
(from 108813-02)
4311852 ge2.0: "Link Up" although Switch off
4285590 PCI gigabit ethernet ge may depend on FCODE - uncompatible with hot-plug
4327077 Sun Clustering requires ge driver to deliver heartbeats at interrupt level
4286596 gem: need support for fast dvma on receive
 
(from 108813-01)
4309515 Panic was created when running Trunking 1.2.1 with GEM and AP.
4295731 A ge2.0 does not link up with Summit of Extreme-networks sometimes.

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
For Solaris 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:
-----------------------------
After installing this patch, reboot the system to load the newly
installed driver.

README -- Last modified date:  Wednesday, February 25, 2004

