OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 110723-06
Keywords: deadlock ethernet rio tranceivers pci_pm tx_hang
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 110723-07 SunOS 5.8: /kernel/drv/sparcv9/eri patch
Date: Jul/11/2003


Install Requirements: Reboot after installation                      
                      See Special Install Instructions                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

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Unbundled Release: 

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Topic: SunOS 5.8: /kernel/drv/sparcv9/eri patch

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4363777 4364842 4376935 4378440 4386437 4389260 4412127 4442017 4453340 4465984 4467555 4467562 4479894 4480970 4486544 4496082 4509547 4518457 4528597 4546894 4599774 4637678 4797731 4833490

Changes incorporated in this version: 4797731 4833490

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 109882-06 or greater

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/kernel/drv/sparcv9/eri

Problem Description:

4797731 ethernet frame length on outgoing ip packets over eri too long
4833490 Inconsistent behavior on rx when data is 45 and 46 bytes
 
(from 110723-05)
 
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 110723-04)
 
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 110723-03)
 
4453340 domain hang while SSD driver is resuming after copy-rename
4442017 Customer unable to use onboard eri ethernet interface.
4465984 SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000 panicked during 18-domain boot
 
(from 110723-02)
 
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 110723-01)
 
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

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 7-9 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:
-----------------------------
 
Reboot the system after patch installation.

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, February 13, 2004

