Patch-ID# 109473-06
Keywords: mi_strlog SACK TCP FIN tcp_wscale_always ndd tcp multipathing
Synopsis: SunOS 5.8_x86: /kernel/drv/tcp patch
Date: 22/Jan/01

Solaris Release: 8_x86

SunOS release: 5.8_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: /kernel/drv/tcp patch

	NOTE:	Refer to Special Install Instructions section for 
		IMPORTANT specific information on this patch.

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4278842 4291034 4299644 4308728 4310189 4311938 4313189 4319441 4319717 4324051 4330074 4332542 4360818 4370123 4375920 4376886 

Changes incorporated in this version: 4278842 4313189 4324051 4360818 4370123 4375920 4376886

Relevant Architectures: i386

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 109055-02 110559-01 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 109280-10 (or newer)

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch:

/kernel/drv/tcp
/usr/include/inet/tcp.h

Problem Description:

	This patch revision was generated to change the dependency
	on a feature point patch to a generic feature patch.

4278842 Add reverse tunneling to Foreing Agent and Home Agent
4313189 Mipagent needs to use routing socket to add/delete routes for rev-tun support
4324051 Mipagent needs to have a socket option to route reg reply directly to MN
4360818 Provide kernel support for Reverse tunneling and private addressing
4370123 AAA extensions to RADIUS interface between mipagent and radius
4376886 mipagent doesn't work with PPP interfaces
4375920 Foreign agent does not create two tunnels to HA when different COAs used

(from 109473-05)

        This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the 
        feature changes introduced in feature point patch 110553-01

(from 109473-04)

4319717 systems generate multiple old-broadcast tcp packets

(from 109473-03)

	This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete
        the feature changes introduced in point patch 109055-02.

4311938 Network Multipathing should be integrated into 2.8.
4299644 debug kernel panics; race between ip_close and ip_wsrv threads
4291034 arp: bad trap in ip while deleting logical interface during arp
4308728 ifconfig results in spurious message on the console

(from 109473-02)

4310189 mi_strlog in TCP can cause path timeouts in cluster

	The previous version of the patch required additional code
	fix for 4310189.  Hence, this patch was generated.

(from 109473-01)

4310189 mi_strlog in TCP can cause path timeouts in cluster
4319441 SACK causes data corruption in TCP (data shifted by 12 bytes)
4330074 TCP should handle out of order FIN
4332542 tcp_wscale_always ndd param has no effect

(from 109055-02)

	This point patch revision was generated to include some escalated
        bugfixes.

4311938 Network Multipathing should be integrated into 2.8.
4299644 debug kernel panics; race between ip_close and ip_wsrv threads
4291034 arp: bad trap in ip while deleting logical interface during arp
4308728 ifconfig results in spurious message on the console

(from 109055-01)

4311938 Network Multipathing should be integrated into Solaris 8
4299644 debug kernel panics; race between ip_close and ip_wsrv threads
4291034 arp: bad trap in ip while deleting logical interface during arp
4308728 ifconfig results in spurious message on the console

(from 110559-01)

4278842 Add reverse tunneling to Foreign Agent and Home Agent
4313189 Mipagent needs to use routing socket to add/delete routes for rev-tun support
4324051 Mipagent needs to have a socket option to route reg reply directly to MN
4360818 Provide kernel support for Reverse tunneling and private addressing
4370123 AAA extensions to RADIUS interface between mipagent and radius
4376886 mipagent doesn't work with PPP interfaces
4375920 Foreign agent does not create two tunnels to HA when different COAs used

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: 
----------------------------- 

Reboot the system after patch installation.

	NOTE 1: To get the complete IP Multipathing support, one needs
                to install the following patches:

                109899-01 (or newer)    /kernel/drv/arp patch
                109743-02 (or newer)    /kernel/drv/icmp patch
		109280-05 (or newer)    /kernel/drv/ip patch
                109901-01 (or newer)    /etc/init.d/network and 
                                        /etc/rcS.d/S30network.sh patch
                109473-03 (or newer)    /kernel/drv/tcp patch
                109741-02 (or newer)    /kernel/drv/udp patch
                109903-01 (or newer)    /usr/lib/inet/in.ndpd patch
                109905-01 (or newer)    /etc/default/mpathd and 
                                        /sbin/in.mpathd patch
                109907-01 (or newer)    /sbin/ifconfig and /usr/sbin/ifconfig 
                                        patch

        NOTE 2: To get the complete support for the following:

                Add reverse tunneling to Foreign Agent and Home Agent
                Mipagent needs to use routing socket to add/delete 
                        routes for rev-tun support
                Mipagent needs to have a socket option to route reg 
                        reply directly to MN
                Provide kernel support for Reverse tunneling and 
                        private addressing

                one needs to install the following patches:

                110396-04 (or newer)    mipagent patch
                109280-09 (or newer)    ip/ipsecah patch
                109741-04 (or newer)    udp patch
                109743-03 (or newer)    icmp patch
                109473-05 (or newer)    tcp patch

