Patch-ID# 110723-08
Keywords: deadlock ethernet rio tranceivers pci_pm tx_hang
Synopsis: SunOS 5.8: /kernel/drv/sparcv9/eri patch
Date: Apr/26/2005


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

SunOS Release: 5.8

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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 4688458 4797731 4833490 4859554

Changes incorporated in this version: 4688458

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:

4688458 eri driver puts hardware in promisc mode when a stream is in all-multi mode
 
(from 110723-07)
 
4859554 ifOperStatus for eri port not changed when cable is unplugged.
 
(from 110723-06)
 
4797731 ethernet frame length on outgoing ip packets over eri too long
4833490 Inconsistent behavior on rx when data is 45 and 46bytes
 
(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 7-10 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:  Tuesday, April 26, 2005