Patch-ID# 113680-06

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Keywords: psr1 bge networking net1-3 boot link kstats bcm5704 interrupt fiesta
Synopsis: SunOS 5.8: bge patch
Date: Sep/05/2005


Install Requirements: Reboot after installation, an alternative may be in Special Install Instructions                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

Unbundled Product: 

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Topic: SunOS 5.8: bge patch
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        NOTE: This patch may contain one or more OEM-specific platform ports.
              See the appropriate OEM_NOTES file within the patch for
              information specific to these platforms.
              DO NOT INSTALL this patch on an OEM system if a corresponding
              OEM_NOTES file is not present (or is present, but instructs not
              to install the patch), unless the OEM vendor directs otherwise.
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Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4726044 4734632 4735281 4741264 4746760 4746966 4748504 4748601 4761834 4825042 4830650 4913952 4991238 5024805

Changes incorporated in this version: 4913952

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 113297-04

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/etc/driver_aliases
/etc/name_to_major
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/bge

Problem Description:

4913952 SNMP agent never sets ifOperStatus to 'down' on bge interface
 
(from 113680-05)
 
5024805 bge driver is reporting missed packets when using UDP (Solaris 8)
 
(from 113680-04)
 
4991238 SunFire V210/V240 bge interface corrupting IGMP packets when 
        running at 10HDX
 
(from 113680-03)
 
4830650 WARNING: interrupt level 4 not serviced in Taco
 
(from 113680-02)
 
4825042 Removal required of 2 log messages output by BGE driver
 
(from 113680-01)
 
  This patch revision accumulates/obsoletes feature point patch 113297-04. 
 
(from 113297-04)
 
4761834 needs software workaround for BCM5704 bug 4743952
4746760 BGE: network port stops working when creating a reusable statefile
 
(from 113297-03)
 
4735281 Placeholder: BGE networking has problems which require workarounds 
        for PSR putback
4734632 Can't perform a Network Boot (install) from net1-3 (net1, net2, net3)
4746966 bge driver fails to deactivate kstats on detach
4748504 need additional driver_aliases entries for bge on Enchilada server
4748601 BCM570x network interface chip stops receiving
 
(from 113297-02)
 
4741264 Workaround for Tx stall generates link up/down cycles
 
(from 113297-01)
 
4726044 ON support for Enchilada server - bge driver

Patch Installation Instructions:
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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:
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Reboot the system after patch installation.
 
   NOTE: For complete platform support of the SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210,
         SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240, SUNW,Netra-240, or SUNW,Serverblade1,
         please install the following patches:
 
         108528-18 (or greater)   Kernel Update Patch
         108974-25 (or greater)   dada,uata,dad,sd,scsi patch
         109888-18 (or greater)   platform drivers patch
         109889-02 (or greater)   platform links & libc_psr patch
         110460-26 (or greater)   fruid/PICL plug-ins patch
         111794-02 (or greater)   /usr/lib/libcpc.so.1 patch
         111883-14 (or greater)   Sun GigaSwift Ethernet 1.0 driver patch
         112249-02 (or greater)   libprtdiag_psr.so.1 patch
         113679-01 (or greater)   rmc* and librsc.so.1 patch
         113681-01 (or greater)   mc-us3i patch
         113682-01 (or greater)   pmugpio patch
         113683-01 (or greater)   todm5819p_rmc patch
         113684-01 (or greater)   scadm patch

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, September 5, 2005

