Patch-ID# 117118-04
Keywords: ap panic trunking hotplug performance dr sunfire sunvts sbus hang dvma
Synopsis: SunOS 5.8: Sun Gigabit Ethernet 3.0
Date: Jan/04/2005


Install Requirements: Reboot after installation                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

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Topic: SunOS 5.8: Sun Gigabit Ethernet 3.0

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4804523 4964514 4982982 4993021 5054087 5063362 5090946 6188981

Changes incorporated in this version: 5090946

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 117000-05 or greater

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:

5090946 Unable to dr PCI gigabit ethernet card
 
(from 117118-03)
6188981 starcat domain panics in gedetach
5054087 DL-Notifications incorrect w/IPMP over Trunking1.3
4964514 holding lock across untimeout causes gem deadlock
5063362 Reduce driver messaging when GEM is in loopback mode (under test)
4993021 info_ack.dl_addr_offset should set to 0 before dl_bind_req
4982982 the word 'speed' gets printed for ndd -get /dev/ge link_speed
 
(from 117118-02)
This revision produced to address a patch packaging issue.
 
(from 117118-01)
4804523	DL_NOTIFY needs to be added to GEM driver

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
For Solaris 8 release, 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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After installing this patch, reboot the system to load the newly
installed driver.

README -- Last modified date:  Tuesday, January 4, 2005