Patch-ID# 118777-01

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Keywords: ce multicast streams leak broadcast
Synopsis: SunOS 5.10: Sun GigaSwift Ethernet 1.0 driver patch
Date: Aug/18/2005


Install Requirements: Reboot after installation                      
                      
Solaris Release: 10

SunOS Release: 5.10

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 118778

Topic: SunOS 5.10: Sun GigaSwift Ethernet 1.0 driver 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.sun4u

BugId's fixed with this patch: 6223263 6238254 6255365 6261657 6266985 6273441 6277650

Changes incorporated in this version: 6266985 6255365 6277650 6273441 6223263 
6238254 6261657

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/ce
/usr/include/sys/ce.h

Problem Description:

6266985 ce stops working on x86 post new-boot
6255365 ce_unmap_rx_dma frees ring buffer before sync of data from dvma
6277650 GFS failed DL_ENABMULTI_REQ/broadcast & L_DISABMULTI_REQ/broadcast tests
6273441 QGE-X TX performance is low
6223263 cassini breaks IPv6 hardware checksum offload
6238254 ce/qfe/ge qassociate failure can lead to panic
6261657 ce is sometimes confused about DLPIv2 DL_ERROR_ACK semantics

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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After installing this patch, reboot the system to load the newly
installed driver.

README -- Last modified date:  Thursday, August 18, 2005