Patch-ID# 118778-04

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Keywords: ce ipv6 broadcast boot hang
Synopsis: SunOS 5.10_x86: Sun GigaSwift Ethernet 1.0 driver patch
Date: Mar/24/2006


Install Requirements: Reboot after installation, an alternative may be in Special Install Instructions                      
                      
Solaris Release: 10_x86

SunOS Release: 5.10_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 118777

Topic: 

Relevant Architectures: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4722784 4763926 4770635 6214285 6216131 6218302 6223263 6238254 6251174 6255365 6255394 6261657 6266901 6266985 6273441 6277650 6279238 6280692 6304571 6310502 6341121 6356079 6358618 6358633

Changes incorporated in this version: 6214285 6310502 4722784 6356079 4770635 6358618 6358633 4763926 6341121

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: 

/kernel/drv/amd64/ce
/kernel/drv/ce
/usr/include/sys/ce.h

Problem Description:

6214285 leak of streams mblk with Sun trunking on network which has type
        886d ethernet packets broadcast
6310502 Data corruption on ce (x86) when using jumbo frames
4722784 Cassini driver should capture entire raw packet
6356079 Cassini Tx hangs under heavy traffic
4770635 Cassini Multidata TX logic may lead to interface deadlock
6358618 Disabling MDT breaks VLAN tagging for CE
6358633 Snooping on CE VLAN interface outputs nothing
4763926 IP packets get stuck in CE driver during Multidata transmit
6341121 panic in ce_dreq
 
(from 118778-03)
 
6304571 tx_ring becomes wedged with queueing=1
6216131 STREAMS flow control broken in ce driver
6255394 ce driver network hardware problem can hang whole machine
 
(from 118778-02)
 
6251174 ce reorders fragmented IP packets on transmit
6279238 Seeing ce panic when running hellfire on V440 running Nevada
6266901 bcopy_more BAD TRAP during high stress testing of jumbo frames
6218302 System panic happened when cfgadm and ifconfig were executed 
        simultaneously
6280692 under certain conditions, qge/ce hardware could silently discard 
        received packets
 
(from 118778-01)
 
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, please reboot the system to load the newly
installed driver.

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, March 24, 2006