Patch-ID# 119375-03
Keywords: sd driver
Synopsis: SunOS 5.10_x86: sd patch
Date: Jul/01/2005


Install Requirements: Reboot immediately after patch is installed                      
                      
Solaris Release: 10_x86

SunOS Release: 5.10_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 119374

Topic: SunOS 5.10_x86: sd patch

Relevant Architectures: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch: 5023670 5042195 6234227 6237585 6249580

Changes incorporated in this version: 6249580

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/sd
/kernel/drv/sd

Problem Description:

6249580 x86 needs to support large LUNs
 
(from 119375-02)
 
5023670 V440 onboard RAID does not work with SunCluster 3.x
 
(from 119375-01)
 
5042195 Only part of disk is usable by fdisk or format on Solaris X86
6234227 sd driver refused to play DVDs
6237585 Cannot revert EFI labeled disk back to VTOC

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:
----------------------------
 
NOTE 1:  If you're planning to set up Zones on this system, please
         make sure to install the following patch which fixes bugid
         6216195 (zone installation confused by UPDATE=yes in
         pkginfo(4) file.)
 
         119016-01 (or greater)  Packaging Commands Patch
 
NOTE 2:  KNOWN PROBLEMS AND LIMITATIONS
 
         When applying this patch to a system where a disk has already 
         been formatted and only part of the disk was available (bug 
         5042195) the existing Solaris label *MUST* be cleared in order
         for the disk to be fully utilized.  If this is not done then the
         existing label will be used and that disk configuration from 
         that label will continue to limit the amount of disk space 
         that can be used for that disk.
 
         BE SURE TO BACKUP ANY DATA YOU WISH TO RETAIN BEFORE PROCEEDING 
         FURTHER!
 
         For an unpatched system it is best to boot into single user 
         mode with the ITU loaded.  See examples above for how to do that.
 
         To clear the entire disk you can use this command (fill in 
         the '?' spots with the values for the disk you are dealing with.  
         If unsure, run 'format' to see what disks you have in your 
         system and their paths:
 
         dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/c?t?d?p0 bs=1024k count=10
 
         The example above will wipe out the entire fdisk table and 
         the first 10MB of data on the disk.
 
         For a disk with multiple fdisk partitions you may wish to preserve 
         the other fdisk partitions and only wipe out the Solaris partition.  
         This can be done by only clearing the Solaris partition, in a 
         fashion similar to how you can clear the fdisk information.  
         First use fdisk, or the fdisk command within format, to determine 
         which partition is your Solaris partition.  The fdisk partitions
         are numbered 1 to 4, so simply count from the top down on the
         display of partitions to determine which one is the Solaris fdisk 
         partition.
 
         You can then clear that partition with a command like this (in 
         this example the Solaris partition is number 2):
 
          dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/c?t?d?p2 count=?????
 
         Note that you should use the number for the length of the fdisk 
         partition for the argument to count.  This will take longer than 
         just wiping out the fdisk table as in the first example, because 
         it writes the entire partition one block at a time, but that is 
         needed to destroy all the backup labels so they will not be used.

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, July 1, 2005