Patch-ID# 111850-02
Keywords: drivers STREAMS ECC CE
Synopsis: SunOS 5.8: Supplemental Kernel Update Patch for 108528-10
Date: Sep/17/2001

Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

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Topic: SunOS 5.8: Supplemental Kernel Update Patch for 108528-10
NOTE 1: This is a preliminary supplemental patch which is 
                designed to address the concerns identified below.
                Sun may release this as a full patch at a later date,
                however, Sun is under no obligation whatsoever to
                create, release or distribute any such patch.
		Installing this patch is at the users discretion.

        NOTE 2: Refer to Special Install Instructions section for IMPORTANT
                specific information on this patch.

        NOTE 3: 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.

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4423730 4455088

Changes incorporated in this version: 4455088

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 108528-11 (or newer)

Patches required with this patch: 108528-10

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/kernel/genunix
/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000/kernel/cpu/sparcv9/SUNW,UltraSPARC-III
/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-15000/kernel/sparcv9/unix
/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire/kernel/cpu/sparcv9/SUNW,UltraSPARC-III
/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire/kernel/sparcv9/unix
/platform/SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise-10000/kernel/sparcv9/unix
/platform/SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise-10000/kernel/unix
/platform/sun4d/kernel/unix
/platform/sun4m/kernel/unix
/platform/sun4u/kernel/cpu/SUNW,UltraSPARC-III
/platform/sun4u/kernel/cpu/sparcv9/SUNW,UltraSPARC-III
/platform/sun4u/kernel/genunix
/platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9/genunix
/platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9/unix
/platform/sun4u/kernel/unix

Problem Description:

4455088 ECC CE errors at excessive rate caused system hang
 
(from 111850-01)
 
4423730 Under rare circumstances STREAMS drivers may cause a system panic

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 7-8 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:
----------------------------- 
 
This patch MUST be installed with the backout option enabled.
 
Reboot the system after patch installation.

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, September 17, 2001

