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Status: OBSOLETE

Patch Id: 118778-11

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Summary: Obsoleted by: 118778-12 SunOS 5.10_x86: Sun GigaSwift Ethernet 1.0 driver patch

Date:  Nov/28/2007

Installation Requirements:

Reboot after installing this patch to activate the changes delivered.  An alternative may be specified in the Special Install Instructions.

Solaris Release: 10_x86

Sun OS Release: 5.10_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 118777

Topic: 

SunOS 5.10: Sun GigaSwift Ethernet 1.0 driver patch

Relevant Architecture: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch:

4722784 4763926 4770635 6214285 6216131 6218302 6223263 6227233 6236474 6238254 6251174 6255365 6255394 6261657 6266901 6266985 6273441 6277650 6279238 6280692 6281341 6304571 6310502 6313896 6342672 6342675 6345632 6356079 6358618 6358633 6385683 6388242 6390978 6401602 6428623 6434341 6451235 6460221 6493290 6501309 6515306 6538624 6550184 6552011 6606507

Changes incorporated in this version:

6606507 6281341

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

NOTE: If the Sun Trunking Utility 1.3 is installed, make sure that the latest Trunking Utility patch, 121182-01 or later is installed.

Obsoleted by:

Files Included in this Patch: 

/kernel/drv/amd64/ce
/kernel/drv/ce
/usr/include/sys/ce.h
/usr/lib/adb/sparcv9/ce_stats
/usr/lib/adb/sparcv9/ce_statsmdt

Problem Description: 

6606507 ce driver needs to work with Solaris 10 IP Instances
6281341 RFE: ce_taskq_disable should be able to set on per instance basis
 
(from 118778-10)
 
6552011 setting ce:ce_no_tx_lb=1 causes Cassini driver hang under heavy load
 
(from 118778-09)
 
6538624 Cassini: recursive mutex panic on cep->str_list_txlock
6550184 Cassini: CR 6538624 fixes panic but causes "IP:...Hardware address...trying to be our IP..."
 
(from 118778-08)
 
6342672 ce should use bcopy or dvma but not ddi_dma
6342675 ce should use port numbers for TX ring selection
6401602 S11 B28/X86_32bits broken ce driver
6428623 MDT does not work in raw mode
6493290 Cassini needs to conform to VLAN Observability behavior proposed in PSARC/2006/358
6501309 seems SunTrunking setup with CE card encounters flow control issue
6460221 U45 PCI Express panic with X4445A + PCIX U320 SCSI under heavy I/O load
6515306 kstat returns wrong lp values for GBE PCI Multimode Fiber Adapter (GFS)
 
(from 118778-07)
 
6434341 with ce version 1.154, system hangs when rebooting
4722784 Cassini driver should capture entire raw packet
6451235 deadlock between two threads in ce (with cep->str_list_txlock and laggr_rwlock)
 
(from 118778-06)
 
6385683 25K panics with Schizo and XMITS cards when testing fix for IB
6345632 investigate the resurrection of 4 interrupts per CE port
6313896 vlan interface on Cassini reports incorrect link speed when using snmpwalk 
 
(from 118778-05)
 
6236474 ce molests PCI-bus, panics system
6390978 data corruption on ce (x86) when using jumbo frames with MDT enabled
6227233 Starcat domains hang on Cauldron with PERR,BERR, NCPQ_TO (DSTOP)
6388242 panic with null pointer in laggr_get_dev if ce patch updated without
        updating trunking patch
 
(from 118778-04)
 
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
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
 
(from 118778-03)
 
6304571 tx_ring becomes wedged with queuing=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 ce panics when running hellfire on V440 running Nevada
6266901 bcopy_more BAD TRAP during high stress testing of jumbo frames
6218302 system panics 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

Revision History: 

118778-07 118778-05 118778-02 118778-09 118778-01 118778-04 118778-03 118778-08

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, June 12, 2009