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Status: OBSOLETE

Patch Id: 118997-09

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Summary: Obsoleted by: 118997-10 SunOS 5.10_x86: format patch

Date:  Aug/09/2006

Installation Requirements:

Reboot immediately after patch is installed

Solaris Release: 10_x86

Sun OS Release: 5.10_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 118996

Topic: 

SunOS 5.10_x86: format patch

Relevant Architecture: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch:

4670406 4855218 4934259 4968226 5090022 6194015 6194723 6203470 6209502 6265652 6275431 6296988 6300267 6326547 6334882 6335611 6338653 6340778 6349487 6421970

Changes incorporated in this version:

6296988

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

121799-01

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

118855-10 (or greater)

Obsoleted by:

Files Included in this Patch: 

/usr/include/sys/efi_partition.h
/usr/sbin/format

Problem Description: 

6296988 format: segfault due to buffer overflow in shell escape code
 
(from 118997-08)
 
6421970 Patch 118996-04 does not correctly show dependency on libdiskmgt patch
 
(from 118997-07)
 
6338653 Integrate ZFS
 
(from 118997-06)
 
        Uprev to actually accumulate 121799 patch.
 
(from 118997-05)
 
        This patch revision accumulates s10u2 feature point patch 121799-01.
 
(from 118997-04)
 
4855218 sparc: Need EFI label support on IDE
6275431 x86: Need EFI label support on IDE
6340778 cmlb: common disk label code
6326547 format: converting EFI to VTOC, fdisk info is taken from a random disk
6335611 format: Need to warn users that data will be lost when converting to and from EFI labels
6300267 Remove objmgr module
6203470 Runaway threads on AMD64 in 64 bit mode
4670406 cmdk: seeing kstat_create() namespace collision booting miniroot
6209502 cmdk: open/close: bad FEXCL implementation and bad last partition close detection logic
6194015 Device in use checking for Solaris utilities-PSARC/2004/776
6349487 libdiskmgt should bypass all calls in dm_inuse when NOINUSE_CHECK is set
 
(from 118997-03)
 
This version was generated as a result of the feature foldback
 
5090022 SCSI driver (sd) needs to cope with >2Tb
4968226 formats default ascii name for efi labels sucks
 
(from 118997-02)
 
6265652 119076-01 has the wrong cpu_t offsets
 
(from 118997-01)
 
6194723 format core dumps
4934259 format can segv on malloc failure..
 
(from 121799-01)
 
6334882 format -e does not see the USB Iomega Rev Drive

Revision History: 

118997-01 118997-04 118997-08 118997-02 118997-03

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: 

-----------------------------
 
Not all patches listed in this section as needed for the completion
of a fix or feature, may be available at the same time as this patch.
This allows the remaining fixes/features to be made available sooner.
 
Reboot system after patch installation is complete.
 
NOTE 1: If you're planning to set up Zones on this system, please
        make sure to install the following patch:
 
        119016-01 (or greater)  6216195  zone installation confused by
                                UPDATE=yes in pkginfo(4) file.
 
NOTE 2: To get the complete fix for bug 6275431 (Need EFI label support on
        IDE), please also install the following patches:
 
        122248-01 (or greater) addbadsec patch
        122247-01 (or greater) cmlb patch
        122246-01 (or greater) snlb patch
        122244-01 (or greater) cmdk, dadk, strategy patch
 
NOTE 3: To obtain the complete libdiskmgt support, please also install the
        following patches:
 
        119987-02 (or greater)  clri patch
        122173-01 (or greater)  swap patch
        122175-01 (or greater)  dumpadm patch
        122177-01 (or greater)  libdiskmgt patch
 
NOTE 4: To obtain the complete zfs fix, please also install the following
        patches:
 
        118919-14 (or greater)  Solaris Crypto Framework patch
        118563-08 (or greater)  Solaris Data Encryption Kit Patch
        118344-09 (or greater)  FMA patch
        122641-01 (or greater)  ZFS genesis patch
        122645-01 (or greater)  ZFS header files patch
        122651-01 (or greater)  ZFS miscellaneous patch
        122653-01 (or greater)  ZFS utilities patch
        122751-02 (or greater)  zones configuration libraries patch
        120987-04 (or greater)  mkfs and newfs patch
        122173-02 (or greater)  swap swapadd isaexec patch
        122175-02 (or greater)  dumpadm patch

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, August 21, 2006