<html><head><meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark"></head><body><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 112817-18
Keywords: security ce performance schizo infinite_burst hang
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 112817-20 SunOS 5.9: Sun GigaSwift Ethernet 1.0 driver patch
Date: Aug/05/2004


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This patch 112817-18 has been re-instated on Sept. 24, 2004.
Patch 112817-19 was re-instated.

Reason for patch 112817-19 being withdrawn:
Regression introduced. 5076202 : MAC address becomes zero 
using Trunking 1.3 module with ce v1.138 on S10_62 build.

Further information can be found by looking at the following BugId(s):
5065648, 5070824

Recommendation:
Please remove patch 112817-19 and re-install 112817-18

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Install Requirements: Reboot after installation                      
                      
Solaris Release: 9

SunOS Release: 5.9

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 117714

Topic: 
        NOTE: 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.
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Relevant Architectures: sparc.sun4u

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4629291 4637950 4640855 4645885 4647988 4648346 4651090 4658962 4675241 4678583 4678908 4681554 4686107 4686121 4686126 4687821 4690643 4690650 4696480 4698533 4699088 4702980 4703803 4703839 4704372 4704413 4707612 4708099 4708816 4710796 4717385 4717637 4724811 4728208 4730696 4734902 4735212 4735224 4735240 4738499 4739846 4746230 4753629 4753634 4754360 4762837 4763498 4763533 4779486 4784093 4792519 4797403 4798684 4804568 4813252 4817746 4827599 4827852 4828534 4830725 4833497 4840375 4841619 4841922 4842533 4845437 4850591 4850593 4850596 4850598 4850601 4858668 4861928 4872163 4873132 4877395 4878072 4878966 4883900 4884801 4885316 4892527 4892531 4892948 4894783 4898660 4899720 4899721 4900973 4906860 4915216 4915383 4915384 4919336 4922948 4924976 4925585 4928320 4929138 4934451 4935473 4939954 4948197 4948202 4949787 4952213 4952649 4952687 4958238 4962352 4962537 4962776 4963384 4988034 4993010 4998501 4998655 5004020 5052253 5056005

Changes incorporated in this version: 4949787 4919336 4962537 4988034 4998501 4963384 4958238 4962776 4934451 4998655 4962352 5004020 4993010 4828534 5052253 5056005

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: 

/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/ce
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/ce
/usr/include/sys/ce.h
/usr/include/sys/ce_mac.h

Problem Description:

5004020 Misprogrammed loopback mode causing invalid failures of LW8
        boards.
4993010 info_ack.dl_addr_offset should set to 0 before dl_bind_req.
4828534 Cassini error messages fill file system.
5052253 The ce driver can cause the memory leak.
5056005 Add adv_***_cap statistics per PSARC/2003/581
 
(from 112817-17)
4949787 Saturn chip drops link when jumbo packet received at 100mb
4919336 BERR panic on SF15K with cassini_CR chip on Cassini GCC card
4962537 LED locks up on Saturn based GCS NICs.
4988034 Using multiple INT lines wasted resources
4998501 vlan_read_format clobbers checksum field.
4963384 Need a kernel statistic to measure the frequency of Rx Buffer page reuse.
4958238 ce allocb/dblk_constructor memory leak
4962776 ddi_prop_decode_alloc memory leak from ce driver
4934451 panic in ce_drain_fifo
4998655 Enable VLAN support for x86 platforms, along with Cassini.
4962352 Assertion panic on attach (heap corruption)
 
(from 112817-16)
4900973 QGE ports got link failure during the FCODE test
4948197 Saturn chip can stop transmitting due to collisions.
4948202 ndd parameters 'enable_ipg0', 'ipg0/1/2' are not applied once ndd completes
4952687 Weakness in the DLIOCRAW mode IOCTL cause a panic.
4952213 Cassini driver v1.122 does not work well with v1.134
4952649 System panic while running loopback test with Cassini based fiber card
 
(from 112817-15)
4935473 mutex bad trap during high stress testing
4939954 Jumbo frames driver needs to tell trunking a device is in Jumbo mode
4929138 rx_rel_flow gets incremented when ce_taskq_disable=1 when nothing goes wrong
 
(from 112817-14)
4928320 interrupt is blocked during the driver attach time
 
(from 112817-13)
4915383 Need a new kstat to establish the current MTU in use with a port.
4915384 Need to put in safeguard in 'ndd' for accept-jumbo.
4877395 Need wrapper sub-capability for MDT in CE driver
4915216 Need to add the external loopback support for the Saturn chip to the driver
4883900 kernel heap corruption detected for buffers last used by ce
4906860 Cassini driver sends DMA request with uninitialized  handle.
4924976 Cassini driver v1.130 is not supporting Trunking 1.3
4892948 Driver does not strip excess pad bytes for 802.3 packets
4922948 can't set accept_jumbo field to 1 with ndd for /dev/ce
4925585 Need to extend loopback export to support future National Semi Phys'
 
(from 112817-12)
4892531 add support to the schizo systems for QGE cards
4899721 Cassini Jumbo frames support doesn't work for VLAN config.
4884801 "Loopback mode already set"
4898660 cassini interface should display trunk_mode in kstats
4894783 panic in ce driver with ce_rx_intr routine on a null pointer dereference
4892527 internal giga phy loopback test is needed for QGE
4899720 Cassini Jumbo frames support doesn't exceed 8114 bytes.
 
(from 112817-11)
4885316 high stress of ce network causes panic on multiple systems
 
(from 112817-10)
4878966 memory leaks in ce_attach() path
4873132 Reproducible failures of tcp testsuite with Cassini (ce) network i/f
4878072 Synopsis of FCO and FIN collections unreasonably long
4872163 Cassini initialization panic on trunking setup/release loop.
 
(from 112817-09)
4842533 Cassini driver version 1.122 failed external loopback SunVTS netlbtest
4840375 Undeterministic Interrupt Binding for multiple CE cards.
4827599 netlbtest timeout error
4861928 CE driver does not support hardware-only load-balancing
4858668 Patch 111883-14 installed via JumpStart causing ce corruption on V480
 
(from 112817-08)
4845437 allocated ce_stats_sz should be stored in the soft state
4841922 Puma ignore rules if all servers from lb-group are taken out of VLAN in switch loopback SunVTS netlbtest
4841619 kernel heap corruption in ce driver.
4833497 Inconsistent behavior on rx side when data is 45 and 46 bytes
4830725 ce: cassini should report i/f speed in DL_NOTIFY_IND(DL_NOTE_SPEED) in kb/sec
4827852 Invalid DL_CAPABILITY_ACK sent to IP when VLAN is enabled
4817746 Driver not compatible with some kernels
4813252 Potential panic in DL_NOTIFCATION routines in cassini driver
4797403 V1280 cassini doesn't work with 100FDX. Only when autoneg is active works fine.
4763498 Driver should handle DL_NOTIFY_REQ with DL_NOTE_PHYS_ADDR set
4850591 Link state race condition in driver with Saturn chip
4850593 If first cassini device fails to attach then ndd will panic.
4850596 Remove the MT_PERQ from the cb_flag, allow max concurrency.
4850598 Remove the extra ddi_dma_sync from payload buffer setup.
4850601 Add kstat to indicate the PCI bus speed the card is running at.
 
(from 112817-07)
4804568 potential streams memory leak in ce_wsrv
4798684 Recursive mutex system panic from ce_start on mutex lock p_ce_t -&gt; str_list_txlo
4792519 MDT kstat counters needed in CE driver
4784093 ce hangs oracle db for a few seconds after receiving after receiving rx_tag_err.
4779486 ce driver uses unpublished mi_alloc(), etc. interface
4734902 Cassini doesn't do UDP load balancing.
 
(from 112817-06)
4763533 Domain panicked running SUNWsgdr
4762837 BAD TRAP in module "ce" due to a NULL pointer dereference.
 
(from 112817-05)
4746230 DR of CPU/Mem board results in ce0 Header buffer burst page errors
4739846 Cassini copper panic during IO DR
4738499 CassiniCR Kuheen nic cards are failing SUNWvts internal loopback test
4753634 Cassini calls canputnext when it can be avoided.
4754360 Internal loopback capabilities should match physical layer capability.
4753629 Tx Load balancing code may be coping too frequently when 2 mblk packet.
 
(from 112817-04)
4730696 RFE to add debug kstat counter for promiscuous mode to ce driver
4728208 Driver not compatible with some kernels
4724811 watchdog triggered during network stress test
4717637 cassini 'rbyte' counters are not correct
4717385 infinite_burst should default to 1 on Schizo platforms
4708816 ce driver set data_type for ifspeed as KSTAT_DATA_ULONG
4681554 Cassini GCC cards panic system due to PCI parity error in Schizo2.4 based system
4678908 Integrate Cassini Ethernet Driver improvements
4710796 ce using non-ARC'ed interface
4735212 Map boot line speed, duplex, and link-clock parameters to GMII properties.
4708099 Broadcast storms when more than one Cauldron card on same network
4735224 link_master keyword is overloaded.
4735240 ce_dupb increments ce_mblks_pending un-necessarily.
 
(from 112817-03)
4707612 DR of system board containing kernel cage results in network down
4702980 Cassini panic with 'ndd -set' after a DR attach on XC
4690650 Cassini fails MAC test suite test # 4.2.1.2 Alignment Error Test
4690643 Cassini fails MAC test suite test # 4.2.1.1 FCS Error Test
 
(from 112817-02)
4704372 kstat required to measure frequence of release bit assertions.
4696480 bug in DVMA setup logic
4703803 kstat link duplex params are not updated with V1.116 ce driver
4699088 "Bus Error Panic" on E880R with DR testing on Cassini Copper cards.
4698533 ce: unable to resolve dependency, module 'misc/random_reg' not found
4687821 Current Cassini Fiber NIC (Kuheen) sunvts internal loopback bypasses the serdes.
4678583 Cassini Fails Auto-negotiation test suit "pause mode resolution"
4704413 Last patch fix for 4691819 may cause a ndd usability bug.
4703839 PatchID 111883-07 fails to install on a net(JumpStart) image
 
(from 112817-01)
4658962 netlbtest panic on ce due to a NULL pointer dereference
4651090 Serengeti paniced when DR'ing I/O assembly with Cassini card
4648346 Cassini driver can panic a low memory system when its UDP traffic is heavy
4647988 RARP timeout while snoop is running on server
4645885 netlbtest fails on jbos blade
4637950 high mutex contention with cassini+ during specweb99
4629291 ce: NOTICE: Timer cannot start EEF92649 is still running
4675241 Add support for of random number generator device.
4640855 ce kstats ipackets_cpuXX incorrect/incomplete
4686107 Internal mac loopback fails when running sunvts
4686121 Add loopback support for the BCM5421 Phy
4686126 ierrors counter never incremented.

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 7-9 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, reboot the system to load the newly
installed driver.

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, October 8, 2004

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