Patch-ID# 101924-07
Keywords: NEC-DOS format PCMCIA dkio pcfs SRAM ports add_drv drvconfig security
Synopsis: SunOS 5.4_x86: add_drv, drv_config, pcfs and fdformat fixes
Date: Sep/03/96

Solaris Release: 2.4_x86

SunOS Release: 5.4_x86

Unbundled Product:

Unbundled Release:

Xref: This patch available on SPARC as patch 101902

Topic: SunOS 5.4_x86: add_drv, drv_config, pcfs and fdformat fixes

BugId's fixed with this patch: 1143457 1146540 1164094 1171871 1172076 1177071 1178651 1178652 1178667 1189464 1195272 1243401 1247852

Changes incorporated in this version: 1247852

Relevant Architectures: i386

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:

/usr/bin/fdformat
/usr/include/sys/dkio.h
/usr/kernel/fs/pcfs
/usr/sbin/add_drv
/usr/sbin/drvconfig
/usr/sbin/ports

Problem Description:

1247852 floppy drive error makes machine panic: pc_rele: nrefs count

(from 101924-06)

1177071 A security hole exists if vold is configured not to manage floppies

(from 101924-05)

1243401 Cannot mount Fujitsu FMR diskette on Solaris2.4/2.5.

(from 101924-04)

1172076 drvconfig changes permissions on existing device entries under /device.

(from 101924-03)

1189464 mount_pcfs on bad diskettes hard hangs machines
1195272 mount of bad diskette panics system in mod_rele_dev_by_major()

(from 101924-02)

1146540	Missing definition type for the generic PCMCIA interface in the dkio.h file.
1143457 pcfs does not support DOS file system on PCMCIA SRAM card ram disk.
1164094 Enhancing fdformat utility for formatting PCMCIA memory cards
1178667	ports command needs to understand different types of serial ports
1178651 add_drv command needs new switch to prevent loading driver
1178652 drvconfig command needs new switch to prevent loading driver

(from 101924-01)

1171871 pcfs cannot handle NEC-DOS medium density format

pcfs cannot handle NEC-DOS medium density format:
On a sun4m_ss10, "fdformat -M -t nec" will work with a high-density floppy,
then "mount -F pcfs /dev/diskette /mnt" returns an error.

Patch Installation Instructions:
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