Patch-ID# 111306-06 Keywords: edhcp inetboot pxe ufsboot bop_alloc corrupts panic overflow Synopsis: SunOS 5.8: ufsboot and inetboot patch Date: Feb/27/2004 Install Requirements: Reboot after installation Solaris Release: 8 SunOS Release: 5.8 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 111307 Topic: SunOS 5.8: ufsboot and inetboot patch *********************************************************** 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. *********************************************************** NOTE: Refer to Special Install Instructions section for IMPORTANT specific information on this patch. Relevant Architectures: sparc.sun4d sparc.sun4m sparc.sun4u BugId's fixed with this patch: 4247106 4402048 4411148 4463870 4670609 4989791 Changes incorporated in this version: 4989791 Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 111168-01 111384-01 Patches which conflict with this patch: Patches required with this patch: Obsoleted by: Files included with this patch: /platform/sun4d/ufsboot /platform/sun4m/ufsboot /platform/sun4u/ufsboot /usr/platform/sun4d/lib/fs/nfs/inetboot /usr/platform/sun4m/lib/fs/nfs/inetboot /usr/platform/sun4u/lib/fs/nfs/inetboot Problem Description: 4989791 System cannot boot when it has many physical memory chunks (from 111306-05) 4670609 inetboot does not honor arguments for device and network boot support (from 111306-04) 4411148 panic - boot: Boot: scratch memory overflow. (from 111306-03) 4463870 ufsboot silently corrupts bop_alloc size argument (from 111306-02) This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in feature point patch 111384-01. (from 111306-01) This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in feature point patch 111168-01. (from 111168-01) 4247106 DHCP server is too slow in servicing a large number of clients (from 111384-01) 4402048 PXE feature required in Solaris 8 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 7-9 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: ----------------------------- Reboot the system after patch installation. NOTE 1: To get the complete support for EDHCP, please install this new package SUNWdhcsb Binary File Format Data Module for BOOTP/ DHCP Services and the following patches: 111302-01 (or newer) EDHCP libraries patch 108964-05 (or newer) /usr/sbin/snoop patch 111310-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/libdhcpagent.so.1 patch 109906-06 (or newer) dhcpagent, dhcpinfo, ifconfig and netstat patch 111304-01 (or newer) /kernel/misc/nfs_dlboot patch 111306-01 (or newer) /usr/platform/sun4d/lib/fs/nfs/inetboot, /usr/platform/sun4m/lib/fs/nfs/inetboot, and /usr/platform/sun4u/lib/fs/nfs/inetboot patch 111308-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/libmtmalloc.so.1 patch 109077-02 (or newer) dhcp server and admin patch NOTE 2: To get the complete fix for bugid 4411148, please install the following patch: 108528-17 (or newer) KU patch README -- Last modified date: Friday, February 27, 2004