Patch-ID# 109901-04
Keywords: network ipmp ip address nic dhcp preferred hostname
Synopsis: SunOS 5.8_x86: /etc/init.d/network and /sbin/ifparse patch
Date: Jul/16/2004


Install Requirements: Reboot after installation                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8_x86

SunOS Release: 5.8_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 109900

Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: /etc/init.d/network and /sbin/ifparse patch
	NOTE:	Refer to Special Install Instructions section for
		IMPORTANT specific information on this patch.

Relevant Architectures: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4209200 4291034 4299644 4308728 4311938 4382115 4773326 4865207 4929493

Changes incorporated in this version: 4773326

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 109065-01 110964-02

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/etc/init.d/inetsvc
/etc/init.d/network
/etc/rc0.d/K42inetsvc
/etc/rc1.d/K42inetsvc
/etc/rc2.d/S72inetsvc
/etc/rcS.d/K42inetsvc
/etc/rcS.d/S30network.sh
/sbin/ifparse

Problem Description:

4773326 PSARC 2003/325 Set hostname locally when not provided by dhcp server
 
(from 109901-03)
 
4865207 The system drops into the single-user mode with an invalid /etc/hostname.xxx
4929493 Network Client Mode does not work in Solaris 8/9
 
(from 109901-02)
 
	This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete
        the feature changes introduced in point patch 110964-02.
 
(from 109901-01)
 
	This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete
        the feature changes introduced in point patch 109065-01.
 
(from 109065-01)
 
4311938 Network Multipathing should be integrated into Solaris 8
4299644 debug kernel panics; race between ip_close and ip_wsrv threads
4291034 arp: bad trap in ip while deleting logical interface during arp
4308728 ifconfig results in spurious message on the console
 
(from 110964-02)
 
4209200 DHCP client does not allow for setting preferred hostname
 
(from 110964-01)
 
4382115 IPMP will lose IP addresses if system reboots with missing NIC

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 IP Multipathing support, one needs
                to install the following patches:
 
                109899-01 (or newer)    /kernel/drv/arp patch
                109743-02 (or newer)    /kernel/drv/icmp patch
		109280-05 (or newer)    /kernel/drv/ip patch
                109901-01 (or newer)    /etc/init.d/network and
                                        /etc/rcS.d/S30network.sh patch
                109473-03 (or newer)    /kernel/drv/tcp patch
                109741-02 (or newer)    /kernel/drv/udp patch
                109903-01 (or newer)    /usr/lib/inet/in.ndpd patch
                109905-01 (or newer)    /etc/default/mpathd and
                                        /sbin/in.mpathd patch
                109907-01 (or newer)    /sbin/ifconfig and /usr/sbin/ifconfig
                                        patch
 
	NOTE 2: To get the complete fix for 4209200 (DHCP client does
                not allow for setting preferred hostname), one needs
                to install the dhcpagent patch 109907-06 (or newer).

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, July 16, 2004