OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 109907-06 Keywords: ifconfig multipathing auto-revarp IPMP RCM DHCP dhcpagent dhcpinfo Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 108529-13 SunOS 5.8_x86: dhcpagent, dhcpinfo, ifconfig and netstat patch Date: Aug/21/2001 Solaris Release: 8_x86 SunOS Release: 5.8_x86 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 109906 Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: dhcpagent, dhcpinfo, ifconfig and netstat 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 4218277 4247106 4291034 4299644 4308728 4311938 4344914 4347223 4373331 4386544 Changes incorporated in this version: 4209200 Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 109063-01 110187-02 110596-01 110933-01 111055-02 Patches which conflict with this patch: Patches required with this patch: Obsoleted by: 108529-13 Files included with this patch: /etc/default/dhcpagent /sbin/dhcpagent /sbin/dhcpinfo /sbin/ifconfig /usr/bin/netstat /usr/sbin/ifconfig Problem Description: This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in feature point patch 111055-02. (from 109907-05) This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in point patch 101596-01. (from 109907-04) 4386544 S8U3 Generic Patches Accumulating PP Requirements (from 109907-03) This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in point patch 101187-02. 4347223 Network Multipathing should provide offlining capability. (from 109907-02) 4218277 ifconfig aoto-revarp hangs in the presence of continuous ARP or RARP traffic (from 109907-01) This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in point patch 109063-01. (from 109063-01) 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 110187-02) Patch reved to sync feature gate with patch gate (from 110187-01) 4347223 Network Multipathing should provide offlining capability. (from 110596-01) 4373331 IP Multipathing requires an RCM module (from 110933-01) 4344914 DHCP client hogs the CPU when leases are longer than roughly 48 days (from 111055-02) 4247106 DHCP server is too slow in servicing a large number of clients (from 111055-01) 4209200 DHCP client does not allow for setting preferred hostname 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 7-8 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: ----------------------------- 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 Network Multipathing offlining capability, one needs to install the following patches: 109280-07 (or newer) /kernel/drv/ip patch 109741-03 (or newer) /kernel/drv/udp patch 109903-02 (or newer) /usr/lib/inet/in.ndpd patch 109905-02 (or newer) /sbin/in.mpathd patch 109907-03 (or newer) /sbin/ifconfig patch 110396-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/inet/mipagent patch NOTE 3: To get the complete fix for 4209200 (DHCP client does not allow for setting preferred hostname), one needs to install the network startup script patch 109901-02 (or newer). NOTE 4: 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: 111303-01 (or newer) EDHCP libraries patch 108965-05 (or newer) /usr/sbin/snoop patch 111311-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/libdhcpagent.so.1 patch 109907-06 (or newer) dhcpagent, dhcpinfo, ifconfig and netstat patch 111305-01 (or newer) /kernel/misc/nfs_dlboot patch 111307-01 (or newer) /usr/platform/i86pc/lib/fs/nfs/inetboot patch 111309-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/libmtmalloc.so.1 patch 109078-02 (or newer) dhcp server and admin patch README -- Last modified date: Tuesday, February 12, 2002