FDDI/9000 EISA Adapter Release Notes

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FDDI/9000 EISA Adapter Release Notes
Patches and Fixes in Version B.10.20.11
Patches and Fixes in Version B.10.20.11
The following patches have been incorporated into this version of the
FDDI/9000 EISA software:
• PHNE_18869
• PHNE_17285
• PHNE_17061
• PHNE_15665
Details regarding these patches and/or fixes follow:
Table 1-1 PHNE_18869
Symptom Defect
1. The system panics with an
instruction page fault with
promiscuous mode enabled on the
EISA FDDI interface.
1. While dismantling a promiscuous
stream, the promiscuous mode
function pointer in the driver’s board
structure is set to NULL. If a packet
destined for the same stream is
processed on another processor
simultaneously, it could result in an
instruction page fault panic due to the
function pointer being NULL.
2. The lanscan command does not
show the interface status correctly for
EISA FDDI interface.
2. The if_flags in the ifnet structure
was not being updated properly on a
ring disconnect indication being
received. This results in the lanscan
and ifconfig commands showing the
interface status as up even when the
cable is disconnected.
3. Aborts/Underruns are observed
when frames larger than 3000 bytes
are transmitted, with EISA SCSI
present on the system.
3. This problem was fixed in an earlier
patch by increasing the transmit FIFO
watermark on the FSI chip to MTU
size. However, the FIFO watermark
was getting reset to the default value
after a card reset.