IEther-00 (iether) B.11.31.1003 Ethernet Driver Release Notes, Edition 2 (March 2010)
This document provides information about the March 2010 release of the IEther-00 bundle for
HP-UX 11i v3.
Changes from Edition 1
This edition replaces an incorrect reference number in Table 1.
IEther-00 Overview
The IEther-00 bundle contains the iether version B.11.31.1003 driver, which supports the
following Gigabit Ethernet cards and combination cards:
PCI-X Combination
CardsPCI-X Ethernet Cards
PCie Combination
Cards
PCIe Ethernet
Mezzanine CardsPCIe Ethernet Cards
AB290A, AD193A,
AD194A
A7011A, A7012A,
AB545A, AD331A,
AD332A
AD221A, AD222A,
AD393A
NC360m, NC364mAD337A, AD338A,
AD339A
New and Changed Features in This Release
New Features
There are no new features included in IEther-00 at the time of this publication.
Changed Features
There are no changed features included in IEther-00 at the time of this publication.
Problems Fixed in This Version
Table 1 lists the problems fixed in this version of IEther-00.
Table 1 HP-UX 11i v3 March 2010 Fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1003
DescriptionSR Number
For NICs with the Intel 82575 chip set, Fast link and Slow signals do not indicate the correct
speed.
QXCR1000873061
Double panic occurs when attempting to hold a lock which was already held in the Transfer
of Control (TOC) path.
QXCR1000973228
The iether driver is enhanced to support HP-UX Portable image.
QXCR1000951699
Memory corruption occurs with AD221A, AD222A & AD393A PCIe combination cards.
This problem occurs on the receive path, and might cause one or more of the following:
QXCR1000961036
• Panic
• NFS Timeout
Problems Fixed in Recent Versions
Table 2 HP-UX 11i v3 October 2008 Fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.0810
DescriptionSR Number
On fiber cards with IEther-00 version B.11.23.0809 installed, performing any of the following
actions might cause a LINK DOWN condition that persists until the system reboots:
QXCR1000854397
• Executing two or more resets with lanadmin -r.
• Performing multiple disable/enable cycles on the switch ports.
• Disconnecting and reconnecting the cabling.
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