10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) B.11.31.1109 Ethernet Driver Release Notes
2 New and changed features in this release
2.1 New features
• Instances of iexgbe_watchdog() are now distributed across multiple CPUs. (QXCR1001068207)
A new macro, IEXGBE_LAUNCH_TIMER_ON_SPU, distributes multiple instances of
iexgbe_watchdog() invocation across multiple CPUs at system boot. Previously, all iexgbe
instances were on the same CPU.
2.2 Changed features
• The manpages are enhanced. (QXCR1001118679)
A usage description for the newly added nwmgr ifAdmin command is added to the
manpages.
• The LRO (Large Receive Offload) flag is set during initialization. (QXCR1001116744)
• The iexgbe_watchdog() function is changed. (QXCR1001111926)
The iexgbe_watchdog() function now posts a statistical counter request to the device each
time it is invoked.
3 Problems fixed in this version
Table 1 HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 Fixes — 10GigEthr-02 B.11.31.1109
DescriptionSR number
When a port of the device is reset while there is traffic on any of the ports, the reset operation
might result in a failure to run down the adapter that can only be recovered by rebooting the
system.
QXCR1001017249
After a reset, or when promiscuous mode is turned off, all of the registered multicast addresses
are lost from the internal table of the driver and the device is reprogrammed with a null
multicast list.
QXCR1001053175
Problems fixed in recent versions
Table 2 HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 Fixes — 10GigEthr-02 B.11.31.1103
DescriptionSR number
“ERROR: Could not process request” when changing driver default settings.QXCR1001091276
Table 3 HP-UX 11i v3 November 2010 Fixes — 10GigEthr-02 B.11.31.1011
DescriptionSR number
Link hardware initialization failure if reset is done on both NIC ports.QXCR1001076951
Table 4 HP-UX 11i v3 September 2010 Fixes — 10GigEthr-02 B.11.31.1009.01
DescriptionSR number
Registered Multi-Cast addresses are lost when a device is reset or the receive mode is toggled
(such as by turning promiscuous mode on and off).
QXCR1001053175
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