EISA Token Ring Release Notes

EISA Token Ring Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0

Patches and Fixes for this Version (B.11.00.07)

Fixes:

• EISA Token Ring causes a system panic at regular intervals.

This problem is ﬁxed by correcting cache ﬂush/purge size.

• EISA Token Ring fails to detect a cable disconnect.

The driver code is not sending linkdown and linkup events during cable disconnect/

reconnect.

The driver code has been modiﬁed to send linkup and linkdown events in the cable

disconnect/reconnect path.

• The lanadmin reset causes a system panic with the cable disconnected.

The driver lock is being held before sending linkup event in the reset path.

The driver code has been modiﬁed to release a driver lock before sending a linkup event in

the reset path.

• DLPI multicast enable/disable fails on EISA Token Ring due to the problem in

the implementation of the DLPI multicast.

The driver code has been modiﬁed to support both DLPI multicast enable/disable.

• IP multicast does not work under certain conditions because it is not properly

implemented on EISA Token Ring.

The driver code has been modiﬁed to support IP multicast enable/disable.

Patch PHNE_17942:

• lanadmin reports card down when it’s not.

A code change in the EISA Token Ring initialization function has ﬁxed this defect.

• Connecting the EISA Token Ring card causes a system crash.

The driver software has been changed to check for physically contiguous space returned by

MALLOC. MALLOC is re-tried up to 100 times to prevent a system hang. If this is

exceeded, the card is kept in the down state.

• ‘snmpwalk’ shows inconsistent values.

The driver software has been modiﬁed to call get_nmid() only once per instance.

• When an EISA Token Ring card is used with other Token Ring cards supporting