[SUMMARY] NFS problems after 5.8 kernel patch 108528-27

According to a Denmark Sunsolve document the kernel patch
108528-27 will result in network corruption problems if you
are using Gibabit Ethernet (ge) network interface. Installing
patch 108813-16 solved my problem.

NOTE: This patch is not included in the recommended patch cluster.
This problem only occurs with ge interface.

Thanks to Frank Bertels for alerting me to this.

Dave Foster


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> Platform: Solaris 8, E420R with recent recommended patch cluster
>
> After installing the latest 5.8 kernel patch 108528-27, my two
> NFS servers experienced the following problems:
>
> 1. "Warning: add-spec: no major number for SUNW,socal"
>
>    /etc/name_to_major was missing entry for "socal 112"
>
> 2. NFS timeouts for all clients attempting to access volumes
>    on the servers, with the error message:
>
>    "NFS readdirplus failed for server cressida: error 5
>      (RPC: Timed out)"
>
> These two servers each have a T3 attached.
>
> Backing out this patch resolved these problems.
>
> Anyone else have similar problems with this kernel patch?
>
> Dave
>
>
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   David Foster    National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research
    Programmer/Analyst       University of California, San Diego
    dfoster[at]ucsd[dot]edu  Department of Neuroscience, Mail 0608
    (858) 534-7968           http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/
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   "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
   persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.  Therefore, all progress
   depends on the unreasonable."   -- George Bernard Shaw
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