Patch-ID# 110284-06
Keywords: mkfs stderr stdout -m mkfs stderr stdout -m mkfs_ufs core
Synopsis: SunOS 5.8_x86: mkfs and newfs patch
Date: Nov/25/2002

Install Requirements: None                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8_x86

SunOS Release: 5.8_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 110283

Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: mkfs and newfs patch

Relevant Architectures: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4297460 4333516 4339330 4344221 4374181 4380132 4425003 4476995 4721124

Changes incorporated in this version: 4721124

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 110333-01

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/usr/lib/fs/ufs/mkfs
/usr/lib/fs/ufs/newfs

Problem Description:

4721124 mkfs coredumps when fragsize is 8192 on large filesystems
 
(from 110284-05)
 
4425003 Expanding logging-enabled ufs with mkfs returns a "permission denied" error
4476995 rlmount() does not include largefiles flag
 
(from 110284-04)
 
	This patch revision was generated to include the fixes for
        4374181 and 4380132 which were missed from the previous patch
        revision.
 
4374181 mkfs can fail in low-memory environments
4380132 mkfs_ufs core dumps on some sets of parameters.
 
(from 110284-03)
 
4374181 mkfs can fail in low-memory environments
4380132 mkfs_ufs core dumps on some sets of parameters.
 
(from 110284-02)
 
	This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the
        feature changes introduced in feature point patch 110333-01.
 
4344221 RFE: mkfs is unnecessarily slow
4333516 newfs nbpi calculation wrong for near-terabyte filesystems
 
(from 110284-01)
 
4297460 should mkfs -m solaris 8 work
4339330 mkfs -m doesn't redirect output to stdout
 
(from 110333-01)
 
4344221 RFE: mkfs is unnecessarily slow
4333516 newfs nbpi calculation wrong for near-terabyte filesystems

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
 
For Solaris 7-9 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 104945-02
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.

Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------
 
None.

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, November 25, 2002

