<rant>
With the rate of change (and quantity of change) going into the
Solaris TCP/IP stack (and knowing the current bugcount), I can
only say that the Solaris 10 TCP/IP stack feels like "beta code"
that doesn't get really well tested :-( Update 4 is going to change
TCP/IP code in a very significant way (IP Instances), so unless
you really have to, it might be worth avoiding Updates 4 and 5
and go straight from 3 to 6 (there will be an Update 5 but it will
be not far behind U4).. or perhaps even 2 to 6, if 3 is causing
you problems where 2 wasnt'.
I would recommend people download 125014-02 while you
can and keep it somewhere safe because 125014-03 (and others)
will not be able to be applied to anything prior to Update 4.
If you still have problems and have support contracts, ring up
Sun and hassle them and tell them you want a patch for that
release of Solaris10 (with Solaris's IPFilter) and dont want
to upgrade to update 4.
</rant>
That's a shame, because I'm spoiled by Solaris's stability and incremental
enhancements (better, faster, more and more functionality).
Where I work u4 is eagerly expected, as we hope to finally be able to engage
IPF to firewall traffic between zones... lots of hope and expecations is
placed on u4 and CrossBow. And we're very likely one of the biggest if not
the biggest Sun Microsystems customer.
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