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2002-12-19 qeth [SLES8]

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The 2002-12-19 OCO-modules contain bug-fixes on top of those included in SUSE SLES 8 GA-level.

These OCO modules are functionally equivalent to the vanilla kernel 2.4.19 OCO-modules of 2002-12-19 and therefore include fixes for the following problems:

Description:
Re-enable OSA features like broadcast after cable pull.
Symptom:
Broadcast doesn't work on OSD devices after cable pull.
Description:
Fix MAC decoding problem for VM Guest LAN interfaces (needs PTF UM30652, available for z/VM 4.3.0).
Symptom:
MAC address could not be determined for VM Guest LAN interfaces
Description:
Removed message "adapter is using anycast or nocast. Using unicast instead."
Symptom:
A lot of messages "adapter is using anycast or nocast. Using unicast instead." showing up, possibly jamming the console.
Description:
Fix high load in many-to-one communication scenarios.
Symptom:
When multiple guests send traffic to one destination under VM LAN, the Linux load goes to 100%

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