^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 1) IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 3)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 4) 5.00.01 - Sarasota ( 5i ) adapters must always be scanned first
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 5) - Get rid on IOCTL_NEW_COMMAND code
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 6) - Add Extended DCDB Commands for Tape Support in 5I
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 7)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 8) 4.90.11 - Don't actually RESET unless it's physically required
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 9) - Remove unused compile options
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 10)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 11) 4.90.08 - Data Corruption if First Scatter Gather Element is > 64K
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 12)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 13) 4.90.08 - Increase Delays in Flashing ( Trombone Only - 4H )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 14)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 15) 4.90.05 - Use New PCI Architecture to facilitate Hot Plug Development
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 16)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 17) 4.90.01 - Add ServeRAID Version Checking
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 18)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 19) 4.80.26 - Clean up potential code problems ( Arjan's recommendations )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 20)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 21) 4.80.21 - Change memcpy() to copy_to_user() in NVRAM Page 5 IOCTL path
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 22)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 23) 4.80.20 - Set max_sectors in Scsi_Host structure ( if >= 2.4.7 kernel )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 24) - 5 second delay needed after resetting an i960 adapter
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 25)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 26) 4.80.14 - Take all semaphores off stack
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 27) - Clean Up New_IOCTL path
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 28)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 29) 4.80.04 - Eliminate calls to strtok() if 2.4.x or greater
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 30) - Adjustments to Device Queue Depth
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 31)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 32) 4.80.00 - Make ia64 Safe
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 33)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 34) 4.72.01 - I/O Mapped Memory release ( so "insmod ips" does not Fail )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 35) - Don't Issue Internal FFDC Command if there are Active Commands
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 36) - Close Window for getting too many IOCTL's active
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 37)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 38) 4.72.00 - Allow for a Scatter-Gather Element to exceed MAX_XFER Size
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 39)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 40) 4.71.00 - Change all memory allocations to not use GFP_DMA flag
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 41) - Code Clean-Up for 2.4.x kernel
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 42)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 43) 4.70.15 - Fix Breakup for very large ( non-SG ) requests
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 44)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 45) 4.70.13 - Don't release HA Lock in ips_next() until SC taken off queue
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 46) - Unregister SCSI device in ips_release()
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 47) - Don't Send CDB's if we already know the device is not present
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 48)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 49) 4.70.12 - Corrective actions for bad controller ( during initialization )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 50)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 51) 4.70.09 - Use a Common ( Large Buffer ) for Flashing from the JCRM CD
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 52) - Add IPSSEND Flash Support
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 53) - Set Sense Data for Unknown SCSI Command
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 54) - Use Slot Number from NVRAM Page 5
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 55) - Restore caller's DCDB Structure
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 56)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 57) 4.20.14 - Update patch files for kernel 2.4.0-test5
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 58)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 59) 4.20.13 - Fix some failure cases / reset code
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 60) - Hook into the reboot_notifier to flush the controller
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 61) cache
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 62)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 63) 4.20.03 - Rename version to coincide with new release schedules
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 64) - Performance fixes
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 65) - Fix truncation of /proc files with cat
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 66) - Merge in changes through kernel 2.4.0test1ac21
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 67)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 68) 4.10.13 - Fix for dynamic unload and proc file system
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 69)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 70) 4.10.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4M/4L
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 71)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 72) 4.00.06 - Fix timeout with initial FFDC command
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 73)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 74) 4.00.05 - Remove wish_block from init routine
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 75) - Use linux/spinlock.h instead of asm/spinlock.h for kernels
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 76) 2.3.18 and later
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 77) - Sync with other changes from the 2.3 kernels
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 78)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 79) 4.00.04 - Rename structures/constants to be prefixed with IPS_
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 80)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 81) 4.00.03 - Add alternative passthru interface
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 82) - Add ability to flash ServeRAID BIOS
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 83)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 84) 4.00.02 - Fix problem with PT DCDB with no buffer
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 85)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 86) 4.00.01 - Add support for First Failure Data Capture
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 87)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 88) 4.00.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 89)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 90) 3.60.02 - Make DCDB direction based on lookup table.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 91) - Only allow one DCDB command to a SCSI ID at a time.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 92)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 93) 3.60.01 - Remove bogus error check in passthru routine.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 94)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 95) 3.60.00 - Bump max commands to 128 for use with ServeRAID
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 96) firmware 3.60.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 97) - Change version to 3.60 to coincide with ServeRAID release
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 98) numbering.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 99)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 100) 1.00.00 - Initial Public Release
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 101) - Functionally equivalent to 0.99.05
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 102)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 103) 0.99.05 - Fix an oops on certain passthru commands
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 104)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 105) 0.99.04 - Fix race condition in the passthru mechanism
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 106) -- this required the interface to the utilities to change
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 107) - Fix error recovery code
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 108)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 109) 0.99.03 - Make interrupt routine handle all completed request on the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 110) adapter not just the first one
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 111) - Make sure passthru commands get woken up if we run out of
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 112) SCBs
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 113) - Send all of the commands on the queue at once rather than
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 114) one at a time since the card will support it.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 115)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 116) 0.99.02 - Added some additional debug statements to print out
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 117) errors if an error occurs while trying to read/write
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 118) to a logical drive (IPS_DEBUG).
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 119)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 120) - Fixed read/write errors when the adapter is using an
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 121) 8K stripe size.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 122)