1 Release Date : Thu. Jun 19, 2014 17:00:00 P <<
2 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
3 Adam Radford <<
4 Kashyap Desai <<
5 Sumit Saxena <<
6 Uday Lingala <<
7 Current Version : 06.803.02.00-rc1 <<
8 Old Version : 06.803.01.00-rc1 <<
9 1. Fix reset_mutex leak in megasas_reset_f <<
10 2. Remove unused variables in megasas_inst <<
11 3. Fix LD/VF affiliation parsing. <<
12 4. Add missing initial call to megasas_get <<
13 5. Version and Changelog update. <<
14 ---------------------------------------------- <<
15 Release Date : Mon. Mar 10, 2014 17:00:00 P <<
16 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
17 Adam Radford <<
18 Kashyap Desai <<
19 Sumit Saxena <<
20 Current Version : 06.803.01.00-rc1 <<
21 Old Version : 06.700.06.00-rc1 <<
22 1. Load correct raid context timeout value <<
23 2. Fix megasas_ioc_init_fusion to use loca <<
24 3. Return leaked MPT frames to MPT command <<
25 4. Add Dell PowerEdge VRTX SR-IOV VF devic <<
26 5. Version and Changelog update. <<
27 ---------------------------------------------- <<
28 Release Date : Sat. Aug 31, 2013 17:00:00 P <<
29 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
30 Adam Radford <<
31 Kashyap Desai <<
32 Sumit Saxena <<
33 Current Version : 06.700.06.00-rc1 <<
34 Old Version : 06.600.18.00-rc1 <<
35 1. Add High Availability clustering suppor <<
36 2. Version and Changelog update. <<
37 ---------------------------------------------- <<
38 Release Date : Wed. May 15, 2013 17:00:00 P <<
39 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
40 Adam Radford <<
41 Kashyap Desai <<
42 Sumit Saxena <<
43 Current Version : 06.600.18.00-rc1 <<
44 Old Version : 06.506.00.00-rc1 <<
45 1. Return DID_ERROR for scsi io, when cont <<
46 2. Fix the interrupt mask for Gen2 control <<
47 3. Update balance count in driver to be in <<
48 4. Free event detail memory without device <<
49 5. Set IO request timeout value provided b <<
50 6. Add support for MegaRAID Fury (device I <<
51 7. Add support to display Customer brandin <<
52 8. Set IoFlags to enable Fast Path for JBO <<
53 controllers. <<
54 9. Add support for Extended MSI-x vectors <<
55 HBA). <<
56 10.Add support for Uneven Span PRL11. <<
57 11.Add support to differentiate between iM <<
58 12.Version and Changelog update. <<
59 ---------------------------------------------- <<
60 Release Date : Sat. Feb 9, 2013 17:00:00 PS <<
61 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
62 Adam Radford <<
63 Current Version : 06.506.00.00-rc1 <<
64 Old Version : 06.504.01.00-rc1 <<
65 1. Add 4k FastPath DIF support. <<
66 2. Don't load DevHandle unless FastPath en <<
67 3. Version and Changelog update. <<
68 ---------------------------------------------- <<
69 Release Date : Mon. Oct 1, 2012 17:00:00 PS <<
70 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
71 Adam Radford <<
72 Current Version : 06.504.01.00-rc1 <<
73 Old Version : 00.00.06.18-rc1 <<
74 1. Removed un-needed completion_lock spinl <<
75 2. Add module param for configurable MSI-X <<
76 3. Load io_request DataLength in bytes. <<
77 4. Add array boundary check for SystemPD. <<
78 5. Add SystemPD FastPath support. <<
79 6. Remove duplicate code. <<
80 7. Version, Changelog, Copyright update. <<
81 ---------------------------------------------- <<
82 Release Date : Tue. Jun 17, 2012 17:00:00 P <<
83 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
84 Adam Radford/Kashyap D <<
85 Current Version : 00.00.06.18-rc1 <<
86 Old Version : 00.00.06.15-rc1 <<
87 1. Fix Copyright dates. <<
88 2. Add throttlequeuedepth module parameter <<
89 3. Add resetwaittime module parameter. <<
90 4. Move poll_aen_lock initializer. <<
91 ---------------------------------------------- <<
92 Release Date : Mon. Mar 19, 2012 17:00:00 P <<
93 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
94 Adam Radford <<
95 Current Version : 00.00.06.15-rc1 <<
96 Old Version : 00.00.06.14-rc1 <<
97 1. Optimize HostMSIxVectors setting. <<
98 2. Add fpRead/WriteCapable, fpRead/WriteAc <<
99 ---------------------------------------------- <<
100 Release Date : Fri. Jan 6, 2012 17:00:00 PS <<
101 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
102 Adam Radford <<
103 Current Version : 00.00.06.14-rc1 <<
104 Old Version : 00.00.06.12-rc1 <<
105 1. Fix reglockFlags for degraded raid5/6 f <<
106 2. Mask off flags in ioctl path to prevent <<
107 MegaCLI versions. <<
108 3. Remove poll_mode_io module parameter, s <<
109 ---------------------------------------------- <<
110 Release Date : Wed. Oct 5, 2011 17:00:00 PS <<
111 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
112 Adam Radford <<
113 Current Version : 00.00.06.12-rc1 <<
114 Old Version : 00.00.05.40-rc1 <<
115 1. Continue booting immediately if FW in F <<
116 2. Increase default cmds per lun to 256. <<
117 3. Fix mismatch in megasas_reset_fusion() <<
118 4. Remove some un-necessary code. <<
119 5. Clear state change interrupts for Fusio <<
120 6. Clear FUSION_IN_RESET before enabling i <<
121 7. Add support for MegaRAID 9360/9380 12GB <<
122 8. Add multiple MSI-X vector/multiple repl <<
123 9. Add driver workaround for PERC5/1068 kd <<
124 ---------------------------------------------- <<
125 Release Date : Tue. Jul 26, 2011 17:00:00 P <<
126 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
127 Adam Radford <<
128 Current Version : 00.00.05.40-rc1 <<
129 Old Version : 00.00.05.38-rc1 <<
130 1. Fix FastPath I/O to work with degraded <<
131 2. Add .change_queue_depth support. <<
132 ---------------------------------------------- <<
133 Release Date : Wed. May 11, 2011 17:00:00 P <<
134 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
135 Adam Radford <<
136 Current Version : 00.00.05.38-rc1 <<
137 Old Version : 00.00.05.34-rc1 <<
138 1. Remove MSI-X black list, use MFI_REG_ST <<
139 2. Remove un-used function megasas_return_ <<
140 3. Check MFI_REG_STATE.fault.resetAdapter <<
141 4. Disable interrupts/free_irq() in megasa <<
142 5. Fix bug where AENs could be lost in pro <<
143 6. Convert 6,10,12 byte CDB's to 16 byte C <<
144 IO. <<
145 7. Add 1078 OCR support. <<
146 ---------------------------------------------- <<
147 Release Date : Thu. Feb 24, 2011 17:00:00 P <<
148 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
149 Adam Radford <<
150 Current Version : 00.00.05.34-rc1 <<
151 Old Version : 00.00.05.29-rc1 <<
152 1. Fix some failure gotos from megasas_pro <<
153 2. Add missing check_and_restore_queue_dep <<
154 complete_cmd_fusion(). <<
155 3. Enable MSI-X before calling megasas_ini <<
156 4. Call tasklet_schedule() even if outboun <<
157 boards in MSI-X mode. <<
158 5. Fix megasas_probe_one() to clear PCI_MS <<
159 register in kdump kernel. <<
160 6. Fix megasas_get_cmd() to only print "Co <<
161 megasas_dbg_lvl is set. <<
162 7. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to not <<
163 8. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to use <<
164 9. Add MR_EVT_CFG_CLEARED to megasas_aen_p <<
165 10. Fix tasklet_init() in megasas_init_fw( <<
166 11. Fix fault state handling in megasas_tr <<
167 12. Fix max_sectors setting for IEEE SGL's <<
168 13. Fix iMR OCR support to work correctly. <<
169 ---------------------------------------------- <<
170 Release Date : Tues. Dec 14, 2010 17:00:00 <<
171 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
172 Adam Radford <<
173 Current Version : 00.00.05.29-rc1 <<
174 Old Version : 00.00.04.31-rc1 <<
175 1. Rename megaraid_sas.c to megaraid_sas_b <<
176 2. Update GPL headers. <<
177 3. Add MSI-X support and 'msix_disable' mo <<
178 4. Use lowest memory bar (for SR-IOV VF su <<
179 5. Add struct megasas_instance_temlate cha <<
180 new instance entries: <<
181 <<
182 irqreturn_t (*service_isr )(int irq, vo <<
183 void (*tasklet)(unsigned long); <<
184 u32 (*init_adapter)(struct megasas_inst <<
185 u32 (*build_and_issue_cmd) (struct mega <<
186 struct scsi_cmnd *); <<
187 void (*issue_dcmd) (struct megasas_inst <<
188 struct megasas_c <<
189 <<
190 6. Add code to support MegaRAID 9265/9285 c <<
191 ---------------------------------------------- <<
192 1 Release Date : Thur. May 03, 2010 09:12: <<
193 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
194 Bo Yang <<
195 <<
196 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.31-rc1 <<
197 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1 <<
198 <<
199 1. Add the Online Controller Reset (OCR) <<
200 OCR is the new feature for megaraid_sa <<
201 will allow the fw to do the chip reset <<
202 affect the OS behavior. <<
203 <<
204 To add the OCR support, driver need to <<
205 a). reset the controller chips <<
206 will change the function calls <<
207 related to this two chips. <<
208 <<
209 b). during the reset, driver w <<
210 which not returned by FW to dr <<
211 will re-issue those pending cm <<
212 finished. <<
213 <<
214 c). In driver's timeout routin <<
215 OS as reset. Also driver's que <<
216 cmds until the OCR finished. <<
217 <<
218 d). in Driver's ISR routine, i <<
219 state change, FW in Failure st <<
220 reset (OCR), driver will start <<
221 <<
222 e). In driver's IOCTL routine, <<
223 OCR to finish, then issue the <<
224 <<
225 f). Before driver kill adapter <<
226 OCR to see if driver can bring <<
227 <<
228 2. Add the support update flag to the dri <<
229 application which driver will support <<
230 will not need to do the device update <<
231 from the system. <<
232 3. In driver's timeout routine, driver wi <<
233 failed state. Driver will kill adapte <<
234 this three times reset. <<
235 4. Add the input parameter max_sectors to <<
236 customer can use the input parameter m <<
237 controller. <<
238 <<
239 1 Release Date : Thur. Oct 29, 2009 09:12: <<
240 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
241 Bo Yang <<
242 <<
243 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1 <<
244 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.12 <<
245 <<
246 1. Add the pad_0 in mfi frame structure t <<
247 context value larger than 32bit value <<
248 <<
249 2. Add the logic drive list to the driver <<
250 keep the logic drive list internal aft <<
251 <<
252 3. driver fixed the device update issue a <<
253 PD delete/ADD, LD add/delete from FW. <<
254 <<
255 1 Release Date : Tues. July 28, 2009 10:12 <<
256 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
257 Bo Yang <<
258 <<
259 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.12 <<
260 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.10 <<
261 <<
262 1. Change the AEN sys PD update from scsi <<
263 scsi_add_device and scsi_remove_device <<
264 2. Takeoff the debug print-out in aen_pol <<
265 <<
266 1 Release Date : Thur. July 02, 2009 10:12 <<
267 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
268 Bo Yang <<
269 <<
270 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.10 <<
271 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.08 <<
272 <<
273 1. Add the 3 mins timeout during the cont <<
274 2. Add the fix for 64bit sense date error <<
275 <<
276 1 Release Date : Tues. May 05, 2009 10:12:4 <<
277 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
278 Bo Yang <<
279 <<
280 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.08 <<
281 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.06 <<
282 <<
283 1. Add the fix of pending in FW after del <<
284 2. Add the fix of deallocating memory aft <<
285 <<
286 1 Release Date : Tues. March 26, 2009 10:12 <<
287 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
288 Bo Yang <<
289 <<
290 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.06 <<
291 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.04 <<
292 <<
293 1. Add the fix of the driver cmd empty fi <<
294 2. Add the fix of the driver MSM AEN CMD <<
295 <<
296 1 Release Date : Tues. March 03, 2009 10:12 <<
297 (emaild-id:megaraidlin <<
298 Bo Yang <<
299 <<
300 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.04 <<
301 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.01 <<
302 <<
303 1. Add the Tape drive fix to the driver: <<
304 the tape device, set the pthru timeout <<
305 <<
306 2. Add Poll_wait mechanism to Gen-2 Linux <<
307 In the aen handler, driver nee <<
308 the way it raises SIGIO. <<
309 <<
310 3. Add new controller new SAS2 support to <<
311 <<
312 4. Report the unconfigured PD (system PD) <<
313 <<
314 5. Add the IEEE SGL support to the driver <<
315 <<
316 6. Reasign the Application cmds to SAS2 c <<
317 1
318 1 Release Date : Thur.July. 24 11:41:51 PST 2 1 Release Date : Thur.July. 24 11:41:51 PST 2008 -
319 (emaild-id:megaraidlinu 3 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
320 Sumant Patro 4 Sumant Patro
321 Bo Yang 5 Bo Yang
322 6
323 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.01 7 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.01
324 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.22 8 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.22
325 9
326 1. Add the new controller (0078, 0079) support 10 1. Add the new controller (0078, 0079) support to the driver
327 Those controllers are LSI's next genera 11 Those controllers are LSI's next generatation(gen2) SAS controllers.
328 12
329 1 Release Date : Mon.June. 23 10:12:45 PST 13 1 Release Date : Mon.June. 23 10:12:45 PST 2008 -
330 (emaild-id:megaraidlinu 14 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
331 Sumant Patro 15 Sumant Patro
332 Bo Yang 16 Bo Yang
333 17
334 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.22 18 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.22
335 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.20 19 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.20
336 20
337 1. Add shutdown DCMD cmd to the shutdown routi 21 1. Add shutdown DCMD cmd to the shutdown routine to make FW shutdown proper.
338 2. Unexpected interrupt occurs in HWR Linux dr 22 2. Unexpected interrupt occurs in HWR Linux driver, add the dumy readl pci flush will fix this issue.
339 23
340 1 Release Date : Mon. March 10 11:02:31 PDT 24 1 Release Date : Mon. March 10 11:02:31 PDT 2008 -
341 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 25 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
342 Sumant Patro 26 Sumant Patro
343 Bo Yang 27 Bo Yang
344 28
345 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.20-RC1 29 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.20-RC1
346 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.16 30 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.16
347 31
348 1. Rollback the sense info implementation 32 1. Rollback the sense info implementation
349 Sense buffer ptr data type in the ioct 33 Sense buffer ptr data type in the ioctl path is reverted back
350 to u32 * as in previous versions of dr 34 to u32 * as in previous versions of driver.
351 35
352 2. Fixed the driver frame count. 36 2. Fixed the driver frame count.
353 When Driver sent wrong frame count to 37 When Driver sent wrong frame count to firmware. As this
354 particular command is sent to drive, F 38 particular command is sent to drive, FW is seeing continuous
355 chip resets and so the command will ti 39 chip resets and so the command will timeout.
356 40
357 3. Add the new controller(1078DE) support to t 41 3. Add the new controller(1078DE) support to the driver
358 and Increase the max_wait to 60 from 1 42 and Increase the max_wait to 60 from 10 in the controller
359 operational status. With this max_wai 43 operational status. With this max_wait increase, driver will
360 make sure the FW will finish the pen 44 make sure the FW will finish the pending cmd for KDUMP case.
361 45
362 1 Release Date : Thur. Nov. 07 16:30:43 PST 46 1 Release Date : Thur. Nov. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
363 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 47 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
364 Sumant Patro 48 Sumant Patro
365 Bo Yang 49 Bo Yang
366 50
367 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.16 51 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.16
368 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.15 52 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.15
369 53
370 1. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_SECS to 60 secon 54 1. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_SECS to 60 seconds from 10. FW may take
371 a max of 60 seconds to respond to the 55 a max of 60 seconds to respond to the INIT cmd.
372 56
373 1 Release Date : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 57 1 Release Date : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
374 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 58 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
375 Sumant Patro 59 Sumant Patro
376 Bo Yang 60 Bo Yang
377 61
378 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.15 62 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.15
379 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.14 63 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.14
380 64
381 1. Added module parameter "poll_mode_io" to su 65 1. Added module parameter "poll_mode_io" to support for "polling"
382 (reduced interrupt operation). In thi 66 (reduced interrupt operation). In this mode, IO completion
383 interrupts are delayed. At the end of 67 interrupts are delayed. At the end of initiating IOs, the
384 driver schedules for cmd completion if 68 driver schedules for cmd completion if there are pending cmds
385 to be completed. A timer-based interr 69 to be completed. A timer-based interrupt has also been added
386 to prevent IO completion processing fr 70 to prevent IO completion processing from being delayed
387 indefinitely in the case that no new I 71 indefinitely in the case that no new IOs are initiated.
388 72
389 1 Release Date : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 73 1 Release Date : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
390 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 74 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
391 Sumant Patro 75 Sumant Patro
392 Bo Yang 76 Bo Yang
393 77
394 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.14 78 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.14
395 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.13 79 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.13
396 80
397 1. Setting the max_sectors_per_req based on ma 81 1. Setting the max_sectors_per_req based on max SGL supported by the
398 FW. Prior versions calculated this val 82 FW. Prior versions calculated this value from controller info
399 (max_sectors_1, max_sectors_2). For ce 83 (max_sectors_1, max_sectors_2). For certain controllers/FW,
400 this was resulting in a value greater 84 this was resulting in a value greater than max SGL supported
401 by the FW. Issue was first reported by 85 by the FW. Issue was first reported by users running LUKS+XFS
402 with megaraid_sas. Thanks to RB for p 86 with megaraid_sas. Thanks to RB for providing the logs and
403 duplication steps that helped to get t 87 duplication steps that helped to get to the root cause of the
404 issue. 2. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_ 88 issue. 2. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_SECS to 60 seconds from
405 10. FW may take a max of 60 seconds to 89 10. FW may take a max of 60 seconds to respond to the INIT
406 cmd. 90 cmd.
407 91
408 1 Release Date : Fri. June. 15 16:30:43 PST 92 1 Release Date : Fri. June. 15 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
409 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 93 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
410 Sumant Patro 94 Sumant Patro
411 Bo Yang 95 Bo Yang
412 96
413 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.13 97 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.13
414 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.12 98 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.12
415 99
416 1. Added the megasas_reset_timer routine to in 100 1. Added the megasas_reset_timer routine to intercept cmd timeout and throttle io.
417 101
418 On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:44 -0600, James Botto 102 On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:44 -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
419 It looks like megaraid_sas at least needs this 103 It looks like megaraid_sas at least needs this to throttle its commands
420 > as they begin to time out. The code keeps t 104 > as they begin to time out. The code keeps the existing transport
421 > template use of eh_timed_out (and allows the 105 > template use of eh_timed_out (and allows the transport to override the
422 > host if they both have this callback). 106 > host if they both have this callback).
423 > 107 >
424 > James 108 > James
425 109
426 1 Release Date : Sat May. 12 16:30:43 PST 2 110 1 Release Date : Sat May. 12 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
427 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 111 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
428 Sumant Patro 112 Sumant Patro
429 Bo Yang 113 Bo Yang
430 114
431 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.12 115 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.12
432 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.11 116 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.11
433 117
434 1. When MegaSAS driver receives reset call fr 118 1. When MegaSAS driver receives reset call from OS, driver waits in reset
435 routine for max 3 minutes for all pending comm 119 routine for max 3 minutes for all pending command completion. Now driver will
436 call completion routine every 5 seconds from t 120 call completion routine every 5 seconds from the reset routine instead of
437 waiting for depending on cmd completion from i 121 waiting for depending on cmd completion from isr path.
438 122
439 1 Release Date : Mon Apr. 30 10:25:52 PST 2 123 1 Release Date : Mon Apr. 30 10:25:52 PST 2007 -
440 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 124 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
441 Sumant Patro 125 Sumant Patro
442 Bo Yang 126 Bo Yang
443 127
444 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.11 128 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.11
445 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.09 129 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.09
446 130
447 1. Memory Manager for IOCTL removed fo 131 1. Memory Manager for IOCTL removed for 2.6 kernels.
448 pci_alloc_consistent replaced by dm 132 pci_alloc_consistent replaced by dma_alloc_coherent. With this
449 change there is no need of memory m 133 change there is no need of memory manager in the driver code
450 134
451 On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 13:30 -0800, And 135 On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 13:30 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
452 > I suspect all this horror is due to 136 > I suspect all this horror is due to stupidity in the DMA API.
453 > 137 >
454 > pci_alloc_consistent() just goes and 138 > pci_alloc_consistent() just goes and assumes GFP_ATOMIC, whereas
455 > the caller (megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl) w 139 > the caller (megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl) would have been perfectly happy
456 > to use GFP_KERNEL. 140 > to use GFP_KERNEL.
457 > 141 >
458 > I bet this fixes it 142 > I bet this fixes it
459 143
460 It does, but the DMA API was expanded 144 It does, but the DMA API was expanded to cope with this exact case, so
461 use dma_alloc_coherent() directly in t 145 use dma_alloc_coherent() directly in the megaraid code instead. The dev
462 is just &pci_dev->dev. 146 is just &pci_dev->dev.
463 147
464 James <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> 148 James <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
465 149
466 3. SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE is not supported 150 3. SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE is not supported by FW and thus blocked by driver.
467 4. Hibernation support added 151 4. Hibernation support added
468 5. Performing diskdump while running I 152 5. Performing diskdump while running IO in RHEL 4 was failing. Fixed.
469 153
470 1 Release Date : Fri Feb. 09 14:36:28 PST 2 154 1 Release Date : Fri Feb. 09 14:36:28 PST 2007 -
471 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 155 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
472 Sumant Patro 156 Sumant Patro
473 Bo Yang 157 Bo Yang
474 158
475 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.09 159 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.09
476 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.08 160 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.08
477 161
478 i. Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVE 162 i. Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVER_TIMEOUT" errors
479 163
480 The driver now waits for 10 seconds to 164 The driver now waits for 10 seconds to elapse instead of 5 (as in
481 previous release) to resume IO. 165 previous release) to resume IO.
482 166
483 1 Release Date : Mon Feb. 05 11:35:24 PST 2 167 1 Release Date : Mon Feb. 05 11:35:24 PST 2007 -
484 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 168 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
485 Sumant Patro 169 Sumant Patro
486 Bo Yang 170 Bo Yang
487 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.08 171 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.08
488 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.07 172 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.07
489 173
490 i. Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVE 174 i. Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVER_TIMEOUT" errors
491 175
492 Fix: The driver is now throttling I 176 Fix: The driver is now throttling IO.
493 Checks added in megasas_queue_command 177 Checks added in megasas_queue_command to know if FW is able to
494 process commands within timeout period 178 process commands within timeout period. If number of retries
495 is 2 or greater,the driver stops sendi 179 is 2 or greater,the driver stops sending cmd to FW temporarily. IO is
496 resumed if pending cmd count reduces t 180 resumed if pending cmd count reduces to 16 or 5 seconds has elapsed
497 from the time cmds were last sent to F 181 from the time cmds were last sent to FW.
498 182
499 ii. FW enables WCE bit in Mode Sense cmd f 183 ii. FW enables WCE bit in Mode Sense cmd for drives that are configured
500 as WriteBack. The OS may send "SYNCHRO 184 as WriteBack. The OS may send "SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE" cmd when Logical
501 Disks are exposed with WCE=1. User is 185 Disks are exposed with WCE=1. User is advised to enable Write Back
502 mode only when the controller has batt 186 mode only when the controller has battery backup. At this time
503 Synhronize cache is not supported by t 187 Synhronize cache is not supported by the FW. Driver will short-cycle
504 the cmd and return success without sen !! 188 the cmd and return sucess without sending down to FW.
505 189
506 1 Release Date : Sun Jan. 14 11:21:32 PDT 2 190 1 Release Date : Sun Jan. 14 11:21:32 PDT 2007 -
507 Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi 191 Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>/Bo Yang
508 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.07 192 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.07
509 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.06 193 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.06
510 194
511 i. bios_param entry added in scsi_host_te 195 i. bios_param entry added in scsi_host_template that returns disk geometry
512 information. 196 information.
513 197
514 1 Release Date : Fri Oct 20 11:21:32 PDT 20< 198 1 Release Date : Fri Oct 20 11:21:32 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>/Bo Yang
515 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.06 199 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.06
516 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.05 200 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.05
517 201
518 1. Added new memory management module to suppo 202 1. Added new memory management module to support the IOCTL memory allocation. For IOCTL we try to allocate from the memory pool created during driver initialization. If mem pool is empty then we allocate at run time.
519 2. Added check in megasas_queue_command and dp 203 2. Added check in megasas_queue_command and dpc/isr routine to see if we have already declared adapter dead
520 (hw_crit_error=1). If hw_crit_error==1, now !! 204 (hw_crit_error=1). If hw_crit_error==1, now we donot accept any processing of pending cmds/accept any cmd from OS
521 205
522 1 Release Date : Mon Oct 02 11:21:32 PDT 20< 206 1 Release Date : Mon Oct 02 11:21:32 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
523 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.05 207 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.05
524 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.04 208 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.04
525 209
526 i. PCI_DEVICE macro used 210 i. PCI_DEVICE macro used
527 211
528 Convert the pci_device_id-table of the 212 Convert the pci_device_id-table of the megaraid_sas-driver to the PCI_DEVICE-macro, to safe some lines.
529 213
530 - Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@nac 214 - Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@nachtwindheim.de>
531 ii. All compiler warnings removed 215 ii. All compiler warnings removed
532 iii. megasas_ctrl_info struct reverted to 3 216 iii. megasas_ctrl_info struct reverted to 3.02 release
533 iv. Default value of megasas_dbg_lvl set t 217 iv. Default value of megasas_dbg_lvl set to 0
534 v. Removing in megasas_exit the sysfs ent 218 v. Removing in megasas_exit the sysfs entry created for megasas_dbg_lvl
535 vi. In megasas_teardown_frame_pool(), cmd- 219 vi. In megasas_teardown_frame_pool(), cmd->frame was passed instead of
536 cmd->sense to pci_pool_free. Fixed. Bu 220 cmd->sense to pci_pool_free. Fixed. Bug was pointed out by
537 Eric Sesterhenn 221 Eric Sesterhenn
538 222
539 1 Release Date : Wed Sep 13 14:22:51 PDT 20< 223 1 Release Date : Wed Sep 13 14:22:51 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
540 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.04 224 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.04
541 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.03 225 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.03
542 226
543 i. Added Reboot notify 227 i. Added Reboot notify
544 ii. Reduced by 1 max cmds sent to FW from 228 ii. Reduced by 1 max cmds sent to FW from Driver to make the reply_q_sz same
545 as Max Cmds FW can support 229 as Max Cmds FW can support
546 230
547 1 Release Date : Tue Aug 22 16:33:14 PDT 20< 231 1 Release Date : Tue Aug 22 16:33:14 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
548 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.03 232 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.03
549 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.02 233 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.02
550 234
551 i. Send stop adapter to FW & Dump pending 235 i. Send stop adapter to FW & Dump pending FW cmds before declaring adapter dead.
552 New variable added to set dbg level. !! 236 New varible added to set dbg level.
553 ii. Disable interrupt made as fn pointer a 237 ii. Disable interrupt made as fn pointer as they are different for 1068 / 1078
554 iii. Frame count optimization. Main frame c 238 iii. Frame count optimization. Main frame can contain 2 SGE for 64 bit SGLs and
555 3 SGE for 32 bit SGL 239 3 SGE for 32 bit SGL
556 iv. Tasklet added for cmd completion 240 iv. Tasklet added for cmd completion
557 v. If FW in operational state before firi 241 v. If FW in operational state before firing INIT, now we send RESET Flag to FW instead of just READY. This is used to do soft reset.
558 vi. megasas_ctrl_prop structure updated (b 242 vi. megasas_ctrl_prop structure updated (based on FW struct)
559 vii. Added print : FW now in Ready State du 243 vii. Added print : FW now in Ready State during initialization
560 244
561 1 Release Date : Sun Aug 06 22:49:52 PDT 20< 245 1 Release Date : Sun Aug 06 22:49:52 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
562 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.02 246 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.02
563 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.01 247 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.01
564 248
565 i. Added FW transition state for Hotplug !! 249 i. Added FW tranistion state for Hotplug scenario
566 250
567 1 Release Date : Sun May 14 22:49:52 PDT 20< 251 1 Release Date : Sun May 14 22:49:52 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
568 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.01 252 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.01
569 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04 253 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04
570 254
571 i. Added support for ZCR controller. 255 i. Added support for ZCR controller.
572 256
573 New device id 0x413 added. 257 New device id 0x413 added.
574 258
575 ii. Bug fix : Disable controller interrupt 259 ii. Bug fix : Disable controller interrupt before firing INIT cmd to FW.
576 260
577 Interrupt is enabled after req 261 Interrupt is enabled after required initialization is over.
578 This is done to ensure that dr 262 This is done to ensure that driver is ready to handle interrupts when
579 it is generated by the control 263 it is generated by the controller.
580 264
581 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi 265 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
582 266
583 1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 20< 267 1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
584 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04 268 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
585 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04 !! 269 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04
586 270
587 i. Remove superfluous instance_lock !! 271 i. Remove superflous instance_lock
588 272
589 gets rid of the otherwise superfluous !! 273 gets rid of the otherwise superflous instance_lock and avoids an unsave
590 unsynchronized access in the error han 274 unsynchronized access in the error handler.
591 275
592 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de 276 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
593 277
594 278
595 1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 20< 279 1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
596 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04 280 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
597 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04 !! 281 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04
598 282
599 i. Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) contro 283 i. Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) controller, device id : 0x60 added.
600 During initialization, depending on th !! 284 During initialization, depending on the device id, the template members
601 are initialized with function pointers !! 285 are initialized with function pointers specific to the ppc or
602 xscale controllers. !! 286 xscale controllers.
603 287
604 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi 288 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
605 289
606 1 Release Date : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 20 !! 290 1 Release Date : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro
607 < 291 <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
608 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04 292 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
609 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.02 !! 293 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.02
610 i. Register 16 byte CDB capability with s !! 294 i. Register 16 byte CDB capability with scsi midlayer
611 295
612 "This patch properly registers the 16 !! 296 "Ths patch properly registers the 16 byte command length capability of the
613 megaraid_sas controlled hardware with !! 297 megaraid_sas controlled hardware with the scsi midlayer. All megaraid_sas
614 hardware supports 16 byte CDB's." 298 hardware supports 16 byte CDB's."
615 299
616 -Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@del !! 300 -Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@dell.com>
617 301
618 1 Release Date : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 20< 302 1 Release Date : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
619 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02 303 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02
620 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01 !! 304 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01
621 305
622 i. New template defined to represent each !! 306 i. New template defined to represent each family of controllers (identified by processor used).
623 The template will have definitions tha !! 307 The template will have defintions that will be initialised to appropritae values for a specific family of controllers. The template definition has four function pointers. During driver initialisation the function pointers will be set based on the controller family type. This change is done to support new controllers that has different processors and thus different register set.
624 308
625 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi 309 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
626 310
627 1 Release Date : Mon Dec 19 14:36:26 PST 20< 311 1 Release Date : Mon Dec 19 14:36:26 PST 2005 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
628 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.00-rc4 !! 312 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.00-rc4
629 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01 !! 313 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01
630 314
631 i. Code reorganized to remove code duplic !! 315 i. Code reorganized to remove code duplication in megasas_build_cmd.
632 316
633 "There's a lot of duplicate code megas !! 317 "There's a lot of duplicate code megasas_build_cmd. Move that out of the different codepathes and merge the reminder of megasas_build_cmd into megasas_queue_command"
634 318
635 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de 319 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
636 320
637 ii. Defined MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE32 for cod 321 ii. Defined MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE32 for code paths that handles 32 bit applications in 64 bit systems.
638 322
639 "MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE can't be redefin 323 "MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE can't be redefined if CONFIG_COMPAT is set, we need to define a MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE32 define so native binaries continue to work"
640 324
641 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de 325 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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