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  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      1 Release Date    : Sat. Feb 9, 2013 17:00:00 PST 2013 -
 61                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin      2                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
 62                         Adam Radford                3                         Adam Radford
 63 Current Version : 06.506.00.00-rc1                  4 Current Version : 06.506.00.00-rc1
 64 Old Version     : 06.504.01.00-rc1                  5 Old Version     : 06.504.01.00-rc1
 65     1. Add 4k FastPath DIF support.                 6     1. Add 4k FastPath DIF support.
 66     2. Don't load DevHandle unless FastPath en !!   7     2. Dont load DevHandle unless FastPath enabled.
 67     3. Version and Changelog update.                8     3. Version and Changelog update.
 68 ----------------------------------------------      9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 69 Release Date    : Mon. Oct 1, 2012 17:00:00 PS     10 Release Date    : Mon. Oct 1, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2012 -
 70                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin     11                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
 71                         Adam Radford               12                         Adam Radford
 72 Current Version : 06.504.01.00-rc1                 13 Current Version : 06.504.01.00-rc1
 73 Old Version     : 00.00.06.18-rc1                  14 Old Version     : 00.00.06.18-rc1
 74     1. Removed un-needed completion_lock spinl     15     1. Removed un-needed completion_lock spinlock calls.
 75     2. Add module param for configurable MSI-X     16     2. Add module param for configurable MSI-X vector count.
 76     3. Load io_request DataLength in bytes.        17     3. Load io_request DataLength in bytes.
 77     4. Add array boundary check for SystemPD.      18     4. Add array boundary check for SystemPD.
 78     5. Add SystemPD FastPath support.              19     5. Add SystemPD FastPath support.
 79     6. Remove duplicate code.                      20     6. Remove duplicate code.
 80     7. Version, Changelog, Copyright update.       21     7. Version, Changelog, Copyright update.
 81 ----------------------------------------------     22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 82 Release Date    : Tue. Jun 17, 2012 17:00:00 P     23 Release Date    : Tue. Jun 17, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2012 -
 83                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin     24                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
 84                         Adam Radford/Kashyap D     25                         Adam Radford/Kashyap Desai
 85 Current Version : 00.00.06.18-rc1                  26 Current Version : 00.00.06.18-rc1
 86 Old Version     : 00.00.06.15-rc1                  27 Old Version     : 00.00.06.15-rc1
 87     1. Fix Copyright dates.                        28     1. Fix Copyright dates.
 88     2. Add throttlequeuedepth module parameter     29     2. Add throttlequeuedepth module parameter.
 89     3. Add resetwaittime module parameter.         30     3. Add resetwaittime module parameter.
 90     4. Move poll_aen_lock initializer.             31     4. Move poll_aen_lock initializer.
 91 ----------------------------------------------     32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 92 Release Date    : Mon. Mar 19, 2012 17:00:00 P     33 Release Date    : Mon. Mar 19, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2012 -
 93                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin     34                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
 94                         Adam Radford               35                         Adam Radford
 95 Current Version : 00.00.06.15-rc1                  36 Current Version : 00.00.06.15-rc1
 96 Old Version     : 00.00.06.14-rc1                  37 Old Version     : 00.00.06.14-rc1
 97     1. Optimize HostMSIxVectors setting.           38     1. Optimize HostMSIxVectors setting.
 98     2. Add fpRead/WriteCapable, fpRead/WriteAc     39     2. Add fpRead/WriteCapable, fpRead/WriteAcrossStripe checks.
 99 ----------------------------------------------     40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
100 Release Date    : Fri. Jan 6, 2012 17:00:00 PS     41 Release Date    : Fri. Jan 6, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
101                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin     42                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
102                         Adam Radford               43                         Adam Radford
103 Current Version : 00.00.06.14-rc1                  44 Current Version : 00.00.06.14-rc1
104 Old Version     : 00.00.06.12-rc1                  45 Old Version     : 00.00.06.12-rc1
105     1. Fix reglockFlags for degraded raid5/6 f     46     1. Fix reglockFlags for degraded raid5/6 for MR 9360/9380.
106     2. Mask off flags in ioctl path to prevent     47     2. Mask off flags in ioctl path to prevent memory scribble with older
107        MegaCLI versions.                           48        MegaCLI versions.
108     3. Remove poll_mode_io module parameter, s !!  49     3. Remove poll_mode_io module paramater, sysfs node, and associated code.
109 ----------------------------------------------     50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
110 Release Date    : Wed. Oct 5, 2011 17:00:00 PS     51 Release Date    : Wed. Oct 5, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
111                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin     52                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
112                         Adam Radford               53                         Adam Radford
113 Current Version : 00.00.06.12-rc1                  54 Current Version : 00.00.06.12-rc1
114 Old Version     : 00.00.05.40-rc1                  55 Old Version     : 00.00.05.40-rc1
115     1. Continue booting immediately if FW in F     56     1. Continue booting immediately if FW in FAULT at driver load time.
116     2. Increase default cmds per lun to 256.       57     2. Increase default cmds per lun to 256.
117     3. Fix mismatch in megasas_reset_fusion()      58     3. Fix mismatch in megasas_reset_fusion() mutex lock-unlock.
118     4. Remove some un-necessary code.              59     4. Remove some un-necessary code.
119     5. Clear state change interrupts for Fusio     60     5. Clear state change interrupts for Fusion/Invader.
120     6. Clear FUSION_IN_RESET before enabling i     61     6. Clear FUSION_IN_RESET before enabling interrupts.
121     7. Add support for MegaRAID 9360/9380 12GB     62     7. Add support for MegaRAID 9360/9380 12GB/s controllers.
122     8. Add multiple MSI-X vector/multiple repl     63     8. Add multiple MSI-X vector/multiple reply queue support.
123     9. Add driver workaround for PERC5/1068 kd     64     9. Add driver workaround for PERC5/1068 kdump kernel panic.
124 ----------------------------------------------     65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
125 Release Date    : Tue. Jul 26, 2011 17:00:00 P     66 Release Date    : Tue. Jul 26, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
126                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin     67                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
127                         Adam Radford               68                         Adam Radford
128 Current Version : 00.00.05.40-rc1                  69 Current Version : 00.00.05.40-rc1
129 Old Version     : 00.00.05.38-rc1                  70 Old Version     : 00.00.05.38-rc1
130     1. Fix FastPath I/O to work with degraded      71     1. Fix FastPath I/O to work with degraded RAID 1.
131     2. Add .change_queue_depth support.            72     2. Add .change_queue_depth support.
132 ----------------------------------------------     73 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
133 Release Date    : Wed. May 11, 2011 17:00:00 P     74 Release Date    : Wed. May 11, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
134                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin     75                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
135                         Adam Radford               76                         Adam Radford
136 Current Version : 00.00.05.38-rc1                  77 Current Version : 00.00.05.38-rc1
137 Old Version     : 00.00.05.34-rc1                  78 Old Version     : 00.00.05.34-rc1
138     1. Remove MSI-X black list, use MFI_REG_ST     79     1. Remove MSI-X black list, use MFI_REG_STATE.ready.msiEnable.
139     2. Remove un-used function megasas_return_     80     2. Remove un-used function megasas_return_cmd_for_smid().
140     3. Check MFI_REG_STATE.fault.resetAdapter      81     3. Check MFI_REG_STATE.fault.resetAdapter in megasas_reset_fusion().
141     4. Disable interrupts/free_irq() in megasa     82     4. Disable interrupts/free_irq() in megasas_shutdown().
142     5. Fix bug where AENs could be lost in pro     83     5. Fix bug where AENs could be lost in probe() and resume().
143     6. Convert 6,10,12 byte CDB's to 16 byte C     84     6. Convert 6,10,12 byte CDB's to 16 byte CDB for large LBA's for FastPath
144        IO.                                         85        IO.
145     7. Add 1078 OCR support.                       86     7. Add 1078 OCR support.
146 ----------------------------------------------     87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
147 Release Date    : Thu. Feb 24, 2011 17:00:00 P     88 Release Date    : Thu. Feb 24, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
148                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin     89                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
149                         Adam Radford               90                         Adam Radford
150 Current Version : 00.00.05.34-rc1                  91 Current Version : 00.00.05.34-rc1
151 Old Version     : 00.00.05.29-rc1                  92 Old Version     : 00.00.05.29-rc1
152     1. Fix some failure gotos from megasas_pro     93     1. Fix some failure gotos from megasas_probe_one(), etc.
153     2. Add missing check_and_restore_queue_dep     94     2. Add missing check_and_restore_queue_depth() call in
154        complete_cmd_fusion().                      95        complete_cmd_fusion().
155     3. Enable MSI-X before calling megasas_ini     96     3. Enable MSI-X before calling megasas_init_fw().
156     4. Call tasklet_schedule() even if outboun     97     4. Call tasklet_schedule() even if outbound_intr_status == 0 for MFI based
157        boards in MSI-X mode.                       98        boards in MSI-X mode.
158     5. Fix megasas_probe_one() to clear PCI_MS     99     5. Fix megasas_probe_one() to clear PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_ENABLE in msi control
159        register in kdump kernel.                  100        register in kdump kernel.
160     6. Fix megasas_get_cmd() to only print "Co    101     6. Fix megasas_get_cmd() to only print "Command pool empty" if
161        megasas_dbg_lvl is set.                    102        megasas_dbg_lvl is set.
162     7. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to not     103     7. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to not filter by TYPE_DISK.
163     8. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to use     104     8. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to use io_request->LUN[1] field.
164     9. Add MR_EVT_CFG_CLEARED to megasas_aen_p    105     9. Add MR_EVT_CFG_CLEARED to megasas_aen_polling().
165     10. Fix tasklet_init() in megasas_init_fw(    106     10. Fix tasklet_init() in megasas_init_fw() to use instancet->tasklet.
166     11. Fix fault state handling in megasas_tr    107     11. Fix fault state handling in megasas_transition_to_ready().
167     12. Fix max_sectors setting for IEEE SGL's    108     12. Fix max_sectors setting for IEEE SGL's.
168     13. Fix iMR OCR support to work correctly.    109     13. Fix iMR OCR support to work correctly.
169 ----------------------------------------------    110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
170 Release Date    : Tues.  Dec 14, 2010 17:00:00    111 Release Date    : Tues.  Dec 14, 2010 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
171                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    112                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
172                         Adam Radford              113                         Adam Radford
173 Current Version : 00.00.05.29-rc1                 114 Current Version : 00.00.05.29-rc1
174 Old Version     : 00.00.04.31-rc1                 115 Old Version     : 00.00.04.31-rc1
175     1. Rename megaraid_sas.c to megaraid_sas_b    116     1. Rename megaraid_sas.c to megaraid_sas_base.c.
176     2. Update GPL headers.                        117     2. Update GPL headers.
177     3. Add MSI-X support and 'msix_disable' mo    118     3. Add MSI-X support and 'msix_disable' module parameter.
178     4. Use lowest memory bar (for SR-IOV VF su    119     4. Use lowest memory bar (for SR-IOV VF support).
179     5. Add struct megasas_instance_temlate cha    120     5. Add struct megasas_instance_temlate changes, and change all code to use
180        new instance entries:                      121        new instance entries:
181                                                   122 
182        irqreturn_t (*service_isr )(int irq, vo    123        irqreturn_t (*service_isr )(int irq, void *devp);
183        void (*tasklet)(unsigned long);            124        void (*tasklet)(unsigned long);
184        u32 (*init_adapter)(struct megasas_inst    125        u32 (*init_adapter)(struct megasas_instance *);
185        u32 (*build_and_issue_cmd) (struct mega    126        u32 (*build_and_issue_cmd) (struct megasas_instance *,
186        struct scsi_cmnd *);                       127        struct scsi_cmnd *);
187        void (*issue_dcmd) (struct megasas_inst    128        void (*issue_dcmd) (struct megasas_instance *instance,
188                               struct megasas_c    129                               struct megasas_cmd *cmd);
189                                                   130 
190    6. Add code to support MegaRAID 9265/9285 c    131    6. Add code to support MegaRAID 9265/9285 controllers device id (0x5b).
191 ----------------------------------------------    132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
192 1 Release Date    : Thur.  May 03, 2010 09:12:    133 1 Release Date    : Thur.  May 03, 2010 09:12:45 PST 2009 -
193                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    134                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
194                         Bo Yang                   135                         Bo Yang
195                                                   136 
196 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.31-rc1               137 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.31-rc1
197 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1             138 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1
198                                                   139 
199 1.      Add the Online Controller Reset (OCR)     140 1.      Add the Online Controller Reset (OCR) to the Driver.
200         OCR is the new feature for megaraid_sa    141         OCR is the new feature for megaraid_sas driver which
201         will allow the fw to do the chip reset    142         will allow the fw to do the chip reset which will not
202         affect the OS behavior.                !! 143         affact the OS behavious.
203                                                   144 
204         To add the OCR support, driver need to    145         To add the OCR support, driver need to do:
205                 a). reset the controller chips    146                 a). reset the controller chips -- Xscale and Gen2 which
206                 will change the function calls    147                 will change the function calls and add the reset function
207                 related to this two chips.        148                 related to this two chips.
208                                                   149 
209                 b). during the reset, driver w    150                 b). during the reset, driver will store the pending cmds
210                 which not returned by FW to dr    151                 which not returned by FW to driver's pending queue.  Driver
211                 will re-issue those pending cm    152                 will re-issue those pending cmds again to FW after the OCR
212                 finished.                         153                 finished.
213                                                   154 
214                 c). In driver's timeout routin    155                 c). In driver's timeout routine, driver will report to
215                 OS as reset. Also driver's que    156                 OS as reset. Also driver's queue routine will block the
216                 cmds until the OCR finished.      157                 cmds until the OCR finished.
217                                                   158 
218                 d). in Driver's ISR routine, i    159                 d). in Driver's ISR routine, if driver get the FW state as
219                 state change, FW in Failure st    160                 state change, FW in Failure status and FW support online controller
220                 reset (OCR), driver will start    161                 reset (OCR), driver will start to do the controller reset.
221                                                   162 
222                 e). In driver's IOCTL routine,    163                 e). In driver's IOCTL routine, the application cmds will wait for the
223                 OCR to finish, then issue the     164                 OCR to finish, then issue the cmds to FW.
224                                                   165 
225                 f). Before driver kill adapter    166                 f). Before driver kill adapter, driver will do last chance of
226                 OCR to see if driver can bring    167                 OCR to see if driver can bring back the FW.
227                                                   168 
228 2.      Add the support update flag to the dri    169 2.      Add the support update flag to the driver to tell LSI megaraid_sas
229         application which driver will support     170         application which driver will support the device update.  So application
230         will not need to do the device update     171         will not need to do the device update after application add/del the device
231         from the system.                          172         from the system.
232 3.      In driver's timeout routine, driver wi    173 3.      In driver's timeout routine, driver will do three time reset if fw is in
233         failed state.  Driver will kill adapte    174         failed state.  Driver will kill adapter if can't bring back FW after the
234         this three times reset.                   175         this three times reset.
235 4.      Add the input parameter max_sectors to    176 4.      Add the input parameter max_sectors to 1MB support to our GEN2 controller.
236         customer can use the input parameter m !! 177         customer can use the input paramenter max_sectors to add 1MB support to GEN2
237         controller.                               178         controller.
238                                                   179 
239 1 Release Date    : Thur.  Oct 29, 2009 09:12:    180 1 Release Date    : Thur.  Oct 29, 2009 09:12:45 PST 2009 -
240                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    181                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
241                         Bo Yang                   182                         Bo Yang
242                                                   183 
243 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1             184 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1
244 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.12                   185 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.12
245                                                   186 
246 1.      Add the pad_0 in mfi frame structure t    187 1.      Add the pad_0 in mfi frame structure to 0 to fix the
247         context value larger than 32bit value     188         context value larger than 32bit value issue.
248                                                   189 
249 2.      Add the logic drive list to the driver    190 2.      Add the logic drive list to the driver.  Driver will
250         keep the logic drive list internal aft    191         keep the logic drive list internal after driver load.
251                                                   192 
252 3.      driver fixed the device update issue a    193 3.      driver fixed the device update issue after get the AEN
253         PD delete/ADD, LD add/delete from FW.     194         PD delete/ADD, LD add/delete from FW.
254                                                   195 
255 1 Release Date    : Tues.  July 28, 2009 10:12    196 1 Release Date    : Tues.  July 28, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
256                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    197                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
257                         Bo Yang                   198                         Bo Yang
258                                                   199 
259 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.12                   200 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.12
260 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.10                   201 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.10
261                                                   202 
262 1.      Change the AEN sys PD update from scsi    203 1.      Change the AEN sys PD update from scsi_scan to
263         scsi_add_device and scsi_remove_device    204         scsi_add_device and scsi_remove_device.
264 2.      Takeoff the debug print-out in aen_pol    205 2.      Takeoff the debug print-out in aen_polling routine.
265                                                   206 
266 1 Release Date    : Thur.  July 02, 2009 10:12    207 1 Release Date    : Thur.  July 02, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
267                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    208                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
268                         Bo Yang                   209                         Bo Yang
269                                                   210 
270 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.10                   211 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.10
271 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.08                   212 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.08
272                                                   213 
273 1.      Add the 3 mins timeout during the cont    214 1.      Add the 3 mins timeout during the controller initialize.
274 2.      Add the fix for 64bit sense date error    215 2.      Add the fix for 64bit sense date errors.
275                                                   216 
276 1 Release Date    : Tues. May 05, 2009 10:12:4    217 1 Release Date    : Tues. May 05, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
277                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    218                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
278                         Bo Yang                   219                         Bo Yang
279                                                   220 
280 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.08                   221 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.08
281 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.06                   222 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.06
282                                                   223 
283 1.      Add the fix of pending in FW after del    224 1.      Add the fix of pending in FW after deleted the logic drives.
284 2.      Add the fix of deallocating memory aft    225 2.      Add the fix of deallocating memory after get pdlist.
285                                                   226 
286 1 Release Date    : Tues. March 26, 2009 10:12    227 1 Release Date    : Tues. March 26, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
287                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    228                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
288                         Bo Yang                   229                         Bo Yang
289                                                   230 
290 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.06                   231 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.06
291 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.04                   232 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.04
292                                                   233 
293 1.      Add the fix of the driver cmd empty fi    234 1.      Add the fix of the driver cmd empty fix of the driver cmd empty.
294 2.      Add the fix of the driver MSM AEN CMD     235 2.      Add the fix of the driver MSM AEN CMD cause the system slow.
295                                                   236 
296 1 Release Date    : Tues. March 03, 2009 10:12    237 1 Release Date    : Tues. March 03, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
297                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    238                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
298                         Bo Yang                   239                         Bo Yang
299                                                   240 
300 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.04                   241 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.04
301 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.01                   242 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.01
302                                                   243 
303 1.      Add the Tape drive fix to the driver:     244 1.      Add the Tape drive fix to the driver: If the command is for
304         the tape device, set the pthru timeout    245         the tape device, set the pthru timeout to the os layer timeout value.
305                                                   246 
306 2.      Add Poll_wait mechanism to Gen-2 Linux    247 2.      Add Poll_wait mechanism to Gen-2 Linux driv.
307                 In the aen handler, driver nee    248                 In the aen handler, driver needs to wakeup poll handler similar to
308                 the way it raises SIGIO.          249                 the way it raises SIGIO.
309                                                   250 
310 3.      Add new controller new SAS2 support to    251 3.      Add new controller new SAS2 support to the driver.
311                                                   252 
312 4.      Report the unconfigured PD (system PD)    253 4.      Report the unconfigured PD (system PD) to OS.
313                                                   254 
314 5.      Add the IEEE SGL support to the driver    255 5.      Add the IEEE SGL support to the driver
315                                                   256 
316 6.      Reasign the Application cmds to SAS2 c    257 6.      Reasign the Application cmds to SAS2 controller
317                                                   258 
318 1 Release Date    : Thur.July. 24 11:41:51 PST    259 1 Release Date    : Thur.July. 24 11:41:51 PST 2008 -
319                        (emaild-id:megaraidlinu    260                        (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
320                        Sumant Patro               261                        Sumant Patro
321                        Bo Yang                    262                        Bo Yang
322                                                   263 
323 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.01                   264 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.01
324 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.22                   265 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.22
325                                                   266 
326 1. Add the new controller (0078, 0079) support    267 1. Add the new controller (0078, 0079) support to the driver
327        Those controllers are LSI's next genera    268        Those controllers are LSI's next generatation(gen2) SAS controllers.
328                                                   269 
329 1 Release Date    : Mon.June. 23 10:12:45 PST     270 1 Release Date    : Mon.June. 23 10:12:45 PST 2008 -
330                        (emaild-id:megaraidlinu    271                        (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
331                        Sumant Patro               272                        Sumant Patro
332                        Bo Yang                    273                        Bo Yang
333                                                   274 
334 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.22                   275 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.22
335 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.20                   276 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.20
336                                                   277 
337 1. Add shutdown DCMD cmd to the shutdown routi    278 1. Add shutdown DCMD cmd to the shutdown routine to make FW shutdown proper.
338 2. Unexpected interrupt occurs in HWR Linux dr    279 2. Unexpected interrupt occurs in HWR Linux driver, add the dumy readl pci flush will fix this issue.
339                                                   280 
340 1 Release Date    : Mon. March 10 11:02:31 PDT    281 1 Release Date    : Mon. March 10 11:02:31 PDT 2008 -
341                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    282                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
342                         Sumant Patro              283                         Sumant Patro
343                         Bo Yang                   284                         Bo Yang
344                                                   285 
345 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.20-RC1               286 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.20-RC1
346 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.16                   287 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.16
347                                                   288 
348 1. Rollback the sense info implementation         289 1. Rollback the sense info implementation
349         Sense buffer ptr data type in the ioct    290         Sense buffer ptr data type in the ioctl path is reverted back
350         to u32 * as in previous versions of dr    291         to u32 * as in previous versions of driver.
351                                                   292 
352 2. Fixed the driver frame count.                  293 2. Fixed the driver frame count.
353         When Driver sent wrong frame count to     294         When Driver sent wrong frame count to firmware.  As this
354         particular command is sent to drive, F    295         particular command is sent to drive, FW is seeing continuous
355         chip resets and so the command will ti    296         chip resets and so the command will timeout.
356                                                   297 
357 3. Add the new controller(1078DE) support to t    298 3. Add the new controller(1078DE) support to the driver
358         and Increase the max_wait to 60 from 1    299         and Increase the max_wait to 60 from 10 in the controller
359         operational status.  With this max_wai    300         operational status.  With this max_wait increase, driver will
360         make sure the FW will   finish the pen    301         make sure the FW will   finish the pending cmd for KDUMP case.
361                                                   302 
362 1 Release Date    : Thur. Nov. 07 16:30:43 PST    303 1 Release Date    : Thur. Nov. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
363                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    304                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
364                         Sumant Patro              305                         Sumant Patro
365                         Bo Yang                   306                         Bo Yang
366                                                   307 
367 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.16                   308 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.16
368 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.15                   309 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.15
369                                                   310 
370 1. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_SECS to 60 secon    311 1. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_SECS to 60 seconds from 10. FW may take
371         a max of 60 seconds to respond to the     312         a max of 60 seconds to respond to the INIT cmd.
372                                                   313 
373 1 Release Date    : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST     314 1 Release Date    : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
374                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    315                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
375                         Sumant Patro              316                         Sumant Patro
376                         Bo Yang                   317                         Bo Yang
377                                                   318 
378 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.15                   319 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.15
379 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.14                   320 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.14
380                                                   321 
381 1. Added module parameter "poll_mode_io" to su    322 1. Added module parameter "poll_mode_io" to support for "polling"
382         (reduced interrupt operation).  In thi    323         (reduced interrupt operation).  In this mode, IO completion
383         interrupts are delayed. At the end of     324         interrupts are delayed. At the end of initiating IOs, the
384         driver schedules for cmd completion if    325         driver schedules for cmd completion if there are pending cmds
385         to be completed.  A timer-based interr    326         to be completed.  A timer-based interrupt has also been added
386         to prevent IO completion processing fr    327         to prevent IO completion processing from being delayed
387         indefinitely in the case that no new I    328         indefinitely in the case that no new IOs are initiated.
388                                                   329 
389 1 Release Date    : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST     330 1 Release Date    : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
390                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    331                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
391                         Sumant Patro              332                         Sumant Patro
392                         Bo Yang                   333                         Bo Yang
393                                                   334 
394 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.14                   335 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.14
395 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.13                   336 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.13
396                                                   337 
397 1. Setting the max_sectors_per_req based on ma    338 1. Setting the max_sectors_per_req based on max SGL supported by the
398         FW. Prior versions calculated this val    339         FW. Prior versions calculated this value from controller info
399         (max_sectors_1, max_sectors_2). For ce    340         (max_sectors_1, max_sectors_2). For certain controllers/FW,
400         this was resulting in a value greater     341         this was resulting in a value greater than max SGL supported
401         by the FW. Issue was first reported by    342         by the FW. Issue was first reported by users running LUKS+XFS
402         with megaraid_sas.  Thanks to RB for p    343         with megaraid_sas.  Thanks to RB for providing the logs and
403         duplication steps that helped to get t    344         duplication steps that helped to get to the root cause of the
404         issue.  2. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_    345         issue.  2. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_SECS to 60 seconds from
405         10. FW may take a max of 60 seconds to    346         10. FW may take a max of 60 seconds to respond to the INIT
406         cmd.                                      347         cmd.
407                                                   348 
408 1 Release Date    : Fri. June. 15 16:30:43 PST    349 1 Release Date    : Fri. June. 15 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
409                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    350                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
410                         Sumant Patro              351                         Sumant Patro
411                         Bo Yang                   352                         Bo Yang
412                                                   353 
413 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.13                   354 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.13
414 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.12                   355 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.12
415                                                   356 
416 1. Added the megasas_reset_timer routine to in    357 1. Added the megasas_reset_timer routine to intercept cmd timeout and throttle io.
417                                                   358 
418 On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:44 -0600, James Botto    359 On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:44 -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
419 It looks like megaraid_sas at least needs this    360 It looks like megaraid_sas at least needs this to throttle its commands
420 > as they begin to time out.  The code keeps t    361 > as they begin to time out.  The code keeps the existing transport
421 > template use of eh_timed_out (and allows the    362 > template use of eh_timed_out (and allows the transport to override the
422 > host if they both have this callback).          363 > host if they both have this callback).
423 >                                                 364 >
424 > James                                           365 > James
425                                                   366 
426 1 Release Date    : Sat May. 12 16:30:43 PST 2    367 1 Release Date    : Sat May. 12 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
427                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    368                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
428                         Sumant Patro              369                         Sumant Patro
429                         Bo Yang                   370                         Bo Yang
430                                                   371 
431 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.12                   372 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.12
432 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.11                   373 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.11
433                                                   374 
434 1.  When MegaSAS driver receives reset call fr    375 1.  When MegaSAS driver receives reset call from OS, driver waits in reset
435 routine for max 3 minutes for all pending comm    376 routine for max 3 minutes for all pending command completion. Now driver will
436 call completion routine every 5 seconds from t    377 call completion routine every 5 seconds from the reset routine instead of
437 waiting for depending on cmd completion from i    378 waiting for depending on cmd completion from isr path.
438                                                   379 
439 1 Release Date    : Mon Apr. 30 10:25:52 PST 2    380 1 Release Date    : Mon Apr. 30 10:25:52 PST 2007 -
440                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    381                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
441                         Sumant Patro              382                         Sumant Patro
442                         Bo Yang                   383                         Bo Yang
443                                                   384 
444 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.11                   385 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.11
445 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.09                   386 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.09
446                                                   387 
447         1. Memory Manager for IOCTL removed fo    388         1. Memory Manager for IOCTL removed for 2.6 kernels.
448            pci_alloc_consistent replaced by dm    389            pci_alloc_consistent replaced by dma_alloc_coherent. With this
449            change there is no need of memory m    390            change there is no need of memory manager in the driver code
450                                                   391 
451         On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 13:30 -0800, And    392         On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 13:30 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
452         > I suspect all this horror is due to     393         > I suspect all this horror is due to stupidity in the DMA API.
453         >                                         394         >
454         > pci_alloc_consistent() just goes and    395         > pci_alloc_consistent() just goes and assumes GFP_ATOMIC, whereas
455         > the caller (megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl) w    396         > the caller (megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl) would have been perfectly happy
456         > to use GFP_KERNEL.                      397         > to use GFP_KERNEL.
457         >                                         398         >
458         > I bet this fixes it                     399         > I bet this fixes it
459                                                   400 
460         It does, but the DMA API was expanded     401         It does, but the DMA API was expanded to cope with this exact case, so
461         use dma_alloc_coherent() directly in t    402         use dma_alloc_coherent() directly in the megaraid code instead.  The dev
462         is just &pci_dev->dev.                    403         is just &pci_dev->dev.
463                                                   404 
464         James <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>       405         James <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
465                                                   406 
466         3. SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE is not supported     407         3. SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE is not supported by FW and thus blocked by driver.
467         4. Hibernation support added              408         4. Hibernation support added
468         5. Performing diskdump while running I    409         5. Performing diskdump while running IO in RHEL 4 was failing. Fixed.
469                                                   410 
470 1 Release Date    : Fri Feb. 09 14:36:28 PST 2    411 1 Release Date    : Fri Feb. 09 14:36:28 PST 2007 -
471                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    412                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
472                         Sumant Patro              413                         Sumant Patro
473                         Bo Yang                   414                         Bo Yang
474                                                   415 
475 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.09                   416 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.09
476 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.08                   417 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.08
477                                                   418 
478 i.      Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVE    419 i.      Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVER_TIMEOUT" errors
479                                                   420 
480         The driver now waits for 10 seconds to    421         The driver now waits for 10 seconds to elapse instead of 5 (as in
481         previous release) to resume IO.           422         previous release) to resume IO.
482                                                   423 
483 1 Release Date    : Mon Feb. 05 11:35:24 PST 2    424 1 Release Date    : Mon Feb. 05 11:35:24 PST 2007 -
484                         (emaild-id:megaraidlin    425                         (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
485                         Sumant Patro              426                         Sumant Patro
486                         Bo Yang                   427                         Bo Yang
487 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.08                   428 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.08
488 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.07                   429 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.07
489                                                   430 
490 i.      Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVE    431 i.      Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVER_TIMEOUT" errors
491                                                   432 
492         Fix:    The driver is now throttling I    433         Fix:    The driver is now throttling IO.
493         Checks added in megasas_queue_command     434         Checks added in megasas_queue_command to know if FW is able to
494         process commands within timeout period    435         process commands within timeout period. If number of retries
495         is 2 or greater,the driver stops sendi    436         is 2 or greater,the driver stops sending cmd to FW temporarily. IO is
496         resumed if pending cmd count reduces t    437         resumed if pending cmd count reduces to 16 or 5 seconds has elapsed
497         from the time cmds were last sent to F    438         from the time cmds were last sent to FW.
498                                                   439 
499 ii.     FW enables WCE bit in Mode Sense cmd f    440 ii.     FW enables WCE bit in Mode Sense cmd for drives that are configured
500         as WriteBack. The OS may send "SYNCHRO    441         as WriteBack. The OS may send "SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE" cmd when Logical
501         Disks are exposed with WCE=1. User is     442         Disks are exposed with WCE=1. User is advised to enable Write Back
502         mode only when the controller has batt    443         mode only when the controller has battery backup. At this time
503         Synhronize cache is not supported by t    444         Synhronize cache is not supported by the FW. Driver will short-cycle
504         the cmd and return success without sen    445         the cmd and return success without sending down to FW.
505                                                   446 
506 1 Release Date    : Sun Jan. 14 11:21:32 PDT 2    447 1 Release Date    : Sun Jan. 14 11:21:32 PDT 2007 -
507                  Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi    448                  Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>/Bo Yang
508 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.07                   449 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.07
509 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.06                   450 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.06
510                                                   451 
511 i.      bios_param entry added in scsi_host_te    452 i.      bios_param entry added in scsi_host_template that returns disk geometry
512         information.                              453         information.
513                                                   454 
514 1 Release Date    : Fri Oct 20 11:21:32 PDT 20<    455 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                   456 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.06
516 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.05                   457 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.05
517                                                   458 
518 1. Added new memory management module to suppo    459 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    460 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 !! 461    (hw_crit_error=1). If hw_crit_error==1, now we donot accept any processing of pending cmds/accept any cmd from OS
521                                                   462 
522 1 Release Date    : Mon Oct 02 11:21:32 PDT 20<    463 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                   464 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.05
524 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.04                   465 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.04
525                                                   466 
526 i.      PCI_DEVICE macro used                     467 i.      PCI_DEVICE macro used
527                                                   468 
528         Convert the pci_device_id-table of the    469         Convert the pci_device_id-table of the megaraid_sas-driver to the PCI_DEVICE-macro, to safe some lines.
529                                                   470 
530                 - Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@nac    471                 - Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@nachtwindheim.de>
531 ii.     All compiler warnings removed             472 ii.     All compiler warnings removed
532 iii.    megasas_ctrl_info struct reverted to 3    473 iii.    megasas_ctrl_info struct reverted to 3.02 release
533 iv.     Default value of megasas_dbg_lvl set t    474 iv.     Default value of megasas_dbg_lvl set to 0
534 v.      Removing in megasas_exit the sysfs ent    475 v.      Removing in megasas_exit the sysfs entry created for megasas_dbg_lvl
535 vi.     In megasas_teardown_frame_pool(), cmd-    476 vi.     In megasas_teardown_frame_pool(), cmd->frame was passed instead of
536         cmd->sense to pci_pool_free. Fixed. Bu    477         cmd->sense to pci_pool_free. Fixed. Bug was pointed out by
537         Eric Sesterhenn                           478         Eric Sesterhenn
538                                                   479 
539 1 Release Date    : Wed Sep 13 14:22:51 PDT 20<    480 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                   481 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.04
541 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.03                   482 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.03
542                                                   483 
543 i.      Added Reboot notify                       484 i.      Added Reboot notify
544 ii.     Reduced by 1 max cmds sent to FW from     485 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                486         as Max Cmds FW can support
546                                                   487 
547 1 Release Date    : Tue Aug 22 16:33:14 PDT 20<    488 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                   489 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.03
549 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.02                   490 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.02
550                                                   491 
551 i.      Send stop adapter to FW & Dump pending    492 i.      Send stop adapter to FW & Dump pending FW cmds before declaring adapter dead.
552         New variable added to set dbg level.   !! 493         New varible added to set dbg level.
553 ii.     Disable interrupt made as fn pointer a    494 ii.     Disable interrupt made as fn pointer as they are different for 1068 / 1078
554 iii.    Frame count optimization. Main frame c    495 iii.    Frame count optimization. Main frame can contain 2 SGE for 64 bit SGLs and
555         3 SGE for 32 bit SGL                      496         3 SGE for 32 bit SGL
556 iv.     Tasklet added for cmd completion          497 iv.     Tasklet added for cmd completion
557 v.      If FW in operational state before firi    498 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    499 vi.     megasas_ctrl_prop structure updated (based on FW struct)
559 vii.    Added print : FW now in Ready State du    500 vii.    Added print : FW now in Ready State during initialization
560                                                   501 
561 1 Release Date    : Sun Aug 06 22:49:52 PDT 20<    502 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                   503 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.02
563 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.01                   504 3 Older Version   : 00.00.03.01
564                                                   505 
565 i.      Added FW transition state for Hotplug  !! 506 i.      Added FW tranistion state for Hotplug scenario
566                                                   507 
567 1 Release Date    : Sun May 14 22:49:52 PDT 20<    508 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                   509 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.01
569 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.04                   510 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.04
570                                                   511 
571 i.      Added support for ZCR controller.         512 i.      Added support for ZCR controller.
572                                                   513 
573                 New device id 0x413 added.        514                 New device id 0x413 added.
574                                                   515 
575 ii.     Bug fix : Disable controller interrupt    516 ii.     Bug fix : Disable controller interrupt before firing INIT cmd to FW.
576                                                   517 
577                 Interrupt is enabled after req    518                 Interrupt is enabled after required initialization is over.
578                 This is done to ensure that dr    519                 This is done to ensure that driver is ready to handle interrupts when
579                 it is generated by the control    520                 it is generated by the controller.
580                                                   521 
581                 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi    522                 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
582                                                   523 
583 1 Release Date    : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 20<    524 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                   525 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
585 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.04                !! 526 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.04 
586                                                   527 
587 i.      Remove superfluous instance_lock       !! 528 i.      Remove superflous instance_lock
588                                                   529 
589         gets rid of the otherwise superfluous  !! 530         gets rid of the otherwise superflous instance_lock and avoids an unsave 
590         unsynchronized access in the error han    531         unsynchronized access in the error handler.
591                                                   532 
592                 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de    533                 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
593                                                   534 
594                                                   535 
595 1 Release Date    : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 20<    536 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                   537 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
597 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.04                !! 538 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.04 
598                                                   539 
599 i.      Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) contro    540 i.      Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) controller, device id : 0x60 added.
600         During initialization, depending on th !! 541         During initialization, depending on the device id, the template members 
601         are initialized with function pointers !! 542         are initialized with function pointers specific to the ppc or 
602         xscale controllers.                    !! 543         xscale controllers.  
603                                                   544 
604                 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi    545                 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
605                                                   546                 
606 1 Release Date    : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 20 !! 547 1 Release Date    : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro 
607                                               <    548                                                         <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
608 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04                   549 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
609 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.02                !! 550 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.02 
610 i.      Register 16 byte CDB capability with s !! 551 i.      Register 16 byte CDB capability with scsi midlayer 
611                                                   552 
612         "This patch properly registers the 16  !! 553         "This patch properly registers the 16 byte command length capability of the 
613         megaraid_sas controlled hardware with  !! 554         megaraid_sas controlled hardware with the scsi midlayer. All megaraid_sas 
614         hardware supports 16 byte CDB's."         555         hardware supports 16 byte CDB's."
615                                                   556 
616                 -Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@del !! 557                 -Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@dell.com> 
617                                                   558 
618 1 Release Date    : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 20<    559 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                   560 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02
620 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.01                !! 561 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.01 
621                                                   562 
622 i.      New template defined to represent each !! 563 i.      New template defined to represent each family of controllers (identified by processor used). 
623         The template will have definitions tha !! 564         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                                                   565 
625                 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi    566                 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
626                                                   567 
627 1 Release Date    : Mon Dec 19 14:36:26 PST 20<    568 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            !! 569 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.00-rc4 
629 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.01                !! 570 3 Older Version   : 00.00.02.01 
630                                                   571 
631 i.      Code reorganized to remove code duplic !! 572 i.      Code reorganized to remove code duplication in megasas_build_cmd. 
632                                                   573 
633         "There's a lot of duplicate code megas !! 574         "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                                                   575 
635                 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de    576                 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
636                                                   577 
637 ii.     Defined MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE32 for cod    578 ii.     Defined MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE32 for code paths that handles 32 bit applications in 64 bit systems.
638                                                   579 
639         "MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE can't be redefin    580         "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                                                   581 
641                 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de    582                 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
                                                      

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