1 Release Date : Thu. Jun 19, 2014 17:00:00 P 1 Release Date : Thu. Jun 19, 2014 17:00:00 PST 2014 -
2 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 2 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
3 Adam Radford 3 Adam Radford
4 Kashyap Desai 4 Kashyap Desai
5 Sumit Saxena 5 Sumit Saxena
6 Uday Lingala 6 Uday Lingala
7 Current Version : 06.803.02.00-rc1 7 Current Version : 06.803.02.00-rc1
8 Old Version : 06.803.01.00-rc1 8 Old Version : 06.803.01.00-rc1
9 1. Fix reset_mutex leak in megasas_reset_f 9 1. Fix reset_mutex leak in megasas_reset_fusion().
10 2. Remove unused variables in megasas_inst 10 2. Remove unused variables in megasas_instance.
11 3. Fix LD/VF affiliation parsing. 11 3. Fix LD/VF affiliation parsing.
12 4. Add missing initial call to megasas_get 12 4. Add missing initial call to megasas_get_ld_vf_affiliation().
13 5. Version and Changelog update. 13 5. Version and Changelog update.
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15 Release Date : Mon. Mar 10, 2014 17:00:00 P 15 Release Date : Mon. Mar 10, 2014 17:00:00 PST 2014 -
16 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 16 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
17 Adam Radford 17 Adam Radford
18 Kashyap Desai 18 Kashyap Desai
19 Sumit Saxena 19 Sumit Saxena
20 Current Version : 06.803.01.00-rc1 20 Current Version : 06.803.01.00-rc1
21 Old Version : 06.700.06.00-rc1 21 Old Version : 06.700.06.00-rc1
22 1. Load correct raid context timeout value 22 1. Load correct raid context timeout value for multipathing & clustering.
23 2. Fix megasas_ioc_init_fusion to use loca 23 2. Fix megasas_ioc_init_fusion to use local stack variable.
24 3. Return leaked MPT frames to MPT command 24 3. Return leaked MPT frames to MPT command pool.
25 4. Add Dell PowerEdge VRTX SR-IOV VF devic 25 4. Add Dell PowerEdge VRTX SR-IOV VF device support.
26 5. Version and Changelog update. 26 5. Version and Changelog update.
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28 Release Date : Sat. Aug 31, 2013 17:00:00 P 28 Release Date : Sat. Aug 31, 2013 17:00:00 PST 2013 -
29 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 29 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
30 Adam Radford 30 Adam Radford
31 Kashyap Desai 31 Kashyap Desai
32 Sumit Saxena 32 Sumit Saxena
33 Current Version : 06.700.06.00-rc1 33 Current Version : 06.700.06.00-rc1
34 Old Version : 06.600.18.00-rc1 34 Old Version : 06.600.18.00-rc1
35 1. Add High Availability clustering suppor 35 1. Add High Availability clustering support using shared Logical Disks.
36 2. Version and Changelog update. 36 2. Version and Changelog update.
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38 Release Date : Wed. May 15, 2013 17:00:00 P 38 Release Date : Wed. May 15, 2013 17:00:00 PST 2013 -
39 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 39 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
40 Adam Radford 40 Adam Radford
41 Kashyap Desai 41 Kashyap Desai
42 Sumit Saxena 42 Sumit Saxena
43 Current Version : 06.600.18.00-rc1 43 Current Version : 06.600.18.00-rc1
44 Old Version : 06.506.00.00-rc1 44 Old Version : 06.506.00.00-rc1
45 1. Return DID_ERROR for scsi io, when cont 45 1. Return DID_ERROR for scsi io, when controller is in critical h/w error.
46 2. Fix the interrupt mask for Gen2 control 46 2. Fix the interrupt mask for Gen2 controller.
47 3. Update balance count in driver to be in 47 3. Update balance count in driver to be in sync of firmware.
48 4. Free event detail memory without device 48 4. Free event detail memory without device ID check.
49 5. Set IO request timeout value provided b 49 5. Set IO request timeout value provided by OS timeout for Tape devices.
50 6. Add support for MegaRAID Fury (device I 50 6. Add support for MegaRAID Fury (device ID-0x005f) 12Gb/s controllers.
51 7. Add support to display Customer brandin 51 7. Add support to display Customer branding details in syslog.
52 8. Set IoFlags to enable Fast Path for JBO 52 8. Set IoFlags to enable Fast Path for JBODs for Invader/Fury(12 Gb/s)
53 controllers. 53 controllers.
54 9. Add support for Extended MSI-x vectors 54 9. Add support for Extended MSI-x vectors for Invader and Fury(12Gb/s
55 HBA). 55 HBA).
56 10.Add support for Uneven Span PRL11. 56 10.Add support for Uneven Span PRL11.
57 11.Add support to differentiate between iM 57 11.Add support to differentiate between iMR and MR Firmware.
58 12.Version and Changelog update. 58 12.Version and Changelog update.
59 ---------------------------------------------- 59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
60 Release Date : Sat. Feb 9, 2013 17:00:00 PS 60 Release Date : Sat. Feb 9, 2013 17:00:00 PST 2013 -
61 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 61 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
62 Adam Radford 62 Adam Radford
63 Current Version : 06.506.00.00-rc1 63 Current Version : 06.506.00.00-rc1
64 Old Version : 06.504.01.00-rc1 64 Old Version : 06.504.01.00-rc1
65 1. Add 4k FastPath DIF support. 65 1. Add 4k FastPath DIF support.
66 2. Don't load DevHandle unless FastPath en 66 2. Don't load DevHandle unless FastPath enabled.
67 3. Version and Changelog update. 67 3. Version and Changelog update.
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69 Release Date : Mon. Oct 1, 2012 17:00:00 PS 69 Release Date : Mon. Oct 1, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2012 -
70 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 70 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
71 Adam Radford 71 Adam Radford
72 Current Version : 06.504.01.00-rc1 72 Current Version : 06.504.01.00-rc1
73 Old Version : 00.00.06.18-rc1 73 Old Version : 00.00.06.18-rc1
74 1. Removed un-needed completion_lock spinl 74 1. Removed un-needed completion_lock spinlock calls.
75 2. Add module param for configurable MSI-X 75 2. Add module param for configurable MSI-X vector count.
76 3. Load io_request DataLength in bytes. 76 3. Load io_request DataLength in bytes.
77 4. Add array boundary check for SystemPD. 77 4. Add array boundary check for SystemPD.
78 5. Add SystemPD FastPath support. 78 5. Add SystemPD FastPath support.
79 6. Remove duplicate code. 79 6. Remove duplicate code.
80 7. Version, Changelog, Copyright update. 80 7. Version, Changelog, Copyright update.
81 ---------------------------------------------- 81 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
82 Release Date : Tue. Jun 17, 2012 17:00:00 P 82 Release Date : Tue. Jun 17, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2012 -
83 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 83 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
84 Adam Radford/Kashyap D 84 Adam Radford/Kashyap Desai
85 Current Version : 00.00.06.18-rc1 85 Current Version : 00.00.06.18-rc1
86 Old Version : 00.00.06.15-rc1 86 Old Version : 00.00.06.15-rc1
87 1. Fix Copyright dates. 87 1. Fix Copyright dates.
88 2. Add throttlequeuedepth module parameter 88 2. Add throttlequeuedepth module parameter.
89 3. Add resetwaittime module parameter. 89 3. Add resetwaittime module parameter.
90 4. Move poll_aen_lock initializer. 90 4. Move poll_aen_lock initializer.
91 ---------------------------------------------- 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
92 Release Date : Mon. Mar 19, 2012 17:00:00 P 92 Release Date : Mon. Mar 19, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2012 -
93 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 93 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
94 Adam Radford 94 Adam Radford
95 Current Version : 00.00.06.15-rc1 95 Current Version : 00.00.06.15-rc1
96 Old Version : 00.00.06.14-rc1 96 Old Version : 00.00.06.14-rc1
97 1. Optimize HostMSIxVectors setting. 97 1. Optimize HostMSIxVectors setting.
98 2. Add fpRead/WriteCapable, fpRead/WriteAc 98 2. Add fpRead/WriteCapable, fpRead/WriteAcrossStripe checks.
99 ---------------------------------------------- 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
100 Release Date : Fri. Jan 6, 2012 17:00:00 PS 100 Release Date : Fri. Jan 6, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
101 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 101 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
102 Adam Radford 102 Adam Radford
103 Current Version : 00.00.06.14-rc1 103 Current Version : 00.00.06.14-rc1
104 Old Version : 00.00.06.12-rc1 104 Old Version : 00.00.06.12-rc1
105 1. Fix reglockFlags for degraded raid5/6 f 105 1. Fix reglockFlags for degraded raid5/6 for MR 9360/9380.
106 2. Mask off flags in ioctl path to prevent 106 2. Mask off flags in ioctl path to prevent memory scribble with older
107 MegaCLI versions. 107 MegaCLI versions.
108 3. Remove poll_mode_io module parameter, s 108 3. Remove poll_mode_io module parameter, sysfs node, and associated code.
109 ---------------------------------------------- 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
110 Release Date : Wed. Oct 5, 2011 17:00:00 PS 110 Release Date : Wed. Oct 5, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
111 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 111 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
112 Adam Radford 112 Adam Radford
113 Current Version : 00.00.06.12-rc1 113 Current Version : 00.00.06.12-rc1
114 Old Version : 00.00.05.40-rc1 114 Old Version : 00.00.05.40-rc1
115 1. Continue booting immediately if FW in F 115 1. Continue booting immediately if FW in FAULT at driver load time.
116 2. Increase default cmds per lun to 256. 116 2. Increase default cmds per lun to 256.
117 3. Fix mismatch in megasas_reset_fusion() 117 3. Fix mismatch in megasas_reset_fusion() mutex lock-unlock.
118 4. Remove some un-necessary code. 118 4. Remove some un-necessary code.
119 5. Clear state change interrupts for Fusio 119 5. Clear state change interrupts for Fusion/Invader.
120 6. Clear FUSION_IN_RESET before enabling i 120 6. Clear FUSION_IN_RESET before enabling interrupts.
121 7. Add support for MegaRAID 9360/9380 12GB 121 7. Add support for MegaRAID 9360/9380 12GB/s controllers.
122 8. Add multiple MSI-X vector/multiple repl 122 8. Add multiple MSI-X vector/multiple reply queue support.
123 9. Add driver workaround for PERC5/1068 kd 123 9. Add driver workaround for PERC5/1068 kdump kernel panic.
124 ---------------------------------------------- 124 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
125 Release Date : Tue. Jul 26, 2011 17:00:00 P 125 Release Date : Tue. Jul 26, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
126 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 126 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
127 Adam Radford 127 Adam Radford
128 Current Version : 00.00.05.40-rc1 128 Current Version : 00.00.05.40-rc1
129 Old Version : 00.00.05.38-rc1 129 Old Version : 00.00.05.38-rc1
130 1. Fix FastPath I/O to work with degraded 130 1. Fix FastPath I/O to work with degraded RAID 1.
131 2. Add .change_queue_depth support. 131 2. Add .change_queue_depth support.
132 ---------------------------------------------- 132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
133 Release Date : Wed. May 11, 2011 17:00:00 P 133 Release Date : Wed. May 11, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
134 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 134 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
135 Adam Radford 135 Adam Radford
136 Current Version : 00.00.05.38-rc1 136 Current Version : 00.00.05.38-rc1
137 Old Version : 00.00.05.34-rc1 137 Old Version : 00.00.05.34-rc1
138 1. Remove MSI-X black list, use MFI_REG_ST 138 1. Remove MSI-X black list, use MFI_REG_STATE.ready.msiEnable.
139 2. Remove un-used function megasas_return_ 139 2. Remove un-used function megasas_return_cmd_for_smid().
140 3. Check MFI_REG_STATE.fault.resetAdapter 140 3. Check MFI_REG_STATE.fault.resetAdapter in megasas_reset_fusion().
141 4. Disable interrupts/free_irq() in megasa 141 4. Disable interrupts/free_irq() in megasas_shutdown().
142 5. Fix bug where AENs could be lost in pro 142 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 143 6. Convert 6,10,12 byte CDB's to 16 byte CDB for large LBA's for FastPath
144 IO. 144 IO.
145 7. Add 1078 OCR support. 145 7. Add 1078 OCR support.
146 ---------------------------------------------- 146 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
147 Release Date : Thu. Feb 24, 2011 17:00:00 P 147 Release Date : Thu. Feb 24, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
148 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 148 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
149 Adam Radford 149 Adam Radford
150 Current Version : 00.00.05.34-rc1 150 Current Version : 00.00.05.34-rc1
151 Old Version : 00.00.05.29-rc1 151 Old Version : 00.00.05.29-rc1
152 1. Fix some failure gotos from megasas_pro 152 1. Fix some failure gotos from megasas_probe_one(), etc.
153 2. Add missing check_and_restore_queue_dep 153 2. Add missing check_and_restore_queue_depth() call in
154 complete_cmd_fusion(). 154 complete_cmd_fusion().
155 3. Enable MSI-X before calling megasas_ini 155 3. Enable MSI-X before calling megasas_init_fw().
156 4. Call tasklet_schedule() even if outboun 156 4. Call tasklet_schedule() even if outbound_intr_status == 0 for MFI based
157 boards in MSI-X mode. 157 boards in MSI-X mode.
158 5. Fix megasas_probe_one() to clear PCI_MS 158 5. Fix megasas_probe_one() to clear PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_ENABLE in msi control
159 register in kdump kernel. 159 register in kdump kernel.
160 6. Fix megasas_get_cmd() to only print "Co 160 6. Fix megasas_get_cmd() to only print "Command pool empty" if
161 megasas_dbg_lvl is set. 161 megasas_dbg_lvl is set.
162 7. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to not 162 7. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to not filter by TYPE_DISK.
163 8. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to use 163 8. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to use io_request->LUN[1] field.
164 9. Add MR_EVT_CFG_CLEARED to megasas_aen_p 164 9. Add MR_EVT_CFG_CLEARED to megasas_aen_polling().
165 10. Fix tasklet_init() in megasas_init_fw( 165 10. Fix tasklet_init() in megasas_init_fw() to use instancet->tasklet.
166 11. Fix fault state handling in megasas_tr 166 11. Fix fault state handling in megasas_transition_to_ready().
167 12. Fix max_sectors setting for IEEE SGL's 167 12. Fix max_sectors setting for IEEE SGL's.
168 13. Fix iMR OCR support to work correctly. 168 13. Fix iMR OCR support to work correctly.
169 ---------------------------------------------- 169 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
170 Release Date : Tues. Dec 14, 2010 17:00:00 170 Release Date : Tues. Dec 14, 2010 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
171 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 171 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
172 Adam Radford 172 Adam Radford
173 Current Version : 00.00.05.29-rc1 173 Current Version : 00.00.05.29-rc1
174 Old Version : 00.00.04.31-rc1 174 Old Version : 00.00.04.31-rc1
175 1. Rename megaraid_sas.c to megaraid_sas_b 175 1. Rename megaraid_sas.c to megaraid_sas_base.c.
176 2. Update GPL headers. 176 2. Update GPL headers.
177 3. Add MSI-X support and 'msix_disable' mo 177 3. Add MSI-X support and 'msix_disable' module parameter.
178 4. Use lowest memory bar (for SR-IOV VF su 178 4. Use lowest memory bar (for SR-IOV VF support).
179 5. Add struct megasas_instance_temlate cha 179 5. Add struct megasas_instance_temlate changes, and change all code to use
180 new instance entries: 180 new instance entries:
181 181
182 irqreturn_t (*service_isr )(int irq, vo 182 irqreturn_t (*service_isr )(int irq, void *devp);
183 void (*tasklet)(unsigned long); 183 void (*tasklet)(unsigned long);
184 u32 (*init_adapter)(struct megasas_inst 184 u32 (*init_adapter)(struct megasas_instance *);
185 u32 (*build_and_issue_cmd) (struct mega 185 u32 (*build_and_issue_cmd) (struct megasas_instance *,
186 struct scsi_cmnd *); 186 struct scsi_cmnd *);
187 void (*issue_dcmd) (struct megasas_inst 187 void (*issue_dcmd) (struct megasas_instance *instance,
188 struct megasas_c 188 struct megasas_cmd *cmd);
189 189
190 6. Add code to support MegaRAID 9265/9285 c 190 6. Add code to support MegaRAID 9265/9285 controllers device id (0x5b).
191 ---------------------------------------------- 191 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
192 1 Release Date : Thur. May 03, 2010 09:12: 192 1 Release Date : Thur. May 03, 2010 09:12:45 PST 2009 -
193 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 193 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
194 Bo Yang 194 Bo Yang
195 195
196 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.31-rc1 196 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.31-rc1
197 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1 197 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1
198 198
199 1. Add the Online Controller Reset (OCR) 199 1. Add the Online Controller Reset (OCR) to the Driver.
200 OCR is the new feature for megaraid_sa 200 OCR is the new feature for megaraid_sas driver which
201 will allow the fw to do the chip reset 201 will allow the fw to do the chip reset which will not
202 affect the OS behavior. 202 affect the OS behavior.
203 203
204 To add the OCR support, driver need to 204 To add the OCR support, driver need to do:
205 a). reset the controller chips 205 a). reset the controller chips -- Xscale and Gen2 which
206 will change the function calls 206 will change the function calls and add the reset function
207 related to this two chips. 207 related to this two chips.
208 208
209 b). during the reset, driver w 209 b). during the reset, driver will store the pending cmds
210 which not returned by FW to dr 210 which not returned by FW to driver's pending queue. Driver
211 will re-issue those pending cm 211 will re-issue those pending cmds again to FW after the OCR
212 finished. 212 finished.
213 213
214 c). In driver's timeout routin 214 c). In driver's timeout routine, driver will report to
215 OS as reset. Also driver's que 215 OS as reset. Also driver's queue routine will block the
216 cmds until the OCR finished. 216 cmds until the OCR finished.
217 217
218 d). in Driver's ISR routine, i 218 d). in Driver's ISR routine, if driver get the FW state as
219 state change, FW in Failure st 219 state change, FW in Failure status and FW support online controller
220 reset (OCR), driver will start 220 reset (OCR), driver will start to do the controller reset.
221 221
222 e). In driver's IOCTL routine, 222 e). In driver's IOCTL routine, the application cmds will wait for the
223 OCR to finish, then issue the 223 OCR to finish, then issue the cmds to FW.
224 224
225 f). Before driver kill adapter 225 f). Before driver kill adapter, driver will do last chance of
226 OCR to see if driver can bring 226 OCR to see if driver can bring back the FW.
227 227
228 2. Add the support update flag to the dri 228 2. Add the support update flag to the driver to tell LSI megaraid_sas
229 application which driver will support 229 application which driver will support the device update. So application
230 will not need to do the device update 230 will not need to do the device update after application add/del the device
231 from the system. 231 from the system.
232 3. In driver's timeout routine, driver wi 232 3. In driver's timeout routine, driver will do three time reset if fw is in
233 failed state. Driver will kill adapte 233 failed state. Driver will kill adapter if can't bring back FW after the
234 this three times reset. 234 this three times reset.
235 4. Add the input parameter max_sectors to 235 4. Add the input parameter max_sectors to 1MB support to our GEN2 controller.
236 customer can use the input parameter m 236 customer can use the input parameter max_sectors to add 1MB support to GEN2
237 controller. 237 controller.
238 238
239 1 Release Date : Thur. Oct 29, 2009 09:12: 239 1 Release Date : Thur. Oct 29, 2009 09:12:45 PST 2009 -
240 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 240 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
241 Bo Yang 241 Bo Yang
242 242
243 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1 243 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1
244 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.12 244 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.12
245 245
246 1. Add the pad_0 in mfi frame structure t 246 1. Add the pad_0 in mfi frame structure to 0 to fix the
247 context value larger than 32bit value 247 context value larger than 32bit value issue.
248 248
249 2. Add the logic drive list to the driver 249 2. Add the logic drive list to the driver. Driver will
250 keep the logic drive list internal aft 250 keep the logic drive list internal after driver load.
251 251
252 3. driver fixed the device update issue a 252 3. driver fixed the device update issue after get the AEN
253 PD delete/ADD, LD add/delete from FW. 253 PD delete/ADD, LD add/delete from FW.
254 254
255 1 Release Date : Tues. July 28, 2009 10:12 255 1 Release Date : Tues. July 28, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
256 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 256 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
257 Bo Yang 257 Bo Yang
258 258
259 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.12 259 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.12
260 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.10 260 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.10
261 261
262 1. Change the AEN sys PD update from scsi 262 1. Change the AEN sys PD update from scsi_scan to
263 scsi_add_device and scsi_remove_device 263 scsi_add_device and scsi_remove_device.
264 2. Takeoff the debug print-out in aen_pol 264 2. Takeoff the debug print-out in aen_polling routine.
265 265
266 1 Release Date : Thur. July 02, 2009 10:12 266 1 Release Date : Thur. July 02, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
267 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 267 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
268 Bo Yang 268 Bo Yang
269 269
270 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.10 270 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.10
271 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.08 271 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.08
272 272
273 1. Add the 3 mins timeout during the cont 273 1. Add the 3 mins timeout during the controller initialize.
274 2. Add the fix for 64bit sense date error 274 2. Add the fix for 64bit sense date errors.
275 275
276 1 Release Date : Tues. May 05, 2009 10:12:4 276 1 Release Date : Tues. May 05, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
277 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 277 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
278 Bo Yang 278 Bo Yang
279 279
280 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.08 280 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.08
281 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.06 281 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.06
282 282
283 1. Add the fix of pending in FW after del 283 1. Add the fix of pending in FW after deleted the logic drives.
284 2. Add the fix of deallocating memory aft 284 2. Add the fix of deallocating memory after get pdlist.
285 285
286 1 Release Date : Tues. March 26, 2009 10:12 286 1 Release Date : Tues. March 26, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
287 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 287 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
288 Bo Yang 288 Bo Yang
289 289
290 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.06 290 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.06
291 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.04 291 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.04
292 292
293 1. Add the fix of the driver cmd empty fi 293 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 294 2. Add the fix of the driver MSM AEN CMD cause the system slow.
295 295
296 1 Release Date : Tues. March 03, 2009 10:12 296 1 Release Date : Tues. March 03, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
297 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 297 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
298 Bo Yang 298 Bo Yang
299 299
300 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.04 300 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.04
301 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.01 301 3 Older Version : 00.00.04.01
302 302
303 1. Add the Tape drive fix to the driver: 303 1. Add the Tape drive fix to the driver: If the command is for
304 the tape device, set the pthru timeout 304 the tape device, set the pthru timeout to the os layer timeout value.
305 305
306 2. Add Poll_wait mechanism to Gen-2 Linux 306 2. Add Poll_wait mechanism to Gen-2 Linux driv.
307 In the aen handler, driver nee 307 In the aen handler, driver needs to wakeup poll handler similar to
308 the way it raises SIGIO. 308 the way it raises SIGIO.
309 309
310 3. Add new controller new SAS2 support to 310 3. Add new controller new SAS2 support to the driver.
311 311
312 4. Report the unconfigured PD (system PD) 312 4. Report the unconfigured PD (system PD) to OS.
313 313
314 5. Add the IEEE SGL support to the driver 314 5. Add the IEEE SGL support to the driver
315 315
316 6. Reasign the Application cmds to SAS2 c 316 6. Reasign the Application cmds to SAS2 controller
317 317
318 1 Release Date : Thur.July. 24 11:41:51 PST 318 1 Release Date : Thur.July. 24 11:41:51 PST 2008 -
319 (emaild-id:megaraidlinu 319 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
320 Sumant Patro 320 Sumant Patro
321 Bo Yang 321 Bo Yang
322 322
323 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.01 323 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.01
324 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.22 324 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.22
325 325
326 1. Add the new controller (0078, 0079) support 326 1. Add the new controller (0078, 0079) support to the driver
327 Those controllers are LSI's next genera 327 Those controllers are LSI's next generatation(gen2) SAS controllers.
328 328
329 1 Release Date : Mon.June. 23 10:12:45 PST 329 1 Release Date : Mon.June. 23 10:12:45 PST 2008 -
330 (emaild-id:megaraidlinu 330 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
331 Sumant Patro 331 Sumant Patro
332 Bo Yang 332 Bo Yang
333 333
334 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.22 334 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.22
335 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.20 335 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.20
336 336
337 1. Add shutdown DCMD cmd to the shutdown routi 337 1. Add shutdown DCMD cmd to the shutdown routine to make FW shutdown proper.
338 2. Unexpected interrupt occurs in HWR Linux dr 338 2. Unexpected interrupt occurs in HWR Linux driver, add the dumy readl pci flush will fix this issue.
339 339
340 1 Release Date : Mon. March 10 11:02:31 PDT 340 1 Release Date : Mon. March 10 11:02:31 PDT 2008 -
341 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 341 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
342 Sumant Patro 342 Sumant Patro
343 Bo Yang 343 Bo Yang
344 344
345 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.20-RC1 345 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.20-RC1
346 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.16 346 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.16
347 347
348 1. Rollback the sense info implementation 348 1. Rollback the sense info implementation
349 Sense buffer ptr data type in the ioct 349 Sense buffer ptr data type in the ioctl path is reverted back
350 to u32 * as in previous versions of dr 350 to u32 * as in previous versions of driver.
351 351
352 2. Fixed the driver frame count. 352 2. Fixed the driver frame count.
353 When Driver sent wrong frame count to 353 When Driver sent wrong frame count to firmware. As this
354 particular command is sent to drive, F 354 particular command is sent to drive, FW is seeing continuous
355 chip resets and so the command will ti 355 chip resets and so the command will timeout.
356 356
357 3. Add the new controller(1078DE) support to t 357 3. Add the new controller(1078DE) support to the driver
358 and Increase the max_wait to 60 from 1 358 and Increase the max_wait to 60 from 10 in the controller
359 operational status. With this max_wai 359 operational status. With this max_wait increase, driver will
360 make sure the FW will finish the pen 360 make sure the FW will finish the pending cmd for KDUMP case.
361 361
362 1 Release Date : Thur. Nov. 07 16:30:43 PST 362 1 Release Date : Thur. Nov. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
363 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 363 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
364 Sumant Patro 364 Sumant Patro
365 Bo Yang 365 Bo Yang
366 366
367 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.16 367 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.16
368 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.15 368 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.15
369 369
370 1. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_SECS to 60 secon 370 1. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_SECS to 60 seconds from 10. FW may take
371 a max of 60 seconds to respond to the 371 a max of 60 seconds to respond to the INIT cmd.
372 372
373 1 Release Date : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 373 1 Release Date : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
374 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 374 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
375 Sumant Patro 375 Sumant Patro
376 Bo Yang 376 Bo Yang
377 377
378 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.15 378 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.15
379 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.14 379 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.14
380 380
381 1. Added module parameter "poll_mode_io" to su 381 1. Added module parameter "poll_mode_io" to support for "polling"
382 (reduced interrupt operation). In thi 382 (reduced interrupt operation). In this mode, IO completion
383 interrupts are delayed. At the end of 383 interrupts are delayed. At the end of initiating IOs, the
384 driver schedules for cmd completion if 384 driver schedules for cmd completion if there are pending cmds
385 to be completed. A timer-based interr 385 to be completed. A timer-based interrupt has also been added
386 to prevent IO completion processing fr 386 to prevent IO completion processing from being delayed
387 indefinitely in the case that no new I 387 indefinitely in the case that no new IOs are initiated.
388 388
389 1 Release Date : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 389 1 Release Date : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
390 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 390 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
391 Sumant Patro 391 Sumant Patro
392 Bo Yang 392 Bo Yang
393 393
394 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.14 394 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.14
395 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.13 395 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.13
396 396
397 1. Setting the max_sectors_per_req based on ma 397 1. Setting the max_sectors_per_req based on max SGL supported by the
398 FW. Prior versions calculated this val 398 FW. Prior versions calculated this value from controller info
399 (max_sectors_1, max_sectors_2). For ce 399 (max_sectors_1, max_sectors_2). For certain controllers/FW,
400 this was resulting in a value greater 400 this was resulting in a value greater than max SGL supported
401 by the FW. Issue was first reported by 401 by the FW. Issue was first reported by users running LUKS+XFS
402 with megaraid_sas. Thanks to RB for p 402 with megaraid_sas. Thanks to RB for providing the logs and
403 duplication steps that helped to get t 403 duplication steps that helped to get to the root cause of the
404 issue. 2. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_ 404 issue. 2. Increased MFI_POLL_TIMEOUT_SECS to 60 seconds from
405 10. FW may take a max of 60 seconds to 405 10. FW may take a max of 60 seconds to respond to the INIT
406 cmd. 406 cmd.
407 407
408 1 Release Date : Fri. June. 15 16:30:43 PST 408 1 Release Date : Fri. June. 15 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
409 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 409 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
410 Sumant Patro 410 Sumant Patro
411 Bo Yang 411 Bo Yang
412 412
413 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.13 413 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.13
414 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.12 414 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.12
415 415
416 1. Added the megasas_reset_timer routine to in 416 1. Added the megasas_reset_timer routine to intercept cmd timeout and throttle io.
417 417
418 On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:44 -0600, James Botto 418 On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:44 -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
419 It looks like megaraid_sas at least needs this 419 It looks like megaraid_sas at least needs this to throttle its commands
420 > as they begin to time out. The code keeps t 420 > as they begin to time out. The code keeps the existing transport
421 > template use of eh_timed_out (and allows the 421 > template use of eh_timed_out (and allows the transport to override the
422 > host if they both have this callback). 422 > host if they both have this callback).
423 > 423 >
424 > James 424 > James
425 425
426 1 Release Date : Sat May. 12 16:30:43 PST 2 426 1 Release Date : Sat May. 12 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
427 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 427 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
428 Sumant Patro 428 Sumant Patro
429 Bo Yang 429 Bo Yang
430 430
431 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.12 431 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.12
432 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.11 432 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.11
433 433
434 1. When MegaSAS driver receives reset call fr 434 1. When MegaSAS driver receives reset call from OS, driver waits in reset
435 routine for max 3 minutes for all pending comm 435 routine for max 3 minutes for all pending command completion. Now driver will
436 call completion routine every 5 seconds from t 436 call completion routine every 5 seconds from the reset routine instead of
437 waiting for depending on cmd completion from i 437 waiting for depending on cmd completion from isr path.
438 438
439 1 Release Date : Mon Apr. 30 10:25:52 PST 2 439 1 Release Date : Mon Apr. 30 10:25:52 PST 2007 -
440 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 440 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
441 Sumant Patro 441 Sumant Patro
442 Bo Yang 442 Bo Yang
443 443
444 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.11 444 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.11
445 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.09 445 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.09
446 446
447 1. Memory Manager for IOCTL removed fo 447 1. Memory Manager for IOCTL removed for 2.6 kernels.
448 pci_alloc_consistent replaced by dm 448 pci_alloc_consistent replaced by dma_alloc_coherent. With this
449 change there is no need of memory m 449 change there is no need of memory manager in the driver code
450 450
451 On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 13:30 -0800, And 451 On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 13:30 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
452 > I suspect all this horror is due to 452 > I suspect all this horror is due to stupidity in the DMA API.
453 > 453 >
454 > pci_alloc_consistent() just goes and 454 > pci_alloc_consistent() just goes and assumes GFP_ATOMIC, whereas
455 > the caller (megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl) w 455 > the caller (megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl) would have been perfectly happy
456 > to use GFP_KERNEL. 456 > to use GFP_KERNEL.
457 > 457 >
458 > I bet this fixes it 458 > I bet this fixes it
459 459
460 It does, but the DMA API was expanded 460 It does, but the DMA API was expanded to cope with this exact case, so
461 use dma_alloc_coherent() directly in t 461 use dma_alloc_coherent() directly in the megaraid code instead. The dev
462 is just &pci_dev->dev. 462 is just &pci_dev->dev.
463 463
464 James <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> 464 James <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
465 465
466 3. SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE is not supported 466 3. SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE is not supported by FW and thus blocked by driver.
467 4. Hibernation support added 467 4. Hibernation support added
468 5. Performing diskdump while running I 468 5. Performing diskdump while running IO in RHEL 4 was failing. Fixed.
469 469
470 1 Release Date : Fri Feb. 09 14:36:28 PST 2 470 1 Release Date : Fri Feb. 09 14:36:28 PST 2007 -
471 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 471 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
472 Sumant Patro 472 Sumant Patro
473 Bo Yang 473 Bo Yang
474 474
475 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.09 475 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.09
476 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.08 476 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.08
477 477
478 i. Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVE 478 i. Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVER_TIMEOUT" errors
479 479
480 The driver now waits for 10 seconds to 480 The driver now waits for 10 seconds to elapse instead of 5 (as in
481 previous release) to resume IO. 481 previous release) to resume IO.
482 482
483 1 Release Date : Mon Feb. 05 11:35:24 PST 2 483 1 Release Date : Mon Feb. 05 11:35:24 PST 2007 -
484 (emaild-id:megaraidlin 484 (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
485 Sumant Patro 485 Sumant Patro
486 Bo Yang 486 Bo Yang
487 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.08 487 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.08
488 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.07 488 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.07
489 489
490 i. Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVE 490 i. Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVER_TIMEOUT" errors
491 491
492 Fix: The driver is now throttling I 492 Fix: The driver is now throttling IO.
493 Checks added in megasas_queue_command 493 Checks added in megasas_queue_command to know if FW is able to
494 process commands within timeout period 494 process commands within timeout period. If number of retries
495 is 2 or greater,the driver stops sendi 495 is 2 or greater,the driver stops sending cmd to FW temporarily. IO is
496 resumed if pending cmd count reduces t 496 resumed if pending cmd count reduces to 16 or 5 seconds has elapsed
497 from the time cmds were last sent to F 497 from the time cmds were last sent to FW.
498 498
499 ii. FW enables WCE bit in Mode Sense cmd f 499 ii. FW enables WCE bit in Mode Sense cmd for drives that are configured
500 as WriteBack. The OS may send "SYNCHRO 500 as WriteBack. The OS may send "SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE" cmd when Logical
501 Disks are exposed with WCE=1. User is 501 Disks are exposed with WCE=1. User is advised to enable Write Back
502 mode only when the controller has batt 502 mode only when the controller has battery backup. At this time
503 Synhronize cache is not supported by t 503 Synhronize cache is not supported by the FW. Driver will short-cycle
504 the cmd and return success without sen 504 the cmd and return success without sending down to FW.
505 505
506 1 Release Date : Sun Jan. 14 11:21:32 PDT 2 506 1 Release Date : Sun Jan. 14 11:21:32 PDT 2007 -
507 Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi 507 Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>/Bo Yang
508 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.07 508 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.07
509 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.06 509 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.06
510 510
511 i. bios_param entry added in scsi_host_te 511 i. bios_param entry added in scsi_host_template that returns disk geometry
512 information. 512 information.
513 513
514 1 Release Date : Fri Oct 20 11:21:32 PDT 20< 514 1 Release Date : Fri Oct 20 11:21:32 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>/Bo Yang
515 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.06 515 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.06
516 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.05 516 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.05
517 517
518 1. Added new memory management module to suppo 518 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 519 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 520 (hw_crit_error=1). If hw_crit_error==1, now we do not accept any processing of pending cmds/accept any cmd from OS
521 521
522 1 Release Date : Mon Oct 02 11:21:32 PDT 20< 522 1 Release Date : Mon Oct 02 11:21:32 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
523 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.05 523 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.05
524 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.04 524 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.04
525 525
526 i. PCI_DEVICE macro used 526 i. PCI_DEVICE macro used
527 527
528 Convert the pci_device_id-table of the 528 Convert the pci_device_id-table of the megaraid_sas-driver to the PCI_DEVICE-macro, to safe some lines.
529 529
530 - Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@nac 530 - Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@nachtwindheim.de>
531 ii. All compiler warnings removed 531 ii. All compiler warnings removed
532 iii. megasas_ctrl_info struct reverted to 3 532 iii. megasas_ctrl_info struct reverted to 3.02 release
533 iv. Default value of megasas_dbg_lvl set t 533 iv. Default value of megasas_dbg_lvl set to 0
534 v. Removing in megasas_exit the sysfs ent 534 v. Removing in megasas_exit the sysfs entry created for megasas_dbg_lvl
535 vi. In megasas_teardown_frame_pool(), cmd- 535 vi. In megasas_teardown_frame_pool(), cmd->frame was passed instead of
536 cmd->sense to pci_pool_free. Fixed. Bu 536 cmd->sense to pci_pool_free. Fixed. Bug was pointed out by
537 Eric Sesterhenn 537 Eric Sesterhenn
538 538
539 1 Release Date : Wed Sep 13 14:22:51 PDT 20< 539 1 Release Date : Wed Sep 13 14:22:51 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
540 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.04 540 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.04
541 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.03 541 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.03
542 542
543 i. Added Reboot notify 543 i. Added Reboot notify
544 ii. Reduced by 1 max cmds sent to FW from 544 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 545 as Max Cmds FW can support
546 546
547 1 Release Date : Tue Aug 22 16:33:14 PDT 20< 547 1 Release Date : Tue Aug 22 16:33:14 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
548 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.03 548 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.03
549 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.02 549 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.02
550 550
551 i. Send stop adapter to FW & Dump pending 551 i. Send stop adapter to FW & Dump pending FW cmds before declaring adapter dead.
552 New variable added to set dbg level. 552 New variable added to set dbg level.
553 ii. Disable interrupt made as fn pointer a 553 ii. Disable interrupt made as fn pointer as they are different for 1068 / 1078
554 iii. Frame count optimization. Main frame c 554 iii. Frame count optimization. Main frame can contain 2 SGE for 64 bit SGLs and
555 3 SGE for 32 bit SGL 555 3 SGE for 32 bit SGL
556 iv. Tasklet added for cmd completion 556 iv. Tasklet added for cmd completion
557 v. If FW in operational state before firi 557 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 558 vi. megasas_ctrl_prop structure updated (based on FW struct)
559 vii. Added print : FW now in Ready State du 559 vii. Added print : FW now in Ready State during initialization
560 560
561 1 Release Date : Sun Aug 06 22:49:52 PDT 20< 561 1 Release Date : Sun Aug 06 22:49:52 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
562 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.02 562 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.02
563 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.01 563 3 Older Version : 00.00.03.01
564 564
565 i. Added FW transition state for Hotplug 565 i. Added FW transition state for Hotplug scenario
566 566
567 1 Release Date : Sun May 14 22:49:52 PDT 20< 567 1 Release Date : Sun May 14 22:49:52 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
568 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.01 568 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.01
569 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04 569 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04
570 570
571 i. Added support for ZCR controller. 571 i. Added support for ZCR controller.
572 572
573 New device id 0x413 added. 573 New device id 0x413 added.
574 574
575 ii. Bug fix : Disable controller interrupt 575 ii. Bug fix : Disable controller interrupt before firing INIT cmd to FW.
576 576
577 Interrupt is enabled after req 577 Interrupt is enabled after required initialization is over.
578 This is done to ensure that dr 578 This is done to ensure that driver is ready to handle interrupts when
579 it is generated by the control 579 it is generated by the controller.
580 580
581 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi 581 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
582 582
583 1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 20< 583 1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
584 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04 584 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
585 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04 585 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04
586 586
587 i. Remove superfluous instance_lock 587 i. Remove superfluous instance_lock
588 588
589 gets rid of the otherwise superfluous 589 gets rid of the otherwise superfluous instance_lock and avoids an unsafe
590 unsynchronized access in the error han 590 unsynchronized access in the error handler.
591 591
592 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de 592 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
593 593
594 594
595 1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 20< 595 1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
596 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04 596 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
597 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04 597 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04
598 598
599 i. Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) contro 599 i. Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) controller, device id : 0x60 added.
600 During initialization, depending on th 600 During initialization, depending on the device id, the template members
601 are initialized with function pointers 601 are initialized with function pointers specific to the ppc or
602 xscale controllers. 602 xscale controllers.
603 603
604 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi 604 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
605 605
606 1 Release Date : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 20 606 1 Release Date : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro
607 < 607 <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
608 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04 608 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
609 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.02 609 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.02
610 i. Register 16 byte CDB capability with s 610 i. Register 16 byte CDB capability with scsi midlayer
611 611
612 "This patch properly registers the 16 612 "This patch properly registers the 16 byte command length capability of the
613 megaraid_sas controlled hardware with 613 megaraid_sas controlled hardware with the scsi midlayer. All megaraid_sas
614 hardware supports 16 byte CDB's." 614 hardware supports 16 byte CDB's."
615 615
616 -Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@del 616 -Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@dell.com>
617 617
618 1 Release Date : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 20< 618 1 Release Date : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
619 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02 619 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02
620 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01 620 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01
621 621
622 i. New template defined to represent each 622 i. New template defined to represent each family of controllers (identified by processor used).
623 The template will have definitions tha 623 The template will have definitions that will be initialised to appropriate 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.
624 624
625 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsi 625 -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
626 626
627 1 Release Date : Mon Dec 19 14:36:26 PST 20< 627 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 628 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.00-rc4
629 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01 629 3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01
630 630
631 i. Code reorganized to remove code duplic 631 i. Code reorganized to remove code duplication in megasas_build_cmd.
632 632
633 "There's a lot of duplicate code megas 633 "There's a lot of duplicate code megasas_build_cmd. Move that out of the different codepaths and merge the reminder of megasas_build_cmd into megasas_queue_command"
634 634
635 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de 635 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
636 636
637 ii. Defined MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE32 for cod 637 ii. Defined MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE32 for code paths that handles 32 bit applications in 64 bit systems.
638 638
639 "MEGASAS_IOC_FIRMWARE can't be redefin 639 "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"
640 640
641 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de 641 - Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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