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  1 Sat May 12 12:00 2001 Gerard Roudier (groudier      1 Sat May 12 12:00 2001 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
  2         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.3c                  2         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.3c
  3         - Ensure LEDC bit in GPCNTL is cleared      3         - Ensure LEDC bit in GPCNTL is cleared when reading the NVRAM.
  4           Fix sent by Stig Telfer <stig@api-net      4           Fix sent by Stig Telfer <stig@api-networks.com>.
  5         - Backport from SYM-2 the work-around       5         - Backport from SYM-2 the work-around that allows to support 
  6           hardwares that fail PCI parity check      6           hardwares that fail PCI parity checking.
  7         - Check that we received at least 8 by      7         - Check that we received at least 8 bytes of INQUIRY response 
  8           for byte 7, that contains device cap      8           for byte 7, that contains device capabilities, to be valid.
  9         - Define scsi_set_pci_device() as nil       9         - Define scsi_set_pci_device() as nil for kernel < 2.4.4.
 10         - + A couple of minor changes.             10         - + A couple of minor changes.
 11                                                    11           
 12 Sat Apr 7 19:30 2001 Gerard Roudier (groudier@     12 Sat Apr 7 19:30 2001 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
 13         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.3b                 13         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.3b
 14         - Fix an unaligned LOAD from scripts (     14         - Fix an unaligned LOAD from scripts (was used as dummy read).
 15         - In ncr_soft_reset(), only try to ABO     15         - In ncr_soft_reset(), only try to ABORT the current operation 
 16           for chips that support SRUN bit in I     16           for chips that support SRUN bit in ISTAT1 and if SCRIPTS are 
 17           currently running, as 896 and 1010 m     17           currently running, as 896 and 1010 manuals suggest.
 18         - In the CCB abort path, do not assume     18         - In the CCB abort path, do not assume that the CCB is currently 
 19           queued to SCRIPTS. This is not alway     19           queued to SCRIPTS. This is not always true, notably after a 
 20           QUEUE FULL status or when using unta     20           QUEUE FULL status or when using untagged commands.
 21                                                    21 
 22 Sun Mar 4 18:30 2001 Gerard Roudier (groudier@     22 Sun Mar 4 18:30 2001 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
 23         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.3a                 23         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.3a
 24         - Fix an issue in the ncr_int_udc() (u     24         - Fix an issue in the ncr_int_udc() (unexpected disconnect)
 25           handling. If the DSA didn't match a      25           handling. If the DSA didn't match a CCB, a bad write to 
 26           memory could happen.                     26           memory could happen.
 27                                                    27 
 28 Mon Feb 12 22:30 2001 Gerard Roudier (groudier     28 Mon Feb 12 22:30 2001 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
 29         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.3                  29         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.3
 30         - Support for hppa.                        30         - Support for hppa.
 31           Tiny patch sent to me by Robert Hirs     31           Tiny patch sent to me by Robert Hirst.
 32         - Tiny patch for ia64 sent to me by Pa     32         - Tiny patch for ia64 sent to me by Pamela Delaney.
 33                                                    33 
 34 Tue Feb 6 13:30 2001 Gerard Roudier (groudier@     34 Tue Feb 6 13:30 2001 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
 35         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.3-pre1             35         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.3-pre1
 36         - Call pci_enable_device() as AC wants     36         - Call pci_enable_device() as AC wants this to be done.
 37         - Get both the BAR cookies used by CPU     37         - Get both the BAR cookies used by CPU and actual PCI BAR 
 38           values used from SCRIPTS. Recent PCI     38           values used from SCRIPTS. Recent PCI chips are able to 
 39           access themselves using internal cyc     39           access themselves using internal cycles, but they compare 
 40           BAR values to destination address to     40           BAR values to destination address to make decision.
 41           Earlier chips simply use PCI transac     41           Earlier chips simply use PCI transactions to access IO 
 42           registers from SCRIPTS.                  42           registers from SCRIPTS.
 43           The bus_dvma_to_mem() interface that     43           The bus_dvma_to_mem() interface that reverses the actual 
 44           PCI BAR value from the BAR cookie is     44           PCI BAR value from the BAR cookie is now useless.
 45           This point had been discussed at the     45           This point had been discussed at the list and the solution 
 46           got approved by PCI code maintainer      46           got approved by PCI code maintainer (Martin Mares).
 47         - Merge changes for linux-2.4 that dec     47         - Merge changes for linux-2.4 that declare the host template 
 48           in the driver object also when the d     48           in the driver object also when the driver is statically 
 49           linked with the kernel.                  49           linked with the kernel.
 50         - Increase SCSI message size up to 12      50         - Increase SCSI message size up to 12 bytes, given that 8 
 51           bytes was not enough for the PPR mes     51           bytes was not enough for the PPR message (fix).
 52         - Add field 'maxoffs_st' (max offset f     52         - Add field 'maxoffs_st' (max offset for ST data transfers).
 53           The C1010 supports offset 62 in DT m     53           The C1010 supports offset 62 in DT mode but only 31 in 
 54           ST mode, to 2 different values for t     54           ST mode, to 2 different values for the max SCSI offset 
 55           are needed. Replace the obviously wr     55           are needed. Replace the obviously wrong masking of the 
 56           offset against 0x1f for ST mode by a     56           offset against 0x1f for ST mode by a lowering to 
 57           maxoffs_st of the SCSI offset in ST      57           maxoffs_st of the SCSI offset in ST mode.
 58         - Refine a work-around for the C1010-6     58         - Refine a work-around for the C1010-66. Revision 1 does 
 59           not requires extra cycles in DT DATA     59           not requires extra cycles in DT DATA OUT phase.
 60         - Add a missing endian-ization (abrt_t     60         - Add a missing endian-ization (abrt_tbl.addr).
 61         - Minor clean-up in the np structure f     61         - Minor clean-up in the np structure for fields accessed 
 62           from SCRIPTS that requires special a     62           from SCRIPTS that requires special alignments.
 63                                                    63 
 64 Sun Sep 24 21:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier     64 Sun Sep 24 21:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
 65         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.2                  65         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.2
 66         - Remove the hack for PPC added in pre     66         - Remove the hack for PPC added in previous driver version.
 67         - Add FE_DAC feature bit to distinguis     67         - Add FE_DAC feature bit to distinguish between 64 bit PCI 
 68           addressing (FE_DAC) and 64 bit PCI i     68           addressing (FE_DAC) and 64 bit PCI interface (FE_64BIT).
 69         - Get rid of the boot command line "ul     69         - Get rid of the boot command line "ultra:" argument.
 70           This parameter wasn't that clever si     70           This parameter wasn't that clever since we can use "sync:" 
 71           for Ultra/Ultra2 settings, and for U     71           for Ultra/Ultra2 settings, and for Ultra3 we may want to 
 72           pass PPR options (for now only DT cl     72           pass PPR options (for now only DT clocking).
 73         - Add FE_VARCLK feature bit that indic     73         - Add FE_VARCLK feature bit that indicates that SCSI clock 
 74           frequency may vary depending on boar     74           frequency may vary depending on board design and thus, 
 75           the driver should try to evaluate th     75           the driver should try to evaluate the SCSI clock.
 76         - Simplify the way the driver determin     76         - Simplify the way the driver determine the SCSI clock:
 77           ULTRA3 -> 160 MHz, ULTRA2 -> 80 MHz      77           ULTRA3 -> 160 MHz, ULTRA2 -> 80 MHz otherwise 40 MHz.
 78           Measure the SCSI clock frequency if      78           Measure the SCSI clock frequency if FE_VARCLK is set.
 79         - Remove FE_CLK80 feature bit that got     79         - Remove FE_CLK80 feature bit that got useless.
 80         - Add support for the SYM53C875A (Pame     80         - Add support for the SYM53C875A (Pamela Delaney).
 81                                                    81 
 82 Wed Jul 26 23:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier     82 Wed Jul 26 23:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
 83         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.1                  83         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.1
 84         - Provide OpenFirmware path through th     84         - Provide OpenFirmware path through the proc FS on PPC.
 85         - Download of on-chip SRAM using memcp     85         - Download of on-chip SRAM using memcpy_toio() doesn't work 
 86           on PPC. Restore previous method (MEM     86           on PPC. Restore previous method (MEMORY MOVE from SCRIPTS).
 87         - Remove trailing argument #2 from a c     87         - Remove trailing argument #2 from a couple of #undefs.
 88                                                    88 
 89 Sun Jul 09 16:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier     89 Sun Jul 09 16:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
 90         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.0                  90         * version sym53c8xx-1.7.0
 91         - Remove the PROFILE C and SCRIPTS cod     91         - Remove the PROFILE C and SCRIPTS code.
 92           This facility was not this useful an     92           This facility was not this useful and thus was not longer 
 93           desirable given the increasing compl     93           desirable given the increasing complexity of the driver code.
 94         - Merges from FreeBSD sym-1.6.2 driver     94         - Merges from FreeBSD sym-1.6.2 driver:
 95           * Clarify memory barriers needed by      95           * Clarify memory barriers needed by the driver for architectures 
 96             that implement a weak memory order     96             that implement a weak memory ordering.
 97           * Simpler handling of illegal phases     97           * Simpler handling of illegal phases and data overrun from 
 98             SCRIPTS. These errors are now imme     98             SCRIPTS. These errors are now immediately reported to 
 99             the C code by an interrupt.            99             the C code by an interrupt.
100           * Sync the residual handling code wi    100           * Sync the residual handling code with sym-1.6.2 and now 
101             report `resid' to user for linux v    101             report `resid' to user for linux version >= 2.3.99 
102         - General cleanup:                        102         - General cleanup:
103           Move definitions for barriers and IO    103           Move definitions for barriers and IO/MMIO operations to the 
104           sym53c8xx_defs.h header files. They     104           sym53c8xx_defs.h header files. They are now shared by the 
105           both drivers.                           105           both drivers.
106           Remove unused options that claimed t    106           Remove unused options that claimed to optimize for the 896.
107           If fact, they were not this clever.     107           If fact, they were not this clever. :)
108           Use SCSI_NCR_IOMAPPED instead of NCR    108           Use SCSI_NCR_IOMAPPED instead of NCR_IOMAPPED.
109           Remove a couple of unused fields fro    109           Remove a couple of unused fields from data structures.
110                                                   110 
111 Thu May 11 12:40 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney    111 Thu May 11 12:40 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney@lsil.com)
112         * version sym53c8xx-1.6b                  112         * version sym53c8xx-1.6b
113         - Merged version.                         113         - Merged version.
114                                                   114 
115 Mon Apr 24 12:00 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier    115 Mon Apr 24 12:00 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
116         * version sym53c8xx-1.5m                  116         * version sym53c8xx-1.5m
117         - Return value 1 (instead of 0) from t    117         - Return value 1 (instead of 0) from the driver setup routine.
118         - Do not enable PCI DAC cycles. This j    118         - Do not enable PCI DAC cycles. This just broke support for 
119           SYM534C896 on sparc64. Problem fixed    119           SYM534C896 on sparc64. Problem fixed by David S. Miller.
120                                                   120 
121 Fri Apr 14 9:00 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney@    121 Fri Apr 14 9:00 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney@lsil.com)
122         * version sym53c8xx-1.6b-9                122         * version sym53c8xx-1.6b-9
123         - Added 53C1010_66 support.               123         - Added 53C1010_66 support.
124         - Small fix to integrity checking code    124         - Small fix to integrity checking code.
125         - Removed requirement for integrity ch    125         - Removed requirement for integrity checking if want to run
126           at ultra 3.                             126           at ultra 3.
127                                                   127  
128 Sat Apr 1  12:00 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier    128 Sat Apr 1  12:00 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
129         * version sym53c8xx-1.5l                  129         * version sym53c8xx-1.5l
130         - Tiny change for __sparc__ appeared i    130         - Tiny change for __sparc__ appeared in 2.3.99-pre4.1 that 
131           applies to cache line size (? Probab    131           applies to cache line size (? Probably from David S Miller).
132         - Make sure no data transfer will happ    132         - Make sure no data transfer will happen for Scsi_Cmnd requests 
133           that supply SCSI_DATA_NONE direction    133           that supply SCSI_DATA_NONE direction (this avoids some BUG() 
134           statement in the PCI code when a dat    134           statement in the PCI code when a data buffer is also supplied).
135                                                   135 
136 Sat Mar 11 12:00 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier    136 Sat Mar 11 12:00 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
137         * version sym53c8xx-1.6b-5                137         * version sym53c8xx-1.6b-5
138         - Test against expected data transfer     138         - Test against expected data transfer direction from SCRIPTS.
139         - Add support for the new dynamic dma     139         - Add support for the new dynamic dma mapping kernel interface.
140           Requires Linux-2.3.47 (tested with p    140           Requires Linux-2.3.47 (tested with pre-2.3.47-6).
141           Many thanks to David S. Miller for h    141           Many thanks to David S. Miller for his preliminary changes 
142           that have been useful guidelines.       142           that have been useful guidelines.
143         - Get data transfer direction from the    143         - Get data transfer direction from the scsi command structure 
144           (Scsi_Cmnd) with kernels that provid    144           (Scsi_Cmnd) with kernels that provide this information.
145                                                   145 
146 Mon Mar  6 23:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier    146 Mon Mar  6 23:30 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
147         * version sym53c8xx-1.5k                  147         * version sym53c8xx-1.5k
148         - Test against expected data transfer     148         - Test against expected data transfer direction from SCRIPTS.
149         - Revert the change in 'ncr_flush_done    149         - Revert the change in 'ncr_flush_done_cmds()' but unmap the 
150           scsi dma buffer prior to queueing th    150           scsi dma buffer prior to queueing the command to our done 
151           list.                                   151           list.
152         - Miscellaneous (minor) fixes in the c    152         - Miscellaneous (minor) fixes in the code added in driver 
153           version 1.5j.                           153           version 1.5j.
154                                                   154 
155 Mon Feb 14 4:00 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney@    155 Mon Feb 14 4:00 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney@lsil.com)
156         * version sym53c8xx-pre-1.6b-2.           156         * version sym53c8xx-pre-1.6b-2.
157         - Updated the SCRIPTS error handling o    157         - Updated the SCRIPTS error handling of the SWIDE
158           condition - to remove any reads of t    158           condition - to remove any reads of the sbdl
159           register. Changes needed because the    159           register. Changes needed because the 896 and 1010
160           chips will check parity in some spec    160           chips will check parity in some special circumstances.
161           This will cause a parity error inter    161           This will cause a parity error interrupt if not in
162           data phase.  Changes based on those     162           data phase.  Changes based on those made in the
163           FreeBSD driver version 1.3.2.           163           FreeBSD driver version 1.3.2.
164                                                   164 
165 Sun Feb 20 11:00 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier    165 Sun Feb 20 11:00 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
166         * version sym53c8xx-1.5j                  166         * version sym53c8xx-1.5j
167         - Add support for the new dynamic dma     167         - Add support for the new dynamic dma mapping kernel interface.
168           Requires Linux-2.3.47 (tested with p    168           Requires Linux-2.3.47 (tested with pre-2.3.47-6).
169           Many thanks to David S. Miller for h    169           Many thanks to David S. Miller for his preliminary changes 
170           that have been useful guidelines, fo    170           that have been useful guidelines, for having reviewed the 
171           code and having tested this driver v    171           code and having tested this driver version on Ultra-Sparc.
172         - 2 tiny bugs fixed in the PCI wrapper    172         - 2 tiny bugs fixed in the PCI wrapper that provides support 
173           for early kernels without pci device    173           for early kernels without pci device structure.
174         - Get data transfer direction from the    174         - Get data transfer direction from the scsi command structure 
175           (Scsi_Cmnd) with kernels that provid    175           (Scsi_Cmnd) with kernels that provide this information.
176         - Fix an old bug that only affected 89    176         - Fix an old bug that only affected 896 rev. 1 when driver 
177           profile support option was set in ke    177           profile support option was set in kernel configuration.
178                                                   178 
179 Fri Jan 14 14:00 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney    179 Fri Jan 14 14:00 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney@lsil.com)
180         * version sym53c8xx-pre-1.6b-1.           180         * version sym53c8xx-pre-1.6b-1.
181         - Merge parallel driver series 1.61 an    181         - Merge parallel driver series 1.61 and 1.5e 
182                                                   182 
183 Tue Jan 11 14:00 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney    183 Tue Jan 11 14:00 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney@lsil.com)
184         * version sym53c8xx-1.61                  184         * version sym53c8xx-1.61
185         - Added support for mounting disks on     185         - Added support for mounting disks on wide-narrow-wide
186           scsi configurations.                    186           scsi configurations. 
187         - Modified offset to be a maximum of 3    187         - Modified offset to be a maximum of 31 in ST mode, 
188           62 in DT mode.                          188           62 in DT mode.
189         - Based off of 1.60                       189         - Based off of 1.60
190                                                   190 
191 Mon Jan 10 10:00 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney    191 Mon Jan 10 10:00 2000 Pam Delaney (pam.delaney@lsil.com)
192         * version sym53c8xx-1.60                  192         * version sym53c8xx-1.60
193         - Added capability to use the integrit    193         - Added capability to use the integrity checking code
194           in the kernel (optional).               194           in the kernel (optional).
195         -  Added PPR negotiation.                 195         -  Added PPR negotiation.
196         - Added support for 53C1010 Ultra 3 pa    196         - Added support for 53C1010 Ultra 3 part.
197         - Based off of 1.5f                       197         - Based off of 1.5f
198                                                   198 
199 Sat Jan 8  22:00 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier    199 Sat Jan 8  22:00 2000 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
200         * version sym53c8xx-1.5h                  200         * version sym53c8xx-1.5h
201         - Add year 2000 copyright.                201         - Add year 2000 copyright.
202         - Display correctly bus signals when b    202         - Display correctly bus signals when bus is detected wrong.
203         - Some fix for Sparc from DSM that wen    203         - Some fix for Sparc from DSM that went directly to kernel tree.
204                                                   204 
205 Mon Dec 6  22:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier    205 Mon Dec 6  22:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
206         * version sym53c8xx-1.5g                  206         * version sym53c8xx-1.5g
207         - Change messages written by the drive    207         - Change messages written by the driver at initialisation and 
208           through the /proc FS (rather cosmeti    208           through the /proc FS (rather cosmetic changes that consist in
209           printing out the PCI bus number and     209           printing out the PCI bus number and PCI device/function).
210         - Ensure the SCRIPTS processor is stop    210         - Ensure the SCRIPTS processor is stopped while calibrating the 
211           SCSI clock (the initialisation code     211           SCSI clock (the initialisation code has been a bit reworked).
212           Change moved to the FreeBSD sym_hipd    212           Change moved to the FreeBSD sym_hipd driver).
213         - Some fixes in the MODIFY_DP/IGN_RESI    213         - Some fixes in the MODIFY_DP/IGN_RESIDUE code and residual 
214           calculation (moved from FreeBSD sym_    214           calculation (moved from FreeBSD sym_hipd driver).
215         - Add NVRAM support for Tekram boards     215         - Add NVRAM support for Tekram boards that use 24C16 EEPROM.
216           Code moved from the FreeBSD sym_hipd    216           Code moved from the FreeBSD sym_hipd driver, since it has 
217           been that one that got this feature     217           been that one that got this feature first.
218         - Definitely disable overlapped PCI ar    218         - Definitely disable overlapped PCI arbitration for all dual 
219           function chips, since I cannot make     219           function chips, since I cannot make sure for what chip revisions 
220           it is actually safe.                    220           it is actually safe.
221         - Add support for the SYM53C1510D (als    221         - Add support for the SYM53C1510D (also for ncr53c8xx).
222         - Fix up properly the PCI latency time    222         - Fix up properly the PCI latency timer when needed or asked for.
223         - Get rid of the old PCI bios interfac    223         - Get rid of the old PCI bios interface, but preserve kernel 2.0 
224           compatibility from a simple wrapper.    224           compatibility from a simple wrapper.
225         - Update the poor Tekram sync factor t    225         - Update the poor Tekram sync factor table.
226         - Fix in a tiny 'printk' bug that may     226         - Fix in a tiny 'printk' bug that may oops in case of extended 
227           errors (unrecovered parity error, da    227           errors (unrecovered parity error, data overrun, etc ...)
228           (Sent by Pamela Delaney from LSILOGI    228           (Sent by Pamela Delaney from LSILOGIC)
229         - Remove the compilation condition abo    229         - Remove the compilation condition about having to acquire the 
230           io_request_lock since it seems to be    230           io_request_lock since it seems to be a definite feature now.:)
231         - Change get_pages by GetPages since L    231         - Change get_pages by GetPages since Linux >= 2.3.27 now wants 
232           get_pages to ever be used as a kerne    232           get_pages to ever be used as a kernel symbol (from 2.3.27).
233         - proc_dir structure no longer needed     233         - proc_dir structure no longer needed for kernel >= 2.3.27.
234                                                   234 
235 Sun Oct  3  19:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    235 Sun Oct  3  19:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
236         * version sym53c8xx-1.5f                  236         * version sym53c8xx-1.5f
237         - Change the way the driver checks the    237         - Change the way the driver checks the PCI clock frequency, so 
238           that overclocked PCI BUS up to 48 MH    238           that overclocked PCI BUS up to 48 MHz will not be refused.
239           The more the BUS is overclocked, the    239           The more the BUS is overclocked, the less the driver will 
240           guarantee that its measure of the SC    240           guarantee that its measure of the SCSI clock is correct.
241         - Backport some minor improvements of     241         - Backport some minor improvements of SCRIPTS from the sym_hipd 
242           driver.                                 242           driver.
243         - Backport the code rewrite of the STA    243         - Backport the code rewrite of the START QUEUE dequeuing (on 
244           bad scsi status received) from the s    244           bad scsi status received) from the sym_hipd driver.
245                                                   245 
246 Sat Sep 11  11:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    246 Sat Sep 11  11:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
247         * version sym53c8xx-1.5e                  247         * version sym53c8xx-1.5e
248         - New linux-2.3.13 __setup scheme supp    248         - New linux-2.3.13 __setup scheme support added.
249         - Cleanup of the extended error status    249         - Cleanup of the extended error status handling:
250           Use 1 bit per error type.               250           Use 1 bit per error type.
251         - Also save the extended error status     251         - Also save the extended error status prior to auto-sense.
252         - Add the FE_DIFF chip feature bit to     252         - Add the FE_DIFF chip feature bit to indicate support of 
253           diff probing from GPIO3 (825/825A/87    253           diff probing from GPIO3 (825/825A/876/875).
254         - Remove the quirk handling that has b    254         - Remove the quirk handling that has been useless since day one.
255         - Work-around PCI chips being reported    255         - Work-around PCI chips being reported twice on some platforms.
256         - Add some redundant PCI reads in orde    256         - Add some redundant PCI reads in order to deal with common 
257           bridge misbehaviour regarding posted    257           bridge misbehaviour regarding posted write flushing.
258         - Add some other conditional code for  !! 258         - Add some other conditionnal code for people who have to deal 
259           with really broken bridges (they wil    259           with really broken bridges (they will have to edit a source 
260           file to try these options).             260           file to try these options).
261         - Handle correctly (hopefully) jiffies    261         - Handle correctly (hopefully) jiffies wrap-around.
262         - Restore the entry used to detect 875    262         - Restore the entry used to detect 875 until revision 0xff.
263           (I removed it inadvertently, it seem    263           (I removed it inadvertently, it seems :) )
264         - Replace __initfunc() which is deprec    264         - Replace __initfunc() which is deprecated stuff by __init which 
265           is not yet so. ;-)                      265           is not yet so. ;-)
266         - Rewrite the MESSAGE IN scripts more     266         - Rewrite the MESSAGE IN scripts more generic by using a MOVE 
267           table indirect. Extended messages of    267           table indirect. Extended messages of any size are accepted now.
268           (Size is limited to 8 for now, but a    268           (Size is limited to 8 for now, but a constant is just to be 
269           increased if necessary)                 269           increased if necessary)
270         - Fix some bug in the fully untested M    270         - Fix some bug in the fully untested MDP handling:) and share 
271           some code between MDP handling and r    271           some code between MDP handling and residual calculation.
272         - Calculate the data transfer residual    272         - Calculate the data transfer residual as the 2's complement 
273           integer (A positive value in returne    273           integer (A positive value in returned on data overrun, and 
274           a negative one on underrun).            274           a negative one on underrun).
275         - Add support of some 'resource handli    275         - Add support of some 'resource handling' for linux-2.3.13.
276           Basically the BARs have been changed    276           Basically the BARs have been changed to something more complex 
277           in the pci_dev structure.               277           in the pci_dev structure.
278         - Remove some deprecated code.            278         - Remove some deprecated code.
279                                                   279 
280 Sat Jun  5  11:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    280 Sat Jun  5  11:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
281         * version sym53c8xx-1.5c                  281         * version sym53c8xx-1.5c
282         - Do not negotiate on auto-sense if we    282         - Do not negotiate on auto-sense if we are currently using 8 bit 
283           async transfer for the target.          283           async transfer for the target.
284         - Only check for SISL/RAID on i386 pla    284         - Only check for SISL/RAID on i386 platforms.
285           (A problem has been reported on PPC     285           (A problem has been reported on PPC with that code).
286         - On MSG REJECT for a negotiation, the    286         - On MSG REJECT for a negotiation, the driver attempted to restart 
287           the SCRIPT processor when this one w    287           the SCRIPT processor when this one was already running.
288                                                   288 
289 Sat May 29  12:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    289 Sat May 29  12:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
290         * version sym53c8xx-1.5b                  290         * version sym53c8xx-1.5b
291         - Force negotiation prior auto-sense.     291         - Force negotiation prior auto-sense.
292           This ensures that the driver will be    292           This ensures that the driver will be able to grab the sense data 
293           from a device that has received a BU    293           from a device that has received a BUS DEVICE RESET message from 
294           another initiator.                      294           another initiator.
295         - Complete all disconnected CCBs for a    295         - Complete all disconnected CCBs for a logical UNIT if we are told 
296           about a UNIT ATTENTION for a RESET c    296           about a UNIT ATTENTION for a RESET condition by this target.
297         - Add the control command 'cleardev' t    297         - Add the control command 'cleardev' that allows to send a ABORT  
298           message to a logical UNIT (for test     298           message to a logical UNIT (for test purpose).
299                                                   299 
300 Tue May 25  23:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    300 Tue May 25  23:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
301         * version sym53c8xx-1.5a                  301         * version sym53c8xx-1.5a
302         - Add support for task abort and bus d    302         - Add support for task abort and bus device reset SCSI message 
303           and implement proper synchronisation !! 303           and implement proper synchonisation with SCRIPTS to handle 
304           correctly task abortion without race    304           correctly task abortion without races.
305         - Send an ABORT message (if untagged)     305         - Send an ABORT message (if untagged) or ABORT TAG message (if tagged)
306           when the driver is told to abort a c    306           when the driver is told to abort a command that is disconnected and 
307           complete the command with appropriat    307           complete the command with appropriate error.
308           If the aborted command is not yet st    308           If the aborted command is not yet started, remove it from the start 
309           queue and complete it with error.       309           queue and complete it with error.
310         - Add the control command 'resetdev' t    310         - Add the control command 'resetdev' that allows to send a BUS 
311           DEVICE RESET message to a target (fo    311           DEVICE RESET message to a target (for test purpose).
312         - Clean-up some unused or useless code    312         - Clean-up some unused or useless code.
313                                                   313 
314 Fri May 21  23:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    314 Fri May 21  23:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
315         * version sym53c8xx-1.5                   315         * version sym53c8xx-1.5
316         - Add support for CHMOV with Wide cont    316         - Add support for CHMOV with Wide controllers.
317         - Handling of the SWIDE (low byte resi    317         - Handling of the SWIDE (low byte residue at the end of a CHMOV 
318           in DATA IN phase with WIDE transfer     318           in DATA IN phase with WIDE transfer when the byte count gets odd).
319         - Handling of the IGNORE WIDE RESIDUE     319         - Handling of the IGNORE WIDE RESIDUE message.
320           Handled from SCRIPTS as possible wit    320           Handled from SCRIPTS as possible with some optimizations when both 
321           a wide device and the controller are    321           a wide device and the controller are odd at the same time (SWIDE 
322           present and IGNORE WIDE RESIDUE mess    322           present and IGNORE WIDE RESIDUE message on the BUS at the same time).
323         - Check against data OVERRUN/UNDERRUN     323         - Check against data OVERRUN/UNDERRUN condition at the end of a data 
324           transfer, whatever a SWIDE is presen    324           transfer, whatever a SWIDE is present (OVERRUN in DATA IN phase) 
325           or the SODL is full (UNDERRUN in DAT    325           or the SODL is full (UNDERRUN in DATA out phase).
326         - Handling of the MODIFY DATA POINTER     326         - Handling of the MODIFY DATA POINTER message.
327           This one cannot be handled from SCRI    327           This one cannot be handled from SCRIPTS, but hopefully it will not
328           happen very often. :)                   328           happen very often. :)
329         - Large rewrite of the SCSI MESSAGE ha    329         - Large rewrite of the SCSI MESSAGE handling.
330                                                   330 
331 Sun May 9  11:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier    331 Sun May 9  11:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
332         * version sym53c8xx-1.4                   332         * version sym53c8xx-1.4
333         - Support for IMMEDIATE ARBITRATION.      333         - Support for IMMEDIATE ARBITRATION.
334           See the README file for detailed inf    334           See the README file for detailed information about this feature.
335           Requires both a compile option and a    335           Requires both a compile option and a boot option.
336         - Minor SCRIPTS optimization in resele    336         - Minor SCRIPTS optimization in reselection pattern for LUN 0.
337         - Simpler algorithm to deal with SCSI     337         - Simpler algorithm to deal with SCSI command starvation.
338           Just use 2 tag counters in flip/flop    338           Just use 2 tag counters in flip/flop and switch to the other 
339           one every 3 seconds.                    339           one every 3 seconds.
340         - Do some work in SCRIPTS after the SE    340         - Do some work in SCRIPTS after the SELECT instruction and prior 
341           to testing for a PHASE. SYMBIOS say     341           to testing for a PHASE. SYMBIOS say this feature is working fine. 
342           (Btw, only problems with Toshiba 340    342           (Btw, only problems with Toshiba 3401B had been reported).
343         - Measure the PCI clock speed and do n    343         - Measure the PCI clock speed and do not attach controllers if 
344           result is greater than 37 MHz. Since    344           result is greater than 37 MHz. Since the precision of the 
345           algorithm (from Stefan Esser) is bet    345           algorithm (from Stefan Esser) is better than 2%, this should 
346           be fine.                                346           be fine.
347         - Fix the misdetection of SYM53C875E (    347         - Fix the misdetection of SYM53C875E (was detected as a 876).
348         - Fix the misdetection of SYM53C810 no    348         - Fix the misdetection of SYM53C810 not A (was detected as a 810A).
349         - Support for up to 256 TAGS per LUN (    349         - Support for up to 256 TAGS per LUN (CMD_PER_LUN).
350           Currently limited to 255 due to Linu    350           Currently limited to 255 due to Linux limitation. :)
351         - Support for up to 508 active command    351         - Support for up to 508 active commands (CAN_QUEUE).
352         - Support for the 53C895A by Pamela De<    352         - Support for the 53C895A by Pamela Delaney <pam.delaney@lsil.com>
353           The 53C895A contains all of the feat    353           The 53C895A contains all of the features of the 896 but has only 
354           one channel and has a 32 bit PCI bus    354           one channel and has a 32 bit PCI bus. It does 64 bit PCI addressing 
355           using dual cycle PCI data transfers.    355           using dual cycle PCI data transfers.
356         - Miscellaneous minor fixes.              356         - Miscellaneous minor fixes.
357         - Some additions to the README.ncr53c8    357         - Some additions to the README.ncr53c8xx file.
358                                                   358 
359 Tue Apr 15  10:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    359 Tue Apr 15  10:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
360         * version sym53c8xx-1.3e                  360         * version sym53c8xx-1.3e
361         - Support for any number of LUNs (64)     361         - Support for any number of LUNs (64) (SPI2-compliant).
362           (Btw, this may only be ever useful u    362           (Btw, this may only be ever useful under linux-2.2 ;-))
363                                                   363 
364 Sun Apr 11  10:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    364 Sun Apr 11  10:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
365         * version sym53c8xx-1.3d                  365         * version sym53c8xx-1.3d
366         - Add 'hostid:#id' boot option. This o    366         - Add 'hostid:#id' boot option. This option allows to change the 
367           default SCSI id the driver uses for     367           default SCSI id the driver uses for controllers.
368         - Make SCRIPTS not use self-mastering     368         - Make SCRIPTS not use self-mastering for PCI.
369           There were still 2 places the driver    369           There were still 2 places the driver used this feature of the 
370           53C8XX family.                          370           53C8XX family.
371         - Move some data structures (nvram lay    371         - Move some data structures (nvram layouts and driver set-up) to 
372           the sym53c8xx_defs.h file. So, the b    372           the sym53c8xx_defs.h file. So, the both drivers will share them.
373         - Set MAX LUNS to 16 (instead of 8).      373         - Set MAX LUNS to 16 (instead of 8).
374                                                   374 
375 Sat Mar 20  21:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    375 Sat Mar 20  21:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
376         * version sym53c8xx-1.3b                  376         * version sym53c8xx-1.3b
377         - Add support for NCR PQS PDS.            377         - Add support for NCR PQS PDS.
378           James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@colu    378           James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@columbiasc.ncr.com>
379         - Allow value 0 for host ID.              379         - Allow value 0 for host ID.
380         - Support more than 8 controllers (> 4    380         - Support more than 8 controllers (> 40 in fact :-) )
381         - Add 'excl=#ioaddr' boot option: excl    381         - Add 'excl=#ioaddr' boot option: exclude controller.
382           (Version 1.3a driver)                   382           (Version 1.3a driver)
383                                                   383 
384 Thu Mar 11  23:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    384 Thu Mar 11  23:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
385         * version sym53c8xx-1.3   (8xx-896 dri    385         * version sym53c8xx-1.3   (8xx-896 driver bundle)
386         - Equivalent changes as ncr53c8xx-3.2     386         - Equivalent changes as ncr53c8xx-3.2 due to the driver bundle.
387           (See Changelog.ncr53c8xx)               387           (See Changelog.ncr53c8xx)
388         - Do a normal soft reset as first chip    388         - Do a normal soft reset as first chip reset, since aborting current 
389           operation may raise an interrupt we     389           operation may raise an interrupt we are not able to handle since 
390           the interrupt handler is not yet est    390           the interrupt handler is not yet established.
391                                                   391 
392 Sat Mar 6  11:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier    392 Sat Mar 6  11:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
393         * version sym53c8xx-1.2b                  393         * version sym53c8xx-1.2b
394         - Fix some oooold bug that hangs the b    394         - Fix some oooold bug that hangs the bus if a device rejects a 
395           negotiation. Btw, the corresponding     395           negotiation. Btw, the corresponding stuff also needed some cleanup 
396           and thus the change is a bit larger     396           and thus the change is a bit larger than it could have been.
397         - Still some typo that made compilatio    397         - Still some typo that made compilation fail for 64 bit (trivial fix).
398                                                   398 
399 Sun Feb 21  20:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    399 Sun Feb 21  20:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
400         * version sym53c8xx-1.2a                  400         * version sym53c8xx-1.2a
401         - The rewrite of the interrupt handlin    401         - The rewrite of the interrupt handling broke the SBMC interrupt 
402           handling due to a 1 bit mask tiny er    402           handling due to a 1 bit mask tiny error. Hopefully fixed.
403         - If INQUIRY came from a scatter list,    403         - If INQUIRY came from a scatter list, the driver looked into 
404           the scatterlist instead of the data.    404           the scatterlist instead of the data.:) Since this should never
405           happen, we just discard the data if     405           happen, we just discard the data if use_sg is not zero.
406                                                   406 
407 Fri Feb 12  23:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    407 Fri Feb 12  23:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
408         * version sym53c8xx-1.2                   408         * version sym53c8xx-1.2
409         - Major rewrite of the interrupt handl    409         - Major rewrite of the interrupt handling and recovery stuff for 
410           the support of non compliant SCSI re    410           the support of non compliant SCSI removal, insertion and all 
411           kinds of screw-up that may happen on    411           kinds of screw-up that may happen on the SCSI BUS.
412           Hopefully, the driver is now unbreak    412           Hopefully, the driver is now unbreakable or may-be, it is just 
413           quite broken. :-)                    !! 413           quite brocken. :-)
414           Many thanks to Johnson Russel (Symbi    414           Many thanks to Johnson Russel (Symbios) for having responded to 
415           my questions and for his interesting    415           my questions and for his interesting advices and comments about 
416           support of SCSI hot-plug.               416           support of SCSI hot-plug.
417         - Add 'recovery' option to driver set-    417         - Add 'recovery' option to driver set-up.
418         - Negotiate SYNC data transfers with C    418         - Negotiate SYNC data transfers with CCS devices.
419         - Deal correctly with 64 bit PCI addre    419         - Deal correctly with 64 bit PCI address registers on Linux 2.2.
420           Pointed out by Leonard Zubkoff.         420           Pointed out by Leonard Zubkoff.
421                                                   421 
422 Sun Jan 31  18:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    422 Sun Jan 31  18:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
423         * version sym53c8xx-1.1a                  423         * version sym53c8xx-1.1a
424         - Some 896 chip revisions (all for now    424         - Some 896 chip revisions (all for now :-)), may hang-up if the 
425           soft reset bit is set at the wrong t    425           soft reset bit is set at the wrong time while SCRIPTS are running.
426           We need to first abort the current S    426           We need to first abort the current SCRIPTS operation prior to 
427           resetting the chip. This fix has bee    427           resetting the chip. This fix has been sent to me by SYMBIOS/LSI 
428           and I just translated it into ncr53c    428           and I just translated it into ncr53c8xx syntax.
429           Must be considered 100 % trustable,     429           Must be considered 100 % trustable, unless I did some mistake 
430           when translating it. :-)                430           when translating it. :-)
431                                                   431 
432 Sun Jan 24  18:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    432 Sun Jan 24  18:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
433         * version sym53c8xx-1.1                   433         * version sym53c8xx-1.1
434         - Major rewrite of the SCSI parity err    434         - Major rewrite of the SCSI parity error handling.
435           The information contained in the dat !! 435           The informations contained in the data manuals are incomplete about 
436           this feature.                           436           this feature.
437           I asked SYMBIOS about and got in rep    437           I asked SYMBIOS about and got in reply the explanations that are 
438           _indeed_ missing in the data manuals    438           _indeed_ missing in the data manuals.
439         - Allow to tune request_irq() flags fr    439         - Allow to tune request_irq() flags from the boot command line using 
440           ncr53c8xx=irqm:??, as follows:          440           ncr53c8xx=irqm:??, as follows:
441           a) If bit 0x10 is set in irqm, SA_SH    441           a) If bit 0x10 is set in irqm, SA_SHIRQ flag is not used.
442           b) If bit 0x20 is set in irqm, SA_IN    442           b) If bit 0x20 is set in irqm, SA_INTERRUPT flag is not used.
443           By default the driver uses both SA_S    443           By default the driver uses both SA_SHIRQ and SA_INTERRUPT.
444           Option 'ncr53c8xx=irqm:0x20' may be     444           Option 'ncr53c8xx=irqm:0x20' may be used when an IRQ is shared by 
445           a 53C8XX adapter and a network board    445           a 53C8XX adapter and a network board.
446         - Fix for 64 bit PCI address register     446         - Fix for 64 bit PCI address register calculation. (Lance Robinson)
447         - Fix for big-endian in phase mismatch    447         - Fix for big-endian in phase mismatch handling. (Michal Jaegermann)
448                                                   448 
449 Fri Jan  1  20:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudie    449 Fri Jan  1  20:00 1999 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
450         * version sym53c8xx-1.0a                  450         * version sym53c8xx-1.0a
451         - Waiting list look-up didn't work for    451         - Waiting list look-up didn't work for the first command of the list.
452           Hopefully fixed, but tested on paper    452           Hopefully fixed, but tested on paper only. ;)
453         - Remove the most part of PPC specific    453         - Remove the most part of PPC specific code for Linux-2.2.
454           Thanks to Cort.                         454           Thanks to Cort.
455         - Some other minors changes.              455         - Some other minors changes.
456                                                   456 
457 Sat Dec 19  21:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudie    457 Sat Dec 19  21:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
458         * version sym53c8xx-1.0                   458         * version sym53c8xx-1.0
459         - Define some new IO registers for the    459         - Define some new IO registers for the 896 (istat1, mbox0, mbox1)
460         - Revamp slightly the Symbios NVRAM la    460         - Revamp slightly the Symbios NVRAM lay-out based on the excerpt of 
461           the header file I received from Symb    461           the header file I received from Symbios.
462         - Check the PCI bus number for the boo    462         - Check the PCI bus number for the boot order (Using a fast 
463           PCI controller behind a PCI-PCI brid !! 463           PCI controller behing a PCI-PCI bridge seems sub-optimal).
464         - Disable overlapped PCI arbitration f    464         - Disable overlapped PCI arbitration for the 896 revision 1.
465         - Reduce a bit the number of IO regist    465         - Reduce a bit the number of IO register reads for phase mismatch 
466           by reading DWORDS at a time instead     466           by reading DWORDS at a time instead of BYTES.
467                                                   467 
468 Thu Dec  3  24:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudie    468 Thu Dec  3  24:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
469         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.18              469         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.18
470         - I received this afternoon a 896 from    470         - I received this afternoon a 896 from SYMBIOS and started testing  
471           the driver with this beast. After ha    471           the driver with this beast. After having fixed 3 buglets, it worked  
472           with all features enabled including     472           with all features enabled including the phase mismatch handling 
473           from SCRIPTS. Since this feature is     473           from SCRIPTS. Since this feature is not yet tested enough, the 
474           boot option 'ncr53c8xx=specf:1' is s    474           boot option 'ncr53c8xx=specf:1' is still required to enable the 
475           driver to handle PM from SCRIPTS.       475           driver to handle PM from SCRIPTS. 
476                                                   476 
477 Sun Nov 29  18:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudie    477 Sun Nov 29  18:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
478         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.17              478         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.17
479         - The SISL RAID change requires now re    479         - The SISL RAID change requires now remap_pci_mem() stuff to be 
480           compiled for __i386__ when normal IO    480           compiled for __i386__ when normal IOs are used.
481         - The PCI memory read from SCRIPTS tha    481         - The PCI memory read from SCRIPTS that should ensure ordering 
482           was in fact misplaced. BTW, this may    482           was in fact misplaced. BTW, this may explain why broken PCI 
483           device drivers regarding ordering ar    483           device drivers regarding ordering are working so well. ;-)
484         - Rewrite ncr53c8xx_setup (boot comman    484         - Rewrite ncr53c8xx_setup (boot command line options) since the  
485           binary code was a bit too bloated in    485           binary code was a bit too bloated in my opinion.
486         - Make the code simpler in the wakeup_    486         - Make the code simpler in the wakeup_done routine.
487                                                   487 
488 Tue Nov 24  23:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudie    488 Tue Nov 24  23:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
489         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.16              489         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.16
490         - Add SCSI_NCR_OPTIMIZE_896_1 compile     490         - Add SCSI_NCR_OPTIMIZE_896_1 compile option and 'optim' boot option.
491           When set, the driver unconditionally !! 491           When set, the driver unconditionnaly assumes that the interrupt 
492           handler is called for command comple    492           handler is called for command completion, then clears INTF, scans 
493           the done queue and returns if some c    493           the done queue and returns if some completed CCB is found. If no 
494           completed CCB are found, interrupt h    494           completed CCB are found, interrupt handling will proceed normally.
495           With a 896 that handles MA from SCRI    495           With a 896 that handles MA from SCRIPTS, this can be a great win, 
496           since the driver will never performs    496           since the driver will never performs PCI read transactions, but 
497           only PCI write transactions that may    497           only PCI write transactions that may be posted.
498           If the driver haven't to also raise     498           If the driver haven't to also raise the SIGP this would be perfect.
499           Even with this penalty, I think that    499           Even with this penalty, I think that this will work great.
500           Obviously this optimization makes se    500           Obviously this optimization makes sense only if the IRQ is not 
501           shared with another device.             501           shared with another device.
502         - Still a buglet in the tags initial s    502         - Still a buglet in the tags initial settings that needed to be fixed.
503           It was not possible to disable TGQ a    503           It was not possible to disable TGQ at system startup for devices 
504           that claim TGQ support. The driver u    504           that claim TGQ support. The driver used at least 2 for the queue 
505           depth but didn't keep track of user  !! 505           depth but did'nt keep track of user settings for tags depth lower 
506           than 2.                                 506           than 2.
507                                                   507 
508 Thu Nov 19  23:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudie    508 Thu Nov 19  23:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
509         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.15              509         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.15
510         - Add support for hardware LED control    510         - Add support for hardware LED control of the 896.
511         - Ignore chips that are driven by SISL    511         - Ignore chips that are driven by SISL RAID (DAC 960).
512           Change sent by Leonard Zubkoff and s    512           Change sent by Leonard Zubkoff and slightly reworked.
513         - Prevent 810A rev 11 and 860 rev 1 fr    513         - Prevent 810A rev 11 and 860 rev 1 from using cache line based 
514           transactions since those early chip     514           transactions since those early chip revisions may use such on 
515           LOAD/STORE instructions (work-around    515           LOAD/STORE instructions (work-around).
516         - Remove some useless and bloat code f    516         - Remove some useless and bloat code from the pci init stuff.
517         - Do not use the readX()/writeX() kern    517         - Do not use the readX()/writeX() kernel functions for __i386__, 
518           since they perform useless masking o    518           since they perform useless masking operations in order to deal 
519           with broken driver in 2.1.X kernel.     519           with broken driver in 2.1.X kernel.
520                                                   520 
521 Wed Nov 11  10:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudie    521 Wed Nov 11  10:00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
522         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.14              522         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.14
523         - The driver was unhappy when configur    523         - The driver was unhappy when configured with default_tags > MAX_TAGS
524           Hopefully doubly-fixed.                 524           Hopefully doubly-fixed.
525         - Set PCI_PARITY in PCI_COMMAND regist    525         - Set PCI_PARITY in PCI_COMMAND register in not set (PCI fix-up).
526         - Print out some message if phase mism    526         - Print out some message if phase mismatch is handled from SCRIPTS.
527                                                   527 
528 Sun Nov 1  14H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier    528 Sun Nov 1  14H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
529         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.13              529         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.13
530         - Some rewrite of the device detection    530         - Some rewrite of the device detection code. This code had been 
531           patched too much and needed to be fa    531           patched too much and needed to be face-lifted a bit.
532           Remove all platform dependent fix-up    532           Remove all platform dependent fix-ups that was not needed or
533           conflicted with some other driver co    533           conflicted with some other driver code as work-arounds.
534           Reread the NVRAM before the calling     534           Reread the NVRAM before the calling of ncr_attach(). This spares 
535           stack space and so allows to handle     535           stack space and so allows to handle more boards.
536           Handle 64 bit base addresses under l    536           Handle 64 bit base addresses under linux-2.0.X.
537           Set MASTER bit in PCI COMMAND regist    537           Set MASTER bit in PCI COMMAND register if not set.
538                                                   538 
539 Wed Oct 30 22H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier    539 Wed Oct 30 22H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
540         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.12              540         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.12
541         - Damned! I just broke the driver for     541         - Damned! I just broke the driver for Alpha by leaving a stale 
542           instruction in the source code. Hope    542           instruction in the source code. Hopefully fixed.
543         - Do not set PFEN when it is useless.     543         - Do not set PFEN when it is useless. Doing so we are sure that BOF 
544           will be active, since the manual app    544           will be active, since the manual appears to be very unclear on what 
545           feature is actually used by the chip    545           feature is actually used by the chip when both PFEN and BOF are 
546           set.                                    546           set.
547                                                   547 
548 Sat Oct 24 16H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier    548 Sat Oct 24 16H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
549         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.11              549         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.11
550         - LOAD/STORE instructions were miscomp    550         - LOAD/STORE instructions were miscompiled for register offsets 
551           beyond 0x7f. This broke accesses to     551           beyond 0x7f. This broke accesses to 896' new registers.
552         - Disable by default Phase Mismatch ha    552         - Disable by default Phase Mismatch handling from SCRIPTS, since 
553           current 896 rev.1 seems not to opera    553           current 896 rev.1 seems not to operate safely with the driver
554           when this feature is enabled (and ab    554           when this feature is enabled (and above LOAD/STORE fix applied).
555           I will change the default to 'enable    555           I will change the default to 'enabled' when this problem will be 
556           solved.                                 556           solved.
557           Using boot option 'ncr53c8xx=specf:1    557           Using boot option 'ncr53c8xx=specf:1' enables this feature.
558         - Implement a work-around (DEL 472 - I    558         - Implement a work-around (DEL 472 - ITEM 5) that should allow the 
559           driver to safely enable hardware pha    559           driver to safely enable hardware phase mismatch with 896 rev. 1.
560                                                   560 
561 Tue Oct 20 22H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier    561 Tue Oct 20 22H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
562         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.10              562         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.10
563         - Add the 53c876 description to the ch    563         - Add the 53c876 description to the chip table. This is only useful 
564           for printing the right name of the c    564           for printing the right name of the controller.
565         - Add additional checking of INQUIRY d    565         - Add additional checking of INQUIRY data:
566           Check INQUIRY data received length i    566           Check INQUIRY data received length is at least 7. Byte 7 of 
567           inquiry data contains device feature    567           inquiry data contains device features bits and the driver might 
568           be confused by garbage. Also check p    568           be confused by garbage. Also check peripheral qualifier.
569         - Use a 1,3,5,...MAXTAGS*2+1 tag numbe    569         - Use a 1,3,5,...MAXTAGS*2+1 tag numbering. Previous driver could  
570           use any tag number from 1 to 253 and    570           use any tag number from 1 to 253 and some non conformant devices  
571           might have problems with large tag n    571           might have problems with large tag numbers.
572         - Use NAME53C and NAME53C8XX for chip     572         - Use NAME53C and NAME53C8XX for chip name prefix chip family name.
573           Just give a try using "sym53c" and "    573           Just give a try using "sym53c" and "sym53c8xx" instead of "ncr53c" 
574           and "ncr53c8xx". :-)                    574           and "ncr53c8xx". :-)
575                                                   575 
576 Sun Oct 11 17H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier    576 Sun Oct 11 17H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
577         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.9               577         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.9
578         - DEL-441 Item 2 work-around for the 5    578         - DEL-441 Item 2 work-around for the 53c876 rev <= 5 (0x15).
579         - Break ncr_scatter() into 2 functions    579         - Break ncr_scatter() into 2 functions in order to guarantee best 
580           possible code optimization for the c    580           possible code optimization for the case we get a scatter list.
581         - Add the code intended to support up     581         - Add the code intended to support up to 1 tera-byte for 64 bit systems.
582           It is probably too early, but I want    582           It is probably too early, but I wanted to complete the thing.
583                                                   583 
584 Sat Oct 3 14H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@    584 Sat Oct 3 14H00 1998 Gerard Roudier (groudier@club-internet.fr)
585         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.8               585         * version pre-sym53c8xx-0.8
586         - Do some testing with io_mapped and f    586         - Do some testing with io_mapped and fix what needed to be so.
587         - Wait for SCSI selection to complete     587         - Wait for SCSI selection to complete or time-out immediately after 
588           the chip won arbitration, since exec    588           the chip won arbitration, since executing SCRIPTS while the SCSI 
589           core is performing SCSI selection br    589           core is performing SCSI selection breaks the selection procedure 
590           at least for some chip revisions.       590           at least for some chip revisions.
591         - Interrupt the SCRIPTS if a device do    591         - Interrupt the SCRIPTS if a device does not go to MSG OUT phase after 
592           having been selected with ATN. Such     592           having been selected with ATN. Such a situation is not recoverable, 
593           better to fail when we are stuck.       593           better to fail when we are stuck.
                                                      

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