1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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4 LPFC Driver Release Notes
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6
7
8 .. important::
9
10 Starting in the 8.0.17 release, the driver b
11 toward the upstream kernel. As such, we remo
12 (pre 2.6.10). The 8.0.16 release should be u
13 run on one of the older kernels.
14
15 The proposed modifications to the transport
16 and extended attribute support is now part o
17 as of 2.6.12. We no longer need to provide p
18 nor a *full* version which has old an new ke
19
20 The driver now requires a 2.6.12 (if pre-rel
21 kernel.
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23 Please heed these dependencies....
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25
26 The following information is provided for addi
27 history of the driver as we push for upstream
28
29 Cable pull and temporary device Loss:
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31 In older revisions of the lpfc driver, the d
32 received from the midlayer. In the cases whe
33 jitter, or a device temporarily loses connec
34 being removed, a switch rebooting, or a devi
35 hide the disappearance of the device from th
36 the LLDD would simply be queued for a short
37 to reappear or link come back alive, with no
38 to the system. If the driver did not hide th
39 errored by the driver, the mid-layer would e
40 device would be taken offline. Manual interv
41 re-enable the device.
42
43 The community supporting kernel.org has driv
44 internal queuing from all LLDDs. The philoso
45 queuing is unnecessary as the block layer al
46 queuing. Removing the queues from the LLDD m
47 and more simple LLDD.
48
49 As a potential new addition to kernel.org, t
50 have all internal queuing removed. Emulex co
51 In explaining the impacts of this change, Em
52 community in modifying the behavior of the S
53 devices can be temporarily suspended while t
54 those described) can occur.
55
56 The proposed patch was posted to the linux-s
57 is contained in the 2.6.10-rc2 (and later) p
58 patch is part of the standard 2.6.10 kernel.
59
60 By default, the driver expects the patches f
61 to be present in the kernel. No #define need
62
63
64 Kernel Support
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66
67 This source package is targeted for the upst
68 at the top of this file). It relies on inter
69 migrating into the kernel.org kernel.
70
71 At this time, the driver requires the 2.6.12
72 kernel.
73
74 If a driver is needed for older kernels plea
75 driver sources.
76
77
78 Patches
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80
81 Thankfully, at this time, patches are not ne
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