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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2015-08-05 17:04:01 -0300
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+IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+ 5.00.01 - Sarasota ( 5i ) adapters must always be scanned first
+ - Get rid on IOCTL_NEW_COMMAND code
+ - Add Extended DCDB Commands for Tape Support in 5I
+
+ 4.90.11 - Don't actually RESET unless it's physically required
+ - Remove unused compile options
+
+ 4.90.08 - Data Corruption if First Scatter Gather Element is > 64K
+
+ 4.90.08 - Increase Delays in Flashing ( Trombone Only - 4H )
+
+ 4.90.05 - Use New PCI Architecture to facilitate Hot Plug Development
+
+ 4.90.01 - Add ServeRAID Version Checking
+
+ 4.80.26 - Clean up potential code problems ( Arjan's recommendations )
+
+ 4.80.21 - Change memcpy() to copy_to_user() in NVRAM Page 5 IOCTL path
+
+ 4.80.20 - Set max_sectors in Scsi_Host structure ( if >= 2.4.7 kernel )
+ - 5 second delay needed after resetting an i960 adapter
+
+ 4.80.14 - Take all semaphores off stack
+ - Clean Up New_IOCTL path
+
+ 4.80.04 - Eliminate calls to strtok() if 2.4.x or greater
+ - Adjustments to Device Queue Depth
+
+ 4.80.00 - Make ia64 Safe
+
+ 4.72.01 - I/O Mapped Memory release ( so "insmod ips" does not Fail )
+ - Don't Issue Internal FFDC Command if there are Active Commands
+ - Close Window for getting too many IOCTL's active
+
+ 4.72.00 - Allow for a Scatter-Gather Element to exceed MAX_XFER Size
+
+ 4.71.00 - Change all memory allocations to not use GFP_DMA flag
+ - Code Clean-Up for 2.4.x kernel
+
+ 4.70.15 - Fix Breakup for very large ( non-SG ) requests
+
+ 4.70.13 - Don't release HA Lock in ips_next() until SC taken off queue
+ - Unregister SCSI device in ips_release()
+ - Don't Send CDB's if we already know the device is not present
+
+ 4.70.12 - Corrective actions for bad controller ( during initialization )
+
+ 4.70.09 - Use a Common ( Large Buffer ) for Flashing from the JCRM CD
+ - Add IPSSEND Flash Support
+ - Set Sense Data for Unknown SCSI Command
+ - Use Slot Number from NVRAM Page 5
+ - Restore caller's DCDB Structure
+
+ 4.20.14 - Update patch files for kernel 2.4.0-test5
+
+ 4.20.13 - Fix some failure cases / reset code
+ - Hook into the reboot_notifier to flush the controller
+ cache
+
+ 4.20.03 - Rename version to coincide with new release schedules
+ - Performance fixes
+ - Fix truncation of /proc files with cat
+ - Merge in changes through kernel 2.4.0test1ac21
+
+ 4.10.13 - Fix for dynamic unload and proc file system
+
+ 4.10.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4M/4L
+
+ 4.00.06 - Fix timeout with initial FFDC command
+
+ 4.00.05 - Remove wish_block from init routine
+ - Use linux/spinlock.h instead of asm/spinlock.h for kernels
+ 2.3.18 and later
+ - Sync with other changes from the 2.3 kernels
+
+ 4.00.04 - Rename structures/constants to be prefixed with IPS_
+
+ 4.00.03 - Add alternative passthru interface
+ - Add ability to flash ServeRAID BIOS
+
+ 4.00.02 - Fix problem with PT DCDB with no buffer
+
+ 4.00.01 - Add support for First Failure Data Capture
+
+ 4.00.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4
+
+ 3.60.02 - Make DCDB direction based on lookup table.
+ - Only allow one DCDB command to a SCSI ID at a time.
+
+ 3.60.01 - Remove bogus error check in passthru routine.
+
+ 3.60.00 - Bump max commands to 128 for use with ServeRAID
+ firmware 3.60.
+ - Change version to 3.60 to coincide with ServeRAID release
+ numbering.
+
+ 1.00.00 - Initial Public Release
+ - Functionally equivalent to 0.99.05
+
+ 0.99.05 - Fix an oops on certain passthru commands
+
+ 0.99.04 - Fix race condition in the passthru mechanism
+ -- this required the interface to the utilities to change
+ - Fix error recovery code
+
+ 0.99.03 - Make interrupt routine handle all completed request on the
+ adapter not just the first one
+ - Make sure passthru commands get woken up if we run out of
+ SCBs
+ - Send all of the commands on the queue at once rather than
+ one at a time since the card will support it.
+
+ 0.99.02 - Added some additional debug statements to print out
+ errors if an error occurs while trying to read/write
+ to a logical drive (IPS_DEBUG).
+
+ - Fixed read/write errors when the adapter is using an
+ 8K stripe size.
+