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1IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
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4 5.00.01 - Sarasota ( 5i ) adapters must always be scanned first
5 - Get rid on IOCTL_NEW_COMMAND code
6 - Add Extended DCDB Commands for Tape Support in 5I
7
8 4.90.11 - Don't actually RESET unless it's physically required
9 - Remove unused compile options
10
11 4.90.08 - Data Corruption if First Scatter Gather Element is > 64K
12
13 4.90.08 - Increase Delays in Flashing ( Trombone Only - 4H )
14
15 4.90.05 - Use New PCI Architecture to facilitate Hot Plug Development
16
17 4.90.01 - Add ServeRAID Version Checking
18
19 4.80.26 - Clean up potential code problems ( Arjan's recommendations )
20
21 4.80.21 - Change memcpy() to copy_to_user() in NVRAM Page 5 IOCTL path
22
23 4.80.20 - Set max_sectors in Scsi_Host structure ( if >= 2.4.7 kernel )
24 - 5 second delay needed after resetting an i960 adapter
25
26 4.80.14 - Take all semaphores off stack
27 - Clean Up New_IOCTL path
28
29 4.80.04 - Eliminate calls to strtok() if 2.4.x or greater
30 - Adjustments to Device Queue Depth
31
32 4.80.00 - Make ia64 Safe
33
34 4.72.01 - I/O Mapped Memory release ( so "insmod ips" does not Fail )
35 - Don't Issue Internal FFDC Command if there are Active Commands
36 - Close Window for getting too many IOCTL's active
37
38 4.72.00 - Allow for a Scatter-Gather Element to exceed MAX_XFER Size
39
40 4.71.00 - Change all memory allocations to not use GFP_DMA flag
41 - Code Clean-Up for 2.4.x kernel
42
43 4.70.15 - Fix Breakup for very large ( non-SG ) requests
44
45 4.70.13 - Don't release HA Lock in ips_next() until SC taken off queue
46 - Unregister SCSI device in ips_release()
47 - Don't Send CDB's if we already know the device is not present
48
49 4.70.12 - Corrective actions for bad controller ( during initialization )
50
51 4.70.09 - Use a Common ( Large Buffer ) for Flashing from the JCRM CD
52 - Add IPSSEND Flash Support
53 - Set Sense Data for Unknown SCSI Command
54 - Use Slot Number from NVRAM Page 5
55 - Restore caller's DCDB Structure
56
57 4.20.14 - Update patch files for kernel 2.4.0-test5
58
59 4.20.13 - Fix some failure cases / reset code
60 - Hook into the reboot_notifier to flush the controller
61 cache
62
63 4.20.03 - Rename version to coincide with new release schedules
64 - Performance fixes
65 - Fix truncation of /proc files with cat
66 - Merge in changes through kernel 2.4.0test1ac21
67
68 4.10.13 - Fix for dynamic unload and proc file system
69
70 4.10.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4M/4L
71
72 4.00.06 - Fix timeout with initial FFDC command
73
74 4.00.05 - Remove wish_block from init routine
75 - Use linux/spinlock.h instead of asm/spinlock.h for kernels
76 2.3.18 and later
77 - Sync with other changes from the 2.3 kernels
78
79 4.00.04 - Rename structures/constants to be prefixed with IPS_
80
81 4.00.03 - Add alternative passthru interface
82 - Add ability to flash ServeRAID BIOS
83
84 4.00.02 - Fix problem with PT DCDB with no buffer
85
86 4.00.01 - Add support for First Failure Data Capture
87
88 4.00.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4
89
90 3.60.02 - Make DCDB direction based on lookup table.
91 - Only allow one DCDB command to a SCSI ID at a time.
92
93 3.60.01 - Remove bogus error check in passthru routine.
94
95 3.60.00 - Bump max commands to 128 for use with ServeRAID
96 firmware 3.60.
97 - Change version to 3.60 to coincide with ServeRAID release
98 numbering.
99
100 1.00.00 - Initial Public Release
101 - Functionally equivalent to 0.99.05
102
103 0.99.05 - Fix an oops on certain passthru commands
104
105 0.99.04 - Fix race condition in the passthru mechanism
106 -- this required the interface to the utilities to change
107 - Fix error recovery code
108
109 0.99.03 - Make interrupt routine handle all completed request on the
110 adapter not just the first one
111 - Make sure passthru commands get woken up if we run out of
112 SCBs
113 - Send all of the commands on the queue at once rather than
114 one at a time since the card will support it.
115
116 0.99.02 - Added some additional debug statements to print out
117 errors if an error occurs while trying to read/write
118 to a logical drive (IPS_DEBUG).
119
120 - Fixed read/write errors when the adapter is using an
121 8K stripe size.
122
1IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3
4 5.00.01 - Sarasota ( 5i ) adapters must always be scanned first
5 - Get rid on IOCTL_NEW_COMMAND code
6 - Add Extended DCDB Commands for Tape Support in 5I
7
8 4.90.11 - Don't actually RESET unless it's physically required
9 - Remove unused compile options
10
11 4.90.08 - Data Corruption if First Scatter Gather Element is > 64K
12
13 4.90.08 - Increase Delays in Flashing ( Trombone Only - 4H )
14
15 4.90.05 - Use New PCI Architecture to facilitate Hot Plug Development
16
17 4.90.01 - Add ServeRAID Version Checking
18
19 4.80.26 - Clean up potential code problems ( Arjan's recommendations )
20
21 4.80.21 - Change memcpy() to copy_to_user() in NVRAM Page 5 IOCTL path
22
23 4.80.20 - Set max_sectors in Scsi_Host structure ( if >= 2.4.7 kernel )
24 - 5 second delay needed after resetting an i960 adapter
25
26 4.80.14 - Take all semaphores off stack
27 - Clean Up New_IOCTL path
28
29 4.80.04 - Eliminate calls to strtok() if 2.4.x or greater
30 - Adjustments to Device Queue Depth
31
32 4.80.00 - Make ia64 Safe
33
34 4.72.01 - I/O Mapped Memory release ( so "insmod ips" does not Fail )
35 - Don't Issue Internal FFDC Command if there are Active Commands
36 - Close Window for getting too many IOCTL's active
37
38 4.72.00 - Allow for a Scatter-Gather Element to exceed MAX_XFER Size
39
40 4.71.00 - Change all memory allocations to not use GFP_DMA flag
41 - Code Clean-Up for 2.4.x kernel
42
43 4.70.15 - Fix Breakup for very large ( non-SG ) requests
44
45 4.70.13 - Don't release HA Lock in ips_next() until SC taken off queue
46 - Unregister SCSI device in ips_release()
47 - Don't Send CDB's if we already know the device is not present
48
49 4.70.12 - Corrective actions for bad controller ( during initialization )
50
51 4.70.09 - Use a Common ( Large Buffer ) for Flashing from the JCRM CD
52 - Add IPSSEND Flash Support
53 - Set Sense Data for Unknown SCSI Command
54 - Use Slot Number from NVRAM Page 5
55 - Restore caller's DCDB Structure
56
57 4.20.14 - Update patch files for kernel 2.4.0-test5
58
59 4.20.13 - Fix some failure cases / reset code
60 - Hook into the reboot_notifier to flush the controller
61 cache
62
63 4.20.03 - Rename version to coincide with new release schedules
64 - Performance fixes
65 - Fix truncation of /proc files with cat
66 - Merge in changes through kernel 2.4.0test1ac21
67
68 4.10.13 - Fix for dynamic unload and proc file system
69
70 4.10.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4M/4L
71
72 4.00.06 - Fix timeout with initial FFDC command
73
74 4.00.05 - Remove wish_block from init routine
75 - Use linux/spinlock.h instead of asm/spinlock.h for kernels
76 2.3.18 and later
77 - Sync with other changes from the 2.3 kernels
78
79 4.00.04 - Rename structures/constants to be prefixed with IPS_
80
81 4.00.03 - Add alternative passthru interface
82 - Add ability to flash ServeRAID BIOS
83
84 4.00.02 - Fix problem with PT DCDB with no buffer
85
86 4.00.01 - Add support for First Failure Data Capture
87
88 4.00.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4
89
90 3.60.02 - Make DCDB direction based on lookup table.
91 - Only allow one DCDB command to a SCSI ID at a time.
92
93 3.60.01 - Remove bogus error check in passthru routine.
94
95 3.60.00 - Bump max commands to 128 for use with ServeRAID
96 firmware 3.60.
97 - Change version to 3.60 to coincide with ServeRAID release
98 numbering.
99
100 1.00.00 - Initial Public Release
101 - Functionally equivalent to 0.99.05
102
103 0.99.05 - Fix an oops on certain passthru commands
104
105 0.99.04 - Fix race condition in the passthru mechanism
106 -- this required the interface to the utilities to change
107 - Fix error recovery code
108
109 0.99.03 - Make interrupt routine handle all completed request on the
110 adapter not just the first one
111 - Make sure passthru commands get woken up if we run out of
112 SCBs
113 - Send all of the commands on the queue at once rather than
114 one at a time since the card will support it.
115
116 0.99.02 - Added some additional debug statements to print out
117 errors if an error occurs while trying to read/write
118 to a logical drive (IPS_DEBUG).
119
120 - Fixed read/write errors when the adapter is using an
121 8K stripe size.
122