0001 IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
0002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0003
0004 5.00.01 - Sarasota ( 5i ) adapters must always be scanned first
0005 - Get rid on IOCTL_NEW_COMMAND code
0006 - Add Extended DCDB Commands for Tape Support in 5I
0007
0008 4.90.11 - Don't actually RESET unless it's physically required
0009 - Remove unused compile options
0010
0011 4.90.08 - Data Corruption if First Scatter Gather Element is > 64K
0012
0013 4.90.08 - Increase Delays in Flashing ( Trombone Only - 4H )
0014
0015 4.90.05 - Use New PCI Architecture to facilitate Hot Plug Development
0016
0017 4.90.01 - Add ServeRAID Version Checking
0018
0019 4.80.26 - Clean up potential code problems ( Arjan's recommendations )
0020
0021 4.80.21 - Change memcpy() to copy_to_user() in NVRAM Page 5 IOCTL path
0022
0023 4.80.20 - Set max_sectors in Scsi_Host structure ( if >= 2.4.7 kernel )
0024 - 5 second delay needed after resetting an i960 adapter
0025
0026 4.80.14 - Take all semaphores off stack
0027 - Clean Up New_IOCTL path
0028
0029 4.80.04 - Eliminate calls to strtok() if 2.4.x or greater
0030 - Adjustments to Device Queue Depth
0031
0032 4.80.00 - Make ia64 Safe
0033
0034 4.72.01 - I/O Mapped Memory release ( so "insmod ips" does not Fail )
0035 - Don't Issue Internal FFDC Command if there are Active Commands
0036 - Close Window for getting too many IOCTL's active
0037
0038 4.72.00 - Allow for a Scatter-Gather Element to exceed MAX_XFER Size
0039
0040 4.71.00 - Change all memory allocations to not use GFP_DMA flag
0041 - Code Clean-Up for 2.4.x kernel
0042
0043 4.70.15 - Fix Breakup for very large ( non-SG ) requests
0044
0045 4.70.13 - Don't release HA Lock in ips_next() until SC taken off queue
0046 - Unregister SCSI device in ips_release()
0047 - Don't Send CDB's if we already know the device is not present
0048
0049 4.70.12 - Corrective actions for bad controller ( during initialization )
0050
0051 4.70.09 - Use a Common ( Large Buffer ) for Flashing from the JCRM CD
0052 - Add IPSSEND Flash Support
0053 - Set Sense Data for Unknown SCSI Command
0054 - Use Slot Number from NVRAM Page 5
0055 - Restore caller's DCDB Structure
0056
0057 4.20.14 - Update patch files for kernel 2.4.0-test5
0058
0059 4.20.13 - Fix some failure cases / reset code
0060 - Hook into the reboot_notifier to flush the controller
0061 cache
0062
0063 4.20.03 - Rename version to coincide with new release schedules
0064 - Performance fixes
0065 - Fix truncation of /proc files with cat
0066 - Merge in changes through kernel 2.4.0test1ac21
0067
0068 4.10.13 - Fix for dynamic unload and proc file system
0069
0070 4.10.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4M/4L
0071
0072 4.00.06 - Fix timeout with initial FFDC command
0073
0074 4.00.05 - Remove wish_block from init routine
0075 - Use linux/spinlock.h instead of asm/spinlock.h for kernels
0076 2.3.18 and later
0077 - Sync with other changes from the 2.3 kernels
0078
0079 4.00.04 - Rename structures/constants to be prefixed with IPS_
0080
0081 4.00.03 - Add alternative passthru interface
0082 - Add ability to flash ServeRAID BIOS
0083
0084 4.00.02 - Fix problem with PT DCDB with no buffer
0085
0086 4.00.01 - Add support for First Failure Data Capture
0087
0088 4.00.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4
0089
0090 3.60.02 - Make DCDB direction based on lookup table.
0091 - Only allow one DCDB command to a SCSI ID at a time.
0092
0093 3.60.01 - Remove bogus error check in passthru routine.
0094
0095 3.60.00 - Bump max commands to 128 for use with ServeRAID
0096 firmware 3.60.
0097 - Change version to 3.60 to coincide with ServeRAID release
0098 numbering.
0099
0100 1.00.00 - Initial Public Release
0101 - Functionally equivalent to 0.99.05
0102
0103 0.99.05 - Fix an oops on certain passthru commands
0104
0105 0.99.04 - Fix race condition in the passthru mechanism
0106 -- this required the interface to the utilities to change
0107 - Fix error recovery code
0108
0109 0.99.03 - Make interrupt routine handle all completed request on the
0110 adapter not just the first one
0111 - Make sure passthru commands get woken up if we run out of
0112 SCBs
0113 - Send all of the commands on the queue at once rather than
0114 one at a time since the card will support it.
0115
0116 0.99.02 - Added some additional debug statements to print out
0117 errors if an error occurs while trying to read/write
0118 to a logical drive (IPS_DEBUG).
0119
0120 - Fixed read/write errors when the adapter is using an
0121 8K stripe size.
0122
