Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas

1 Release Date    : Thu. Jun 19, 2014 17:00:00 PST 2014 -
2 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
7 Current Version : 06.803.02.00-rc1
8 Old Version     : 06.803.01.00-rc1
12     4. Add missing initial call to megasas_get_ld_vf_affiliation().
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15 Release Date    : Mon. Mar 10, 2014 17:00:00 PST 2014 -
16 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
20 Current Version : 06.803.01.00-rc1
21 Old Version     : 06.700.06.00-rc1
25     4. Add Dell PowerEdge VRTX SR-IOV VF device support.
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28 Release Date    : Sat. Aug 31, 2013 17:00:00 PST 2013 -
29 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
33 Current Version : 06.700.06.00-rc1
34 Old Version     : 06.600.18.00-rc1
35     1. Add High Availability clustering support using shared Logical Disks.
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38 Release Date    : Wed. May 15, 2013 17:00:00 PST 2013 -
39 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
43 Current Version : 06.600.18.00-rc1
44 Old Version     : 06.506.00.00-rc1
48     4. Free event detail memory without device ID check.
50     6. Add support for MegaRAID Fury (device ID-0x005f) 12Gb/s controllers.
51     7. Add support to display Customer branding details in syslog.
54     9. Add support for Extended MSI-x vectors for Invader and Fury(12Gb/s
56     10.Add support for Uneven Span PRL11.
57     11.Add support to differentiate between iMR and MR Firmware.
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60 Release Date    : Sat. Feb 9, 2013 17:00:00 PST 2013 -
61 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
63 Current Version : 06.506.00.00-rc1
64 Old Version     : 06.504.01.00-rc1
65     1. Add 4k FastPath DIF support.
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69 Release Date    : Mon. Oct 1, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2012 -
70 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
72 Current Version : 06.504.01.00-rc1
73 Old Version     : 00.00.06.18-rc1
74     1. Removed un-needed completion_lock spinlock calls.
75     2. Add module param for configurable MSI-X vector count.
77     4. Add array boundary check for SystemPD.
78     5. Add SystemPD FastPath support.
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82 Release Date    : Tue. Jun 17, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2012 -
83 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
85 Current Version : 00.00.06.18-rc1
86 Old Version     : 00.00.06.15-rc1
88     2. Add throttlequeuedepth module parameter.
89     3. Add resetwaittime module parameter.
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92 Release Date    : Mon. Mar 19, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2012 -
93 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
95 Current Version : 00.00.06.15-rc1
96 Old Version     : 00.00.06.14-rc1
98     2. Add fpRead/WriteCapable, fpRead/WriteAcrossStripe checks.
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100 Release Date    : Fri. Jan 6, 2012 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
101 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
103 Current Version : 00.00.06.14-rc1
104 Old Version     : 00.00.06.12-rc1
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110 Release Date    : Wed. Oct 5, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
111 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
113 Current Version : 00.00.06.12-rc1
114 Old Version     : 00.00.05.40-rc1
117     3. Fix mismatch in megasas_reset_fusion() mutex lock-unlock.
118     4. Remove some un-necessary code.
121     7. Add support for MegaRAID 9360/9380 12GB/s controllers.
122     8. Add multiple MSI-X vector/multiple reply queue support.
123     9. Add driver workaround for PERC5/1068 kdump kernel panic.
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125 Release Date    : Tue. Jul 26, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
126 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
128 Current Version : 00.00.05.40-rc1
129 Old Version     : 00.00.05.38-rc1
131     2. Add .change_queue_depth support.
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133 Release Date    : Wed. May 11, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
134 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
136 Current Version : 00.00.05.38-rc1
137 Old Version     : 00.00.05.34-rc1
138     1. Remove MSI-X black list, use MFI_REG_STATE.ready.msiEnable.
139     2. Remove un-used function megasas_return_cmd_for_smid().
145     7. Add 1078 OCR support.
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147 Release Date    : Thu. Feb 24, 2011 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
148 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
150 Current Version : 00.00.05.34-rc1
151 Old Version     : 00.00.05.29-rc1
153     2. Add missing check_and_restore_queue_depth() call in
155     3. Enable MSI-X before calling megasas_init_fw().
157        boards in MSI-X mode.
163     8. Fix megasas_build_dcdb_fusion() to use io_request->LUN[1] field.
164     9. Add MR_EVT_CFG_CLEARED to megasas_aen_polling().
165     10. Fix tasklet_init() in megasas_init_fw() to use instancet->tasklet.
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170 Release Date    : Tues.  Dec 14, 2010 17:00:00 PST 2010 -
171 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
173 Current Version : 00.00.05.29-rc1
174 Old Version     : 00.00.04.31-rc1
177     3. Add MSI-X support and 'msix_disable' module parameter.
178     4. Use lowest memory bar (for SR-IOV VF support).
179     5. Add struct megasas_instance_temlate changes, and change all code to use
190    6. Add code to support MegaRAID 9265/9285 controllers device id (0x5b).
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192 1 Release Date    : Thur.  May 03, 2010 09:12:45 PST 2009 -
193 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
196 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.31-rc1
197 3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1
199 1.	Add the Online Controller Reset (OCR) to the Driver.
204 	To add the OCR support, driver need to do:
205 		a). reset the controller chips -- Xscale and Gen2 which
206 		will change the function calls and add the reset function
211 		will re-issue those pending cmds again to FW after the OCR
228 2.	Add the support update flag to the driver to tell LSI megaraid_sas
229 	application which driver will support the device update.  So application
230 	will not need to do the device update after application add/del the device
235 4.	Add the input parameter max_sectors to 1MB support to our GEN2 controller.
236 	customer can use the input parameter max_sectors to add 1MB support to GEN2
239 1 Release Date    : Thur.  Oct 29, 2009 09:12:45 PST 2009 -
240 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
243 2 Current Version : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1
246 1.	Add the pad_0 in mfi frame structure to 0 to fix the
249 2.	Add the logic drive list to the driver.  Driver will
252 3.	driver fixed the device update issue after get the AEN
253 	PD delete/ADD, LD add/delete from FW.
255 1 Release Date    : Tues.  July 28, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
256 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
264 2.	Takeoff the debug print-out in aen_polling routine.
266 1 Release Date    : Thur.  July 02, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
267 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
273 1.	Add the 3 mins timeout during the controller initialize.
274 2.	Add the fix for 64bit sense date errors.
276 1 Release Date    : Tues. May 05, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
277 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
283 1.	Add the fix of pending in FW after deleted the logic drives.
284 2.	Add the fix of deallocating memory after get pdlist.
286 1 Release Date    : Tues. March 26, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
287 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
293 1.	Add the fix of the driver cmd empty fix of the driver cmd empty.
294 2.	Add the fix of the driver MSM AEN CMD cause the system slow.
296 1 Release Date    : Tues. March 03, 2009 10:12:45 PST 2009 -
297 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
303 1.	Add the Tape drive fix to the driver: If the command is for
304 	the tape device, set the pthru timeout to the os layer timeout value.
306 2.	Add Poll_wait mechanism to Gen-2 Linux driv.
310 3.	Add new controller new SAS2 support to the driver.
314 5.	Add the IEEE SGL support to the driver
318 1 Release Date    : Thur.July. 24 11:41:51 PST 2008 -
319                        (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
326 1. Add the new controller (0078, 0079) support to the driver
329 1 Release Date    : Mon.June. 23 10:12:45 PST 2008 -
330                        (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
337 1. Add shutdown DCMD cmd to the shutdown routine to make FW shutdown proper.
338 2. Unexpected interrupt occurs in HWR Linux driver, add the dumy readl pci flush will fix this issu…
340 1 Release Date    : Mon. March 10 11:02:31 PDT 2008 -
341 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
345 2 Current Version : 00.00.03.20-RC1
357 3. Add the new controller(1078DE) support to the driver
362 1 Release Date    : Thur. Nov. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
363 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
373 1 Release Date    : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
374 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
385 	to be completed.  A timer-based interrupt has also been added
389 1 Release Date    : Fri. Sep. 07 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
390 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
408 1 Release Date    : Fri. June. 15 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
409 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
418 On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:44 -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
426 1 Release Date    : Sat May. 12 16:30:43 PST 2007 -
427 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
439 1 Release Date    : Mon Apr. 30 10:25:52 PST 2007 -
440 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
451 	On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 13:30 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
462 	is just &pci_dev->dev.
470 1 Release Date    : Fri Feb. 09 14:36:28 PST 2007 -
471 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
478 i.	Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVER_TIMEOUT" errors
483 1 Release Date    : Mon Feb. 05 11:35:24 PST 2007 -
484 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
490 i.	Under heavy IO mid-layer prints "DRIVER_TIMEOUT" errors
503 	Synhronize cache is not supported by the FW. Driver will short-cycle
506 1 Release Date    : Sun Jan. 14 11:21:32 PDT 2007 -
514 1 Release Date    : Fri Oct 20 11:21:32 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>/Bo Yang
522 1 Release Date    : Mon Oct 02 11:21:32 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
528 …Convert the pci_device_id-table of the megaraid_sas-driver to the PCI_DEVICE-macro, to safe some l…
530 		- Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@nachtwindheim.de>
535 vi.	In megasas_teardown_frame_pool(), cmd->frame was passed instead of
536 	cmd->sense to pci_pool_free. Fixed. Bug was pointed out by
539 1 Release Date    : Wed Sep 13 14:22:51 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
547 1 Release Date    : Tue Aug 22 16:33:14 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
561 1 Release Date    : Sun Aug 06 22:49:52 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
567 1 Release Date    : Sun May 14 22:49:52 PDT 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
573 		New device id 0x413 added.
581 		-Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
583 1 Release Date    : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
592 		- Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
595 1 Release Date    : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
599 i.	Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) controller, device id : 0x60 added.
600 	During initialization, depending on the device id, the template members
604 		-Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
606 1 Release Date    : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro
616 		-Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@dell.com>
618 1 Release Date    : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
625 		-Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
627 1 Release Date    : Mon Dec 19 14:36:26 PST 2005 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
628 2 Current Version : 00.00.02.00-rc4
635 		- Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
641 		- Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>