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