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- IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
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- 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.
