1 IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
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4 4.80.20 - Set max_sectors in Scsi_Host structure ( if >= 2.4.7 kernel )
5 - 5 second delay needed after resetting an i960 adapter
7 4.80.14 - Take all semaphores off stack
8 Clean Up New_IOCTL path
10 4.80.04 - Eliminate calls to strtok() if 2.4.x or greater
11 - Adjustments to Device Queue Depth
13 4.80.00 - Make ia64 Safe
15 4.72.01 - I/O Mapped Memory release ( so "insmod ips" does not Fail )
16 Don't Issue Internal FFDC Command if there are Active Commands
17 Close Window for getting too many IOCTL's active
19 4.72.00 - Allow for a Scatter-Gather Element to exceed MAX_XFER Size
21 4.71.00 - Change all memory allocations to not use GFP_DMA flag
22 Code Clean-Up for 2.4.x kernel
24 4.70.15 - Fix Breakup for very large ( non-SG ) requests
26 4.70.13 - Don't release HA Lock in ips_next() until SC taken off queue
27 - Unregister SCSI device in ips_release()
28 - Don't Send CDB's if we already know the device is not present
30 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
38 4.20.14 - Update patch files for kernel 2.4.0-test5
40 4.20.13 - Fix some failure cases / reset code
41 - Hook into the reboot_notifier to flush the controller
44 4.20.03 - Rename version to coincide with new release schedules
46 - Fix truncation of /proc files with cat
47 - Merge in changes through kernel 2.4.0test1ac21
49 4.10.13 - Fix for dynamic unload and proc file system
51 4.10.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4M/4L
53 4.00.06 - Fix timeout with initial FFDC command
55 4.00.05 - Remove wish_block from init routine
56 - Use linux/spinlock.h instead of asm/spinlock.h for kernels
58 - Sync with other changes from the 2.3 kernels
60 4.00.04 - Rename structures/constants to be prefixed with IPS_
62 4.00.03 - Add alternative passthru interface
63 - Add ability to flash ServeRAID BIOS
65 4.00.02 - Fix problem with PT DCDB with no buffer
67 4.00.01 - Add support for First Failure Data Capture
69 4.00.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4
71 3.60.02 - Make DCDB direction based on lookup table.
72 - Only allow one DCDB command to a SCSI ID at a time.
74 3.60.01 - Remove bogus error check in passthru routine.
76 3.60.00 - Bump max commands to 128 for use with ServeRAID
78 - Change version to 3.60 to coincide with ServeRAID release
81 1.00.00 - Initial Public Release
82 - Functionally equivalent to 0.99.05
84 0.99.05 - Fix an oops on certain passthru commands
86 0.99.04 - Fix race condition in the passthru mechanism
87 -- this required the interface to the utilities to change
88 - Fix error recovery code
90 0.99.03 - Make interrupt routine handle all completed request on the
91 adapter not just the first one
92 - Make sure passthru commands get woken up if we run out of
94 - Send all of the commands on the queue at once rather than
95 one at a time since the card will support it.
97 0.99.02 - Added some additional debug statements to print out
98 errors if an error occurs while trying to read/write
99 to a logical drive (IPS_DEBUG).
101 - Fixed read/write errors when the adapter is using an