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1IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
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4        5.00.01 - Sarasota ( 5i ) adapters must always be scanned first
5                 - Get rid on IOCTL_NEW_COMMAND code
6                 - Add Extended DCDB Commands for Tape Support in 5I
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8        4.90.11 - Don't actually RESET unless it's physically required
9                 - Remove unused compile options
10        
11        4.90.08 - Data Corruption if First Scatter Gather Element is > 64K
12        
13        4.90.08 - Increase Delays in Flashing ( Trombone Only - 4H )
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15        4.90.05 - Use New PCI Architecture to facilitate Hot Plug Development
16        
17        4.90.01 - Add ServeRAID Version Checking
18
19        4.80.26 - Clean up potential code problems ( Arjan's recommendations )
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21        4.80.21 - Change memcpy() to copy_to_user() in NVRAM Page 5 IOCTL path
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23        4.80.20 - Set max_sectors in Scsi_Host structure ( if >= 2.4.7 kernel )
24                 - 5 second delay needed after resetting an i960 adapter
25        
26        4.80.14 - Take all semaphores off stack
27                 - Clean Up New_IOCTL path
28                   
29        4.80.04 - Eliminate calls to strtok() if 2.4.x or greater
30                 - Adjustments to Device Queue Depth
31
32        4.80.00 - Make ia64 Safe
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34        4.72.01 - I/O Mapped Memory release ( so "insmod ips" does not Fail )
35                 - Don't Issue Internal FFDC Command if there are Active Commands
36                 - Close Window for getting too many IOCTL's active
37                   
38        4.72.00 - Allow for a Scatter-Gather Element to exceed MAX_XFER Size
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40        4.71.00 - Change all memory allocations to not use GFP_DMA flag
41                 - Code Clean-Up for 2.4.x kernel
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43        4.70.15 - Fix Breakup for very large ( non-SG ) requests
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45        4.70.13 - Don't release HA Lock in ips_next() until SC taken off queue
46                 - Unregister SCSI device in ips_release()
47                 - Don't Send CDB's if we already know the device is not present
48                 
49        4.70.12 - Corrective actions for bad controller ( during initialization )
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51        4.70.09 - Use a Common ( Large Buffer ) for Flashing from the JCRM CD
52                 - Add IPSSEND Flash Support
53                 - Set Sense Data for Unknown SCSI Command
54                 - Use Slot Number from NVRAM Page 5
55                 - Restore caller's DCDB Structure
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57        4.20.14 - Update patch files for kernel 2.4.0-test5
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59        4.20.13 - Fix some failure cases / reset code
60                 - Hook into the reboot_notifier to flush the controller
61                   cache
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63        4.20.03 - Rename version to coincide with new release schedules
64                - Performance fixes
65                - Fix truncation of /proc files with cat
66                - Merge in changes through kernel 2.4.0test1ac21
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68        4.10.13 - Fix for dynamic unload and proc file system
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70        4.10.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4M/4L
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72        4.00.06 - Fix timeout with initial FFDC command
73
74        4.00.05 - Remove wish_block from init routine
75                - Use linux/spinlock.h instead of asm/spinlock.h for kernels
76                  2.3.18 and later
77                - Sync with other changes from the 2.3 kernels
78
79        4.00.04 - Rename structures/constants to be prefixed with IPS_
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81        4.00.03 - Add alternative passthru interface
82                - Add ability to flash ServeRAID BIOS
83
84        4.00.02 - Fix problem with PT DCDB with no buffer
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86        4.00.01 - Add support for First Failure Data Capture
87
88        4.00.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4
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90        3.60.02 - Make DCDB direction based on lookup table.
91                - Only allow one DCDB command to a SCSI ID at a time.
92
93        3.60.01 - Remove bogus error check in passthru routine.
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95        3.60.00 - Bump max commands to 128 for use with ServeRAID
96                  firmware 3.60.
97                - Change version to 3.60 to coincide with ServeRAID release
98                  numbering.
99
100        1.00.00 - Initial Public Release
101                - Functionally equivalent to 0.99.05
102
103        0.99.05 - Fix an oops on certain passthru commands
104
105        0.99.04 - Fix race condition in the passthru mechanism
106                  -- this required the interface to the utilities to change
107                - Fix error recovery code
108
109        0.99.03 - Make interrupt routine handle all completed request on the
110                  adapter not just the first one
111                - Make sure passthru commands get woken up if we run out of
112                  SCBs
113                - Send all of the commands on the queue at once rather than
114                  one at a time since the card will support it.
115
116        0.99.02 - Added some additional debug statements to print out
117                  errors if an error occurs while trying to read/write
118                  to a logical drive (IPS_DEBUG).
119
120                - Fixed read/write errors when the adapter is using an
121                  8K stripe size.
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