[PATCH] [DOC] ips.changelog 1/2 update and cleanup

From: Henne
Date: Mon Aug 21 2006 - 14:48:51 EST

From: Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Brings the changelog of the scsi ips.c up-to-date and replaces
whitespaces with tabs.
old filesize: 5304 Bytes
new filesize: 4774 Bytes
Signed-off-by: Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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--- linux-2.6.18-rc4/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ips 2006-06-18 03:49:35.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.ips 2006-08-20 21:27:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,122 +1,141 @@
IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ 7.12.05 - remove version matching per IBM request

- 5.00.01 - Sarasota ( 5i ) adapters must always be scanned first
- - Get rid on IOCTL_NEW_COMMAND code
- - Add Extended DCDB Commands for Tape Support in 5I
-
- 4.90.11 - Don't actually RESET unless it's physically required
- - Remove unused compile options
-
- 4.90.08 - Data Corruption if First Scatter Gather Element is > 64K
-
- 4.90.08 - Increase Delays in Flashing ( Trombone Only - 4H )
-
- 4.90.05 - Use New PCI Architecture to facilitate Hot Plug Development
-
- 4.90.01 - Add ServeRAID Version Checking
-
- 4.80.26 - Clean up potential code problems ( Arjan's recommendations )
-
- 4.80.21 - Change memcpy() to copy_to_user() in NVRAM Page 5 IOCTL path
-
- 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
+ 7.12.xx - use STATIC functions whereever possible
+ - clean up deprecated MODULE_PARM calls
+
+ 7.10.18 - add highmem_io flag in SCSI template for 2.4 kernels
+ - fix path/name for scsi_hosts.h include for 2.6 kernels
+ - fix sort order of 7k
+ - remove 3 unused inline functions
+
+ 6.11.xx - make logicial drive info structure safe for DMA DDTS 60639
+
+ 6.11.xx - get VersionInfo buffer off the stack! DDTS 60401
+
+ 6.10.00 - remove 1G addressing limitations
+
+ 6.00.00 - add 6x adapters and battery flash
+
+ 5.30.00 - use devexit_p()
+
+ 5.10.15 - remove unused code (sem, macros, etc.)
+
+ 5.10.12 - use pci_dma interface, update for 2.5 kernel changes
+
+ 5.00.01 - Sarasota ( 5i ) adapters must always be scanned first
+ - Get rid on IOCTL_NEW_COMMAND code
+ - Add Extended DCDB Commands for Tape Support in 5I
+
+ 4.90.11 - Don't actually RESET unless it's physically required
+ - Remove unused compile options
+
+ 4.90.08 - Data Corruption if First Scatter Gather Element is > 64K
+
+ 4.90.08 - Increase Delays in Flashing ( Trombone Only - 4H )
+
+ 4.90.05 - Use New PCI Architecture to facilitate Hot Plug Development
+
+ 4.90.01 - Add ServeRAID Version Checking
+
+ 4.80.26 - Clean up potential code problems ( Arjan's recommendations )
+
+ 4.80.21 - Change memcpy() to copy_to_user() in NVRAM Page 5 IOCTL path
+
+ 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
+ 1.00.00 - Initial Public Release
+ - Functionally equivalent to 0.99.05

- 0.99.05 - Fix an oops on certain passthru commands
+ 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
+ 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).
+ 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
+ - Fixed read/write errors when the adapter is using an
8K stripe size.
-


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