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diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a9356c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid @@ -0,0 +1,349 @@ +Release Date : Thu Feb 03 12:27:22 EST 2005 - Seokmann Ju <sju@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.5 (scsi module), 2.20.2.5 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.4 (scsi module), 2.20.2.4 (cmm module) + +1. Modified name of two attributes in scsi_host_template. + On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 10:56 -0500, Ju, Seokmann wrote: + > + .sdev_attrs = megaraid_device_attrs, + > + .shost_attrs = megaraid_class_device_attrs, + + These are, perhaps, slightly confusing names. + The terms device and class_device have well defined meanings in the + generic device model, neither of which is what you mean here. + Why not simply megaraid_sdev_attrs and megaraid_shost_attrs? + + Other than this, it looks fine to me too. + +Release Date : Thu Jan 27 00:01:03 EST 2005 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.4 (scsi module), 2.20.2.5 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.3 (scsi module), 2.20.2.4 (cmm module) + +1. Bump up the version of scsi module due to its conflict. + +Release Date : Thu Jan 21 00:01:03 EST 2005 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.3 (scsi module), 2.20.2.5 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.2 (scsi module), 2.20.2.4 (cmm module) + +1. Remove driver ioctl for logical drive to scsi address translation and + replace with the sysfs attribute. To remove drives and change + capacity, application shall now use the device attribute to get the + logical drive number for a scsi device. For adding newly created + logical drives, class device attribute would be required to uniquely + identify each controller. + - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> + + "James, I've been thinking about this a little more, and you may be on + to something here. Let each driver add files as such:" + + - Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>, 12.15.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + + + "Then, if you simply publish your LD number as an extra parameter of + the device, you can look through /sys to find it." + + - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>, 01.03.2005 + linux-scsi mailing list + + + "I don't see why not ... it's your driver, you can publish whatever + extra information you need as scsi_device attributes; that was one of + the designs of the extensible attribute system." + + - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>, 01.06.2005 + linux-scsi mailing list + +2. Add AMI megaraid support - Brian King <brking@charter.net> + PCI_VENDOR_ID_AMI, PCI_DEVICE_ID_AMI_MEGARAID3, + PCI_VENDOR_ID_AMI, PCI_SUBSYS_ID_PERC3_DC, + +3. Make some code static - Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> + Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 03:14:57 +0100 + + The patch below makes some needlessly global code static. + -wait_queue_head_t wait_q; + +static wait_queue_head_t wait_q; + + Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> + +4. Added NEC ROMB support - NEC MegaRAID PCI Express ROMB controller + PCI_VENDOR_ID_LSI_LOGIC, PCI_DEVICE_ID_MEGARAID_NEC_ROMB_2E, + PCI_SUBSYS_ID_NEC, PCI_SUBSYS_ID_MEGARAID_NEC_ROMB_2E, + +5. Fixed Tape drive issue : For any Direct CDB command to physical device + including tape, timeout value set by driver was 10 minutes. With this + value, most of command will return within timeout. However, for those + command like ERASE or FORMAT, it takes more than an hour depends on + capacity of the device and the command could be terminated before it + completes. + To address this issue, the 'timeout' field in the DCDB command will + have NO TIMEOUT (i.e., 4) value as its timeout on DCDB command. + + + +Release Date : Thu Dec 9 19:10:23 EST 2004 + - Sreenivas Bagalkote <sreenib@lsil.com> + +Current Version : 2.20.4.2 (scsi module), 2.20.2.4 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.3 (cmm module) + +i. Introduced driver ioctl that returns scsi address for a given ld. + + "Why can't the existing sysfs interfaces be used to do this?" + - Brian King (brking@us.ibm.com) + + "I've looked into solving this another way, but I cannot see how + to get this driver-private mapping of logical drive number-> HCTL + without putting code something like this into the driver." + + "...and by providing a mapping a function to userspace, the driver + is free to change its mapping algorithm in the future if necessary .." + - Matt Domsch (Matt_Domsch@dell.com) + +Release Date : Thu Dec 9 19:02:14 EST 2004 - Sreenivas Bagalkote <sreenib@lsil.com> + +Current Version : 2.20.4.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.3 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.2 (cmm module) + +i. Fix a bug in kioc's dma buffer deallocation + +Release Date : Thu Nov 4 18:24:56 EST 2004 - Sreenivas Bagalkote <sreenib@lsil.com> + +Current Version : 2.20.4.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.2 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.1 (cmm module) + +i. Handle IOCTL cmd timeouts more properly. + +ii. pci_dma_sync_{sg,single}_for_cpu was introduced into megaraid_mbox + incorrectly (instead of _for_device). Changed to appropriate + pci_dma_sync_{sg,single}_for_device. + +Release Date : Wed Oct 06 11:15:29 EDT 2004 - Sreenivas Bagalkote <sreenib@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.1 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.4.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) + +i. Remove CONFIG_COMPAT around register_ioctl32_conversion + +Release Date : Mon Sep 27 22:15:07 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.4.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.3.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) + +i. Fix data corruption. Because of a typo in the driver, the IO packets + were wrongly shared by the ioctl path. This causes a whole IO command + to be replaced by an incoming ioctl command. + +Release Date : Tue Aug 24 09:43:35 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.3.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.3.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) + +i. Function reordering so that inline functions are defined before they + are actually used. It is now mandatory for GCC 3.4.1 (current stable) + + Declare some heavy-weight functions to be non-inlined, + megaraid_mbox_build_cmd, megaraid_mbox_runpendq, + megaraid_mbox_prepare_pthru, megaraid_mbox_prepare_epthru, + megaraid_busywait_mbox + + - Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, 08.19.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + + "Something else to clean up after inclusion: every instance of an + inline function is actually rendered as a full function call, because + the function is always used before it is defined. Atul, please + re-arrange the code to eliminate the need for most (all) of the + function prototypes at the top of each file, and define (not just + declare with a prototype) each inline function before its first use" + + - Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>, 07.27.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + + +ii. Display elapsed time (countdown) while waiting for FW to boot. + +iii. Module compilation reorder in Makefile so that unresolved symbols do + not occur when driver is compiled non-modular. + + Patrick J. LoPresti <patl@users.sourceforge.net>, 8.22.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + + +Release Date : Thu Aug 19 09:58:33 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.3.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.2.0 (scsi module), 2.20.1.0 (cmm module) + +i. When copying the mailbox packets, copy only first 14 bytes (for 32-bit + mailboxes) and only first 22 bytes (for 64-bit mailboxes). This is to + avoid getting the stale values for busy bit. We want to set the busy + bit just before issuing command to the FW. + +ii. In the reset handling, if the reseted command is not owned by the + driver, do not (wrongly) print information for the "attached" driver + packet. + +iii. Have extended wait when issuing command in synchronous mode. This is + required for the cases where the option ROM is disabled and there is + no BIOS to start the controller. The FW starts to boot after receiving + the first command from the driver. The current driver has 1 second + timeout for the synchronous commands, which is far less than what is + actually required. We now wait up to MBOX_RESET_TIME (180 seconds) for + FW boot process. + +iv. In megaraid_mbox_product_info, clear the mailbox contents completely + before preparing the command for inquiry3. This is to ensure that the + FW does not get junk values in the command. + +v. Do away with the redundant LSI_CONFIG_COMPAT redefinition for + CONFIG_COMPAT. Replace <asm/ioctl32.h> with <linux/ioctl32.h> + + - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>, 08.17.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + +vi. Add support for 64-bit applications. Current drivers assume only + 32-bit applications, even on 64-bit platforms. Use the "data" and + "buffer" fields of the mimd_t structure, instead of embedded 32-bit + addresses in application mailbox and passthru structures. + +vii. Move the function declarations for the management module from + megaraid_mm.h to megaraid_mm.c + + - Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, 08.19.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + +viii. Change default values for MEGARAID_NEWGEN, MEGARAID_MM, and + MEGARAID_MAILBOX to 'n' in Kconfig.megaraid + + - Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, 08.19.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + +ix. replace udelay with msleep + +x. Typos corrected in comments and whitespace adjustments, explicit + grouping of expressions. + + +Release Date : Fri Jul 23 15:22:07 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.2.0 (scsi module), 2.20.1.0 (cmm module) +Older Version : 2.20.1.0 (scsi module), 2.20.0.0 (cmm module) + +i. Add PCI ids for Acer ROMB 2E solution + +ii. Add PCI ids for I4 + +iii. Typo corrected for subsys id for megaraid sata 300-4x + +iv. Remove yield() while mailbox handshake in synchronous commands + + + "My other main gripe is things like this: + + + // wait for maximum 1 second for status to post + + for (i = 0; i < 40000; i++) { + + if (mbox->numstatus != 0xFF) break; + + udelay(25); yield(); + + } + + which litter the driver. Use of yield() in drivers is deprecated." + + - James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>, 07.14.2004 + linux-scsi mailing list + +v. Remove redundant __megaraid_busywait_mbox routine + +vi. Fix bug in the managment module, which causes a system lockup when the + IO module is loaded and then unloaded, followed by executing any + management utility. The current version of management module does not + handle the adapter unregister properly. + + Specifically, it still keeps a reference to the unregistered + controllers. To avoid this, the static array adapters has been + replaced by a dynamic list, which gets updated every time an adapter + is added or removed. + + Also, during unregistration of the IO module, the resources are + now released in the exact reverse order of the allocation time + sequence. + + +Release Date : Fri Jun 25 18:58:43 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.1.0 +Older Version : megaraid 2.20.0.1 + +i. Stale list pointer in adapter causes kernel panic when module + megaraid_mbox is unloaded + + +Release Date : Thu Jun 24 20:37:11 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.0.1 +Older Version : megaraid 2.20.0.00 + +i. Modules are not 'y' by default, but depend on current definition of + SCSI & PCI. + +ii. Redundant structure mraid_driver_t removed. + +iii. Miscellaneous indentation and goto/label fixes. + - Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, 06.24.2004 linux-scsi + +iv. scsi_host_put(), do just before completing HBA shutdown. + + + +Release Date : Mon Jun 21 19:53:54 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com> +Current Version : 2.20.0.0 +Older Version : megaraid 2.20.0.rc2 and 2.00.3 + +i. Independent module to interact with userland applications and + multiplex command to low level RAID module(s). + + "Shared code in a third module, a "library module", is an acceptable + solution. modprobe automatically loads dependent modules, so users + running "modprobe driver1" or "modprobe driver2" would automatically + load the shared library module." + + - Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> 02.25.2004 LKML + + "As Jeff hinted, if your userspace<->driver API is consistent between + your new MPT-based RAID controllers and your existing megaraid driver, + then perhaps you need a single small helper module (lsiioctl or some + better name), loaded by both mptraid and megaraid automatically, which + handles registering the /dev/megaraid node dynamically. In this case, + both mptraid and megaraid would register with lsiioctl for each + adapter discovered, and lsiioctl would essentially be a switch, + redirecting userspace tool ioctls to the appropriate driver." + + - Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> 02.25.2004 LKML + +ii. Remove C99 initializations from pci_device id. + + "pci_id_table_g would be much more readable when not using C99 + initializers. + PCI table doesn't change, there's lots of users that prefer the more + readable variant. And it's really far less and much easier to grok + lines without C99 initializers." + + - Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, 05.28.2004 linux-scsi + +iii. Many fixes as suggested by Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> on + linux-scsi, 05.28.2004 + +iv. We now support up to 32 parallel ioctl commands instead of current 1. + There is a conscious effort to let memory allocation not fail for ioctl + commands. + +v. Do away with internal memory management. Use pci_pool_(create|alloc) + instead. + +vi. Kill tasklet when unloading the driver. + +vii. Do not use "host_lock', driver has fine-grain locks now to protect all + data structures. + +viii. Optimize the build scatter-gather list routine. The callers already + know the data transfer address and length. + +ix. Better implementation of error handling and recovery. Driver now + performs extended errors recovery for instances like scsi cable pull. + +x. Disassociate the management commands with an overlaid scsi command. + Driver now treats the management packets as special packets and has a + dedicated callback routine. |
