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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 |
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Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
infrastructure for it.
Let it rip!
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diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/qla2xxx.revision.notes b/Documentation/scsi/qla2xxx.revision.notes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..290cdaf --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scsi/qla2xxx.revision.notes @@ -0,0 +1,457 @@ +/* + * QLogic ISP2200 and ISP2300 Linux Driver Revision List File. + * + ******************************************************************** + * + * Revision History + * + * Rev 8.00.00b8 December 5, 2003 AV + * - Instruct mid-layer to perform initial scan. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b7 December 5, 2003 AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test11. + * - Add basic NVRAM parser (extras/qla_nvr). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b7-pre11 December 3, 2003 AV + * - Sanitize the scsi_qla_host structure: + * - Purge unused elements. + * - Reorganize high-priority members (cache coherency). + * - Add support for NVRAM access via a sysfs binary attribute: + * - Consolidate semaphore locking access. + * - Fix more PCI posting issues. + * - Add extras directory for dump/NVRAM tools. + * - Remove unused qla_vendor.c file. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b7-pre11 November 26, 2003 DG/AV + * - Merge several patches from Christoph Hellwig [hch@lst.de]: + * - in Linux 2.6 both pci and the scsi layer use the generic + * dma direction bits, use them directly instead of the scsi + * and pci variants and the (noop) conversion routines. + * - Fix _IOXX_BAD() usage for external IOCTL interface. + * - Use atomic construct for HA loop_state member. + * - Add generic model description text for HBA types. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b7-pre5 November 17, 2003 AV + * - Merge several patches from Christoph Hellwig [hch@lst.de]: + * - patch to split the driver into a common qla2xxx.ko and a + * qla2?00.ko for each HBA type - the latter modules are + * only very small wrappers, mostly for the firmware + * images, all the meat is in the common qla2xxx.ko. + * - make the failover code optional. + * - kill useless lock_kernel in dpc thread startup. + * - no need for modversions hacks in 2.6 (or 2.4). + * - kill qla2x00_register_with_Linux. + * - simplify EH code, cmd or it's hostdata can't be NULL, no + * need to search whether the host it's ours, the midlayer + * makes sure it won't call into a driver for some else + * host. + * - Merge several patches from Jes Sorensen + * [jes@wildopensource.com]: + * - Call qla2x00_config_dma_addressing() before performing + * any consistent allocations. This is required since the + * dma mask settings will affect the memory + * pci_alloc_consistent() will return. + * - Call pci_set_consistent_dma_mask() to allow for 64 bit + * consistent allocations, required on some platforms such + * as the SN2. + * - Wait 20 usecs (not sure how long is really necessary, + * but this seems safe) after setting CSR_ISP_SOFT_RESET in + * the ctrl_status register as the card doesn't respond to + * PCI reads while in reset state. This causes a machine + * check on some architectures. + * - Flush PCI writes before calling udelay() to ensure the + * write is not sitting idle in-flight for a while before + * hitting the hardware. + * - Include linux/vmalloc.h in qla_os.c since it uses + * vmalloc(). + * - Use auto-negotiate link speed when using default + * parameters rather than NVRAM settings. Disable NVRAM + * reading on SN2 since it's not possible to execute the + * HBA's BIOS on an SN2. I suggest doing something similar + * for all architectures that do not provide x86 BIOS + * emulation. + * - Clean-up slab-cache allocations: + * - locking. + * - mempool allocations in case of low-memory situations. + * - Fallback to GA_NXT scan if GID_PT call returns more than + * MAX_FIBRE_DEVICES. + * - Preserve iterating port ID across GA_NXT calls in + * qla2x00_find_all_fabric_devs(). + * - Pre-calculate ASCII firmware dump length as to not incur the + * cost-to-calculate at each invocation of a read(). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b6 November 4, 2003 AV + * - Add new 2300 TPX firmware (3.02.18). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b6-pre25 October 20, 2003 RA/AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test9. + * - Rework firmware dump process: + * - Use binary attribute within sysfs tree. + * - Add user-space tool (gdump.sh) to retrieve formatted + * buffer. + * - Add ISP2100 support. + * - Use a slab cache for SRB allocations to reduce memory + * pressure. + * - Initial conversion of driver logging methods to a new + * qla_printk() function which uses dev_printk (Daniel + * Stekloff, IBM). + * - Further reduce stack usage in qla2x00_configure_local_loop() + * and qla2x00_find_all_fabric_devs(). + * - Separate port state used for routing of I/O's from port + * mgmt-login retry etc. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b6-pre19 October 13, 2003 AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test7-bk5. + * - Add intelligent RSCN event handling: + * - reduce scan time during 'port' RSCN events by only + * querying specified port ids. + * - Available on ISP23xx cards only. + * - Increase maximum number of recognizable targets from 256 + * to 512. + * - Backend changes were previously added to support TPX + * (2K logins) firmware. Mid-layer can now scan for targets + * (H, B, T, L) where 512 < T >= 0. + * - Remove IP support from driver. + * - Switch firmware types from IP->TP for ISP22xx and + * IPX->TPX for ISP23xx cards. + * - Remove files qla_ip.[ch]. + * - Remove type designations from firmware filenames. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b6-pre11 September 15, 2003 DG/AV + * - Resync with 6.06.00. + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test5-bk3. + * - Add new 2300 IPX firmware (3.02.15). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b5 July 31, 2003 AV + * - Always create an fc_lun_t entry for lun 0 - as the mid- + * layer requires access to this lun for discovery to occur. + * - General sanitizing: + * - Add generic firmware option definitions. + * - Generalize retrieval/update of firmware options. + * - Fix compile errors which occur with extended debug. + * - Handle failure cases for scsi_add_host() and + * down_interruptible(). + * - Host template updates: + * - Use standard bios_param callback function. + * - Disable clustering. + * - Remove unchecked_is_dma entry. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b5-pre5 July 29, 2003 DG/AV + * - Resync with 6.06.00b13. + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test2. + * - Pass the complete loop_id, not the masked (0xff) value + * while issuing mailbox commands (qla_mbx.c/qla_fo.c/ + * qla_iocb.c/qla_init.c). + * - Properly handle zero-length return status for an RLC CDB. + * - Create an fclun_t structure for 'disconnected' luns, + * peripheral-qualifier of 001b. + * - Remove unused LIP-sequence register access during AE 8010. + * - Generalize qla2x00_mark_device_lost() to handle forced + * login request -- modify all direct/indirect invocations + * with proper flag. + * - Save RSCN notification (AE 8015h) data in a proper and + * consistent format (domain, area, al_pa). + * - General sanitizing: + * - scsi_qla_host structure member reordering for cache-line + * coherency. + * - Remove unused SCSI opcodes, endian-swap definitions. + * - Remove CMD_* pre-processor defines. + * - Remove unused SCSIFCHOTSWAP/GAMAP/MULTIHOST codes. + * - Backout patch which added a per-scsi_qla_host scsi host + * spinlock, since mid-layer already defines one. + * - Add new 2300 IPX firmware (3.02.15). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b4 July 14, 2003 RA/DG/AV + * - Resync with 6.06.00b12. + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test1. + * - Remove IOCB throttling code -- originally #if'd. + * - Remove apidev_*() routines since proc_mknod() has been + * removed -- need alternate IOCTL interface. + * - Merge several performance/fix patches from Arjan van de + * Ven: + * - Undefined operation >> 32. + * - No need to acquire mid-layer lock during command + * callback. + * - Use a per-HBA mid-layer lock. + * - Use a non-locked cycle for setting the count of the + * newly allocated sp (qla2x00_get_new_sp()). + * - Modify semantic behavior of qla2x00_queuecommand(): + * - Reduce cacheline bouncing by having I/Os submitted + * by the IRQ handler. + * - Remove extraneous calls to qla2x00_next() during I/O + * queuing. + * - Use list_splice_init() during qla2x00_done() handling + * of commands to reduce list_lock contention. + * - RIO mode support for ISP2200: + * - Implementation differs slightly from original patch. + * - Do not use bottom-half handler (tasklet/work queue) + * for qla2x00_done() processing. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b4-pre22 July 12, 2003 AV + * - Check for 'Process Response Queue' requests early during + * the Host Status check. + * - General sanitizing: + * - srb_t structure rewrite, removal of unused members. + * - Remove unused fcdev array, fabricid, and PORT_* + * definitions. + * - Remove unused config_reg_t PCI definitions. + * - Add new 2200 IP firmware (2.02.06). + * - Add new 2300 IPX firmware (3.02.14). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b4-pre19 June 30, 2003 AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.5.73-bk8. + * - Rework IOCB command queuing methods: + * - Upper-layer driver *MUST* properly set the direction + * bit of SCSI commands. + * - Generalize 32bit/64bit queuing path functions. + * - Remove costly page-boundary cross check when using + * 64bit address capable IOCBs. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b4-pre15 June 19, 2003 AV + * - Resync with 6.06.00b11. + * - Continue fcport list consolidation work: + * - Updated IOCTL implementations to use new fcports + * list. + * - Modified product ID check to not verify ISP chip + * revision -- ISP2312 v3 (qla2x00_chip_diag()). + * - Add new 2300 IPX firmware (3.02.13): + * + * Rev 8.00.00b4-pre13 June 19, 2003 AV + * - Fix build process for qla2100 driver -- no support + * for IP. + * - SCSI host template modifications: + * - Set sg_tablesize based on the derived DMA mask. + * - Increase max_sectors since only limit within RISC + * is transfer of (((2^32) - 1) >> 9) sectors. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b4-pre12 June 18, 2003 RA, DG, RL, AV + * - Resync with 6.06.00b10. + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.5.72. + * - Initial fcport list consolidation work: + * - fcports/fcinitiators/fcdev/fc_ip --> ha->fcports + * list. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b4-pre7 June 05, 2003 AV + * - Properly release PCI resouces in init-failure case. + * - Reconcile disparite function return code definitions. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b4-pre4 June 03, 2003 AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.5.70-bk8: + * - SHT proc_info() changes. + * - Restructure SNS Generic Services routines: + * - Add qla_gs.c file to driver distribution. + * - Configure PCI latency timer for ISP23xx. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b4-pre3 June 02, 2003 RA, DG, RL, AV + * - Resync with 6.06.00b5. + * - Rework (again) PCI I/O space configuration + * (Anton Blanchard): + * - Use pci_set_mwi() routine; + * - Remove uneeded qla2x00_set_cache_line() function. + * - Remove extraneous modification of PCI_COMMAND word. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b3 May 29, 2003 AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.5.70. + * - Move RISC paused check from ISR fast-path. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b3-pre8 May 26, 2003 AV + * - Add new 2300 IPX firmware (3.02.12): + * - Rework PCI I/O space configuration. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b3-pre6 May 22, 2003 RA, DG, RL, AV + * - Resync with 6.06.00b3. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b3-pre4 May 21 2003 AV + * - Add new 2300 IPX firmware (3.02.11): + * - Remove 2300 TPX firmware from distribution. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b3-pre3 May 21 2003 AV + * - Properly setup PCI configuation space during + * initialization: + * - Properly configure Memory-Mapped I/O during early + * configuration stage. + * - Rework IP functionality to support 2k logins. + * - Add new 2300 IPX firmware (3.02.11): + * - Remove 2300 TPX firmware from distribution. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b3-pre2 May ??, 2003 RA, DG, RL, AV + * - Resync with 6.06.00b1. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b3-pre1 May ??, 2003 RA, DG, RL, AV + * - Resync with 6.05.00. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b2 May 19, 2003 AV + * - Simplify dma_addr_t handling during command queuing given + * new block-layer defined restrictions: + * - Physical addresses not spanning 4GB boundaries. + * - Firmware versions: 2100 TP (1.19.24), 2200 IP (2.02.05), + * 2300 TPX (3.02.10). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b2-pre1 May 13, 2003 AV + * - Add support for new 'Hotplug initialization' model. + * - Simplify host template by removing unused callbacks. + * - Use scsicam facilities to determine geometry. + * - Fix compilation issues for non-ISP23xx builds: + * - Correct register references in qla_dbg.c. + * - Correct Makefile build process. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1 May 05, 2003 AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.5.69. + * - Firmware versions: 2100 TP (1.19.24), 2200 TP (2.02.05), + * 2300 TPX (3.02.10). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre45 April ??, 2003 AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.5.68-bk11: + * - Fix improper return-code assignment during fabric + * discovery. + * - Remove additional extraneous #defines from + * qla_settings.h. + * - USE_PORTNAME -- FO will always use portname. + * - Default queue depth size set to 64. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre42 April ??, 2003 AV + * - Convert bottom-half tasklet to a work_queue. + * - Initial basic coding of dynamic queue depth handling + * during QUEUE FULL statuses. + * - Fix mailbox interface problem with + * qla2x00_get_retry_cnt(). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre41 April ??, 2003 AV + * - Convert build defines qla2[1|2|3]00 macros to + * qla2[1|2|3]xx due to module name stringification clashes. + * - Add additional ISP2322 checks during board configuration. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre40 April ??, 2003 AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.5.68-bk8: + * - Updated IRQ handler interface. + * - Add ISP dump code (stub) in case of SYSTEM_ERROR on + * ISP2100. + * - Add new 2200 IP firmware (2.02.05). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre39 April ??, 2003 AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.5.68. + * - Add simple build.sh script to aid in external compilation. + * - Clean-break with Kernel 2.4 compatibility. + * - Rework DPC routine -- completion routines for signaling. + * - Re-add HBAAPI character device node for IOCTL support. + * - Remove residual QLA2X_PERFORMANCE defines. + * - Allocate SP pool via __get_free_pages() rather than + * individual kmalloc()'s. + * - Inform SCSI mid-layer of 16-byte CDB support + * (host->max_cmd_len): + * - Remove unecessary 'more_cdb' handling code from + * qla_iocb.c and qla_xioct.c. + * - Reduce duplicate code in fabric scanning logic (MS IOCB + * preparation). + * - Add ISP dump code in case of SYSTEM_ERROR. + * - Remove 2300 VIX firmware from distribution: + * - Add initial code for IPX support. + * - Add new 2300 TPX firmware (3.02.10). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre34 April ??, 2003 AV + * - Resync with Linux Kernel 2.5.67. + * - Use domain/area/al_pa fields when displaying PortID + * values -- addresses endianess issues. + * - Rework large case statement to check 'common' CDB commands + * early in qla2x00_get_cmd_direction(). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre31 April ??, 2003 AV + * - Update makefile to support PPC64 build. + * - Retool NVRAM configuration routine and structures: + * - Consoldate ISP21xx/ISP22xx/ISP23xx configuration + * (struct nvram_t). + * - Remove big/little endian support structures in favor of + * simplified bit-operations within byte fields. + * - Fix long-standing 'static' buffer sharing problem in + * qla2x00_configure_fabric(). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre30 April ??, 2003 AV + * - Complete implementation of GID_PT scan. + * - Use consistent MS IOCB invocation method to query SNS: + * - Add RNN_ID and RSNN_NN registrations in a fabric. + * - Remove unused Mailbox Command 6Eh (Send SNS) support + * structures. + * - Use 64bit safe IOCBs while issuing INQUIRY and RLC during + * topology scan. + * - Until reimplementation of fcdev_t/fcport list + * consolidation, valid loop_id ranges are still limited from + * 0x00 through 0xFF -- enforce this within the code. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre27 March ??, 2003 AV + * - Resync with 6.05.00b9. + * - Retool HBA PCI configuration -- qla2x00_pci_config(). + * - Remove inconsistent use of delay routines (UDELAY/SYS*). + * - Continue to teardown/clean/add comments and debug + * routines. + * - Properly swap bytes of the device's nodename in + * qla2x00_configure_local_loop(). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre25 March ??, 2003 AV + * - Resync with 6.05.00b8. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre23 March ??, 2003 AV + * - Remove (#define) IOCB usage throttling. + * - Abstract interrupt polling with qla2x00_poll(). + * - Modify lun scanning logic: + * - If the device does not support the SCSI Report Luns + * command, the driver will now only scan from 0 to the + * max#-luns as defined in the NVRAM (BIOS), rather than + * blindly scanning from 0 to 255 -- which could result in + * an increase in startup time when running against slow + * (JBOD) devices. + * - Rework reset logic in qla2x00_reset_chip() (spec). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre22 March ??, 2003 AV + * - Resync with 6.05.00b7. + * - Cleanup (rewrite) ISR handler. + * - Rename kmem_zalloc --> qla2x00_kmem_zalloc(): + * - This function will eventually be removed. + * - Add new 2300 VIX firmware (3.02.09): + * - Support for Tape, Fabric, 2K logins, IP, and VI. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre18 March ??, 2003 AV + * - Support 232x type ISPs. + * - Support single firmware for each ISP type: + * - Restructure brd_info/fw_info methods. + * - Streamline firmware load process. + * - Properly query firmware for version information. + * - Remove extraneous scsi_qla_host members: + * - device_id ==> pdev->device + * - Fix fc4 features (RFF_ID) registration. + * - Convert kmem_zalloc --> qla2x00_kmem_zalloc(). + * - Remove unused/extraneous #defines (USE_PORTNAME). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre14 March ??, 2003 AV + * - Resync with 6.05.00b6. + * - Initial source-code restructuring effort. + * - Build procedure. + * - Source file layout -- intuitive component layout. + * - Remove unused #defines (*PERFORMANCE, WORD_FW_LOAD, etc). + * - Add support for 2K logins (TPX -- firmware). + * - Add module parameter ql2xsuspendcount. + * - Add new 2200 IP/TP firmware (2.02.04). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre9 March ??, 2003 RL/DG/RA/AV + * - Use kernel struct list_head for fcport and fclun lists. + * - Remove extraneous (L|M)S_64BITS() and QL21_64*() defines. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre8 February 28, 2003 RL/DG/RA/AV + * - Resync with 6.05.00b3. + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre7 February 23, 2003 RL/DG/RA/AV + * - Add alternate fabric scanning logic (GID_PT/GNN_ID/GPN_ID). + * - Remove use of deprecated function check_region(). + * - Add new 2300 IP/TP firmware (3.02.08). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre5 January 28, 2003 RL/DG/RA/AV + * - Resync with 6.05.00b3. + * - Consolidate device_reg structure definitions for ISP types. + * - Add support for new queue-depth selection. + * - Add new 2300 IP/TP firmware (3.02.07). + * + * Rev 8.00.00b1-pre1 January 17, 2003 AV + * - Initial branch from 6.04.00b8 driver. + * - Remove VMWARE specific code. + * - Add support for pci_driver interface. + * + ********************************************************************/ |