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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-31 20:43:12 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-31 20:43:12 -0400
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (70 commits)
  [SCSI] pmcraid: add support for set timestamp command and other fixes
  [SCSI] pmcraid: remove duplicate struct member
  [SCSI] qla4xxx: Fix cmd check in qla4xxx_cmd_wait
  [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Version and documentation update
  [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add three times Online controller reset
  [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add input parameter for max_sectors
  [SCSI] megaraid_sas: support devices update flag
  [SCSI] libosd: write/read_sg_kern API
  [SCSI] libosd: Support for scatter gather write/read commands
  [SCSI] libosd: Free resources in reverse order of allocation
  [SCSI] libosd: Fix bug in attr_page handling
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Update lpfc driver version to 8.3.18
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Add new WQE support
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Fix critical errors
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Adapter Shutdown and Unregistration cleanup
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Add logic to detect last devloss timeout
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Add support of received ELS commands
  [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: FC/FCoE Discovery fixes
  [SCSI] ipr: add definitions for a new adapter
  [SCSI] bfa: fix comments for c files
  ...
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+1 Release Date    : Thur.  May 03, 2010 09:12:45 PST 2009 -
+			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
+			Bo Yang
+
+2 Current Version : 00.00.04.31-rc1
+3 Older Version   : 00.00.04.17.1-rc1
+
+1.	Add the Online Controller Reset (OCR) to the Driver.
+	OCR is the new feature for megaraid_sas driver which
+	will allow the fw to do the chip reset which will not
+	affact the OS behavious.
+
+	To add the OCR support, driver need to do:
+		a). reset the controller chips -- Xscale and Gen2 which
+		will change the function calls and add the reset function
+		related to this two chips.
+
+		b). during the reset, driver will store the pending cmds
+		which not returned by FW to driver's pending queue.  Driver
+		will re-issue those pending cmds again to FW after the OCR
+		finished.
+
+		c). In driver's timeout routine, driver will report to
+		OS as reset. Also driver's queue routine will block the
+		cmds until the OCR finished.
+
+		d). in Driver's ISR routine, if driver get the FW state as
+		state change, FW in Failure status and FW support online controller
+		reset (OCR), driver will start to do the controller reset.
+
+		e). In driver's IOCTL routine, the application cmds will wait for the
+		OCR to finish, then issue the cmds to FW.
+
+		f). Before driver kill adapter, driver will do last chance of
+		OCR to see if driver can bring back the FW.
+
+2.	Add the support update flag to the driver to tell LSI megaraid_sas
+	application which driver will support the device update.  So application
+	will not need to do the device update after application add/del the device
+	from the system.
+3.	In driver's timeout routine, driver will do three time reset if fw is in
+	failed state.  Driver will kill adapter if can't bring back FW after the
+	this three times reset.
+4.	Add the input parameter max_sectors to 1MB support to our GEN2 controller.
+	customer can use the input paramenter max_sectors to add 1MB support to GEN2
+	controller.
+
 1 Release Date    : Thur.  Oct 29, 2009 09:12:45 PST 2009 -
 			(emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com)
 			Bo Yang