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ServeRAID SAS/SATA Controller Driver v7.707.04.00 for RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 - IBM System x and PureFlex Systems

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7.707.04.00

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19 November 2019

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Change history

Severity: Suggested

Version 07.707.04.00

Defects

  • Driver will use 64 bit request descriptor for sending IO to Ventura firmware.(SCGCQ01514452)
  • FW flash is not needed for driver.(SCGCQ01593539)
  • Modified driver prints to dump relevant FW provided values(part of controller info structure) in syslog.(SCGCQ01626839)
  • Merge upstream patch "Convert timers to use timer_setup" to in-house and support timer_setup API in 4.15 kernels.(SCGCQ01586787)
  • MR7.7: scsi_dma_map() is called twice in IO path.(SCGCQ01619432)
  • Driver is incorrectly deciding combined reply queue mode for SAS3.0 controller(SCGCQ01633318)
  • Updated driver's file- "OS_Support_list_mr7.7.txt" with CMA support enablement and retpoline compliant driver binaries.(SCGCQ01760521)
  • Renamed scratchpad registers from scratchpad0 , scratchpad1 etc ... in order to align with firmware naming convention.(SCGCQ01440031)
  • (SCGCQ01664978)
  • Use IOC_INIT frame once driver has verified IOC_INIT frame allocation was successful.(SCGCQ01440720 port of SCGCQ01430747)
  • Driver should go through stream detection logic after it's finalized which path(fastpath vs non fastpath) IO will go through.(SCGCQ01483730 port of SCGCQ01468189)
  • XenServer 7.3 OS support- MR 7.6.(SCGCQ01594134 port of SCGCQ01554012)
  • Divert FastPath IO with Chain frame to Firmware path.(SCGCQ01598186 port of SCGCQ01593175)
  • expose fw_outstanding and drv_outstanding variables to the OS level sys interface.(SCGCQ01475068 port of SCGCQ01019663)
  • Driver should go through stream detection logic after it's finalized which path(fastpath vs non fastpath) IO will go through.(SCGCQ01542421 port of SCGCQ01468189)
  • expose fw_outstanding and drv_outstanding variables to the OS level sys interface.(SCGCQ01542422 port of SCGCQ01019663)
  • After a kill adpater, megasas_wait_for_adapter_operational waits for almost 360seconds before bailing out.(SCGCQ01619441 port of SCGCQ01615239)
  • Setup IRQs only after Reply descriptors are allocated.(SCGCQ01542423 port of SCGCQ01506133)
  • MR: Remove trace kernel RPMs from SUSE SLES11 SP4 driver iso images.(SCGCQ01594109 port of SCGCQ01563428)
  • megasas_get_target_prop failing after OCR completed.(SCGCQ01619439 port of SCGCQ01607430)
  • NVMe Task Management - Controller Reset Support (MegaRAID).(SCGCQ01592015 port of SCGCQ01545040)
  • Updated OEL6_UEK and OEL7_UEK buildkit.(SCGCQ01443432 port of SCGCQ01439776)
  • Use IOC_INIT frame once driver has verified IOC_INIT frame allocation was successful.(SCGCQ01449786 port of SCGCQ01430747)
  • Use pci_{alloc/free}_irq_vectors for >=4.12 kernels.(SCGCQ01449816 port of SCGCQ01442784)
  • Setup IRQs only after Reply descriptors are allocated.(SCGCQ01514459 port of SCGCQ01506133)
  • Driver will use 64 bit request descriptor for sending IO to Ventura firmware.(SCGCQ01523087 port of SCGCQ01514452)
  • Increased JBOD FPIO timeout by 1 sec to workaround hardware bug which causes timeout 1 sec earlier than provided timeout value.(SCGCQ01542419 port of SCGCQ01449957)

EnhancementRequests (23)

  • Use pci_{alloc/free}_irq_vectors for >=4.12 kernels.(SCGCQ01442784)
  • Few officially unsupported PCI IDs are removed from MR7.7 driver code.(SCGCQ01598587)
  • XenServer 7.4 OS support - MR 7.7.(SCGCQ01628129)
  • Increased JBOD FPIO timeout by 1 sec to workaround hardware bug which causes timeout 1 sec earlier than provided timeout value.(SCGCQ01449957)
  • Rebase inbox megaraid_sas driver to inhouse to reduce two different code base for maintenance.(SCGCQ01578030)
  • MR_Aero: Create timer based thread in MR drivers to detect firmware FAULT.(SCGCQ01157766)
  • Remove UpdateIoMetric and hence adapter level spinlock from IO path(SCGCQ01522127)
  • Create cpu to msix table for kernel provided PCI_IRQ_AFFINITY (>=4.12 kernel).(SCGCQ01598134)
  • OS driver support for Oracle Linux 7.5 - MR 7.7.(SCGCQ01586106)
  • OS Driver Support for Ubuntu 18.04- MR 7.7.(SCGCQ01586128)
  • Support RHEL7.5 GCA (3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64).(SCGCQ01586135)
  • Early detection of faulty controller.(SCGCQ01599562)
  • Change attribution language from Avago to Broadcom and update copyright end year.(SCGCQ01753095)
  • Offload R5/R6 division to driver.(SCGCQ01513544)
  • Update Linux Driver BST scripts and wrapper.(SCGCQ01529349)
  • Marlin support is added to drivers.(SCGCQ01440724)
  • Remove support for RHEL7.1, OEL7.2 and SLES12.(SCGCQ01449982)
  • Optimize code around (raid context) in IO path.(SCGCQ01598187)
  • Removed support of RHEL7.1, SLES12 and OEL7.2.(SCGCQ01600475)
  • FW OCR Debug Mechanism - triggerSnapDump.(SCGCQ01520447)
  • Set SLD bit in RAID map when "enableSLDOnAllRWIOs" is enabled.(SCGCQ01715619)
  • Revert code changes related to iMR performance throttling.(SCGCQ01749962)
  • Revert changes added in driver to divert FastPath IO with Chain frame.(SCGCQ01752939)

Note: See the change history file for more information.

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Modified date:
14 April 2021

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