cachepc-linux

Fork of AMDESE/linux with modifications for CachePC side-channel attack
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      1IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
      2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      3
      4        5.00.01  - Sarasota ( 5i ) adapters must always be scanned first  
      5                 - Get rid on IOCTL_NEW_COMMAND code  
      6                 - Add Extended DCDB Commands for Tape Support in 5I                  
      7        
      8        4.90.11  - Don't actually RESET unless it's physically required
      9                 - Remove unused compile options
     10        
     11        4.90.08  - Data Corruption if First Scatter Gather Element is > 64K
     12        
     13        4.90.08  - Increase Delays in Flashing ( Trombone Only - 4H )        
     14        
     15        4.90.05  - Use New PCI Architecture to facilitate Hot Plug Development
     16        
     17        4.90.01  - Add ServeRAID Version Checking
     18
     19        4.80.26  - Clean up potential code problems ( Arjan's recommendations )
     20        
     21        4.80.21  - Change memcpy() to copy_to_user() in NVRAM Page 5 IOCTL path   
     22        
     23        4.80.20  - Set max_sectors in Scsi_Host structure ( if >= 2.4.7 kernel )
     24                 - 5 second delay needed after resetting an i960 adapter
     25        
     26        4.80.14  - Take all semaphores off stack                    
     27                 - Clean Up New_IOCTL path
     28                   
     29        4.80.04  - Eliminate calls to strtok() if 2.4.x or greater 
     30                 - Adjustments to Device Queue Depth               
     31
     32        4.80.00  - Make ia64 Safe    
     33        
     34        4.72.01  - I/O Mapped Memory release ( so "insmod ips" does not Fail )    
     35                 - Don't Issue Internal FFDC Command if there are Active Commands 
     36                 - Close Window for getting too many IOCTL's active 
     37                   
     38        4.72.00  - Allow for a Scatter-Gather Element to exceed MAX_XFER Size     
     39        
     40        4.71.00  - Change all memory allocations to not use GFP_DMA flag 
     41                 - Code Clean-Up for 2.4.x kernel      
     42        
     43        4.70.15  - Fix Breakup for very large ( non-SG ) requests
     44        
     45        4.70.13  - Don't release HA Lock in ips_next() until SC taken off queue  
     46                 - Unregister SCSI device in ips_release()                        
     47                 - Don't Send CDB's if we already know the device is not present  
     48                 
     49        4.70.12  - Corrective actions for bad controller ( during initialization )
     50        
     51        4.70.09  - Use a Common ( Large Buffer ) for Flashing from the JCRM CD    
     52                 - Add IPSSEND Flash Support                                      
     53                 - Set Sense Data for Unknown SCSI Command                        
     54                 - Use Slot Number from NVRAM Page 5 
     55                 - Restore caller's DCDB Structure
     56                                       
     57        4.20.14  - Update patch files for kernel 2.4.0-test5
     58
     59        4.20.13  - Fix some failure cases / reset code
     60                 - Hook into the reboot_notifier to flush the controller
     61                   cache
     62
     63        4.20.03 - Rename version to coincide with new release schedules
     64                - Performance fixes
     65                - Fix truncation of /proc files with cat
     66                - Merge in changes through kernel 2.4.0test1ac21
     67
     68        4.10.13 - Fix for dynamic unload and proc file system
     69
     70        4.10.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4M/4L
     71
     72        4.00.06 - Fix timeout with initial FFDC command
     73
     74        4.00.05 - Remove wish_block from init routine
     75                - Use linux/spinlock.h instead of asm/spinlock.h for kernels
     76                  2.3.18 and later
     77                - Sync with other changes from the 2.3 kernels
     78
     79        4.00.04 - Rename structures/constants to be prefixed with IPS_
     80
     81        4.00.03 - Add alternative passthru interface
     82                - Add ability to flash ServeRAID BIOS
     83
     84        4.00.02 - Fix problem with PT DCDB with no buffer
     85
     86        4.00.01 - Add support for First Failure Data Capture
     87
     88        4.00.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4
     89
     90        3.60.02 - Make DCDB direction based on lookup table.
     91                - Only allow one DCDB command to a SCSI ID at a time.
     92
     93        3.60.01 - Remove bogus error check in passthru routine.
     94
     95        3.60.00 - Bump max commands to 128 for use with ServeRAID
     96                  firmware 3.60.
     97                - Change version to 3.60 to coincide with ServeRAID release
     98                  numbering.
     99
    100        1.00.00 - Initial Public Release
    101                - Functionally equivalent to 0.99.05
    102
    103        0.99.05 - Fix an oops on certain passthru commands
    104
    105        0.99.04 - Fix race condition in the passthru mechanism
    106                  -- this required the interface to the utilities to change
    107                - Fix error recovery code
    108
    109        0.99.03 - Make interrupt routine handle all completed request on the
    110                  adapter not just the first one
    111                - Make sure passthru commands get woken up if we run out of
    112                  SCBs
    113                - Send all of the commands on the queue at once rather than
    114                  one at a time since the card will support it.
    115
    116        0.99.02 - Added some additional debug statements to print out
    117                  errors if an error occurs while trying to read/write
    118                  to a logical drive (IPS_DEBUG).
    119
    120                - Fixed read/write errors when the adapter is using an
    121                  8K stripe size.
    122