# changelog

author: Chad Dupuis <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 3.0-1
changelog:
  - Initial version that works with inbox fibre channel drivers only
    (Severity: Critical)
  - Fix grep statement that parses /sys/block for sd devices in lssd
    (Severity: Minor)
  - Add support for five character device names in lssd (Severity: Minor)
  - Fix parsing of sdsd* devices in lssd


author: Chad Dupuis <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 3.1-1
changelog:
  - Added support for Brocade HBAs (Severity: Medium)
  - Added support for getting WWN from MSA2xxx devices in scsi_info


author: Kumar Rahul<Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 3.2-5
changelog:
  - Removed installation check for kernel 2.6 and addded Installation check for Rhel5.3 and SLES10 SP3 onwards


author: Shreya Roy Chowdhury<Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 3.2-6
changelog:
  - Corrected Link state display information for Qlogic Adapters
  - Added MSA G3 support in Scsi_info.h


author: Emulex Automated Build User
changelog:
  - Initial RPM release
  - Changed version number to 6.4.9.2
  - Added libdfc 4.2.25
  - Added libdfc 3.2.23
  - Added libemulexhbaapi 2.3.b
  - Added libemsdm.so 1.1


author: Emulex Automated Build User
changelog:
  - Changed version number to 6.4.10.2
  - Fixed Bug 144987: Updated release string on RHEL 6
  - Fixed Bug 145311: Improved Requires and Provides tag entries


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com>
changelog:
  v6.02 build4:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement 
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Add 32bit SerDes Register read/write support
  Introduced: v6.02 build4
  Impact: HW: ISP8044
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC

  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement 
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Allow FCoE context reset for ISP8044 after NVRAM update
  Introduced: v6.02 build4
  Impact: HW: ISP8044
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC

  Defect/Enhancement: Defect
  Problem: Targets are not visible if Lun 0 is not present
  Solution: Find first valid LUN found and send SCSI comands on it
  Introduced: v6.02 build2
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com>
changelog:
  v6.02 build7:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement 
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Add ECHO ELS support
  Introduced: v6.02 build7
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE

  Defect/Enhancement: Defect
  Problem: Additional data sent in get statistics
  Solution: Removed invalid code from get statistics
  Introduced: v6.00 build2
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com>
changelog:
  v6.02 build9:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Defect
  Problem: Get statistics failing on RHEL5/SLES10
  Solution: Use min data size for statistics required by driver
  Introduced: v6.00 build7
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com>
changelog:
  v6.02 build12:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Defect
  Problem: CT Ping failing in ESXi 5.0/5.1
  Solution: Corrected code to get valid topology
  Introduced: v6.00 build10
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE

  v6.02 build11:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Defect
  Problem: Lun persistent names failing on RHEL7
  Solution: Use ATTR(S){} or SYSFS{} in udev rules based on udev version
  Introduced: v5.00 build6
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE

  v6.02 build10:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement 
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Add D-Port Diagnosic info support
  Introduced: v6.02 build10
  Impact: HW: ISP2031, ISP8031
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com>
changelog:
  v6.02 build13:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement 
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Add Fabric Priority support for ESXi
  Introduced: v6.02 build13
  Impact: HW: ISP2031, ISP8031
  	OS: VMware ESXi 5.1
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com>
changelog:
  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Add supported list of adapters in Provides section 
  Introduced: N/A
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com>
changelog:
  v6.03 build1:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Added ISP2071 and ISP2271 support
  Introduced: v6.03 build1
  Impact: HW: ISP2071 and ISP2271 based adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com>
changelog:
  v6.03 build3:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Defect
  Problem: HBA_GetFcpTargetMapping fails for LUN number > 256
  Solution: Honor LUN addressing method while reading LUN numbers for
  	  HBA_GetFcpTargetMapping API with LUN numbers > 256
  Introduced: Day One
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE

  Defect/Enhancement: Defect
  Problem: HBA_SendScsiInquiry and HBA_SendReadCapacity fails
  	 for LUN number > 256
  Solution: Use SAM-2 LUN addressing for HBA_SendScsiInquiry and
  	  HBA_SendReadCapacity SNIA APIs for LUN numbers > 256
  Introduced: Day One
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com>
changelog:
  v6.03 build10:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Defect
  Problem: Access denied messages seen on VMware ESXi 5.1
  Solution: Block get shared database count API for ESXi
  Introduced: Day One
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: VMware ESXi 5.1
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE

  Defect/Enhancement: Defect
  Problem: SDGetQoS API succeeds even if QoS region is not
  	 present in the flash
  Solution: Add QoS region check in SDGetQoS API
  Introduced: v6.02 build13
  Impact: HW: ISP2031, ISP8031, ISP2071, ISP2271
  	OS: VMware ESXi 5.1
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE

  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Added ISP2261 support
  Introduced: v6.03 build10
  Impact: HW: ISP2261 based adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC

  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Add MPI and PEP versions for 27xx adapters
  Introduced: v6.03 build10
  Impact: HW: ISP2071, ISP2271, ISP2261
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com>
changelog:
  v6.04 build3:
  -------------
  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Add ppc64le (64-bit little endian PowerPC) API support
  Introduced: N/A
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE

  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Add Online Flash update support
  Introduced: v6.04 build1
  Impact: HW: ISP2071, ISP2271, ISP2261
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC

  Defect/Enhancement: Enhancement
  Problem: N/A
  Solution: Add Smart SAN API support
  Introduced: v6.04 build2
  Impact: HW: All adapters
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC, FCoE

  Defect/Enhancement: Defect
  Problem: Flash update fails if online flash update feature is disabled
  	 or not supported by QLogic applications
  Solution: Allow flash update if online flash update feature is disabled
  	  or not supported by QLogic applications
  Introduced: v6.04 build1
  Impact: HW: ISP2071, ISP2271, ISP2261
  	OS: All supported Linux flavors
  	Protocol: FC


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.3.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - hpasmlited now supports long IML messages. 
  - Added "show powermeter" command in hpasmcli. It shows the aggregate power consumption of the server. 

  - FIXES
  - Fixed the following issues: 
         1.hpasmcli -s "show server" command showed the L2 and L3 cache information incorrectly on multi processor systems. 
         2.hpasmcli showed incorrect fan numbers on HP ProLiant G6 servers. 
         3.hpasmxld segmentation fault when the HP Integrated Lights Out 2 (iLO 2)  broadcast storm occurs.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.3.1
changelog:
  - FIXES
  - Fixed hp-health daemon to prevent soft lockups from occurring when the HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) controller becomes un  responsive due to network storm.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.3.2
changelog:
  - FIXES
  - Fixed a problem where if ambient temperature is very low, hpasmlited can incorrectly determine the system is over a tempera  ture threshold and improperly shut the system down.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.4.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Added support for Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3). 
  - Added 'SHOW SEL' option in hpasmcli to display the System Event Log (SEL) contents on HP ProLiant 100 series servers. 
  - Updated libcpqci.so, which take advantage of upstream changes to hpilo, to provide better performance to applications, such  as SNMP agents like cmasm2d from hp-snmp-agents. 
  - Added 64-bit hpbootcfg utility.

  - FIXES
  - The Intel processor hyperthreading configuration can be enabled and disabled using hpasmcli on HP ProLiant G6 servers. 
  - Fix POSIX-compliancy issue with initscript. 
  - Avoid sending a SIGKILL to the health daemon, preventing ASRs that may occur on platforms (e.g. DL785) where hp-health shu   tdowns may take an extended amount of time.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.5.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Split Advanced Server Recovery functionality into standalone hp-asrd service. For more information, execute 'man hp-asrd'.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.7.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - hpasm interface redesigned to use sockets in order to remove timeout related issues caused by message queue interface when   the system is in stress.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 10.0.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Added support for HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.

  - FIXES
  - HP Health may skip few lengthy POST error messages due to limitation of IPMI packet.


author: Sivakumar A <sivakumar.alagumalai@hp.com> 4.2.0-0
changelog:
  - v4.2.0 is mainly targeted for iLO4 1.30, iLO3 1.60 and iLO2 2.20
  - Created 32 bit and 64 bit RPM Packages to load shared library from hp-helth agent as libcpqci.so (in case of 32bit OS) and libcpqci64.so (in case of 64bit OS)


author: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 7.1.0
changelog:
  - Improved trust mode during upgrade
   - Fixed group configuration management during Replicate Agents Settings (Severity: Serious)
   - Improved SMH service management
   - Fixed PHP files to avoid crash (Severity: Serious)
   - Improved webapp configuration files
   - Fixed SMH supporting DLLs to avoid version conflicts (Severity: Serious)
   - updated properties of SMH setup file
   - Updated secured handling of HTTP response
   - Updated Libxml2 to version 2.7.8
   - Updated PHP to version 5.3.10
   - Updated Curl library to version 7.24.0
   - Updated OpenSSL to version 1.0.0h
   - Updated SMH service runs with managed privileges
   - Enable support of Windows 2008 R2 Sp1 - Server Core
   - Enable support of Windows Server 8 (Beta)
   - Enable support of Windows Multipoint Server 2011 for x64
   - Enable support of Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 for x64, Standard and Essentials
   - Updated usability of IP restrictions with SMH Command Line Interface
   - Updated information provided on webapp availability & loading statistics
   - Added support for Firefox 9.0 & 10.0

   * Thu Oct 13 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 7.0.0
   - Fixed SMH improperly displayed an invalid certificate warning when restarted, even on a fresh install. (Severity: Medium)
   - Added a command line option to modify the local and state information in the SMH PKCS (Public-Key Cryptography Standards) data
   - Added secured handling of HTTP request and response
   - Added support for Firefox 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and Internet Explorer 9.0
   - clarified the log messages
   - Improved handling of command Line Interface options
   - Improved handling of IP fields
   - Improved handling of memory resources
   - Improved handling of revoked trusted certificate
   - Improved handling of SMH configuration file and settings
   - Improved CLI options, for easier management of SMH configurations
   - Updated the HTTP links
   - Updated Apache to version 2.2.21
   - Updated Curl library to version 7.21.7
   - Updated OpenSSL to version 1.0.0e
   - Updated PHP to version 5.3.8


author: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 7.1.1
changelog:
  - On some Non-English Windows Operating Systems, user is not able to login into SMH 7.1.0. This version will solve this problem (Severity: Critical)
   - Improved security features of PHP (Severity: Critical)


author: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 7.1.2
changelog:
  - Improved security features
   - Improved logging on few Operating Systems
   - Enable support of Red Hat Client 5.8
   - Updated OpenSSL to version 1.0.1c (Severity: Critical)
   - Updated PHP to version 5.3.14 (Severity: Critical)
   - Improvement in RPM packaging


author: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 7.2.0
changelog:
  - Updated Apache to version 2.4.3 (Severity: Critical)
   - Improved logging on few Operating Systems
   - Improvement in Certificate management
   - Added support for Firefox ESR 17.0 and Internet Explorer 10.0
   - Enable support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol 1.1 / 1.2
   - Improved User Interface for Online Help
   - Improved CLI options for easier management of SMH configurations
   - Secured handling of HTTP communication


author: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 7.2.2
changelog:
  - Updated PHP to version 5.4.11
   - Updated Curl to version 7.28.1
   - Enable support of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3


author: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 7.3.0
changelog:
  - Enabled Simplified Chinese localization
   - Updated Apache to version 2.4.6
   - Updated Libxml2 to version 2.9.1
   - Updated OpenSSL to version 1.0.1e
   - Updated Curl to version 7.32.0
   - Updated PHP to version 5.5.2
   - Packaged zlib 1.2.8 with SMH


author: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 7.3.1
changelog:
  - Enabled support of 2048 & 4096 bit certificate for Single Sign-On (SSO)
   - Enabled FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) for the CN (Common Name) field in the self-signed certificate & CSR (Certificate Signing Request)


author: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 7.4.0
changelog:
  - Enabled support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 
  - Updated the following components:
    PHP to version php-5.5.13 
    curl to version curl-7.35.0
    openssl to version openssl-1.0.1h
  - Improved SMH to use the system resources efficiently. 
  - SMH Plugin integration is modified. 
  - Enabled Japanese localization in SMH smart component installer
  - removed files related to Namazu
  - removed the checks for ZLIB installation


author: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 7.4.1
changelog:
  - Updated the following components
    PHP to version php-5.5.18
    curl to version curl-7.38.0
    openssl to version openssl-1.0.1j
  - Disabled SSLv3 Protocol
  - SMH is been improvised with respect to security vulnerabilites


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.4.0
changelog:
  - 8.4.0 release (Severity: Medium)
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Added support for Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3)


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 10.0.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Added support for HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.

  - FIXES
  - When SNMP community string is configured as other than public in snmpd.conf file, all the webapp data is now populating in HP System Management Homepage (SMH) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.2.5
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Added support for HP 6GB Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives. 
  - Added support for Intel ICH10 SATA IDE controller. 
  - Added support for HP NC362i Integrated Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter. 
  - Added support for NetXen and HP NC-Series Intel e1000e Driver to send the traps. 
  - Added support for multi-board chassis product name and ID. 
  - Updated cmasm2d polling cycle to reduce system workload. 
  - Added the performance agents (cmaperfd).

  - FIXES
  - Fixed an issue where Linux event daemon reported RAID 1 inconsistency events. 
  - Fixed an issue where cmaidad agents send bad request commands to HP P700m Smart Array controller.
  - Fixed an issue with inconsistent data by setting Monitor and performance data buffers to zero before issuing ioctls to HP S  mart Array B110i SATA raid controller. 
  - Fixed an issue where HP Smart Array B110i SATA raid controller was displayed twice as HP Smart Array B110i SATA raid contro  ller and standard IDE controller. 
  - Fixed an issue where incorrect PCA Part number and system ID details sent in trap email. 
  - Fixed an issue where agent crashed when multiple VLANs are created and link up/down events are generated. 
  - Fixed an issue with displaying HP BL p-Class rack data in the System Management HomePage. 
  - Fixed an issue where cmahealthd sends the 6064 trap correctly when correctable memory errors are occurred. 
  - Fixed an issue where System Management Homepage correctly displays the FB DDR3 DIMM type information. 
  - Fixed an issue on HP ProLiant DL320 G6 server where the 6018 trap is not sent correctly when the temperature sensors are ov  erheated. 
  - Fixed the customer issue to use bond IP while sending traps if bondX is chosen as param in cma.conf.  
  - Fixed problem with cmarackd startup.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.3.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Added new 6069 trap upon AC Power loss. Also, the MIB cpqHeFltTolPowerSupplyErrorCondition will show the error information   if the power supply supports error reporting. 
  - The agents now retrieve the Power supply Serial number from Type 39 SMBIOS record if it is present. 
  - The agents now display the negative temperature readings correctly if it is reported by the temperature sensors. 
  - The cmahostd agent now updates the PowerPIC firmware version information in the cpHoFwVerTable. 
  - Updated the SIM event severity to .informational. after the secure erase is completed. 
  - Added support for HP NC362i Integrated Dual Port. 

  - FIXES
  - The cmapeerd agent logs the error .sendto() failed. to cma.log file. 
  - The DIMM type displayed incorrectly on HP ProLiant BL460c G5. 
  - The cmahealthd agent sent the 6036 trap instead of 6035 trap upon fan failure. 
  - The port numbers displayed incorrectly for HP NC532i Dual Port 10GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter. 
  - The Part Number displayed incorrectly. 
  - The cmanicd crashed after creation of multiple VLAN, disconnect/connect of NIC link. 
  - The System Id displayed incorrectly on the System Management Homepage (SMH). 
  - The blink drive LED feature for HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller. 
  - The embedded Broadcom SATA controller was not detected on System Management Homepage (SMH). 
  - The multipath status was displayed as "unknown" when a drive failed. 
  - The failed logical drive status displayed incorrectly during an array move, expansion or shrink.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.4.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Added support for HP ProLiant  G7 Servers. 
  - Added support for Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO 3). 
  - Included a document called  HP_SNMP_Trap_Guide.txt  that  describes the Linux SNMP trap ID messages generated by the agent 
  - Improvements to distribution identification including more consistent output and increased support for community and region  al   distributions. 
  - Added support for Solid State Drives. 
  - Added support for HP StorageWorks 2000sa Modular Storage Array and HP StorageWorks MSA2012sa/ MSA2312sa/  MSA2324sa when co  nnected to HP SC08Ge Host Bus Adapter.
  - Added support and trap support (link up/down message) for the following HP NC-Series:
       .	HP NC542m Dual Port Flex-10 10GbE BL-c Adapter 
       .	HP StorageWorks CN1000E Dual Port Converged Network Adapter 
       .	HP NC550m Dual Port Flex-10 10GbE BL-c Adapter 
       .	HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter 
       .	HP NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Network Adapter 
       .	HP NC362i Integrated Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter 
       .	HP NC362i Integrated Dual Port BL-c Gigabit Server Adapter 

  - FIXES
  - Modified the 6064 trap implementation to reflect the correct error. 
  - Removed unnecessary information in cmahostd related to bonding driver, in order to improve performance. 
  - Fixed an issue to display the Port number of Physical drives connected to Fiber Channel controller. 
  - Fixed an issue to display Parity group count for RAID 50 and RAID 60 Logical drives. 
  - Modified the script to get the NIC ports details from /sys/class/net. 
  - Fixed an issue where wrong physical address is displayed on SMH, resolution was provided by checking for pcidevice informat  ion instead of subsytem device information.  
  - Fixed an issue where SNMP Alerts/IMA trap were not received by HP SIM. 
  - Fixed an issue where junk characters and misalignment on the console during reboot by adding new line in stop section.  
  - Fixed an issue where Linux SMH shows incorrect bay/port information by adding support for virtual port. 
  - Fixed an issue where cmanicd is filling /var/log/messages via setroublesoot, resolved by modified selinux policy package (H  Pcmanic.pp).


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.5.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Enhanced HP SNMP Agents to retain default permission and ownership of snmpd.conf file.
  - Added support and trap support (link up/down message) for the following HP NC-Series:
         . HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Adapter 
         . HP NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Adapter 
         . HP NC365T 4-port Ethernet Server Adapter 
         . HP NC543i 10Gb 2-port  4X Flex-10  QDR Server Adapter 
         . HP NC553m 10Gb 2 port FlexFabric Converged Network  Adapter 
         . HP NC552m 10Gb 2 port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter 
         . HP NC553i 10Gb 2 port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter 
         . HP NC552SFP 2-port 10Gb Server Adapter 
         . HP StorageWorks CN1000Q Dual Port Converged Network Adapter 
         . HP NC525m 10Gb 2 port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter    

  - FIXES
  - Fixed an issue where unwanted messages getting logged in the cma.log was resolved by removing the fprintf for virtual port. 
  - Fixed an issue where cmanicd leaves trail of zombie lspci processes by modifying lspci usage in port_map.c and redirected o  utput to /dev/null. 
  - Fixed issue not to display driver messages on console for HP B110i Smart Array controller. 
  - Fixed issue on CmaX, which displayed parsing error message on the syslog during agents reboot


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.6.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Added support for the MIBs in the Power Supply Table.
  - Added support for the MIB that specifies the version of Insight Management Agents running on the system.
  - Added support for the HP NC552m 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network adapter.

  - FIXES
  - Addressed the tape drive not being displayed on the SMH on few configurations.
  - Displayed the placement correctly for the failed drive after reboot.
  - On Cmax, net-snmp displayed duplicate registration message on the syslog.
  - Modifications are done in code to support the HP NC542m for which PCIID information is the same for both the ports.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 8.7.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Added support to display "N/A" for non reactive thermal sensors instead of "0" value. 
  - Added support to expose firmware version details for FMP, FPGA and cPLD (XNC) firmware. 
  - Added support to report USB key/SD card information. 
  - Provided greater than 2TB physical disk support for smart array and dumb SATA chipsets. 
  - Added new accelerator error code: "Flash Backed Cache Erasing Flash Memory". 
  - Added Physical Disk Temperature support.


author: HP Linux Development <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 10.0.0
changelog:
  - ENHANCEMENTS
  - Added support for HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers.

  - FIXES
  - cmafcad daemon appears to cause segmentation fault.
  - cmastdeqd daemon appears to cause segmentation fault when removing USB key.


author: Ver:2.40-13.0
changelog:
  - Please refer to online documentation by searching for the 
  "HP Array Configuration Utility CLI" using the search box on
  http://www.hp.com. Then select the Download software link,
  select your operation system. Under the Enhancements tab is a 
  description of the changes. (Severity: Low)


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com> 8.07.00.29.06.0-k1-2
changelog:
  - 8.07.00.29.xx.y-k1
  RHEL7, RHEL6:
  - qla2xxx: Check if the INQ response buffer is > 170 (instead of >=)
  - qla2xxx: Fix invalid offset reference of inquiry response data.
  - qla2xxx: Fix modinfo text for ql2xenabledif and ql2xenabledif_tgt.
  - qla2xxx: set ql2xenabledif_tgt enabled by default.
  - qla2xxx: Handle INQ data changed check condition.
  - qla2xxx: Fix for issue where the scsi status was getting overwritten.
  - qla2xxx: Fail module load on user config errors.
  - qla2xxx: Check for success of INQ response before parsing.
  - qla2xxx: Check for INQ response validity before parsing the response.
  - qla2xxx: Control the vendor T10 DIF feature via ql2xenabledif_tgt module parameter.
  - qla2xxx: Mark DIF errors from target as re-tryable errors.
  - qla2xxx: Do not turn off T10 DIF on a port reset.
  - qla2xxx: Remove DIX0 registration with SCSI.
  - qla2xxx: Add routines to get LBA from the SCSI CDB.
  - qla2xxx: Enable T10 DIF for reads as well.
  - qla2xxx: Enable SCSI T10 DIF registration during driver probe.
  - qla2xxx: Initial check-in for vendor T10 DIF.

  - 8.07.00.29.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS65, XS6:
  - extras: Script for extracting all logs/debugs from driver source
  - qla2xxx: Defer marking device lost when receiving an RSCN.
  - qla2xxx: Convert stray printk's in qla_nx.c to ql_log's.
  - qla2xxx: Allow fw to hold status before sending ABTS response.
  - qla2xxx: Seed init-cb login timeout from nvram exclusively.
  - qla2xxx: Remove unneeded link offline message.
  - qla2xxx: Fix couple of small typos in qla2xxx module code.
  - qla2xxx: Qualify ELS RDP mapping for ISP25xx and ISP26xx only.
  - qla2xxx: Restructure RDP routine to handle failure cases.
  - qla2xxx: Reduce multiple FDMI routines into a single routine.
  - qla2xxx: Simplify debug prints of wwnn, wwpn, and port id.
  RHEL7, SLES12:
  - qla2xxx: Avoid asynchronous abort requests.

  - 8.07.00.28.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS65, XS6:
  - qla2xxx: Fix endianess of fdmi smartsan security support field.
  RHEL7:
  - qla2xxx: Reduce target mode performance hit in ISR.

  - 8.07.00.27.xx.y-k
  RHEL7:
  - qla2xxx: Avoid crossing initiator/target modes during AEN handling.

  - 8.07.00.26.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Set smartsan security support to 1.
  - qla2xxx: Add support for ISP2271.
  - qla2xxx: Fix missing device login retries.
  - qla2xxx: do not clear slot in outstanding cmd array.

  - 8.07.00.25.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Remove decrement of sp reference count in abort handler.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - extras: Fix whitespace in .sh files.

  - 8.07.00.24.xx.y-k0
  RHEL5
  - Update 24xx/25xx firmware to version 8.01.00.

  - 8.07.00.24.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Do not crash system for sp ref count zero.
  - qla2xxx: Do not reset adapter if SRB handle is in range.
  - qla2xxx: Don't reset ISP when error entry with out of range handle.
  - qla2xxx: Add support for MPI and PEP FW version for ISP 27xx.

  - 8.07.00.23.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Fix RPD response missing fabric name
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: fix porting changes for SmartSAN
  RHEL5:
  - qla2xxx: Fix Link Service Request payload word 0.
  - qla2xxx: Cleanup and Silence unnecessary PUREX/RDP printouts.

  - 8.07.00.22.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Allow RPRT to work with all switches (mgmt srvr loopid).
  - qla2xxx: Use physical port for sending RPRT command.
  - qla2xxx: Use correct macro for SFP flags.
  - qla2xxx: Add adapter checks for FAWWN functionality.
  - qla2xxx: Update default Hostname.
  RHEL5:
  - qla2xxx: Corrections to FDMI registering routines.
  - qla2xxx: Corrections to FDMI processing routines.
  - qla2xxx: Corrections ro PUREX/RDP proessing.

  - 8.07.00.21.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: additional fdmi_register() attempt.
  - qla2xxx: Fix missing SFP flags from RDP Payload.
  - qla2xxx: driver fails to detect 4G adapters.
  - qla2xxx: Pause risc before manipulating risc semaphore.
  - qla2xxx: Use ssdid to gate semaphore manipulation.
  - qla2xxx: Handle AEN8014 incoming port logout.
  - qla2xxx: Add serdes register read/write sysfs support for ISP25xx.

  - 8.07.00.20.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Trigger FDMI registration for RPRT.
  - qla2xxx: Remove SmartSAN attributes from the RDP payload.
  - qla2xxx: Allow FDMI Hostname registration during boot.
  - qla2xxx: Updated Active FC4 port type.

  - 8.07.00.19.xx.y-k
  RHEL7.x, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - qla2xxx: FDMI RDP command support.
  - qla2xxx: Support for FDMI Smart SAN Mamangement commands
  UEK2:
  - qla2xxx: Fix wrongly report "PCI EEH busy" when get_thermal_temp.

  - 8.07.00.18.xx.y-k
  RHEL7.x, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Fix virtual port configuration, when switch port is disabled/enabled.
  - qla2xxx: Prevent multiple firmware dump collection for ISP27XX.
  - qla2xxx: Add serdes read/write support for ISP27XX
  - qla2xxx: Don't reset ISP when we receive an error entry with an out of range handle.
  - qla2xxx: Do not crash system for sp ref count zero
  RHEL7.x, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Restore physical port WWPN only, when port down detected for FA-WWPN port.
  - qla2xxx: Disable Interrupt handshake for ISP27XX.
  - qla2xxx: Add debugging info for MBX timeout.
  - qla2xxx: Do not reset adapter if SRB handle is in range.
  RHEL7.x, SLES12, XS 6.5:
  - qla2xxx: Add support for Legacy and MSI interrupt modes.
  RHEL7.x:
  - qla2xxx: Fix compiler issue for FC_PORTSPEED_32GBIT on RHEL 7.1


  - 8.07.00.17.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - Add udev notification to save fw dump for ISP27XX.
  - Add message for sucessful FW dump collected for ISP27XX.
  - Add fix for beacon for ISP27XX.
  - Increase the wait time for firmware to be ready for P3P.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - Disable FCE and FET tracing for ISP27XXX.
  - Add support to load firmware from file for ISP 26XX/27XX. 
  RHEL7, SLES12, XS 6.5:
  - Fix crash due to wrong casting of reg for ISP27XX.

  - 8.07.00.16.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - Mark port lost when we receive an RSCN for it.
  - Disable PCI device in shutdown handler.
  - Fail adapter initialization on load ram failure.
  - Move warning message to debug level.
  - Restore WWPN from flash when cable pulled for FA-WWPN port.

  - 8.07.00.15.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Restore WWPN in case of Loop Dead.
  - Honor FCP_RSP retry delay timer field.
  - Add missing ISP27xx checks to optrom code.
  - Force use of mailbox interface for flash access commands for ISP27xx.
  - Fix mismatch is checks to free sysfs nodes.
  - Disable laser for ISP2031 while unloading driver.
  - Enable DPORT using NVRAM parameters.
  RHEL5:
  - Disable FDMI by default.
  - Fix FW dump issue for ISP82XX. 
  - Add 25xx firmware version 7.05.00.

  - 8.07.00.14.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Add fix in driver unload for pending activity.
  - Allow user to change ql2xfdmienable value.
  - Declaration error cause stack corruption.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Fix duplicate log message ID.
  - Fix driver version string message.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, XS:
  - Unload of qla2xxx driver crashes the machine.
  RHEL5:
  - Enable FDMI by default. 
  - Add 24xx/25xx firmware version 7.04.00.

  - 8.07.00.13.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Remove restriction on starting remote device discovery on port update.
  - Allow nvram bit to enable FA-WWN.
  - Allow nvram bit to enable D-PORT.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Move mailbox failure messages to a default debug level.

  - 8.07.00.12.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Correction to FA-WWN for un-acquiring portname.
  - Add scatter/gather table size module parameter.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Add ql2xasynclogin module parameter.
  RHEL5:
  - For netlink response use respective sender's unique pid.

  - 8.07.00.11.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Fix incorrect debug printk.
  - Add D-Port functionality.
  - Add FA-WWN functionality.
  - Add FDMI-2 functionality.
  - ISPFx00 unexpected resets during adapter boot sequence.
  - Incorrect linked list semantic in qlafx00_get_fcport().
  - Add unknown parameter error handling to build.sh.

  - 8.07.00.10.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Fix potential return count bug in qla2xxx_get_vpd_field().
  - ISPFX00 avoid writing semaphore register in request_irqs().
  - ISP27xx fwdump template error print simplification.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - ISP25xx multiqueue shadow register crash fix.
  - Correction of debug level in mailbox command print 0x1111.

  - 8.07.00.09.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Enable fast flash access for ISP83xx.
  - Do logins from chip reset in DPC thread instead of error handler thread.
  - Remove wait for online from host reset handler.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - ISP27xx fwdump add tests for incomplete template.
  - ISP27xx fwdump optimize template entry table lookup.
  - ISP27xx fwdump add template entry T275 (insert buffer).
  - ISP27xx fwdump template remove high frequency debug logs.
  - ISP27xx fwdump template fix insertbuf() routine.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Add endianizer to T10 PI max_payload_size modifier.
  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Allow ELS commands with variable size command/data.
  RHEL5:
  - Add 24xx/25xx firmware 7.03.00.

  - 8.07.00.08.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Add MBC option for fast SFP data access.
  - Remove ISP8044 from pci table.
  - Revert "Change default capture to firmware defined capture mask".
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Remove mapped vp index iterator macro dead code.
  RHEL5:
  - Add shutdown callback handler.

  - 8.07.00.07.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Check the QLA8044_CRB_DRV_ACTIVE_INDEX register when we are not the owner of the reset.
  - Reduce the time we wait for a command to complete during SCSI error handling.
  - Delay driver unload if there is any pending activity going on.
  - Don't check for firmware hung during the reset context for ISP82xx.
  - Fix beacon blink logic for ISP26xx/83xx.
  - Add mention of RHEL7 and SLES11.3 in README.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - ISP27xx firmware dump template spec updates (including T274).
  - ISP27xx queue index shadow registers.
  - Fix ISPFx00 not displaying the correct FW version after FW update through sysfs Interface.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Clear loop_id for ports that are marked lost during fabric scanning.
  - Fixup looking for a space in the outstanding_cmds array in qla2x00_alloc_iocbs().

  - 8.07.00.06.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Avoid escalating the SCSI error handler if the command is not found in firmware.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Change default capture to firmware defined capture mask.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Adjust adapter reset routine to the changes in firmware specification for ISPFx00.

  - 8.07.00.05.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, XS:
  - Add #if around printk_ratelimit to fix build issue on RHEL 6.
  - Add 'sparse_endian' command line option to build.sh
  - Fix build errors related to invalid print fields on some architectures.
  - Poll during initialization for ISP25xx and ISP83xx.
  - Add target mode definitions [SLES 11 SP3 specific].
  - ISP8044 ipmdio bus timeout improvement.
  - Remove configure VFs mailbox command call.
  - Use proper log message for flash lock failed error for ISP82XX.
  - IOCB data should be copied to I/O mem using memcpy_toio.

  - 8.07.00.04.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, Citrix:
  - Add sparse command line option.
  - Add 8044 serdes bsg interface.
  - Correction to 27xx template entry types 256 and 258.
  - Track the process when the ROM_LOCK failure happens.
  - Introduce fw_dump_flag to track fw dump progress.
  - Remove unnecessary code from qlafx00_intr_handler.
  - Enable fw_dump_size for 8044.
  - Update entry type 270 to match spec update for 27xx.
  - Change copyright year to 2014 in all the source files.
  - Remove unnecessary delays from fw dump code path.
  - Use jiffies instead of time.
  - Decrease pci access for response queue processing for ISPFX00.
  - Use proper log message for flash lock failed error.
  - Include <delay.h> file for msleep declaration in qla_nx2.c.
  - Correct the port no assignment for ISP82XX.
  RHEL5:
  - Add 24xx/25xx/81xx/83xx FC and FCoE Firmware 7.02.00.
  - IOCB data should be copied to I/O memory using memcpy_toio().
  - Use the physical port for all loopback operations.

  - 8.07.00.03.xx.y-k
  RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, UEK, Citrix:
  - Wait for reset completion without lock for ISPFX00.
  - Add pci device id 0x2271.
  - Add pci device id 0x2071.
  - Fix Task Management command asynchronous handling
  - Add IOCB Abort command asynchronous handling
  - Do not schedule reset when one is already active when receiving an invalid status handle.
  - Add and use 32Gbps FC-GS definitions.
  - Correct operations for ISP27xx template types 270 and 271.
  - Fix sparse warnings in qla_mr.c
  - Allow 83XX and 27XX both to write req_q_out register.
  - Correct 83xx/27xx mislogic in setting out_mb in qla25xx_init_req_que().
  - Check for peg alive counter and clear any outstanding mailbox command.
  - Log when device state is moved to failed state.
  - Issue abort command for outstanding commands during cleanup when only firmware is alive.
  - Support of new Helga minidump opcodes QLA8044_RDDFE(38), QLA8044_RDMDIO(39),QLA8044_POLLWR(40).
  - Allow the next firmware dump if the previous dump capture fails for ISP8044.
  - Add build.sh commandline option help/description to README file.

  - 8.07.00.02.xx.y-k
  RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, UEK, Citrix:
  - Allow ISP83xx and ISP27xx to use read/write remote register.

  - 8.07.00.01.xx.y-k
  RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, UEK, UEK2/R3, Citrix:
  - Remove pci device id ISP2071.

  - 8.07.00.00.xx.y-k
  RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, UEK, Citrix:
  - Add support for ISP2701.
  - Remove Marker type IOCB logic for ISPFX00.
  - Add changes in the IOCB structures to adjust driver source codes to ISPFX00 firmware spec
  - Add BE support for ISPFX00.
  - Avoid poisoining in the response queue for ISPFX00.
  - Simplyfy the ISPFX00 interrupt handler code for ISPFX00.
  - Optimize the response queue processing for ISPFX00.
  RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix:
  - Remove ISP_ABORT_NEEDED and ISP_ABORT_RETRY checks from watchdog function for Helga.
  - Read capture firmware dump on mailbox timeout for ISP8044 and ISP82XX.
  UEK2/R3:
  - Clear drv active before removing the host.
  - Wait for reset completion without lock for ISPFX00.

  - 8.06.00.13.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Add mutex around optrom calls to serialize accesses.
  - Add handling for boot indication progress AENs
  - Replace constant value for IOCTL IOCB abort execution status with a macro.
  - Enable the Flash Access Control (FAC) mailbox command.
  - Use proper message for Non owner reset ACK Timeout.
  - Remove init control block related dead code for ISPFX00.
  - Select correct request queue for error type IOCB for ISPFX00.
  - The file README.qla2xxx does not mention SLES11.3 (or later).
  - Fix warning reported by smatch.
  - Properly handle 32 bit mailbox register for ISPFX00.
  - Set host can_queue value based on available resources.

  - 8.06.00.12.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Assign the correct pointer to the sp->ctx in abort context for ISPFx00 (BZ8627).
  - Obtain adapter model description from vpd (SLES10 only) (ER105124).
  - Use scnprintf() instead of snprintf() in the sysfs handlers.
  - Only complete dcbx_comp and lb_portup_comp for virtual port index 0.
  - Reset nic_core_reset_owner on moving from COLD to READY for ISP8044 (ER111788).
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Remove entry in outstanding_cmds array if we fail to abort a request."
  - QLAFX00 Replace a constant with a macro definition for host->canqueue assigmnment.

  - 8.06.00.11.xx.y-k (RHEL5 only)
  - Iterate the correct list for remote port removal.
  - Honor FCPORT_UPDATE_NEEDED dpc flag for all ISPs.
  - Don't set NPIV_CONFIG_NEEDED and RELOGIN_NEEDED flag for ISPFX00.

  - 8.06.00.10.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix):
  - Remove entry in outstanding_cmds array if we fail to abort a request.
  - Clear RISC INT reg only for an event and not always while polling.
  - Fix undefined behavior in call to snprintf().

  RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, Citrix:
  - Add BSG interface for read/write serdes register.
  - Fix request queue null dereference.
  - Disable adapter when we encounter a PCI disconnect..
  - Refactor shutdown code so some functionality can be reused.
  - QLAFX00 Fix issue with not displaying node name after system reboot.
  - Add changes to obtain ISPFX00 adapters product information.
  - Add IOCTL command abort logic for ISPFX00.

  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Add netlink interface for read/write serdes register.
  - Fix udev fwdump rules.

  RHEL5:
  - Update 8G and 4G firmware to version 7.01.00.

  README:
  - Updated for builing kernel with out-of-box driver for Boot-from-SAN.
  - Updated for building ramdisk with rpm driver for Citrix Boot-from-SAN.

  - 8.06.00.09.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Honor execute firmware failures.
  - Add BPM support for 25xx.
  - Disable INTx interrupt for ISP82XX.
  - Correctly set mailboxes for extended init control block.
  - Duplicate luns instantiated after doing ISP reset.
  - Don't consider the drivers knocked out of IDC participation for future reset recovery process.
  - Change message displaying fcport pointer to port id.
  - Fix the sparse C=2 warnings for ISP8044.
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Capture firmware dump on mailbox timeout for ISP8044 and ISP82XX."
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Ramp down queue depth for attached SCSI devices when driver resources are low."
  - Print proper QLAFX00 product name at probe.
  - Fix compile warnings in qlafx00_build_scsi_iocbs() on BE platforms.
  - Unloading driver crashes server due to not freeing sp pool (SLES10 only).
  - Update 8G and 4G firmware to 7.0.2. (RHEL5 only).

  - 8.06.00.08.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Fixups for ISP8044 beacon blink.
  - Select link initialization option bits from current operating mode.
  - Move queue depth ramp down message to i/o debug level.
  - Correctly reset Graceful Reset Bit in IDC Driver Control Register.
  - Add a new interface to update versions.
  - Correctly print out/in mailbox registers.
  - Add #if preprocessor statements to get driver compiled on UEK2 and R3.

  - 8.06.00.07.xx.y-k (RHEL5 only)
  - Set the timeout value to 45 for IOCTL commands for ISPFx00.
  - Dump IOCB on IOCTL command timeout for ISPFx00.
  - Allocate outstanding cmd array and request queue under single hardware lock.

  - 8.06.00.06.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Clear the reset owner on ready and failed state for ISP8044.

  - 8.06.00.05.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Clear the idc control graceful bit for ISP8044 after initialization.
  - Don't check for firmware hung during the reset context.
  - Add loopback IDC-TIME-EXTEND aen handling support.
  - Clear presence bit for ISP8044 on unload and error.
  - Move Previous version info message to debug level.

  - 8.06.00.04.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Properly set the tagging for commands.
  - Get the mpi version for ISP8044.
  - Capture firmware dump on mailbox timeout for ISP8044 and ISP82XX.
  - Implementation of flash write buffer mode for ISP8044.
  - Helga loopback support.
  - Add pex-dma support for faster minidump capture on ISP8044.
  - Collect minidump for ISP8044 using sysfs.
  - Perform context reset instead of chip reset for ISP8044 host reset.
  - Don't the set nic_core_reset_owner flag for ISP8044.
  - Set IDC graceful reset and don't capture minidump if it is set.
  - Honor return value from qla82xx_device_state_handler() in qla82xx_abort_isp().
  - Silent noisy message during ISP8044 dump collection.
  - Correct debug print id's.
  - Add 8044 entry in udev rules.
  - Set default critical temperature when ISPFX00 firmware doesn't provide it.
  - QLAFX00 make over-temp AEN informational, add log for normal-temp AEN.
  - Correct Interrupt Register offset for ISPFX00
  - Remove handling of Shutdown Requested AEN from qlafx00_process_aen().
  - Send all AENs for ISPFx00 to above layers.

  - 8.06.00.03.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, UEK, Citrix)
  - Add changes in initialization for ISPFX00 cards with BIOS.
  - Add changes to support extended IOs for ISPFX00.

  - 8.06.00.02.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - ISP8044 abort isp.
  - Helga Flash Write.
  - Helga legacy pin based interrupt support.
  - Get all the optrom sysfs attributes for CNA.
  - Add ISP8044 to MIDTYPE macro.
  - Fix sparse warning reported for qla_nx2.c.
  - Helga Remove hardcoded return values by QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED.
  - Remove minidump and reset code if FCoE is not a owner.
  - Helga fcoe_nic_reset_owner updated.
  - Fix compilation issue on ia64.
  - Fix for serial_num not getting displayed via sysfs.
  - Add missing FCP statistics to sysfs interface.

  - 8.06.00.01.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Set VPD Size to 1K for ISP82XX, ISP8044, ISP8031 (ER107011).
  - Helga call flash recovery function from bootstrap code.
  - Clear the MBX_INTR_WAIT flag when the mailbox time-out happens.
  - Drop redundant log message when ROM lock failure happens during retries.
  - To update Helga minidump template capture.
  - Make log message that prints when a completion status requires a port down more readable.
  - Reconfigure thermal temperature.
  - Add setting of driver version string for vendor application.
  - Remove QL_DEBUG_LEVEL_17 defines from qla_nx.c.

  RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, Citrix:
  - Set the index in outstanding command array to NULL when cmd is aborted when the request timeout (ER107084).

  - 8.06.00.00.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Fix for locking issue between driver ISR and mailbox routines.
  - Do not take a second firmware dump when intentionally generating one.
  - Move qla2x00_free_device to the correct location.
  - Add support for ISP8044.
  - Update firmware link in Kconfig file.
  - Perform coverity analysis from build.sh

  RHEL6, SLES11:
  - Correct multiqueue offset calculations.
  - Add module parameter for interrupt mode.
  - Fix incorrect test after list_for_each_entry() exits.
  - Do not query FC statistics during chip reset.

  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Use spinlock while accessing vport list.

  SLES10:
  - Correction of operator in udev rules.

  - 8.05.00.03.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11), 8.04.00.15.xx.y-k (RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Add clarifying printk to thermal access fail cases.

  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Move list add of ha to non-error section of probe_one.

  - 8.05.00.02.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11), 8.04.00.14.xx.y-k (RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Add setting of driver version string for vendor application."

  RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, Citrix:
  - Debug ID corrections.
  - Add iounmap(ha->cregbase) calls for ISPFX00 adapters for proper driver cleanup during load / unload.
  - Clear the outstanding command array for task management processing for ISPFx00.
  - Remove Request / Response transfer error AENs handling from qlafx00_async_event().
  - Proper cleanup of BSG request when the request time-out on ISPFx00.
  - Fix issue with calling sp_done() twice for task management commands.
  - Fix bug in cont_entry handling for the cases when FW provides more data than mid layer can handle.
  - Correction to structure size while registering host information with firmware.

  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Use vp_list field of scsi_qla_host while traversing virtual ports list.

  - 8.05.00.01.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11.x), 8.04.00.13.xx.y-k (RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Add setting of driver version string for vendor application.
  - Integrate generic card temperature with mezz card temperature.
  - Correction of comment in MBC opcode defines.
  - Wait for IDC complete event to finish loopback operation.
  - Don't process state change aen for reset owner.
  - Don't process RSCNs for a vport on the same physical adapter.
  - Correct list-iteration bug in Report-ID Acquisition codes.

  RHEL6, SLES11:
  - Addedd logic to monitor aenmbx0 register for fixed intervals on ISPFx00.
  - Remove unnecessary operations from qlafx00_soc_cpu_reset() and
  add resetting IRQ ack register per core.

  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Return -EINVAL when setting up loopback operation.

  RHEL5:
  - Inclusion of 8G firmware version 5.09.00.
  - Inclusion of 4G firmware version 5.09.00.

  - 8.05.00.00.xx.y-k (RHEL6.x and SLES11.x)
  - Enhancements to support ISPFx00.

  - 8.04.00.12.xx.y-k
  - Update the copyright information.
  - Display the lock owner on lock acquire failure.
  - Move loopback mode reset after chip reset check.
  - Extra loopback error handling for ISP83xx.
  - Do link initialization on get loop id failure.
  - Do MPI reset only for 81xx.

  V2632 (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x, Citrix 6.0, UEK):
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Optimize existing port name server query matching."
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Avoid losing any fc ports when loop id's are exhausted."
  - Don't free pool that wasn't allocated.
  - Unload hangs after issuing BSG commands to vport.

  Citrix 6.0:
  - Create initrd as a part of installation and removal of the driver rpm.
  - RPM install should install driver under extra instead of driver directory.

  RHEL 5.x, SLES 10.x:
  - MBA_IDC_NOTIFY case should fallthru.
  - Add fw_dump_size sysfs attribute file.
  - Add test for validity of virtual host in netlink interface.

  SLES 10.x:
  - Add 8031/2031 cases to request firmware.

  - 8.04.00.11.xx.y-k
  - Move marking fcport online ahead of setting iiDMA speed.
  - Add 16Gb/s case to get port speed capability.
  - Get VPD information from common location for CNA.
  - Don't clear drv active on iospace config failure.
  - Display that driver is operating in legacy interrupt mode.
  - Add "16" speed to link speeds array in qla2x00_iidma_fcport() function
  - Correct race in loop_state assignment during reset handling.
  - Reject loopback request if one is already in progress.
  - Update the FTP site references in the driver sources.

  V2632 (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x Citrix 6.0 and UEK):
  - Obtain loopback iteration count from bsg request.
  - Parameterize the link speed string conversion function.
  - Update ql2xextended_error_logging parameter description with new options.
  - Fix typo in qla2xxx driver.
  - Free rsp_data even on error in qla2x00_process_loopback().
  - Avoid null pointer dereference in shutdown routine.

  RHEL 5.x:
  - Remove fabric_logout() calls from qla2x00_dev_loss_tmo_callbk() function.

  SLES10.x:
  - Clear local references of rport on device loss timeout notification from FC transport.

  - 8.04.00.10.xx.y-k
  - Honor status value of 2 for report-id acquisition.
  - Ignore driver ack bit if corresponding presence bit is not set.
  - Add Gen3 PCIe speed 8GT/s to the log message.
  - Acquire risc semaphore before resetting ISP.

  V2632 (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x Citrix 6.0 and UEK):
  - Ramp down queue depth for attached SCSI devices when driver resources are low.
  - Determine the number of outstanding commands based on available resources.
  - Fix for kernel crash when external loopback diagnostic is run through BSG interface.
  - Fix coccinelle warnings in qla2x00_relogin.
  - Test and clear FCPORT_UPDATE_NEEDED atomically.
  - Use correct Request-Q-Out register during bidirectional request processing
  - Fix typo in qla83xx_fw_dump function.
  - Move noisy Start scsi failed messages to verbose logging level.
  - Fix for warnings reported by sparse.

  RHEL 5.x:
  - Inclusion of 4G/8G firmware version 5.08.00.
  - Log message when qla2xenablemsix module parameter is set to 2 (MSI mode) and adapter does not support MSI mode.
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Use GFF_ID to check FCP-SCSI FC4 type before logging into Nx_Ports"
  - Revert "qla2xxx: No fcport FC-4 type assignment in GA_NXT response."

  Citrix 6.x:
  - RPM build should hide the directory naming convention from user.

  - 8.04.00.09.xx.y-k
  - No fcport FC-4 type assignment in GA_NXT response.
  - Fix checkpatch error in qla2xxx_mctp_dump.
  - Change in setting UNLOADING flag and FC vports logout sequence while unloading qla2xxx driver.
  - Clear unsupported 'states' during Get-FW-State queries.

  V2632 (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x Citrix 6.0 and UEK):
  - Pass correct parameters while creating an initrd.
  - Remove spurious taking of ha->vport_slock spinlock.

  UEK:
  - Add macro for kernel extended version.

  RHEL 5.x:
  - Use GFF_ID to check FCP-SCSI FC4 type before logging into Nx_Ports.
  - Pass correct parameters while creating an initrd.

  - 8.04.00.08.xx.y-k (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x, UEK and Citrix)
  - Correct loop_id_map allocation-size and usage.

  - 8.04.00.07.xx.y-k
  - Prefix qla2xxx with the dump file name.
  - Delay for legacy interrupts not required for all boards for ISP83xx.
  - Use correct logger path in udev scripts.
  - Allow MSI interrupt registration for ISP82xx.
  - Don't toggle RISC interrupt bits after IRQ lines are attached.
  - Fix for legacy interrupts for ISP83xx.
  - Restrict nic core reset to one function for mctp.
  - Update to Implementation of the mctp.
  - Enable fw attributes for ISP24xx and above.
  - Get fcal position map should not be called for p2p topology.
  - Set Maximum Read Request Size to 4K.
  - Enclose adapter related calls in adapter check in failed state handler.
  - Fix for handling some error conditions in loopback.
  - Fix description of qla2xmaxqdepth parameter.
  - Set idc version if function is first one to come.-
  - Do not restrict the number of NPIV ports for ISP83xx.
  - Do PCI fundamental reset for 83xx.
  - Fail initialization if unable to load RISC code.
  - Ensure PLOGI is sent to Fabric Management-Server upon request.
  - Remove setting Scsi_host->this_id during adapter probe.
  - Use #defines instead of hardcoded values for intr status.

  V2632 (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x and UEK):
  - Remove dumping fw on timeout for bidirectional commands.
  - T10 DIF - ISP83xx changes.
  - Fix incorrect status reporting on DIF errors.
  - Change log messages to dbg and remove dumping fw on timeout for bidirectional.
  - Use the right field for container_of.

  SLES10.x:
  - Correct implementation of qla2x00_get_idma_speed.
  - Remove check for ISPs other than ISP81xx from qla81xx_set_port_config

  RHEL5.x:
  - Add stubs for edc and edc_status interface.

  - 8.04.00.06.xx.y-k
  - Don't call nic restart firmware if it is already active and running.
  - Wrong PCIe (2.5Gb/s x8) speed in the kernel message for ISP82xx.
  - Perform ROM mbx cmd access only after ISP soft-reset during f/w recovery.
  - Fix rval may be used uninitialized in this function warning.
  - Implement beacon support for ISP83xx CNA.
  - Fix for continuous rescan attempts in arbitrated loop topology.
  - Only enable link up on the correct interrupt event.
  - Update the driver license.
  - Don't register legacy interrupts for ISP82xx.
  - Add bit to identify Sensei card for thermal temp.
  - Implementation of MCTP.
  - IDC implementation for ISP83xx.
  - Add FW DUMP SIZE sysfs attribute.
  - Implementation of bidirectional.
  - Use bitmap to store loop_id's for fcports.
  - Display mailbox failure by default.
  - Remove redundant NULL check before release_firmware() call.
  - Add check in qla82xx_watchdog for failed hardware state.
  - Add I2C BSG interface.
  - Use dracut to rebuild the initramfs on RHEL 6 in build.sh.
  - Don't call failed handler for default case.
  - Add hilda fc fcoe entries in the udev rules file.

  - 8.04.00.05.xx.y-k
  - Display proper firmware version when new minidump template is gathered for ISP82xx.
  - Properly check for current state after the fabric-login request.
  - Proper completion to scsi-ml for scsi status task_set_full and busy.
  - Don't capture minidump for ISP82xx on flash update from application.
  - Avoid losing any fc ports when loop id's are exhausted.
  - Optimize existing port name server query matching.
  - Remove mirrored field vp_idx from struct fc_port.
  - Display proper supported speeds for 16G FC adapters.
  - Fix reset time out as qla2xxx not ack to reset request.
  - Stats should be different from physical and virtual ports.
  - Block flash access from application when device is initialized for ISP82xx.
  - Handle interrupt registration failures more gracefully.
  - Logic to detect overheat condition and fail ISP82xx.
  - Remove unneeded DPC wakeups from qla82xx_watchdog.
  - RHEL 5.x/SLES 10.x
  - Revert : IO failure during ISP82xx reset.
  - Revert : Avoid depending on SCSI host_lock in queuecommand function.

  - 8.04.00.04.55.6-k
  - 8.04.00.04.32.1-k
  - ISP83xx(16G FC) support for Xenserver 6.0 and Oracle UEK.

  - 8.04.00.04.xx.y-k
  - Remove resetting memory during device initialization for ISP82xx.
  - Proper detection of firmware abort error code for ISP82xx.
  - SLES10 SPx: Add udev script, udev rules file, kmdtool.
  - SLES10 SPx: Proper notification of device udev event for automatic gathering of firmware dump.

  - 8.04.00.03.xx.y-k
  - Correct link-reset regressions introduced during 83xx porting.
  - Avoid invalid request queue dereference for bad response packets.
  - Stop iteration after first failure in -_id functions.
  - Fix incorrect register access in qla2x00_start_iocbs().
  - Fix to update proper command completion upon command retries.
  - Hard code the number of loop entries at 128.
  - Reference proper scsi_qla_host structure for processing non-scsi SRB commands.
  - Handle device mapping changes due to device logout.
  - Fix wrong decrement, null sp access.
  - Initialize the command done routine.
  - Avoid losing any fc ports when loop id's are exhausted.
  - Complete mailbox command timedout to avoid initialization failures during next reset cycle.
  - Add ha->max_fibre_devices to keep track of the maximum number of targets.
  - Cache swl during fabric discovery.
  - Remove EDC sysfs interface.
  - Perform firmware dump procedure on mailbox command timeout.
  - Change the log message when previous dump is available to retrieve for ISP82xx.
  - Remove check for null fcport from host reset handler.
  - Correct out of bounds read of ISP2200 mailbox registers.
  - Remove errant clearing of MBX_INTERRUPT flag during CT-IOCB processing.
  - Reduce mbx-command timeout for Login/Logout requests.
  - Clear options-flags while issuing stop-firmware mbx command.
  - Add an "is reset active" helper.
  - Prep zero-length BSG data-transfer requests.
  - Perform implicit logout during rport tear-down.
  - Handle failure cases during fabric_login
  - Increase speed of flash access in ISP82xx adapters to improve firmware load speed.
  - Add check for null fcport references in qla2xxx_queuecommand.
  - Handle change notifications based on switch scan results.
  - Use consistent DL mask for ELS/CT passthru requests.
  - Consolidation of SRB processing.


author: QLogic Corp <support@qlogic.com> 8.07.00.29.06.0-k1-2
changelog:
  - 8.07.00.29.xx.y-k2
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES12, SLES11.3(-k1), XS65(-k1):
  - qla2xxx: Correct FDMI vendor port state value.

  - 8.07.00.29.xx.y-k1
  RHEL7, RHEL6:
  - qla2xxx: Check if the INQ response buffer is > 170 (instead of >=)
  - qla2xxx: Fix invalid offset reference of inquiry response data.
  - qla2xxx: Fix modinfo text for ql2xenabledif and ql2xenabledif_tgt.
  - qla2xxx: set ql2xenabledif_tgt enabled by default.
  - qla2xxx: Handle INQ data changed check condition.
  - qla2xxx: Fix for issue where the scsi status was getting overwritten.
  - qla2xxx: Fail module load on user config errors.
  - qla2xxx: Check for success of INQ response before parsing.
  - qla2xxx: Check for INQ response validity before parsing the response.
  - qla2xxx: Control the vendor T10 DIF feature via ql2xenabledif_tgt module parameter.
  - qla2xxx: Mark DIF errors from target as re-tryable errors.
  - qla2xxx: Do not turn off T10 DIF on a port reset.
  - qla2xxx: Remove DIX0 registration with SCSI.
  - qla2xxx: Add routines to get LBA from the SCSI CDB.
  - qla2xxx: Enable T10 DIF for reads as well.
  - qla2xxx: Enable SCSI T10 DIF registration during driver probe.
  - qla2xxx: Initial check-in for vendor T10 DIF.

  - 8.07.00.29.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS65, XS6:
  - extras: Script for extracting all logs/debugs from driver source
  - qla2xxx: Defer marking device lost when receiving an RSCN.
  - qla2xxx: Convert stray printk's in qla_nx.c to ql_log's.
  - qla2xxx: Allow fw to hold status before sending ABTS response.
  - qla2xxx: Seed init-cb login timeout from nvram exclusively.
  - qla2xxx: Remove unneeded link offline message.
  - qla2xxx: Fix couple of small typos in qla2xxx module code.
  - qla2xxx: Qualify ELS RDP mapping for ISP25xx and ISP26xx only.
  - qla2xxx: Restructure RDP routine to handle failure cases.
  - qla2xxx: Reduce multiple FDMI routines into a single routine.
  - qla2xxx: Simplify debug prints of wwnn, wwpn, and port id.
  RHEL7, SLES12:
  - qla2xxx: Avoid asynchronous abort requests.

  - 8.07.00.28.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS65, XS6:
  - qla2xxx: Fix endianess of fdmi smartsan security support field.
  RHEL7:
  - qla2xxx: Reduce target mode performance hit in ISR.

  - 8.07.00.27.xx.y-k
  RHEL7:
  - qla2xxx: Avoid crossing initiator/target modes during AEN handling.

  - 8.07.00.26.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Set smartsan security support to 1.
  - qla2xxx: Add support for ISP2271.
  - qla2xxx: Fix missing device login retries.
  - qla2xxx: do not clear slot in outstanding cmd array.

  - 8.07.00.25.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Remove decrement of sp reference count in abort handler.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - extras: Fix whitespace in .sh files.

  - 8.07.00.24.xx.y-k0
  RHEL5
  - Update 24xx/25xx firmware to version 8.01.00.

  - 8.07.00.24.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Do not crash system for sp ref count zero.
  - qla2xxx: Do not reset adapter if SRB handle is in range.
  - qla2xxx: Don't reset ISP when error entry with out of range handle.
  - qla2xxx: Add support for MPI and PEP FW version for ISP 27xx.

  - 8.07.00.23.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Fix RPD response missing fabric name
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: fix porting changes for SmartSAN
  RHEL5:
  - qla2xxx: Fix Link Service Request payload word 0.
  - qla2xxx: Cleanup and Silence unnecessary PUREX/RDP printouts.

  - 8.07.00.22.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Allow RPRT to work with all switches (mgmt srvr loopid).
  - qla2xxx: Use physical port for sending RPRT command.
  - qla2xxx: Use correct macro for SFP flags.
  - qla2xxx: Add adapter checks for FAWWN functionality.
  - qla2xxx: Update default Hostname.
  RHEL5:
  - qla2xxx: Corrections to FDMI registering routines.
  - qla2xxx: Corrections to FDMI processing routines.
  - qla2xxx: Corrections ro PUREX/RDP proessing.

  - 8.07.00.21.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: additional fdmi_register() attempt.
  - qla2xxx: Fix missing SFP flags from RDP Payload.
  - qla2xxx: driver fails to detect 4G adapters.
  - qla2xxx: Pause risc before manipulating risc semaphore.
  - qla2xxx: Use ssdid to gate semaphore manipulation.
  - qla2xxx: Handle AEN8014 incoming port logout.
  - qla2xxx: Add serdes register read/write sysfs support for ISP25xx.

  - 8.07.00.20.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS6.5, XS6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Trigger FDMI registration for RPRT.
  - qla2xxx: Remove SmartSAN attributes from the RDP payload.
  - qla2xxx: Allow FDMI Hostname registration during boot.
  - qla2xxx: Updated Active FC4 port type.

  - 8.07.00.19.xx.y-k
  RHEL7.x, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - qla2xxx: FDMI RDP command support.
  - qla2xxx: Support for FDMI Smart SAN Mamangement commands
  UEK2:
  - qla2xxx: Fix wrongly report "PCI EEH busy" when get_thermal_temp.

  - 8.07.00.18.xx.y-k
  RHEL7.x, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Fix virtual port configuration, when switch port is disabled/enabled.
  - qla2xxx: Prevent multiple firmware dump collection for ISP27XX.
  - qla2xxx: Add serdes read/write support for ISP27XX
  - qla2xxx: Don't reset ISP when we receive an error entry with an out of range handle.
  - qla2xxx: Do not crash system for sp ref count zero
  RHEL7.x, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - qla2xxx: Restore physical port WWPN only, when port down detected for FA-WWPN port.
  - qla2xxx: Disable Interrupt handshake for ISP27XX.
  - qla2xxx: Add debugging info for MBX timeout.
  - qla2xxx: Do not reset adapter if SRB handle is in range.
  RHEL7.x, SLES12, XS 6.5:
  - qla2xxx: Add support for Legacy and MSI interrupt modes.
  RHEL7.x:
  - qla2xxx: Fix compiler issue for FC_PORTSPEED_32GBIT on RHEL 7.1


  - 8.07.00.17.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - Add udev notification to save fw dump for ISP27XX.
  - Add message for sucessful FW dump collected for ISP27XX.
  - Add fix for beacon for ISP27XX.
  - Increase the wait time for firmware to be ready for P3P.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - Disable FCE and FET tracing for ISP27XXX.
  - Add support to load firmware from file for ISP 26XX/27XX. 
  RHEL7, SLES12, XS 6.5:
  - Fix crash due to wrong casting of reg for ISP27XX.

  - 8.07.00.16.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS 6.5, XS 6.x:
  - Mark port lost when we receive an RSCN for it.
  - Disable PCI device in shutdown handler.
  - Fail adapter initialization on load ram failure.
  - Move warning message to debug level.
  - Restore WWPN from flash when cable pulled for FA-WWPN port.

  - 8.07.00.15.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES12, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Restore WWPN in case of Loop Dead.
  - Honor FCP_RSP retry delay timer field.
  - Add missing ISP27xx checks to optrom code.
  - Force use of mailbox interface for flash access commands for ISP27xx.
  - Fix mismatch is checks to free sysfs nodes.
  - Disable laser for ISP2031 while unloading driver.
  - Enable DPORT using NVRAM parameters.
  RHEL5:
  - Disable FDMI by default.
  - Fix FW dump issue for ISP82XX. 
  - Add 25xx firmware version 7.05.00.

  - 8.07.00.14.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Add fix in driver unload for pending activity.
  - Allow user to change ql2xfdmienable value.
  - Declaration error cause stack corruption.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Fix duplicate log message ID.
  - Fix driver version string message.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, XS:
  - Unload of qla2xxx driver crashes the machine.
  RHEL5:
  - Enable FDMI by default. 
  - Add 24xx/25xx firmware version 7.04.00.

  - 8.07.00.13.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Remove restriction on starting remote device discovery on port update.
  - Allow nvram bit to enable FA-WWN.
  - Allow nvram bit to enable D-PORT.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Move mailbox failure messages to a default debug level.

  - 8.07.00.12.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Correction to FA-WWN for un-acquiring portname.
  - Add scatter/gather table size module parameter.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Add ql2xasynclogin module parameter.
  RHEL5:
  - For netlink response use respective sender's unique pid.

  - 8.07.00.11.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Fix incorrect debug printk.
  - Add D-Port functionality.
  - Add FA-WWN functionality.
  - Add FDMI-2 functionality.
  - ISPFx00 unexpected resets during adapter boot sequence.
  - Incorrect linked list semantic in qlafx00_get_fcport().
  - Add unknown parameter error handling to build.sh.

  - 8.07.00.10.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Fix potential return count bug in qla2xxx_get_vpd_field().
  - ISPFX00 avoid writing semaphore register in request_irqs().
  - ISP27xx fwdump template error print simplification.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - ISP25xx multiqueue shadow register crash fix.
  - Correction of debug level in mailbox command print 0x1111.

  - 8.07.00.09.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Enable fast flash access for ISP83xx.
  - Do logins from chip reset in DPC thread instead of error handler thread.
  - Remove wait for online from host reset handler.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - ISP27xx fwdump add tests for incomplete template.
  - ISP27xx fwdump optimize template entry table lookup.
  - ISP27xx fwdump add template entry T275 (insert buffer).
  - ISP27xx fwdump template remove high frequency debug logs.
  - ISP27xx fwdump template fix insertbuf() routine.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Add endianizer to T10 PI max_payload_size modifier.
  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Allow ELS commands with variable size command/data.
  RHEL5:
  - Add 24xx/25xx firmware 7.03.00.

  - 8.07.00.08.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Add MBC option for fast SFP data access.
  - Remove ISP8044 from pci table.
  - Revert "Change default capture to firmware defined capture mask".
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Remove mapped vp index iterator macro dead code.
  RHEL5:
  - Add shutdown callback handler.

  - 8.07.00.07.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Check the QLA8044_CRB_DRV_ACTIVE_INDEX register when we are not the owner of the reset.
  - Reduce the time we wait for a command to complete during SCSI error handling.
  - Delay driver unload if there is any pending activity going on.
  - Don't check for firmware hung during the reset context for ISP82xx.
  - Fix beacon blink logic for ISP26xx/83xx.
  - Add mention of RHEL7 and SLES11.3 in README.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - ISP27xx firmware dump template spec updates (including T274).
  - ISP27xx queue index shadow registers.
  - Fix ISPFx00 not displaying the correct FW version after FW update through sysfs Interface.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Clear loop_id for ports that are marked lost during fabric scanning.
  - Fixup looking for a space in the outstanding_cmds array in qla2x00_alloc_iocbs().

  - 8.07.00.06.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Avoid escalating the SCSI error handler if the command is not found in firmware.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Change default capture to firmware defined capture mask.
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, UEK2, XS:
  - Adjust adapter reset routine to the changes in firmware specification for ISPFx00.

  - 8.07.00.05.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, SLES10, UEK, XS:
  - Add #if around printk_ratelimit to fix build issue on RHEL 6.
  - Add 'sparse_endian' command line option to build.sh
  - Fix build errors related to invalid print fields on some architectures.
  - Poll during initialization for ISP25xx and ISP83xx.
  - Add target mode definitions [SLES 11 SP3 specific].
  - ISP8044 ipmdio bus timeout improvement.
  - Remove configure VFs mailbox command call.
  - Use proper log message for flash lock failed error for ISP82XX.
  - IOCB data should be copied to I/O mem using memcpy_toio.

  - 8.07.00.04.xx.y-k
  RHEL7, RHEL6, RHEL5, SLES11, UEK, Citrix:
  - Add sparse command line option.
  - Add 8044 serdes bsg interface.
  - Correction to 27xx template entry types 256 and 258.
  - Track the process when the ROM_LOCK failure happens.
  - Introduce fw_dump_flag to track fw dump progress.
  - Remove unnecessary code from qlafx00_intr_handler.
  - Enable fw_dump_size for 8044.
  - Update entry type 270 to match spec update for 27xx.
  - Change copyright year to 2014 in all the source files.
  - Remove unnecessary delays from fw dump code path.
  - Use jiffies instead of time.
  - Decrease pci access for response queue processing for ISPFX00.
  - Use proper log message for flash lock failed error.
  - Include <delay.h> file for msleep declaration in qla_nx2.c.
  - Correct the port no assignment for ISP82XX.
  RHEL5:
  - Add 24xx/25xx/81xx/83xx FC and FCoE Firmware 7.02.00.
  - IOCB data should be copied to I/O memory using memcpy_toio().
  - Use the physical port for all loopback operations.

  - 8.07.00.03.xx.y-k
  RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, UEK, Citrix:
  - Wait for reset completion without lock for ISPFX00.
  - Add pci device id 0x2271.
  - Add pci device id 0x2071.
  - Fix Task Management command asynchronous handling
  - Add IOCB Abort command asynchronous handling
  - Do not schedule reset when one is already active when receiving an invalid status handle.
  - Add and use 32Gbps FC-GS definitions.
  - Correct operations for ISP27xx template types 270 and 271.
  - Fix sparse warnings in qla_mr.c
  - Allow 83XX and 27XX both to write req_q_out register.
  - Correct 83xx/27xx mislogic in setting out_mb in qla25xx_init_req_que().
  - Check for peg alive counter and clear any outstanding mailbox command.
  - Log when device state is moved to failed state.
  - Issue abort command for outstanding commands during cleanup when only firmware is alive.
  - Support of new Helga minidump opcodes QLA8044_RDDFE(38), QLA8044_RDMDIO(39),QLA8044_POLLWR(40).
  - Allow the next firmware dump if the previous dump capture fails for ISP8044.
  - Add build.sh commandline option help/description to README file.

  - 8.07.00.02.xx.y-k
  RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, UEK, Citrix:
  - Allow ISP83xx and ISP27xx to use read/write remote register.

  - 8.07.00.01.xx.y-k
  RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, UEK, UEK2/R3, Citrix:
  - Remove pci device id ISP2071.

  - 8.07.00.00.xx.y-k
  RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, UEK, Citrix:
  - Add support for ISP2701.
  - Remove Marker type IOCB logic for ISPFX00.
  - Add changes in the IOCB structures to adjust driver source codes to ISPFX00 firmware spec
  - Add BE support for ISPFX00.
  - Avoid poisoining in the response queue for ISPFX00.
  - Simplyfy the ISPFX00 interrupt handler code for ISPFX00.
  - Optimize the response queue processing for ISPFX00.
  RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix:
  - Remove ISP_ABORT_NEEDED and ISP_ABORT_RETRY checks from watchdog function for Helga.
  - Read capture firmware dump on mailbox timeout for ISP8044 and ISP82XX.
  UEK2/R3:
  - Clear drv active before removing the host.
  - Wait for reset completion without lock for ISPFX00.

  - 8.06.00.13.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Add mutex around optrom calls to serialize accesses.
  - Add handling for boot indication progress AENs
  - Replace constant value for IOCTL IOCB abort execution status with a macro.
  - Enable the Flash Access Control (FAC) mailbox command.
  - Use proper message for Non owner reset ACK Timeout.
  - Remove init control block related dead code for ISPFX00.
  - Select correct request queue for error type IOCB for ISPFX00.
  - The file README.qla2xxx does not mention SLES11.3 (or later).
  - Fix warning reported by smatch.
  - Properly handle 32 bit mailbox register for ISPFX00.
  - Set host can_queue value based on available resources.

  - 8.06.00.12.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Assign the correct pointer to the sp->ctx in abort context for ISPFx00 (BZ8627).
  - Obtain adapter model description from vpd (SLES10 only) (ER105124).
  - Use scnprintf() instead of snprintf() in the sysfs handlers.
  - Only complete dcbx_comp and lb_portup_comp for virtual port index 0.
  - Reset nic_core_reset_owner on moving from COLD to READY for ISP8044 (ER111788).
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Remove entry in outstanding_cmds array if we fail to abort a request."
  - QLAFX00 Replace a constant with a macro definition for host->canqueue assigmnment.

  - 8.06.00.11.xx.y-k (RHEL5 only)
  - Iterate the correct list for remote port removal.
  - Honor FCPORT_UPDATE_NEEDED dpc flag for all ISPs.
  - Don't set NPIV_CONFIG_NEEDED and RELOGIN_NEEDED flag for ISPFX00.

  - 8.06.00.10.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix):
  - Remove entry in outstanding_cmds array if we fail to abort a request.
  - Clear RISC INT reg only for an event and not always while polling.
  - Fix undefined behavior in call to snprintf().

  RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, Citrix:
  - Add BSG interface for read/write serdes register.
  - Fix request queue null dereference.
  - Disable adapter when we encounter a PCI disconnect..
  - Refactor shutdown code so some functionality can be reused.
  - QLAFX00 Fix issue with not displaying node name after system reboot.
  - Add changes to obtain ISPFX00 adapters product information.
  - Add IOCTL command abort logic for ISPFX00.

  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Add netlink interface for read/write serdes register.
  - Fix udev fwdump rules.

  RHEL5:
  - Update 8G and 4G firmware to version 7.01.00.

  README:
  - Updated for builing kernel with out-of-box driver for Boot-from-SAN.
  - Updated for building ramdisk with rpm driver for Citrix Boot-from-SAN.

  - 8.06.00.09.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Honor execute firmware failures.
  - Add BPM support for 25xx.
  - Disable INTx interrupt for ISP82XX.
  - Correctly set mailboxes for extended init control block.
  - Duplicate luns instantiated after doing ISP reset.
  - Don't consider the drivers knocked out of IDC participation for future reset recovery process.
  - Change message displaying fcport pointer to port id.
  - Fix the sparse C=2 warnings for ISP8044.
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Capture firmware dump on mailbox timeout for ISP8044 and ISP82XX."
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Ramp down queue depth for attached SCSI devices when driver resources are low."
  - Print proper QLAFX00 product name at probe.
  - Fix compile warnings in qlafx00_build_scsi_iocbs() on BE platforms.
  - Unloading driver crashes server due to not freeing sp pool (SLES10 only).
  - Update 8G and 4G firmware to 7.0.2. (RHEL5 only).

  - 8.06.00.08.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Fixups for ISP8044 beacon blink.
  - Select link initialization option bits from current operating mode.
  - Move queue depth ramp down message to i/o debug level.
  - Correctly reset Graceful Reset Bit in IDC Driver Control Register.
  - Add a new interface to update versions.
  - Correctly print out/in mailbox registers.
  - Add #if preprocessor statements to get driver compiled on UEK2 and R3.

  - 8.06.00.07.xx.y-k (RHEL5 only)
  - Set the timeout value to 45 for IOCTL commands for ISPFx00.
  - Dump IOCB on IOCTL command timeout for ISPFx00.
  - Allocate outstanding cmd array and request queue under single hardware lock.

  - 8.06.00.06.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Clear the reset owner on ready and failed state for ISP8044.

  - 8.06.00.05.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Clear the idc control graceful bit for ISP8044 after initialization.
  - Don't check for firmware hung during the reset context.
  - Add loopback IDC-TIME-EXTEND aen handling support.
  - Clear presence bit for ISP8044 on unload and error.
  - Move Previous version info message to debug level.

  - 8.06.00.04.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Properly set the tagging for commands.
  - Get the mpi version for ISP8044.
  - Capture firmware dump on mailbox timeout for ISP8044 and ISP82XX.
  - Implementation of flash write buffer mode for ISP8044.
  - Helga loopback support.
  - Add pex-dma support for faster minidump capture on ISP8044.
  - Collect minidump for ISP8044 using sysfs.
  - Perform context reset instead of chip reset for ISP8044 host reset.
  - Don't the set nic_core_reset_owner flag for ISP8044.
  - Set IDC graceful reset and don't capture minidump if it is set.
  - Honor return value from qla82xx_device_state_handler() in qla82xx_abort_isp().
  - Silent noisy message during ISP8044 dump collection.
  - Correct debug print id's.
  - Add 8044 entry in udev rules.
  - Set default critical temperature when ISPFX00 firmware doesn't provide it.
  - QLAFX00 make over-temp AEN informational, add log for normal-temp AEN.
  - Correct Interrupt Register offset for ISPFX00
  - Remove handling of Shutdown Requested AEN from qlafx00_process_aen().
  - Send all AENs for ISPFx00 to above layers.

  - 8.06.00.03.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, UEK, Citrix)
  - Add changes in initialization for ISPFX00 cards with BIOS.
  - Add changes to support extended IOs for ISPFX00.

  - 8.06.00.02.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - ISP8044 abort isp.
  - Helga Flash Write.
  - Helga legacy pin based interrupt support.
  - Get all the optrom sysfs attributes for CNA.
  - Add ISP8044 to MIDTYPE macro.
  - Fix sparse warning reported for qla_nx2.c.
  - Helga Remove hardcoded return values by QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED.
  - Remove minidump and reset code if FCoE is not a owner.
  - Helga fcoe_nic_reset_owner updated.
  - Fix compilation issue on ia64.
  - Fix for serial_num not getting displayed via sysfs.
  - Add missing FCP statistics to sysfs interface.

  - 8.06.00.01.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Set VPD Size to 1K for ISP82XX, ISP8044, ISP8031 (ER107011).
  - Helga call flash recovery function from bootstrap code.
  - Clear the MBX_INTR_WAIT flag when the mailbox time-out happens.
  - Drop redundant log message when ROM lock failure happens during retries.
  - To update Helga minidump template capture.
  - Make log message that prints when a completion status requires a port down more readable.
  - Reconfigure thermal temperature.
  - Add setting of driver version string for vendor application.
  - Remove QL_DEBUG_LEVEL_17 defines from qla_nx.c.

  RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, Citrix:
  - Set the index in outstanding command array to NULL when cmd is aborted when the request timeout (ER107084).

  - 8.06.00.00.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11, RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Fix for locking issue between driver ISR and mailbox routines.
  - Do not take a second firmware dump when intentionally generating one.
  - Move qla2x00_free_device to the correct location.
  - Add support for ISP8044.
  - Update firmware link in Kconfig file.
  - Perform coverity analysis from build.sh

  RHEL6, SLES11:
  - Correct multiqueue offset calculations.
  - Add module parameter for interrupt mode.
  - Fix incorrect test after list_for_each_entry() exits.
  - Do not query FC statistics during chip reset.

  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Use spinlock while accessing vport list.

  SLES10:
  - Correction of operator in udev rules.

  - 8.05.00.03.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11), 8.04.00.15.xx.y-k (RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Add clarifying printk to thermal access fail cases.

  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Move list add of ha to non-error section of probe_one.

  - 8.05.00.02.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11), 8.04.00.14.xx.y-k (RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Add setting of driver version string for vendor application."

  RHEL6, SLES11, UEK, Citrix:
  - Debug ID corrections.
  - Add iounmap(ha->cregbase) calls for ISPFX00 adapters for proper driver cleanup during load / unload.
  - Clear the outstanding command array for task management processing for ISPFx00.
  - Remove Request / Response transfer error AENs handling from qlafx00_async_event().
  - Proper cleanup of BSG request when the request time-out on ISPFx00.
  - Fix issue with calling sp_done() twice for task management commands.
  - Fix bug in cont_entry handling for the cases when FW provides more data than mid layer can handle.
  - Correction to structure size while registering host information with firmware.

  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Use vp_list field of scsi_qla_host while traversing virtual ports list.

  - 8.05.00.01.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11.x), 8.04.00.13.xx.y-k (RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
  - Add setting of driver version string for vendor application.
  - Integrate generic card temperature with mezz card temperature.
  - Correction of comment in MBC opcode defines.
  - Wait for IDC complete event to finish loopback operation.
  - Don't process state change aen for reset owner.
  - Don't process RSCNs for a vport on the same physical adapter.
  - Correct list-iteration bug in Report-ID Acquisition codes.

  RHEL6, SLES11:
  - Addedd logic to monitor aenmbx0 register for fixed intervals on ISPFx00.
  - Remove unnecessary operations from qlafx00_soc_cpu_reset() and
  add resetting IRQ ack register per core.

  RHEL5, SLES10:
  - Return -EINVAL when setting up loopback operation.

  RHEL5:
  - Inclusion of 8G firmware version 5.09.00.
  - Inclusion of 4G firmware version 5.09.00.

  - 8.05.00.00.xx.y-k (RHEL6.x and SLES11.x)
  - Enhancements to support ISPFx00.

  - 8.04.00.12.xx.y-k
  - Update the copyright information.
  - Display the lock owner on lock acquire failure.
  - Move loopback mode reset after chip reset check.
  - Extra loopback error handling for ISP83xx.
  - Do link initialization on get loop id failure.
  - Do MPI reset only for 81xx.

  V2632 (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x, Citrix 6.0, UEK):
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Optimize existing port name server query matching."
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Avoid losing any fc ports when loop id's are exhausted."
  - Don't free pool that wasn't allocated.
  - Unload hangs after issuing BSG commands to vport.

  Citrix 6.0:
  - Create initrd as a part of installation and removal of the driver rpm.
  - RPM install should install driver under extra instead of driver directory.

  RHEL 5.x, SLES 10.x:
  - MBA_IDC_NOTIFY case should fallthru.
  - Add fw_dump_size sysfs attribute file.
  - Add test for validity of virtual host in netlink interface.

  SLES 10.x:
  - Add 8031/2031 cases to request firmware.

  - 8.04.00.11.xx.y-k
  - Move marking fcport online ahead of setting iiDMA speed.
  - Add 16Gb/s case to get port speed capability.
  - Get VPD information from common location for CNA.
  - Don't clear drv active on iospace config failure.
  - Display that driver is operating in legacy interrupt mode.
  - Add "16" speed to link speeds array in qla2x00_iidma_fcport() function
  - Correct race in loop_state assignment during reset handling.
  - Reject loopback request if one is already in progress.
  - Update the FTP site references in the driver sources.

  V2632 (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x Citrix 6.0 and UEK):
  - Obtain loopback iteration count from bsg request.
  - Parameterize the link speed string conversion function.
  - Update ql2xextended_error_logging parameter description with new options.
  - Fix typo in qla2xxx driver.
  - Free rsp_data even on error in qla2x00_process_loopback().
  - Avoid null pointer dereference in shutdown routine.

  RHEL 5.x:
  - Remove fabric_logout() calls from qla2x00_dev_loss_tmo_callbk() function.

  SLES10.x:
  - Clear local references of rport on device loss timeout notification from FC transport.

  - 8.04.00.10.xx.y-k
  - Honor status value of 2 for report-id acquisition.
  - Ignore driver ack bit if corresponding presence bit is not set.
  - Add Gen3 PCIe speed 8GT/s to the log message.
  - Acquire risc semaphore before resetting ISP.

  V2632 (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x Citrix 6.0 and UEK):
  - Ramp down queue depth for attached SCSI devices when driver resources are low.
  - Determine the number of outstanding commands based on available resources.
  - Fix for kernel crash when external loopback diagnostic is run through BSG interface.
  - Fix coccinelle warnings in qla2x00_relogin.
  - Test and clear FCPORT_UPDATE_NEEDED atomically.
  - Use correct Request-Q-Out register during bidirectional request processing
  - Fix typo in qla83xx_fw_dump function.
  - Move noisy Start scsi failed messages to verbose logging level.
  - Fix for warnings reported by sparse.

  RHEL 5.x:
  - Inclusion of 4G/8G firmware version 5.08.00.
  - Log message when qla2xenablemsix module parameter is set to 2 (MSI mode) and adapter does not support MSI mode.
  - Revert "qla2xxx: Use GFF_ID to check FCP-SCSI FC4 type before logging into Nx_Ports"
  - Revert "qla2xxx: No fcport FC-4 type assignment in GA_NXT response."

  Citrix 6.x:
  - RPM build should hide the directory naming convention from user.

  - 8.04.00.09.xx.y-k
  - No fcport FC-4 type assignment in GA_NXT response.
  - Fix checkpatch error in qla2xxx_mctp_dump.
  - Change in setting UNLOADING flag and FC vports logout sequence while unloading qla2xxx driver.
  - Clear unsupported 'states' during Get-FW-State queries.

  V2632 (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x Citrix 6.0 and UEK):
  - Pass correct parameters while creating an initrd.
  - Remove spurious taking of ha->vport_slock spinlock.

  UEK:
  - Add macro for kernel extended version.

  RHEL 5.x:
  - Use GFF_ID to check FCP-SCSI FC4 type before logging into Nx_Ports.
  - Pass correct parameters while creating an initrd.

  - 8.04.00.08.xx.y-k (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x, UEK and Citrix)
  - Correct loop_id_map allocation-size and usage.

  - 8.04.00.07.xx.y-k
  - Prefix qla2xxx with the dump file name.
  - Delay for legacy interrupts not required for all boards for ISP83xx.
  - Use correct logger path in udev scripts.
  - Allow MSI interrupt registration for ISP82xx.
  - Don't toggle RISC interrupt bits after IRQ lines are attached.
  - Fix for legacy interrupts for ISP83xx.
  - Restrict nic core reset to one function for mctp.
  - Update to Implementation of the mctp.
  - Enable fw attributes for ISP24xx and above.
  - Get fcal position map should not be called for p2p topology.
  - Set Maximum Read Request Size to 4K.
  - Enclose adapter related calls in adapter check in failed state handler.
  - Fix for handling some error conditions in loopback.
  - Fix description of qla2xmaxqdepth parameter.
  - Set idc version if function is first one to come.-
  - Do not restrict the number of NPIV ports for ISP83xx.
  - Do PCI fundamental reset for 83xx.
  - Fail initialization if unable to load RISC code.
  - Ensure PLOGI is sent to Fabric Management-Server upon request.
  - Remove setting Scsi_host->this_id during adapter probe.
  - Use #defines instead of hardcoded values for intr status.

  V2632 (RHEL 6.x, SLES 11.x and UEK):
  - Remove dumping fw on timeout for bidirectional commands.
  - T10 DIF - ISP83xx changes.
  - Fix incorrect status reporting on DIF errors.
  - Change log messages to dbg and remove dumping fw on timeout for bidirectional.
  - Use the right field for container_of.

  SLES10.x:
  - Correct implementation of qla2x00_get_idma_speed.
  - Remove check for ISPs other than ISP81xx from qla81xx_set_port_config

  RHEL5.x:
  - Add stubs for edc and edc_status interface.

  - 8.04.00.06.xx.y-k
  - Don't call nic restart firmware if it is already active and running.
  - Wrong PCIe (2.5Gb/s x8) speed in the kernel message for ISP82xx.
  - Perform ROM mbx cmd access only after ISP soft-reset during f/w recovery.
  - Fix rval may be used uninitialized in this function warning.
  - Implement beacon support for ISP83xx CNA.
  - Fix for continuous rescan attempts in arbitrated loop topology.
  - Only enable link up on the correct interrupt event.
  - Update the driver license.
  - Don't register legacy interrupts for ISP82xx.
  - Add bit to identify Sensei card for thermal temp.
  - Implementation of MCTP.
  - IDC implementation for ISP83xx.
  - Add FW DUMP SIZE sysfs attribute.
  - Implementation of bidirectional.
  - Use bitmap to store loop_id's for fcports.
  - Display mailbox failure by default.
  - Remove redundant NULL check before release_firmware() call.
  - Add check in qla82xx_watchdog for failed hardware state.
  - Add I2C BSG interface.
  - Use dracut to rebuild the initramfs on RHEL 6 in build.sh.
  - Don't call failed handler for default case.
  - Add hilda fc fcoe entries in the udev rules file.

  - 8.04.00.05.xx.y-k
  - Display proper firmware version when new minidump template is gathered for ISP82xx.
  - Properly check for current state after the fabric-login request.
  - Proper completion to scsi-ml for scsi status task_set_full and busy.
  - Don't capture minidump for ISP82xx on flash update from application.
  - Avoid losing any fc ports when loop id's are exhausted.
  - Optimize existing port name server query matching.
  - Remove mirrored field vp_idx from struct fc_port.
  - Display proper supported speeds for 16G FC adapters.
  - Fix reset time out as qla2xxx not ack to reset request.
  - Stats should be different from physical and virtual ports.
  - Block flash access from application when device is initialized for ISP82xx.
  - Handle interrupt registration failures more gracefully.
  - Logic to detect overheat condition and fail ISP82xx.
  - Remove unneeded DPC wakeups from qla82xx_watchdog.
  - RHEL 5.x/SLES 10.x
  - Revert : IO failure during ISP82xx reset.
  - Revert : Avoid depending on SCSI host_lock in queuecommand function.

  - 8.04.00.04.55.6-k
  - 8.04.00.04.32.1-k
  - ISP83xx(16G FC) support for Xenserver 6.0 and Oracle UEK.

  - 8.04.00.04.xx.y-k
  - Remove resetting memory during device initialization for ISP82xx.
  - Proper detection of firmware abort error code for ISP82xx.
  - SLES10 SPx: Add udev script, udev rules file, kmdtool.
  - SLES10 SPx: Proper notification of device udev event for automatic gathering of firmware dump.

  - 8.04.00.03.xx.y-k
  - Correct link-reset regressions introduced during 83xx porting.
  - Avoid invalid request queue dereference for bad response packets.
  - Stop iteration after first failure in -_id functions.
  - Fix incorrect register access in qla2x00_start_iocbs().
  - Fix to update proper command completion upon command retries.
  - Hard code the number of loop entries at 128.
  - Reference proper scsi_qla_host structure for processing non-scsi SRB commands.
  - Handle device mapping changes due to device logout.
  - Fix wrong decrement, null sp access.
  - Initialize the command done routine.
  - Avoid losing any fc ports when loop id's are exhausted.
  - Complete mailbox command timedout to avoid initialization failures during next reset cycle.
  - Add ha->max_fibre_devices to keep track of the maximum number of targets.
  - Cache swl during fabric discovery.
  - Remove EDC sysfs interface.
  - Perform firmware dump procedure on mailbox command timeout.
  - Change the log message when previous dump is available to retrieve for ISP82xx.
  - Remove check for null fcport from host reset handler.
  - Correct out of bounds read of ISP2200 mailbox registers.
  - Remove errant clearing of MBX_INTERRUPT flag during CT-IOCB processing.
  - Reduce mbx-command timeout for Login/Logout requests.
  - Clear options-flags while issuing stop-firmware mbx command.
  - Add an "is reset active" helper.
  - Prep zero-length BSG data-transfer requests.
  - Perform implicit logout during rport tear-down.
  - Handle failure cases during fabric_login
  - Increase speed of flash access in ISP82xx adapters to improve firmware load speed.
  - Add check for null fcport references in qla2xxx_queuecommand.
  - Handle change notifications based on switch scan results.
  - Use consistent DL mask for ELS/CT passthru requests.
  - Consolidation of SRB processing.


