From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Smart Subject: [PATCH 0/15] lpfc 8.1.7 patches Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:48:59 -0400 Message-ID: <1152215339.23158.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Reply-To: James.Smart@Emulex.Com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from emulex.emulex.com ([138.239.112.1]:12684 "EHLO emulex.emulex.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750757AbWGFTst (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:48:49 -0400 Received: from xbl3.ad.emulex.com (xbl3.ma.emulex.com [138.239.73.12]) by emulex.emulex.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k66JmmHh006899 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 12:48:48 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org This patch set updates the lpfc driver to revision 8.1.7, which includes the following changes: - Use mod_timer instead of add_timer in lpfc_els_timeout_handler - Standardize the driver on a single define for the maximum supported targets - Fix memory leak and cleanup code related to per ring lookup array. - Fixed infinite retry of REG_LOGIN mailbox failed due to MBXERR_RPI_FULL - Issue DOWN_LINK prior to INIT_LINK to work around link failure issue - Fix txcmplq related panics on heavy IO while downloading firmware - Correct bogus nodev_tmo message on NPort that changes its NPort Id - Consolidate dma buf cleanup into a separate function - Fix panic in lpfc_sli_validate_fcp_iocb due to access of scsi_cmnd after returning it to the midlayer - Adding new issue_reset sysfs attribute - Remove depricated sysfs attribute board_online, as it's replaced by the new issue_reset attribute - Correct the wait in attachment that delays for topology discovery - Add lpfc_sli_flush_mbox_queue() function and use it in lpfc_offline() call to avoid deadlock on thread block. - Misc Fixes: - Fix some sparse warnings - casts of address space - Fix handling of the adapter registration string. Each invocation was byteswapping, so every other adapter init attempt failed. - Correct comments and default value for the lpfc_max_luns parameter - Change version number to 8.1.7 -- james s