From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Smart Subject: [PATCH 0/16] lpfc 8.1.12 : lpfc 8.1.12 patches Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:51:10 -0400 Message-ID: <1177509070.23155.7.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]:51505 "EHLO emulex.emulex.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031000AbXDYNvL (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:51:11 -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 l3PDpAH1006431 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:51:10 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Update lpfc driver to revision 8.1.12 Changes: - Misc bug fixes and code cleanup - Modify ELS abort handling to prevent double completion - Rework offline path to solve HBA reset issues - Fix unlock inside list traversal. - Reorganize lpfc_nlp_list() and callers to prepare for nodelist simplification - Round 2 of Miscellaneous fixes: - Fixed recovery of rport after race with dev_loss_tmo - Improve diagnostic messages and change local loopback message to KERN_INFO - Improve handling of failed ELS aborts. - Reference count node structures for node lifetime management. - Collapse discovery lists to a single node list. - Don't process ERATT interrupts when issuing KILL_BOARD mbx command - Add support for async scanning - Added support for 8G speed and new HBAs. - Update copyright year to 2007 - Change version number to 8.1.12 -- james s