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Fibre Channel and FCoE Adapter Inbox Driver Update
Release Notes
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Table of Contents
1. Version
2. Changes
3. Bug Fixes
4. Known Issues
5. History
6. Additional Information
7. Trademarks
8. Notices
9. Contacting Support
1. Version
These release notes describe the changes, fixes, known issues, and
release details that apply to Fibre Channel and FCoE Adapter Inbox
Driver Update based on the following Linux Kernel versions (2.6.x and 3.x).
RHEL 5.x -- 8.04.00.13.5.6-k
RHEL 6.0 -- 8.05.00.01.06.0-k
SLES 10.x -- 8.04.00.13.10.3-k
SLES 11.1/11.2 -- 8.05.00.01.11.1-k
Citrix XenServer 6.x -- 8.04.00.13.55.6-k
qla2xxx-modules-2.6.32.43-0.4.1.xs1.6.10.734.170748xen-8.04.00.13.55.6.k-00.i386.rpm
Oracle UEK - 8.04.00.13.32.1-k
Oracle UEK 2 - 8.04.00.13.39.0-k
2. Changes
The following changes have been made to the Fibre Channel and FCoE
Adapter Inbox Driver Update based on Linux Kernel 2.6.x and 3.x:
Hardware Support
N/A
OS Support
N/A
Software/Driver
* ISPFx00 (Mt. Rainier) Support.
* Added T10 DiF/DiX support for ISP83xx.
* ISP83xx CNA support

* IDC support for three protocols.
* Loopback support.
* Beacon support.
* Added support for bidirectional commands
* Added support for MCTP dump
* ISP83xx(16G FC) support for Xenserver 6.0 and Oracle UEK.
* SRB Consolidation.
* RSCN handling changes.
* Increase in support of maximum fibre devices.
* Enhancements to support ISP83xx (Limited support).
* Driver features supported
* 10GB link support only
* Port device discovery
* LUN discovery
* I/O
* Perturbations
* SG resets of host and SCSI devices.
* Driver features not supported
* Beacon support
* Loopback
* T10 DIX/DIF
* SFP read/write
* QCC GUI Support
* QCC CLI Support
* NPIV
* Multi-Queue
* Boot from SAN
* FC-Tape
* SLES10.3 driver:
* Fix not to MPI reset on ISP83xx is not included.
* Implemeted beacon on/off for ISP82xx.
* Add support for ISP82xx to capture dump (minidump) on failure.
* Provide method for updating I2C attached VPD.
* Resync with latest ISP24xx/25xx firmware (5.08.00).
Industry Standards Compliance
-----------------------------
* N/A
3. Bug Fixes
The following fix has been made to the Fibre Channel and FCoE

Adapter Inbox Driver Update for Linux Kernel 2.6.x and 3.x:
* 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.
* Dont 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 adpater 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 rquired for all board 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

* Dont call nic restart firmware if it is already active and running.
* Wrong PCIe(2.5Gb/s x8) speed in the kerenel 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.
* Implemetation 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.
* Dont 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.
* Fix for driver crash when mailbox timeout on non ISP82xx adapters.
* Disable pause frame generation when firmware hang is detected.
* Correct inadvertent loop state transitions during port-update handling.
* Check for Marker IOCB during response queue processing.
* Don't call alloc_fw_dump for ISP82xx.
* Display FCP_CMND priority on update
* Check for SCSI status on underruns.
4. Known Issues
N/A
5. History
* 8.05.00.01.xx.y-k (RHEL6, SLES11.x), 8.04.00.13.xx.y-k (RHEL5, SLES10, UEK, Citrix)
RHEL6.x/SLES 11 SPx/Citrix/UEK/UEK-2(V2632FC-): 320, 322, 324, 326, 330, 332, 333 - 335.
RHEL5(RHEL5.XFC-): 262, 264 - 266, 268 - 271.
SLES10(SLES10FC-): 327, 329 - 331, 333 - 335.
* ERs:
101023, 102011, 102490, 102497
* 8.04.00.12.xx.y-k
RHEL6.x/SLES 11 SPx/Citrix/UEK/UEK-2(V2632FC-): 208, 265, 310, 312 - 313, 315 - 317.

RHEL 5.x(RHEL5.XFC-): 249, 251 - 257, 259.
SLES 10.x(SLES10FC-): 311, 313, 316 - 324.
* ERs:
100054, 100904, 101383
* 8.04.00.11.xx.y-k
RHEL6.x/SLES 11 SPx/Citrix/UEK/UEK-2(V2632FC-): 279, 294 - 297, 300, 302 - 309, 311.
RHEL 5.x(RHEL5.XFC-): 234 - 235, 238, 240 - 241, 243 - 244, 246 - 248, 250.
SLES 10.x(SLES10FC-): 299 - 300, 303, 305 - 306, 308 - 309, 312, 314 - 315.
* ERs:
99818, 99940, 100463, 100161, 100190, 95081
* 8.04.00.10.xx.y-k
RHEL6.x/SLES 11 SPx/Citrix/UEK/UEK-2(V2632FC-): 266 - 267, 278, 280, 282 - 285, 287 - 290, 293.
RHEL 5.x(RHEL5.XFC-): 218, 223, 225 - 227, 229.
SLES 10.x(SLES10FC-): 287, 290, 292, 294.
Citrix 6.x (XEN5.6FP1FC-): 13
* ERs:
93343, 99004, 99104
* 8.04.00.09.xx.y-k
RHEL6.x/SLES 11 SPx/Citrix(V2632FC-): 164, 269, 274 - 277.
UEK(V2632FC-): 268.
RHEL 5.x(RHEL5.XFC-): 207, 211 - 214, 216.
SLES 10.x(SLES10FC-): 276, 282 - 284.
* ERs:
98757, 97319
* 8.04.00.08.xx.y-k
* Fix for JIRA keys:
RHEL6.x/SLES 11 SPx/Citrix: V2632FC-270
* 8.04.00.07.xx.y-k
* Fix for JIRA keys:
RHEL6.x/SLES 11 SPx/Citrix: 136, 191, 213, 231 to 236, 241, 243, 245 to 251, 253 to 255, 259 to 263
RHEL 5.x: 167, 180 to 185, 187, 190, 191 to 195, 197, 198, 200, 202, 204 to 206, 208
SLES 10 SPx: 236, 247 to 250, 253 to 254, 256 to 257, 260 to 265, 267 to 269, 273 to 275, 278
* ERs:
* 96691, 95908, 95274, 88065, 95512, 93655, 96518, 96717
* 8.04.00.06.xx.y-k
* Fix for JIRA keys:
RHEL6.x/SLES 11 SPx/Citrix: 117, 190, 194-199, 205-206, 210-215, 219, 221, 226-228, 230
RHEL 5.x: 112, 158-160, 164-170, 173, 175, 176, 178, 179
SLES 10 SPx: 174, 227-229, 233-237, 238, 239, 241, 242, 244-246
* ERs:
* 93958, 95008, 93760, 94046, 95064, 94355
* 8.04.00.05.xx.y-k
* Fix for JIRA keys:
RHEL6.x/SLES11 SPx: V2632FC-79, 111, 116, 128, 148, 155, 157, 158, 168, 170, 171, 172, 174 - 180, 183, 185 -
189, 193.
RHEL 5.x: RHEL5.XFC-81, 111, 125, 133, 140, 142 - 144, 146 - 148, 150 -154.
SLES 10 SPx: SLES10FC-145, 173, 188, 195, 206, 208, 211, 212, 214 - 216, 221 - 224.

* 8.04.00.04.xx.y-k
* Fix for JIRA keys:
RHEL6.x/SLES11 SPx: V2632FC-160, 151
RHEL 5.x: RHEL5.XFC-136, 127
SLES 10 SPx: SLES10FC-198, 188
* 8.04.00.03.xx.y-k
* Fix for JIRA keys:
RHEL6.x/SLES11 SPx: V2632FC-38, 39, 41, 76 to 78, 84,
87 to 96, 98, 99, 102, 103, 112, 122, 124 to 128, 131, 132 to 135, 137,
144, 146, 147, 149, 153, 159 to 161.
RHEL 5.x: RHEL5.XFC-43, 80, 83, 88, 89 to 93, 99, 100, 108, 117, 118,
129, 130, 132, 134, 135.
SLES 10 SPx: SLES10FC-113, 114, 144, 147, 149 to 154, 156, 162, 163,
171, 178, 179, 191, 194, 196, 199
* 8.04.00.01.xx.y-k
* Fix for JIRA keys: RHEL6.x/SLES11.1 SPx (V2632FC-140, 141, 142),
SLES 10.x (SLES10FC-182,183,185), REHL 5.X (RHEL5.XFC-123, 124).
* 8.04.00.00.xx.y-k
* Feature enhancement - JIRA Keys: RHEL6.x/SLES11 SPx (V2632FC-100),
SLES 10.x (SLES10FC-158), REHL 5.X (RHEL5.XFC-97).
* 8.03.07.12.xx.y-k
* Fix for JIRA Keys: RHEL6.x/SLES11 SPx (V2632FC-106), SLES 11.0 (SLES11FC-178),
SLES 10.x (SLES10FC-166) , RHEL 5.X (RHEL5.XFC-103)
* 8.03.07.11.xx.y-k
* Fix for ER0000000087519.
6. Additional Information
You must use this driver with API library v6.01-build4. To maintain
consistency with our upstream offering, the extended_error_logging
module parameter has been renamed to ql2xextended_error_logging.
Update any scripts and/or configuration files to reflect this
change.
7. Trademarks
Accelera, Accelerating Cluster Performance, FastFabric, InfiniCon
Systems, InfiniNIC, InfiniPath, InfiniView, Intelligent NIC,
Networking University, NetXen, QLA, QLogic, the QLogic logo,
ReadyPath, SANdoctor, SANsurfer, and SilverStorm are registered
trademarks of QLogic Corporation. To the extent a name or logo does
not appear on this list does not constitute a waiver of any and all
intellectual property rights that QLogic Corporation or its
subsidiaries has established in any of its product, feature, or
service names or logos. All other brand and product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
8. Notices

Information furnished in this document is believed to be accurate and
reliable. However, QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for
its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of
third parties which may result from its use. QLogic Corporation
reserves the right to change product specifications at any time
without notice. Applications described in this document for any of
these products are only for illustrative purposes. QLogic Corporation
makes no representation nor warranty that such applications are
suitable for the specified use without further testing or
modification. QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for any
errors that may appear in this document.
9. Contacting Support
Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic
Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic
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