IBM ServeRAID driver Change Log
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          5.00.01  - Sarasota ( 5i ) adapters must always be scanned first  
                   - Get rid on IOCTL_NEW_COMMAND code  
                   - Add Extended DCDB Commands for Tape Support in 5I                  
          
          4.90.11  - Don't actually RESET unless it's physically required
                   - Remove unused compile options
          
          4.90.08  - Data Corruption if First Scatter Gather Element is > 64K
          
          4.90.08  - Increase Delays in Flashing ( Trombone Only - 4H )        
          
          4.90.05  - Use New PCI Architecture to facilitate Hot Plug Development
          
          4.90.01  - Add ServeRAID Version Checking
  
          4.80.26  - Clean up potential code problems ( Arjan's recommendations )
          
          4.80.21  - Change memcpy() to copy_to_user() in NVRAM Page 5 IOCTL path   
          
          4.80.20  - Set max_sectors in Scsi_Host structure ( if >= 2.4.7 kernel )
                   - 5 second delay needed after resetting an i960 adapter
          
          4.80.14  - Take all semaphores off stack                    
                   - Clean Up New_IOCTL path
                     
          4.80.04  - Eliminate calls to strtok() if 2.4.x or greater 
                   - Adjustments to Device Queue Depth               
  
          4.80.00  - Make ia64 Safe    
          
          4.72.01  - I/O Mapped Memory release ( so "insmod ips" does not Fail )    
                   - Don't Issue Internal FFDC Command if there are Active Commands 
                   - Close Window for getting too many IOCTL's active 
                     
          4.72.00  - Allow for a Scatter-Gather Element to exceed MAX_XFER Size     
          
          4.71.00  - Change all memory allocations to not use GFP_DMA flag 
                   - Code Clean-Up for 2.4.x kernel      
          
          4.70.15  - Fix Breakup for very large ( non-SG ) requests
          
          4.70.13  - Don't release HA Lock in ips_next() until SC taken off queue  
                   - Unregister SCSI device in ips_release()                        
                   - Don't Send CDB's if we already know the device is not present  
                   
          4.70.12  - Corrective actions for bad controller ( during initialization )
          
          4.70.09  - Use a Common ( Large Buffer ) for Flashing from the JCRM CD    
                   - Add IPSSEND Flash Support                                      
                   - Set Sense Data for Unknown SCSI Command                        
                   - Use Slot Number from NVRAM Page 5 
                   - Restore caller's DCDB Structure
                                         
          4.20.14  - Update patch files for kernel 2.4.0-test5
  
          4.20.13  - Fix some failure cases / reset code
                   - Hook into the reboot_notifier to flush the controller
                     cache
  
          4.20.03 - Rename version to coincide with new release schedules
                  - Performance fixes
                  - Fix truncation of /proc files with cat
                  - Merge in changes through kernel 2.4.0test1ac21
  
          4.10.13 - Fix for dynamic unload and proc file system
  
          4.10.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4M/4L
  
          4.00.06 - Fix timeout with initial FFDC command
  
          4.00.05 - Remove wish_block from init routine
                  - Use linux/spinlock.h instead of asm/spinlock.h for kernels
                    2.3.18 and later
                  - Sync with other changes from the 2.3 kernels
  
          4.00.04 - Rename structures/constants to be prefixed with IPS_
  
          4.00.03 - Add alternative passthru interface
                  - Add ability to flash ServeRAID BIOS
  
          4.00.02 - Fix problem with PT DCDB with no buffer
  
          4.00.01 - Add support for First Failure Data Capture
  
          4.00.00 - Add support for ServeRAID 4
  
          3.60.02 - Make DCDB direction based on lookup table.
                  - Only allow one DCDB command to a SCSI ID at a time.
  
          3.60.01 - Remove bogus error check in passthru routine.
  
          3.60.00 - Bump max commands to 128 for use with ServeRAID
                    firmware 3.60.
                  - Change version to 3.60 to coincide with ServeRAID release
                    numbering.
  
          1.00.00 - Initial Public Release
                  - Functionally equivalent to 0.99.05
  
          0.99.05 - Fix an oops on certain passthru commands
  
          0.99.04 - Fix race condition in the passthru mechanism
                    -- this required the interface to the utilities to change
                  - Fix error recovery code
  
          0.99.03 - Make interrupt routine handle all completed request on the
                    adapter not just the first one
                  - Make sure passthru commands get woken up if we run out of
                    SCBs
                  - Send all of the commands on the queue at once rather than
                    one at a time since the card will support it.
  
          0.99.02 - Added some additional debug statements to print out
                    errors if an error occurs while trying to read/write
                    to a logical drive (IPS_DEBUG).
  
                  - Fixed read/write errors when the adapter is using an
                    8K stripe size.