Release Date	: Tue Aug 24 09:43:35 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com>
Current Version	: 2.20.3.1 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module)
Older Version	: 2.20.3.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module)

i.	Function reordering so that inline functions are defined before they
	are actually used. It is now mandatory for GCC 3.4.1 (current stable)

	Declare some heavy-weight functions to be non-inlined,
	megaraid_mbox_build_cmd, megaraid_mbox_runpendq,
	megaraid_mbox_prepare_pthru, megaraid_mbox_prepare_epthru,
	megaraid_busywait_mbox

		- Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, 08.19.2004
		linux-scsi mailing list

	"Something else to clean up after inclusion: every instance of an
	inline function is actually rendered as a full function call, because
	the function is always used before it is defined.  Atul, please
	re-arrange the code to eliminate the need for most (all) of the
	function prototypes at the top of each file, and define (not just
	declare with a prototype) each inline function before its first use"

		- Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>, 07.27.2004
		linux-scsi mailing list


ii.	Display elapsed time (countdown) while waiting for FW to boot.

iii.	Module compilation reorder in Makefile so that unresolved symbols do
	not occur when driver is compiled non-modular.

		Patrick J. LoPresti <patl@users.sourceforge.net>, 8.22.2004
		linux-scsi mailing list


Release Date	: Thu Aug 19 09:58:33 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com>
Current Version	: 2.20.3.0 (scsi module), 2.20.2.0 (cmm module)
Older Version	: 2.20.2.0 (scsi module), 2.20.1.0 (cmm module)

i.	When copying the mailbox packets, copy only first 14 bytes (for 32-bit
	mailboxes) and only first 22 bytes (for 64-bit mailboxes). This is to
	avoid getting the stale values for busy bit. We want to set the busy
	bit just before issuing command to the FW.

ii.	In the reset handling, if the reseted command is not owned by the
	driver, do not (wrongly) print information for the "attached" driver
	packet.

iii.	Have extended wait when issuing command in synchronous mode. This is
	required for the cases where the option ROM is disabled and there is
	no BIOS to start the controller. The FW starts to boot after receiving
	the first command from the driver. The current driver has 1 second
	timeout for the synchronous commands, which is far less than what is
	actually required. We now wait up to MBOX_RESET_TIME (180 seconds) for
	FW boot process.

iv.	In megaraid_mbox_product_info, clear the mailbox contents completely
	before preparing the command for inquiry3. This is to ensure that the
	FW does not get junk values in the command.

v.	Do away with the redundant LSI_CONFIG_COMPAT redefinition for
	CONFIG_COMPAT. Replace <asm/ioctl32.h> with <linux/ioctl32.h>

		- James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>, 08.17.2004
		 linux-scsi mailing list

vi.	Add support for 64-bit applications. Current drivers assume only
	32-bit applications, even on 64-bit platforms. Use the "data" and
	"buffer" fields of the mimd_t structure, instead of embedded 32-bit
	addresses in application mailbox and passthru structures.

vii.	Move the function declarations for the management module from
	megaraid_mm.h to megaraid_mm.c

		- Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, 08.19.2004
		linux-scsi mailing list

viii.	Change default values for MEGARAID_NEWGEN, MEGARAID_MM, and
	MEGARAID_MAILBOX to 'n' in Kconfig.megaraid

		- Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, 08.19.2004
		linux-scsi mailing list

ix.	replace udelay with msleep

x.	Typos corrected in comments and whitespace adjustments, explicit
	grouping of expressions.


Release Date	: Fri Jul 23 15:22:07 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com>
Current Version	: 2.20.2.0 (scsi module), 2.20.1.0 (cmm module)
Older Version	: 2.20.1.0 (scsi module), 2.20.0.0 (cmm module)

i.	Add PCI ids for Acer ROMB 2E solution

ii.	Add PCI ids for I4

iii.	Typo corrected for subsys id for megaraid sata 300-4x

iv.	Remove yield() while mailbox handshake in synchronous commands


	"My other main gripe is things like this:

	+	// wait for maximum 1 second for status to post
	+	for (i = 0; i < 40000; i++) {
	+		if (mbox->numstatus != 0xFF) break;
	+		udelay(25); yield();
	+	}

	which litter the driver.  Use of yield() in drivers is deprecated."

		- James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>, 07.14.2004
		 linux-scsi mailing list

v.	Remove redundant __megaraid_busywait_mbox routine

vi.	Fix bug in the managment module, which causes a system lockup when the
	IO module is loaded and then unloaded, followed by executing any
	management utility. The current version of management module does not
	handle the adapter unregister properly.

	Specifically, it still keeps a reference to the unregistered
	controllers. To avoid this, the static array adapters has been
	replaced by a dynamic list, which gets updated every time an adapter
	is added or removed.

	Also, during unregistration of the IO module, the resources are
	now released in the exact reverse order of the allocation time
	sequence.


Release Date	: Fri Jun 25 18:58:43 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com>
Current Version	: 2.20.1.0
Older Version	: megaraid 2.20.0.1

i.	Stale list pointer in adapter causes kernel panic when module
	megaraid_mbox is unloaded


Release Date	: Thu Jun 24 20:37:11 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com>
Current Version	: 2.20.0.1
Older Version	: megaraid 2.20.0.00

i.	Modules are not 'y' by default, but depend on current definition of
	SCSI & PCI.

ii.	Redundant structure mraid_driver_t removed.

iii.	Miscellaneous indentation and goto/label fixes.
		- Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, 06.24.2004 linux-scsi

iv.	scsi_host_put(), do just before completing HBA shutdown.



Release Date	: Mon Jun 21 19:53:54 EDT 2004 - Atul Mukker <atulm@lsil.com>
Current Version	: 2.20.0.0
Older Version	: megaraid 2.20.0.rc2 and 2.00.3

i.	Independent module to interact with userland applications and
	multiplex command to low level RAID module(s).

	"Shared code in a third module, a "library module", is an acceptable
	solution. modprobe automatically loads dependent modules, so users
	running "modprobe driver1" or "modprobe driver2" would automatically
	load the shared library module."

		- Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> 02.25.2004 LKML

	"As Jeff hinted, if your userspace<->driver API is consistent between
	your new MPT-based RAID controllers and your existing megaraid driver,
	then perhaps you need a single small helper module (lsiioctl or some
	better name), loaded by both mptraid and megaraid automatically, which
	handles registering the /dev/megaraid node dynamically. In this case,
	both mptraid and megaraid would register with lsiioctl for each
	adapter discovered, and lsiioctl would essentially be a switch,
	redirecting userspace tool ioctls to the appropriate driver."

		- Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> 02.25.2004 LKML

ii.	Remove C99 initializations from pci_device id.

	"pci_id_table_g would be much more readable when not using C99
	initializers.
	PCI table doesn't change, there's lots of users that prefer the more
	readable variant.  And it's really far less and much easier to grok
	lines without C99 initializers."

		- Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, 05.28.2004 linux-scsi

iii.	Many fixes as suggested by Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> on
	linux-scsi, 05.28.2004

iv.	We now support up to 32 parallel ioctl commands instead of current 1.
	There is a conscious effort to let memory allocation not fail for ioctl
	commands.

v.	Do away with internal memory management. Use pci_pool_(create|alloc)
	instead.

vi.	Kill tasklet when unloading the driver.

vii.	Do not use "host_lock', driver has fine-grain locks now to protect all
	data structures.

viii.	Optimize the build scatter-gather list routine. The callers already
	know the data transfer address and length.

ix.	Better implementation of error handling and recovery. Driver now
	performs extended errors recovery for instances like scsi cable pull.

x.	Disassociate the management commands with an overlaid scsi command.
	Driver now treats the management packets as special packets and has a
	dedicated callback routine.
