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ServeRAID M Series SAS Controller Driver v7.705.04.00 for RHEL 7 - IBM Systems

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7.705.04.00

Release Date

11 July 2018

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3,087,580 ServeRAID M Series SAS Controller Driver for RHEL 7
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Download the latest ServeRAID M Series SAS Controller Driver for RHEL 7.

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Change history

Severity: Suggested

Version 07.705.04.00

Defects

  • Provided driver workaround to reset __GFP_WAIT flag while allocating IO request frames.(SCGCQ01394892)
  • Driver will use 64 bit request descriptor for sending IO to Ventura firmware.(SCGCQ01514452)
  • Set DMA mask after FW is in READY state in PCI resume path of megaraid_sas driver(SCGCQ01389431)
  • Fixed few dev found and coverity reported defects(SCGCQ01392652)
  • Selective stream detection logic in driver(SCGCQ01392643)
  • During PCI remove, set unload flag after scsi_remove_host is called.(SCGCQ01392656)
  • update LD map after populate drv_map, increase wait in IOCTL, fix index in error handling, rework in refiring DCMDs.(SCGCQ01415439)

Enhancement Requests

  • MR7.4: Add SLES12 SP3 OS support.(SCGCQ01396756)
  • Added support for RHEL7.4.(SCGCQ01455156)
  • Added driver support for OEL7.4.(SCGCQ01396747)
  • Increased JBOD FPIO timeout by 1 sec to workaround hardware bug which causes timeout 1 sec earlier than provided timeout value.(SCGCQ01449957)
  • Added support for threaded interrupts.(SCGCQ01498747)
  • MR7.4: OS driver support for RHEL 7.4.(SCGCQ01396738)
  • Added support for SLES12 SP3.(SCGCQ01455167)
  • Added driver binary support for Xenserver7.2.(SCGCQ01393249)
  • Remove support for RHEL7.1, OEL7.2 and SLES12.(SCGCQ01449982)
  • Removed support for few OS to align with OS support matrix policy.(SCGCQ01393194)

CSET Activities

  • Added support for threaded interrupts.(SCGCQ01615015 port of SCGCQ01498747)
  • Driver should go through stream detection logic after it's finalized which path(fastpath vs non fastpath) IO will go through(SCGCQ01483730 port of SCGCQ01468189)
  • Use IOC_INIT frame once driver has verified IOC_INIT frame allocation was successful.(SCGCQ01455132 port of SCGCQ01430747)
  • MR: OEL 7.4 and 6.x x86_64 RPMs do not have the correct kernel versions.(SCGCQ01611888 port of SCGCQ01607445)
  • expose fw_outstanding and drv_outstanding variables to the OS level sys interface.(SCGCQ01475068 port of SCGCQ01019663)
  • Updated correct supported kernel version of Ubuntu16.04 in driver's document- OS_support_list_mr7.5.txt.(SCGCQ01564604 port of SCGCQ01454090)
  • Added NVME passthru support in MR linux driver.(SCGCQ01424605 port of SCGCQ01407028)
  • Updated correct supported kernel version of Ubuntu16.04 in driver's document- OS_support_list_mr7.5.txt.(SCGCQ01455206 port of SCGCQ01454090)
  • Added NVME passthru support in MR linux driver.(SCGCQ01455135 port of SCGCQ01407028)
  • Updated OEL6_UEK and OEL7_UEK buildkit.(SCGCQ01443433 port of SCGCQ01439776)
  • Setup IRQs only after Reply descriptors are allocated.(SCGCQ01514459 port of SCGCQ01506133)
  • Use pci_{alloc/free}_irq_vectors for >=4.12 kernels.(SCGCQ01449816 port of SCGCQ01449816)
  • Use IOC_INIT frame once driver has verified IOC_INIT frame allocation was successful.(SCGCQ01449786 port of SCGCQ01430747)
  • Set DMA mask after FW is in READY state in PCI resume path of megaraid_sas driver.(SCGCQ01392672 port of SCGCQ01389431)

Note: See the change history file for more information.

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Modified date:
12 May 2021

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