Bug 663119

Summary: [Emulex 6.1 feat] Update lpfc driver to 8.3.5.30
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Joseph Mann <joseph.mann>
Component: kernelAssignee: Rob Evers <revers>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: 6.1CC: bdonahue, cward, joseph.mann, laurie.barry, revers, snagar, vaios.papadimitriou
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: FutureFeature, OtherQA
Target Release: 6.1   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-112.el6 Doc Type: Enhancement
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Patchset to update Emulex LPFC driver to 8.3.5.30 (applies on top of 8.3.5.28) none

Description Joseph Mann 2010-12-14 18:50:02 UTC
Created attachment 468666 [details]
Patchset to update Emulex LPFC driver to 8.3.5.30 (applies on top of 8.3.5.28)

The attached tarball contains:

1. The set of patches; each patch corresponds to an individual fix as per
agreement.

2. A README file that describes the patch naming scheme, and directions and
instructions on how to apply the patches.

3. The ChangeLog of the fixes included in this patchset.


The ChangeLog for this driver is as follows:
r9560_r9558.patch:
Fixed management command context setting.

r9560_r9559.patch:
Fixed panic in the __lpfc_sli_get_sglq

r9582.patch:
Synchronize with upstream code

r9584_r9540.patch:
Implement the FC and SLI async event handlers 

r9589_r9579.patch:
Implement new SLI4 initialization procedures based on if_type 

r9594.patch:
Update lpfc version for 8.3.5.29 driver release

r9640_r9623.patch:
Correct bit-definitions in SLI4 data structures.

r9645_r9639.patch:
Use VPI for ALL ELS commands and allocate RPIs at node creation

r9699_r9657.patch:
Turned parity and serr bits back on after performing sli4 board reset PCI access

r9703.patch:
Update lpfc version for 8.3.5.30 driver release

Comment 2 Joseph Mann 2010-12-16 15:57:13 UTC
This is the associated upstream submission. This is for reference only, these patches cannot be applied to the 8.3.5.x driver cleanly.


Subject: 	[PATCH 0/5] lpfc 8.3.20: Update lpfc to revision 8.3.20
Date: 	Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:56:49 -0800
From: 	James Smart <james.smart>

Reply-To: 	Smart, James <James.Smart>

To: 	linux-scsi.org <linux-scsi.org>


This patch set updates the lpfc driver to revision 8.3.20

The patches for 8.3.20 contain:
- Critical fixes.
- Implement the FC and SLI async event handlers.
- Implement new SLI4 init procedures based on if_type
- Updates to FC discovery commands
- Update lpfc driver version to 8.3.20

The bugfixes were cut against scsi-misc-2.6

-- james s


  Signed-off-by: Alex Iannicelli <alex.iannicelli>
  Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart>

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2011-01-07 04:48:07 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 4 Suzanne Logcher 2011-01-07 16:06:02 UTC
This request was erroneously denied for the current release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux.  The error has been fixed and this request has been
re-proposed for the current release.

Comment 5 laurie barry 2011-01-07 16:09:47 UTC
Thank you Sue, we are breathing a sigh of relief over here at Emulex.

Have a good day
Laurie

Comment 9 Aristeu Rozanski 2011-02-03 15:39:13 UTC
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-112.el6

Comment 12 Chris Ward 2011-04-06 11:03:33 UTC
~~ Partners and Customers ~~

This bug was included in RHEL 6.1 Beta. Please confirm the status of this request as soon as possible.

If you're having problems accessing 6.1 bits, are delayed in your test execution or find in testing that the request was not addressed adequately, please let us know.

Thanks!

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 12:24:16 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0542.html