Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 663119
[Emulex 6.1 feat] Update lpfc driver to 8.3.5.30
Last modified: 2011-05-19 08:24:16 EDT
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
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@emulex.com> Reply-To: Smart, James <James.Smart@Emulex.Com> To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.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@emulex.com> Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@emulex.com>
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Thank you Sue, we are breathing a sigh of relief over here at Emulex. Have a good day Laurie
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-112.el6
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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