Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.4 - TECHNICAL NOTES Manual page 153

• The rdac_dev_list structure now includes md3000 and md3000i entries. This allows users to
benefit from the advantages provided by the iscsi_dh_rdac module.
• This release includes the new mpt2sas driver. This driver supports the SAS-2 family of adapters
from LSI Logic. SAS-2 increases the maximum data transfer rate from 3Gb/s to 6Gb/s.
The mpt2sas driver is located in the drivers/scsi/mpt2sas directory, as opposed to the older
mpt drivers that are located in drivers/message/fusion directory.
• The aacraid driver has now been updated to version 1.1.5-2461. This update applies several
upstream fixes for bugs affecting queued scans, controller boot problems, and other issues.
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• The aic7xxx driver now features an increased maximum I/O size. This allows supported devices
(such as SCSI tape devices) to perform writes with larger buffers.
• The cciss driver has been updated to apply upstream fixes for bugs affecting memory BAR
discovery, the rebuild_lun_table and the MSA2012 scan thread. This update also applies
several configuration changes to cciss.
• The fnic driver has been updated to version 1.0.0.1039. This applies several upstream bug fixes,
updates the libfc and fcoe modules, and adds a new module parameter that controls debug
logging at runtime. (BZ#484438
• The ipr driver now supports MSI-X interrupts.
• A bug that caused iSCSI iBFT installations to panic during disk formatting is now fixed.
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(BZ#436791 ). Also, a bug in the iscsi_r2t_rsp struct that caused kernel panics during
iSCSI failovers in some multipathed environments is now fixed.
• The lpfc driver has been updated to version 8.2.0.48. This enables hardware support for upcoming
OEM programs. (BZ#476738
• The MPT fusion driver is now updated to version 3.04.07rh v2. This applies several bug fixes.
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(BZ#475455 )
• The megaraid_sas driver is now updated to version 4.08-RH1. This update applies the following
upstream enhancements and fixes (among
• This update adds a polling mode to the driver.
• A bug affecting supported tape drives is now fixed. With this release, the pthru timeout value is
now set to the O/S layer timeout value for commands sent to tape drives.
• The mvsas driver is now updated to version 0.5.4. This applies several fixes and enhancements
from upstream, and adds support for Marvell RAID bus controllers MV64460, MV64461, and
MV64462. (BZ#485126
• The qla2xxx driver has been updated to version 8.03.00.10.05.04-k, and now supports Fibre
Channel over Convergence Enhanced Ethernet adapters. With this release, qla2xxx also applies
several bug fixes from upstream, including:
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• Discrepancies detected during OVERRUN handling on 4GB and 8GB adapters are now corrected.
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