Fixlist for Linux IBM Tape Device Driver (lin_tape)\r
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-(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2007-2017\r
+(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2007-2023\r
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Level Date Description\r
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+3.0.66 09/29/2023 - Initial support for SLES 15 SP5 (min. kernel 5.14.21-150500)\r
+3.0.65 08/22/2023 - Initial support for RHEL 9.2 (no join driver)\r
+ - Initial support for RHEL 8.8\r
+ - Changed print auto timeouts retrieval fails to only print when debug enabled\r
+ - Support for TS1170\r
+3.0.64 02/10/2023 - Initial support for RHEL 9.1 (min. kernel 5.14.0-162 x86_64, ppc64le)\r
+ 02/03/2023 - Fix to attach when inq p0x83 not available\r
+ - Initial support for RHEL 8.7 (min. kernel 4.18.0-425)\r
+ - Fix to get sense data on kernel >= 5.14\r
+3.0.63 10/07/2022 - Initial support for SLES15 SP4 (min. 5.14.21-150400.22.1)\r
+ - Work around to allow vpd gather on sles15 sp4\r
+3.0.61 09/02/2022 - Initial support for RHEL 9.0 (min. kernel 5.14.0-70 no join driver support)\r
+3.0.60 07/08/2021 - Initial support for RHEL 8.6 (min. kernel 4.18.0-372)\r
+ - New TSM IOCTL\r
+3.0.59 01/26/2021 - Initial support for RHEL 8.5 \r
+ 11/11/2021 - Fix for passthru s/g buffers on read/write\r
+ - Fix for st crash on unsupported cmd\r
+ - Removed excesive prints for get timeouts\r
+ - Support for LTO9\r
+3.0.58 10/25/2021 - New lin_tape_ignoreOEM parameter\r
+ - Fix for crash on join driver st interface buffer >= 2MB\r
+ - Removed timouts initialization table from attachment to avoid delays on device becoming ready\r
+ - CPF change to attempt a max of 2 retries when hardware error\r
+3.0.57 08/30/2021 - Initial support for SLES 15 SP3 (min. kernel 5.3.18-57 Power, Intel, System Z)\r
+ 07/26/2021 - Initial support for RHEL 8.4 (min. kernel 4.18.0-305 x86_64, ppc64le, s390x)\r
+ - Changer to retry abort and becoming ready state\r
+ - CPF improvements\r
+ - Fix for memory leak\r
+ - Not to retry rimeouts request on invalid request\r
+3.0.56 02/12/2021 - Initial support for RHEL 8.3 (min. kernel 4.18.0-240 x86_64 and Power)\r
+ 12/31/2020 - Initial support for RHEL 7.9 (min. kernel 3.10.0-1160 x86_64 and Power)\r
+ - Enhancement to allow multiple changer open handles during critical IO\r
+ - Removed recommended tmo parameters warnings\r
+ - Fix for auto timeout retrieval on re-discovery failing command for timout retrieval when successful on initial discovery\r
+3.0.55 07/31/2020 - Initial support for SLES 15 SP2 (min. kernel version 5.3.18-24.15.1)\r
+ - Autotime retrieval\r
+ - Fix on passthru failover on changer from invalid request\r
+ - RAO for LTO\r
+3.0.53 06/02/2020 - Initial support for RHEL 7.8 (min. kernel version 3.10.0-1127.8.2 on x86_64 and Power and 4.14.0-115.el7a on Power9)\r
+ - Initial support for RHEL 8.2 (min. kernel version 4.18.0-193 x86_64 and Power)\r
+ - Initial support for Ubuntu 18.04.4 (min kernel version 5.3.0-46 only on ppc64le and x86_64)\r
+ - Removed line space at proc output\r
+3.0.52 03/17/2020 - Initial support for RHEL 8.1 (min. kernel version 4.18.9.147)\r
+ - Initial support for SLES 12 SP5 (min. kernel version 4.12.14-122)\r
+ - Workaround for scsi request not detecting/reporting path down on RHEL 8.x\r
+3.0.51 02/21/2020 - Fix for keeping track of reservation after failover\r
+ - Fix for sg lock on RHEL7\r
+ - Fix for possible lock on device unconfig\r
+ - Fix for drive dumps file names\r
+ - Adjustment for LTO erase time out \r
+ - Enhancement for install script \r
+3.0.48 11/01/2019 - Initial support for RHEL 7.7 (min. kernel version 4.14.0-115 on Power and 3.10.0-1062 on Intel)\r
+3.0.48 09/18/2019 - Initial support for RHEL 8 (min. kernel version 4.18.0-80)\r
+ - Initial support for SLES 15 SP1 (min. kernel version 4.12.14-197.1)\r
+ - Fix for crash when all paths removed during load balancing\r
+ - Fix for null pointer on join with devices with alternate path disabled\r
+3.0.46 07/31/2019 - General change for lock handling and devices table\r
+ - Fix on daemon null pointer\r
+ - Retry on unit attention and not ready sense on attachment\r
+ - Daemon signal blocking fix\r
+ - Introduced systemd (on RHEL 7, SLES 12 and SLES 15)\r
+ - Fix for daemon not processing commands when removal in progress\r
+ - Support flag for SLES\r
+ - Initial support for SLES 12 SP4 (min. kernel version 4.12.14-94.41 x86_64, ppc64le and s390x)\r
+3.0.39 02/18/2019 - Initial support for RHEL 7.6 (min. kernel version 3.10.0-957.1.3 only)\r
+3.0.39 02/18/2019 - Initial support for SLES 12 SP4 (min. kernel version 4.12.14-94.41 ppc64le and s390x only)\r
+3.0.39 12/06/2018 - Initial support for TS1160\r
+ - Initial support for RHEL 6.10 (min. kernel version 2.6.32-754 ppc64le and x86_64 only)\r
+ - Initial support for Ubuntu 18.04 (min. kernel 4.15.0.34 only on ppc64le and x86_64)\r
+ - Initial support for SLES 15 (min. kernel 4.12.14-23.1 only on ppc64le and s390x)\r
+ - Fix for soft lock on rescan\r
+ - Fix for udev attributes\r
+ - New Archive Mode Unthread ioctls\r
+3.0.33 07/27/2018 - Initial support for RHEL 7.5 (min. kernel version 3.10.0-862 only on ppc64le and x86_64)\r
+ - Initial support for Ubuntu 16.04.3 (min. kernel 4.4.0-87 Only on x86_64)\r
+ - Fixed bug on CPF failing over a different device\r
+ - Reduced removal waiting when device busy\r
+ - Added runtime attribute PID\r
+ - Fix for double lock on rescan\r
+3.0.32 06/07/2018 - Support for SLES 12 SP3 on kernels beyond 4.4.114\r
+ - Fix for lock condition introduced at 3.0.30 when attempt to open a device busy\r
+ - Fox for join driver to return sense data after CPF event\r
+3.0.31 04/26/2018 - Initial support for SLES 12 SP3 (min. kernel version 4.4.114-94)\r
+3.0.30 04/11/20185 - Fixes on join some with crash potential during failover\r
+ - Fix for join driver returning ENXIO on open\r
+ - Fix for memory leak on join interfaces\r
+ - Fix for Verify and extended read position application interface for missmatching endianness\r
+ - Fix for logging when daemon stopped\r
+ - Fix for race condition\r
+ - Fix and enhancements for device removal\r
+ - Fix for hang introduced at 3.0.20 on device removal during IO\r
+ - Enhancements for daemon excess loop during failvoer\r
+ - Fix for interlock of daemon with crash potential\r
+ - Stop waiting when device gone detected\r
+ - Work around ERP TOD from drive sense data parameter rounded\r
+ - Fix to not use the device object once driver released\r
+ - Removed small unporected window on read proc\r
+3.0.23 11/03/2017 - Initial support for RHEL 7.4 (min. kernel version 3.10.0-693 only on ppc64, ppc64le and x86_64)\r
+ - Initial support for RHEL 6.9 (min. kernel version 2.6.32-696)\r
+ - Support for LTO8\r
+ - Fix for reservation conflict when reserve_6 used\r
+ - Fix for failover after device rediscovery (introduced at 3.0.20)\r
+ - Fix for device name after removal (introduced at 3.0.20)\r
+ - Fix for read with resid through join interface\r
+3.0.21 09/14/2017 - Fix to process sense data from srb combination flags\r
+ - Enhancement to not attempt failover when only one path left\r
+ - Fix for crash on concurrency (multiple process attempting to use the same device in stress scenario)\r
+ - Fix for returning ENXIO instead attempting failover (introduced at 3.0.20)\r
+ - Join driver to retry attachment on LUN not serlf configured\r
+3.0.20 06/09/2017 - Reincorporated join driver (lin_tape_as_sfmp) with new build flag: -with sfmp\r
+ - Work around for wrong SN reported by Inq. page 80h after failback\r
+ - Fix for crash when HBA driver removed before lin_tape\r
+ - Fix for mismatching device SN on failback\r
+ - Fix for busy waits\r
+ - Fix for file systems removals\r
+ - Fix for file systems attributes names\r
+ - Fix for column width at /proc/IBM for SN\r
+ - Initial support for SLES 12 SP2 (min. kernel version 4.4.21-69)\r
+ - Initial support for RHEL 7.3 (min. kernel version 3.10.0-514)\r
+ - Initial support for RHEL 7.3 Power LE (min. kernel version 3.10.0-514)\r
+ - Support for TS4300\r
3.0.18 03/08/2017 - Prevent crash from double delete objects on removal during wait scenarios (introduced at 2.2.0)\r
- lin_tape_as_sfmp not supported in this version\r
- Installation for blacklist.conf enhancements\r
+ - Support for TS1155\r
3.0.16 01/06/2017 - Prevent crash introduced at 1.75.0 cleaning buffern and length on WRA during open\r
- Prevent lock/crash introduced at 1.75.0 when device removal during open\r
- Added dualaccesor_cpf for TSLM usage\r