I₂O on Linux - Changes

2006-06-30: No patches are needed for 2.6.17 kernel.
2006-06-08: For kernel 2.6.16 there is a patch available in the download section which solves the reported crashes.
2006-05-15: Many users have reported problems with 2.6.16 kernel. There is no bugfix available right now.
2005-12-16: SPARC / bugfix and optimization patches are submited for inclusion into kernel.
2005-10-10: I2O subsystem now works on SPARC too, but you have to use the version in subversion right now.
2005-09-09: Users of the Promise RAID controller should use at least 2.6.12 kernel.
2005-07-25: fixed patch 1.288 for 2.6.11 kernel.
2005-06-23: Added a patch for Promise RAID controllers which fixed a memory leak.
2005-06-09: Added another help for raidutils into the FAQ section.
2005-06-02: There is a patch for version 1.288 against 2.6.11 kernel in the download section.
2005-05-20: Updated patch for grub to 0.96 and removed wrong partition handling (Thanks to Peter Jones).
2005-05-19: A workaround for Promise controllers is now found, and already send for inclusion into mainline kernel (Thanks to Sascha Daeges).
2005-05-13: Patches (version 1.288) are send for integration into mainline kernel, but it will probably not included before 2.6.13.
2005-05-10: A workaround for the AAR-2400A lockup bug is now in version 1.287 (Thanks to Wolfram Joost and Remo Tex). Promise Controllers could still cause lockups.
2005-05-08: Some users have reported lockups every once in a while with the newest version of the I₂O subsystem. A solution is not available at the moment. But i'm working with them to get it fixed as soon as possible.
2005-05-03: 64-bit PAE support is working with version 1.270 and all Adaptec Controllers with Firmware >= 3709 (thanks to Warren Togami for his great support).
2005-04-26: Promise SX6000 controller with firmware version > 1.20.0.0 are now recognized correctly (thanks to Alex Murphy and Sascha Daeges).
2005-04-18: Experimental PAE support for Adaptec controllers is now in 1.236. If you have a Adaptec controller (DPT doesn't work) and could test it out, please contact me.
2005-04-14: Promise controllers are now working with driver version 1.231 (at the moment only in subversion), thanks to Andrew Flerchinger for providing access to the Promise SX6000.
2005-03-15: If you own a LSI MegaRAID, Intel (SRCU21, SRCU31) or Promise (SX6000) controller and could try out the I₂O subsystem, please contact me.
2005-01-24: New version of raidutils for FC3.
2005-01-12: After Fedora and Debian the raidutils are now also available on Gentoo.
2004-12-29: New raidutils package which is easier to compile from source in download section.
2004-12-17: Please put at least "I2O" into subject if you send e-mails to me so i don't miss them.
2004-12-16: Because some users had problems caused from a timeout, there is a new patch in the download section until the fix is included in mainline kernel (2.6.10).
2004-12-14: Another bugfix of the survey page.
2004-12-12: I've noticed that some users just fill out the survey that the driver didn't work, but didn't contact me. If you have problems with the I₂O subsystem, please let me know, so we can fix it.
2004-11-22: Added device nodes for dpt_i2o to FAQ
2004-11-08: Since 2.6.9 all changes to the I₂O subsystem will be first in the mainline kernel and not available over the download section
2004-10-27: Minor FAQ bugfixes
2004-10-20: Added FAQ entry for problem when installing Fedora Core 3 on an I₂O controller
2004-10-07: fixed bug in Survey results. No comments were displayed on detail.
2004-09-15: new patch to lower the needed memory for Adaptec I2O controllers
2004-08-30: build 114 is now in 2.6.9-rc1-bk5
2004-08-20: build 114 is now available for download
2004-08-16: build 103 is now stable
2004-08-04: Fix for devfs problem now available in download section
2004-08-03: new Fedora section
2004-08-03: updated benchmarks
2004-08-02: build 103 now in 2.6.8-rc2-mm2
2004-08-02: updated FAQ of Zero-Channel-Controller
2004-07-29: build 99 is included in 2.6.8-rc2-mm1 now
2004-07-27: another new patch (build 99) which mainly cleanups i2o_config
2004-07-26: mark PM3755 as working
2004-07-23: alpha patch of rewritten I₂O subsystem available in download section
2004-07-22: some statistics from the drivers are available under benchmark
2004-07-22: driver in SVN is now working without hangup under heavy load
2004-07-19: 2.6.8-rc2 contains Zero Channel patch
2004-07-14: Version in SVN is now working on 64-bit again (but still hangups under heavy load)
2004-07-05: new version of I2O subsystem in SVN (alpha version)
2004-06-20: ASR-2015S is now known to work with I2O thanks to Johnny Stenback
2004-06-19: ASR-2000S is now known to work with I2O thanks to Liviu Teodorescu
2004-06-07: ASR-2004A is now known to work with I2O thanks to Joern Steltner.
2004-06-02: new patch i2o_proc-full-seq_file.patch which converts i2o_proc to use seq_file instead of the read function.
2004-05-28: marked ASR-2010S as working (thanks to Andreas Jellinghaus).
2004-05-27: added AIC-7899 to compability list (thanks to Paul Evans).
2004-05-26: with i2o-adaptec-zerochannel-support.patch the I2O subsystem now support Adaptec's zero channel controllers (thanks to Hsiangjen Shih).
2004-05-26: updated i2o-adaptec-zerochannel-support.patch because controller wasn't recognized.
2004-05-25: alpha version of i2o-adaptec-zerochannel-support.patch available for download.
2004-05-24: updated ToDo list.
2004-05-19: new link to Fedora Core 2 installation HOWTO.
2004-05-19: new raidutils rpm, which is compiled with i2o_cmd_passthru.patch applied.
2004-05-19: new patch which fixes the ordering of struct i2o_cmd_passthru.patch.
2004-05-16: I2O patches are now in 2.6.6-bk2.
2004-05-13: new patch to fix boundary checks in i2o-passthru.patch.
2004-05-11: updated working controllers (ASR-2100S).
2004-05-09: new version of i2o_proc-lct-access-bugfix.patch using seq_file API
2004-05-08: updated working controllers (ASR-2110S).
2004-05-07: application patches for grub / LVM2 are available in the download section
2004-05-07: i2o_proc-lct-access-bugfix.patch is available.
2004-05-06: I2O patches are now included in 2.6.6-rc3-mm2 patch.
2004-05-05: new version of raidutils, which now fixes header includes of gcc 3.3 and resolves problems recognizing I2O pass-thru option in kernel.
2004-05-03: new RPM online with changes from Anvil and Michael Schwendt.
2004-05-02: RPM of raidutils available in download section.
2004-04-29: new i2o-pae-support.patch online.
2004-04-29: FAQ section updated and new bugfix release for raidutils.
2004-04-27: new i2o-makefile-cleanup.patch which cleans up the Kconfig and Makefiles.
2004-04-27: new FAQ section.
2004-04-26: i2o-passthru.patch fixes.
2004-04-26: i2o-64-bit-fix.patch, which fixes i2o_scsi on 64-bit platforms.
2004-04-22: another i2o_block driver cleanup.
2004-04-20: another cleanup of the i2o_block driver (thanks to Jens Axboe).
2004-04-16: fixes of the i2o_block driver.
2004-04-15: new patch (i2o_block-cleanup.patch) to fix the i2o_block driver.
2004-04-08: raidutils sources which works with the I₂O drivers are online.
2004-04-05: Initial Subversion access.
2004-04-05: Homepage for I₂O on Linux is online.
2004-03-10: 2.6.4 release, which was the first release with working I₂O drivers.

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I2O on Linux - Changes

I₂O on Linux - Changes