				Release Notes

Driver Name  : QLogic QLA22xx/QLA23xx/QLA63xx PCI Fibre Channel Linux Driver
Version      : 7.01.01
OS platform  : Red Hat AS2.1 (IA32 & IA64)
               Red Hat RHEL 3 AS (IA32, PPC64, IA64 & AMD64)
               SuSE SLES8 (IA32, PPC64, AMD64 & IA64)
	       RedHat 9.0 (IA32)		
HBA Support  : QLA22xx, QLA23xx, QLA63xx
FW version   : QLA22xx : 2.02.06(tp/ip),  QLA23xx: 3.03.01(ipx/flx)

 
Table of Contents
I.	Overview
II.	Enhancements
III.	Bug Fixes
IV.	Known Issues
V.      Additional Information

I.	Overview

This document describes the changes between versions 6.06.10 and 7.01.01.
of the QLogic Fibre Channel driver for Linux.

II.	Enhancements
 - Added support for 2322 chips.
 - Added support for ISP200.
 - Added extended interface for 16 bit loop id support.
 - Improved fabric discovery logic. 
 - Added failover support for XP, VA, MSA1000 and EVA.
 - Added RPM support for installing and updating driver.
 - Added support to change dynamic parameters without reload.
 - Change license of HBA API to be GPL.
 - Added hot add support for failover luns.
 - Added support for optional FDMI registration.
 - Added support for RHEL 3.0
 - Added commandline parameter: "ql2xioctltimeout" to change
   the default ioctl pass-thur timeout and change default t0 66 sec.
 - Added commandline parameter: "ql2xmaxsectors" and "ql2xmaxsgs".
 - Added selective failover support for non-failover devices.
 - Added support for AMD Opteron, and x86_64 platforms.
 - Added support to initiate a pseudo LIP via the /proc interface.
 - Added support to always export HSG80 devices as non-failover device 
   in failover mode.
-  Improved tape handling
-  Added cmd line param - ql2xprocessnotready.
-  Added the semaphore to protect failover database updation

III.	Bug Fixes

 - Fixed logic to honor "ConfigRequired=1" in non-failover mode. 
 - Fixed PortID binding.
 - Fixed panic loding firmware on 2100/2200.
 - Fixed handling of tape commands during LIPs
 - Fixed flushing logic for START_STOP commands
 - Back-out PLUG-TIMER and scsi-affine 'performace patches'
 - Fixed DMA double allocation bug on retries.
 - Fixed PCI posting issues.
 - Fixed endianess issues.
 - Fixed recursive issue in ZIO logic.
 - Fixed IA64 /proc alinment issue.
 - Fixed compilation issue with SLES 8 SP3.
 - Fixed ER36592.
 - Fixed FCP protocol error checking.
 - Set the firmware options for swing/emphasis before init_fw.
 - Fixed flash issue.

IV.	Known Issues

There are no known issues at this time.

V.	Additional Information

- This driver must be used with API library v2.00Beta4 + 
  to handle re-entrant API/ioctl commands correctly.


