README.txt Driver File Contents (Marvell614x_10220_VISTAL.zip)

Marvell 61xx RAID driver release note

Release History

v1.0.2.20 2007/03/26
1. Fix PATA last SG entry error while SG table cross 64K boundary

v1.0.2.19 2006/09/27
1. Fix PATA ODD install OS make BSOD issue

v1.0.2.18 beta 6 2006/09/13
1. Fix press button can not stop buzzer issue in 77250

v1.0.2.18 beta 5 2006/09/12
1. Only support 6141 and 6121 chip

v1.0.2.18 beta 4 2006/09/11
1. Fix no HDD display if create JBOD from GUI

v1.0.2.18 beta 3 2006/09/07
1. Fix lost 4th device under port multiplier
2. Fix hot plug make OS reboot issue no matter which RAID level

v1.0.2.18 beta 2 2006/09/07
1. Fix enter OS block issue if there're only 2 devices

v1.0.2.18 beta 1 2006/09/07
1. Fix RAID Level 1 status check when the device under port multiplier hot plug

v1.0.2.17 beta 8 2006/09/06
1. Fix RAID status display when the device under port multiplier hot plug

v1.0.2.17 beta 7 2006/09/01
1. Fix hot plug make OS reboot issue.

v1.0.2.17 beta 6 2006/08/31
1. Fix RAID fail GUI can not display correctly.

v1.0.2.17 beta 5 2006/08/31
1. Fix RAID group 2 status check error

v1.0.2.17 beta 4 2006/08/29
1. Fix GUI array infomation page

v1.0.2.17 beta 3 2006/08/29
1. Fix RAID status check error while SATA HDD hotplug

v1.0.2.17 beta 2 2006/08/28
1. Fix PATA HDD copy and compare make OS halt.

v1.0.2.17 beta 1 2006/08/24
1. Fix PATA HDD interrupt handling issue

v1.0.2.16 beta 9 2006/08/22
1. Limit Maxtor HDD speed to PIO 4

v1.0.2.16 beta 8 2006/08/21
1. Limit Maxtor HDD speed to UDMA 2

v1.0.2.16 beta 7 2006/08/18
1. Limit Maxtor HDD speed to UDMA 4

v1.0.2.16 beta 6 2006/08/17
1. Modified issue PATA command sequence

v1.0.2.16 beta 5 2006/08/11
1. Fix Maxtor HDD compatible issue.

v1.0.2.16 beta 4 2006/08/08
1. Fix attached PATA HDD make OS reboot issue

v1.0.2.16 beta 3 2006/08/04
1. Fix RAID status check while port multiplier hotplug

v1.0.2.16 beta 2 2006/07/21
1. Support Marvell 4140 hardware monitor function

v1.0.2.16 beta 1 2006/07/18
1. Modify GUI data for future support

v1.0.2.15 beta 18 2006/07/06
1. Fix hotplug detection and access fail if device attached under PM

v1.0.2.15 beta 17 2006/06/27
1. Fix SATA disk speed display issue in GUI

v1.0.2.15 beta 16 2006/06/22
1. Fix test S1/S3 blocking in RAID.

v1.0.2.15 beta 15 2006/06/22
1. Fix test S1/S3 continuously fail in 6141.

v1.0.2.15 beta 14 2006/06/20
1. Fix R0 access issue if device attached under PM
2. Fix GUI make OS reboot continuously.

v1.0.2.15 beta 13 2006/06/16
1. Fix issue command flow to PM
2. Fix some SATA & PATA HDD compatible issue(Seagate 120G(SATA) & Hitachi 80G(PATA))

v1.0.2.15 beta 12 2006/06/13
1. Modify access PCI configuration space to pass public import in WHQL
2. Fix RAID access fail if device attached under PM

v1.0.2.15 beta 11 2006/06/07
1. Support port multiplier hot plug

v1.0.2.15 beta 10 2006/06/07
1. Fix PATA ODD install OS block issue on 6141

v1.0.2.15 beta 9 2006/06/05
1. Modify access registry section to avoid block while running HCT

v1.0.2.15 beta 8 2006/06/02
1. Remove issue set disk parameter to solve block on 6141

v1.0.2.15 beta 7 2006/06/02
1. Support 6122

v1.0.2.15 beta 6 2006/05/30
1. Modify SRB_FUNCTION_SHUTDOWN handling to delay 3 seconds then return OK

v1.0.2.15 beta 5 2006/05/26
1. Fix handle SRB_FUNCTION_SHUTDOWN interrupt error if chips has only 2 SATA ports

v1.0.2.15 beta 4 2006/05/26
1. Modify SRB_FUNCTION_SHUTDOWN handle to test install OS can not reboot while finish file copy
2. Fix GUI display error if there's SATA ODD
3. Fix GUI display error if there's port multiplier

v1.0.2.15 beta 3 2006/05/19
1. Fix RAID 0 & RAID 1 copy compare error.

v1.0.2.15 beta 2 2006/05/18
1. Fix Windows 2000 power-off make blue screen issue.

v1.0.2.15 beta 1 2006/05/17
1. Modify SRB_FUNCTION_FLUSH & SRB_FUNCTION_SHUTDOWN to fix install OS fail issue.

v1.0.2.14 beta 28 2006/05/17
1. Fix test ACPI continuously make OS blue screen issue.

v1.0.2.14 beta 27 2006/05/16
1. Fix install OS on RAID issue in beta 26
2. Fix ACPI S3/S4 test in RAID

v1.0.2.14 beta 26 2006/05/16
1. Fix finish install 2003, system will not restart issue.
2. Modify rewrite PCI configuration space procedure.

v1.0.2.14 beta 25 2006/05/15
1. Fix install OS block at text mode when attached PATA device

v1.0.2.14 beta 24 2006/05/15
1. Add restore SSID, SVID when reset HBA

v1.0.2.14 beta 23 2006/05/15
1. Fix 6141 R0 can not format issue(must use multi buffer)

v1.0.2.14 beta 22 2006/05/15
1. Fix request IO issue which make data error

v1.0.2.14 beta 21 2006/05/12
1. Fix install 64 bit OS fail issue on 6141.

v1.0.2.14 beta 20 2006/05/12
1. Remove change class code

v1.0.2.14 beta 19 2006/05/11
1. Fix crash issue when install 64bit OS in text mode finish copy file

v1.0.2.14 beta 18 2006/05/11
1. Add flush cache when OS reboot.

v1.0.2.14 beta 17 2006/05/10
1. Fix install OS issue when device attach under Port Multiplier
2. Fix HDD compatible issue.

v1.0.2.14 alpha 16 2006/05/10
1. To test install OS to RAID

v1.0.2.14 beta 15 2006/05/08
1. Fix some NCQ hard drive compatible issue.

v1.0.2.14 beta 14 2006/05/08
1. Fix command queue full handle in RAID mode.

v1.0.2.14 beta 13 2006/05/05
1. Fix can not identify device attached under PM in beta 12
2. Fix command queue full handle.

v1.0.2.14 beta 12 2006/05/04
1. Fix PhyReset not work when hot plug

v1.0.2.14 beta 11 2006/05/04
1. Fix Dev/Head setting error on < 137GB SATA HDD
2. Add PhyReset if SCR0 is not 0x113, 0x123 on hot plug
3. Combine multi platform txtsetup.oem

v1.0.2.14 beta 10 2006/05/02
1. Fix no device attach on Port Multiplier port 0 issue.

v1.0.2.14 beta 9 2006/05/02
1. Increase max command slot from 8 to 32

v1.0.2.14 beta 8 2006/04/28
1. Enable Multiple command for ThorLite B0 & 6145 A0

v1.0.2.14 beta 7 2006/04/27
1. Increase delay when initialize HD to avoid missing detect device

v1.0.2.14 beta 6 2006/04/26
1. Support 6145

v1.0.2.14 beta 5 2006/04/26
1. Add set AutoRebuild, RebuildDelayTime GUI interface

v1.0.2.14 beta 4 2006/04/24
1. Add enable write cache when initialize HD

v1.0.2.14 beta 3 2006/04/21
1. Fix install OS to RAID 0 on ThorLite fail issue
2. Disable Multiple command temporarily

v1.0.2.14 beta 2 2006/04/19
1. Fix detect some SATA HDD fail(issue set transfer speed command too fast)

v1.0.2.14 beta 1 2006/04/18
1. Fix NCQ HDD poor performance issue.

v1.0.2.13 2006/04/17
1. Fix detect RAID status failed, if attached Hdds switch each other
2. Fix when one of RAID is fail or degrade, another RAID status is wrong
3. Add GUI interface to enable/disable config mode depend on chips
4. Fix when have 2 arrays, GUI show 2nd array is in degrade mode issue
5. Fix when R0 RAID fail, GUI show RAID level is NON-RAID issue
6. Fix R0 in 6141 install OS fail issue.

v1.0.2.12 2006/04/12
1. Fix GUI data when R1 is failed.

v1.0.2.11 2006/04/12
1. Fix SATA ODD attach on ThorLite B0 make OS blue screen issue.

v1.0.2.10 2006/04/11
1. Fix PATA device attach on ThorLite B0 make OS blue screen issue.
2. Fix NCQ hard drive attach on ThorLite B0 make OS blue screen issue.

v1.0.2.9 2006/04/10
1. Fix ThorLite B0 R0 access fail issue.

v1.0.2.8 2006/04/09
1. Fix device under Port Multiplier detection issue
2. Clear partition info when disk is used to create RAID.
3. Fix create/erase array update GUI page issue
4. Modify PATA registry access for ThorLite B0
5. Fix ThorLite B0 DMA access blocking issue.

v1.0.2.7 2006/03/31
1. Fix detect wrong RAID status.
2. Fix bad sector handle error issue
3. Fix update RAID signature policy if RAID level is R0

v1.0.2.6 2006/03/29
1. Fix long time access make OS reboot(memory allocate issue)
2. Fix ResetBus command queue handling
3. Fix if more than 2 hard drives build R1 make OS can not write correct signature
4. Fix 2 RAID group access each other blocking status
5. Modify driver wording requested by customer

v1.0.2.5 2006/03/24
1. Remove delay on R0
2. Add command flow control to limit issue one channel at a time

v1.0.2.4 2006/03/24
1. Increase delay

v1.0.2.3 2006/03/24
1. Fix R0 access error(Insert delay between access)

v1.0.2.2 2006/03/23
1. Fix degrade RAID handle policy issue.
2. Disable R0 support.

v1.0.2.1 2006/03/21
1. Fix choose rebuild source disk error.
2. Auto refresh RAID info when it is created or erased.

v1.0.2.0 2006/03/17
1. Disable Auto-Rebuild function in driver.

v1.0.1.10 2006/03/17
1. Fix RAID member access may block OS while RAID is under rebuilding.
2. Improve rebuilding speed, access block change from 32KB to 128KB

v1.0.1.9 2006/03/15
1. Fix issue multiple commands to Thor at the same time.

v1.0.1.8 2006/03/14
1. Fix hard drive convert form basic disk to dynamic disk issue.
2. Fix write RAID signature while rebuilding is not completed.

v1.0.1.7 2006/03/13
1. Delay 2 minutes when detect RAID is need to start mirror.

v1.0.1.6 2006/03/11
1. Fix enter OS block issue when RAID is rebuilding
2. Fix rebuild policy if it is terminated by others
3. Improve rebuilding speed.

v1.0.1.5 2006/03/09
1. Fix GUI data do not update when mirroring
2. Fix normal hard drive disappear when RAID member hot plug
3. Fix creat array via GUI make wrong array size
4. Fix hot plug issue when RAID member is more than 3 disks
5. Modify mirror policy, user must plug new drive into the same port number.
6. Fix hotplug blocking system issue
7. Fix R1 mirror function.(data copy failed)

v1.0.1.4e 2006/03/03
1. Fix after hotplug no Mirror
2. Fix RAID function on ThorLite

v1.0.1.4d 2006/03/02
1. Fix PATA device attach on HBA can not boot issue.
2. Fix some GUI command support issue.

v1.0.1.4c 2006/03/01
1. Fix detect if disk is RAID member issue

v1.0.1.4b 2006/03/01
1. Fix R1 format error
2. Fix read RAIDLog error, if Hdd already exist another info
3. Add rebuild support

v1.0.1.4a 2006/02/27
1. Add R0 support

v1.0.1.3 2006/02/15
1. Fix R1 in degraded mode can not boot issue.

v1.0.1.2 2006/02/13
1. Add GUI interface
2. Fix 1.0.1.1 format issue.

v1.0.1.1 2006/02/07
1. Fix PATA HD format fail in ThorLite
2. Fix ODD read media error in 64bits OS

v1.0.1.0 2006/01/23
1. Add R1 function

v1.0.0.6 2006/01/20
1. Remove 'RAID' wording.
2. Fix reset PATA device in ResetBus routine
3. Fix multiple command hang OS.

v1.0.0.5 2006/01/13
1. Modify Interrupt Coalescing value
2. Alway use DoubleBuffer for PATA on A0/A1

v1.0.0.4 2006/01/11
1. Add Interrupt Coalescing for Thor-Lite
2. Modify DoubleBuffer policy, only use it if necessary.

v1.0.0.3 2006/01/06
1. Add more delay to prevent hot-plug make OS blocking
2. According to Asus request, modify 61xx to 614x.

v1.0.0.2 2006/01/03
1. Fix S3/S4 fail in 32bits & 64bits OS

v1.0.0.1 2005/12/30
1. Fix for Windows 2000 txtsetup.oem, original version will make install OS BSOD.
2. Fix install OS fail if harddrive over 128GB
3. Fix hot-plug issue, the device can not detected by OS.

v1.0.0.0 2005/12/26
1. Fix PATA device acess fail on Thor-Lite
2. Fix hot-plug make OS crash, if there are access on device.
3. Change driver version in INF

v0.5.6 2005/12/23
1. Fix x64 Calling Convention Test in HCT 64bits driver test.
2. Fix PATA device detect issue when only attached master device.

v0.5.5 2005/12/22
1. Fix PATA Interrupt handling on Thor-Lite

v0.5.4 2005/12/21
1. Fix PATA device access fail on Thor-Lite
2. Combine Thor & Thor-Lite driver

v0.5.3 2005/12/20
1. Fix OS crash when chip is Thor-Lite.

v0.5.2 2005/12/15
1. Support x64 OS
2. Supoort Thor-Lite

v0.5.1 2005/12/14
1. Fix device attach to PM Port1,2,3 can not be detected.
2. Fix poor performance after implementing PM and multiple command.
3. Fix OS install issue when source is HBA ODD
4. Add driver version in INF file(But it will fail in HCT ChkINF, because major ver is 0)
5. Fix hot-plug fail issue

v0.5.0 2005/12/09
1. Fix HCT test item fail.

v0.4.9 2005/12/06
1. Fix install OS to PATA Hdd issue reported by Asus.

v0.4.8 2005/12/02
1. Fix Port Multiplier detection process, add more delay
2. Fix driver internal queue full state.
3. Modify threshold for Asus eSATA.

v0.4.7 2005/11/25
1. Support Port Multiplier
2. Auto-detect chip version to control DoubleBuffer status.
3. Support A0, A1 & C0 chips

v0.4.6b 2005/11/19
1. Set PxCMD.FRE as 0

v0.4.5b 2005/11/18
1. Fix multiple-command TAG overlap.

v0.4.4b 2005/11/17
1. Add multiple-command feature, only for C0 chip.

v0.4.3 2005/11/11
1. Fix pluging a device into unused port, device detection will be failed

v0.4.2 2005/11/08
1. Add Hot-plug function
2. Improved SATA Hdd compability. especially some earlier SATA Phase I Hdd.

v0.4.1 2005/11/03
1. Fix v0.4.0 driver attach CD-Rom blocking issue.

v0.4.0 2005/11/01
1. Fix some hard drives can't flush the data in ACPI test in HCT configure 1
2. Fix CrasDump test failed in HCT configure 1
3. Fix PATA PRD Table 64KB limit

v0.3.9 2005/10/28
1. Fix issue NCQ command blocking on A0

v0.3.8 2005/10/27
1. Fix issue NCQ command blocking
2. Fix PATA device detect issue.

v0.3.7 2005/10/26
1. Implement MHCI mode for PATA Harddrive
2. Implement NCQ command
3. Fix ACPI test fail in HCT configure 1(Be Boot device)

v0.3.6 2005/10/19
1. Fix PATA DMA transfer blocking when PRD table has multiple entries.
2. Fix ACPI test fail in HCT configure 2

v0.3.5 2005/10/06
1. Fix VCD playback issue.
2. Fix interrupt blocking when issuing READ VERIFY
2. Fix long time wait when entering OS

v0.3.4 2005/9/23
1. Fix LBA28 hard driver READ VERIFY command issue
2. Fix double buffer disabled SGL multiple entries build issue
3. Modify Max transfer block to 128KB

v0.3.3 2005/9/22
1. Fix LBA28 hard driver install OS issue

v0.3.2 2005/9/14
1. Add ResetBus and AdapterControl routine.(for ACPI)
2. Fix PATA DMA transfer bug when Double buffer is disabled.

v0.3.1 2005/9/9
1. Fix inf to pass WHQL ChkInf test.
2. Pass WHQL crashdump test.
3. Fix OS boot blocking when attaching PATA hard drives.

v0.3 2005/8/26
1. Support ATAPI DMA mode transfer.

v0.2 2005/8/24
1. Fix Boot disk content.
2. Fix attached PATA Disk make system halt.
3. Fix command can't be sent when SATA disk status is not 0x50 or 0x58(e.g : 0x52)
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