Fix problem where during ISP initialization in a volatile topology
  (i.e. fabric environment with large number of streaming RSCNs) the
  driver would loop indefinitely or hang due to termination of an
  invalid thread pid.

 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c |  142 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c   |    1
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)

  Cleanup retrieval and update of firmware options:

  	o Update only valid for non-(2[12]00) ISPs.
  	o Instruct firmware to return completed IOCBs without
  	  waiting for an ABTS to complete.

 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c |   79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

  Fix problem where the driver would incorrectly down-cast the target
  loop_id while retrieving link statistics.

 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h |    2 +-
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

  Issue a kernel warning message before initiating an ISP abort (big
  hammer) -- additional debugging mechanism in case of event.

 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c  |    9 +++++++++
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c   |    2 ++
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_rscn.c |    2 ++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

  Fix problem where port ID binding would not be honoured when
  a device was moved within the fabric.

 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

  Older, notably the ISP2100, chips have some contraints for the request
  queue depth and number of scatter-gather elements allowed for a
  given command.  For this chip, reduce request queue size to 128 and
  maximum number of scatter-gather entries for a command to 32.

 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h  |   14 +++-----------
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c |    9 +++++----
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c |   14 +++++++-------
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c   |   14 +++++++++-----
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_rscn.c |    2 +-
 5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

  Remove flash support from embedded driver:

  	o Remove unused option-rom variables from host structure.
  	o Remove flash manipulation routines.

 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h  |    2
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h  |    8
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c |    3
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_sup.c  |  446 ----------------------------------------
 4 files changed, 459 deletions(-)

  ISP dump routine fixes:

  	o Properly release hardware_lock in failure path.

  	o Fix inability to complete ISP2100 dump, by properly
  	  reseting the RISC after register reads.

 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dbg.c |   34 ++++++++++++----------------------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

From: 	Moore, Eric Dean <Emoore@lsil.com>

add a timeout field to struct scsi_device and expose it in in sysfs.

This patch allows LLDs to override the default timeout used for scsi devices
and exposes it in sysfs. The default timeout value used is too short for
many RAID array devices, such as those created by the ipr driver.

From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>

Marks threads as needed for suspend.
DESC
aic79xx_osm.c build fix
EDESC

drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c: In function `ahd_linux_dv_thread':
drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c:2594: `PF_IOTHREAD' undeclared (first use in this function)

From: Michael Veeck <michael.veeck@gmx.net>
Subject: [Kernel-janitors] [PATCH] drivers/scsi/53c* MIN/MAX removal


Patch (against 2.6.6-rc1) removes unnecessary min/max macros and changes
calls to use kernel.h macros instead.


 drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c      |    6 +++---
 drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_comm.h |    5 +----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

From: Michael Veeck <michael.veeck@gmx.net>
Subject: [Kernel-janitors] [PATCH] drivers/scsi/nsp MIN/MAX/NUMBER removal

Patch (against 2.6.6-rc1) removes unnecessary min/max/number macros and
changes calls to use kernel.h macros instead.


 drivers/scsi/nsp32.c |   24 ++++++++++++------------
 drivers/scsi/nsp32.h |    4 ----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

From: Michael Veeck <michael.veeck@gmx.net>
Subject: [Kernel-janitors] [PATCH] drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old MIN/MAX/NUMBER
	removal

Patch (against 2.6.6-rc1) removes unnecessary min/max/number macros and
changes calls to use kernel.h macros instead.


 drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c              |   43 ++++++++++++++------------------
 drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old/aic7xxx_proc.c |    6 ++--
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

From: Michael Veeck <michael.veeck@gmx.net>
Subject: [Kernel-janitors] [PATCH] drivers/scsi/pcmcia MIN/MAX/NUMBER removal


Patch (against 2.6.6-rc1) removes unnecessary min/max/number macros and
changes calls to use kernel.h macros instead.


 drivers/scsi/pcmcia/nsp_cs.c |   12 ++++++------
 drivers/scsi/pcmcia/nsp_cs.h |    2 --
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

We cannot call del_timer_sync() from within that timer's handler function!

On one of our big machines we found a problem with posted writes while
running AIM.

Two writes of the Request Queue In pointer went out of order, making
the chip think that it had a queue wrap.

I took advantage of this opportunity to add relaxed reads, which helps
the Altix.  It should not affect other arches.  All reads are relaxed
except for the read of the Semaphore register.

Some buggy USB storage devices can return Unit Attention status for
INQUIRY commands.  The current code in scsi_scan.c checks for ASC = 0x28 =
Not ready to ready transition, but these devices can also return ASC =
0x29 = Power-on or reset occurred.  In addition, the code doesn't retry
the INQUIRY when these codes are received.

Fifth attempt at a PCMCIA SCSI driver for the Symbios 53c500
controller.  This version has all the cleanup Christoph has requested
to date, including removal of support for the obsolete (in 2.6)
proc_info functionality.

Support for additional sysfs class device attributes has been added:
two are read-only (irq, ioport), one is read-write (fast_pio).  The
read-write attribute is a per-instance flag indicating the PIO speed
of the particular HBA: valid values are 1 (enabled -- default) and 0
(disabled).

This patch was causing a boot panic.  Now fixed.

scsi_get_device needs no NULL check

drivers/scsi/sd.c: In function `scsi_disk_release':
drivers/scsi/sd.c:1477: warning: unused variable `sdev'

Move scsi_device_get out of sd probe path to allow module to be unloaded
when devices are not open.

This patch includes the following driver changes:

   1.26.00.038 - Roll driver minor version to 26 to denote kernel 2.6.
                 Add support for cmds_per_lun module parameter.
   1.26.00.039 - Fix bug in tw_chrdev_ioctl() polling code.
                 Fix data_buffer_length usage in tw_chrdev_ioctl().
                 Update contact information.

We can't refer to PCI functions for a pure
EISA machine.

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

This is because aic7xxx does not unregister itself properly if no devices
are found.  This patch fixes the problem.

This patch changes the st console/log messages:

- __GFP_NOWARN added to buffer allocation to suppress useless messages
  when having to use smaller than default segments
- move log message from enlarge_buffer() to caller so that the tape name
  can be printed and remove some debugging messages; now the st messages
  should include drive name where applicable (a problem reported by
  Hironobu Ishii)
- setting options is logged only when debugging; the most important
  options are now seen in sysfs

- always set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUBTIBLE) unless we explicitly
  check for signals.

- make all timeouts take HZ based values.

this patch kills qlogic_core.c and I guess the same idea can be
applied to other pcmcia scsi drivers. comments?

	this patch kills irq probe and also I/O because isn't useful to
	probe I/O if we can't probe irq later.

From: "Moore, Eric Dean" <Emoore@lsil.com>

into ppc970.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.6/linux

If a filesystem's ->writepage implementation repeatedly refuses to write the
page (it keeps on redirtying it instead) (reiserfs seems to do this) then the
writeback logic can get stuck repeately trying to write the same page.

Fix that up by correctly setting wbc->pages_skipped, to tell the writeback
logic that things aren't working out.

into ppc970.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.6/linux

into ppc970.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.6/linux

into nuts.davemloft.net:/disk1/BK/net-2.6