release notes

2007/12/12
	A) Fix the Seagate HDD ST3500320AS 500G 
		make cold boot response "NGO. PHY 0x14" at slot PHY 0x14
	B) Support CLI command to process slot device power on/off

2007/12/13
	A) Fix the spin comand help string :" SPIN [I|H|S [Delay Num]]"
   	Not "SPIN [I|H|S] Delay Num]]"
	B) Support spin command selftime argument invalid value checking
		(Delay < 0x3FF, Num <0x3F)

2007/12/27
	A) Support A1 chip
	
2008/01/03
	A) Change Self-time spinup control default register value
	B) Suppor CLI to control SES Fan Speed

2008/01/25
	A) Support HBA expander
	B) Update the default SAS Address base
	C) Change the external port default driven strength to 3M
	
2008/02/20
	A) Reduce the unnecessary route table entry create by LSI SAS FW.
	
2008/04/08
	A) Support new 12 bays expander.

2008/05/20
	A) For CLI DrivenStrength setting style and default value,
	     device id > 0x30, use as standalone JBOD style & default.

2008/06/13
	A) According to different sensor item, the LCM will show different options.
	B) Support LCM ESC key to mute the alarming buzzer.
	
2008/07/14
	A)Support dual arc-8060 controller to issue link or hard reset.
	B)Support rev 2.0 1680IX
	C)Support HBA expander H/W 8 s-ports + 4 ext-ports + 16 device ports
	D)Fix the bug when use the arcmfg.exe can't set the ethernet address with some address.
	E)Support Adaptec-5805 series
	F)Support ID 0x34 (ARC8020-12 bays)
	G)Fix bug of ARC-8020 can't show model name
	H)Suppport new LCM.

2008/07/23
	A)Support 3ware adapter daisy chains 2 ARC-8010.
		use the cli command "SYS -T [0|1]"  0: driect attach, 1:table route
	B)Fix ARC-8010, fix GAL watchdog reset timer too short
		and will GAL reset system during move CODE rom image.
	
2008/08/08
	A)Change the RAM, SRAM, FLASH logical map (for compiler usage)
	B)Fix arc-8020 cli command "phy test" dump wrong message,
		set the ARC-8020 as arc8010 message dump
		
2008/08/14
	A)Fix bug the CLI command for table route setting

2008/10/08
	A)Support the fault-tolerant JBODs
	B)The password must >=4 and <= 8 characters
	C)Add a "GAL ID" item in the SYStem information,
	 if value is 0x5A, then support Fault-tolerant function

2008/11/03
	A)Support the 6 bays device, ID = 0x36
	B)Support dual JBOD setup data synchronization function
	C)Dual JBOD condition,
	  Fix when use LCM to mute the alarm beep, but the backup JBOD is not muted
	D)Fix LCM sometimes show wrong string in abnormal device
	E)Company P ask to show FW version at the SMP report general string
	
2008/12/22
	A)For ARC-8XXX, the SpinUp Mode default value is set as Host-notify.
	B)Change the Fan and Thermal sensor switch time from n-1 sec to 1 sec before detect.
	C)Set FW revision as all models SMP Report general string.
	D)Support CLI Thermal command to set all device mode
	E)Protect the fan speed limit not more than level 7
	
2009/01/13
	A)Fix the bug that ARC-8020 LCM can't work after FW version 05.3C.1.24

2009/01/21
	A)Support new SCSI command for ARC-1300
	B)Fix the bug that ARC-8010 master controller save data is uninitialized.
	C)Fix the products that without external SRAM will have wrong SES slot text description.

2009/02/06
	A)Fix the part of 1680IX V2.0 subtract ports driven strength init fail.
	B)Remove some dump messages.
	
2009/02/09
	A)FIX the Bug of 1680IX V2.0 24 bays show illegal working Time
	B)Fix the Bug can't save device data when device bays no. > 24 bays.
	C)Enlarge the save data size, but older revision FW with smaller system information size
		that make fault-tolerant system-information-check operation fail to work and
		only report "ERR :Wrong Return Code"

2009/02/18
	A)When fan speed > 10000 rpm, it show illegal value

2009/02/27
	A)Fix when system information transfer error will make rom region 2 erased and
	  system hang.
	  
2009/04/25
	A) fix the bug that ARC-1680 IX with wrong driven strength and can't link HDD device.

2009/05/26
	A)Fix the bug that HBA (1680IX 2.0) issue CLI command "DR -O 0x?" error.

2009/08/03
	A)Support device ID 0x18, 0x19
	B)Support ARC-8000 backplane

2009/09/08
	A)Fix the LCM show Model string error
	B)remove SMP dump message.
	C)Support "GROUP [-S {[-L | -L0] | [-R | -R0]}]" command on standalone product

2009/10/28
	A)Support for SES Micro-code download function.
	B)Update for LSI MegaRAID led control issue.
	C)Update for LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager tool update event status automatically.
	D)Increase fault-tolerant expander FW synchronization size limit.
	E)Update the expander INQUIRY command response data.
	
2009/11/30
	FW: 05.75.1.37 11/30/09
	A)Support for using SES page 0xE to update region content.

2010/05/05
	FW : 05.7E.1.38 05/04/10
	A)set all the HBA series device default DrivenStrength to 3M.
	B)Fix ID 0x18 HBA expander GAL issue that show element text string form "SLOT22".
	C)Change the DrivenStrength methodology for internal devices
	D)Support the Areca proprietary Slot LED off function.
2010/08/06
	FW : 05.89.1.39 08/06/10
	A)Fix ID 0x3F 24 bays ENC. I2C error,
	  make Slave expander do wrong operation to reset master expander.
	  Do more protection on I2C fail under faul-tolerant environment.
2010/09/15
	A)Fix some standalone expanders can't get chip and board temperature.
2010/10/25
	FW : 05.8A.1.40 10/25/10
	A)Fix ARC-8010 fault-tolerant JBODs,
	  when issue "er log1" and power-cycle to reboot, 
	  Both JBODS will all active as slave mode.
	B)Fix the default drivenStrength value of RAID Controller expander.
	  (The external port is 3m, All others are 1m.)
2011/03/24
	FW : 05.90.1.41 03/24/11
	
	A)Enable the CLI command "SYS -T" option for all models.
	  For internal PHY to link other expander.
	B)Support JG 12 bays device, same as JG 16 bays, but remove the last 4 slots,
	  ID 0x41.
	C)Fix the ARC-1680IX-24 can't set the slot index 1,2,5,6 link speed rate.
	D)Set the initial Min. speed to 3.0G. for some 6G SATA HDD negotiate as 1.5G.
2011/08/30
	FW : 05.92.1.42 08/30/11
	
	A)Support "link 0xFF 0x? 0x?" to set all slot as same Max/Min link speed.
	B)Device ID 0x14, rev 0x06. Not support any sensor devices.