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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Hi Alex,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">I’m still reviewing the change. I will should have it reviewed by early next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Rick/Arpit, have you had a chance to review/test IDT’s latest patch?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chang, Alex<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 08, 2013 10:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kong, Kwok; nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [nvmewin] New Patch - Mode Select<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Yes, you're right, Kwok.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Paul/Ray, Rick, please let us know if you approve it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Alex</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Kong, Kwok
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 08, 2013 9:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Chang, Alex; <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: New Patch - Mode Select</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Alex,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We cannot check it in yet. We have to wait for the formal approval from intel and LSI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Intel and LSI, please approve the patch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-Kwok<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a> [<a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chang, Alex<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 07, 2013 6:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [nvmewin] ***UNCHECKED*** RE: New Patch - Mode Select<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Hi all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">It's been two weeks and I did not receive more feedbacks. Based on the feedbacks from Dharani and Ray, I modified the patch and re-tested it. Please find the attached
patch and review it (password: idt123). Since the changes are pretty straightforward, I'd like to ask Ray's favor to add it to the base if no more feedbacks received by the end of tomorrow. Thanks a lot, Ray.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Here is the summary of the changes:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">In function SntiTranslateModeData (nvmesnti.c):</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">- Fixed some typos.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">- Fixed miscalculation of the pointer to Mode Parameter Descriptor Block.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">- Fixed DWORD11's value assignment in case of MODE_PAGE_CACHING.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">In function NVMeInitCallBack (nvmeinit.c):
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">- Fixed a typo on Line#1796.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Alex</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Robles, Raymond C [<a href="mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com">mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 25, 2013 5:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Chang, Alex; Dharani Kotte; <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">
nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: New Patch - Mode Select</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Hi Alex,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Yes this is a copy and paste error. Dharani is correct… it should read pModeHeader10->BlockDescriptorLength;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Did you want to change this in your patch since it is directly related to Mode Select?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a> [<a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chang, Alex<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 25, 2013 4:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dharani Kotte; <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [nvmewin] New Patch - Mode Select<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Good catch, Dharani.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Hi Ray,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Is this just a typo?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Alex</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Dharani Kotte [<a href="mailto:Dharani.Kotte@sandisk.com">mailto:Dharani.Kotte@sandisk.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 25, 2013 3:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Chang, Alex; <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: New Patch - Mode Select</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> Hi Alex,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In the file nvmeSnti.c and function SntiTranslateModeData()</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">/* Mode Select 10 */</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> pModeHeader10 = (PMODE_PARAMETER_HEADER10)(GET_DATA_BUFFER(pSrb));</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">#pragma prefast(suppress:6011,"This pointer is not NULL")</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red"> blockDescLength = pModeHeader6->BlockDescriptorLength; // BUG - pModeHeader6 is not initialized probably it should be pModeHeader10</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dharani.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a> [<a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chang, Alex<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 25, 2013 3:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WARNING - ENCRYPTED ATTACHMENT NOT VIRUS SCANNED] [nvmewin] ***UNCHECKED*** New Patch - Mode Select</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Hi all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">I am adding a patch to fix a bug related to Mode Select command when users enable/disable Volatile Write Cache. The changes I made are within SntiTranslateModeData
routine of nvmeSnti.c to correctly locate the page code and program Dword 11 of NVMe submission entry before issuing Set Features command. The password is idt123. Please review it and provide feedbacks in next couple weeks.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Alex</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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