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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">Hi Uma,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">This patch includes changes to support SNTL version
1.5, SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out and a variety of small fixes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">More details:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">1. Numerous parts were changed to convert TABS to spaces<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">2. Make the driver compliant with SNTL 1.5<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> a. fail commands with Illegal Request when NACA bit
in control field is set (SNTL 1.5, Section 3.3)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvmeSntiTypes.h, nvmeSnti.c:SntiTranslateCommand,
SntiValidateNacaSetting<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> b. Report LUNS support added for all values of Select
Report field (SNTL 1.5, Section 4.5)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvmeSnti.c:SntiTranslateReportLuns<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> c. Change serial number format in Unit Serial Number
VPD page (SNTL 1.5, Section 6.1.3) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> The generated Product Serial Number is based on
whether the device is V1.0 compliant, has an NGUID or EUI64 value.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvme.h, nvmeSntiTypes.h, nvmeSnti.h, nvmeSnti.c:SntiTranslateUnitSerialPage,
SntiConvertULLongToA<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> d. Update data returned in Device ID Data Page (SNTL
1.5, Section 6.1.4)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> Based on whether the device is V1.0 compliant,
has an NGUID or EUI64 value, the driver will attempt <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> to build a NAA IEEE Registered Extended designator,
T10 Vendor ID Based descriptor, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> SCSI Name String Descriptor and EUI-64 based designator.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvme.h, nvmeSntiTypes.h, nvmeSnti.h, nvmeSnti.c:SntiTranslateDeviceIdentificationPage,
SntiBuildIeeeRegExtDesc, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> SntiBuildT10VidBasedDesc, SntiBuildScsiNameStringDesc,
SntiBuildEui64BasedDesc, SntiConvertULLongToA<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> e. Set ATO bit in Control Mode Page to 1 (SNTL 1.5,
Section 6.3.3.3)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvmeSnti.c:SntiCreateControlModePage, SntiReturnAllModePages<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> f. Write_Protected command specific status (SNTL
1.5, Section 7.2)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvmeSnti.c<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> g. Access denied Media Error (SNTL 1.5, Section 7.3)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvmeSnti.c<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">3. Add support for SCSI PERSISTENT RESERVE IN/OUT (SNTL
1.5, Sections 4.13 & 6.7)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> In support of this command, the driver must build
and submit NVMe commands. The driver uses buffer space <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> allocated by nvme_srb_extension.dsmBuffer for data
areas required by these NVMe commands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvme.h, nvmeStd.h, nvmeSnti.h, nvmeSntiTypes.h, nvmeSnti.c:SntiTranslateCommand,
SntiTranslatePersistentReserveIn, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> SntiTranslatePersistentReserveOut, SntiBuildPersReserveRegisterCmd,
SntiTranslatePersReserveInResponse, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> SntiTranslatePersReserveOutResponse<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">4. Add support for Identify Namespace List
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvme.h, nvmeStd.c:NVMeIoctlIdentify<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">5. Change inquiry data to contain the last 4 characters
of the firmware revision number (SNTL 1.5, Section 3.11)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvmeSnti.c:SntiTranslateStandardInquiryPage<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">6. Update read capacity 16 data to specify LogicalBlockProvisioningReadZeros
= SPECIFIED (1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> From SBC-4, Revision 8, section 5.18.2 "The logical
block provisioning read zeros (LBPRZ) bit <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> shall be set to one if the LBPRZ field in the Logical
Block Provisioning VPD page (see 6.6.6) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> is set to xx1b. The LBPRZ bit shall be set to zero
if the LBPRZ field in the Logical Block <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> Provisioning VPD page is not set to xx1b."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvmeSnti.c:SntiTranslateReadCapacity16<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">7. Ensure returnStatus is initialized. There were code
paths were it was returned without being set.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvmeSnti.c:SntiTranslateModeData<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">8. Correct the bit alignment for extended_inquiry_data
and read_capacity_16_data<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext"> nvmeSnti.h<o:p></o:p></span></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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Software Engineer, Device Manager and Driver Development</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">HGST, a Western Digital company</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Uma Parepalli [mailto:Uma.Parepalli@skhms.com]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 30, 2015 5:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robles, Raymond C <raymond.c.robles@intel.com>; Thomas Freeman <thomas.freeman@hgst.com>; 'nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org' <nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [nvmewin] Changes for SNTL 1.5 and SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Ray and all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Is it possible to get a quick summary of the patch?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Uma<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
</span><a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> [</span><a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:windowtext">]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robles, Raymond C<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 25, 2015 2:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Thomas Freeman'; 'nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [nvmewin] Changes for SNTL 1.5 and SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">Hi Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">Sorry for the delay in retesting your updated patch. We have finished our review/tests and Intel approves this patch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">Now just need to wait approval from Samsung and PMC. Due to the holidays, we have a couple of options for this patch:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#002060">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">Wait for Samsung and PMC to come back with feedback/approval before pushing patch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#002060">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">Push patch now (without approval from PMC and Samsung). Fix any remaining issues in future patches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">The second option allows us to move forward with the next patch from Intel for namespace management. The first option is still ideal as we would like to get as much
feedback as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">Does anyone on this distribution have strong feelings for either option? Or an option I didn’t describe?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060">Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Robles, Raymond C
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 12, 2015 3:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Thomas Freeman; </span><a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [nvmewin] Changes for SNTL 1.5 and SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Thanks Tom! We’ll rerun our tests.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Thomas Freeman [</span><a href="mailto:thomas.freeman@hgst.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mailto:thomas.freeman@hgst.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 12, 2015 3:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robles, Raymond C; </span><a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [nvmewin] Changes for SNTL 1.5 and SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Ray,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">There were issues with the IEKEY, RACQA, RRELA, RREGA and RTYPE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I’m attaching a new file with those fixes – SNTL15ResInOut111215.zip (password “nvmehgst”).<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">The code passes Scsi compliance testing (reservation is not enabled)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As before, I am doing a manual validation of PERSISTENT RESERVATION IN/OUT.<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Tom Freeman</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Software Engineer, Device Manager and Driver Development</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">HGST, a Western Digital company</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><a href="mailto:thomas.freeman@hgst.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">thomas.freeman@hgst.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">3605 Hwy 52 N
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rochester, MN 55901</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><a href="https://hgst.jiveon.com/external-link.jspa?url=http://www.hgst.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">www.hgst.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Thomas Freeman
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 10, 2015 4:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Robles, Raymond C' <</span><a href="mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">raymond.c.robles@intel.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">>;
</span><a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [nvmewin] Changes for SNTL 1.5 and SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out<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">Hi Ray,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I don’t have hardware to support NVM Reservation Register. So, my testing was limited to issuing individual Scsi Persistent Reserve commands and manually verifying
the Scsi to NVMe translation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As you observed, I missed the IEKEY field. My implementation was based on table 6-35 in the SNTL 1.5. That doesn’t mention IEKEY. But, I overlooked the information
about IEKEY from table 4-16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I’ll make that change and submit a new 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Tom Freeman</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Software Engineer, Device Manager and Driver Development</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">HGST, a Western Digital company</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><a href="mailto:thomas.freeman@hgst.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">thomas.freeman@hgst.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Robles, Raymond C [</span><a href="mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 10, 2015 3:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Thomas Freeman <</span><a href="mailto:thomas.freeman@hgst.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">thomas.freeman@hgst.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">>;
</span><a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [nvmewin] Changes for SNTL 1.5 and SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Hi Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Intel has finished their internal testing of this patch. All tests passed with the exception of the MS SCSI Compliance Tests for Persistent Reserve In/Out (see attached
file).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">We’re not sure if the failures are due to IEKEY field not being handled in Persistent Reserve Out command. Was this something that was intentionally left out? Were you
able to try the SCSI compliance test?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
</span><a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> [</span><a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robles, Raymond C<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 02, 2015 4:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Thomas Freeman; </span><a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [nvmewin] Changes for SNTL 1.5 and SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">I extended the review period for this patch to allow for more time. We’re coming up on the end of the year and I’d like to wrap up all planned patches.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Intel is wrapping up our review of this patch and will send out our feedback by the end of the week. Still awaiting feedback from Samsung and PMC. In order to keep to
our original schedule, I’d like to wrap this patch up as soon as possible. Intel will be next with the namespace management patch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
</span><a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> [</span><a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robles, Raymond C<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 07, 2015 12:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Thomas Freeman; </span><a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [nvmewin] Changes for SNTL 1.5 and SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Tom,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Thanks for volunteering to submit this patch while Intel is wrapping up the namespace management patch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">All Reviewers,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Please provide feedback on HGST’s patch by
</span><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:red">October 21<sup>st</sup>, 2015</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A">Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Intel Clear";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 07, 2015 12:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> </span><a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Robles, Raymond C<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Changes for SNTL 1.5 and SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">This patch includes changes to support SNTL version 1.5, SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out and a variety of small fixes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The following tests were successfully run on Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">1 hour sdstress, 1 hour IOMETER, Quick and Slow format - MBR and GPT, Microsoft Scsi Compliance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The above tests were run with an NVMe 1.1a compliant device that does not support NVMe Reservations.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Testing variations of Unit SN VPD page/Device ID Data Page (requiring V1.0 or NGUID support) and
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">SCSI Persistent Reserve In/Out, required setting breakpoints to manually alter the required Identify<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">data. At that point individual SCSI commands were issued and the driver's response (NVMe commands
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">issued and data returned) was manually verified.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The attached file, SNTL15ResInOut.zip, contains a Patch file, a copy of the source code and a Log file detailing the changes made.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The password for the file is “nvmehgst”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Tom Freeman</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Software Engineer, Device Manager and Driver Development</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">HGST, a Western Digital company</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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