[nvmewin] ***UNCHECKED*** PMC New Patch

[Alex Chang]

Hi all,

Please find the attached patch from PMC-Sierra. The password is pmc123. In order to speed up the entire process and meet our next release date, please review the changes and provide feedbacks as soon as possible. For each outstanding patch, we plan to collect feedbacks for about a week after it is being sent out. A revised patch shall be sent out to include the feedbacks. I will follow up for approval after a week or so to allow more testing and reviewing if necessary.
Summary of changes:

1.       SRB Extension support for Windows 8 and up.

Files changed: nvmeStd.c, nvmeSnti.c, nvmeStat.c, nvmePwrMgmt.c, nvmeInit.c and the related header files.

2.       PRP list building for IOCTL and internal requests.

Files changed: nvmeStd.c, nvmeInit.c and nvmestd.h.

3.       Performance issue in Windows 8/Server 2012.

File changed: nvmeStd.c (removed StorPortGetUncachedExtension calling in NVMeFindAdapter)

4.       NVMeInitAdminQueues return value.

File changed: nvmeStd.c (Instead of returning TRUE/FALSE, return Storport defined status)

5.       Paramlist length problem.

Files changed: nvmeSnti.c and nvmeSntiTypes.h (Program DW10 in submission entry in DWORDs for Write Buffer command translation)

6.       Removal of using mask bits as core index to allocate/identify core tables.

Files changed: nvmeStd.c, nvmeInit.c and the related header files.

7.       Implemented logical processor group defined by Windows.

Files changed: nvmeStd.c, nvmeInit.c and the related header files.

8.       NVMe reset handling issue.

File changed: nvmeStd.c (Need to wait until RDY bit is cleared to 0 after changing EN bit from 1 to 0)

9.       Core-MSI vector-Queue mapping, CMD_ENTRY synchronization and FreeQList access issues are related to using core mask bits as core index (#6) and no support for logical processor group (#7).
Platforms tested:

1.       Windows 7 64-bit

2.       Windows Server 2008 R2

3.       Windows 8 64-bit

4.       Windows Server 2012
Tests run;

1.       Installation(clean and update)/Un-Installation/Enable/Disable.

2.       IOMeter 4K Read/write combining in random/sequential manners.

3.       SCSC Compliance.

4.       SDStress

5.       Quick/full disk formats

Thanks,
Alex

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