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16AISS8AO4: Linux Driver Release Notes

Revision History
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Version 4.5.109.50.0, Released 3/14/2024

driver: Added support for devices unrelated to the 16AISS8AO4.

utils: Fixed a bug in which the AI autocalibration feature was used when not supported.

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Version 4.5.108.50.0, Released 12/12/2023

driver: Updated to support the 6.x series kernel.
driver: Updated for Fedora 38.
driver: Renamed all Auto_Cal content to Autocal.
driver: Renamed all Auto_Cal Sts content to Autocal_Status.
driver: Updated comments for consistency.
driver: Updated the Initialize IOCTL service for consistency.
driver: Updated the Autocal IOCTL service for consistency.
driver: Updated Input Buffer Clear IOCTL service for consistency.
driver: Updated Output Buffer Clear IOCTL service for consistency.
driver: Updated the Rx Debug support.
driver: Remove Red Hat 8 compiler warning (2.4 kernel).
driver: Corrected log message when excusive open request fails.
driver: White space cleanup.
driver: Fixed an issue where the register id is zero (for testing purposes).
driver: Updated and expanded error reporting.
driver: Added RX DEBUG capabilities.
driver: Added comments to gsc_common.h regarding the 16AO16FLV.
driver: Corrected a comment.
driver: LINTed the sources for the 2.4 kernel builds.
driver: LINTed sources.
driver: Updated to address Fedora 38 complaints.
driver: Added global driver unloading flag.
driver: Added "unloading" message when unload service is called.
driver: Updated for changes after the 5.17.15 kernel.
driver: Updated to support the 6.x kernel.

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Version 4.4.101.44.0, Released 10/12/2022

driver: Added support for the 5.x kernel series.
driver: Updated initial file content for consistency.
driver: Updated for porting to Windows.
driver: Standardized various IOCTL system log messages.
driver: Standardized processing of the initialization IOCTL service.
driver: Standardized processing of the autocalibration IOCTL services.
driver: Removed unintended debug output statements.
driver: Renamed gsc_irq_reset_pci to gsc_irq_cpi_reset for consistency.
driver: Segregated additional PLX specific code.
driver: Updated system message to begin with the driver module name.
driver: Began implementation for MSI support.
driver: Segregated all PLX specific code to accommodate alternate device implementations.
driver: Updated debugging display output.
driver: LINTed sources.
driver: Added temporary experimental write code in gsc_write.c for performance testing.
driver: The code is partially retained but is not included for compilation.
driver: Fixed a DMA bug relating to the use of a timeout setting of zero.
driver: Updated some comments for consistency.
driver: White space cleanup.
driver: Updated for changes to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6.
driver: Added the os_irq_t.created field.
driver: Updated os_irq_create, destroy, open and close services.
driver: Removed unused debugging messages.
driver: Began implementing MSI support.
driver: Added macro DEV_IRQ_SHOW to report assigned IRQ assigned to device.
driver: Removed unused macros.
driver: Updated for the 5.14 kernel.
driver: Made spelling corrections in version notes.
driver: Changed all printk instances to printf to support porting activities.
driver: Expanded files removed for a clean operation.
driver: Updated to support the 5.9 kernel.
driver: Modified os_common.h so application code compiles under Cygwin.
driver: Reduced the minimum tick sleep from 1 to 0 ticks.
driver: Modified debug specific register access code to enhance usage.

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Version 4.3.93.35.0, Released 1/28/2021

driver: Corrected endian error message.
driver: Fixed a timeout bug in gsc_write_pio_work_32_bit().
driver: Updated IRQ code for improved clarity and modularity.
driver: Updated DMA code to support multiple DMA implementations.
driver: Removed I/O debug code.
driver: Fixed a IOCTL bug in which alt->sem wasn't being unlocked.
driver: Increased modularization for porting effort to another OS.
driver: Made DMA code more modular.
driver: Added support for Big Endian hosts.
driver: Updated per OS specific DMA memory allocation interface.
driver: Improvved Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x detection logic.
driver: Added support under the 4.x kernel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x.
driver: Added validation checking of the interrupt number in os_irq_open().
driver: Updated the /proc/ code for changes in the 5.6.6 kernel.
driver: Updated memory code for improved clarity and modularity.
driver: Code cleanup in open service.
driver: Fixed open bug applicable to multi-board devices.
driver: Made mods to accommodatedate porting to another OS.
driver: Added support for the 5.x kernel series.
driver: Added DMA support for an IOMMU.
driver: Added error reporting when DMA memory cound not be allocated.
driver: Reduced code included when read and writ are both unsupported.
driver: Added error reporting when IRQ cound not be acquired during open requests.
driver: Some minor code reorganization.

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Version 4.3.85.27.0, Released 5/9/2019

driver: Changed some argument names for clarity.
driver: Fixed bug in gsc_dma_perform(): timeouts were being ignored.
driver: Fixed bug in gsc_dma_perform(): the timeout detection logic was incorrect.
driver: Improved register validation.
driver: Subsystem Vendor ID and Subsystem ID can each be ignored if -1 in device table.
driver: #define for GSC_REG_ENCODE_MASK is moved here from gsc_reg.c.
driver: Enhanced error reporting for the process of validating register definitions.
driver: Fixed bug in DMA completion code.
driver: Updated initialization for the write service.
driver: Updated muti-channel ISR code for new I/O streams structure.
driver: Updated BAR creation logic.

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Version 4.2.80.26.0, Released 8/29/2018

driver: Updated per extensive changes to common code.
driver: Bug fix: was ignoring BAR setup return value.
driver: Updated per changes to the OS specific PCI services.
driver: Made updates for DEV_SUPPORTS_XXX macro changes.
driver: Modified code so open succeeds even if initialization fails.
driver: DEV_WAIT_IO_ALL is now required if WAIT is supported along with READ or WRITE
driver: I/O WAIT macros are now defined by the device API and are passed to GSC code in dev_io_t.
driver: Updated Block Mode DMA macro name (_DMA to _BMDMA).
driver: Added I/O, DMA and register access debug code.
driver: Added stream selection field in the "size" argument for the read and writecalls.
driver: Added OS IRQ calls: os_irq_create() and os_irq_destroy()
driver: Renamed field in gsc_irq_t for clarity.
driver: Fixed a bug in which wait list node removal didn't always have the list locked.
driver: Added support for some DMA metrics.
driver: Improved IOCTL argument validation.
driver: Moved a typedef to device specific code.
driver: Udated some utility services: applying a setting, end by reading it back
driver: Updated for support of some drivers under older kernels.
driver: Updated #include files for consistancy.
driver: Fixed a DMA timeout calculation bug.
driver: Updated to accommodate porting to Windows KMDF.
driver: Updated per changes to the low level register interface.
driver: Updated the driver initialization logic.
driver: Updated IOCTL init and reset code.
driver: Added support to exclude the WAIT feature.
driver: Updated macros to include/exclude IRQ support.
driver: Fixed bug in init code where last PCI device is one of ours.
driver: Fixed register definitions for the PEX8111 and PEX8112.
driver: Implemented support for a stream selection field in the I/O bytes argument.
driver: Implemented register access debug code.
driver: Implemented calls: os_irq_create() and os_irq_destroy()
driver: Field in gsc_irq_t renamed for clarity.
driver: Changed macro name for clarity.
driver: Updated to accomodate Fedora 27.
driver: Updated the low level register interface.

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Version 4.1.68.18.0, Released 11/29/2016

driver: The BAR code has been updated to include the data under a single structure.
driver: The register definitions have been updated.
driver: I/O services now pass around an os_mem_t structure instead of a buffer pointer.
driver: White space cleanup.
driver: Changed the arbitrary wait event callback argument to a void* type.
driver: Modified to allow multiple apps to simultaneously access a single device.
driver: Correct access to BAR0 and BAR1 (is RO, was RW).
driver: Added an infinite I/O timeout option.
driver: Added conditional reporting of device metrics during driver startup.
driver: Corrected the IOCTL code for the register write and mod services.
driver: Added special case for register I/O where register id value is 0.
driver: An event wait timeout value of zero now means do not timeout.
driver: Fixed an I/O bug.
driver: Updated the version number macros.
driver: Updated the format and encoding of register macros.
driver: Fixed DMA bug.
driver: Moved some BAR functionality to the OS specific code.
driver: I/O now passes around an os_mem_t structure instead of a buffer pointer.
driver: Copying to and from user space is now done with more use specific routines.
driver: Made more ISR functionality subject to the GSC_IRQ_ISR_FLAG_DETECT_ONLY flag.
driver: Dropped I/O register access services.
driver: Performed some LINTing.
driver: Simplified error messages.
driver: Fixed ul2hex().
driver: The macro S32_MAX is defined only if not already done so.
driver: Added the utility service ul2hex().
driver: Changed register offsets to u16 from unsigned long.
driver: Changed printk's to printf's.
driver: Made ISR access more OS agnostic.
driver: Made PCI registers accessible from inside an ISR.
driver: Added special case handling for reads of register id value 0.
driver: Added support for reporting metrics information during driver installation.
driver: Removed use of function check_mem_region() in 4.x kernels.
driver: Implemented support for the 4.x kernels.
driver: Added checks on some pointers before using them.
driver: Added safety check in EVENT_RESUME_IRQ().
driver: Removed unused macro (OS_CAST_VOIDP_TO_U32).
driver: Moved some BAR functionality here from more common code.
driver: Renamed os_event_cleanup() to os_event_destroy().
driver: Simplified use of os_mem_t structures and content.
driver: Removed the use of __DATE__ and __TIME__.

Renamed the ain application to savedata.

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Version 4.0.60.8.0, Released 9/14/2015

driver: Updated to use the newer common driver sources.
driver: Removed GNU notice from non-Linux specific files.
driver: Removed Linux specific content from non-Linux specific source files.
driver: Now using a spinlock rather than enabling and disabling interrupts.
driver: Updated gsc_irq_open() and gsc_irq_close().
driver: Updated gsc_dma_open() and gsc_dma_close().
docsrc: Updated per changes to the device node name, which is now /dev/<device>.X.
ain: LINTed sources.
rxrate: Updated the display output after the test.
txrate: We now check for an overflow after the test.
LINTed various sources.
White space cleanup.
Fixed some typographic errors in several test apps.

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Version 3.2.52.0, Released 2/27/2014

Driver: Reduced #include list in driver interface header.
Additional LINTing.
White space cleanup.

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Version 3.1.51.0, Released 1/9/2014

Driver: Modified the conditional definition of flags used by kmalloc().
Driver: Updated /proc file support for the 3.10 kernel changes.
Driver: Additional porting for the 2.2 kernel.

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Version 3.1.50.0, Released 11/14/2013

Driver: Added support for Abort Interrupt processing on 9080 based boards.
Driver: Enhanced DMA error handling for Abort Interrupts.
Driver: The IOCTL command code is now treated as an integer.
Driver: Numerous minor changes for LINTing of the code.

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Version 3.1.45.0, Released 7/3/2013

Driver: Fixed a bug in the write() routine.
Driver: Freeing the board interrupt is now conditioned upon it being acquired.
Driver: Corrected definition of register GSC_PLX_9056_PABTADR.
Driver: Added support for the Bus Abort interrupt.
Driver: Updated DMA reads to improve performance.
Driver: Changed how I/O buffers are allocated.
Driver: Changed how s8 ... u32 are included.
Driver: Enhanced the IOCTL service code to accommodate unsupported services.
Driver: Updated the BAR mapping failure messages.
Driver: Added s8 ... u32 definitions for application use.
Driver: Updated gsc_dma_destroy() - now zero fills memory when done.
Driver: Updated gsc_irq_destroy() - does cleanup when done.
aout: Removed the channel tags and flags from the output data.

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Version 3.1.39.0, Released 7/19/2012

Driver: Updated for the 3.x kernel.
Driver: Corrected a jiffies roll over bug in ioctl.c.
Driver: Added support for boards that need additional setup after a DMA channel has been selected.
Driver: Made the IOCTL buffer larger - 512 bytes.
Updated the parameter list to gsc_id_driver().

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Version 3.0.36.0, Released 2/28/2012

Overhauled the driver and rewrote all applications.

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Version 2.3.0, Released 1/9/2012

Driver: Modified driver start script to correct messages under Ubuntu.
Driver: Ported to Fedora 15.
Driver: Ported to use of common gsc_kernel_2_[246].[ch] sources.
ain: Set the default I/O mode to PIO (DMA Disable).
ain: Updated the command line help information.
aout: Set the default I/O mode to PIO (DMA Disable).
aout: Updated the command line help information.
sbtest: Updated the "clean" make target.
sbtest: Removed compiler warnings for Fedora 15.
sbtest: Fixed a bug in the IOCTL_DEVICE_SET_OUT_CHANNEL_MASK test.
Updated various Auto Cal related strings and macros for consistency.
Modified makefiles to correct messages under Ubuntu.

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Version 2.2.2, Released 11/16/2009

sbtest: Modified for those boards which do not support DMDMA.

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Version 2.2.1, Released 8/25/2009

Added support for the 2.6.27 kernel.

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Version 2.2.0, Released 10/3/2008

Added support for the 2.6.26 kernel.
Reduced DMA_ENABLE mode processor load.
Added the ain sample application.
Added more ../utils/ sources.

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Version 2.1.0, Released 9/11/2008

Added support for the 2.4 and 2.2 kernels.
Fixed some read() and write() bugs.

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Version 2.0.0, Released 8/20/2008

The header file is no named 16aiss8ao4.h.
Anything that was named a04 was changed to ao4.
Many bug fixes and modifications.
All access is serialized.
All reads are serialized.
All writes are serialized.
Added 64-bit support.
Several sample applications were added.
The directory structure was rearranged.

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Version 1.2.0, Released 1/21/2006

Many bug fixes and performance enhancements.
Rearranged test program.

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Version 1.0.2, Released 1/21/2006

Added user manual.
Cleaned up hardware access.

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Version 1.0.1, Released 1/21/2006

Added DMA for write channel.

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Version 1.0.0, Released 1/7/2006

Updated for the Linux 2.6 kernel.
Updated to use a more stable code base.
Updated to use similar call formatting as the other GSC Linux drivers.

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