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Commit e3469333 authored by James Bottomley's avatar James Bottomley
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Merge tag 'isci-for-3.5' into misc

isci update for 3.5

1/ Rework remote-node-context (RNC) handling for proper management of
   the silicon state machine in error handling and hot-plug conditions.
   Further details below, suffice to say if the RNC is mismanaged the
   silicon state machines may lock up.

2/ Refactor the initialization code to be reused for suspend/resume support

3/ Miscellaneous bug fixes to address discovery issues and hardware
   compatibility.

RNC rework details from Jeff Skirvin:

In the controller, devices as they appear on a SAS domain (or
direct-attached SATA devices) are represented by memory structures known
as "Remote Node Contexts" (RNCs).  These structures are transferred from
main memory to the controller using a set of register commands; these
commands include setting up the context ("posting"), removing the
context ("invalidating"), and commands to control the scheduling of
commands and connections to that remote device ("suspensions" and
"resumptions").  There is a sim...
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