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                                RELEASE NOTES

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                               Chelsio PXE Boot
          


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CHANGES 
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Option ROM
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Version : 2.0.0.26 (Beta)
Date    : 05/27/2020
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- Updated Media present check logic.
- Added support for PXE only Option ROM Image.

 
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Version : 2.0.0.24 (Beta)
Date    : 05/19/2020
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- Fixed the issues while changing the iqn name in uEFI iSCSI.
- Fixed port timeout issues.
- Fixed Media presence issue for fiber port adapters.
- Fixed Timeout issues seen during initialization in UEFI.
- Fixed issues with PXE boot. 


Firmware
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Version : 1.24.17.0
Date    : 05/27/2019
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Fixes
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BASE:
- Fixed passing the correct burst size value to the driver.
- Fixed the issues observed if DCBX tls is not received in LLDP pkts.

OFLD:
- Fixed the incorrect reading of Ether-type value for IPv6 UDP-SO connections.


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Version : 1.24.16.0
Date    : 05/19/2020
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Fixes
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BASE:
- Incremental timeout to handle cases where peer takes more time to link up in 
  non-AN case (fibre cable).
- Update DCBX status when DCBX TLVs are removed from switch.
- Treat Lookuptyp in EXACT_MAC command as "don't care".
- Fixed PTP register misconfiguration during frequency adjustment.
- Fixed PTP frequency adjustment scaling error.

ETH:
- Fixed a regression which was causing all ingress IPv6 packets to endup in
  default queue.
- Fixed setting FW_PORT_CAP32_802_3_ASM_DIR, and FW_PORT_CAP32_802_3_PAUSE
  bits when cable is removed. This was causing flood of "Requested Port
  Capabilities exceed Physical Port Capabilities" in driver.
- Remove support for IPv6 site local addresses (RFC 4291, section 2.5.7
  deprecated site local addresses).

OFLD:
- Fixed a hang when connection runs into backpressure during RDMA_FINI handling.
- [T6] Coprocessor and inline toe-tls hang issues fixed.
- TOE-TLS: Ignore FW_ULPX_WR if connection is in close state.
- Fixed hash filter creation issue when used with offload.

FOiSCSI:
- Fixed Path MTU reset problem during IPv6 RA processing.


Enhancements
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BASE:
- [T6] Dump internal processor memory parity errors in BIST status register.
- FW support added to enable/disable TLS offload NIC support.



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ERRATA (Open Issues)
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- 39670: boot config enumerating 4 ports for a 2 port card.

- 36680: Need support for AARCH64 in uEFI driver.

- 35708: [Lenovo]: HII is currently not supported on latest uEFI v2.6 machines.

Workaround: Use "drvcfg -s" from uEFI shell to configure the adapter.    

- 23143: [HII] Behavior on IBM x3850 Gen 6 needs few modifications.










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