V5 Change set: V5 post has only defect fixes. We are reworking and incorporating the suggestions from Bjorn. And after covering tests, we ll be post Hot-Plug Surprise removal patches. V4 Change set: Reframe split strings in print statement, to avoid V3 Change Set: Simplified function "mpt3sas_base_pci_device_is_available" and made inline V2 changes: Replaced mpt3sas_base_pci_device_is_unplugged with pci_device_is_present. V1 changes: In Patch 0001 - unlock mutex, if active reset is in progress. mpt3sas: Separate out mpt3sas_wait_for_ioc_to_operational mpt3sas: Fix Sync cache command failure during driver unload mpt3sas:Fix driver modifying persistent data. mpt3sas: Bump driver version to 27.100.00.00. drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++------------- drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h | 8 +++- drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_config.c | 29 +++--------- drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c | 22 ++------- drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c | 38 ++++++++++++++- drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c | 73 +++++++---------------------- 6 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 134 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1