+ scsi-arcmsr-update-driver-version.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     scsi: arcmsr: update driver version
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     scsi-arcmsr-update-driver-version.patch

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Subject: scsi: arcmsr: update driver version
From: Nick Cheng <nick.cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Update the driver version of arcmsr and ChangeLog.arcmsr.

Signed-off-by: Nick Cheng <nick.cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.arcmsr |    6 ++++++
 drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr.h        |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.arcmsr~scsi-arcmsr-update-driver-version Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.arcmsr
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.arcmsr~scsi-arcmsr-update-driver-version
+++ a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.arcmsr
@@ -109,4 +109,10 @@
 **						8.replace pci_alloc_consistent()/pci_free_consistent() with kmalloc()/kfree() in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer()
 **						9. fix the release of dma memory for type B in arcmsr_free_ccb_pool()
 **						10.fix the arcmsr_polling_hbb_ccbdone()
+** 1.20.00.15	02/27/2008	Erich Chen & Nick Cheng
+**						1.arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() is called from atomic context under the
+**						queuecommand scsi_host_template handler. James Bottomley pointed out
+**						that the current GFP_KERNEL|GFP_DMA flags are wrong: firstly we are in
+**						atomic context, secondly this memory is not used for DMA.
+**						Also removed some unneeded casts. Thanks to Daniel Drake <dsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
 **************************************************************************
diff -puN drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr.h~scsi-arcmsr-update-driver-version drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr.h
--- a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr.h~scsi-arcmsr-update-driver-version
+++ a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct class_device_attribute;
 /*The limit of outstanding scsi command that firmware can handle*/
 #define ARCMSR_MAX_OUTSTANDING_CMD						256
 #define ARCMSR_MAX_FREECCB_NUM							320
-#define ARCMSR_DRIVER_VERSION		     "Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2007/12/24"
+#define ARCMSR_DRIVER_VERSION		     "Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2008/02/27"
 #define ARCMSR_SCSI_INITIATOR_ID						255
 #define ARCMSR_MAX_XFER_SECTORS							512
 #define ARCMSR_MAX_XFER_SECTORS_B						4096
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from nick.cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxx are

scsi-arcmsr-update-driver-version.patch

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