========================== R E L E A S E N O T E S ========================== Broadcom NetXtreme Firmware Upgrade Tool for Linux Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved. Jul 03, 2012 Version 2.2.1 (Jul 03, 2012) ---------------------------- Enhancements: ============= 1. Request: CQ64162 Add '-tph' option for 'cfg' command to configure the TPH feature. Change: Added '-tph' option for 'cfg' command to configure the TPH feature. Impact: 'cfg' command for BCM5719 and BCM5720. TPH feature is not available for other NX1 devices. 2. Request: CQ64319 Use 'Up/Down Arrow' key to support command history in interactive mode. Change: Added support for command history in interactive mode. Impact: 'Up/Down Arrow' key in interactive mode. Fixes: ===== 1. Problem: CQ64323/CQ64327 FwUpg did not display devices that were down in the device list with bmapilnx v6.15.3. Cause: The FwUpg did not check the error code returned from bmapilnx v6.15.3 when the device is down and drop the device from its device list. Change: The FwUpg will check the error code returned from bmapilnx v6.15.3 when the device is down and will display the device as before. Impact: All NX1 NICs. 2. Problem: CQ64261 FwUpg displayed the error message during 'restorenvram'. Cause: The FwUpg displayed the error message by mistake when try to preserve the USR_BLOCK data during 'restorenvram' operation. Change: The FwUpg will display the error message when it can't preserve the USR_BLOCK data. Impact: 'restorenvram' command. Version 2.2.0 (May 16, 2012) ---------------------------- Enhancements: ============= 1. Request: CQ62039 Add '-usr' option for 'upgrade' command. Change: Added '-usr' option for 'upgrade' command. Impact: 'upgrade' command. Version 2.1.11 (Mar 09, 2012) ----------------------------- Enhancements: ============= 1. Request: Add '-noreset' option for 'cfg' command in CLI mode. Change: Added '-noreset' option for 'cfg' command in CLI mode. Impact: 'cfg' command in CLI mode. Version 2.1.10 (Jan 31, 2012) ----------------------------- Enhancements: ============= 1. Request: Added support for BCM57762, 57766, 57782, and 57786x NICs. Change: Added support for BCM57762, 57766, 57782, and 57786x NICs. Impact: BCM57762, 57766, 57782, and 57786x NICs. 2. Request: CQ59233 Added support of '-all' option in CLI mode for some 'cfg' commands. Change: Added support of '-all' option in CLI mode for some 'cfg' commands. Impact: All NX1 NICs. Fixes: ===== 1. Problem: CQ61007 Change the mba option in 'cfg' command will change 'mba enable/disable' setting. Cause: This was a feature requested in CQ59325, but b57diag v15.25 has changed the feature. Change: Implemented the requested feature to be the same as b57diag v15.25. Impact: 'cfg' command for all NX1 NICs. 2. Problem: CQ59740 FwUpg failed to display the FCODE version in MBA firmware for BCM5719 NIC in PPC64 system. Cause: FwUpg failed to get the FCODE version in MBA firmware for BCM5719 NIC in PPC64 system. Change: FwUpg will get the FCODE version in MBA firmware correctly for BCM5719 NIC in PPC64 system. Impact: 'dir' command for MBA firmware for all NX1 NICs in PPC64 system. Version 2.1.9 (Nov 04, 2011) ---------------------------- Fixes: ===== 1. Problem: CQ59605 The new NCSI firmware did not run after it was upgraded without '-noreset' option. Cause: FwUpg tool did not reset APE after upgrading NCSI firmware even the '-noreset' option is not specified. Change: The FwUpg tool will reset APE after upgrading NCSI firmware if the '-noreset' option is not specified. Impact: 'upgrade -mgmt' command for BCM5718/5719/5720 NICs. Version 2.1.8 (Oct 18, 2011) ----------------------------- Fixes: ===== 1. Problem: CQ59324 Enhanced error checking in 'cfg' command. Cause: The error condition was not checked correctly. Change: The error condition was checked correctly for 'cfg'. Impact: 'cfg' command for all NX1 NICs. 2. Problem: CQ59325 The setting of new option in 'cfg' command added in v2.1.7 behave differently from b57diag. Cause: After the setting of new option in 'cfg' command, the FwUpg did not set the 'MBA setting' accordingly as b57diag. Change: After the setting of new option in 'cfg' command, the FwUpg will set the 'MBA setting' accordingly as b57diag. Impact: 'cfg' command for all NX1 NICs. 3. Problem: CQ59326 The 'cfg -mba <value> can't be set when PXE firmware is not in NVRAM. This is different from b57diag tool. Cause: The FwUpg tool checked for PXE firmware before setting the configuration. Change: The FwUpg tool will set the configuration without checking the PXE firmware in the NVRAM. Impact: 'cfg -mba <value>' command for all NX1 NICs. Version 2.1.7 (Oct 13, 2011) ----------------------------- Enhancements: ============= 1. Request: CQ59156 Add new option in 'cfg' command. Change: Added the requested feature for 'cfg' command. Impact: 'cfg' command. Version 2.1.6 (Sep 23, 2011) ----------------------------- Fixes: ===== 1. Problem: CQ58615 lnxfwupg tool reports error while finding directory entry for image_type=0x5 Cause: The NIC does not have iSCSI config in NVRAM and an error is reported Change: Do not report error, this is a valid NVRAM configuration Impact: 'restorenvram' for BCM5761 NIC. Version 2.1.5 (Aug 18, 2011) ----------------------------- Fixes: ===== 1. Problem: CQ57918 The displayed bootcode version is not consistent for all the ports of BCM5719 NIC after 'upgrade -bc' command. Cause: The new bootcode version is not refreshed for all the ports of BCM5719 NIC after 'upgrade -bc' command. Change: The new bootcode version is refreshed for all the ports of BCM5719 NIC after 'upgrade -bc' command. Impact: 'upgrade -bc' for BCM5719 NIC. 2. Problem: The iSCSI configuration data on port2 and port3 were not preserved correctly for BCM5719 NIC in 'restorenvram' command without 'config' option. Cause: The FwUpg tool did not preserve the iSCSI configuration data for port2/3 of BCM5719 NIC in 'restorenvram' command. Change: The FwUpg tool will preserve the iSCSI configuration data for port2/3 of BCM5719 NIC in 'restorenvram' command. Impact: 'restorenvram' without 'config' option for BCM5719 NIC. Version 2.1.4 (Aug 14, 2011) ----------------------------- Fixes: ===== 1. Problem: CQ57819 The 'upgrade -mba' command can't upgrade some PXE image files for BCM5715S NIC. Cause: The FwUpg did not validate the PXE image correctly and return an error message. Change: The FwUpg will validate these PXE image correctly and allow them to be upgraded. Impact: 'upgrade -mba' for NX1 NICs with some PXE image files. Version 2.1.3 (Aug 03, 2011) ----------------------------- Fixes: ===== 1. Problem: CQ57013 The 'upgrade -bc' command changed NCSI settings and MAC addresses of port2/3 for BCM5719 NIC. Cause: The NCSI configuration and MAC addresses of port2/3 were not preserved during the upgrade operation if the 'Hot Plug Budget' settings are different between NVRAM and bootcode file. Change: The FwUpg tool will preserved the NCSI configuration and MAC addresses of port2/3 for BCM5719 NIC in upgrade operation. Impact: 'upgrade -bc' for NX1 NIC if the 'Hot Plug Budget' settings are different between NVRAM and bootcode file. Version 2.1.2 (Jul 25, 2011) ----------------------------- Fixes: ===== 1. Problem: CQ56944 The 'dir -delete' command does not work for entries...
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