

                                QL24xx BIOS Release notes

      Rev 1.00        Jan.20, 2005                                          
                      Initial release.                                        
      Rev 1.01        Feb.18, 2005                                          
                      Added code to put Port ID of device in IOCB.          
      Rev 1.02        Mar.28, 2005                                          
                      Added support for Serial Link Control.                
                      Addded code to display slot, bus number and function  
                      in CTRL-Q utility.                                      
      Rev 1.03        Apr.18, 2005                                          
                      Fixed bug when no drives attached and connected to    
                      switch.                                               
                      Added code to reset ISP if ISP is paused when ISR is  
                      called.                                                 
      Rev 1.04        June 8, 2005                                          
                      Fixed bug in CTRL-Q utility that caused adapter id to 
                      be displayed at invalid id's.                          
                      Added code to set Write Protect in Flash Status reg.  
                      Fixed bug in CTRL-Q utility where EAX reg was being   
                      corrupted by timer interrupt routine.                 
                      Fixed bug in setting up LUN field in IOCB.            
                      Fixed bug in not setting port ID when connected to a  
                      switch.                                                  
      Rev 1.05        Sept 27, 2005                                         
                      Changed code to suppress padding firmware version with
                      leading zero's.                                       
                      Fixed bug in setting data direction flags in IOCB for 
                      'seek command'.                                       
                      Changed code to not count device if device disabled by
                      system BIOS.                                          
                      Fixed bug in setting flash Write Protect.             
      Rev 1.06        Oct. 13, 2005                                         
                      Fixed bug where anykey could invoke Fastutil.         
      Rev 1.09        Nov. 22, 2005                                         
                      Changed buffer request size to 2056 bytes for 'Report 
                      Luns' command.                                        
                      Fixed bug where GAN_NXT IN_ID was not always being set
                      to zero causing GAN_NXT to fail.                      
      Rev 1.10        Jan. 31, 2006                                         
                      Added check for optional boot mode flag to allow code 
                      to configure 1 drive/port when enabled. Bit 6 of host 
                      parameters in NVRAM is set to enable this mode.       
                      Fixed bug when Spinup-Delay and link is down.          
                      Added code to not display Data Rate option in CTRL-Q  
                      for QME2462.                                           
      Rev 1.11        Feb. 7, 2006                                          
                      Added support for interrupt polling. This option is   
                      controlled by bit 7 of NVRAM Host Parameters and by   
                      new Advanced Settings option in CTRL-Q.                 
      Rev 1.12        Feb. 21, 2006                                          
                      Changed format of PnP string to display when Opt Boot 
                      Mode enabled in NVRAM.                                
                      Added check for ELS reject status from Login IOCB.     


