Adaptec SmartRAID smartpqi Linux Driver

Microchip provides the driver smartpqi for Linux for the Adaptec SmartRAID 3100 Controller series. In this article you can find information about which driver version is included in the recent Linux Kernel versions and which newer drivers Microchip provides for download.

smartpqi driver versions in Linux kernel

The following smartpqi driver versions are directly included in the Linux kernel:

smartpqi version	Linux kernel basis	Version information in the kernel
1.2.8-026	5.4	[1]
1.2.6-015	5.2	[2]
1.2.4-070	5.0	[3]
1.1.4-130	4.19	[4]
1.1.4-115	4.17	[5]
1.1.2-126	4.15	[6]
1.1.2-125	4.14	[7]
1.0.4-100	4.13	[8]
0.9.13-370	4.9	[9]

smartpqi driver versions of Microchip for download

Microchip provides the following smartpqi driver versions for download:

smartpqi version	Release	Download	Download source
1.2.10-025	17.10.2019	[10]	[11]
1.2.8-026	21.08.2019	[12]	[13]
1.2.4-065	14.01.2019	[14]	[15]
1.1.4-132	05.07.2018		[16]

Issue modinfo smartpqi

The following output shows the call of modinfo smartpqi on a Ubuntu 18.04 LTS System with HWE Kernel 5.0:

$ modinfo smartpqi
filename:       /lib/modules/5.0.0-32-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi.ko
license:        GPL
version:        1.2.4-070
description:    Driver for Microsemi Smart Family Controller version 1.2.4-070
author:         Microsemi
srcversion:     DE1FC078EAB42FC113EC146
alias:          pci:v00009005d0000028Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00009005d0000028Fsv0000103Csd00001101bc*sc*i*
[...]
alias:          pci:v00009005d0000028Fsv0000105Bsd00001211bc*sc*i*
depends:        scsi_transport_sas
retpoline:      Y
intree:         Y
name:           smartpqi
vermagic:       5.0.0-32-generic SMP mod_unload 
signat:         PKCS#7
signer:         
sig_key:        
sig_hashalgo:   md4
parm:           disable_device_id_wildcards:Disable device ID wildcards. (int)
parm:           disable_heartbeat:Disable heartbeat. (int)
parm:           disable_ctrl_shutdown:Disable controller shutdown when controller locked up. (int)
parm:           lockup_action:Action to take when controller locked up.
		Supported: none, reboot, panic
		Default: none (charp)

Further information

• smartpqi Commits im Linux Kernel (git.kernel.org)
• smartpqi man page (man7.org)

Author: Werner Fischer Werner Fischer, working in the Knowledge Transfer team at Thomas-Krenn, completed his studies of Computer and Media Security at FH Hagenberg in Austria. He is a regular speaker at many conferences like LinuxTag, OSMC, OSDC, LinuxCon, and author for various IT magazines. In his spare time he enjoys playing the piano and training for a good result at the annual Linz marathon relay.