Switchtec-user v4.3 Release

About this Release

This release supports the following Switchtec devices and releases:

Generation	Variant	Release
Gen5	PFX	MR3 (F/W version: 06.09.0.056)
Gen5	PSX	MR3 (F/W version: 07.09.0.056)
Gen4	PFX/PSX	MR5 Patch3 (F/W version: 03.90.0.06C)

Note:

• The Switchtec-user was tested with Switchtec-kernel driver on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS with kernel 6.8.0-79-generic .

What is New Since v4.2 Release?

This release introduces the following new features, changes and fixes

Ismail Abdul (2):
      Add AER event generate commands
      Add support for Gen5 Port Eq Dump commands
Chetana Kaushik (3):
      Fixing crosshair scan output for top and bottom right fields
      Add Link error injection commands
      Add support for Gen5 Eye capture
Logan Gunthorpe (8):
      lib: Fix uninitialized variable use
      lib: Cleanup whitespace damage in diag.c
      lib: Fix incorrect initialization
      lib: Don't use variable length arrays in osa_data_read_out structure
      configure: Update autoconf scripts
      lib: Move RSA_get0_key() closer to use
      configure: Check for PEM_read_PUBKEY()
      lib: Implement switchtec_read_pubk_file() using new openssl interfaces
Ben Reed (29):
      Implement FTDC MRPC command log collecting
      Added support for FTDC bin log parse 
      Added support for ltssm diag command for gen5 
      Update fw version string to expected size
      Add missing free call
      Added tlp injection command
      Add support for Gen5 loopback commands
      Add support for Gen5 pattern mon/gen
      add command option for riotcore
      add GPIO command
      refactor convert_str_to_dword function
      Add ordered set commands
      add minor version to info command
      Add gen5 ltssm str decode func
      Add bitfield convert to aer-gen
      Add Gen5 PRBS pattern monitor values 
      Add detailed print to pattern monitor
      Add gen4 check to fix disable issue
      Update pattern monitor cli options
      Add pattern monitor disable changes
      Update port-eq commands
      Add new port_eq_coeff for gen5 
      Update tlp help message
      Add validation for summary ptrs
      Fix segfault observed 
      Add gen5 check for txtable print
      Add clear option for ltssm log
      Add status print to refclk
      Add redundant image partition code 

Limitations

• GAS dump
  Switchtec-user command gas dump might impact system performance or cause instability

• FABRIC commands
  fabric submenu commands are not yet supported on Gen5 device