Switchtec-user v3.0 Release

About this Release

This release supports the following Switchtec devices and releases:

Generation	Variant	Release
Gen5	PFX/PSX	FCA (F/W version: 06.01.0.01f)
Gen4	PFX/PSX	MR-1 (F/W version: 03.60.0.049), MR-2 (F/W version: 03.70.0.04f), MR-3 (F/W version: 03.80.0.056), MR-4 (F/W version: 04.90.0.05b)
Gen4	PAX	MR-1 (F/W version: 04.60.0.449), MR-2 (F/W version: 04.70.0.450), MR-3 (F/W version: 04.80.0.456), MR-4 (F/W version: 04.90.0.45b)

What is New Since v2.6 Release?

This release introduces the following new features, changes and fixes

Features and Changes

• Added switchtec_list_free function
• Added support for Gen5 device
• Added firmware image generation checking before upgrading firmware to the device
• Changed SPI clock rate field in security settings from enum to float
• Added security setting file generation checking before writing OTP settings to the device
• Merged OTP state structure into security state and delete redundant switchtec_security_cfg_state_ext structure
• Added device hardware revision information to info command output
• Deleted boot phase information from mfg ping command output
• Added API function to dump log definition file
• Added -f option in log-dump to allow dumping parsed RAM and flash log
• Added firmware and SDK version numbers in RAM and flash log files
• Added version checking in log-parse to ensure the input log file and log definition file have matching versions
• Added SEEPROM information in fw-info command output

Fixes

• Fixed fw-read segmentation fault found when flash is empty
• Fixed log-parse segmentation fault found when module name is empty
• Fixed calculation of timestamp in log files
• Fixed mailbox log parsing issues

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 devices

• DIAGNOSTIC commands
  diag submenu command are experimental and are not fully supported on all devices