[Scst-devel] Upcoming SCST 3.8.0 release

[Gleb C. <gle...@sc...>]

Hi,

SCST 3.7.0 was released about one year ago. I plan to release version
3.8.0 next week. The 3.8.0 release will be based on the master branch
(https://github.com/SCST-project/scst/).

Summary of changes between versions 3.7 and 3.8
-----------------------------------------------
- Fixed depmod warnings during the installation process.
- Resolved RPM build issues for Fedora and CentOS Stream kernels.
- Introduced selectable debug mode levels during package building by passing
   PKG_BUILD_MODE=2[release, debug, perf] as an argument to make.
- scst_disk: Implemented cluster mode support.
- scst_vdisk: Introduced the lb_per_pb_exp attribute, allowing control over
   whether READ CAPACITY 16 returns LOGICAL BLOCKS PER PHYSICAL BLOCK 
EXPONENT.
- scst_vdisk: Enabled exclusive opening of block devices to prevent
   concurrent usage.
- iscsi-scst: Implemented iSCSI TargetAlias support.
- iscsi-scstd: Added initiator name validation during login.
- Added the aen_disabled attribute, enabling forcible UA sending instead of
   AEN from the target port.
- Fixed UNIT ATTENTION for remote PR registrants.
- Enhanced device blocking to ensure signal-induced waiting cancellation 
does
   not crash the system.
- Corrected the display of the number of active commands during suspending.
- qla2x00t-32gbit driver: Rectified ABORT_TASK_SET processing.
- qla2x00t-32gbit driver: Updated from Linux kernel version v5.15 to v6.7.

The kernel versions supported by this release are:
* Kernel.org kernel versions v3.10..v6.7.
* Debian / Ubuntu kernels based on upstream kernel versions v3.10..v6.7.
* RHEL / CentOS / AlmaLinux 7.x, 8.0..8.9 and 9.0..9.3 kernels.
* UEK version 4, 5, 6 and 7 kernels.

Thanks,
Gleb