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Broadcom Limited Avenger MR 8.18 AV1 Linux Driver
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Supported Controllers
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Avenger 9600-16e
Avenger 9600-8i8e
Avenger 9600-16i
Avenger 9600-24i
Avenger 9600w-16e
Avenger 9620-16i
Avenger 9660-16i
Avenger 9670W-16i
Avenger 9670-24i
Avenger2 9760W-16i
Avenger2 9760W-32i
Avenger2 9700W-32i

Component:
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Release Date:   2026-08-18


Version Numbers:	
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Current Version:   8.18.1.0.0-1
Previous Version:  8.17.1.0.0-2

Bug Fixes/Enhancements:  
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DCSG02041089 Let firmware handle management commands for unusable NVMe drives
DCSG02046417 Update MPI headers to revision 40
DCSG02010142 Ubuntu DEB build for driver
DCSG02046017 Restrict DEVICE_SHUTDOWN skip handling to driver unload only
DCSG02049298 Oe OS support list needs update
DCSG02030804 Send early timestamp sync 1 min after load and reset
DCSG02009135 OOB driver support for Ubuntu 26.04
DCSG02070249 Debian 13.5 OS Support
DCSG02039148 Fix BST Linux driver RPM selection to use exact RHEL 10 minor version
DCSG02028001 (Port Of EnhancementRequest DCSG02027534) Fix race condition in mpi3mr_remove causing double host removal
DCSG02070241 Debian 12.14 OS Support
DCSG02046707 Add Out of box driver Support for Debian 13.4
DCSG02043366 Update the Copyright year to 2026
DCSG02011027 Control DEVICE_SHUTDOWN_SEND_REQ on unload/suspend based on firmware flag
DCSG02027325 Out of box driver Support for Debian 13.3
DCSG02040580 (Port Of Defect DCSG02034463) Revert IRQ poll sleep to 220 micro secs to fix ~7% performance drop on 4k sequential writes
DCSG02009681 Out of Box driver support for RHEL 10.2
DCSG02067136 Add buildkit support for RHEL 10.2
DCSG02027333 Out of box driver Support for Debian 12.13
DCSG02067137 Add buildkit support for RHEL 9.8
DCSG02012043 SLES Micro OS Driver Support
DCSG02028321 Out of box driver Support for Debian 12.13 and Debian 13.3
DCSG02009690 Out of Box driver support for RHEL 9.8
