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Meningkatkan Firmware untuk Perangkat NVMe

Updates ke firmware pada perangkat penyimpanan NVMe dikeluarkan untuk driver miniport untuk perangkat tersebut. Perintah fungsi untuk mendapatkan informasi firmware, mengunduh, dan mengaktifkan gambar firmware dikeluarkan untuk miniport.

Proses peningkatan firmware

Perangkat NVMe bersertifikat untuk Windows mampu memperbarui firmware mereka saat perangkat sedang beroperasi. Firmware diperbarui menggunakan permintaan IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT yang berisi data kontrol firmware terkait yang diformat dalam SRB. Proses pembaruan melibatkan:

  1. Kumpulkan informasi slot firmware untuk menentukan tempat pembaruan. Ada beberapa pertimbangan dalam memutuskan di mana pembaruan firmware akan berada.

    • Berapa banyak slot yang tersedia?
    • Berapa banyak slot yang dapat menahan pembaruan? Beberapa slot bersifat baca-saja atau menyimpan gambar yang harus dipertahankan jika kemampuan untuk kembali ke gambar sebelumnya diinginkan.
    • Slot mana yang berisi gambar firmware aktif saat ini (firmware yang sedang berjalan)?

    Untuk memperbarui perangkat, slot dipilih yang dapat ditulis dan saat ini tidak aktif. Semua data gambar yang ada di slot yang dipilih ditimpa ketika pembaruan selesai.

  2. Unduh gambar firmware baru untuk slot yang dipilih. Tergantung pada ukuran gambar, ini terjadi dalam satu operasi transfer atau dalam transfer berturut-turut dari beberapa bagian gambar. Sebagian gambar dibatasi oleh min(Ukuran Transfer Maksimum Pengontrol, 512 KB).

  3. Untuk membuat gambar yang diunduh sebagai gambar firmware aktif, gambar tersebut ditetapkan ke slot. Slot firmware aktif kemudian dialihkan dari slot yang saat ini digunakan ke slot yang ditetapkan ke gambar yang diunduh. Tergantung pada jenis unduhan dan perubahan pada gambar firmware, reboot sistem mungkin diperlukan. Ini ditentukan oleh pengontrol NVMe.

Permintaan kontrol firmware miniport

Setiap perintah fungsi diatur dalam struktur FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK yang disertakan dengan SRB_IO_CONTROL dalam buffer permintaan IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT . Anggota ControlCodeSRB_IO_CONTROL diatur ke IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT_FIRMWARE untuk menunjukkan operasi firmware miniport. Setiap perintah fungsi memiliki struktur informasi terkait yang terletak setelah FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK. Tabel berikut mencantumkan setiap perintah fungsi dan struktur yang disertakan dalam buffer sistem untuk IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT.

Fungsi data Input Data output
FIRMWARE_FUNCTION_GET_INFO SRB_IO_CONTROL + FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK SRB_IO_CONTROL + FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK + STORAGE_FIRMWARE_SLOT_INFO
FIRMWARE_FUNCTION_DOWNLOAD SRB_IO_CONTROL + FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK + STORAGE_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD SRB_IO_CONTROL
FIRMWARE_FUNCTION_ACTIVATE SRB_IO_CONTROL + FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK + STORAGE_FIRMWARE_ACTIVATE SRB_IO_CONTROL

Fungsi firmware dan struktur terkait didefinisikan dalam ntddscsi.h.

Informasi slot firmware

Gambar firmware dipertahankan pada perangkat di lokasi yang disebut slot. Anda perlu menemukan slot yang tersedia untuk gambar firmware untuk berada saat diaktifkan setelah unduhan. Untuk menemukan slot yang tersedia, utilitas peningkatan dapat mengirim kueri informasi ke perangkat untuk menerima deskriptor informasi slot. Contoh fungsi berikut menunjukkan cara mengambil informasi untuk semua slot firmware pada perangkat NVMe yang dipilih.

// A device list item structure for an adapter

typedef struct _DEVICE_LIST {
    HANDLE                      Handle;
    STORAGE_ADAPTER_DESCRIPTOR  AdapterDescriptor;
} DEVICE_LIST, *PDEVICE_LIST;

BOOL
DeviceGetFirmwareInfo(
    _In_ PDEVICE_LIST DeviceList,
    _In_ DWORD        Index,
    _Inout_ PUCHAR    Buffer,
    _In_ DWORD        BufferLength,
    _In_ BOOLEAN      DisplayResult
    )
/*++

Routine Description:

    Retrieve the firmware and firmware slot information from NVMe controller.


Arguments:

    DeviceList    – a pointer to device array that contains disks information.
    Index         – the index of NVMe device in DeviceList array.
    Buffer        – a buffer for input and output.
    BufferLength  – the size of the buffer.
    DisplayResult – print information on screen or not.
  
Return Value:

    BOOLEAN

--*/
{
    BOOL    result;
    ULONG   returnedLength;
    ULONG   firmwareInfoOffset;

    PSRB_IO_CONTROL         srbControl;
    PFIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK firmwareRequest;
    PSTORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO  firmwareInfo;

    srbControl = (PSRB_IO_CONTROL)Buffer;
    firmwareRequest = (PFIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK)(srbControl + 1);

    //
    // The STORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO is located after SRB_IO_CONTROL and FIRMWARE_RESQUEST_BLOCK
    //
    firmwareInfoOffset = ((sizeof(SRB_IO_CONTROL) + sizeof(FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK) - 1) / sizeof(PVOID) + 1) * sizeof(PVOID);

    //
    // Setup the SRB control with the firmware ioctl control info
    //
    srbControl->HeaderLength = sizeof(SRB_IO_CONTROL);
    srbControl->ControlCode = IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT_FIRMWARE;
    RtlMoveMemory(srbControl->Signature, IOCTL_MINIPORT_SIGNATURE_FIRMWARE, 8);
    srbControl->Timeout = 30;
    srbControl->Length = BufferLength - sizeof(SRB_IO_CONTROL);

    //
    // Set firmware request fields for FIRMWARE_FUNCTION_GET_INFO. This request is to the controller so
    // FIRMWARE_REQUEST_FLAG_CONTROLLER is set in the flags
    //
    firmwareRequest->Version = FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK_STRUCTURE_VERSION;
    firmwareRequest->Size = sizeof(FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK);
    firmwareRequest->Function = FIRMWARE_FUNCTION_GET_INFO;
    firmwareRequest->Flags = FIRMWARE_REQUEST_FLAG_CONTROLLER;
    firmwareRequest->DataBufferOffset = firmwareInfoOffset;
    firmwareRequest->DataBufferLength = BufferLength - firmwareInfoOffset;

    //
    // Send the request to get the device firmware info
    //
    result = DeviceIoControl(DeviceList[Index].Handle,
                              IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT,
                              Buffer,
                              BufferLength,
                              Buffer,
                              BufferLength,
                              &returnedLength,
                              NULL
                              );

    //
    // Format and display the firmware info
    //
    if (DisplayResult) {
        if (!result) {
            _tprintf(_T("\t Get Firmware Information Failed: 0x%X\n"), GetLastError());
        } else {
            UCHAR   i;
            TCHAR   revision[16] = {0};

            firmwareInfo = (PSTORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO)((PUCHAR)srbControl + firmwareRequest->DataBufferOffset);

            _tprintf(_T("\t ----Firmware Information----\n"));
            _tprintf(_T("\t Support upgrade command: %s\n"), firmwareInfo->UpgradeSupport ? _T("Yes") : _T("No"));
            _tprintf(_T("\t Slot Count: %d\n"), firmwareInfo->SlotCount);
            _tprintf(_T("\t Current Active Slot: %d\n"), firmwareInfo->ActiveSlot);

            if (firmwareInfo->PendingActivateSlot == STORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO_INVALID_SLOT) {
                _tprintf(_T("\t Pending Active Slot: %s\n\n"),  _T("No"));
            } else {
                _tprintf(_T("\t Pending Active Slot: %d\n\n"), firmwareInfo->PendingActivateSlot);
            }

            for (i = 0; i < firmwareInfo->SlotCount; i++) {
                RtlCopyMemory(revision, &firmwareInfo->Slot[i].Revision.AsUlonglong, 8);

                _tprintf(_T("\t\t Slot Number: %d\n"), firmwareInfo->Slot[i].SlotNumber);
                _tprintf(_T("\t\t Slot Read Only: %s\n"), firmwareInfo->Slot[i].ReadOnly ? _T("Yes") : _T("No"));
                _tprintf(_T("\t\t Revision: %s\n"), revision);
                _tprintf(_T("\n"));
            }
        }

        _tprintf(_T("\n"));
    }

    return result;
}

Informasi slot dikembalikan dalam array struktur STORAGE_FIRMWARE_SLOT_INFO . Setiap struktur menunjukkan status aktivasi dan ketersediaan slot firmware. Kondisi untuk ketersediaan adalah:

  • Anggota ReadOnly diatur ke 0.
  • Slot bukan slot aktif yang ditunjukkan oleh nomor slot di anggota ActiveSlotSTORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO.
  • Anggota STORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO PendingActiveSlot diatur ke STORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO_INVALID_SLOT.
  • Anggota STORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO PendingActiveSlot tidak diatur ke slot yang diinginkan.

Selain itu, jika status slot memenuhi kondisi untuk ketersediaan tetapi string Info berisi data revisi yang valid, yaitu byte bukan nol, maka slot berisi gambar firmware yang valid tetapi dapat diganti. Semua nol dalam string Info menunjukkan slot kosong.

Contoh: Peningkatan firmware - pemilihan slot, unduhan, dan aktivasi

Utilitas peningkatan akan melakukan tiga langkah yang disebutkan sebelumnya untuk memperbarui firmware di pengontrol. Sebagai contoh, rutinitas peningkatan berikut berisi kode untuk setiap langkah dalam proses. Langkah penemuan slot, yang ditunjukkan dalam contoh DeviceGetFirmwareInfo , dipanggil oleh rutinitas peningkatan untuk memilih slot yang tersedia. Langkah-langkah pengunduhan dan aktivasi gambar ditunjukkan langsung setelah pemilihan slot. Dalam setiap langkah, penggunaan perintah fungsi yang sesuai ditampilkan.

Selama langkah pengunduhan, file gambar firmware dibaca ke dalam buffer yang dialokasikan dan konten buffer ditransfer ke pengontrol. Jika file gambar firmware lebih besar dari ukuran buffer, file gambar dibaca beberapa kali dan bagian gambar firmware tersebut ditransfer hingga seluruh file dibaca.

Setelah penyelesaian unduhan gambar firmware, langkah aktivasi memerlukan dua tindakan dari pengontrol. Pertama, slot yang dipilih ditetapkan ke gambar firmware, dan kedua, slot yang dipilih ditetapkan sebagai slot aktif.

VOID
DeviceFirmwareUpgrade(
    _In_ PDEVICE_LIST DeviceList,
    _In_ DWORD        Index,
    _In_ TCHAR*       FileName
    )
/*++

Routine Description:

    Performs a firmware upgrade to the NVMe controller. The an available firmware
    slot is selected, the firmware is downloaded to the controller from an image
    file, and the new firmware is activated.


Arguments:

    DeviceList    – a pointer to device array that contains disks information.
    Index         – the index of NVMe device in DeviceList array.
    FileName      – the name of the firmware upgrade image file.
  
Return Value:

    None

--*/
{
    BOOL                    result;
    PUCHAR                  buffer = NULL;
    ULONG                   bufferSize;
    ULONG                   firmwareStructureOffset;
    ULONG                   imageBufferLength;

    PSRB_IO_CONTROL         srbControl;
    PFIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK firmwareRequest;

    PSTORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO      firmwareInfo;
    PSTORAGE_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD  firmwareDownload;
    PSTORAGE_FIRMWARE_ACTIVATE  firmwareActivate;

    ULONG                   slotNumber;
    ULONG                   returnedLength;
    ULONG                   i;

    HANDLE                  fileHandle = NULL;
    ULONG                   imageOffset;
    ULONG                   readLength;
    BOOLEAN                 moreToDownload;

    //
    // The STORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO is located after SRB_IO_CONTROL and FIRMWARE_RESQUEST_BLOCK
    //
    firmwareStructureOffset = ((sizeof(SRB_IO_CONTROL) + sizeof(FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK) - 1) / sizeof(PVOID) + 1) * sizeof(PVOID);

    //
    // The Max Transfer Length limits the part of buffer that may need to transfer to controller, not the whole buffer.
    //
    bufferSize = min(DeviceList[Index].AdapterDescriptor.MaximumTransferLength, 2 * 1024 * 1024);
    bufferSize += firmwareStructureOffset;
    bufferSize += FIELD_OFFSET(STORAGE_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD, ImageBuffer);

    buffer = (PUCHAR)malloc(bufferSize);
    if (buffer == NULL) {
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - Allocate buffer failed: 0x%X\n"), GetLastError());
        return;
    }

    //
    // calculate the space available for the firmware image portion of the buffer allocation
    // 
    imageBufferLength = bufferSize - firmwareStructureOffset - sizeof(STORAGE_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD);

    RtlZeroMemory(buffer, bufferSize);

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // ( 1 ) SELECT A SUITABLE FIRMWARE SLOT
    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    //
    // Get firmware slot information data.
    //
    result = DeviceGetFirmwareInfo(DeviceList, Index, buffer, bufferSize, FALSE);

    if (result == FALSE) {
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade: Get Firmware Information Failed: 0x%X\n"), GetLastError());
        goto Exit;
    }

    //
    // Set the request structure pointers
                //
    srbControl = (PSRB_IO_CONTROL)buffer;
    firmwareRequest = (PFIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK)(srbControl + 1);
    firmwareInfo = (PSTORAGE_FIRMWARE_INFO)((PUCHAR)srbControl + firmwareRequest->DataBufferOffset);

    if (srbControl->ReturnCode != FIRMWARE_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - get firmware info failed. srbControl->ReturnCode %d.\n"), srbControl->ReturnCode);
        goto Exit;
    }

    //
    // SelectFind the first writable slot.
    //
    slotNumber = (ULONG)-1;

    if (firmwareInfo->UpgradeSupport) {
        for (i = 0; i < firmwareInfo->SlotCount; i++) {
            if (firmwareInfo->Slot[i].ReadOnly == FALSE) {
                slotNumber = firmwareInfo->Slot[i].SlotNumber;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    //
    // If no writable slot is found, bypass downloading and activation
    //
    if (slotNumber == (ULONG)-1) {
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - No writable Firmware slot.\n"));
        goto Exit;
    }

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // ( 2 ) DOWNLOAD THE FIRMWARE IMAGE TO THE CONTROLLER
    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    //
    // initialize image length and offset
    //
    imageBufferLength = (imageBufferLength / sizeof(PVOID)) * sizeof(PVOID);
    imageOffset = 0;
    readLength = 0;
    moreToDownload = TRUE;

    //
    // Open image file and download it to controller.
    //
    if (FileName == NULL) {
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - No firmware file specified.\n"));
        goto Exit;
    }

    fileHandle = CreateFile(FileName,              // file to open
                            GENERIC_READ,          // open for reading
                            FILE_SHARE_READ,       // share for reading
                            NULL,                  // default security
                            OPEN_EXISTING,         // existing file only
                            FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, // normal file
                            NULL);                 // no attr. template

    if (fileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - unable to open file \"%s\" for read.\n"), FileName);
        goto Exit;
    }

    //
    // Read and download the firmware from the image file into image buffer length portions. Send the
    // image portion to the controller.
    //
    while (moreToDownload) {

        RtlZeroMemory(buffer, bufferSize);

        //
        // Setup the SRB control with the firmware ioctl control info
        //
        srbControl->HeaderLength = sizeof(SRB_IO_CONTROL);
        srbControl->ControlCode = IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT_FIRMWARE;
        RtlMoveMemory(srbControl->Signature, IOCTL_MINIPORT_SIGNATURE_FIRMWARE, 8);
        srbControl->Timeout = 30;
        srbControl->Length = bufferSize - sizeof(SRB_IO_CONTROL);

        //
        // Set firmware request fields for FIRMWARE_FUNCTION_DOWNLOAD. This request is to the controller so
        // FIRMWARE_REQUEST_FLAG_CONTROLLER is set in the flags
        //
        firmwareRequest->Version = FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK_STRUCTURE_VERSION;
        firmwareRequest->Size = sizeof(FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK);
        firmwareRequest->Function = FIRMWARE_FUNCTION_DOWNLOAD;
        firmwareRequest->Flags = FIRMWARE_REQUEST_FLAG_CONTROLLER;
        firmwareRequest->DataBufferOffset = firmwareStructureOffset;
        firmwareRequest->DataBufferLength = bufferSize - firmwareStructureOffset;

        //
        // Initialize the firmware data buffer pointer to the proper position after the request structure
        //
        firmwareDownload = (PSTORAGE_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD)((PUCHAR)srbControl + firmwareRequest->DataBufferOffset);

        if (ReadFile(fileHandle, firmwareDownload->ImageBuffer, imageBufferLength, &readLength, NULL) == FALSE) {
            _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - Read firmware file failed.\n"));
            goto Exit;
        }

        if (readLength == 0) {
            moreToDownload = FALSE;
            break;
        }

        if ((readLength % sizeof(ULONG)) != 0) {
            _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - Read firmware file failed.\n"));
        }

        //
        // Set the download parameters and adjust the offset for this portion of the firmware image
        //
        firmwareDownload->Version = 1;
        firmwareDownload->Size = sizeof(STORAGE_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD);
        firmwareDownload->Offset = imageOffset;
        firmwareDownload->BufferSize = readLength;

        //
        // download this portion of firmware to the device
        //
        result = DeviceIoControl(DeviceList[Index].Handle,
                                 IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT,
                                 buffer,
                                 bufferSize,
                                 buffer,
                                 bufferSize,
                                 &returnedLength,
                                 NULL
                                 );

        if (result == FALSE) {
            _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - IOCTL - firmware download failed. 0x%X.\n"), GetLastError());
            goto Exit;
        }

        if (srbControl->ReturnCode != FIRMWARE_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
            _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - firmware download failed. srbControl->ReturnCode %d.\n"), srbControl->ReturnCode);
            goto Exit;
        }

        //
        // Update Image Offset for next iteration.
        //
        imageOffset += readLength;
    }

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // ( 3 ) ACTIVATE THE FIRMWARE SLOT ASSIGNED TO THE UPGRADE
    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    //
    // Activate the newly downloaded image with the assigned slot.
    //
    RtlZeroMemory(buffer, bufferSize);

    //
    // Setup the SRB control with the firmware ioctl control info
    //
    srbControl->HeaderLength = sizeof(SRB_IO_CONTROL);
    srbControl->ControlCode = IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT_FIRMWARE;
    RtlMoveMemory(srbControl->Signature, IOCTL_MINIPORT_SIGNATURE_FIRMWARE, 8);
    srbControl->Timeout = 30;
    srbControl->Length = bufferSize - sizeof(SRB_IO_CONTROL);

    //
    // Set firmware request fields for FIRMWARE_FUNCTION_ACTIVATE. This request is to the controller so
    // FIRMWARE_REQUEST_FLAG_CONTROLLER is set in the flags
    //
    firmwareRequest->Version = FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK_STRUCTURE_VERSION;
    firmwareRequest->Size = sizeof(FIRMWARE_REQUEST_BLOCK);
    firmwareRequest->Function = FIRMWARE_FUNCTION_ACTIVATE;
    firmwareRequest->Flags = FIRMWARE_REQUEST_FLAG_CONTROLLER;
    firmwareRequest->DataBufferOffset = firmwareStructureOffset;
    firmwareRequest->DataBufferLength = bufferSize - firmwareStructureOffset;

    //
    // Initialize the firmware activation structure pointer to the proper position after the request structure
    //
    firmwareActivate = (PSTORAGE_FIRMWARE_ACTIVATE)((PUCHAR)srbControl + firmwareRequest->DataBufferOffset);

    //
    // Set the activation parameters with the available slot selected
    //
    firmwareActivate->Version = 1;
    firmwareActivate->Size = sizeof(STORAGE_FIRMWARE_ACTIVATE);
    firmwareActivate->SlotToActivate = (UCHAR)slotNumber;

    //
    // Send the activation request
    //
    result = DeviceIoControl(DeviceList[Index].Handle,
                                IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT,
                                buffer,
                                bufferSize,
                                buffer,
                                bufferSize,
                                &returnedLength,
                                NULL
                                );


    if (result == FALSE) {
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - IOCTL - firmware activate failed. 0x%X.\n"), GetLastError());
        goto Exit;
    }

    //
    // Display status result from firmware activation
    //
    switch (srbControl->ReturnCode) {
    case FIRMWARE_STATUS_SUCCESS:
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - firmware activate succeeded.\n"));
        break;

    case FIRMWARE_STATUS_POWER_CYCLE_REQUIRED:
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - firmware activate succeeded. PLEASE REBOOT COMPUTER.\n"));
        break;

    case FIRMWARE_STATUS_ILLEGAL_REQUEST:
    case FIRMWARE_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER:
    case FIRMWARE_STATUS_INPUT_BUFFER_TOO_BIG:
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - firmware activate parameter error. srbControl->ReturnCode %d.\n"), srbControl->ReturnCode);
        break;

    case FIRMWARE_STATUS_INVALID_SLOT:
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - firmware activate, slot number invalid.\n"));
        break;

    case FIRMWARE_STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE:
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - firmware activate, invalid firmware image.\n"));
        break;

    case FIRMWARE_STATUS_ERROR:
    case FIRMWARE_STATUS_CONTROLLER_ERROR:
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - firmware activate, error returned.\n"));
        break;

    default:
        _tprintf(_T("\t FirmwareUpgrade - firmware activate, unexpected error. srbControl->ReturnCode %d.\n"), srbControl->ReturnCode);
        break;
   }

Exit:

    if (fileHandle != NULL) {
        CloseHandle(fileHandle);
    }

    if (buffer != NULL) {
        free(buffer);
    }

    return;
}

Catatan

Mengunduh beberapa gambar firmware secara bersamaan tidak didukung. Satu unduhan firmware selalu diikuti oleh satu aktivasi firmware.

Gambar firmware yang sudah berada di slot dapat diaktifkan kembali dengan hanya menggunakan perintah fungsi aktifkan dengan nomor slot yang sesuai.

Kode kontrol IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT_FIRMWARE untuk kontrol I/O SRB tersedia dimulai dengan Windows 8.1.