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Broadcom Limited Avenger MR 8.18 AV1 Windows 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:   8.18.11.00-WHQL
Previous Version:  8.17.06.00-WHQL

Bug Fixes/Enhancements:  
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DCSG02027783 OEM specifc PnP ID update.
DCSG02054011 97xx: Updated SubVendor and Subdevice ID
DCSG02066204 97xx: Windows system crash observed while updating drivers
DCSG02052612 Device shutdown request sent to firmware was not prevented when the Flag field is set in Driver page 1.
DCSG02084366 Failure seen in crash dump generation test with 96XX and 97XX controllers.
DCSG02015062 Skip Device Shutdown during driver unload process based on Driver page 1 Flag bit.
DCSG02046018 Remove Device IDs from INF which are not required.
DCSG02056850 DiagBufferRelease command time out is seen when softreset is in progress.
DCSG02071047 Revert OEM PNP ID from windows INF
DCSG02054788 97xx: Correct Drivert Debug Prints.
DCSG02076676 96xx/97xx: Driver Upgrde/Downgrade Failure
DCSG02030805 Issue the time sync command after one minute of driver load time.
DCSG02057562 Inconsistent device shutdown observed in windows driver.
DCSG02055779 BST change for AV driver
DCSG02017467 97xx:Add OEM PNP ID
DCSG02051167 96xx/97xx: Hibernation/Crashdump Failure
DCSG02025257 Add OEM PNP ID
DCSG02040074 Validate IOCTL payload length to max 1M, not the complete IOCTL buffer length
DCSG02071938 96XX:BSOD seen in debug driver while executing some Scrutiny CLI Commands.
DCSG02037897 (Port Of Defect DCSG02037134) SAS4:Windows Driver: Clear resetHistory bit after MUR is complete in shutdown path
DCSG02076169 96xx/97xx: Log Diag Buffer Release Timeout as Warning
DCSG02067361 96xx/97xx: Application is Failing for CLI commands
DCSG02004617 MPI 3.0: Header file changes for MPI3 revision 39
DCSG02068400 96xx: Remove Verbose Debug Prints in IOCTL Path
DCSG02070263 97xx/96xx: Driver Installation Failure
DCSG02022937 SAS4: Windows Driver: Use Kernel threads instead of DPC for I/O polling
DCSG02029385 (Port Of Defect DCSG02026604) Copyright year shows 2025 instead of 2026
DCSG02042539 Add OEM PNP ID
