Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.23-rc3

Hi,

A few critical problems showed up, so here is -rc3.

Summary of changes from v2.4.23-rc2 to v2.4.23-rc3

<amir.noam:intel.com>:

• [bonding] fix creation of /proc/net/bonding dir

<debian:abeckmann.de>:

• [SPARC]: Make check_asm.sh not get confused by .section .note.GNU-stack output by newer gcc

<len.brown:intel.com>:

• [ACPI] "pci=noacpi" -- replace two sets of flags with one: acpi_noirq
• [ACPI] "pci=noacpi" -- 2.4.23 specific part of previous 2.4.22 fix

<marcelo:logos.cnet>:

• Changed EXTRAVERSION to -rc3

David Engebretsen:

• Put autoconsole option at the front of the cmd line
• Fix comment to reflect correct file name
• fix byte order in comparison

Ed Vance:

• Fix ST16C654 UART support broke by ELAN patches

Herbert Xu:

• [netdrvr tg3] fix BCM5705 pending-RX count (was 64, now 63)

Matthew Wilcox:

• Fix panic-at-boot

Paul Mackerras:

• PPC64: Update the _syscallN macros to indicate the correct clobbers
• PPC64: Ensure we get the correct error_code passed to do_page_fault
• PPC64: Fix alignment in vmlinux.lds
• PPC64: Make kernel RAM user-inaccessible on iSeries
• PPC64: Fix compilation of sys_ppc32.c