Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.6.8

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The major patches since -rc4 were some sparc64 and parsic
updates, but there’s some network driver and SATA updates and a few
ARM patches too. And a use-after-free fix in MTD.

Linus

Summary of changes from v2.6.8-rc4 to
v2.6.8

<jwboyer:infradead.org>:

• Restore physmap configure-time settings according to user
  requests

<sm0407:nurfuerspam.de>:

• cdrom: MO-drive open write fix

Aaron Grothe:

• [CRYPTO]: Add Khazad algorithm

Andrew Chew:

• [libata sata_nv] support for hardware, bug fixes
• [libata] unmap MMIO region _after_ last possible usage

Andrew Morton:

• bk-netdev-axnet_cs-fix
• bk-netdev-hp-plus-fix

Catalin Marinas:

• [ARM PATCH] 2012/1: Use -malignment-traps instead of
  -mshort-load-bytes if gcc supports it

Dave Hansen:

• 4kstacks: fix compile with gcc 2.95

David S. Miller:

• [SPARC64]: Eliminate costly sdivx from gettimeofday
• [SPARC64]: Implement tlb flush batching just like ppc64
• [SPARC64]: Need flush_tlb_pending() in switch_to()
• [SPARC64]: Kill TLB rtrap debug code
• [SPARC64]: Update defconfig
• [SPARC64]: Always record actual PC when kernel profiling
• [SPARC64]: Make clear_user_page more leight weight
• [SPARC64]: Fix up copy_page just like clear_page
• [SPARC64]: Remove memcpy Ultra3 PCACHE patching trick
• [SPARC64]: Use saner local label names in Ultra3 copies
• [SPARC64]: More entropy in add_timer_randomness
• [SPARC64]: Fix spitfire bugs in tlb flush and copy_page
  changes
• [SPARC64]: Kill swapper_space test in
  arch/sparc64/mm/tlb.c
• [SPARC64]: Change TIF_BLKCOMMIT into a fault code
• [SPARC64]: Update defconfig
• [SPARC64]: Fix non-SMP build

David Woodhouse:

• Fix use-after-free bug in MTD partitioning code
• Cosmetic MTD changes — update email address and idents
• M-Systems DiskOnChip driver update
• RedBoot flash partitioning: use vmalloc for buffer
• Export new mtd_erase_callback() function
• Fix MTD partitioning modular build

Eugene Surovegin:

• [IPSEC]: Add missing flow_cache_genid update to
  xfrm_policy_delete()

Jens Axboe:

• export kblockd_schedule_work()
• setup queue before elevator_init()

Linus Torvalds:

• Be a bit more anal about allowing SCSI commands to be sent
• Pass done file pointer to block device ioctl’s
• Allow non-root users certain raw commands if they are deemed
  safe
• Linux 2.6.8

Marc Singer:

• [ARM PATCH] 2001/1: lh7a40x IDE cleanup
• [ARM PATCH] 2002/1: lh7a40x Timer fixup

Margit Schubert-While:

• prism54 Clarification to Viro’s patch
• prism54 URGENT – Fix IRQ handling
• prism54 Fix memory leaks
• prism54 Fix supported rates reporting

Martin Devera:

• [PKT_SCHED]: Fix borrowing fairness in htb

Mathieu LESNIAK:

• wrong mac address with netgear FA311 ethernet card

Matthew Wilcox:

• Remove fcntl f_op
• PA-RISC update
• lasi_82596 update

Neil Brown:

• Fix unsigned underflow in xdr decoding

Patrick McHardy:

• [PKT_SCHED]: Disable local bh’s when grabbing qdisc_tree_lock
  in tc_dump_tfilter

Pawel Sikora:

• [NET]: Kill stray NET_FASTROUTE references

Roger Luethi:

• via-rhine: Really call rhine_power_init()

Russell King:

• [PCMCIA] pd6729: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION and MODULE_AUTHOR, fix
  comment style

Simon Kelley:

• Atmel wireless bigendian fix

Stephen Hemminger:

• [VLAN]: Propagate ethtool/mii ioctls to the real device
• [VLAN]: Mirror real devices carrier and hotplug state
• [VLAN]: Use RCU for group operations
• [VLAN]: Fix device refcount bug
• [BRIDGE]: Fix problems with filtering and defragmentation

Tom Rini:

• Remove CONFIG_SERIAL8250MANY_PORTS from
  Ebony / Ocotea
• ppc32: Fix warning on CONFIG_PPC32 && CONFIG_6xx