Linux development kernel 2.3.36 released | Linux Today

Linux development kernel 2.3.36 released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 5, 2000
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:05:22 -0800
From: kdist@linux.kernel.org (Linux Kernel Distribution System)
To: linux-kernel-announce@vger.rutgers.edu

Linux kernel version 2.3.36 has been released.  It is available from:

Patch:           ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.3/patch-2.3.36.gz
Full source:     ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.3/linux-2.3.36.tar.gz

Sizes in bytes                   Compressed      Uncompressed
------------------------------------------------------------
Patch                               417753           1863347
Full source                       17592305          75294720

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The following files were changed in this release:

Documentation/Configure.help                  |  126 
Documentation/i2c/writing-clients             |    9 
Documentation/parport.txt                     |    6 
Documentation/telephony/ixj.txt               |  406 +
Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST       |    3 
Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options |    2 
Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README         |    4 
Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Sound-FAQ      |   24 
MAINTAINERS                                   |    9 
Makefile                                      |   10 
arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S                     |    3 
arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c                   |  104 
arch/i386/config.in                           |    2 
arch/i386/defconfig                           |    6 
arch/i386/kernel/irq.c                        |   19 
arch/i386/kernel/pci-i386.c                   |   34 
arch/i386/kernel/pci-pc.c                     |    1 
arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c                    |   15 
arch/sparc/kernel/irq.c                       |    3 
arch/sparc/kernel/process.c                   |    3 
arch/sparc/kernel/semaphore.c                 |  119 
arch/sparc/kernel/signal.c                    |    3 
arch/sparc/kernel/smp.c                       |    1 
arch/sparc/kernel/sparc-stub.c                |    3 
arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_irq.c                 |    3 
arch/sparc/kernel/sun4d_smp.c                 |    1 
arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_irq.c                 |    1 
arch/sparc/kernel/sun4m_smp.c                 |    1 
arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c                 |    6 
arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c                 |    4 
arch/sparc/lib/Makefile                       |   86 
arch/sparc/lib/rwsem.S                        |  191 
arch/sparc/mm/asyncd.c                        |    3 
arch/sparc/mm/btfixup.c                       |    3 
arch/sparc/mm/generic.c                       |    5 
arch/sparc/mm/init.c                          |   34 
arch/sparc/mm/io-unit.c                       |    3 
arch/sparc/mm/iommu.c                         |    3 
arch/sparc/mm/sun4c.c                         |   22 
arch/sparc64/defconfig                        |    1 
arch/sparc64/kernel/ioctl32.c                 |    3 
arch/sparc64/kernel/pci.c                     |    7 
arch/sparc64/kernel/semaphore.c               |  174 
arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c               |    1 
arch/sparc64/lib/VISmemset.S                  |   29 
drivers/Makefile                              |   11 
drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c                         |   55 
drivers/char/Config.in                        |   44 
drivers/char/agp/Makefile                     |    5 
drivers/char/agp/agpgart_be.c                 |    1 
drivers/char/bttv.c                           |  109 
drivers/char/bttv.h                           |    2 
drivers/char/buz.c                            |    8 
drivers/char/drm/Makefile                     |   21 
drivers/char/drm/gamma_drv.c                  |    3 
drivers/char/drm/init.c                       |    2 
drivers/char/drm/tdfx_drv.c                   |    7 
drivers/char/lp.c                             |   29 
drivers/char/mem.c                            |   13 
drivers/char/pcmcia/Config.in                 |   23 
drivers/char/saa7110.c                        |    4 
drivers/char/saa7111.c                        |    5 
drivers/char/saa7185.c                        |    4 
drivers/char/tda9855.c                        |    2 
drivers/char/tea6300.c                        |    4 
drivers/char/tuner.c                          |   19 
drivers/char/videodev.c                       |    6 
drivers/char/zr36120.c                        | 1526 +++--
drivers/char/zr36120.h                        |  115 
drivers/char/zr36120_i2c.c                    |   33 
drivers/char/zr36120_mem.c                    |   62 
drivers/char/zr36120_mem.h                    |   14 
drivers/fc4/soc.c                             |    2 
drivers/fc4/soc.h                             |    5 
drivers/fc4/socal.c                           |   29 
drivers/i2c/i2c-algo-bit.c                    |    5 
drivers/i2c/i2c-algo-pcf.c                    |    2 
drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c                        |   20 
drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c                         |    5 
drivers/i2c/i2c-elektor.c                     |    2 
drivers/i2c/i2c-elv.c                         |    4 
drivers/i2c/i2c-pcf8584.h                     |    3 
drivers/i2c/i2c-philips-par.c                 |    4 
drivers/i2c/i2c-velleman.c                    |    4 
drivers/i2o/i2o_core.c                        | 1018 +--
drivers/i2o/i2o_lan.c                         |  406 -
drivers/net/Config.in                         |   15 
drivers/net/Makefile                          |   18 
drivers/net/aironet4500_core.c                |    3 
drivers/net/arc-rimi.c                        |  844 --
drivers/net/arcnet.c                          | 1981 ------
drivers/net/arcnet/Config.in                  |   23 
drivers/net/arcnet/Makefile                   |   35 
drivers/net/arcnet/arc-rawmode.c              |  204 
drivers/net/arcnet/arc-rimi.c                 |  383 +
drivers/net/arcnet/arcnet.c                   | 1052 +++
drivers/net/arcnet/com20020-isa.c             |  234 
drivers/net/arcnet/com20020-pci.c             |  170 
drivers/net/arcnet/com20020.c                 |  352 +
drivers/net/arcnet/com90io.c                  |  462 +
drivers/net/arcnet/com90xx.c                  |  709 ++
drivers/net/arcnet/rfc1051.c                  |  255 
drivers/net/arcnet/rfc1201.c                  |  536 +
drivers/net/com20020.c                        | 1091 ---
drivers/net/com90io.c                         |  958 ---
drivers/net/com90xx.c                         | 1164 ----
drivers/net/eepro.c                           |    2 
drivers/net/eth16i.c                          |   33 
drivers/net/irda/irport.c                     |    7 
drivers/net/irda/irtty.c                      |    6 
drivers/net/irda/pc87108.c                    |   45 
drivers/net/irda/toshoboe.c                   |    6 
drivers/net/irda/w83977af_ir.c                |   20 
drivers/net/pcmcia/Config.in                  |    3 
drivers/net/pcmcia/Makefile                   |    1 
drivers/net/pcmcia/com20020_cs.c              |  569 +
drivers/net/pcmcia/tulip_cb.c                 |    3 
drivers/net/sis900.c                          |    2 
drivers/parport/parport_pc.c                  |    6 
drivers/parport/share.c                       |   39 
drivers/pci/names.c                           |    1 
drivers/pci/pci.c                             |   76 
drivers/pcmcia/Config.in                      |    1 
drivers/pcmcia/Makefile                       |   13 
drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.c                      |  748 +-
drivers/pcmcia/cistpl.c                       |    2 
drivers/pcmcia/cs.c                           |   39 
drivers/pcmcia/cs_internal.h                  |    6 
drivers/pcmcia/i82365.c                       | 1275 ----
drivers/pcmcia/pci_socket.c                   |   73 
drivers/pcmcia/pci_socket.h                   |    7 
drivers/pcmcia/tcic.c                         |   29 
drivers/pcmcia/yenta.c                        |  540 +
drivers/pcmcia/yenta.h                        |   55 
drivers/sbus/char/jsflash.c                   |    1 
drivers/scsi/Makefile                         |    2 
drivers/scsi/README.aha152x                   |  183 
drivers/scsi/advansys.c                       |   28 
drivers/scsi/advansys.h                       |  128 
drivers/scsi/aha152x.c                        | 4093 +++++++-------
drivers/scsi/aha152x.h                        |  218 
drivers/scsi/aha1542.c                        | 2681 ++++-----
drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c                       |    3 
drivers/scsi/megaraid.c                       |   38 
drivers/scsi/scsi.c                           |    5 
drivers/scsi/scsi_merge.c                     |   24 
drivers/scsi/st.c                             |  123 
drivers/scsi/st.h                             |    1 
drivers/scsi/st_options.h                     |    4 
drivers/sound/msnd.h                          |   10 
drivers/sound/msnd_pinnacle.c                 |  186 
drivers/sound/trident.c                       | 2526 ++++----
drivers/sound/trident.h                       |  219 
drivers/telephony/Config.in                   |    9 
drivers/telephony/Makefile                    |   35 
drivers/telephony/ixj.c                       | 7517 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/telephony/ixj.h                       |  974 +++
drivers/telephony/phonedev.c                  |  167 
drivers/usb/Config.in                         |   23 
drivers/usb/Makefile                          |  125 
drivers/usb/README.hid                        |  162 
drivers/usb/README.kbd                        |   61 
drivers/usb/README.ov511                      |   70 
drivers/usb/acm.c                             |   30 
drivers/usb/evdev.c                           |  275 
drivers/usb/hid-debug.h                       |  233 
drivers/usb/hid.c                             | 1201 ++++
drivers/usb/hid.h                             |  345 +
drivers/usb/inits.h                           |   24 
drivers/usb/input.c                           |  335 +
drivers/usb/joydev.c                          |  476 +
drivers/usb/keybdev.c                         |  139 
drivers/usb/keyboard.c                        |  295 -
drivers/usb/keymap-mac.c                      |   50 
drivers/usb/keymap.c                          |   50 
drivers/usb/maps/fixup.map                    |   30 
drivers/usb/maps/mac.map                      |  350 -
drivers/usb/maps/serial.map                   |  370 -
drivers/usb/maps/usb.map                      |  233 
drivers/usb/mkmap                             |   83 
drivers/usb/mkmap.adb                         |   88 
drivers/usb/mouse.c                           |  498 -
drivers/usb/mousedev.c                        |  457 +
drivers/usb/ov511.c                           | 1241 ++++
drivers/usb/ov511.h                           |  209 
drivers/usb/procusb                           |   41 
drivers/usb/uhci.c                            |    6 
drivers/usb/usb-core.c                        |  194 
drivers/usb/usb-serial.c                      |  975 +--
drivers/usb/usb.c                             |   59 
drivers/usb/usb.h                             |   30 
drivers/usb/usbkbd.c                          |  208 
drivers/usb/usbmouse.c                        |  148 
fs/cramfs/Makefile                            |    2 
fs/cramfs/inflate/Makefile                    |    6 
fs/cramfs/inflate/infblock.c                  |   19 
fs/cramfs/inflate/infcodes.c                  |    9 
fs/cramfs/inflate/inffast.c                   |    9 
fs/cramfs/inflate/inflate.c                   |    5 
fs/cramfs/inflate/zutil.h                     |   56 
fs/devices.c                                  |    4 
fs/devpts/inode.c                             |    6 
fs/efs/inode.c                                |   10 
fs/exec.c                                     |   35 
fs/ext2/super.c                               |    2 
fs/filesystems.c                              |    4 
fs/namei.c                                    |   78 
fs/openpromfs/inode.c                         |    5 
fs/super.c                                    |    2 
fs/udf/inode.c                                |   11 
fs/udf/namei.c                                |   19 
fs/ufs/namei.c                                |    5 
fs/ufs/super.c                                |    6 
include/asm-sparc/dma.h                       |    3 
include/asm-sparc/fcntl.h                     |    3 
include/asm-sparc/pgalloc.h                   |  157 
include/asm-sparc/pgtable.h                   |  174 
include/asm-sparc/sbus.h                      |    4 
include/asm-sparc/scatterlist.h               |    4 
include/asm-sparc/semaphore.h                 |  188 
include/asm-sparc/sfp-machine.h               |    2 
include/asm-sparc64/semaphore.h               |  264 
include/asm-sparc64/string.h                  |   32 
include/linux/arcdevice.h                     |  532 -
include/linux/com20020.h                      |   85 
include/linux/ext2_fs.h                       |    1 
include/linux/fs.h                            |   87 
include/linux/i2c-algo-bit.h                  |    2 
include/linux/i2c-algo-pcf.h                  |    2 
include/linux/i2c-dev.h                       |    2 
include/linux/i2c-elektor.h                   |    2 
include/linux/i2c-id.h                        |    7 
include/linux/i2c.h                           |   12 
include/linux/if_arcnet.h                     |  130 
include/linux/init.h                          |    4 
include/linux/input.h                         |  443 +
include/linux/irda.h                          |   19 
include/linux/ixjuser.h                       |  629 ++
include/linux/major.h                         |    2 
include/linux/mm.h                            |   11 
include/linux/pci.h                           |    1 
include/linux/phonedev.h                      |   26 
include/linux/telephony.h                     |  200 
include/linux/tty.h                           |    3 
include/linux/ufs_fs_sb.h                     |    2 
include/linux/videodev.h                      |   22 
include/net/br.h                              |    1 
include/net/irda/irlap_event.h                |   12 
include/net/irda/irlap_frame.h                |   10 
include/net/irda/irlmp_frame.h                |    1 
include/pcmcia/ss.h                           |    9 
kernel/ksyms.c                                |   11 
kernel/sched.c                                |    1 
mm/filemap.c                                  |    4 
mm/highmem.c                                  |    2 
mm/memory.c                                   |   37 
net/bridge/br.c                               |    3 
net/core/skbuff.c                             |    7 
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c                           |    7 
net/irda/af_irda.c                            |    7 
net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_core.c                 |    5 
net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c                  |    6 
net/irda/irda_device.c                        |    4 
net/irda/iriap.c                              |   28 
net/irda/iriap_event.c                        |    1 
net/irda/irlap_event.c                        |  173 
net/irda/irlap_frame.c                        |  182 
net/irda/irlmp_event.c                        |    1 
net/irda/irmod.c                              |    4 
net/irda/irttp.c                              |   23 
net/netsyms.c                                 |    1 
271 files changed, 32742 insertions, 18663 deletions
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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