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Linux development kernel 2.3.50 released

Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:15:25 -0800
From: Linux Kernel Distribution System kdist@linux.kernel.org
To: linux-kernel-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Linux kernel 2.3.50 released

Linux kernel version 2.3.50 has been released.  It is available from:

Patch:          ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.3/patch-2.3.50.gz
Full source:    ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.3/linux-2.3.50.tar.gz

Sizes in bytes                  Compressed      Uncompressed
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Patch                               325016           1268185
Full source                       19616525          83804160

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The following files were changed in this release:

 Documentation/Configure.help                  |   45
 Documentation/filesystems/devfs/ChangeLog     |   17
 Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README        |   29
 Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt           | 1297 ++++++++++++------------
 Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt              |   26
 Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST       |    6
 Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options |   18
 Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README         |    7
 Documentation/zorro.txt                       |  116 ++
 Makefile                                      |    2
 arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile                    |    2
 arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c                   |   18
 arch/arm/Makefile                             |    4
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile             |    2
 arch/i386/Makefile                            |    6
 arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile            |    3
 arch/i386/config.in                           |    1
 arch/i386/defconfig                           |    7
 arch/i386/kernel/irq.c                        |    6
 arch/i386/mm/init.c                           |    2
 arch/ia64/Makefile                            |    2
 arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c                    |   52
 arch/ppc/configs/common_defconfig             |   19
 arch/ppc/defconfig                            |   19
 arch/ppc/kernel/Makefile                      |    4
 arch/ppc/kernel/feature.c                     |    3
 arch/ppc/kernel/head.S                        |   11
 arch/ppc/kernel/irq.c                         |  159 +++
 arch/ppc/kernel/pci.c                         |   50
 arch/ppc/kernel/pmac_pic.c                    |    1
 arch/ppc/kernel/pmac_setup.c                  |   17
 arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_htab.c                    |   12
 arch/ppc/kernel/prom.c                        |   80 -
 arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c                       |   10
 arch/ppc/mm/init.c                            |    5
 arch/ppc/xmon/start.c                         |   26
 arch/ppc/xmon/xmon.c                          |   32
 arch/sh/Makefile                              |   18
 arch/sh/boot/Makefile                         |    2
 arch/sh/config.in                             |  121 +-
 arch/sh/defconfig                             |   71 +
 arch/sh/kernel/Makefile                       |   11
 arch/sh/kernel/cf-enabler.c                   |   30
 arch/sh/kernel/entry.S                        |  351 ++++--
 arch/sh/kernel/fpu.c                          |  266 +++++
 arch/sh/kernel/head.S                         |   48
 arch/sh/kernel/irq.c                          |   50
 arch/sh/kernel/irq_imask.c                    |  106 ++
 arch/sh/kernel/irq_onchip.c                   |   38
 arch/sh/kernel/pci-sh.c                       |   12
 arch/sh/kernel/process.c                      |  157 +-
 arch/sh/kernel/semaphore.c                    |  161 +++
 arch/sh/kernel/setup.c                        |   85 -
 arch/sh/kernel/signal.c                       |   28
 arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh.c                       |   52
 arch/sh/kernel/time.c                         |  138 +-
 arch/sh/kernel/traps.c                        |   23
 arch/sh/mm/cache.c                            |   29
 arch/sh/mm/fault.c                            |   23
 arch/sh/mm/init.c                             |   93 +
 arch/sh/mm/ioremap.c                          |    3
 arch/sh/vmlinux.lds.S                         |   40
 arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c                 |   28
 arch/sparc64/kernel/entry.S                   |   14
 arch/sparc64/kernel/head.S                    |   13
 arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c                   |   10
 arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c                     |   12
 arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc32.c             |   28
 arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c             |   26
 arch/sparc64/lib/blockops.S                   |   38
 arch/sparc64/mm/init.c                        |   86 +
 arch/sparc64/mm/ultra.S                       |   56 -
 drivers/block/Config.in                       |    6
 drivers/block/ali14xx.c                       |    4
 drivers/block/cpqarray.h                      |    1
 drivers/block/ide-cd.c                        |    6
 drivers/block/ide-pmac.c                      |    2
 drivers/block/ide-probe.c                     |    7
 drivers/block/ide-proc.c                      |    1
 drivers/block/ide.c                           |    6
 drivers/block/nbd.c                           |    1
 drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c                         |   81 +
 drivers/char/Config.in                        |    4
 drivers/char/Makefile                         |   20
 drivers/char/agp/agp.h                        |    1
 drivers/char/agp/agpgart_be.c                 |    3
 drivers/char/bttv.c                           | 1230 +++++++++++++----------
 drivers/char/bttv.h                           |  167 +--
 drivers/char/console.c                        |    2
 drivers/char/epca.c                           |    5
 drivers/char/istallion.c                      |    4
 drivers/char/msp3400.c                        |   41
 drivers/char/ppdev.c                          |   10
 drivers/char/pty.c                            |    5
 drivers/char/sh-sci.c                         |  992 ++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/char/sh-sci.h                         |  196 +++
 drivers/char/stradis.c                        |   18
 drivers/char/tda9855.c                        |  455 --------
 drivers/char/tda985x.c                        |  532 ++++++++++
 drivers/char/tty_io.c                         |   15
 drivers/char/tuner.c                          |    5
 drivers/char/videodev.c                       |    3
 drivers/isdn/avmb1/b1dma.c                    |    2
 drivers/isdn/avmb1/c4.c                       |    2
 drivers/net/3c505.c                           |    1
 drivers/net/3c515.c                           |    1
 drivers/net/3c523.c                           |    5
 drivers/net/Config.in                         |   26
 drivers/net/Makefile                          |   16
 drivers/net/acenic.c                          |  312 +++--
 drivers/net/acenic.h                          |    6
 drivers/net/aironet4500_core.c                |   14
 drivers/net/aironet4500_proc.c                |   10
 drivers/net/appletalk/Config.in               |   20
 drivers/net/appletalk/Makefile                |   30
 drivers/net/appletalk/cops.c                  | 1066 ++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/appletalk/cops.h                  |   60 +
 drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ffdrv.h            |  533 ++++++++++
 drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ltdrv.h            |  242 ++++
 drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c                 |  358 ++++++
 drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.h                 |   27
 drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c                  | 1367 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.h                  |   73 +
 drivers/net/cops.c                            | 1066 --------------------
 drivers/net/cops.h                            |   60 -
 drivers/net/cops_ffdrv.h                      |  533 ----------
 drivers/net/cops_ltdrv.h                      |  242 ----
 drivers/net/cs89x0.c                          |  832 ++++++++++++---
 drivers/net/cs89x0.h                          |    1
 drivers/net/ipddp.c                           |  358 ------
 drivers/net/ipddp.h                           |   27
 drivers/net/ltpc.c                            | 1364 -------------------------
 drivers/net/ltpc.h                            |   73 -
 drivers/net/ncr885e.c                         |    6
 drivers/net/net_init.c                        |   16
 drivers/net/pcmcia/aironet4500_cs.c           |   11
 drivers/net/tokenring/Config.in               |    2
 drivers/net/tokenring/Makefile                |   80 -
 drivers/net/via-rhine.c                       |  576 +++++-----
 drivers/net/yellowfin.c                       |    2
 drivers/parport/Config.in                     |    5
 drivers/parport/parport_pc.c                  |  379 ++++++-
 drivers/pcmcia/yenta.c                        |   12
 drivers/pnp/isapnp.c                          |    4
 drivers/pnp/quirks.c                          |    4
 drivers/scsi/pci2000.c                        |    7
 drivers/scsi/pci2220i.c                       |    7
 drivers/scsi/sg.c                             |  257 +++-
 drivers/scsi/sr.c                             |    6
 drivers/sound/Config.in                       |  160 ---
 drivers/sound/Makefile                        |   86 -
 drivers/sound/ac97_codec.c                    |   53 -
 drivers/sound/ad1816.c                        |  225 +---
 drivers/sound/ad1848.c                        |  106 +-
 drivers/sound/ad1848.h                        |   28
 drivers/sound/adlib_card.c                    |   54 -
 drivers/sound/cs4232.c                        |  119 +-
 drivers/sound/cs4232.h                        |   11
 drivers/sound/dev_table.c                     |  388 -------
 drivers/sound/dev_table.h                     |  328 ------
 drivers/sound/gus.h                           |   30
 drivers/sound/gus_card.c                      |  131 +-
 drivers/sound/gus_midi.c                      |    6
 drivers/sound/gus_vol.c                       |    6
 drivers/sound/gus_wave.c                      |   14
 drivers/sound/ics2101.c                       |   10
 drivers/sound/mad16.c                         |  152 +-
 drivers/sound/maui.c                          |  186 +--
 drivers/sound/mpu401.c                        |   70 -
 drivers/sound/mpu401.h                        |   21
 drivers/sound/nm256_audio.c                   |   15
 drivers/sound/opl3.c                          |   47
 drivers/sound/opl3.h                          |  243 ----
 drivers/sound/opl3_hw.h                       |  246 ++++
 drivers/sound/opl3sa.c                        |   88 +
 drivers/sound/opl3sa2.c                       |  137 +-
 drivers/sound/pas2.h                          |   23
 drivers/sound/pas2_card.c                     |  112 +-
 drivers/sound/pas2_midi.c                     |    3
 drivers/sound/pas2_mixer.c                    |    2
 drivers/sound/pas2_pcm.c                      |    2
 drivers/sound/pss.c                           |  119 +-
 drivers/sound/sb.h                            |   10
 drivers/sound/sb_card.c                       |  281 +++--
 drivers/sound/sb_common.c                     |   51
 drivers/sound/sgalaxy.c                       |   86 -
 drivers/sound/softoss.c                       |   29
 drivers/sound/sound_calls.h                   |  235 ----
 drivers/sound/sound_config.h                  |   12
 drivers/sound/sound_syms.c                    |    2
 drivers/sound/soundcard.c                     |  275 -----
 drivers/sound/soundmodule.h                   |    4
 drivers/sound/sscape.c                        |  137 +-
 drivers/sound/trident.c                       |  839 +++++++--------
 drivers/sound/trident.h                       |    6
 drivers/sound/trix.c                          |  155 +-
 drivers/sound/uart401.c                       |   81 -
 drivers/sound/uart6850.c                      |   74 -
 drivers/sound/v_midi.c                        |   57 -
 drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.c               |    1
 drivers/sound/vidc.c                          |   23
 drivers/sound/waveartist.c                    |   73 -
 drivers/sound/wavfront.c                      |   50
 drivers/sound/wf_midi.c                       |   67 -
 drivers/usb/Config.in                         |   14
 drivers/usb/acm.c                             |   15
 drivers/usb/devices.c                         |    4
 drivers/usb/inode.c                           |    4
 drivers/usb/keyspan_pda_fw.h                  |   93 +
 drivers/usb/usb-ohci.c                        |    2
 drivers/usb/usb-serial.c                      |  938 ++++++++++++++---
 drivers/usb/usb-serial.h                      |  109 +-
 drivers/usb/usb.c                             |    8
 drivers/video/Config.in                       |    9
 drivers/video/Makefile                        |   11
 drivers/video/fbcmap.c                        |   45
 drivers/video/fbcon-hga.c                     |  245 ++++
 drivers/video/fbcon.c                         |    8
 drivers/video/fbmem.c                         |    5
 drivers/video/hgafb.c                         |  762 ++++++++++++++
 drivers/video/riva/fbdev.c                    |    4
 drivers/video/vesafb.c                        |    8
 drivers/video/vgacon.c                        |   80 +
 drivers/zorro/Makefile                        |   21
 drivers/zorro/proc.c                          |   18
 drivers/zorro/zorro.c                         |   12
 drivers/zorro/zorrosyms.c                     |   20
 fs/adfs/dir.c                                 |    8
 fs/affs/namei.c                               |    6
 fs/autofs/root.c                              |    4
 fs/binfmt_elf.c                               |    2
 fs/binfmt_em86.c                              |    4
 fs/block_dev.c                                |    2
 fs/buffer.c                                   |   19
 fs/coda/dir.c                                 |   10
 fs/devfs/base.c                               |  112 --
 fs/devpts/root.c                              |    4
 fs/exec.c                                     |    3
 fs/fat/fatfs_syms.c                           |    1
 fs/fifo.c                                     |    1
 fs/hfs/sysdep.c                               |   10
 fs/hpfs/dentry.c                              |    6
 fs/isofs/inode.c                              |   24
 fs/minix/namei.c                              |    6
 fs/msdos/namei.c                              |    8
 fs/namei.c                                    |  217 ++--
 fs/ncpfs/dir.c                                |    8
 fs/nfs/dir.c                                  |    9
 fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c                               |    5
 fs/nfsd/vfs.c                                 |  106 --
 fs/ntfs/fs.c                                  |    1
 fs/pipe.c                                     |   19
 fs/proc/base.c                                |   17
 fs/proc/generic.c                             |    5
 fs/proc/proc_misc.c                           |    9
 fs/proc/root.c                                |    3
 fs/readdir.c                                  |   73 -
 fs/smbfs/dir.c                                |    8
 fs/udf/udfdecl.h                              |    1
 fs/umsdos/dir.c                               |    6
 fs/vfat/namei.c                               |   26
 include/asm-i386/hw_irq.h                     |    4
 include/asm-ppc/types.h                       |    7
 include/asm-sh/cache.h                        |   16
 include/asm-sh/div64.h                        |   10
 include/asm-sh/dma.h                          |    8
 include/asm-sh/elf.h                          |    5
 include/asm-sh/hardirq.h                      |    6
 include/asm-sh/hdreg.h                        |    2
 include/asm-sh/highmem.h                      |   85 -
 include/asm-sh/ide.h                          |   20
 include/asm-sh/io.h                           |   36
 include/asm-sh/ipcbuf.h                       |   29
 include/asm-sh/irq.h                          |    5
 include/asm-sh/mmu_context.h                  |   30
 include/asm-sh/msgbuf.h                       |   31
 include/asm-sh/page.h                         |    4
 include/asm-sh/pci.h                          |  143 ++
 include/asm-sh/pgalloc-2level.h               |   23
 include/asm-sh/pgalloc.h                      |  182 +++
 include/asm-sh/pgtable-2level.h               |   28
 include/asm-sh/pgtable.h                      |  293 +----
 include/asm-sh/posix_types.h                  |    8
 include/asm-sh/processor.h                    |   69 -
 include/asm-sh/resource.h                     |    4
 include/asm-sh/scatterlist.h                  |   13
 include/asm-sh/semaphore-helper.h             |   14
 include/asm-sh/semaphore.h                    |  156 ++
 include/asm-sh/sembuf.h                       |   25
 include/asm-sh/shmbuf.h                       |   42
 include/asm-sh/siginfo.h                      |    2
 include/asm-sh/softirq.h                      |   62 -
 include/asm-sh/stat.h                         |   36
 include/asm-sh/system.h                       |  128 +-
 include/asm-sh/termios.h                      |    1
 include/asm-sh/types.h                        |    4
 include/asm-sh/unistd.h                       |   80 +
 include/asm-sh/user.h                         |   12
 include/asm-sparc/pgtable.h                   |    2
 include/asm-sparc64/pgtable.h                 |    2
 include/asm-sparc64/system.h                  |   13
 include/linux/ac97_codec.h                    |   10
 include/linux/cdrom.h                         |   21
 include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h               |   36
 include/linux/fs.h                            |    7
 include/linux/i2c-id.h                        |    1
 include/linux/ide.h                           |    3
 include/linux/linkage.h                       |   12
 include/linux/netfilter.h                     |    1
 include/linux/skbuff.h                        |   28
 include/linux/zorro.h                         |    1
 include/scsi/sg.h                             |   26
 include/video/fbcon-hga.h                     |   32
 ipc/sem.c                                     |    2
 ipc/shm.c                                     |    4
 kernel/ksyms.c                                |    8
 kernel/softirq.c                              |    1
 mm/page_alloc.c                               |    2
 net/Config.in                                 |    2
 net/core/netfilter.c                          |    1
 net/core/skbuff.c                             |   11
 net/ipv4/ip_output.c                          |    8
 net/netsyms.c                                 |    2
 323 files changed, 17388 insertions, 11725 deletions

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