Linux kernel 2.2.10ac1 released | Linux Today

Linux kernel 2.2.10ac1 released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 15, 1999
Alan Cox writes:

    ftp://ftp.*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/alan/...


What is new in 2.2.10ac1

2.2.10ac1
o   BTTV support for ultrasparc     (DaveM)
o   Tridge is smbfs maintainers     (Andy Tridgell)
o   Fix Coda includes               (Arvind Sankar)
o   Fix mknod over knfsd            (Pavel Krauz)

What is different between 2.2.10 and 2.2.10ac (main items)

o   System 5 file system supports V7 disk format
o   2Gig support or some alphas
o   Choose 1 or 2Gig support for X86
o   APM update
o   Large file arrays
o   Sparc 64 bttv TV card support
o   Mappable DMA memory driver for the G200 3D project
o   WDT watchdog configure options (command line yet to do)
o   IBM PCI token ring driver
o   ARLAN driver
o   Sealevel systems 4021 driver
o   SEEQ 8005 driver can be a module
o   SCSI-2 names known by the scsi loggers
o   Better handling of out of memory during scsi load/unload
o   SCSI error handler doesn't stop initrd unloads
o   Experimental sb mode enablers for ESS Maestro-1
o   Misc small sound fixes
o   ESS sound fixes (WIP)
o   VGA16 console support
o   Quota race fixes
o   Faster NFS client layer
o   Updated knfsd
o   Updated Sangoma drivers (seem to have bugs)
o   gethere trick for better network code generation
o   drop kernel lock on some performance critical user access paths
o   Multipath routing
o   Updated ksymoops package
Web Webster

Web Webster

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