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Linux kernel 2.2.10ac2 released

Alan Cox writes:

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

2.2.10ac2 is just a quick update to fix the compile problems in ac1, and
since it is around to slip in a passing SCSI update and LVM.

2.2.10ac2
o LVM support (Heinz Mauelshagen)
o Fix scsi and bttv symbol problems (me)
o SCSI sleep handling bug fix (Chris Loveland)
o Qlogic update (Chris Loveland)
o Now assume all ZIP IDE floppy firmware is
funny. Testing seems to imply it is (me)
o Fix alpha compile bug (Daniel Frasnelli)

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

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