Linux kernel 2.2.15pre4

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 04:03:03 +0000 (GMT)
From: Alan Cox alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
To: kernel@linuxtoday.com

Assorted further fixing/cleanups. Some driver updates. 
One small but important VM change. It should feel a lot faster and behave
better under load than older 2.2.x kernels. It might not, it might seem
worse for some loads. Feedback on this one is important, I dont want to
improve 90% of users performance and kill 10% dead.

Yes this was released at 4am, handle with care 8)   

2.2.15pre4

o        VM algorithm changes                            (Rik van Riel)
o        Fix compile bug in qnxfs changes                (Leos Bitto)
o        Sparc32 KRUPS/Javastation fixes                         (Peter Zaitcev)
o        Powermac fixes including OOM behaviour          (Paul Mackerras)
o        Fix 3c529 setup                                         (David Weinehall)
o        Remove the I2O test on Megaraid, doesn't work
        for all cases. Back to vanilla AMI code                 (me)
o        Upgraded Davicom driver to v1.28                (Sten Wang)
o        SMC ircc update                                         (Dag Brattli)
o        Add module initialising debug stuff             (Keith Owens)
o        Fix defconfig                                   (Niels Jensen)
o        3c509 PPC and SMC mca fixes                     (David Monro)
o        Fixes for RIO driver for older cards            (Rogier Wolff)
o        Add Specialix SX+ support to SX driver          (Rogier Wolff)
o        Add custom divisor support to Specialix IO8+    (Nicolas Mailhot)
o        Clean up gemini PPC, turn on L2 for other cpus  (Cort Dougan)
o        QlogicFC updates                                (Chris Loveland)
o        Lan Media T1/T3 card driver                     (Lan Media Corp)

2.2.15pre3

o        Fix Sangoma stuff if compiled into kernel       (Mario Lorenz)
o        Fix smbfs for sparc64                           (Dave Miller)
o        Specialix Rio drivers                           (Specialix, Rogier Wolff)
o        Elf extra sanity checks from code audit                 (Solar Designer)
o        Megaraid update to 1.07                                 (Dell/AMI)
o        Fix hang on boot with I2O configured megaraid   (me)
o        Fix small bug in the socket filter code                 (??)
o        QNX file system updates                                 (Anders Larsen)
o        Intel 82559ER support in eepro100 driver        (Cobalt)
o        Workaround for 16C750 emulation bug             (Cobalt)
o        Show "preN" in make menuconfig                  (Alan Ford)
o        Adaptec 29xx driver updates                     (Doug Ledford)
o        Handle cross CPU TSC differences                (Ingo Molnar)
o        Update IRDA to match the 2.3.x codebase                 (Dag Brattli)   

2.2.15pre2

o        Fix RTC build problem with Nautilus             (Michal Jaegermann)
o        Quieten NFS debugging messages                  (me)
o        Fix bug in connect/listen handling in TCP       (Dave Miller)
o        Fix missing $(CC) cases                                 (Pascal DuPuis)
o        Fix SMP tcp hang                                (Andrea Arcangeli)
o        Hopefully fixed PLIP                            (me)
o        Fix sigtimedwait bug                            (Christophe Blaess)
o        Updated epic100 driver                          (Donald Becker)
        | If it works cool, if not we back it off
o        Sparc updates                                   (Dave Miller)
        | Fixes bugs with >258Mb on sun4d/sun4m
        | si_addr is set in siginfo
        | Fix signal type for FP/div events
        | DP division FPU emulation fixes
        | Fix sparc64 parport locking keyboard
        | ESP can be built as a module
o        Network fix kit                                         (Dave Miller and co)
        | Nagle improvements, TCP_CORK/FIN fix
        | /proc/net/tcp reports type 4 for timer
        | Fix TIME_WAIT logic
        | Clean up timer performance
        | Handle shutdown() in CLOSE_WAIT right
        | Report state change on tcp_fin after setting
        |       new state
        | Shutdown on close in write_err case           (Paul Russell)
 
2.2.15pre1

o        Handle crossing X25 restart confirmations       (Guntram Blohm)
o        Large direct block I/O with small readahead
         could fail                              (Mikulas Patocka)
o        Remove duplicate asm op                                 (Chris Noe)
o        IUCV Update for S/390                           (Martin Schwidefsky)
o        Fixes to allow Linux/390 to run on P/390        (Martin Schwidefsky)
o        Some PPC configs didnt compile                  (W Lewis)
o        Maybe fix TCP delack hang                       (Andrea Arcangeli)
o        Missing task state change                       (Natapov Gleb)
o        Fix 82596 false probes                          (Richard Hirst)
o        Fix typo in ixj driver                          (Tim Waugh)
o        Add AOpen PD-2 DVD to ghost list                (Rogier Wolff)
o        Masquerading site has moved                     (Hugh Redelmeier)
o        Fix FAT bug                                     (Pavel Pisa)
o        Small NFS fixes                                         (HJ Lu)
o        Update ES1370 to handle rev7 chips              (Tom Sailer)
o        Use amateur radio drivers on Sparc              (Tom Sailer)
o        SCSI generic documentation updates              (Douglas Gilbert)
o        Fix clearing of NT in head.S                    (Willy Tareau)
o        Add winchip2 MTRR support                       (Bart Hartgers)
o        CREDITS entry for Victor 'RTLinux' Yodaiken     (Victor Yodaiken)
o        Zoltan Boszormenyi has changed address          (Zoltan Boszormenyi)
o        eepro100 updates                                (Savochkin Andrey Vladimirovich)
o        Update Davicom driver                           (Davicom)