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Linux kernel 2.2.6-ac3 released

Alan Cox writes:

Linux 2.2.6-ac3 is now on ftp.*.kernel.org:/pub/linux/kernel/alan/2.2.

Differences from 2.2.6-ac2

o       Merged with Linus 2.2.7pre4
o       IBM tr PCMCIA fix                       (Mike Phillips)
o       Parameters for the wdt board            (Tim Hockin)
o       I2O LAN OSM bits                        (Juha Sievanen et al)
o       1.0 Megaraid driver                     (AMI)
o       MAD16 doc update                        (Steve DuChene)
o       EQL fix                                 (Rumen Svobodnikov)
o       Support SCSI disks with 4k hard sector  (Peter Jones)
o       CD update                               (Jens Axboe)
o       SCSI oops fix                           (Doug Gilbert)
o       MCA pentium support                     (??)
o       Hopefully made the 3c507 SMP safe       (me)

Differences from 2.2.6-ac1

o       Merged with Linus 2.2.7pre3
o       SF16FMI tweaks                          (Mikael Hedin)
o       FD_MCS fixes                            (David Weinehall)
o       Further IRDA update/fixes               (Dag Brattli / Takahide)
o       Wavelan updates                         (Jean Tourrilhes)
o       I2O updates                             (Intel, Symbios)
o       Misc cleaning                           (me)
o       Make "nolock" work like 2.0 nfs         (Matthew Grant)
o       NTFS fixes                              (Steve Dodd)
o       SCSI defines/command updates            (Doug Gilbert)
o       Cleanups                                (Manfred Spraul)
o       Optcd driver fixes                      (Jens Axboe)
o       Initial attempt to make eexpress SMP safe
                                                (me)
o       NFSv3 updates                           (Trond Myklebust)
o       First bits of I2O lan merge             (Juha Sievenen)
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