Linux kernel 2.2.7ac4 released | Linux Today

Linux kernel 2.2.7ac4 released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 10, 1999
Alan Cox writes:

Linux 2.2.7ac4 is now up on ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux/alan/2.2

Changes from 2.2.7ac3

o       Added the experimental DMAram driver for the    (me)
        3D graphics people
o       Multiconfig descriptor fix for USB              (Armin)
o       Typhoon + no proc fix                           (Arjan van de Ven)
o       Fix act2000 / hisax naming collision            (Arjan van de Ven)
o       I2O mixed cleanups                              (Steve Ralston)
o       I2O scsi go faster stripes                      (Steve Ralston)
o       gethere macros to improve gcc code on net       (Andi Kleen)
o       EFS init patch                                  (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
o       NFS root rename bug fix                         (Alexander Viro)
o       Alpha semaphore fix                             (Richard Henderson)
o       EFS updates                                     (Al Smith)
o       TUNEABLE file update                            (Matthew Wilcox)
o       Path MTU fix                                    (Dave Miller)
o       Soft Mount EIO fix                              (Trond)
o       OHCI USB                                        (Greg Smith)

Changes from 2.2.7ac2

o       USB compiles with audio=n                       (me)
o       Fix for token ring crashes                      (Paul Norton)
o       Zoltrix is more machine friendly                (Carl van Schaik)
o       First pieces of Maestro 2E support              (Riccardo Facchetti)
        | Not usable yet but it goes beeep on load 8)
o       I2O Lan improvements                            (Auvo Hakkinen)
o       MCA clean ups                                   (David WeineHall
o       IBMMCA driver improvements                      (Linux MCA Project)
o       Reverted ISO patch                              (me)
o       Merged with Linus 2.2.8pre3     


Changes from 2.2.7ac1

o       USB does dynamic memory allocation              (me)
o       SGI EFS read support                            (Al Smith)
o       Test tweak for MediaGX audio bugs               (me)
o       Misformatted CD handling fix                    (Gordon Chaffee)
o       Fix mis-setting of PG_reserved in dmabuf        (Joe Buehler)
o       PCI card info/defines cleaning                  (Assorted)
o       PPA and IMM were not SMP safe                   (me)
o       WR_ERR ide fix                                  (Mark Lord)
o       AD1816 driver update                            (Thorsten Knabe)
o       Zero length mmap fix                            (Stephen Tweedie)
o       ESS ISA driver updates                          (Rolf Fokkens)
o       Inode generation fix                            (G Allen Morris III)
o       SCSI generic update                             (Doug Gilbert)
o       USB root hub fix                                (Christian & Thomas)
o       Missing SIGXFZ                                  (Stephen Tweedie)
o       ADS cadet update                                (Fredrick Gleson)
o       Plan-B driver                                   (Michel Lanners)
o       RPC fixes                                       (Trond Myklebust)
o       USB cleanup fixes                               (Brad Keryan)
o       Writable hpfs updates                           (Mikulas Patocka)
o       I2O updates                                     (Steve Ralston/LSI Logic)
Web Webster

Web Webster

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