Linux kernel pre-2.1.132-2 is released | Linux Today

Linux kernel pre-2.1.132-2 is released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 18, 1998
    From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
 Subject: pre-2.1.132-2..
    Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:25:50 -0800 (PST)
      To: Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>


..is out there, and has everybodys favourite fix, ie the version number
has been bumped this time. In addition, compared to pre-1, it has:

 - autofs fix (uninitialized inode number could lead to "interesting"
   problems)
 - some more NFS fixes (file truncation with pending write-backs this
   time) 
 - disable_irq()/enable_irq() now nests properly, as Alan convinced me
   (quite rightly) that they have to nest in order to work sanely with
   shared interrupt and multiple CPU's and various other schenarios.
 - more merges from Alan, we're getting closer to being synched up.

Most of the bulk of the thing is the irda stuff, that most people can
ignore.

        Linus
Web Webster

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