Marcello Tosatti: Linux 2.4.24-pre3

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Hi,

Here goes -pre3. It contains a PPC32/SPARC update, some i2c
cleanups, LVM update, network update, a new WAN driver, amongst
others.

It should show up in ftp ftp.kernel.org in a few minutes.

Happy new year!

Summary of changes from v2.4.24-pre2 to v2.4.24-pre3

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<khali:linux-fr.org>:

• i2c cleanup: Fix dependancies between the various SCx200
  drivers
• i2c cleanup: Remove old compatibility code
• i2c cleanup: documentation

<marcelo:logos.cnet>:

• Changed EXTRAVERSION to -pre3
• Cset exclude: marcelo@logos.cnet|ChangeSet|20031228201456|00847
• Cset exclude: marcelo@logos.cnet|ChangeSet|20031228200956|00864
• Cset exclude: marcelo@logos.cnet|ChangeSet|20031231111415|59075

<mfedyk:matchmail.com>:

• Use “%u” when printing extended /proc/partitions
  statistics
• extended stats correction: Field rd_ios can be negative

<mgalgoci:redhat.com>:

• Trivial SubmittingDrivers fix

<nuno:itsari.org>:

• Ulrich Drepper: fix ‘noexec’ behaviour

<waltabbyh:comcast.net>:

• Fix pdcraid geometry detection

<xose:wanadoo.es>:

• LVM 1.0.8 update

Adrian Bunk:

• dep_tristate wants 3 arguments (fwd)

Alan Cox:

• 2.4 zr36120 missing dependancies

Bart De Schuymer:

• [BRIDGE]: Fix loopback over bridge port

David S. Miller:

• [SPARC64]: On Sabre, only access PCI controller config space
  specially
• [SPARC64]: Update defconfig

Eyal Lebedinsky:

• Fix cciss build problem

Hideaki Yoshifuji:

• [NET]: Fix mis-spellings in net/core/neighbour.c

James McMechan:

• Fix tmpfs dcache oops

Keith M. Wesolowski:

• [SPARC32]: Add myself as maintainer

Krzysztof Halasa:

• Goramo PCI200SYN sync card driver
• Generic HDLC cleanup

Michael Hunold:

• change two annoying messages from fb drivers (clgenfb and
  hgafb)

Patrick McHardy:

• [PKT_SCHED]: Fix module refcount and mem leaks in classful
  qdiscs
• [PKT_SCHED]: Remove backlog accounting from TBF, pass limit to
  default inner bfifo qdisc only

Ralf Bochle:

• de4x5 EISA fix

Tom Rini:

• PPC32: Two warning fixes, from Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
• PPC32: Remove ASYNC_SKIP_TEST from all of our serial flags
• PPC32: Add a watchdog driver for MPC8xx machines
• PPC32: Add a CONFIG_OOM_KILLER entry
• PPC32: Fix dependancies on the bootwrapper ld script
• PPC32: Fix a warning on ‘make zImage’ for a number of
  platforms
• PPC32: Add support for the Motorola Sandpoint X3 (all
  revs)
• PPC32: Add support for the Motorola PRPMC750
• PPC32: Fix the mkprep util to work correctly on Solaris 8
• PPC32: Fix znetboot and znetboot.initrd Original patch from
  Eugene Surovegin <ebs@ebshome.net>, with a few more
  changes from myself.