From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
To: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Linux 2.4.19-pre8
Hi,
Here goes the pre8. I plan just one more -pre before starting the -rc
stage.
One might ask why 2.4.19 is taking so long to be released. The reason are
the IDE changes: They need to be widely tested, its _really_ critical
code.
Summary of changes from v2.4.19-pre7 to v2.4.19-pre8
============================================
<arjanv@redhat.com> (02/04/04 1.220.5.2)
Merge some new PCI IDs from 2.5.x e100 to eepro100 net driver.
<akpm@zip.com.au> (02/04/04 1.220.5.3)
Various minor bug fixes for the 3c59x net driver.
<k.kasprzak@box43.pl> (02/04/05 1.385)
dgrs net driver janitor fixes:
<santiago@newphoenix.net> (02/04/05 1.383.1.1)
Update OSS ac97_codec driver to add special init and control
<davej@suse.de> (02/04/05 1.386)
Cosmetic cleanups to 8139cp net driver.
<zwane@commfireservices.com> (02/04/05 1.387)
Add power management support to 3c509 net driver.
<kraxel@bytesex.org> (02/04/15 1.383.10.1)
backport 2.5.8 videodev fixes
<kraxel@bytesex.org> (02/04/15 1.383.10.2)
adapt meye driver to videodev fixes
<wim@iguana.be> (02/04/16 1.383.2.35)
Merged in Matt Domsch nowayout module option to override CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT from the 2.5 kernel.
<stelian@popies.net> (02/04/17 1.383.11.1)
Doclet for sonypi driver, as reported by Christoph Begall.
<stelian@popies.net> (02/04/17 1.383.11.2)
fix an off by one bug in command line parameter parsing
<stelian@popies.net> (02/04/17 1.383.12.1)
Fix meye driver request_irq bug.
<stelian@popies.net> (02/04/17 1.383.12.2)
Enable the meye driver to get parameters on the kernel command line.
<akpm@zip.com.au> (02/04/17 1.383.13.1)
[PATCH] add __LINE__ to out_of_line_bug()
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.2)
[PATCH] PATCH: some configure.help updates
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.3)
[PATCH] PATCH: more configure.help
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.4)
[PATCH] PATCH: More configure.help
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.5)
[PATCH] PATCH: more Configure.help
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.6)
[PATCH] PATCH: maintainers update
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.7)
[PATCH] PATCH: make cpu names clearer for new VIA
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.8)
[PATCH] PATCH: dmi now handles boxes where apic enabling is bad
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.9)
[PATCH] PATCH: via fix updates
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.10)
[PATCH] PATCH: turn on ACPI SMP scan for hypedthreading
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.11)
[PATCH] PATCH: optimisation - align the tlbstate
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.12)
[PATCH] PATCH: shift apic mapping init and only if apic desired
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.13)
[PATCH] PATCH: fix kernel memcpy prefetch
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.14)
[PATCH] PATCH: newer mpt fusio works on ia64
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.15)
[PATCH] PATCH: kernel printk levels for ia64 init
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.16)
[PATCH] PATCH: kernel printk levels for mips32/mips64
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.17)
[PATCH] PATCH: fix up printk levels for ppc
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.18)
[PATCH] PATCH: fix s/390 cross compile
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.19)
[PATCH] PATCH: second s/390 cross compile fix + printk levels
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.20)
[PATCH] PATCH: printk levels for s390 64bit
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.21)
[PATCH] PATCH: sparc printk levels
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.22)
[PATCH] PATCH: printk levels for sh
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.23)
[PATCH] PATCH: fix up some paride porting bits
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.24)
[PATCH] PATCH: allow root to use sysctl to set the rtc limit
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.25)
[PATCH] PATCH: add support for the earliest specialix sx variants
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.26)
[PATCH] PATCH: (reminder) sak..
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.27)
[PATCH] PATCH: fix smp watchdog build
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.28)
[PATCH] PATCH: add byte counts to mkiss
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.29)
[PATCH] PATCH: add mobility electronics parport
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.30)
[PATCH] PATCH: fix pcmcia config properly
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.31)
[PATCH] PATCH: fix region handling in isapnp
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.32)
[PATCH] PATCH: Add aurora/telford tools wan drivers
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.33)
[PATCH] PATCH: further osund copyfromuser bits
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.34)
[PATCH] PATCH: some codec init updates
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.35)
[PATCH] PATCH: minimal fixes for the emu10k crash with highmem bug
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.36)
[PATCH] PATCH: handle setup_arg_pages fail
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.37)
[PATCH] PATCH: printk levels for dcache
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.38)
[PATCH] PATCH: inode.c printk
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.39)
[PATCH] PATCH: fix unicode mishandling
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.40)
[PATCH] PATCH: add prototypes for apic timer handling functions
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.41)
[PATCH] PATCH: fix NLS unpack for UTF8
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.42)
[PATCH] PATCH: more PCI idents
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.43)
[PATCH] PATCH: missing tr_source_route prototype
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.44)
[PATCH] PATCH: expose tr_source_route
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/17 1.383.13.45)
[PATCH] PATCH: save .config for rpm
<bcrl@redhat.com> (02/04/17 1.383.13.46)
[PATCH] Fix /proc/slabinfo memory overflow
<tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de> (02/04/17 1.383.13.47)
[PATCH] fix up incorrect jiffies compare fix
<khalid@fc.hp.com> (02/04/18 1.383.13.50)
[PATCH] serial ports moved on i386 in 2.4.19-pre7
<tigran@aivazian.name> (02/04/18 1.383.13.51)
[PATCH] fix compiler warning in microcode driver
<trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> (02/04/18 1.383.13.52)
[PATCH] Fix tcp_read_sock()
<trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> (02/04/18 1.383.13.53)
[PATCH] Do RPC over TCP reads in the bh fastpath...
<aia21@cus.cam.ac.uk> (02/04/18 1.383.13.54)
[PATCH] Fix LDM compilation.
<davem@nuts.ninka.net> (02/04/18 1.383.11.6)
Sparc64 fixes:
<trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> (02/04/18 1.383.15.1)
xprt.c:
<tony@cantech.net.au> (02/04/18 1.383.16.1)
[PATCH] Change "return EBLAH" to "return -EBLAH in drivers/*
<greg@kroah.com> (02/04/18 1.383.16.2)
USB whiteheat firmware
<greg@kroah.com> (02/04/18 1.383.16.3)
USB whiteheat driver
<greg@kroah.com> (02/04/18 1.383.16.4)
USB wacom driver
<johannes@erdfelt.com> (02/04/18 1.383.16.5)
[PATCH] Re: removing sleep_on in hub.c
<david-b@pacbell.net> (02/04/18 1.383.16.6)
[PATCH] USB devio device removal fix
<david-b@pacbell.net> (02/04/18 1.383.16.7)
[PATCH] USB GeneLink/NDIS tweaks
<greg@kroah.com> (02/04/18 1.383.16.8)
MAINTAINERS
<greg@kroah.com> (02/04/18 1.383.16.9)
USB storage
<david-b@pacbell.net> (02/04/18 1.383.16.10)
[PATCH] EHCI and Intel/VIA/Philips/...
<oliver@neukum.name> (02/04/18 1.383.16.11)
[PATCH] added device id for hpusbscsi
<greg@kroah.com> (02/04/18 1.383.16.12)
removed duplicate MATAINERS entry for Petko
<Robert.Olsson@data.slu.se> (02/04/18 1.383.17.1)
Net pktgen updates:
<buytenh@gnu.org> (02/04/18 1.383.17.2)
Bridging fix:
<davem@nuts.ninka.net> (02/04/19 1.383.11.7)
Sparc: Pass sigcontext in to signal handlers properly
<davem@nuts.ninka.net> (02/04/21 1.383.11.8)
ATYFB driver gcc-3.1 build fix: Dont put const object into initdata.
<davem@nuts.ninka.net> (02/04/22 1.383.11.9)
PM2FB driver gcc-3.1 build fix: Dont put const object into initdata.
<davem@nuts.ninka.net> (02/04/22 1.383.11.10)
Sparc64 ebus: Kill __FUNCTION__ pasting.
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/22 1.383.18.1)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: i386_pci-pc.c warning
<davem@nuts.ninka.net> (02/04/23 1.383.11.11)
SunGEM bug fix:
<kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru> (02/04/23 1.383.17.3)
Net fixes:
<buytenh@gnu.org> (02/04/23 1.383.17.4)
Bridging fix:
<marcelo@plucky.distro.conectiva> (02/04/23 1.383.18.3)
Update NBD URL
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.18.4)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: newline in printk in olympic driver
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.18.5)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: Configure.help "neet" typo fix:
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.18.6)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: request_region in acornscsi.c
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.18.7)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: drivers_net_dl2k.c __devinit's
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.18.8)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: drivers_net_sis900.c: misiing
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.18.9)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: drivers_net_eepro100: missing
<marcelo@plucky.distro.conectiva> (02/04/23 1.383.18.10)
Revert Christoph's end_buffer_io_kiobuf change
<rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca> (02/04/23 1.383.18.11)
[PATCH] devfs update
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.18.12)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: Message changed in libc
<trini@kernel.crashing.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.37)
[PATCH] Add GPL v2 note to some PPC files
<maxk@qualcomm.com> (02/04/23 1.383.2.38)
GCCs older than 2.95 do not like __func__ thing, patch provided below fixes
<maxk@qualcomm.com> (02/04/23 1.383.2.39)
This patch fixes HCI filter misbehavior on 64 bit platforms.
<Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl> (02/04/23 1.383.2.40)
[PATCH] In kd.h K_NUMLOCK/K_CAPSLOCK definitions are interchanged
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.2.41)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: netfilter overlap calc
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.2.42)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: Warn about ioctl collision
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.2.43)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: make TAGS to work with bitkeeper
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.44)
Update MVME i82596 Ethernet driver
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.45)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 43)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.46)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 44)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.47)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 45)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.48)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 46)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.49)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 47)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.50)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 48)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.51)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 49)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.52)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 50)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.53)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 51)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.54)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 52)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.55)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 53)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.56)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 54)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.57)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 55)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.58)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 56)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.59)
[PATCH] Yearly m68k update (part 57)
<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.60)
[PATCH] atyfb initdata
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.2.61)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: request_region for via82c505.c
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.2.62)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: msbusmouse.c
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.2.63)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: logibusmouse.c
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.2.64)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: smp_call_function not allowed from bh
<rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (02/04/23 1.383.2.65)
[PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.4.19-pre7: net_ipv6_sit.c wrong net_device
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/04/23 1.383.2.66)
[PATCH] PATCH: updated IBM ServeRAID driver
<kuebelr@email.uc.edu> (02/04/23 1.383.2.67)
[PATCH] spelling mistakes
<marcelo@plucky.distro.conectiva> (02/04/23 1.383.2.68)
Fix nfs_create_request to not wip current->policy
<trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> (02/04/23 1.383.2.70)
[PATCH] Fix warnings from sunrpc tcp changes
<trini@kernel.crashing.org> (02/04/23 1.383.2.71)
[PATCH] Fixup drivers/Makefile for drivers/macintosh as well
<marcelo@plucky.distro.conectiva> (02/04/23 1.383.2.72)
cpqarray driver update
<Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com> (02/04/23 1.383.2.73)
[PATCH] stop NULL pointer dereference in __alloc_pages
<greg@kroah.com> (02/04/23 1.383.2.74)
[PATCH] PCI Hotplug Config.in fix
<greg@kroah.com> (02/04/23 1.383.2.75)
[PATCH] IBM PCI Hotplug fix
<marcelo@plucky.distro.conectiva> (02/04/23 1.383.2.76)
Kees Cook email address changed
<davem@nuts.ninka.net> (02/04/24 1.383.17.5)
Kill in_ntoa from the tree. Use NIPQUAD instead.
<ebrower@usa.net> (02/04/24 1.383.11.12)
Add Sparc Voyager power management support.
<davem@nuts.ninka.net> (02/04/24 1.383.17.6)
Tigon3: Handle posted writes correctly.
<kaber@trash.net> (02/04/24 1.383.17.7)
In pfifo packet scheduler use qdisc->dev
<trini@kernel.crashing.org> (02/04/24 1.383.17.8)
Do not ask about ECONET suboptions
<tetapi@utu.fi> (02/04/25 1.383.11.13)
SunGEM:
<anton@samba.org> (02/04/25 1.383.11.14)
Sparc64 ioctl32 updates:
<davem@nuts.ninka.net> (02/04/26 1.383.11.15)
Sparc64:
<stelian@popies.net> (02/04/29 1.383.19.1)
Allow multiple processes to open the sonypi device
<bjorn.wesen@axis.com> (02/04/29 1.383.2.78)
Cris arch update
<twaugh@redhat.com> (02/04/29 1.383.2.79)
[PATCH] 2.4.19-pre7: SIIG cards
<twaugh@redhat.com> (02/04/29 1.383.2.80)
[PATCH] 2.4.19-pre7: kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO fix
<hch@infradead.org> (02/04/29 1.383.2.81)
[PATCH] x86 init cleanups
<hch@infradead.org> (02/04/29 1.383.2.82)
[PATCH] optimize initialization of struct kiobuf
<hch@infradead.org> (02/04/29 1.383.2.83)
[PATCH] fix Config.in breakage
<bcrl@redhat.com> (02/04/29 1.383.2.84)
[PATCH] vsnprintf returns incorrect length
<hch@infradead.org> (02/04/29 1.383.2.85)
[PATCH] sb_set_blocksize/sb_min_blocksize
<hch@infradead.org> (02/04/29 1.383.2.86)
[PATCH] give important spinlocks their own cachelign
<davem@nuts.ninka.net> (02/04/29 1.383.11.16)
Sparc64 fix pagetable leak:
<marcelo@plucky.distro.conectiva> (02/04/29 1.383.2.88)
PPC64 update
<maxk@qualcomm.com> (02/04/29 1.383.2.89)
Add support for ATM Ethernet bridging (RFC 2684)
<rob@osinvestor.com> (02/04/30 1.383.2.90)
[PATCH] drivers/char/eurotechwdt.c
<mlocke@mvista.com> (02/04/30 1.383.2.91)
Add 8xx PCMCIA socket driver
<neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> (02/04/30 1.383.2.92)
[PATCH] MicroMemory battery backed PCI RAM card support
<david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> (02/04/30 1.383.2.93)
[PATCH] Update for orinoco driver
<adilger@clusterfs.com> (02/04/30 1.383.2.94)
[PATCH] minor cleanup in ext3 code
<hch@infradead.org> (02/04/30 1.383.2.95)
[PATCH] kill code duplication in buffer handling
<rob@osinvestor.com> (02/04/30 1.383.2.96)
[PATCH] drivers/char/shwdt.c
<wstinson@infonie.fr> (02/05/01 1.389)
request_region janitor update for sdla wan driver
<wstinson@infonie.fr> (02/05/01 1.390)
baycom_ser_fdx hamradio driver request_region janitor updates:
<wstinson@infonie.fr> (02/05/01 1.383.1.3)
request_region janitor update for megaraid scsi driver:
<wstinson@infonie.fr> (02/05/01 1.383.1.4)
request_region janitor updates for ultrastor scsi driver:
<tony@cantech.net.au> (02/05/01 1.383.1.5)
s/-Efoo/Efoo/ cleanup for drivers:
<ShingChuang@via.com.tw> (02/05/01 1.391)
Add support for new chip to via-rhine net driver.
<mufasa@sis.com.tw> (02/05/01 1.392)
Add support for SiS962 phy to sis900 net driver.
<andrea@suse.de> (02/05/02 1.383.2.97)
[PATCH] Fix setitimer deadlock
<viro@math.psu.edu> (02/05/02 1.383.2.98)
[PATCH] Fix UFS block size checks
<axboe@suse.de> (02/05/02 1.394)
[PATCH] cdrom changer load timeout
<maxk@qualcomm.com> (02/05/02 1.397)
[PATCH] 2.4.19-pre7 TUN/TAP driver readv/writev support
<hch@infradead.org> (02/05/02 1.398)
[PATCH] add definition of yield()
<trini@kernel.crashing.org> (02/05/02 1.399)
[PATCH] Fix winbond compile dependancy
<mason@suse.com> (02/05/02 1.400)
[PATCH] reiserfs 64 bit fix
<barrow_dj@yahoo.com> (02/05/02 1.401)
[PATCH] Fix SMP race condition on startup
<hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> (02/05/02 1.402)
[PATCH] Orinoco 0.11b update
<marcelo@plucky.distro.conectiva> (02/05/02 1.403)
Changed EXTRAVERSION to pre8
<marcelo@plucky.distro.conectiva> (02/05/02 1.404)
Undo removal of __init from init_idle
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