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Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.21-rc7

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 4, 2003

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Hallo,

Now I really hope its the last one, all this rc’s are making me
mad.

Ok, here it is.

Summary of changes from v2.4.21-rc6 to v2.4.21-rc7


<ehabkost@conectiva.com.br>:

  • [SPARC]: Export phys_base on sparc32

<jgarzik@pobox.com>:

  • fix olympic driver build

<lethal@linux-sh.org>:

  • Fix Solution Engine 7751 Build
  • Define VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS for SH

<wesolows@foobazco.org>:

  • [sparc]: Attempt mul/div emulation handling on all cpus

David S. Miller <davem@nuts.ninka.net>:

  • [SPARC]: Fix sys_ipc to return ENOSYS instead of EINVAL as
    appropriate
  • [SPARC64]: Implement dump_stack in 2.4.x
  • [SPARC64]: Only use power interrupt when button property
    exists
  • [IPV4/IPV6]: Use Jenkins hash for fragment reassembly
    handling
  • [IPV6]: Input full addresses into TCP_SYNQ hash function
  • [IPV4]: Add sysctl to control ipfrag_secret_interval
  • [SPARC64]: Fix probe error handling in envctrl.c driver
  • [SPARC64]: Fix probe error handling in bbc_{envctrl,i2c}.c
    driver
  • [SPARC64]: Fix exploitable holes and bugs in ioctl32
    translations

Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>:

  • sg: Fix side effect introduced by last “off by one” fix

Eric Brower <ebrower@usa.net>:

  • [SPARC]: Refactor AUXIO support

Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@freak.distro.conectiva>:

  • Changed EXTRAVERSION to -rc7

Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>:

  • [sparc] Force type in __put_user
  • [SPARC]: Fix gcc-3.x builds

Rob Radez <rob@osinvestor.com>:

  • [sparc]: Fix uninitialized spinlock in SRMMU code
  • [SPARC]: Kill initialize_secondary, unused
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