Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.22-pre8

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Hello,

Here goes -pre8. It contains network driver updates, IEEE1394
update, a POSIX compliance fix introduced by the execve() security
fixes during early -pre, amongst others.

Detailed changelog below

Summary of changes from v2.4.22-pre7 to v2.4.22-pre8

<gorgo:thunderchild.debian.net>:

• [netdrvr wan] note comx maintainer change, by request

<lethal:unusual.internal.linux-sh.org>:

• sh64: sh-sci support for SH-5 101/103

<mark.fasheh:oracle.com>:

• Fix deadlock in journal_create

<taowenhwa:intel.com>:

• [e100] read skb->len after freeing skb
• [e100] cu_start: timeout waiting for cu
• [e100] misc

Andreas Gruenbacher:

• unshare-files fix breaks file locks

Ben Collins:

• [SPARC64]: Clear all IRQs at probe time in PCI sabre
  driver
• Update IEEE1394 (r1010)

Bhavesh P. Davda:

• Fix aha152x hangs on pcmcia card eject

Chas Williams:

• [ATM]: Get config/build dependencies correct

Daniel Ritz:

• fix ne2k-pci memleak

Marcelo Tosatti:

• Changed EXTRAVERSION to -pre8

Neil Brown:

• knfsd: Only set ->reuse for tcp sockets, not udp

Roger Luethi:

• via-rhine 1.19: One more Rhine-I fix

Scott Feldman:

• [netdrvr ethtool] add ethtool TSO get/set
• [e1000] request_irq() failure resulted in freeing twice
• [e1000] fix VLAN support on PPC64
• [e1000] missing Tx cleanup opportunities during intr
  handling
• [e1000] alloc_etherdev failure didn’t cleanup regions
• [e1000] ethtool diag cleanup
• [e1000] h/w workaround for mis-fused parts
• [e1000] s/int/unsigned int/ for descriptor ring indexes
• [e1000] misc cleanup