Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.25-rc2 | Linux Today

Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.25-rc2

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 11, 2004

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Full Changelog

Ola,

Here goes -rc2, with small number of fixes and corrections.

Most notably acpi4asus and toshiba ACPI updates.

Detailed changelog follows.

Summary of changes from v2.4.25-rc1 to v2.4.25-rc2


<brad:wasp.net.au>:

  • backport 2.6.x yenta detection fix

<davem:nuts.davemloft.net>:

  • [IPV4]: Use same sysctl number for IGMP version forcing as
    2.6.x
  • [SPARC64]: Fix exception remaining length calcs in VIS copy
    routines

<john:neggie.net>:

  • toshiba_acpi 0.17 from John Belmonte

<khali:linux-fr.org>:

  • Small i2c maintainer correction

<len.brown:intel.com>:

<macro:ds2.pg.dga.pl>:

  • [NET]: Fix comment typo in net/socket.c

<marcelo:logos.cnet>:

  • Changed EXTRAVERSION to -rc2

<shaggy:kleikamp.dyn.webahead.ibm.com>:

  • JFS: rename should update mtime on source and target
    directories
  • JFS: Threads should exit with complete_and_exit

<sziwan:hell.org.pl>:

  • acpi4asus update from Karol ‘sziwan’ Kozimor

Adrian Bunk:

  • Fix amd7930_fn.c compilation with CONFIG_HOTPLUG=n

Alan Cox:

  • sstfb oops fix

Andrew Morton:

  • Improper handling of %c in vsscanf

Geert Uytterhoeven:

  • Fix fs/inode.c warning if !HIGHMEM

Keith Owens:

  • [XFS] No need to have xfs in mod-subdirs in the fs/Makefile
    anymore

Paul Mackerras:

  • [PPC64] Two small fixes for hvc_console (the hypervisor virtual
    console)
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Web Webster

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