Update: Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.22-rc4

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 25, 2003

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Hi,

A few annoying things showed up, so here goes -rc4.

Summary of changes from v2.4.22-rc3 to v2.4.22-rc4


:

  • Fix drivers/net/Config.in -> CONFIG_TC35815
  • Changed EXTRAVERSION to -rc4

Andi Kleen:

  • Fix x86-64 ia32 emulation

Paul Mackerras:

  • PPC32: Make strncpy clear the unused part of the
    destination
  • PPC32: Make sure various sections get aligned properly by the
    linker

Ralf Bächle:

  • dep_tristate fix for CONFIG_TC35815

Summary of changes from v2.4.22-rc2 to v2.4.22-rc3


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  • ACPI update
  • ACPI build fix
  • linux-acpi-2.4.22.patch

:

  • Cset exclude: jgarzik@redhat.com|ChangeSet|20030706160607|06244
  • Cset exclude: jgarzik@redhat.com|ChangeSet|20030705173225|06246
  • Changed EXTRAVERSION to -rc3
  • Update Makefile: drivers/sgi removed
  • Make the Toshiba TC35815 only selectable on the only system
    know to actually use it

:

  • Wrong assumption in set_bh_page()

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  • nbd: fix race conditions

:

  • Stop call_decode() from ignorning RPC header errors

Alan Cox:

  • Alan CREDIT/MAINTAINERS update

Andi Kleen:

  • Disable ACPI NUMA support for x86-64
  • Critical x86-64 fixes for 2.4.22-rc
  • [SECURITY] Fix interrupt gates on x86-64

Andrea Arcangeli:

  • Andrea contact information update

Andreas Gruenbacher:

  • More steal_locks fixes: we should be in full LSB compliance
    now

David S. Miller:

  • [IPV6]: Fix dangling multicast device references

David Stevens:

  • [NET]: Fix IGMPv2/MLDv2 list handling OOPS

Erik Andersen:

  • Fix cdrom error handling

Geert Uytterhoeven:

  • Remove unused label in sunrpc code
  • Update Geert’s contact information

Ivan Kokshaysky:

  • alpha: yet another stxncpy fix

Jeff Garzik:

  • fix OOPS in bonding driver, when removing primary slave
  • add a couple pci ids to pci_ids.h

Kai Makisara:

  • Change Kai Makisara’s email address

Marcelo Tosatti:

  • Ingo: Fix ptrace swap race
  • Changed HFS maintainer: Roman Zippel is now doing the work
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Michal Ostrowski:

  • Fix PPPoE oops on unload

Muli Ben-Yehuda:

  • fix trident.c lockup on module load 2.4.22-rc1

Nathan Scott:

  • Fix 2.4 loop handling of sector size ioctl

Petr Vandrovec:

  • Allow atime updates on ncpfs

Ralf Bächle:

  • Important DEC/MIPS update
  • More MIPS update
Web Webster

Web Webster

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