Alan Cox [Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:11:57 +0000 (15:11 -0500)]
Linux 2.0.36pre7
This doesn't fix the icmp or threaded socket handling stuff that does eventually
need curing. It does however fix all sorts of other fun things. With this
release the Cyclades should be happy and the Cyrix detect/AMD detect shoul
work properly, including the old AMD bug detect.
Consider this your last chance to scream about 2.0.36 bugs
Alan Cox [Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:11:56 +0000 (15:11 -0500)]
2.0.36prepatch 6
ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/2.0.36pre/
Changes this release
o Cyclades bug fix (Cyclades Corp)
o 440GX device ids (Leonard Zubkoff)
o BusLogic update (Leonard Zubkoff)
o New version of the ROSE protocol layers (F6FBB)
o TCP works with SO_BINDTODEVICE (Phil Gladstone)
o TCP select error
o Hooks for multithreaded ELF core dumps (Alan Cox)
(Phil Gladstone maintains the ELF mt core dump stuff and gdb patch)
I was going to integrate this patch but I got some slightly odd results
that looked like a double kfree and the patch didnt seem quite perfect yet.
Anyway - you shouldnt need to hack anything to use it now
Stuff I know I have left to worry about:
o Andre - can you check there is nothing in your jumbo patches I
should have (I dont want to put the UDMA/new timer stuff into a
2.0.x kernel). I couldnt see any easy way to seperate the MHz
computation from it
o Try and get the mt core dumps working
o Two crash reports from AF_UNIX sockets that look like a long
standing race.
Alan Cox [Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:11:55 +0000 (15:11 -0500)]
Linux 2.0.36pre4
ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/...
This one updates the tulip and 3c509 drivers, so give those a beating. The
mdelay/udelay problem with the aic7xxx update is fixed. A small root
permissions bug in /proc is fixed and a few other minor things.
Modular sound isnt in this one. Its about 60/40 in favour but I decided
the 40% were right. It changes expected behaviour for people which isnt
good for 2.0
The main thing left to sort now is the final CPU detection. Im still getting
some reports of misdetections
Alan Cox [Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:11:54 +0000 (15:11 -0500)]
Linux 2.0.36pre3
[ftp.uk.linux.org:/pub/linux/alan/...]
Ok this took a bit longer than I intended. Im releasing 2.0.36pre3 now for
two reasons
1. Its got the 5.0.20 AIC7xxx driver in it - this should help
the adaptec afflicted
2. It has modular sound in it
Now for the modular sound Im unsure if its a good idea or bad to switch
to it for a 2.0.x kernel. Its always going to be available as an add on
and I suspect be something most vendors will ship (bearing in mind the target
markets are often not keen to recompile kernels). So I'd appreciate feedback
on both if modular sound behaves for you (it should 8)) and also opinions
on whether it should become a standard item.
Apart from that all I have queued to do now are a few small bug fixes and
to wait for the final version of the isdn updates. Those are pretty important
as they should include code thats been certified with telco approval in some
of the weird parts of the world (most of the EEC to start with) where code
certification for the ISDN 'D' channel protocol is required for each card.
If you have a new feature you desperately want for 2.0.36, then probably
too late. If there are bug fixes floating around notin 2.0.36pre3 you think
matter please send me them - I'd rather get duplicates than miss stuff.
Finally - treat pre3 with a bit of care - its not as tested as the pre patches
tend to be.
Alan Cox [Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:11:53 +0000 (15:11 -0500)]
Linux 2.0.36pre2
ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/..
This is a bit bigger than pre patch 1 but most of the bulk is the isdn driver
updates to reflect what everyone is actually using.
I don't have ISDN here - thats a hint to the ISDN using people to test this ok ;)
Lesser items:
o Tlan 1.0 driver
o >64Mb memory recognition
o Full cyrix and other CPU recognition (should fix the TI problems)
o Syscall return trap fix
o Delay slightly more stable
o IDE floppy knows about Iomega zip firmware 23.D
o Cyclades update
o Traffic Shaper
o Etherexpress should now handle Compaq LTE base stations
o EATA update
o SCSI blacklist update
o SCSI medium changers recognized
o Ultrastor 14f/34f update
o MPU401 DMA reporting
o Sequencer busy fix
o ISOfs boundary case fix
o NFS unload fix
o SMBfs time saving fix
o mmap append only file fix
o Socket leak fix
Alan Cox [Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:11:53 +0000 (15:11 -0500)]
Linux 2.0.36pre1
I've put Linux 2.0.36 pre-patch-1 on ftp.uk.linux.org:/pub/linux/alan
This contains the following changes
o The minicom beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep bug fix
o non atomic kmalloc from IRQ in the lance error handler
o 3c59x update
o Thunderlan update
o The lp slowdown should be gone I hope
o Amateur radio non module inits fix
o vfat ... bug fix
o obscure memory leak fix
and if you thought the last one was too big then you'll like this one. Its
4939 bytes compressed