Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:26:58 -0800 | From | Matthew Dharm <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.15-pre4 - merge with Alan |
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Just as a heads-up for interested people... this kernel does contain the final fixes for the Freecom adaptor, even tho it's not listed.
Matt
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:01:56AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Ok, this kernel hopefully contains all the high-priority merges with Alan, > which means that as far as that is concerned, I'm done with 2.4.x and > ready to pass it on to Marcelo. > > Which means that I'd also like people to double-check that there are no > embarrassing missing pieces due to the merge (or other patches). > > Known issue: Al Viro fixed the nasty overflow with /proc/cpuinfo and > multiple CPU's, but only for x86. So other architectures need to convert > from the old "get_cpuinfo()" to the seq-file-based "show_cpuinfo()". The > conversion should be pretty mindless and straightforward.. (ie use > "seq_printf()" instead of "sprintf()" etc - see arch/i386/kernel/setup.c > for the example code). > > Changelog appeded, > > Linus > > ----- > pre4: > - Mikael Pettersson: make proc_misc happy without modules > - Arjan van de Ven: clean up acpitable implementation ("micro-acpi") > - Anton Altaparmakov: LDM partition code update > - Alan Cox: final (yeah, sure) small missing pieces > - Andrey Savochkin/Andrew Morton: eepro100 config space save/restore over suspend > - Arjan van de Ven: remove power from pcmcia socket on card remove > - Greg KH: USB updates > - Neil Brown: multipath updates > - Martin Dalecki: fix up some "asmlinkage" routine markings > > pre3: > - Alan Cox: more driver merging > - Al Viro: make ext2 group allocation more readable > > pre2: > - Ivan Kokshaysky: fix alpha dec_and_lock with modules, for alpha config entry > - Kai Germaschewski: ISDN updates > - Jeff Garzik: network driver updates, sysv fs update > - Kai Mäkisara: SCSI tape update > - Alan Cox: large drivers merge > - Nikita Danilov: reiserfs procfs information > - Andrew Morton: ext3 merge > - Christoph Hellwig: vxfs livelock fix > - Trond Myklebust: NFS updates > - Jens Axboe: cpqarray + cciss dequeue fix > - Tim Waugh: parport_serial base_baud setting > - Matthew Dharm: usb-storage Freecom driver fixes > - Dave McCracken: wait4() thread group race fix > > pre1: > - me: fix page flags race condition Andrea found > - David Miller: sparc and network updates > - various: fix loop driver that thought it was part of the VM system > - me: teach DRM about VM_RESERVED > - Alan Cox: more merging > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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