Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: linux-2.4.10-acX | From | Louis Garcia <> | Date | 08 Oct 2001 14:21:54 -0400 |
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Has raw/block I/O changes from linus 2.4.10 been merged?
Louis
On Mon, 2001-10-08 at 14:07, Alan Cox wrote: > > Has Alan's tree been fully merged with Linus's?? Or are their bits in > > Linus's tree that is not in Alan's? > > There are measurable differences between the two trees. Notably > > - Linus uses the Andrea VM in 2.4.10 > -ac uses the Riel VM in 2.4.10-ac > > The -ac tree also has the following major additions > > - Platform support for x86_64, usermode linux , etc > - 32bit uid safe quota > - Ext3 file system > - PnPBIOS support > - Various PPro and Pentium workarounds > - Simple boot flag > - Faster x86 syscall path > - PPPoATM > - Elevator flow control > - DRM 4.0 and 4.1 support not just 4.1 (ie XFree 4.0.x works) > - CMS file system > - Intermezzo file system > - isofs compression > > and drivers for > > - IB700 > - IBM Mwave > - Lots more MTD devices > - SA1100 PCMCIA > - Various USB toys > > and then lots of bug fixes > > Much of that will go on to Linus. Some he has refused (faster syscall path, > elevator flow control, ..). It takes time to feed stuff on and often I want > to test it in -ac first. Because so much changed in 2.4.10/11pre it's now > getting very hard to merge a lot of the fixes like the truncate standards > compliance stuff so they may not make Linus tree until 2.5 > > > Alan
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