by Here goes -pre6.
We are approaching -rc stage. I plan to release -pre7 shortly which should
fixup the remaining IDE problems (thanks Alan!) and -rc1 later on.
Summary of changes from v2.4.21-pre5 to v2.4.21-pre6
============================================
<andre.brei...@null-mx.org>:
o io_edgeport.c diff to fix endianess bugs
<b...@bwlink.com>:
o [SPARC64]: Fix ocndition code handling in do_rt_sigreturn
<berg...@vnet.ibm.com>:
o add ndelay() for ppc64
<blasc...@blaschke3.austin.ibm.com>:
o JFS: Code cleanup suggested by static analysis tool
<c...@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>:
o [ATM]: Add MAINTAINERS entry
<c...@locutus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil>:
o [ATM]: use sock timestamp
o [ATM]: Use skb_pull instead of direct skb mangling
o [ATM]: Get minimum frame size right in lec.c
o [ATM]: Let upper layer k now lec supports multicast
o [ATM SUNI]: suni_init should not be __init and remove mod inc/dec
o [ATM FORE200E]: Fix build
<clem...@ladisch.de>:
o usb-midi.h: fixes for SC-8820/50
o usb-midi.h: fixes for SC-8820/50
<cough...@redhat.com>:
o Update SCSI whitelist in scsi_scan.c
<d...@farnsworth.org>:
o PPC32: Make the bootloader start at 0x000c for SMP
o PPC32: Make it easier to hook into the bootloader code
o PPC32: Allow the bootloader to pass in a board descripter struct
<h...@cyberus.ca>:
o [SCHED GRED]: Another bug found by Stanford Checker
<har...@gnumonks.org>:
o [NETFILTER]: Fix icmp-type all problem in iptables
<henn...@meier-geinitz.de>:
o USB scanner.h, scanner.c: New vendor/product ids
o USB: New vendor/product ids for scanner driver
<ja...@redhat.com>:
o [SPARC64]: Fix typo in sparc64_get_context (G7 register is saved wrongly)
<j...@joshisanerd.com>:
o USB: add KB Gear USB Tablet Driver
<ker...@jsl.com>:
o Re: Keyspan USB/Serial Drivers for 2.4.20/2.4.21-pre4
<lafo...@netfilter.org>:
o [NETFILTER]: fix NAT ICMP reply translation of inner packet
o [NETFILTER]: Fix conntrack bug introduced by list_del change
o [NETFILTER]: Fix typo in ftp conntrack helper
o [NETFILTER]: Add new ip6tables matches
<l...@falooley.org>:
o fix eepro100 SMP deadlock (uninitialized spinlock)
<s...@us.ibm.com>:
o [IPV4/IPV6]: Fix to avoid overriding TCP/UDP with a new protocol of same type
<weig...@immd1.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>:
o Fix race on rpc code
Adam Radford <a...@nmt.edu>:
o 3ware driver update for 2.4.21-pre6
Adrian Bunk <b...@fs.tum.de>:
o USB: fix Auerswald compile
Alan Cox <a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
o New PCI identifiers for ALi 156x ethernet
o fix a ; in cris eeprom
o correct handling of VIA PCI and of IDE legacy irq
o add another transparent bridghe
o export ndelay for modular ide stuff
o Enable XMM on more athlons
o fix ndelay argument name
o more usercopy documentation
o fix wacked formatting in x86-64 code
o enable newly added docs
o ide doc update
o update hp framebuffer docs
o update ipmi doc
o Add missing EXPORT_SYMBOL for acpi & ipmi
o epca sign fix
o add genrtc driver used by multiple ports
o ipmp updates
o build genrtc if asked for
o sign fix in mwave
o & v && fix for i2c
o nforce is now in AMD so delete the option
o new AMD/Nvidia driver
o remove dead Nvidia driver
o bogo semicolon fix in joydev
o fix hysdn brackets
o fix some radio typos/oddments
o more radio oddments
o cpia update
o fix w9966 tuner bug
o mptfusion sign handling
o missing Makefile slot
o incorrect bracketing
o e100 updates
o fix ethernet pad in example driver
o fix non x86 8169 build
o another rogue semicolon
o bracketing fix
o ips docs update
o cpqfc fix for non x86
o dpt_i2o sign fix
o fix ide-scsi hang on SMP boxes
o ; fixes
o ips update
o wrong bracketing
o XpressAudio enabler for Cyrix 5520
o maestro bracketing bug
o values cannot be init
o fix large I/O to nec audio
o bracketing fix in sscape
o ali5451 is 31bit audio
o via8233/8235 audio update
o & v && in acm usb
o usb hang fix
o atafb bug in #if 0 code
o fix logic error in aty128fb
o typo fix in video headers
o logic error in radeonfb
o fix sisfb build on non x86
o add intelfb driver
o fix incorrect bracketing in JFFS
o fix nfs port option on bigendian
o fix seq_file problems
o missing defines for alpha
o faster x86 byteorder code
o make __ndelay() argument name sane
o generic rtc support headers for parisc
o Fix typo in REPORTING-BUGS
Alan Cox <a...@redhat.com>:
o Fix kmod/ptrace vulnerability
Alan Stern <st...@rowland.harvard.edu>:
o USB: Patch for auto-sense cmd_len
Andi Kleen <a...@muc.de>:
o [NET]: Make skbuff.h -W clean, skb_headlen should return unsigned quantity
o x86-64 update
Ben Collins <bcoll...@debian.org>:
o [IEEE1394] Sync with repo
Benjamin LaHaise <b...@redhat.com>:
o [NET]: Make sure nr_frags is accurate on paged SKB allocation failure
Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de>:
o [NET]: Remove __NO_VERSION__ from networking code
o backport sys_sendfile64
Christoph Hellwig <h...@sgi.com>:
o [SPARC]: Add xattr syscalls
Dave Jones <da...@codemonkey.org.uk>:
o Enable prefetch on P4
o add missing intel cache descriptor
Dave Kleikamp <sha...@shaggy.austin.ibm.com>:
o JFS: Fix hang while flushing outstanding transactions under heavy load
o JFS: Avoid deadlock when all tblocks are allocated
David Brownell <davi...@pacbell.net>:
o USB: rename drivers/usb/hcd --> host
o USB: call hcd->stop() in task context
o ehci, sync with 2.5 latest
David S. Miller <da...@nuts.ninka.net>:
o [SPARC64]: Add TCSBRKP ioctl translation, thanks Anton
o [TCP]: Do not bump backoff too high during 0-window probes
o [NET]: Fix length in skb_padlen
o [RANDOM]: Backport 2.5.x ipv4/ipv6 sequence number generation SMP fixes by manf...@colorfullife.com
o [SPARC64]: Implement STICK synchronization using ia64 port algorithms
o [NET]: Export skb_pad to modules
o [SPARC64]: Update defconfig
o [NETLINK]: Remove buggy and useless rcv queue wakeup tests
o [IPV6]: Cure typo in ipv6_addr_prefix
o [IPV{4,6}]: Make icmp_socket per-cpu and simplify locking
o [NETFILTER]: Fix typo in ipv6 makefile changes
o [NET]: Fix mismerge, no need to export skb_pad twice
o [SPARC64]: Make sure we are in irq_enter atomic section during update_process_times
o [SPARC64]: Kill SPARC64_USE_STICK and use real timer drivers
o [SPARC64]: Fix timer quotient calcs
o [SPARC64]: Do not mark timer_ticks_per_usec_quotient static
o [SPARC64]: Make gettimeofday assembly match tick quotient fixes
o [SPARC64]: Add Hummingbird STICK support
o [SPARC64]: Make TICK comparisons wrap-around safe by using jiffies macros
o [SPARC64]: Sanitize all TICK privileged bit handling in tick drivers
o [SPARC64]: Clear tick_cmpr ints properly in bootup assembly
o [SPARC64]: Kill bogus kernel_thread decl
Ganesh Varadarajan <gan...@vxindia.veritas.com>:
o USB ipaq.c: add ids for fujitsu loox
Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org>:
o Amiga PCMCIA Ethernet clean up
o M68k ISA memory for Amiga PCMCIA
o M68k Apollo I/O updates
o M68k ifpsp060 updates
o M68k incorrect prototype
o Amiga RTC updates
o Amifb wrong interrupt
o Atari NCR5380 SCSI: bitops operate on long
o Convert m68k cache macros to inline functions
o Mac/m68k VIA updates
o Allow to disable macfb
o M68k net warnings
o M68k heartbeat update
o M68k config syntax
o Sun-3 contact update
o M68k SCSI warnings
o M68k PAGE_SIZE warnings
o M68k: optimize stacked irq check
o Sun-3 memory zones
o Sun-3 ioremap()
o M68k page_to_phys
o Sun-3 first page
o M68k iomap cleanup
o Sun-3 SBUS updates
o Sun-3 vectored interrupts
o M68k timekeeping update
o Amiga Zorro SCSI: use z_ioremap()
o Sun-3/3x updates
o M68k core spelling fixes
o Amiflop out-of-bounds array access
o Sun-3 VME support
o M68k warnings
Go Taniguchi <g...@turbolinux.co.jp>:
o USB: Another pegasus ID
o USB: Another kaweth ID
o USB: Another sony memorystick
o USB: Multiple interfaces with usb hotplug
o USB: Another hid-core worksround
Greg Kroah-Hartman <g...@kroah.com>:
o USB: added support for radio shack device to pl2303 driver
o USB: add firmware files for two new keyspan devices
o USB: merge fixup for the scanner driver
o USB: move the UHCI drivers into drivers/usb/host
o USB: move the OHCI driver into drivers/usb/host
Hideaki Yoshifuji <yoshf...@linux-ipv6.org>:
o [IPV6]: Export ip6_route_me_harder for netfilter and add ipv6_addr_prefix
James Morris <jmor...@intercode.com.au>:
o [NET]: Clean up sk_filter and make sure it is called when skb->dev is still valid
o [IPV4]: Fix skb leak in inet_rtm_getroute
o [IPV6]: Fix skb leak in inet6_rtm_getroute
o [NET]: Add myself as co-maintainer
o [NETLINK]: Un-duplicate rcv wakeup logic
Jay Vosburgh <fu...@us.ibm.com>:
o [BONDING]: Add MAINTAINERS entry
Jeff Garzik <jgar...@redhat.com>:
o Via Nehemiah (C3-2) CPU support
John Levon <le...@movementarian.org>:
o [SUNHME]: Fix bit testing typo
Leigh Brown <le...@solinno.co.uk>:
o Updated S3Triofb driver for PPC32
Lennert Buytenhek <buyt...@gnu.org>:
o [BRIDGE]: handle out-of-ports corner case
Marcel Holtmann <mar...@holtmann.org>:
o [SPARC64]: Translate AUTOFS_IOC_EXPIRE_MULTI ioctl
Marcelo Tosatti <marc...@freak.distro.conectiva>:
o Changed EXTRAVERSION to -pre6
Mark A. Greer <mgr...@mvista.com>:
o PPC32: Fix a problem with 'next' and 'step' type KGDB commands
Neil Brown <ne...@cse.unsw.edu.au>:
o md - 1 of 3 - Fix small bug in md.c
o md - 3 of 3 - Don't check a device size before bd_get in
o md - 2 of 3 - Convert /proc/mdstat to use seq_file
o drivers/block/umem.c - new card
o Fix compile errors/warnings in md
Oleg Drokin <gr...@angband.namesys.com>:
o reiserfs: Make balloc[] tails[] and hash[] in super.c static. (Noticed by Arnd Bergmann <a...@bergmann-dalldorf.de>)
o reiserfs: gcc 3.3 compile fix from Hubert Mantel <man...@suse.de>
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