Changes from 1.3.42 to 1.3.43
These changes are archived on ftp.crynwr.com:pub/kchanges
and http://www.crynwr.com/kchanges.
I cannot answer questions about Linux -- I merely summarize the kernel
patches after reading them. I try to make them useful to everyone,
but kernel hackers should take them with a grain of salt and read the
patches themselves. The patch file is patch-1.3.43.gz
These are from mec@treflan.shout.net (Michael Elizabeth Chastain)
[he probably can't answer questions about Linux either :) -russ]
- List of allocated devices updated [H. Peter Anvin].
- Unicode documentation updated for Klingon language support [H. Peter Anvin].
- Formatting changes on oops messages (to help ksymoops?).
- New system calls 'mlock', 'munlock', 'mlockall', 'munlockall'.
- Block device accounting counts # reads, # writes, blocks read, blocks written.
- CMD 640 driver moved to separate file [Igor Abramov].
- Experimental support for UMC 8672 interfaces [Wolfram Podien].
- drivers/cdrom/{mcd,mcdx}.c: more module cleanup.
- drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c [Eberhard Moenkeberg]:
- Adapted the benefits from 1.3.33.
[This means later boot-time device initialization -- mec]
- Fiddled with CDROMREADAUDIO flaws.
- Avoid ReadCapacity command with CD200 drives (the MKE 1.01 version
- seems not to support it).
- Fulfilled "read audio" for CD200 drives, with help of Pete Heist
- (heistp@rpi.edu).
- Bus mouse calls udelay, not busy loop.
- Console: user-defined bell sound, new setterm control sequences,
and printk redirection [Martin Mares].
- New 'init=' boot parameter.
- Scheduler changes for real-time support.
- Fix missing unlock for ARP device events.