Changes from 1.3.46 to 1.3.47
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-1.3.47.gz
These are from mec@treflan.shout.net (Michael Chastain)
[he probably can't answer questions about Linux either :) -russ]
- Documentation/Configure.help: many revisions (680 lines) [Axel Boldt].
- drivers/char/tty_io.c: restrict vt switching via ioctl [grif@cs.ucr.edu].
- drivers/char/vt.c: restrict vt switching via ioctl [grif@cs.ucr.edu].
- drivers/net/arcnet.c: IRQ is always printed as a decimal, instead of a hex
number. Replaced most remaining printk's with BUGMSG macros. Moved
variables for VERIFY_ACK from the Outgoing struct into the lp struct;
Outgoing is really for packet-splitting info only. Simplified INTMASK
handling using a memory variable to keep a "running total". Tracked
down more (maybe the last?) "missed IRQ" messages caused by TX-done
IRQ's occurring WHILE arcnet??_send_packet was in progress. These
were pretty obscure and mostly harmless. Made an actual non-ALPHA
release of the thing.
- drivers/net/net_init.c: support alias devices (not enabled yet).
- fs/super.c: fix memory allocation bug in 'add_vfsmnt'.
- include/asm-i386/pgtable.h: page-granular invalidates for i486 and up.
- include/linux/net_alias.h: alias devices.
- include/linux/resource.h: change setpriority range from [-99,14] to [-20,20].
- net/core/net_alias.c: alias devices.
- scripts/Configure: help text support [Axel Boldt].