Linux 2.4.19-rc4

Linux 2.4.19-rc4

[Marcelo Tosatti]

Hi,

Since some critical problems appeared (mainly the d_unhash() SMP race)
here is rc4.


Summary of changes from v2.4.19-rc3 to v2.4.19-rc4
============================================

<viro@math.psu.edu> (02/07/22 1.648)
	[PATCH] SMP race in d_unhash()

<hch@lst.de> (02/07/22 1.649)
	[PATCH] fix drivers/net/Config.in in 2.4.19-rc3

<kaos@ocs.com.au> (02/07/22 1.650)
	[PATCH] 2.4.19-rc3 include/linux/module.h

<jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu> (02/07/23 1.651)
	[PATCH] 2.4.19-rc3 - Coda

<kaos@ocs.com.au> (02/07/23 1.652)
	[PATCH] 2.4.19-rc3 remove dead variable CONFIG_DRM_AGP.

<marcelo@plucky.distro.conectiva> (02/07/23 1.653)
	Changed EXTRAVERSION to -rc4

<marcelo@plucky.distro.conectiva> (02/07/26 1.654)
	Make FastTrak be disabled by default

<bcollins@debian.org> (02/07/26 1.655)
	[PATCH] Re: [PATCH] Fixes to linux1394

<geert@linux-m68k.org> (02/07/29 1.656)
	[PATCH] penguin logo code

<Lionel.Bouton@inet6.fr> (02/07/30 1.657)
	[PATCH] Remove support to some SiS IDE chipsets which were causing data corruption

<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/07/30 1.658)
	[PATCH] Synchronize with a few left overs needed from -ac

<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (02/07/30 1.659)
	[PATCH] More -ac merge

<jgarzik@tout.normnet.org> (02/07/31 1.654.1.1)
	alpha pid-reporting POSIX comformance bug fix:

<davem@redhat.com> (02/07/31 1.661)
	[PATCH] Add missing check to openprom driver

Re: Linux 2.4.19-rc4

[Rudmer van Dijk]

On Wednesday 31 July 2002 23:20, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since some critical problems appeared (mainly the d_unhash() SMP race)
> here is rc4.
>

Found these warnings when compiling:

gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/rudmer/src/kernel/linux-2.4.19-rc4/include -Wall 
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common 
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 
-malign-functions=4    -nostdinc -I 
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=setup  -c 
-o setup.o setup.c
setup.c: In function `amd_adv_spec_cache_feature':
setup.c:751: warning: implicit declaration of function `have_cpuid_p'
setup.c: At top level:
setup.c:2629: warning: `have_cpuid_p' was declared implicitly `extern' and 
later `static'
setup.c:751: warning: previous declaration of `have_cpuid_p'
<snip>
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/rudmer/src/kernel/linux-2.4.19-rc4/include -Wall 
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common 
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 
-malign-functions=4    -nostdinc -I 
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=pci_pc  
-c -o pci-pc.o pci-pc.c
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:1066: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1151: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1238: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1311: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1322: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1333: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1410: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1422: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1434: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:1914: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:2019: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
<snip>
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/rudmer/src/kernel/linux-2.4.19-rc4/include -Wall 
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common 
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 
-malign-functions=4    -nostdinc -I 
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=apm  -c 
-o apm.o apm.c
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:237: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
{standard input}:331: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'

output from scripts/ver_linux:
Linux gandalf 2.4.19-rc3-ac4 #2 Wed Jul 31 21:23:51 CEST 2002 i686 unknown

Gnu C                  2.95.3
Gnu make               3.79.1
util-linux             2.11q
mount                  2.11q
modutils               2.4.16
e2fsprogs              1.27
Linux C Library        2.2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.5
Procps                 2.0.7
Net-tools              1.60
Kbd                    1.06
Sh-utils               2.0

my binutils is 2.12 and the script does not mention it... if I change the 
scripts binutils 'detection' to:
 ld -v 2>&1 | awk 'NR==1 {print "binutils              ",$4}'
then it gets listed.

	Rudmer