Linux 2.4.27-pre1

Linux 2.4.27-pre1

[Marcelo Tosatti]

Hi, 

Here goes the 2.4.27-pre1... Most importantly it contains the addition 
of SATA drivers backport from v2.6. 

Also network driver updates, USB updates, etc.

Detailed changelog follows

Summary of changes from v2.4.26 to v2.4.27-pre1
============================================

<khawar.chaudhry:amd.com>:
  o Update amd8111 net driver

<kirillx:7ka.mipt.ru>:
  o Fix potential memory leak in devpts
  o Fix potential memory access to free memory in /proc handling

<lkml:lievin.net>:
  o tipar char driver (divide by zero)

<maragato:gmx.net>:
  o Add ATI IGP 345M rev2 ID's

<mhf:linuxmail.org>:
  o Update codingstyle to 2.6 level

<sezero:superonline.com>:
  o megaraid2 compilation fix

<tmattox:engr.uky.edu>:
  o [netdrvr tulip] add MII support for Comet chips

<vda:port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>:
  o gcc3 does not inline some functions

Atul Mukker:
  o megaraid2 driver version 2.10.3

Chris Wright:
  o e1000: fix probable security hole

Don Fry:
  o resync pcnet32.c with 2.6.x
  o netdevice.h add netif_msg_init helper
  o pcnet32 fix hang/crash with loopback test

Ganesh Venkatesan:
  o e100: NFS/TCO related Firmware update
  o e100: change log + version update
  o e100: use new API, SET_NETDEV_DEV, rx_bytes stat to include MAC header fix
  o e1000: ethtool set/get ring param support
  o e1000: backoff Tanacross missed interrupt workaround
  o e1000: Changed E1000_COLLISION_THRESHOLD from 16 to 15
  o e1000: use E1000_PBA_BYTES_SHIFT instead of E1000_TX_FIFO_SIZE
  o e1000: remove polarity reversal workaround for forced 10H/10F links
  o e1000: fix eeprom update to include e1000_standby_eeprom
  o e1000: new bit definitions, fix comments
  o e1000: ethtool set/get eeprom fixes
  o e1000: use new API, SET_NETDEV_DEV, check register_netdev retval
  o e1000: all other white space fixes, changelog
  o e1000: Disable TSO - till TSO related Tx hangs are root caused/fixed
  o e1000: msec_delay fix
  o e1000: phy fix, and cleanup

Jeff Garzik:
  o [netdrvr 8139cp] trivial syncing with 2.6.x
  o [netdrvr 8139cp] rearrange priv struct, add cacheline-align markers
  o [netdrvr 8139cp] locking cleanups
  o [NET] forward-compat definition of netdev_priv()
  o [netdrvr 8139cp] minor cleanups
  o [netdrvr 8139cp] use netdev_priv()
  o [netdrvr 8139cp] complete 64-bit DMA (PCI DAC) support
  o [netdrvr 8139cp] better dev->close() handling, and misc related stuff
  o [netdrvr natsemi] correct DP83816 IntrHoldoff register offset
  o [netdrvr tulip] remove ChangeLog file, we have BitKeeper logs now
  o Add SATA support
  o Add Promise SX8 SATA driver
  o [netdrvr via-rhine] Fix MII phy scanning bug, whitespace cleanups

Marcelo Tosatti:
  o Herbert Xu: Delete unused drivers/sound/Hwmcode.h, drivers/sound/724hwmcode.h
  o Cset exclude: loftin@ldl.fc.hp.com|ChangeSet|20040414205510|54931
  o Changed EXTRAVERSION to 2.4.27-pre1
  o Fix drmP.h fix typo

Meelis Roos:
  o Kaupo Arulo: only use set_max when it is present

Paul Gortmaker:
  o [netdrvr 8390] Fix 8390 log spam

Pavel Roskin:
  o Tulip endianess fix

Pete Zaitcev:
  o Improve USB printer locking
  o More USB storage locking fixes

Randy Dunlap:
  o drmP.h doesn't need local cmpxchg() and __cmpxchg()

Scott Feldman:
  o Update MAINTAINERS with new e100/e100 maintainers

Zwane Mwaikambo:
  o fix module load with gcc3.3.3

[PATCH] pktgen dependency (was: Re: Linux 2.4.27-pre1)

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

The packet generator doesn't compile if procfs is disabled.
IIRC, there was an agreement that this dependency is needed:

--- linux-2.4.27-pre1/net/Config.in.orig	2003-10-01 20:49:26.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.27-pre1/net/Config.in	2004-04-23 14:43:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@

 mainmenu_option next_comment
 comment 'Network testing'
-tristate 'Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)' CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN
+dep_tristate 'Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)' CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN $CONFIG_PROC_FS
 endmenu

 endmenu

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

[PATCH][2.4] typo in include/linux/compiler.h

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

> Scott Feldman:
>   o Update MAINTAINERS with new e100/e100 maintainers
>
> Zwane Mwaikambo:
>   o fix module load with gcc3.3.3

Hello Marcelo,
	I appear to have missed a small fix, although it won't affect
anyone for a while to come;

--- linux-2.4-bk/include/linux/compiler.h	2004-04-23 12:17:12.292797432 -0400
+++ linux-2.4-bk/include/linux/compiler.h-patch	2004-04-23 12:18:11.923732152 -0400
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define unlikely(x)	__builtin_expect((x),0)

 #if __GNUC__ > 3
-#define __attribute_used__	__attribute((__used__))
+#define __attribute_used__	__attribute__((__used__))
 #elif __GNUC__ == 3
 #if  __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3
 # define __attribute_used__	__attribute__((__used__))

Re: [PATCH] pktgen dependency (was: Re: Linux 2.4.27-pre1)

[David S. Miller]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:58:58 +0200 (MEST)
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:

> The packet generator doesn't compile if procfs is disabled.
> IIRC, there was an agreement that this dependency is needed:

Applied, thanks Geert.  Can you cook up a 2.6.x variant as well
if that is needed too?

Thanks again.

Re: [PATCH] pktgen dependency (was: Re: Linux 2.4.27-pre1)

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:58:58 +0200 (MEST)
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
> > The packet generator doesn't compile if procfs is disabled.
> > IIRC, there was an agreement that this dependency is needed:
>
> Applied, thanks Geert.  Can you cook up a 2.6.x variant as well
> if that is needed too?

2.6.6-rc2 already has

    config NET_PKTGEN
	    tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)"
	    depends on PROC_FS

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds