From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265996AbUHNGGr (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 02:06:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265999AbUHNGGr (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 02:06:47 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:58753 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265996AbUHNGFp (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 02:05:45 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 23:05:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Linux v2.6.8 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The major patches since -rc4 were some sparc64 and parsic updates, but there's some network driver and SATA updates and a few ARM patches too. And a use-after-free fix in MTD. Linus Summary of changes from v2.6.8-rc4 to v2.6.8 ============================================ : o Restore physmap configure-time settings according to user requests : o cdrom: MO-drive open write fix Aaron Grothe: o [CRYPTO]: Add Khazad algorithm Andrew Chew: o [libata sata_nv] support for hardware, bug fixes o [libata] unmap MMIO region _after_ last possible usage Andrew Morton: o bk-netdev-axnet_cs-fix o bk-netdev-hp-plus-fix Catalin Marinas: o [ARM PATCH] 2012/1: Use -malignment-traps instead of -mshort-load-bytes if gcc supports it Dave Hansen: o 4kstacks: fix compile with gcc 2.95 David S. Miller: o [SPARC64]: Eliminate costly sdivx from gettimeofday o [SPARC64]: Implement tlb flush batching just like ppc64 o [SPARC64]: Need flush_tlb_pending() in switch_to() o [SPARC64]: Kill TLB rtrap debug code o [SPARC64]: Update defconfig o [SPARC64]: Always record actual PC when kernel profiling o [SPARC64]: Make clear_user_page more leight weight o [SPARC64]: Fix up copy_page just like clear_page o [SPARC64]: Remove memcpy Ultra3 PCACHE patching trick o [SPARC64]: Use saner local label names in Ultra3 copies o [SPARC64]: More entropy in add_timer_randomness o [SPARC64]: Fix spitfire bugs in tlb flush and copy_page changes o [SPARC64]: Kill swapper_space test in arch/sparc64/mm/tlb.c o [SPARC64]: Change TIF_BLKCOMMIT into a fault code o [SPARC64]: Update defconfig o [SPARC64]: Fix non-SMP build David Woodhouse: o Fix use-after-free bug in MTD partitioning code o Cosmetic MTD changes -- update email address and idents o M-Systems DiskOnChip driver update o RedBoot flash partitioning: use vmalloc for buffer o Export new mtd_erase_callback() function o Fix MTD partitioning modular build Eugene Surovegin: o [IPSEC]: Add missing flow_cache_genid update to xfrm_policy_delete() Jens Axboe: o export kblockd_schedule_work() o setup queue before elevator_init() Linus Torvalds: o Be a bit more anal about allowing SCSI commands to be sent o Pass done file pointer to block device ioctl's o Allow non-root users certain raw commands if they are deemed safe o Linux 2.6.8 Marc Singer: o [ARM PATCH] 2001/1: lh7a40x IDE cleanup o [ARM PATCH] 2002/1: lh7a40x Timer fixup Margit Schubert-While: o prism54 Clarification to Viro's patch o prism54 URGENT - Fix IRQ handling o prism54 Fix memory leaks o prism54 Fix supported rates reporting Martin Devera: o [PKT_SCHED]: Fix borrowing fairness in htb Mathieu LESNIAK: o wrong mac address with netgear FA311 ethernet card Matthew Wilcox: o Remove fcntl f_op o PA-RISC update o lasi_82596 update Neil Brown: o Fix unsigned underflow in xdr decoding Patrick McHardy: o [PKT_SCHED]: Disable local bh's when grabbing qdisc_tree_lock in tc_dump_tfilter Pawel Sikora: o [NET]: Kill stray NET_FASTROUTE references Roger Luethi: o via-rhine: Really call rhine_power_init() Russell King: o [PCMCIA] pd6729: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION and MODULE_AUTHOR, fix comment style Simon Kelley: o Atmel wireless bigendian fix Stephen Hemminger: o [VLAN]: Propagate ethtool/mii ioctls to the real device o [VLAN]: Mirror real devices carrier and hotplug state o [VLAN]: Use RCU for group operations o [VLAN]: Fix device refcount bug o [BRIDGE]: Fix problems with filtering and defragmentation Tom Rini: o Remove CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS from Ebony / Ocotea o ppc32: Fix warning on CONFIG_PPC32 && CONFIG_6xx