Linux 2.4.21-rc4

Linux 2.4.21-rc4

[Marcelo Tosatti]

Hi,

Here goes -rc4, hopefully fixing all problems now.

rc5 will only be released in case of REALLY bad problems.

Please test it extensively.


Summary of changes from v2.4.21-rc3 to v2.4.21-rc4
============================================

<minyard@acm.org>:
  o IPMI fixes

<viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>:
  o Fix writing to /dev/console

Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>:
  o Correctly fix the ioperm issue

Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>:
  o Update ide/ppc/pmac.c
  o Fix controlfb build with gcc3.3
  o PPC32 Fix warning with ndelay (with patch !)

Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@freak.distro.conectiva>:
  o Changed EXTRAVERSION to -rc4
  o Cset exclude: c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2003@gmx.net|ChangeSet|20030526190224|33683
  o Really fix xconfig breakage

[PATCH] IDE config correctness (was: Linux 2.4.21-rc4)

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

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Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here goes -rc4, hopefully fixing all problems now.
> 
> rc5 will only be released in case of REALLY bad problems.

Not really a bad problem, but CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST should be selectable
even if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD=m
You decide if this goes into 2.4.21. I do not feel strongly about it.

>   o Cset exclude: c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2003@gmx.net|ChangeSet|20030526190224|33683
>   o Really fix xconfig breakage

My fix for the xconfig breakage also included this IDE config fix. When
you excluded the cset, it got lost.

Attached is the diff on top of your tree.


Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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===== drivers/ide/Config.in 1.31 vs edited =====
--- 1.31/drivers/ide/Config.in	Mon May 26 21:38:00 2003
+++ edited/drivers/ide/Config.in	Mon May 26 23:20:49 2003
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	    dep_tristate '    NS87415 chipset support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
 	    dep_tristate '    OPTi 82C621 chipset enhanced support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 $CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
 	    dep_tristate '    PROMISE PDC202{46|62|65|67} support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
-	    dep_bool     '      Special UDMA Feature' CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD $CONFI_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
+	    dep_mbool    '      Special UDMA Feature' CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD $CONFI_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
 	    dep_tristate '    PROMISE PDC202{68|69|70|71|75|76|77} support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
 		# FIXME - probably wants to be one for old and for new
 if [ "$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD" = "m" -o "$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW" = "m" ]; then

Re: [PATCH] IDE config correctness (was: Linux 2.4.21-rc4)

[Marcelo Tosatti]

It seems Alan still has some very important fixes pending. If so, I'll
release -rc5 tomorrow with your stuff.

Otherwise it will have to wait for .22-pre.

On Tue, 27 May 2003, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:

> Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here goes -rc4, hopefully fixing all problems now.
> >
> > rc5 will only be released in case of REALLY bad problems.
>
> Not really a bad problem, but CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST should be selectable
> even if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD=m
> You decide if this goes into 2.4.21. I do not feel strongly about it.
>
> >   o Cset exclude: c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2003@gmx.net|ChangeSet|20030526190224|33683
> >   o Really fix xconfig breakage
>
> My fix for the xconfig breakage also included this IDE config fix. When
> you excluded the cset, it got lost.
>
> Attached is the diff on top of your tree.
>
>
> Regards,
> Carl-Daniel
>