Linux 2.6.9-ac4

Linux 2.6.9-ac4

[Alan Cox]

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/linux-2.6/2.6.9/

2.6.9-ac4
o	Fix minor DoS bug in visor USB driver		(Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
o	Delkin Cardbus IDE support			(Mark Lord)
o	Fix SMP hang with IDE unregister		(Mark Lord)
o	Fix proc file removal with IDE unregister	(Mark Lord)
o	Fix aic7xxx sleep with locks held and debug	(Luben Tuikov)
	spew
o	First take at HPT372N problem fixing		(Alan Cox)

2.6.9-ac3
o	Fix syncppp/async ppp problems with new hangup	(Paul Fulghum)
o	Fix broken parport_pc unload			(Andrea Arcangeli)
o	Security fix for smbfs leak/overrun		(Urban Widmark)
o	Stop i8xx_tco making some boxes reboot on load	(wim@iguana)
o	Fix cpia/module tools deadlock			(Peter Pregler)
o	Fix missing suid_dumpable export		(Alan Cox)

2.6.9-ac2
o	Fix invalid kernel version stupidity		(Adrian Bunk)
o	Compiler ICE workaround/fixup			(Linus Torvalds)
o	Fix network DoS bug in 2.6.9			(Herbert Xu)
	| Suggested by Sami Farin
o	Flash lights on panic as in 2.4			(Andi Kleen)

2.6.9-ac1

Security Fixes
o	Set VM_IO on areas that are temporarily		(Alan Cox)
	marked PageReserved (Serious bug)
o	Lock ide-proc against driver unload		(Alan Cox)
	(very low severity)

Bug Fixes
o	Working IDE locking				(Alan Cox)
	| And a great deal of review by Bartlomiej
o	Handle E7xxx boxes with USB legacy flaws	(Alan Cox)
	
Functionality
o	Allow booting with "irqpoll" or "irqfixup"	(Alan Cox)
	on systems with broken IRQ tables.
o	Support for setuid core dumping in some		(Alan Cox)
	environments (off by default)
o	Support for drives that don't report geometry
o	IT8212 support (raid and passthrough)		(Alan Cox)
o	Allow IDE to grab all unknown generic IDE	(Alan Cox)
	devices (boot with "all-generic-ide")
o	Restore PWC driver				(Luc Saillard)

Other
o	Small pending tty clean-up to moxa		(Alan Cox)
o	Put VIA Velocity (tm) adapters under gigabit	(VIA)

Re: Linux 2.6.9-ac4

[DaMouse]

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:08:07 +0100, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/linux-2.6/2.6.9/
> 
> 2.6.9-ac4
> o       Fix minor DoS bug in visor USB driver           (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o       Delkin Cardbus IDE support                      (Mark Lord)
> o       Fix SMP hang with IDE unregister                (Mark Lord)
> o       Fix proc file removal with IDE unregister       (Mark Lord)
> o       Fix aic7xxx sleep with locks held and debug     (Luben Tuikov)
>        spew
> o       First take at HPT372N problem fixing            (Alan Cox)
> 
> 2.6.9-ac3
> o       Fix syncppp/async ppp problems with new hangup  (Paul Fulghum)
> o       Fix broken parport_pc unload                    (Andrea Arcangeli)
> o       Security fix for smbfs leak/overrun             (Urban Widmark)
> o       Stop i8xx_tco making some boxes reboot on load  (wim@iguana)
> o       Fix cpia/module tools deadlock                  (Peter Pregler)
> o       Fix missing suid_dumpable export                (Alan Cox)
> 
> 2.6.9-ac2
> o       Fix invalid kernel version stupidity            (Adrian Bunk)
> o       Compiler ICE workaround/fixup                   (Linus Torvalds)
> o       Fix network DoS bug in 2.6.9                    (Herbert Xu)
>        | Suggested by Sami Farin
> o       Flash lights on panic as in 2.4                 (Andi Kleen)
> 
> 2.6.9-ac1
> 
> Security Fixes
> o       Set VM_IO on areas that are temporarily         (Alan Cox)
>        marked PageReserved (Serious bug)
> o       Lock ide-proc against driver unload             (Alan Cox)
>        (very low severity)
> 
> Bug Fixes
> o       Working IDE locking                             (Alan Cox)
>        | And a great deal of review by Bartlomiej
> o       Handle E7xxx boxes with USB legacy flaws        (Alan Cox)
> 
> Functionality
> o       Allow booting with "irqpoll" or "irqfixup"      (Alan Cox)
>        on systems with broken IRQ tables.
> o       Support for setuid core dumping in some         (Alan Cox)
>        environments (off by default)
> o       Support for drives that don't report geometry
> o       IT8212 support (raid and passthrough)           (Alan Cox)
> o       Allow IDE to grab all unknown generic IDE       (Alan Cox)
>        devices (boot with "all-generic-ide")
> o       Restore PWC driver                              (Luc Saillard)
> 
> Other
> o       Small pending tty clean-up to moxa              (Alan Cox)
> o       Put VIA Velocity (tm) adapters under gigabit    (VIA)
> 
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How about a broken out? :)

-DaMouse

-- 
I know I broke SOMETHING but its there fault for not fixing it before me

Re: Linux 2.6.9-ac4

[Alan Cox]

[Large bogus uncut email removed]
> How about a broken out? :)

I don't actually keep it as a set of patches its just a working tree in
one piece