Linux 2.4.24-pre3

Marcelo Tosatti
2003-12-31T13:19:06Z

Hi,

Here goes -pre3. It contains a PPC32/SPARC update, some i2c cleanups, LVM
update, network update, a new WAN driver, amongst others.

It should show up in ftp.kernel.org in a few minutes.

Happy new year!

Summary of changes from v2.4.24-pre2 to v2.4.24-pre3
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<khali:linux-fr.org>:
o i2c cleanup: Fix dependancies between the various SCx200 drivers
o i2c cleanup: Remove old compatibility code
o i2c cleanup: documentation

<marcelo:logos.cnet>:
o Changed EXTRAVERSION to -pre3
o Cset exclude: marcelo@logos.cnet|ChangeSet|20031228201456|00847
o Cset exclude: marcelo@logos.cnet|ChangeSet|20031228200956|00864
o Cset exclude: marcelo@logos.cnet|ChangeSet|20031231111415|59075

<mfedyk:matchmail.com>:
o Use "%u" when printing extended /proc/partitions statistics
o extended stats correction: Field rd_ios can be negative

<mgalgoci:redhat.com>:
o Trivial SubmittingDrivers fix

<nuno:itsari.org>:
o Ulrich Drepper: fix 'noexec' behaviour

<waltabbyh:comcast.net>:
o Fix pdcraid geometry detection

<xose:wanadoo.es>:
o LVM 1.0.8 update

Adrian Bunk:
o dep_tristate wants 3 arguments (fwd)

Alan Cox:
o 2.4 zr36120 missing dependancies

Bart De Schuymer:
o [BRIDGE]: Fix loopback over bridge port

David S. Miller:
o [SPARC64]: On Sabre, only access PCI controller config space specially
o [SPARC64]: Update defconfig

Eyal Lebedinsky:
o Fix cciss build problem

Hideaki Yoshifuji:
o [NET]: Fix mis-spellings in net/core/neighbour.c

James McMechan:
o Fix tmpfs dcache oops

Keith M. Wesolowski:
o [SPARC32]: Add myself as maintainer

Krzysztof Halasa:
o Goramo PCI200SYN sync card driver
o Generic HDLC cleanup

Michael Hunold:
o change two annoying messages from fb drivers (clgenfb and hgafb)

Patrick McHardy:
o [PKT_SCHED]: Fix module refcount and mem leaks in classful qdiscs
o [PKT_SCHED]: Remove backlog accounting from TBF, pass limit to default inner bfifo qdisc only

Ralf Bächle:
o de4x5 EISA fix

Tom Rini:
o PPC32: Two warning fixes, from Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
o PPC32: Remove ASYNC_SKIP_TEST from all of our serial flags
o PPC32: Add a watchdog driver for MPC8xx machines
o PPC32: Add a CONFIG_OOM_KILLER entry
o PPC32: Fix dependancies on the bootwrapper ld script
o PPC32: Fix a warning on 'make zImage' for a number of platforms
o PPC32: Add support for the Motorola Sandpoint X3 (all revs)
o PPC32: Add support for the Motorola PRPMC750
o PPC32: Fix the mkprep util to work correctly on Solaris 8
o PPC32: Fix znetboot and znetboot.initrd Original patch from Eugene Surovegin <ebs@ebshome.net>, with a few more changes from myself.