Linux 2.4.31-pre2

[Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>]

Hi,

Here goes 2.4.31-pre2.

It contains a small number of changes, most notably 
the elf_core_dump flaw fix (CAN-2005-1263).

Please refer to -hf tree for the standalone patch.

http://linux.exosec.net/kernel/2.4-hf/


Summary of changes from v2.4.31-pre1 to v2.4.31-pre2
============================================

<carlos.pardo:siliconimage.com>:
  o sata_sil: Fix FIFO PCI Bus Arbitration

<david.monniaux:ens.fr>:
  o fix moxa crash with more than one 1 board

<jason.d.gaston:intel.com>:
  o SATA AHCI correction Intel ICH7R

Brett Russ:
  o AHCI: fix fatal error int handling
  o libata: support descriptor sense in ctrl page

Chris Wright:
  o backport v2.6 elf_core_dump() flaw fix (CAN-2005-1263)

Eugene Surovegin:
  o ppc32: backport Book-E decrementer handling fix from 2.6

Jean Delvare:
  o I2C updates: Fix typo in a comment in i2c.h
  o I2C updates: Fix I2C_FUNC_* defines in i2c.h
  o I2C updates: Fix an iteration bug in the handling of i2c client module parameters

Jeff Garzik:
  o [libata ahci] support ->tf_read hook
  o [libata sata_sil] Don't presume PCI cache-line-size reg is > 0

Marcelo Tosatti:
  o Change EXTRAVERSION to 2.4.31-pre2

Mikael Pettersson:
  o rwsem-spinlock linkage error

Pete Zaitcev:
  o USB: Add HX type pl2303

Rolf Eike Beer:
  o typo fix in drivers/scsi/sata_svw.c comment

Steven HARDY:
  o pcnet32: 79C975 fiber fix

Willy Tarreau:
  o bonding fix