Linux 2.4.31-pre2

Linux 2.4.31-pre2

[Marcelo Tosatti]

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

Re: Linux 2.4.31-pre2

[Willy Tarreau]

Hi Marcelo,

moxa does not compile anymore in 2.4.31-pre2, because a variable is used
before being declared. Since I fixed it on the fly in -hf, I thought that I
had reported it, but I don't find any trace of it, so I might have dreamed...

Here's the fix anyway.
Regards,
Willy

diff -urN linux-2.4.31-pre2/drivers/char/moxa.c linux-2.4.31-pre2-moxa-fix/drivers/char/moxa.c
--- linux-2.4.31-pre2/drivers/char/moxa.c	2005-05-16 10:26:12.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.31-pre2-moxa-fix/drivers/char/moxa.c	2005-05-16 10:26:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@
 static int moxa_get_serial_info(struct moxa_str *, struct serial_struct *);
 static int moxa_set_serial_info(struct moxa_str *, struct serial_struct *);
 static void MoxaSetFifo(int port, int enable);
+static unsigned long moxaIntPend[MAX_BOARDS];
 
 #ifdef MODULE
 int init_module(void)
@@ -1579,7 +1580,6 @@
 
 static unsigned char moxaBuff[10240];
 static unsigned long moxaIntNdx[MAX_BOARDS];
-static unsigned long moxaIntPend[MAX_BOARDS];
 static unsigned long moxaIntTable[MAX_BOARDS];
 static char moxaChkPort[MAX_PORTS];
 static char moxaLineCtrl[MAX_PORTS];