Re: Linux 2.4.28-pre4

Brian Lazara
2004-10-11T16:44:57Z

At some point, can we get forcedeth.c updated in 2.4.x? We've taken the
latest from 2.6.8 and posted a patch against 2.4.27, but it isn't
getting picked up. See
http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0408.1/1523.html

Regards,
Brian

On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 04:21, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here goes 2.4.28-pre4...
>
> It contains a number of driver updates (pcnet, e1000, gdth, prism54),
> a network update from David, few more gcc3.4 warning fixes.
>
> I'm happy that the number of updates is small, -pre3
> has been released more than one month ago.
>
> >From now on can now change only what is necessary and let
> the 2.4 tree in peace :)
>
>
> Summary of changes from v2.4.28-pre3 to v2.4.28-pre4
> ============================================
>
> <ajgrothe:yahoo.com>:
> o [CRYPTO]: Whirlpool algorithm updates
> o [CRYPTO]: Add missing tcrypt part of whirlpool updates
>
> <ananth:broadcom.com>:
> o [libata sata_svw] race condition fix, new device support
>
> <joshk:triplehelix.org>:
> o radeonfb: Fix module unload and red/blue typo
> o hotplug: Don't build cpqphp_proc.o if !PROC_FS
>
> <lesanti:sinectis.com.ar>:
> o fix dcache nr_dentry race
>
> <martin.wilck:fujitsu-siemens.com>:
> o [TG3]: Fix pause handling, we had duplicate flags for the same
> thing
>
> <michael.waychison:sun.com>:
> o [TG3]: Fix thinko in 5704 fibre hw autoneg code
>
> <peter:pantasys.com>:
> o [IPCONFIG]: Verify DHCPACK packets
> o [IPV4]: Fix DHCPACK checking in ipconfig.c
>
> <tkooda-patch-kernel:devsec.org>:
> o [CRYPTO]: xtea_encrypt() should use XTEA_DELTA instead of
> TEA_DELTA
>
> <vda:port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>:
> o trivial patch for 2.4: always inline __constant_*
>
> Achim Leubner:
> o gdth update
>
> David S. Miller:
> o [NET]: Kill SCM_CONNECT, never used and unreferenced
> o [TCP]: Just silently ignore ICMP Source Quench messages
> o [TG3]: Recognize all onboard Sun variants, not just 5704
> o [TG3]: Update driver version and reldate
> o [CRYPTO]: Zero out tfm before freeing in crypto_free_tfm()
> o [SPARC64]: Do not log streaming byte hole errors
> o [PKT_SCHED]: sch_netem.c needs linux/init.h
> o [SPARC64]: Disable SBH interrupt properly
>
> David Woodhouse:
> o [NET]: In compat syscall handling, check socket option types
> correctly
>
> Don Fry:
> o pcnet32: discard oversize rx packets
> o pcnet32: recover after rx hang
> o pcnet32: cleanup IRQ limitation
> o pcnet32: Add HomePNA parameter for 79C978
> o pcnet32: correctly program bcr32
>
> Doug Ledford:
> o RAID1 error handling locking fix
>
> Ganesh Venkatesan:
> o e1000 - ethtool support cleanup
> o e1000 - Enable TSO
> o e1000 - Replace kmalloc with vmalloc for data structures not
> shared with h/w
> o e1000 - TSO context descriptor setup fixes (in preparation for
> IPv6 TSO)
> o e1000 - Fix to prevent infinite loop trying to re-establish link
> while actively communicating
> o e1000 - Condition that determines when to quit polling mode
> includes work done in Tx path
> o e1000 - Shutdown PHY while bringing the interface down (if WoL not
> enabled)
> o e1000 - add likely/unlikely to assist branch prediction, other
> cleanups
> o e1000 - more DPRINTK messages
> o e1000 - suspend/resume fix from alex@zodiac.dasalias.org
> o e1000 - white space corrections
> o e1000 - remove support for advanced TCO features
> o e1000 - Fix MODULE_PARM, module_param and module_param_array usage
> o e1000 - Fix VLAN filter setup errors (while running on PPC)
> o e1000 - Polarity reversal workaround for 10F/10H links
> o e1000 - white space corrections, other cleanups
> o e1000 update - reset default ITR value to 8000
>
> Geert Uytterhoeven:
> o m68k MM off-by-one
> o Atari ST-RAM setup
> o Amiga frame buffer: kill obsolete DMI Resolver code
> o fbdev monochrome lines
>
> Herbert Xu:
> o Backport Via IRQ mask fix
>
> Hideaki Yoshifuji:
> o [IPV6] Fix routing header handling
> o [IPV6] Fix skb allocation size for RST and ACK
> o [IPV6]: Missing ip_rt_put() in SIT error path
>
> Jack Hammer:
> o broken ips update
>
> Jean Delvare:
> o Update Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
>
> Jeff Garzik:
> o [TG3]: Kill all on-chip send BD support code
> o linux/compiler.h: dummy __iomem macro (an sparse annotation)
> o [libata] resync with 2.6.x
> o [libata] remove distinction between MMIO/PIO helper functions
> o [libata] consolidate legacy/native mode init code into helpers
> o [libata] minor comment updates, preparing for iomap merge
>
> Jens Axboe:
> o irq safe gendisk_lock
>
> Linus Torvalds:
> o libata: initial PCI memory annotations
>
> Marcelo Tosatti:
> o Cset exclude:
> Achim_Leubner@adaptec.com|ChangeSet|20040928105422|00490
> o Mike Miller: cciss typo fix
> o Changed EXTRAVERSION to -pre4
>
> Margit Schubert-While:
> o prism54 Code cleanup
> o prism54 remove module params
> o prism54 add WE17 support
> o prism54 initial WPA support
> o prism54 fix wpa_supplicant frequency parsing
> o prism54 remove TRACE
> o prism54 Bug in timeout scheduling
> o prism54 print firmware version
> o prism54 bug initialization/mgt_commit
>
> Maximilian Attems:
> o menuconfig fix crash due to infinite recursion
>
> Mikael Pettersson:
> o 53c700 scsi driver gcc-3.4 fixes
> o pcmcia mem_op.h gcc-3.4 fixes
> o ATM drivers gcc-3.4 fixes
> o IBM PCI hotplug controller driver gcc-3.4 fixes
> o ISDN drivers gcc-3.4 fixes
> o MTD drivers gcc-3.4 fixes
> o RIVA driver gcc-3.4 fix
> o E100 driver gcc-3.4 fixes
> o PPC32 PReP residual data gcc-3.4 fix
> o matrox framebuffer driver gcc-3.4 fix
>
> Pete Zaitcev:
> o USB drivers gcc-3.4 fixes
>
> Stephen Hemminger:
> o [TCP]: Store congestion algorithm per socket
> o [TCP]: Add vegas style bandwidth info to 2.4.x tcp diag
> o [TCP]: Backport 2.6.x cleanup of westwood code
>
> Thomas Graf:
> o [PKT_SCHED]: Fix slab corruption in cbq_destroy
> o [PKT_SCHED] Report qdisc parent to userspace
>
> Wensong Zhang:
> o [IPVS] add the MAINTAINERS entry
>
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