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@ 2004-08-14  6:05 Linus Torvalds
  2004-08-14 10:10 ` Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3 Willy Tarreau
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From: Linus Torvalds @ 2004-08-14  6:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
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The major patches since -rc4 were some sparc64 and parsic updates, but 
there's some network driver and SATA updates and a few ARM patches too. 
And a use-after-free fix in MTD.

		Linus


Summary of changes from v2.6.8-rc4 to v2.6.8
============================================

<jwboyer:infradead.org>:
  o Restore physmap configure-time settings according to user requests

<sm0407:nurfuerspam.de>:
  o cdrom: MO-drive open write fix

Aaron Grothe:
  o [CRYPTO]: Add Khazad algorithm

Andrew Chew:
  o [libata sata_nv] support for hardware, bug fixes
  o [libata] unmap MMIO region _after_ last possible usage

Andrew Morton:
  o bk-netdev-axnet_cs-fix
  o bk-netdev-hp-plus-fix

Catalin Marinas:
  o [ARM PATCH] 2012/1: Use -malignment-traps instead of
    -mshort-load-bytes if gcc supports it

Dave Hansen:
  o 4kstacks: fix compile with gcc 2.95

David S. Miller:
  o [SPARC64]: Eliminate costly sdivx from gettimeofday
  o [SPARC64]: Implement tlb flush batching just like ppc64
  o [SPARC64]: Need flush_tlb_pending() in switch_to()
  o [SPARC64]: Kill TLB rtrap debug code
  o [SPARC64]: Update defconfig
  o [SPARC64]: Always record actual PC when kernel profiling
  o [SPARC64]: Make clear_user_page more leight weight
  o [SPARC64]: Fix up copy_page just like clear_page
  o [SPARC64]: Remove memcpy Ultra3 PCACHE patching trick
  o [SPARC64]: Use saner local label names in Ultra3 copies
  o [SPARC64]: More entropy in add_timer_randomness
  o [SPARC64]: Fix spitfire bugs in tlb flush and copy_page changes
  o [SPARC64]: Kill swapper_space test in arch/sparc64/mm/tlb.c
  o [SPARC64]: Change TIF_BLKCOMMIT into a fault code
  o [SPARC64]: Update defconfig
  o [SPARC64]: Fix non-SMP build

David Woodhouse:
  o Fix use-after-free bug in MTD partitioning code
  o Cosmetic MTD changes -- update email address and idents
  o M-Systems DiskOnChip driver update
  o RedBoot flash partitioning: use vmalloc for buffer
  o Export new mtd_erase_callback() function
  o Fix MTD partitioning modular build

Eugene Surovegin:
  o [IPSEC]: Add missing flow_cache_genid update to
    xfrm_policy_delete()

Jens Axboe:
  o export kblockd_schedule_work()
  o setup queue before elevator_init()

Linus Torvalds:
  o Be a bit more anal about allowing SCSI commands to be sent
  o Pass done file pointer to block device ioctl's
  o Allow non-root users certain raw commands if they are deemed safe
  o Linux 2.6.8

Marc Singer:
  o [ARM PATCH] 2001/1: lh7a40x IDE cleanup
  o [ARM PATCH] 2002/1: lh7a40x Timer fixup

Margit Schubert-While:
  o prism54 Clarification to Viro's patch
  o prism54 URGENT - Fix IRQ handling
  o prism54 Fix memory leaks
  o prism54 Fix supported rates reporting

Martin Devera:
  o [PKT_SCHED]: Fix borrowing fairness in htb

Mathieu LESNIAK:
  o wrong mac address with netgear FA311 ethernet card

Matthew Wilcox:
  o Remove fcntl f_op
  o PA-RISC update
  o lasi_82596 update

Neil Brown:
  o Fix unsigned underflow in xdr decoding

Patrick McHardy:
  o [PKT_SCHED]: Disable local bh's when grabbing qdisc_tree_lock in
    tc_dump_tfilter

Pawel Sikora:
  o [NET]: Kill stray NET_FASTROUTE references

Roger Luethi:
  o via-rhine: Really call rhine_power_init()

Russell King:
  o [PCMCIA] pd6729: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION and MODULE_AUTHOR, fix
    comment style

Simon Kelley:
  o Atmel wireless bigendian fix

Stephen Hemminger:
  o [VLAN]: Propagate ethtool/mii ioctls to the real device
  o [VLAN]: Mirror real devices carrier and hotplug state
  o [VLAN]: Use RCU for group operations
  o [VLAN]: Fix device refcount bug
  o [BRIDGE]: Fix problems with filtering and defragmentation

Tom Rini:
  o Remove CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MANY_PORTS from Ebony / Ocotea
  o ppc32: Fix warning on CONFIG_PPC32 && CONFIG_6xx


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2004-08-14  6:05 Linux v2.6.8 Linus Torvalds
2004-08-14 10:10 ` Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3 Willy Tarreau
2004-08-14 10:19   ` Willy Tarreau
2004-08-14 10:34   ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-14 10:41   ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-14 10:35     ` Willy Tarreau
2004-08-14 10:49     ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-14 10:55       ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-08-14 11:05         ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-14 11:18           ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-08-14 11:27             ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-14 11:31             ` viro
2004-08-14 12:48           ` Nur Hussein
2004-08-14 20:57             ` Greg Norris
2004-08-18 20:57               ` [PATCH] scripts/patch-kernel: use EXTRAVERSION Randy.Dunlap
2004-08-22 20:40                 ` Sam Ravnborg
2005-03-15 16:15                   ` [BUG] " David Greaves
2005-03-15 16:25                     ` Greg KH
2005-03-15 17:44                       ` Greg KH
2005-03-15 17:54                         ` Matt Mackall
2005-03-15 19:55                           ` Sam Ravnborg
2005-03-15 18:02                       ` David Greaves
2005-03-15 18:37                         ` Sam Ravnborg
2005-04-12  0:07                     ` [PATCH] scripts/patch-kernel: EXTRAVERSION patches are not incremental Randy.Dunlap
2004-08-17  3:13             ` Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3 Patrick McFarland
2004-08-14 17:20           ` Matt Mackall
2004-08-15 20:10             ` Marcelo Tosatti
2004-08-16  3:37           ` Han Boetes
2004-08-16 14:06           ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-08-16 22:39           ` Bill Davidsen
2004-08-18  8:29           ` Robert Schwebel
2004-08-14 15:33       ` Norman Zhang
2004-08-14 10:19 ` [patch 2.6.8-rc4-mm1] via-velocity: wrong module name in Kconfig documentation Francois Romieu
2004-09-20 18:44   ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-14 10:30 ` Linux v2.6.8 Jeff Garzik
2004-08-14 11:19   ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2004-08-14 11:38     ` Francois Romieu
2004-08-14 11:16 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-08-16 17:56 ` Linux v2.6.8 (compile stats) John Cherry

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