[lug] Forward from kernel-dev: Linux 2.2.20pre10
D. Stimits
stimits at idcomm.com
Mon Oct 22 14:46:47 MDT 2001
People may find this interesting, it is a release note today for
2.2.20pre10, a standard email sent to the kernel dev list. It has
generated a large amount of traffic. You'll see why a few lines down.
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> Things took a bit longer than intended with various security fixes needing to
> be done. If this tree tests out ok it will be 2.2.20
>
> 2.2.20pre11
> o Security fixes
> | Details censored in accordance with the US DMCA
See above line. It is no longer legal to give the details of a security
fix to USA developers, citizens, or web sites. All of this via DMCA. If
SSSCA passes, things will get worse in a hurry.
D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
> o Sparc updates (Dave Miller)
> o Add escaped usb hot plug config item (Ryan Maple)
> o Fix eepro10 driver problems (Aris)
> o Make request_module return match 2.4 (David Woodhouse)
> o Update SiS900 driver (Hui-Fen Hsu)
> o Update ver_linux to match 2.4 (Steven Cole)
> o Final isdn fixups for 2.2 (Kai Germaschewski)
> o scsi tape fixes from 2.4 (Kai Mäkisara)
> o Update credits entry (Henrik Storner)
> o Fix scc driver hang case (Jeroen)
> o Update credits entry (Dave Jones)
> o Update FAT documentation (Hirokazu Nomoto)
> o Small net tweaks (Dave Miller)
> o Fix cs89xx abuse of skb->len (Kapr Johnik)
>
> 2.2.20pre10
> o Update the gdth driver (Achim Leubner)
> o Fix prelink elf loading in 2.2 (Jakub Jelinek)
> o 2.2 lockd fixes when talking to HP/UX (Trond Myklebust)
> o 3ware driver update (Adam Radford)
> o hysdn driver update (Kai Germaschewski)
> o Backport via rhine fixes (Dennis Bjorklund)
> o NFS client fixes (Trond Myklebust, Ion Badulescu,
> Jim Castleberry, Crag I Hagan.
> Adrian Drzewiecki)
> o Blacklist TEAC PD-1 to single lun (Wojtek Pilorz)
> o Fix null request_mode return (David Woodhouse)
> o Update credits entry (Fernando Fuganti)
> o Fix sparc build with newer binutils (Andreas Jaeger)
> o Starfire update (Ion Badulescu)
> o Remove dead USB files (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Fix isdn mppp crash case (Kai Germaschewski)
> o Fix eicon driver (Kai Germaschewski)
> o More pci idents (Andreas Tobler)
> o Typo fix (Eli Carter)
> o Remove ^M's from some data files (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o 64bit cleanups for isdn (Kai Germaschewski)
> o Update isdn certificates (Kai Germaschewski)
> o Mac update for sysrq (Ben Herrenschmidt)
>
> 2.2.20pre9
> o Document ip_always_defrag in proc.txt (Brett Eldrige)
> o Update S/390 asm for newer gcc (Ulrich Weigand
> o Update S/390 documentation Carsten Otte
> o Update s390 dump too and co)
> o Update s/390 dasd to match 2.4
> o Backport s/390 tape driver from 2.4
> o FDDI bits for s/390
> o Updates for newer pmac laptops (Tom Rini)
> o AMD760MP support (Johannes Erdfelt)
> o Fix PPC oops on media change (Tom Rini)
> o Fix some weird but valid input combinations (Tom Rini)
> on PPC
> o Add additional checks to irc dcc masquerade (Juanjo Ciarlante,
> Michal Zalewski)
> o Update 2.2 ISDN maintainer (Kai Germaschewski)
> o Fix 3c505 with > 16Mb of RAM (Paul)
> o Bring USB into sync with 2.4.7 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
>
> 2.2.20pre8
> o Merge DRM fixes from 2.4.7 tree (me)
> o Merge sbpcd fixes from 2.4.7 tree
> o Merge moxa buffer length check
> o Merge bttv clip length check
> o Merge aha2920 shared irq from 2.4.7 tree
> o Merge MTWEOF fix from 2.4.6 tree
> o Merge serverworks AGP from 2.4.6 tree
> o Merge sbc60xxx watchdog fixes from 2.4.6
> o Merge lapbether fixes from 2.4.6
> o Merge bpqether fixes from 2.4.6
> o Merge scc fixes from 2.4.6
> o Merge lmc memory leak fixes from 2.4.6
> o Merge sm_wss fixes from 2.4.6
> o Resync AGP support with 2.4.6
> o Merge epca fixes from 2.4.5
> o Merge riscom8 fixes from 2.4.5
> o Merge softdog fixes from 2.4.5
> o Merge specialix fixes from 2.4.5
> o Merge wdt/wdt_pci fixes from 2.4.5
> o ISDN cisco hdlc fixes (Kai Germaschewski)
> o ISDN timer fixes (Kai Germaschewski)
> o isdn minor control change backport (Kai Germaschewski)
> o Backport ELCR MP 1.1 config/PCI routing stuff (John William)
> o Backport isdn ppp fixes from 2.4 (Kai Germaschewski)
> o Backport isdn_tty fixes from 2.4 (Kai Germaschewski)
> o eicon cleanups (Armin Schindler)
> | Armin can you double check the clashes were ok
> o Fix an ntfs oops (Anton Altaparmakov)
> o Fix arp null neighbour buglet (Dave Miller)
> o Update sparc version strings, pci fixups (Dave Miller)
> o Define CONFIG_X86 in 2.2 as well as 2.4 (Herbert Xu)
> o Configure.help cleanups (Steven Cole)
> o Add MODE_SELECT_10 to qlogic fc table (Jeff Andre)
> o Remove dead oldproc variable (Dave Miller)
> o Update starfire driver for 2.2 (Ion Badulescu)
> o 8139too driver update (Jens David)
> o Assorted race fixes for binfmt loaders (Al Viro)
> o Update Alpha support for older boxes (Jay Estabrook)
> o ISDN bsdcomp/ppp compression fixes (Kai Germaschewski)
>
> 2.2.20pre7
> o Merge rose buffer management fixes (Jean-Paul Roubelat)
> o Configure.help updates (Steven Cole)
> o Add Steven Cole to credits (Steven Cole)
> o Update kbuild list info (Michael Chastain)
> o Fix slab.c doc typo (Piotr Kasprzyk)
> o Lengthen parport probe timeout (Jean-Luc Coulon)
> o Fix vm86 cleanup (Stas Sergeev)
> o Fix 8139too build bug (Jürgen Zimmermann)
> o Fix slow 8139too performance (Oleg Makarenko)
> o Sparc64 exec fixes (Solar Designer)
>
> 2.2.20pre6
> o Merge all the pending ISDN updates (Kai Germaschewski)
> | These are sizable changes and want a good testing
> o Fix sg deadlock bug as per 2.4 (Douglas Gilbert)
> o Count socket/pipe in quota inode use (Paul Menage)
> o Fix some missing configuration help texts (Steven Cole)
> o Fix Rik van Riel's credits entry (Rik van Riel)
> o Mark xtime as volatile in extern definition (various people)
> o Fix open error return checks (Andries Brouwer)
>
> 2.2.20pre5
> o Fix a patch generation error, replaces 2.2.20pre4 which is
> wrong on ad1848
>
> 2.2.20pre4
> o Fix small corruption bug in 82596 (Andries Brouwer)
> o Fix usb printer probing (Pete Zaitcev)
> o Fix swapon/procfs race (Paul Menage)
> o Handle ide dma bug in the CS5530 (Mark Lord)
> o Backport 2.4 ipv6 neighbour discovery changes (Dave Miller)
> o FIx sock_wmalloc error handling (Dave Miller)
> o Enter quickack mode for out of window TCP data (Andi Kleen)
> o Fix Established v SYN-ACK TCP state error (Alexey Kuznetsov)
> o Sparc updates, ptrace changes etc (Dave Miller)
> o Fix wrong printk in vdolive masq (Keitaro Yosimura)
> o Fix core dump handling bugs in 2.2 (Al Viro)
> o Update hdlc and synclink drivers (Paul Fulghum)
> o Update netlink help texts (Magnus Damm)
> o Fix rtl8139 keeping files open (Andrew Morton)
> o Further sk98 driver updates. fix wrong license (Mirko Lindner)
> text in files
> o Jonathan Woithe has moved (Jonathan Woithe)
> o Update cpqarray driver (Charles White)
> o Update cciss driver (Charles White)
> o Don't delete directories on an fs that reports (Ingo Oeser)
> then 0 size when doing distclean
> o Add support for the 2.4 boot extensions to 2.2 (H Peter Anvin)
> o Fix nfs cache locking corruption on SMP (Craig Hagan)
> o Add missing check to cdrom readaudio ioctl (Jani Jaakkola)
> o Fix refclock build with newer gcc (Jari Ruusu)
> o koi8-r fixes (Andy Rysin)
> o Spelling fixes for documentation (Andries Brouwer)
>
> 2.2.20pre3
> o FPU/ptrace corruption fixes (Victor Zandy)
> o Resync belkin usb serial with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Resync digiport usb serial with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Rsync empeg usb serial with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Resync ftdi_sio against 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Bring keyscan usb back into line with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Resync keyspan_pda usb with 2.4 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Resync omninet usb with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Resync usb-serial driver with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Resync visor usb driver with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Rsync whiteheat driver with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Add edgeport USB serial (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Add mct_u232 USB serial (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Update usb storage device list (Stas Bekman, Kaz Sasayma)
> o Bring usb acm driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Bring bluetooth driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Bring dabusb driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Bring usb dc2xx driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Bring mdc800 usb driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Bring rio driver into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Bring USB scanner drivers into line with 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Update ov511 driver to match 2.4.5 (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Update PCIIOC ioctls (esp for sparc) (Dave Miller)
> o General sparc bugfixes (Dave Miller)
> o Fix possible oops in fbmem ioctls (Dave Miller)
> o Fix reboot/halt bug on "Alcor" Alpha boxes (Tom Vier)
> o Update osst driver (Willem Riede)
> o Fix syncppp negotiation bug (Bob Dunlop)
> o SMBfs bug fixes from 2.4 series (Urban Widmark)
> o 3ware IDE raid driver updates (Adam Radford)
> o Fix incorrect use of bitops on non long types (Dave Miller)
> o Fix reboot/halt bug on 'Miata' Alpha boxes (Tom Vier)
> o Update Tim Waugh's contact info (Tim Waugh)
> o Add TIOCGSERIAL to sun serial on PCI sparc32 (Lars Kellogg-Stedman)
> o ov511 check user data more carefully (Marc McClelland)
> o Fix netif_wake_queue compatibility macro (Andi Kleen)
>
> 2.2.20pre2
> o Fix ip_decrease_ttl as per 2.4 (Dave Miller)
> o Fix tcp retransmit state bug (Alexey Kuznetsov)
> o Fix a few obscure sparc tree bugs (Dave Miller)
> o Fix fb /proc bug and OF fb name size bug (Segher Boessenkool)
> o Fix complie with CONFIG_INTEL_RNG=y (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
> o Fix rio driver when HZ!=100 (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
> o Stop 3c509 grabbing other EISA boards (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
> o Remove surplus defines for root= names (Andrzej Krzysztofowicz)
> o Revert pre1 APIC change
>
> 2.2.20pre1
> o Fix SMP deadlock in NFS (Trond Myklebust)
> o Fix missing printk in bluesmoke handler (me)
> o Fix sparc64 nfs (Dave Miller)
> o Update io_apic code to avoid breaking dual (Johannes Erdfelt)
> Athlon 760MP
> o Fix includes bugs in toshiba driver (Justin Keene,
> Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Fix wanpipe cross compile (Phil Blundell)
> o AGPGART copy_from_user fix (Dawson Engler)
> o Fix alpha resource setup error (Allan Frank)
> o Eicon driver updates (Armind Schindler)
> o PC300 driver update (Daniela Squassoni)
> o Show lock owner on flocks (Jim Mintha)
> o Update cciss driver to 1.0.3 (Charles White)
> o Backport cciss/cpqarray security fixes (me)
> o Update i810 random number generator (Jeff Garzik)
> o Update sk98 driver (Mirko Lindner)
> o Update sis900 ethernet driver (Hui-Fen Hsu)
> o Fix checklist glitch in make menuconfig (Moritz Schulte)
> o Update synclink driver (Paul Fulghum)
> o Update advansys scsi driver (Bob Frey)
> o Ver_linux fixes for 2.2 (Steven Cole)
> o Bring 2.2 back into line with the master ISDN (Kai Germaschewski)
> o Whiteheat usb driver update (Greg Kroah-Hartmann)
> o Fix via_rhine byte counters (Adam Lackorzynski)
> o Fix modem control on rio serial (Rogier Wolff)
> o Add more Iomega Zip to the usb storage list (Wim Coekaerts)
> o Add ZF Micro watchdog (Fernando Fuganti)
>
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