2003-11-21 19:06:57

by Marcelo Tosatti

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Subject: Linux 2.4.23-rc3


Hi,

A few critical problems showed up, so here is -rc3.


Summary of changes from v2.4.23-rc2 to v2.4.23-rc3
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<amir.noam:intel.com>:
o [bonding] fix creation of /proc/net/bonding dir

<debian:abeckmann.de>:
o [SPARC]: Make check_asm.sh not get confused by .section .note.GNU-stack output by newer gcc

<len.brown:intel.com>:
o [ACPI] "pci=noacpi" -- replace two sets of flags with one: acpi_noirq
o [ACPI] "pci=noacpi" -- 2.4.23 specific part of previous 2.4.22 fix

<marcelo:logos.cnet>:
o Changed EXTRAVERSION to -rc3

David Engebretsen:
o Put autoconsole option at the front of the cmd line
o Fix comment to reflect correct file name
o fix byte order in comparison

Ed Vance:
o Fix ST16C654 UART support broke by ELAN patches

Herbert Xu:
o [netdrvr tg3] fix BCM5705 pending-RX count (was 64, now 63)

Matthew Wilcox:
o Fix panic-at-boot

Paul Mackerras:
o PPC64: Update the _syscallN macros to indicate the correct clobbers
o PPC64: Ensure we get the correct error_code passed to do_page_fault
o PPC64: Fix alignment in vmlinux.lds
o PPC64: Make kernel RAM user-inaccessible on iSeries
o PPC64: Fix compilation of sys_ppc32.c