Kernel patch set jp6 of the Linux kernel 2.4.18
J?rg Prante <[email protected]>
http://infolinux.de/jp6
What is it?
The -jp kernels are development kernels and for testing purpose only. They
will appear regularly two or three times a month. Their purpose is to provide
a service for developers who can't keep up to date with the latest kernel and
patch versions, but want to test new features and evaluate enhancements that
are not to be expected for inclusion into the mainstream 2.4 kernel.
You are missing a patch? Patches will be added by request.
I use the-jp kernel on my Dell Inspiron to get more experience on kernel
hacking. It's a 2.4 patch set because I want to keep my data.
Overview
The -jp6 patch set contains
rmap 12f
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a sophisticated reverse mapping VM
Rik van Riel
http://www.surriel.com/patches
sched O(1) K3
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a fast task scheduler
Ingo Molnar
http://people.redhat.com/mingo
preempt
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full preempting kernel tasks for low latency
Robert Love
http://www.tech9.net/rml/linux
ide
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IDE enhancements
Andre Hedrick
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/
patch-int
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international cryptographic API patch
Herbert Valerio Riedel et.al.
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hvr/
freeswan 1.95
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free IPsec implementation
John Gilmore et.al.
http://www.freeswan.org
freeswan x.509 patch
--------------------
Andreas Steffen et.al
http://www.strongsec.com/freeswan/
grsec 1.9.4
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great security patch
Brad Spengler et.al.
http://www.grsecurity.net
XFS (CVS 27 Feb 2002)
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high-performance file system
Stephen Lord et.al.
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/patches/2.4.18
kdb 2.1
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SGI kernel debugger
Keith Owens et.al.
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/
JFS 1.0.15
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IBM journal file system
Steve Best et.al
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/jfs/
Dell Boot
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Boot time ioremap and early dmi scan
Mikael Pettersson
http://www.csd.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/kernel-patches/2.4/
TIOCGDEV
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new ioctl to return the console mapping
Kurt Garloff
http://banyan.dlut.edu.cn/news/121600/0116.html
loop crypto device/twofish
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from older version of the international crypto patch
Software RAID enhancements
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patch set to manage multiple RAID devices (span chunks, MD partitioning)
Neil Brown
http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/patches/linux-stable/
i2c 2.6.2
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Hardware monitoring
Alexander Larsson et.al.
http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/
lm_sensors 2.6.2
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Hardware monitoring
Alexander Larsson et.al.
http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/
Credits go to all the people who created the patches, working hard on
improving the quality.
Installation
* untar the 2.4.18 kernel sources from http://kernel.org to /usr/src/linux
* untar the patch set in your favorite directory
* cd into this directory and apply the patch set with the 'addpatches' script
* compile and install the kernel
Feel free to send me a feedback. Please CC, I am not subscribed to lkml.
Enjoy!
J?rg Prante <[email protected]>
Software Developer
Bonn, Germany