Subject: Linux kernel 2.5.12 released

Linux kernel version 2.5.12 has been released. It is available from:

Patch: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/patch-2.5.12.gz
Full source: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/linux-2.5.12.tar.gz

Sizes in bytes Compressed Uncompressed
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Patch 238515 988202
Full source 34073918 152002560

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The following files were changed in this release:

b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2
b/MAINTAINERS | 6
b/Makefile | 2
b/arch/alpha/defconfig | 1
b/arch/alpha/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/alpha/mm/numa.c | 2
b/arch/arm/def-configs/footbridge | 1
b/arch/arm/def-configs/iq80310 | 1
b/arch/arm/mm/init.c | 14
b/arch/cris/drivers/ide.c | 6
b/arch/cris/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/i386/defconfig | 13
b/arch/i386/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/ia64/defconfig | 1
b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c | 1
b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c | 4
b/arch/ia64/sn/configs/sn1/defconfig-bigsur-mp | 1
b/arch/ia64/sn/configs/sn1/defconfig-bigsur-sp | 1
b/arch/m68k/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/mips/defconfig-ddb5476 | 1
b/arch/mips/defconfig-it8172 | 1
b/arch/mips/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/mips64/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/ppc/configs/common_defconfig | 1
b/arch/ppc/configs/k2_defconfig | 1
b/arch/ppc/configs/menf1_defconfig | 1
b/arch/ppc/configs/mvme5100_defconfig | 1
b/arch/ppc/configs/pmac_defconfig | 1
b/arch/ppc/configs/pplus_defconfig | 1
b/arch/ppc/configs/sandpoint_defconfig | 1
b/arch/ppc/defconfig | 1
b/arch/ppc/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/ppc64/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/s390/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/s390x/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/sh/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c | 2
b/arch/sparc/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/sparc64/defconfig | 1
b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c | 2
b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c | 2
b/arch/x86_64/defconfig | 1
b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c | 2
b/drivers/block/blkpg.c | 13
b/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c | 62
b/drivers/block/loop.c | 6
b/drivers/block/paride/Makefile | 2
b/drivers/block/paride/paride.c | 22
b/drivers/block/rd.c | 10
b/drivers/char/Makefile | 3
b/drivers/char/agp/agpgart_be.c | 8
b/drivers/char/drm/i810_dma.c | 4
b/drivers/char/ip2main.c | 4
b/drivers/ide/Config.help | 16
b/drivers/ide/Config.in | 12
b/drivers/ide/aec62xx.c | 24
b/drivers/ide/alim15x3.c | 16
b/drivers/ide/amd74xx.c | 12
b/drivers/ide/cmd64x.c | 30
b/drivers/ide/cs5530.c | 14
b/drivers/ide/cy82c693.c | 10
b/drivers/ide/hpt34x.c | 1
b/drivers/ide/hpt366.c | 18
b/drivers/ide/icside.c | 9
b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c | 210 -
b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c | 10
b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c | 54
b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c | 125 -
b/drivers/ide/ide-pci.c | 2
b/drivers/ide/ide-pmac.c | 47
b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c | 271 +-
b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c | 129 -
b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c | 105
b/drivers/ide/ide.c | 663 +++---
b/drivers/ide/ns87415.c | 10
b/drivers/ide/pdc202xx.c | 12
b/drivers/ide/pdc4030.c | 85
b/drivers/ide/piix.c | 53
b/drivers/ide/serverworks.c | 22
b/drivers/ide/sis5513.c | 12
b/drivers/ide/trm290.c | 1
b/drivers/ide/via82cxxx.c | 6
b/drivers/isdn/capi/Makefile | 4
b/drivers/isdn/capi/capidrv.c | 138 -
b/drivers/isdn/capi/capifs.c | 10
b/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c | 76
b/drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c | 84
b/drivers/isdn/hardware/avm/avmcard.h | 14
b/drivers/isdn/hardware/avm/b1.c | 28
b/drivers/isdn/hardware/avm/b1dma.c | 78
b/drivers/isdn/hardware/avm/c4.c | 80
b/drivers/isdn/hardware/avm/t1isa.c | 8
b/drivers/md/lvm-snap.c | 5
b/drivers/md/md.c | 16
b/drivers/md/raid5.c | 38
b/drivers/mtd/devices/blkmtd.c | 22
b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c | 2
b/drivers/net/tun.c | 136 -
b/drivers/net/wan/Makefile | 3
b/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c | 2
b/drivers/net/wireless/Config.help | 8
b/drivers/net/wireless/Config.in | 1
b/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile | 1
b/drivers/net/wireless/airport.c | 203 -
b/drivers/net/wireless/hermes.c | 138 -
b/drivers/net/wireless/hermes.h | 273 +-
b/drivers/net/wireless/hermes_rid.h | 153 +
b/drivers/net/wireless/ieee802_11.h | 73
b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c | 2728 +++++++++++++------------
b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.h | 126 -
b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_cs.c | 315 +-
b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.c | 391 +++
b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_plx.c | 278 +-
b/drivers/pci/pci.ids | 2
b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios_core.c | 4
b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c | 37
b/drivers/scsi/seagate.c | 8
b/drivers/sgi/char/sgiserial.c | 3
b/drivers/video/Makefile | 2
b/fs/Makefile | 3
b/fs/adfs/dir.c | 3
b/fs/affs/dir.c | 4
b/fs/affs/file.c | 14
b/fs/affs/symlink.c | 4
b/fs/autofs/root.c | 10
b/fs/bad_inode.c | 1
b/fs/bfs/dir.c | 5
b/fs/block_dev.c | 34
b/fs/buffer.c | 2509 +++++++++-------------
b/fs/coda/symlink.c | 4
b/fs/cramfs/inode.c | 9
b/fs/dcache.c | 24
b/fs/devpts/root.c | 10
b/fs/efs/dir.c | 7
b/fs/efs/symlink.c | 4
b/fs/ext2/dir.c | 128 -
b/fs/ext2/fsync.c | 1
b/fs/ext2/inode.c | 4
b/fs/ext3/dir.c | 7
b/fs/ext3/fsync.c | 2
b/fs/ext3/inode.c | 31
b/fs/ext3/super.c | 2
b/fs/fat/buffer.c | 5
b/fs/fat/dir.c | 19
b/fs/fat/file.c | 2
b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_immed.c | 2
b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_lookup.c | 5
b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_subr.c | 4
b/fs/fs-writeback.c | 522 ++++
b/fs/hfs/dir_cap.c | 20
b/fs/hfs/dir_dbl.c | 16
b/fs/hfs/dir_nat.c | 20
b/fs/hfs/file.c | 4
b/fs/hfs/sysdep.c | 2
b/fs/hpfs/buffer.c | 2
b/fs/hpfs/dir.c | 53
b/fs/hpfs/file.c | 2
b/fs/hpfs/namei.c | 4
b/fs/inode.c | 373 ---
b/fs/isofs/compress.c | 6
b/fs/isofs/dir.c | 4
b/fs/isofs/rock.c | 4
b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c | 6
b/fs/jbd/commit.c | 20
b/fs/jbd/journal.c | 12
b/fs/jbd/recovery.c | 4
b/fs/jbd/revoke.c | 6
b/fs/jbd/transaction.c | 33
b/fs/jffs/inode-v23.c | 12
b/fs/jffs2/dir.c | 4
b/fs/jffs2/file.c | 4
b/fs/jffs2/gc.c | 2
b/fs/jfs/file.c | 2
b/fs/jfs/inode.c | 4
b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c | 4
b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c | 37
b/fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c | 8
b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c | 15
b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c | 30
b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c | 9
b/fs/jfs/namei.c | 2
b/fs/jfs/super.c | 8
b/fs/libfs.c | 5
b/fs/minix/dir.c | 76
b/fs/minix/file.c | 1
b/fs/minix/itree_common.c | 4
b/fs/namei.c | 278 +-
b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c | 17
b/fs/ncpfs/symlink.c | 4
b/fs/nfs/dir.c | 13
b/fs/nfs/file.c | 14
b/fs/nfs/inode.c | 3
b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c | 4
b/fs/nfs/proc.c | 4
b/fs/nfs/read.c | 8
b/fs/nfs/symlink.c | 6
b/fs/nfs/write.c | 2
b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 3
b/fs/ntfs/aops.c | 65
b/fs/ntfs/compress.c | 18
b/fs/ntfs/dir.c | 3
b/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h | 4
b/fs/ntfs/super.c | 8
b/fs/open.c | 1
b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c | 18
b/fs/partitions/check.c | 4
b/fs/proc/base.c | 31
b/fs/proc/generic.c | 25
b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c | 13
b/fs/proc/root.c | 11
b/fs/qnx4/dir.c | 7
b/fs/ramfs/inode.c | 6
b/fs/readdir.c | 2
b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c | 12
b/fs/reiserfs/do_balan.c | 22
b/fs/reiserfs/file.c | 1
b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c | 58
b/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c | 2
b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c | 30
b/fs/reiserfs/prints.c | 5
b/fs/reiserfs/resize.c | 2
b/fs/reiserfs/tail_conversion.c | 10
b/fs/romfs/inode.c | 17
b/fs/smbfs/cache.c | 6
b/fs/smbfs/dir.c | 18
b/fs/smbfs/file.c | 7
b/fs/smbfs/inode.c | 3
b/fs/smbfs/proc.c | 7
b/fs/sysv/balloc.c | 78
b/fs/sysv/dir.c | 50
b/fs/sysv/file.c | 4
b/fs/sysv/ialloc.c | 70
b/fs/sysv/inode.c | 116 -
b/fs/sysv/itree.c | 58
b/fs/sysv/namei.c | 9
b/fs/sysv/super.c | 327 +-
b/fs/sysv/symlink.c | 3
b/fs/sysv/sysv.h | 236 ++
b/fs/udf/dir.c | 8
b/fs/udf/file.c | 4
b/fs/udf/fsync.c | 1
b/fs/udf/inode.c | 10
b/fs/udf/namei.c | 2
b/fs/udf/symlink.c | 4
b/fs/ufs/balloc.c | 4
b/fs/ufs/dir.c | 6
b/fs/ufs/inode.c | 4
b/fs/ufs/util.c | 9
b/fs/umsdos/dir.c | 8
b/fs/umsdos/emd.c | 24
b/fs/umsdos/inode.c | 2
b/fs/umsdos/rdir.c | 7
b/include/linux/amigaffs.h | 4
b/include/linux/blkdev.h | 7
b/include/linux/buffer_head.h | 315 ++
b/include/linux/fs.h | 372 ---
b/include/linux/fs_struct.h | 4
b/include/linux/hdreg.h | 8
b/include/linux/ide.h | 63
b/include/linux/jbd.h | 9
b/include/linux/linkage.h | 12
b/include/linux/locks.h | 20
b/include/linux/mm.h | 157 -
b/include/linux/mmzone.h | 2
b/include/linux/page-flags.h | 218 +
b/include/linux/pagemap.h | 13
b/include/linux/pci_ids.h | 20
b/include/linux/sched.h | 3
b/include/linux/slab.h | 1
b/include/linux/swap.h | 3
b/include/linux/synclink.h | 19
b/include/linux/sysctl.h | 2
b/include/linux/sysv_fs.h | 228 --
b/include/linux/writeback.h | 53
b/include/net/profile.h | 2
b/include/sound/asound.h | 1
b/include/sound/core.h | 20
b/include/sound/version.h | 2
b/init/main.c | 2
b/kernel/ksyms.c | 9
b/kernel/sched.c | 31
b/kernel/sysctl.c | 4
b/mm/Makefile | 5
b/mm/filemap.c | 414 +--
b/mm/memory.c | 12
b/mm/mincore.c | 2
b/mm/mmap.c | 2
b/mm/msync.c | 10
b/mm/page-writeback.c | 527 ++++
b/mm/page_alloc.c | 86
b/mm/page_io.c | 13
b/mm/pdflush.c | 6
b/mm/readahead.c | 42
b/mm/shmem.c | 20
b/mm/slab.c | 4
b/mm/swap_state.c | 28
b/mm/swapfile.c | 9
b/mm/vmscan.c | 67
b/sound/Makefile | 46
b/sound/arm/Makefile | 2
b/sound/core/Makefile | 10
b/sound/core/memory.c | 1
b/sound/core/oss/Makefile | 2
b/sound/core/seq/Makefile | 14
b/sound/core/seq/instr/Makefile | 2
b/sound/core/seq/oss/Makefile | 2
b/sound/core/seq/seq_dummy.c | 1
b/sound/core/seq/seq_midi.c | 2
b/sound/core/seq/seq_midi_event.c | 1
b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.h | 2
b/sound/drivers/Makefile | 10
b/sound/drivers/mpu401/mpu401_uart.c | 2
b/sound/isa/Makefile | 17
b/sound/oss/Makefile | 9
b/sound/oss/cs4281/Makefile | 10
b/sound/oss/dmasound/Makefile | 6
b/sound/oss/emu10k1/Makefile | 14
b/sound/oss/vidc_fill.S | 46
b/sound/pci/Makefile | 18
b/sound/ppc/Makefile | 2
b/sound/synth/Makefile | 10
include/linux/sysv_fs_i.h | 18
include/linux/sysv_fs_sb.h | 89
324 files changed, 9470 insertions(+), 7433 deletions(-)