README
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This patchset is to be the 2.6 series of gentoo-sources.
It is designed for cross-compatibility, fixes and stability, with performance
and additional features/driver support being a second.

Unless otherwise stated and marked as such, this kernel should be suitable for
all environments.


Patchset Numbering Scheme
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FIXES
1000-1400	linux-stable
1400-1500	linux-stable queue
1500-1700	security
1700-1800	architecture-related
1800-1900	mm/scheduling/misc
1900-2000	filesystems
2000-2100	networking core
2100-2200	storage core
2200-2300	power management (ACPI, APM)
2300-2400	bus (USB, IEEE1394, PCI, PCMCIA, ...)
2400-2500	network drivers
2500-2600	storage drivers
2600-2700	input
2700-2900	media (graphics, sound, tv)
2900-3000	other
3000-4000	reserved

FEATURES
4000-4100	network
4100-4200	storage
4200-4300	graphics
4300-4400	filesystem
4400-4500	other

Individual Patch Descriptions:
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Patch:	1000_linux-2.6.27.1.patch
From:	http://www.kernel.org
Desc:	Linux 2.6.27.1

Patch:	1001_linux-2.6.27.2.patch
From:	http://www.kernel.org
Desc:	Linux 2.6.27.2

Patch:	1002_linux-2.6.27.3.patch
From:	http://www.kernel.org
Desc:	Linux 2.6.27.3

Patch:	1003_linux-2.6.27.4.patch
From:	http://www.kernel.org
Desc:	Linux 2.6.27.4

Patch:	1004_linux-2.6.27.5.patch
From:	http://www.kernel.org
Desc:	Linux 2.6.27.5

Patch:	1005_linux-2.6.27.6.patch
From:	http://www.kernel.org
Desc:	Linux 2.6.27.6

Patch:	1006_linux-2.6.27.7.patch
From:	http://www.kernel.org
Desc:	Linux 2.6.27.7

Patch:	1700_HP-laptop-dmi-quirk-fix.patch
From:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245158
Desc:	dmi quirk call fix for HP laptops

Patch:	2001_setkey-policy-breakage-fix.patch
From:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245369
Desc:	Patch to fix setkey policy breakage

Patch:	2700_hda-asus-mic-input.patch
From:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/235732
Desc:	Fix microphone input regression on Asus laptops

Patch:	2900_IT8720-chipset-support-and-type-values-fix.patch
From:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245625
Desc:	Patch to retrieve sensor information from the IT8720 chipset and type values fixes

Patch:	4100_dm-bbr.patch
From:	EVMS 2.5.2
Desc:	Bad block relocation support for LiveCD users

Patch:	4200_fbcondecor-0.9.4.patch
From:	http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock
Desc:	Bootsplash successor by Michal Januszewski

Patch:	4300_squashfs-3.3.patch
From:	http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/
Desc:	driver to support squashfs filesystems.

Patch:	4400_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch
From:	Tavis Ormandy <taviso@gentoo.org> and http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217323
Desc:	enable control of the unaligned access control policy from sysctl