README -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1XXX critical fixes 1XX security 3XX arch-compat 9XX other 2XXX driver related patches 1XX network 3XX raid/storage 5XX graphics/sound 7XX motherboard 9XX other 3XXX performance patches 1XX cpu-task schedular & related 3XX disk/memory/swap I/O and management 5XX graphics/sound 9XX other 4XXX additional features. 1XX network 3XX raid/storage 5XX graphics/sound 7XX filesystem 9XX other 5XXX experimental patches 1XX network 3XX raid/storage 5XX graphics/sound 7XX filesystem 9XX other Individual Patch Descriptions: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patch: 1000_1_aacraid-bad-BUG_ON_fix.patch From: 2.6.13.1 Desc: aacraid bad BUG_ON fix Patch: 1001_1_fix-pci-rom-mapping.patch From: 2.6.13.1 Desc: Fix PCI ROM mapping Patch: 1002_1_fix-socket-filter-regression.patch From: 2.6.13.1 Desc: [NET] 2.6.13 breaks libpcap (and tcpdump) Patch: 1003_1_ipsec-oops-fix.patch From: 2.6.13.1 Desc: [CRYPTO] Fix boundary check in standard multi-block cipher processors Patch: 1004_1_ipv4-fragmentation-csum-handling.patch From: 2.6.13.1 Desc: [IPV4] Reassembly trim not clearing CHECKSUM_HW Patch: 1005_1_pci_assign_unassigned_resources-update.patch From: 2.6.13.1 Desc: x86: pci_assign_unassigned_resources() update Patch: 1006_1_saa7134-dvb-must-select-tda1004x.patch From: 2.6.13.1 Desc: Kconfig: saa7134-dvb must select tda1004x Patch: 1007_1_sendmsg-DoS.patch From: 2.6.13.1 Desc: raw_sendmsg DoS (CAN-2005-2492) Patch: 1008_1_sendmsg-stackoverflow.patch From: 2.6.13.1 Desc: 32bit sendmsg() flaw (CAN-2005-2490) Patch: 1009_1_sparc-request_irq-in-RTC-fix.patch From: 2.6.13.1 Desc: [RTC] Use SA_SHIRQ in sparc specific code. Patch: 1010_2_fix-more-byte-to-dword-writes-to-PCI_ROM_ADDRESS-config-word.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: Fix up more strange byte writes to the PCI_ROM_ADDRESS config word Patch: 1011_2_fix-MPOL_F_VERIFY.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: Fix MPOL_F_VERIFY Patch: 1012_2_forcedeth-init-link-settings-in-nv_open.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: forcedeth: Initialize link settings in every nv_open() Patch: 1013_2_hpt366-write-dword-not-byte-for-ROM-resource.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: hpt366: write the full 4 bytes of ROM address, not just low 1 byte Patch: 1014_2_jfs_delete_inode-must-call-clear_inode.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: jfs: jfs_delete_inode must call clear_inode Patch: 1015_2_lost-fput-in-32bit-ioctl-on-x86-64.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: lost fput in 32bit ioctl on x86-64 Patch: 1016_2_lost-sockfd_put-in-32bit-compat-routing_ioctl.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: Lost sockfd_put() in routing_ioctl() Patch: 1017_2_netfilter-fix-dhcp-masquerade-problem.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: [NETFILTER]: Fix DHCP + MASQUERADE problem Patch: 1018_2_sungem-enable-and-map-pci-rom-properly.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: Sun GEM ethernet: enable and map PCI ROM properly Patch: 1019_2_sunhme-enable-and-map-pci-rom-properly.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: Sun HME: enable and map PCI ROM properly Patch: 1020_2_usb-ftdi_sio-baud-fix.patch From: 2.6.13.2 Desc: USB: ftdi_sio: custom baud rate fix Patch: 1300_ppc64-multilib.patch From: dostrow@gentoo.org Desc: PPC64 makefile fix for multilib stuff Patch: 1305_ppc-rom-mapping.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/104336 Desc: Fix bootup on mac laptops Patch: 1340_sparc-obp64-naming.patch From: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-sparc&m=110314220200915&w=2 Desc: Fix OBP naming on some sparc systems Patch: 1360_sparc-kconfig-depends.patch From: eradicator@gentoo.org Desc: Fix depends statements for some drivers Patch: 1361_sparc-kconfig-rework.patch From: eradicator@gentoo.org Desc: SPARC Kconfig reworked to be more similar to x86 layout Patch: 1362_sparc-kconfig-fb.patch From: eradicator@gentoo.org Desc: SPARC Kconfig cleanups to the framebuffer Kconfig Patch: 1399_sparc-U1-hme-lockup.patch From: sparc patch tarball Desc: Fix hme related lockup on u1s Patch: 1900_kallsyms-compression.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/104393 Desc: Stop kallsyms requiring an extra pass for some configs Patch: 2105_skge-1.0.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/87182 and others Desc: skge tree update Patch: 4101_deprecate-sk98lin.patch From: dsd@gentoo.org Desc: Add a note suggesting users try skge Patch: 4300_via-vt6410.patch From: ide-dev-2.6 Desc: Add support for VIA VT6410 IDE into vt82xx driver Patch: 4305_dm-bbr.patch From: EVMS 2.5.2 Desc: Bad block relocation support for LiveCD users Patch: 4320_promise-pdc2037x.patch From: Jeff Garzik's libata-dev-2.6 tree Desc: Adds support for Promise 2037x SATA controllers which have PATA ports Patch: 4340_sata-nv-mcp5x.patch From: libata-dev tree Desc: Support MCP5x nvidia SATA controllers Patch: 4355_promise-tx4200.patch From: dsd@gentoo.org Desc: Support promise TX4200 hardware Patch: 4351_megaraid-compatibility.patch From: dsd@gentoo.org Desc: Allow both megaraid drivers to be built side-by-side Patch: 4500_fbsplash-0.9.2-r4.patch From: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock Desc: Bootsplash successor by Michal Januszewski Patch: 4505_vesafb-tng-0.9-rc7-r1.patch From: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/vesafb-tng/ Desc: Updated vesafb driver for x86. Patch: 4705_squashfs-2.2.patch From: http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/ Desc: driver to support squashfs filesystems. Patch: 4900_speakup-20050825.patch From: eradicator@gentoo.org from speakup cvs Desc: Provides console speech to visually-impaired users Patch: 4905_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch From: Desc: enable control of the unaligned access control policy from sysctl