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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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:
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Patch:	1300_ppc64-multilib.patch
From:	dostrow@gentoo.org
Desc:	PPC64 makefile fix for multilib stuff

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:	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:	1910_kconfig-no-nls.patch
From:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/99810
Desc:	Fix compilation on uclinux systems

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:	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-1.0-rc1-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-20051028.patch
From:	dsd@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