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: 1001_linux-2.6.12.1.patch From: http://www.kernel.org Desc: Two security fixes Patch: 1002_linux-2.6.12.2.patch From: http://www.kernel.org Desc: Misc fixes 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-rework.patch From: eradicator@gentoo.org Desc: SPARC Kconfig updates Patch: 1361_sparc-kconfig-driver-rework.patch From: eradicator@gentoo.org Desc: SPARC Kconfig updates Patch: 1364_sparc-ffbh.patch From: Jeremy Huddleston Desc: Add drivers/char/drm/ffb.h which got deleted in 2.6.11 Patch: 1399_sparc-U1-hme-lockup.patch From: sparc patch tarball Desc: Fix hme related lockup on u1s Patch: 1900_acpi-irq-0.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/97843 Desc: Fix ACPI bug causing big slowdown Patch: 2305_sata-bridge-lockup.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Fix lockup on PATA->SATA bridges with certain drives Patch: 2310_libata-capacity.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Fix capacity handling for >2TB Patch: 2315_ide-no-lba.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Fix ide-disk inability to handle LBA only devices. Reqd for it8212. Patch: 2900_gameport-probe.patch From: GIT input tree Desc: Fix gameport probe order Patch: 4100_skge-20050628.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 and netdev tree Desc: New driver for SysKonnect gigabit ethernet Patch: 4101_deprecate-sk98lin.patch From: dsd@gentoo.org Desc: Add a note suggesting users try skge Patch: 4105_r8169-997902.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Support USR 997902 in r8169 driver Patch: 4110_tulip-planex.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Support Planex FNW-3602-TX in tulip driver Patch: 4115_pegasus-elecom.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Support Elecom (Laneed) LD-USBL/TX in pegasus driver 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: 4310_forcedeth-mcp51.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Support MCP51 hardware in forcedeth driver Patch: 4311_forcedeth-poll.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: forcedeth bugfix for nforce3 hardware Patch: 4312_forcedeth-mcp55.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Support MCP55 hardware in forcedeth driver 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: 4325_promise-pdc20619.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Add support for Promise 20619 SATA Patch: 4330_svw-broadcom.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Add support for Serverworks/Broadcom BCM5785 (HT1000) Patch: 4335_amd74xx-mcp55.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Support MCP55 hardware in amd74xx IDE driver Patch: 4340_sata-nv-mcp5x.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Support MCP51 and MCP55 hardware in nv_sata driver Patch: 4345_it8212.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: Support IT8211/IT8222 IDE RAID hardware Patch: 4350_megaraid-update.patch From: Upstream 2.6.13 Desc: megaraid-newgen driver update, including new hardware support 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-r3.patch From: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock Desc: Bootsplash successor by Michal Januszewski Patch: 4505_vesafb-tng-0.9-rc6-r2.patch From: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/vesafb-tng/ Desc: Updated vesafb driver for x86. Patch: 4510_alsa-sn25p.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/96591 Desc: Support ice1712 audio on Shuttle SN25P laptops Patch: 4705_squashfs-2.1.patch From: http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/ Desc: driver to support squashfs filesystems. This will become increasingly popular for the livecd's Patch: 4800_inotify-0.23-15.patch From: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/inotify/v2.6/0.23/ Desc: Kernel-based file system monitoring Patch: 4801_inotify-unmount.patch From: Anton Altaparmakov Desc: Fix inotify infinite loop on unmount Patch: 4900_speakup-20050622-dsd.patch From: http://www.linux-speakup.org Desc: Provides console speech for hard-of-sight users Patch: 4901_speakup-parport.patch From: dsd@gentoo.org Desc: Load parport after input, speakup fix. Patch: 4905_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch From: Desc: enable control of the unaligned access control policy from sysctl