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_sparc-atyfb-blade100.patch
From:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/117917
Desc:	Fix framebuffer on Sun Blade 100/150 workstations

Patch:	1305_sparc64-strace.patch
From:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/118551
Desc:	Fix ptrace/strace on sparc64

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:	1399_sparc-U1-hme-lockup.patch
From:	sparc patch tarball
Desc:	Fix hme related lockup on u1s

Patch:	2300_ata-piix-suspend.patch
From:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/118284
Desc:	Fix crash-on-resume with ata_piix driver by implementing suspend support

Patch:	4000_intel-ich8.patch
From:	Jason Gaston @ Intel
Desc:	Support the upcoming Intel ICH8 chipset

Patch:	4100_sky2-0.11.patch
From:	netdev-2.6 tree
Desc:	Driver for Marvell Yukon-2 ethernet adapters

Patch:	4101_deprecate-sk98lin.patch
From:	dsd@gentoo.org
Desc:	Add a note suggesting users try skge

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-r5.patch
From:	http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock
Desc:	Bootsplash successor by Michal Januszewski

Patch:	4505_vesafb-tng-1.0-rc1-r3.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-20060103.patch
From:	dsd@gentoo.org from speakup cvs
Desc:	Provides console speech to visually-impaired users

Patch:	4901_speakup-highlight-tracking-amd64.patch
From:	dsd@gentoo.org
Desc:	Experimental fix for speakup highlight tracking on amd64

Patch:	4905_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch
From:	
Desc:	enable control of the unaligned access control policy from sysctl