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_linux-2.6.11.1.patch From: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/v2.6.11/patch-2.6.11.1.gz Desc: Linux 2.6.11.1 - Fixes for Dell keyboards and PPC compilation Patch: 1001_linux-2.6.11.2.patch From: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.11.2.gz Desc: Linux 2.6.11.2 - Fix an epoll security hole Patch: 1002_linux-2.6.11.3.patch From: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/patch-2.6.11.2-3.gz Desc: Linux 2.6.11.3 - Various fixes Patch: 1003_linux-2.6.11.4.patch From: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/patch-2.6.11.3-4.gz Desc: Linux 2.6.11.4 - 2 security fixes Patch: 1004_linux-2.6.11.5.patch From: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/patch-2.6.11.4-5.gz Desc: Linux 2.6.11.5 - several misc fixes Patch: 1005_linux-2.6.11.6.patch From: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/patch-2.6.11.5-6.gz Desc: Linux 2.6.11.6 - several fixes including security fixes Patch: 1006_linux-2.6.11.7.patch From: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/patch-2.6.11.6-7.gz Desc: Linux 2.6.11.7 - misc fixes Patch: 1007_linux-2.6.11.8.patch From: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/patch-2.6.11.7-8.gz Desc: Linux 2.6.11.8 - misc fixes Patch: 1008_linux-2.6.11.9.patch From: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/patch-2.6.11.8-9.gz Desc: Linux 2.6.11.9 - ELF security fix Patch: 1009_linux-2.6.11.10.patch From: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ Desc: Linux 2.6.11.10 - pktcdvd and raw security fixes Patch: 1010_linux-2.6.11.11.patch From: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ Desc: Linux 2.6.11.11 - misc fixes Patch: 1110_aio-hugepage.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/87913 Desc: Fix potential 64bit AIO DoS Patch: 1150_sunrpc-nfsacl.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/74070 Desc: Fix security problem in sunrpc nfsacl protocol extension. Patch: 1315_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch From: Desc: enable control of the unaligned access control policy from sysctl 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: 1342_sparc-stopa.patch From: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-sparc&m=110314190710206&w=2 Desc: Display a more user friendly panic message Patch: 1344_sparc-sunsab.patch From: Jurij Smakov Desc: Fix garbage characters with sunsab serial console Patch: 1350_sparc-sparc64-smp.patch From: David S. Miller Desc: Fix sparc64 smp 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_lowmem-reserve-oops.patch From: 2.6.11-mm1 Desc: Fix a divide-by-zero oops Patch: 1905_install-docs.patch From: 2.6.12-rc3 Desc: Fix generation of kernel manpages Patch: 1910_install-docs-2.patch From: 2.6.12-rc3 Desc: Fix generation of kernel manpages Patch: 1915_mov-asm.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/94763 Desc: Fix compilation with new binutils Patch: 2900_alps-tapping.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/84657 Desc: Fix ALPS touchpad tapping. Already in 2.6.12 tree Patch: 2905_procfs-hardlinks.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/86031 Desc: Fix hardlink count in /proc/ directories Patch: 2910_procfs-task-hardlinks.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/86031 Desc: Fix hardlink count in /proc//task directories Patch: 2915_fb-scrollback.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/88883 Desc: Fix disappearing symbol on framebuffer scrollback Patch: 4100_skge-0.6.patch From: http://users.tpg.com.au/sigm/patches/skge-netdev-2.6.11-mm4.patch 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: 4300_via-vt6410.patch From: ide-dev-2.6 Desc: Add support for VIA VT6410 IDE into vt82xx driver Patch: 4315_promise-pdc2027x.patch From: Jeff Garzik's libata-dev-2.6 tree Desc: Adds support for Promise 2027x PATA controllers 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: 4500_fbsplash-0.9.1-r2.patch From: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock Desc: Bootsplash successor by Michal Januszewski Patch: 4505_vesafb-tng-0.9-rc6.patch From: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/vesafb-tng/ Desc: Updated vesafb driver for x86. 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-0.22-3.patch From: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/inotify Desc: Kernel-based file update monitoring, for GNOME and friends. Patch: 4900_speakup-20050303.patch From: http://www.linux-speakup.org Desc: Speech synthesizer to provide console access for blind/hard-of-sight users Patch: 4901_speakup-parport.patch From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/88467 Desc: Speakup + parallel port collision fix