| 1 |
README |
| 2 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 3 |
This patchset is to be the 2.6 series of gentoo-sources. |
| 4 |
It is designed for cross-compatibility, fixes and stability, with performance |
| 5 |
and additional features/driver support being a second. |
| 6 |
|
| 7 |
Unless otherwise stated and marked as such, this kernel should be suitable for |
| 8 |
all environments. |
| 9 |
|
| 10 |
|
| 11 |
Patchset Numbering Scheme |
| 12 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 13 |
|
| 14 |
FIXES |
| 15 |
1000-1400 linux-stable |
| 16 |
1400-1500 linux-stable queue |
| 17 |
1500-1700 security |
| 18 |
1700-1800 architecture-related |
| 19 |
1800-1900 mm/scheduling/misc |
| 20 |
1900-2000 filesystems |
| 21 |
2000-2100 networking core |
| 22 |
2100-2200 storage core |
| 23 |
2200-2300 power management (ACPI, APM) |
| 24 |
2300-2400 bus (USB, IEEE1394, PCI, PCMCIA, ...) |
| 25 |
2400-2500 network drivers |
| 26 |
2500-2600 storage drivers |
| 27 |
2600-2700 input |
| 28 |
2700-2900 media (graphics, sound, tv) |
| 29 |
2900-3000 other |
| 30 |
3000-4000 reserved |
| 31 |
|
| 32 |
FEATURES |
| 33 |
4000-4100 network |
| 34 |
4100-4200 storage |
| 35 |
4200-4300 graphics |
| 36 |
4300-4400 filesystem |
| 37 |
4400-4500 other |
| 38 |
|
| 39 |
Individual Patch Descriptions: |
| 40 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 41 |
|
| 42 |
Patch: 1000_linux-2.6.24.1.patch |
| 43 |
From: http://www.kernel.org |
| 44 |
Desc: Linux 2.6.24.1 |
| 45 |
|
| 46 |
Patch: 1001_linux-2.6.24.2.patch |
| 47 |
From: http://www.kernel.org |
| 48 |
Desc: Linux 2.6.24.2 |
| 49 |
|
| 50 |
Patch: 1500_get-zero-user-pages.patch |
| 51 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/209460 |
| 52 |
Desc: Preventative measure against future vmsplice-like security issues |
| 53 |
|
| 54 |
Patch: 1700_moduleparam.patch |
| 55 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/187175 |
| 56 |
Desc: Fix GCC 4.2 compile failure on alpha/ia64/ppc64 |
| 57 |
|
| 58 |
Patch: 1705_pegasos-vt8231-quirk.patch |
| 59 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/210455 |
| 60 |
Desc: Fix 2.6.24 libata regression on Pegasos |
| 61 |
|
| 62 |
Patch: 1900_xfs-file-readdir-oops.patch |
| 63 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/208404 |
| 64 |
Desc: Fix XFS crash condition |
| 65 |
|
| 66 |
Patch: 2100_sd-sr-medium-detection.patch |
| 67 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/196879 |
| 68 |
Desc: Add early medium-not-present detection in sr/sd drivers |
| 69 |
|
| 70 |
Patch: 2101_sr-follow-tray-status.patch |
| 71 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/196879 |
| 72 |
Desc: Fix CDROM_DRIVE_STATUS ioctl implementation |
| 73 |
|
| 74 |
Patch: 2102_sr-test-unit-ready.patch |
| 75 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/196879 |
| 76 |
Desc: Fix TEST_UNIT_READY for medium detection |
| 77 |
|
| 78 |
Patch: 2300_pci-use-conf1.patch |
| 79 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/198810 |
| 80 |
Desc: Fix boot hang on Intel Q35 chipset |
| 81 |
|
| 82 |
Patch: 2400_e1000e-crc-stripping.patch |
| 83 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/209235 |
| 84 |
Desc: Fix e1000e bridging issue |
| 85 |
|
| 86 |
Patch: 2405_sis190-eeprom-mac.patch |
| 87 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/207706 |
| 88 |
Desc: Fix reading of MAC address in sis190 driver |
| 89 |
|
| 90 |
Patch: 2500_arcmsr-dma-coherent-warnings.patch |
| 91 |
From: http://bugs.gentoo.org/208493 |
| 92 |
Desc: Fix warning flood when arcmsr is ran with archttp |
| 93 |
|
| 94 |
Patch: 4105_dm-bbr.patch |
| 95 |
From: EVMS 2.5.2 |
| 96 |
Desc: Bad block relocation support for LiveCD users |
| 97 |
|
| 98 |
Patch: 4200_fbcondecor-0.9.4.patch |
| 99 |
From: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock |
| 100 |
Desc: Bootsplash successor by Michal Januszewski |
| 101 |
|
| 102 |
Patch: 4300_squashfs-3.3.patch |
| 103 |
From: http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/ |
| 104 |
Desc: driver to support squashfs filesystems. |
| 105 |
|
| 106 |
Patch: 4400_echo-ctrl-c.patch |
| 107 |
From: Joe Peterson <lavajoe@gentoo.org> |
| 108 |
Desc: Echo ^C on Ctrl-C events to match other unixes |
| 109 |
|
| 110 |
Patch: 4401_ixany-interrupt-signal.patch |
| 111 |
From: Joe Peterson <lavajoe@gentoo.org> |
| 112 |
Desc: Bugfix for patch 4400 |
| 113 |
|
| 114 |
Patch: 4405_alpha-sysctl-uac.patch |
| 115 |
From: Tavis Ormandy <taviso@gentoo.org> |
| 116 |
Desc: enable control of the unaligned access control policy from sysctl |
Parent Directory
| 
Revision Log