Changes from 1.1.95 to 1.2.0

These changes are archived on ftp.crynwr.com:pub/kchanges and http://www.crynwr.com/kchanges. I cannot answer questions about Linux -- I merely summarize the kernel patches after reading them. I try to make them useful to everyone, but kernel hackers should take them with a grain of salt and read the patches themselves. The patch file is patch-1.2.0.gz

• NOTE: don't use 1.2.0 if you're using IP firewalling. Use 1.2.1.
• Fix spelling errors.
• Fix problem in floppy buffering where it might try to read too much.
• Fix invert_screen on monochrome systems so it inverts the whole screen.
• Disable high-memory caching again.
• Qlogic driver uses a 5Mbps transfer rate instead of 4Mbps.
• Fix Qlogic modularization for PCMCIA.
• Make sure the inode we're using with Rock Ridge fs's is correct for 32-bit device numbers.
• Still more PCI device and vendor ids added.
• Keep track of whether a process is being created or getting shut down.
• Oops, sending HUP signals to all the processes was a mistake.
• Get the swap page before decrementing rss.
• Destroy sockets that are being closed by an exiting program.
• Only mark that we have a SYN if we haven't gotten an ack.
• Simplify the resetting of the IP accounting counters.

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