Changes from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5

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-1.2.5.gz

• These are from Linus:
• Clean up the request-allocation in the block device code a bit more.
• Fix the serial line hangup race condition.
• I had to re-enable "rw_bugfix" in ne.c: it _seems_ to make for much worse performance, but at least one machine locked up tightly without it.
• Make sure we don't enable interrupts when they weren't on in ne.c.
• Wavelan debugging code added to fix the following bug:
• Don't reset the wavelan with interrupts on.
• Also updated eata-dma (general improvements) and buslogic SCSI (rewritten to actually *use* multiple mailboxes) drivers.
• Removed an incorrect "sti" in the high-level scsi code that led to crashes on some machines.
• Be sure to read the proper number of bytes off a SCSI tape.
• Default for isofs changed to "no conversion".
• MAX_CHRDEV and MAX_BLKDEV changed from 32 to 64.
• Fix compilation problem with SLHC.

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