Changes from 1.2.7 to 1.2.8
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-1.2.8.gz
These are from Linus:
- tty layer fix (hopefully no more "read_buf = NULL" messages)
- various driver updates: de4x5, qlogic and sbpcd (this is why the patch
is pretty large, but I'm told the fixes are important, and as
I can't verify for myself I'll just have to hope they're
stable).
- various compiler "optimization barriers" added (mainly in scsi driver)
- vm86 handler for "iretd"
- ppp bugfix update
- slip bugfix update (memory leak)
- a few minor networking fixes