Changes from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2

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-1.3.2.gz

• Name of console terminal changed to "linux".

• Alpha changes:
  • PCI bridge optimisation added to config.in(turned off by default).
  • IP forwarding options added to config.in(firewall packet logging and masquerading).
  • Appletalk, AX.25, and NET/ROM uncommented from to config.in.
  • SCSI multi-LUN added to config.in.
  • CONFIG_PPP_LOTS (16 instead of 4) added to config.in.
  • Equalizer (serial line load balancing) added to config.in.
  • ARCNET moved from alpha to ISA in config.in.
  • Token Ring (IBM Tropic) added to config.in.
  • UMSDOS still doesn't work, so it's commented out in config.in.
  • Allow for devices whose initial base address register is unused.
  • IDE interface enabled for 87312 super I/O chips.
  • verbose error messages returned.
  • syscalls added.
  • information is printed for the machine check.
  • Parameter added for sys_swapon().
  • Add a call for osf_shmat().
  • Remember the point size of the original video font.
  • Allow use of the aux device on PCI machines.
  • Oops, we didn't sent a FPE signal on an arithmetic fault, nor an ILL signal on an instruction fault.
  • Network checksum routines added because they can be done faster if you know what architecture you're on.
  • Use a custom insw, insl, outsw, and outsl insteaf of the inlined version.
• Some system calls used a non-standard calling sequence. They've been releated to their own file, sys_i386.c.
• Oops, verify that we can read an area in is_revectored(). Same for do_int(). Both in vm86 code.
• New directory for i386 library code -- network checksum code is now there.
• Oops, missed an output that needs a pause in 8390 drivers.
• More PCI vendors/devices added.
• Wait a little bit longer when spinning up a drive.
• Handle ``dynamic'' ELF executable loading.
• Reading an executable is easier because read_exec() has a new flag for loading into the current segment or the new segment.
• Executable handling code cleaned up.
• ext2fs balloc code cleaned up.
• Fix a security hole in the proc fs.
• Fix a security hole in set_fd_set and get_fd_set.
• fd_* changed into portable inlined or asm code as appropriate.
• architecture-dependent a.out.h added.
• Oops in constant_memcpy_tofs(), screwed up the exactly-12 case.
• shared-memory and termios made portable (i386 && alpha).
• Fixed a few portability oopses in scheduler.
• Alpha real time clock year needs to be adjusted downward by 42.
• Syncing of a filemap to a pte didn't invalidate the map.
• Swapping priority added.
• Allow for large numbers of pending sockets, but only if specifically application requested.

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