Changes from 1.3.20 to 1.3.21

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-1.3.21.gz

These are from Linus:

• Slightly better make-rules: it should make corretly even if you have forgotten to do a make clean after changing the kernel configuration.
• msync() system call, and better shared memory handling.
• Updated and fixed IDE driver, the new one also is able to handle the Triton chipset bus master IDE features.
• OPTCD driver update.
• The lp driver de-registers the ports it used when unloaded as a module.
• /proc/scsi doesn't blow up any more (it doesn't work, but it doesn't hurt anything else, at least).
• Updated ksmbfs filesystem: this one should be faster for large read/write operations.
• Updated networking code.. Some IPv6 defines, but no IPv6 functionality yet.
• Fixed ARP that didn't work for some addresses.

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