Changes from 1.1.17 to 1.1.18

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 patch18.gz

• FPU is now fully re-entrant.
• FPU supports 16-bit protected mode.
• Sound card CD-ROM driver should work with "Sequoia S-1000", which is found on the Spea Media FX sound card.
• Much more information in README.sbpcd
• Dummy driver added to space.c (so it appears in the list of net drivers).
• PPP ioctl added to get stats [why not add it to /proc/net?? -russ]
• Buslogic SCSI driver no longer panics on wrong buffer length for request sense.
• If you define CONFIG_NO_BUGGY_BUSLOGIC, you might have trouble if you have more than 16MB (firmware bug).
• Fixed set_rtc_mmss, fixed time.year for >= 2000, new mktime
• recvfrom() kernel memory protection bug fixed.
• Add AX25 support to arp_get_info()
• A few bugs in experimental CONFIG_SLAVE_BALANCING device fixed.
• Fix for loopback check so it checks for 127.x.x.x instead of 127.0.0.1 (per the RFC).

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