Changes from 1.1.21 to 1.1.22

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 patch22.gz

• Kernel configuration for network drivers greatly revamped.
• Back off the "Keep track of the number of hard drives correctly." change from 1.1.21 because it doesn't work for everybody, but helps IBM ValuePoints.
• Add new flags to the VT-100 emulator, one to display control chars, and another to toggle the high bit.
• Select no control and no high bits on CSI m 10
• Select control and no high bits on CSI m 11
• Select control and high bits on CSI m 12
• Select underscore on CSI m 38
• Select no underscore on CSI m 39
• Added 3c505 driver.
• Added Ansel Communications EISA ethernet driver.
• Added support for the EISA DEPCA, DE422.
• Added Cabletron E2100 ethernet driver.
• Added Zenith Z-Note ethernet driver.
• Label for {"MAXTOR","XT-8760S","B6B"} added.
• Added TCP Window clamping.
• In the earlier routine added to verify that an area is in memory, don't verify if the user space has been mapped to kernel space.
• Add de620 to NET_MODULES list.
• Set the socket state to CONNECTED even if we've only sent a SYN.
• Don't print the "...forwarding disabled!" error.
• Autobind added to ipx code.
  • Alan Cox : TCP fast path debugging
  • Alan Cox : Window clamping
  • Michael Riepe : Bug in tcp_check()
• Process the last segment of data if the packet contained a FIN (which it used to do at 1.1.13, but somewhere between 1.1.13 and 1.1.21, someone botched it).

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