Changes from 1.1.22 to 1.1.23

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 patch23.gz

• Add support for 2.88Mbyte floppies.
• Switch to release 2.0 of SoundBlaster Pro (Matsushita, Kotobuki, Panasonic, CreativeLabs) CD-ROM driver for Linux. Adds support for WDH-7001C board. Audio frames may be read on CD-562 and CD-563 drives. Supports up to four drives.
• Select read of a tty had another problem -- if we're timing out, we only need one character to wake up.
• Loading a malformed a.out file that sends a SIGSEGV signal didn't return an error.
• Add .GZ, .TGZ, and .DEB extensions to the binary list for the MSDOS fs.
• Changes to modules:
  • Supports stacked modules (removeable only of there are no dependants).
  • Supports table of symbols defined by the modules.
  • Supports /proc/ksyms, showing value, name and owner of all the symbols defined by all modules (in stack order).
  • Added module dependencies information into /proc/modules
  • Supports redefines of all symbols, for streams-like behaviour.
  • Compatible with older versions of insmod.
• window clamps were being set on the wrong handle when handling a connection request.

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