Changes from 1.1.46 to 1.1.47
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 patch47.gz
- 1.44M floppy parameters changed.
- Missing "return 0" in hard disk ioctl driver.
- Console driver was clearing too much memory when it cleared the screen.
- Back off the following change made in 1.1.46:
Virtual console keyboard lock and keyboard led are now maintained
independently.
- N_TTY line discipline changed so that O_POST gets flushed after
they're all done.
- When we register a tty as a character device, it might return an error,
or our major device number.
- Aux ttys are cua, not tty.
- NCR 5380 has new define to limit the transfer size, which is done
while interrupts are off. This reduces the interrupt latency,
which keeps characters from being dropped on the serial port.
- ext2 had a little bit of gratuitious x86 assembly code in it. It was
moved to asm-i386/bitops.h.
- Novell NCP socket added.
- Lots of changes to IPX code.