Changes from 1.1.47 to 1.1.48

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 patch48.gz

• Rename sys_call.s to entry.s and put it in arch/i386.
• Create the entry.S file from the appropriate architechture entry.S.
• Add Ethernet drivers for ni5210 and ni6510 to alpha test list.
• Added /proc/dma to report names of drivers that use DMA resources.
• Change floppy parameters for 800KB, 1.04MB and 1.12MB formats.
• Add better reporting for the hard disk driver.
• Reset drives in case we changed the geometry.
• Make multiple mode and irq-unmasking have default, compiled-in options.
• Check for disk change before loading ramdisk.
• Didn't clear all of the Ethenret device structure's memory.
• SCSI CD-ROM detection notice was printing a number one too high.
• open/fcntl - O_SYNC is now implemented on blocks devices and on files located on an ext2 file system
• Added a revision level in the superblock of the ext2 filesystem (starting at revision zero).
• Oops, caught a sillyness in memset for constant pattern and count. Not a bug, just a waste of time/space.
• Removed ncp additions.

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