Changes from 1.1.52 to 1.1.53
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 patch53.gz
- Use the right domainname (dns if it's defined).
- The scroll-lock LED should track the current console.
- Don Becker updated his email address.
- Modularize the Ethernet drvers.
- Some bug fixes to the 3c501 driver, support added for Sager NP943.
- Enumerated constants used in 3c509 instead of literal constants.
- Some bug fixes to the 3c509 driver.
- Some bug fixes to the at1700 driver.
- Support for the AMD PC-Net/32 (VLB) added.
- Obscure bug fix for the Zenith Z-Note driver.
- Changed the way CPU time overrun was detected.
- ICMP timestamp reply was wrong.