Changes from 1.1.80 to 1.1.81
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 patch81.gz
- Matti Aarnio added to CREDITS
- i386/config.in has EATA-DMA (DPT,NEC&ATT for ISA,EISA,PCI) support added.
- The kernel is now be able to execute binaries directly off of the IDE
cdrom, provided it is mounted with the default block size of 1024.
- Switch to release 3.1 of the SoundBlaster Pro CD-ROM driver. Working
to support the CD200 and the Teac CD-55A drives. AT-BUS style
device numbering no longer used: use SCSI style now. So, the
first "found" device has MINOR 0, regardless of the jumpered
drive ID. This implies modifications to the /dev/sbpcd*
entries for some people, but will help the DAU (german TLA,
english: "newbie", maybe ;-) to install his "first" system
from a CD.
- Switch to release 2.03 of the ATAPI cd-rom driver.
- Switch to release 3.8 of the ide driver. Incorporates changes needed
for the ATAPI, and improves probing.
- SCSI tape driver can now go directly to end of data (but you lose the
file number).
- aha1542, in2000 modularized.
- Extra space left to add SCSI modules (lot of changes here).
- PCI support improved (DPT SmartCache/Raid added).
- Argh. removed all the socket allocation altogether: it's in the inode
now. Much simpler code.