Changes from 1.1.81 to 1.1.82
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 patch82.gz
- Sources attacked by a spelling bee.
- MIPS architecture started.
- mm added to architecture subdirectory.
- Linus has a bootloader for the alpha port (sounds like progress to me).
- Experimental CPU-PCI bridge optimization.
- IRQ's are handled a little less like signals (arch change, no doubt.)
- Machine setup info moved into its own file.
- Release 3.2 of the SBPCD driver -- still testing with CD200 and CD-55A
drives (translation: it doesn't work yet).
- Interrupt handlers now get passed a pointer to pt_regs (but why?)
- Alpha arch needs special hacks to read and write to the text-mode
screen, to lots of assignments to/from pointers get recast
into function calls (actually macros).
- Alpha keyboard needs hacking also.
- EATA/DMA SCSI adapter revision 1.12. Detect the adapter more reliably.
- Future Domain SCSI has 1610M/MER/MEX and IBM-OEM'ed TMC-1680 signatures added.
- Couple of oopses in SCSI CD-ROM driver.
- Move some asm-architecture defines around.
- A few PCI DEVICE IDs added.
- Initialization changed around for architecture purposes.
- Swapper changed to keep in sync with mm.