Changes from 1.1.84 to 1.1.85
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 patch85.gz
- Updated CREDITS and added Greg Page.
- Makefile module support improved.
- README.modules added (user-level info).
- ALPHA irq support frobbed.
- CONFIG_MODVERSIONS added to i386/config.in
- SPARC changes.
- Fix minor roundup problem in network driver initialization.
- Compressed SLIP now uses ip_fast_csum.
- Reduce debugging output for Tulip (DEC 21040) driver.
- Bug fixed in filesystem buffering.
- More PCI vendor and device id's defined.
- symtab entries (for the purposes of modules) are now defined on the fly.
- When memory-mapping files, if the file isn't open for writing, just use a
private mapping.
- Oops, the new memory-mapping protection flags aren't set properly.