Changes from 1.1.87 to 1.1.88
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 patch88.gz
--- v1.1.87/changes88 Thu Jan 26 07:49:03 1995
+++ changes88 Wed Feb 22 23:39:01 1995
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
More Alpha fixes.
CONFIG_WAVELAN added to i386/config.in.
-Speeling mistakees coreccted thruout. Potatoe eaters beware!
+Spelling mistakes corrected throughout. Potato eaters beware!
i386 reboot code moved to process.c.
Fix 3c501 moduleness.
Oops, we really don't want to set the new_mru to PPP_MRU.
Move around the SCSI detection printout.
Keep all SCSI buffers aligned on 16-byte boundaries.
Paging code simplified.
Never send packets back to the socket they originated from.
IPX code simplified.
psnap.c has additions.
On a TCP window probe, if we timeout while writing, don't release the socket.
Handle NOP Options properly, according to RFC 793 section 3.1
Handle slow serial devices by waiting extra time after the receiver gets closed.
Add support to detect the StarTech 16650 chip. Treat it as a 16450
for now, because of its FIFO bugs.