Changes from 1.1.90 to 1.1.91

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 patch91.gz

• Ken Pizzini added to CREDITS
• IP multicasting no longer marked as alpha test code to i386/config.in.
• Load balancing taken out of i386/config.in
• Sony CDU535 CDROM driver support added to i386/config.in
• Thread startup moved to inline code in asm/processor.h, from arch/process.c.
• README.sonycd535 added to .../drivers/block.
• Apricot driver private structure zeroed upon allocation.
• DE4X5 driver module now works on PCI bus machines:
  • ZYNX might be supported by de4x5 driver.
  • Fix interrupt handler call
  • Fix recognition bug reported by
  • Add request/release_region code
  • Clean up loadable modules support
• Depca driver module support cleaned up.
• Depca driver fixes recognition bug.
• Serious PLIP changes.
• EATA/DMA driver recognizes a whole bunch more data_out SCSI commands.
• EATA/DMA and UltraStor 14F/34F use a boolean for hosts that wish to block out other hosts from simultaneously doing DMA.
• Leave some room on the end of the scsi_generic template for extra devices.
• Change the IP counter resetting so they only get reset if root opens the counter files R/W. Remove the _0 files.
• Memory management code changed (too complicated to grokk).
• change_protection didn't work if it was called with more than one page dir's worth of pages.
• Fixed socket reuse semantics.
• Match proxy arps on device instead of hardware type (only matters if you have more than one device of the same type, e.g. two Ethernets).
• Take out IGMP printk's about joining and leaving groups.
• Change the way IPX network numbers are updated.
• Don't route IPX broadcasts or multicasts.
• Only remove superceded routes if the destination AND netmask matches.

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