Linux 1.3.45
Ben Wing (wing@netcom.com)
Mon, 27 Nov 1995 14:27:19 GMT
Linus Torvalds writes:
> I just made linux-1.3.45 available, with the following updates:
>
> - buffer cache byte flags changed to atomic bit flags, as alpha's (and
> potentially other architectures) can't do atomic byte operations.
> - ppc code starting to appear. It doesn't work yet, and won't work for
> some time still, but it's getting there..
> - some sparc updates
> - most of the network device drivers should compile again
> - IDE driver update is back..
> - console blanking optionally does a shutdown after an extended period
> of idleness..
> - nfs-root handling updates
>
> Feel free to pound on this, and send me any reports. The buffer cache
> fixes should fix a long-standing problem (that I've never seen) on the
> alpha with the buffer cache ending up with a buffer that won't unlock.
> Worth checking out,
What do you think about the idea of putting these change logs into the
kernel sources?
ben