The 1.3.47 kernel adds
- some scsi fixes
- silly bug fixed (Stephen Tweedie) with quota code
- network device alias code added
- config help updated and works in text mode too (press "?" for help
message).
- TLB finegrained invalidation done: this actually means that for the
first time a kernel compiled for a 486 will NOT WORK on a 386,
because the 386 doesn't have the required features. So distributors
be careful: do NOT answer "yes" to the question about 486
optimizations if you want the kernel to work on older machines too.
- various net driver updates (arcnet and 8390-based cards)
I'd be interested to hear what the results of the TLB invalidation
changes are for benchmarks (byte benchmark, anyone?). Also, I didn't
have time to do the alpha versions of the invalidate code, but it should
actually be trivial (and might actually have more of an impact on the
alpha than on the x86 - although the original reason for the
finer-grained invalidates were for more braindamaged chips like sparc
and powerpc that _really_ need it).
Linus