Rev. 6 of the Jumbo patch against 2.0.35 is now available from:
http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/linux/Jumbo-2.0.35-6.patch.gz
Changes from rev -5:
- Now compiles with egcs/pgcc. Note that I don't endorse the use of these
compilers with stable/unstable kernels. It's just that the previous code in
time.c would cause problems with egcs/pgcc. The new, tuned, slightly more
readable code doesn't.
- Small code tune-ups in setup.c
- Do you have a motherboard based on a non-Intel chipset? Do you wish kernel
2.0.35 would recognize and use your fast (U)DMA hard disk drives? Well then
this patch is for you! It adds (U)DMA capabilities for the following chipsets
and extra PCI cards:
- SiS 5597/98.
- VIA Apollo. (courtesy Michel Aubry)
- Promise PCI controller card. (courtesy Andre M. Hedrick)
- More...
Changes from a stock 2.0.35:
- It fixes Cyrix 6x86 and 6x86L CPU detection.
- Fixes bogomips calibration. (courtesy Richard Johnson).
- Improves Intel CPU detection (partial port of code from 2.1.x)
- Improves AMD CPU detection.
- Has extended capability flags detection for AMD CPUs, code by Rob Dale
(e.g. reports a new "3dnow" flag).
- Inaugurates Centaur C6 detection.
- Improves /arch/i386/kernel/time.c code on CPUs with a Time Stamp Counter (fast
code should work with APM now, also doesn't break with Centaur C6 step 0,
should be more accurate too).
- Reports MHz clock rates on CPUs with a TSC in /proc/cpuinfo.
- Calibrates TSC at boot time (drift and jitter free).
- Adds a single-line fix to the vt.c code buglet that affected e.g. minicom.
- Adds (U)DMA capabilities on non-Intel chipsets/PCI controller cards.
A good many people have worked hard to bring you this patch, and we would
appreciate your feedback/testing effort.
Cheers,
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Andrew D. Balsa
andrebalsa@altern.org
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