Hmm.. All over the place, best you see the changelog. Lots of small
cleanups (remove unnecessary header files etc), but a few more fundamental
changes too. Times in nsecs in stat64(), for example, and the
oft-discussed kernel module loader changes..
Linus
Summary of changes from v2.5.47 to v2.5.48
============================================
<aebr@win.tue.nl>:
o Add 'needed for mouse and keyboard' comments to Kconfig to make
configuration of mouse and keyboard support more obvious.
<khaho@koti.soon.fi>:
o Re: USB scanner fix for 2.5.47 was not good ?
<kronos@kronoz.cjb.net>:
o I found a missing '\n' in serio.c:118. This prevents the next
printk to be interpreted correctly.
<mikal@stillhq.com>:
o Handle return values from interface_register() and misc_register()
in the input drivers.
<pasky@ucw.cz>:
o Add defaults for the most needed keyboard/mouse options
<varenet@parisc-linux.org>:
o Remove unused variable
Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>:
o trivial compile fix for pxa-regs.h
Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>:
o CLONE_NEWNS fix
o sys_swapoff() cleanup
o paride/pseudo.h cleanup
o late-boot cleanups
o dm_ioctl() fix
o >pmtu compile fix
o bdevname() cleanups
o bd_dev cleanups
o dasd fixe and cleanups
o misc cleanups
o dv1394 devfs use
o dm use of devfs
o paride.c fed through Lindent
o eliminated use of devfs_auto_unregister() in checks.c
o cleaned up callers of devfs_mk_dir()
o devfs_register_tape() cleanup
o gratitious MOD_INC_USE_COUNT
o paride protocols switched to ->owner
o late-boot fixes
o devfs_remove() helper
o more bogus MOD_INC_USE_COUNT removals
o fix for rescan_partitions()
Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>:
o [IPSEC]: More fixes and corrections
o [UDP]: silly bug, local input policy did not work on udp sockets
o [IPSEC]: ah/esp, 0 was used as tunnels protocol
o [IPSEC]: authentication signature for MD5/SHA was not truncated to
conform RFC
o [IPSEC]: More pfkey2 semantic fixes
Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>:
o nanosecond stat timefields
Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>:
o timers: drivers/
o timers: sound/
o timers: fs/
o [NET]: More timer init fixes
o direct-io bio_add_page fix
o mbcache: add gfp_mask parameter to free() callback,
o run flush_cache_page while pte is valid
o unlock_page when get_swap_bio fails
o handle pages which alter their ->mapping
o misc fixes
o hugetlb cleanups
o more hugetlb fixes
o improved slab error diagnostics
o try to remove buffer_heads from to-be-reaped inodes
o kmap->kmap_atomic in mpage.c
o better inode reclaim balancing
Andy Grover <agrover@groveronline.com>:
o ACPI: Interpreter update to fix mutex wait problem This changes the
timeout param around the interpreter to a u16, so that
ACPI_WAIT_FOREVER is equivalent to 0xFFFF, the value ASL expects to
mean "wait forever".
o ACPI: bus.c needed device.h included
o ACPI: Correctly init device struct, permissing proper
unloading/reloading (John Cagle)
o ACPI: Interpreter update to 20021111 - Adds support for SMBus
OpRegions
o ACPI: Make unload/reload of modules work properly w.r.t. /proc
o ACPI: Do not compile code for EC unloading, because it cannot be
unloaded atm
Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>:
o [SPARC64]: In sys32_sched_getaffinity, put mask back to user if
ret > 0
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>:
o arp: fix seq_file support
o ipv4: convert /proc/net/netstat to seq_file
o ipv4: convert /proc/net/snmp to seq_file
o ipv4: convert /proc/net/sockstat to seq_file
o ipv4: convert /proc/net/raw to seq_file
o Fix up after header file cleanups: add <linux/mount.h> to quota
that got it implicitly before.
o Fix up after header file cleanups: add <linux/mount.h> to cifs that
got it implicitly before.
o Fix up after header file cleanups: add <linux/mount.h> to hugetlbfs
that got it implicitly before.
o Fix up after header file cleanups: add <linux/mount.h> to
intermezzo that got it implicitly before.
o Fix up after header file cleanups: add <linux/mount.h> to jffs2
that got it implicitly before.
o Fix up after header file cleanups: add <linux/mount.h> to ntfs that
got it implicitly before.
o Fix up after header file cleanups: add <linux/mount.h> to
pci_hotplug_core that got it implicitly before.
o Fix up after header file cleanups: add <linux/mount.h> to smbfs
that got it implicitly before.
o Fix up after header file cleanups: add <linux/mount.h> to dquot
that got it implicitly before.
o ps2esdi: fixups after header file cleanups
o xd: fixup after header files cleanups: add include
<linux/interrupt.h>
o cpqarray/cciss: fixup after header files cleanups: add include
<linux/interrupt.h>
o mcd/mcdx: fixup after header files cleanups: add include
<linux/interrupt.h>
o tp3870i: fixup after header files cleanups: add include
<linux/interrupt.h>
o mtpav: fix up header file cleanup: add include
<linux/interrupt.h>
o ncpfs: fix up header cleanup: forward declare struct sock
o sound: fix up header cleanups: add include <linux/interrupt.h>
o char: fix up header cleanups: include linux/interrupt.h
Art Haas <ahaas@airmail.net>:
o C99 designated initializers for arch/s390
o C99 designated initializers for arch/mips64
o C99 designated initializers for drivers/ide/pci (2 of 2)
o C99 designated initializers for arch/arm
o C99 designated initializers for arch/ppc64
o C99 designated initializers for arch/v850
o C99 designated initializers for arch/mips
o C99 designated initializer for arch/alpha/kernel/sys_jensen.c
o C99 designated initializers for arch/s390x
o C99 designated initializers for arch/cris
o C99 designated initializers for drivers/ide/pci (1 of 2)
o C99 designated initializers for drivers/char/agp
o C99 designated initializers for drivers/macintosh
o C99 designated initializer for drivers/usb/media/vicam.c
o C99 designated initializers for arch/i386
Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>:
o [SPARC64]: Do not NULL conswitchp when serial_console
o [TG3]: TG3_HW_STATUS_SIZE should be 0x50 not 0x80
Ben Fennema <bfennema@falcon.csc.calpoly.edu>:
o UDF sync with CVS
Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>:
o Emu10k1 gameport fix
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>:
o get rid of ->detect for upper layer drivers
o remove some dead declarations from the scsi headers
o move all procfs code to scsi_proc
o nuke some crap from fs.h
o include mount.h explicitly were needed
o don't include mount.h in dcache.h
o move mount.h out of fs_struct.h
o fork.c bits for uClinux
o don't include net.h in fs.h
o move scsi_reset_provider to scsi_error.c
o pull even more crap out of fs.h
Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@shaggy.austin.ibm.com>:
o Add fs/jfs/acl.c
David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>:
o <linux/device.h> KERN_WARN(ING)
o usbtest, add some unlink testcases
o usbnet Kconfig helptext
o USB: update usb hotplug documentation
o ehci-hcd, use dummy td when queueing
o usb problems (ohci-hcd + printer)
o usb sysfs shows bNumConfigurations
o usb_new_device() sets up dev->dev earlier
o cleanup usb hcd unlink code
o ohci-hcd, driverfs files work again, less debug output
o HID patches for MGE UPS
David S. Miller <davem@nuts.ninka.net>:
o [SPARC64]: Fix accidental clobbering of register on cheetahplus
o net/ipv4/arp.c: Fix compiler warning
o [IPSEC]: Make netlink user interface header
o kernel/module.c: Kill warnings on egcs-2.9x and 64-bit
o drivers/net/sk98lin/skge.c: Kill useless init_module/cleanup_module
forward declarations
o drivers/net/skfp/skfddi.c: Kill useless init_module/cleanup_module
forward declarations
o drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c: Kill useless init_module/cleanup_module
forward declarations
o [SPARC]: Updated module support
o net/ipv6/af_inet6.c: Remove extraneous #endef
o [SPARC]: More new modules work
o [IPSEC]: Netlink xfrm configuration interface
o [XFRM_USER]: Fix xfrm_find_acq args
o [XFRM_USER]: Destroy netlink socket on shutdown
o [XFRM]: Add family member to state/policy structs
o Fix tg3 net driver to properly disable interrupts during some TX
operations
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>:
o psmouse.c: First check for a Synaptics touchpad, other probes
confuse it enough to disable the trackpoint.
Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>:
o remove code duplication from fs/eventpoll.c
o epoll bits 0.46
o epoll bit 0.47
o epoll - just when you think it's over
Doug Ledford <dledford@aladin.rdu.redhat.com>:
o mptscsih.h: compile fix
o scsi.c
o Update high level scsi drivers to use struct list_head in templates
Update scsi.c for struct list_head in upper layer templates Update
scsi.c for new module loader semantics
o aic7xxx_old: fix check_region/request_region usage so that the
module may be loaded/unloaded/reloaded
o Christoph Hellwig posted a patch that conflicted with a lot of my
own changes, so this is the merge of his work into my own.
o module.c: allow modules to enter themselves during mod init
o pci/setup-bus.c: Fix compile bustage from pci header cleanup
Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>:
o scsi_debug 1.64 , remove detect(), "hotplug" hosts
o scsi_mid_low_api.txt
o scsi_debug 1.64 against 2.5.47
o [update] scsi_mid_low_api.txt
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>:
o Fix dyslexia in Amiga keyboard driver
Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>:
o USB: fixed up the wording of the bluetty driver's help entry to be
stronger
o USB: changed USB_UHCI_HCD_ALT to USB_UHCI_HCD as there is only one
driver
o kernel.h: changed #if DEBUG to #ifdef DEBUG to play nicer with
compilers
o USB: hcd.c: move #ifdef CONFIG_USB_DEBUG statement around a bit
o USB: fixup previous missed hunk in vicam patch
Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>:
o loop sendfile retval
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>:
o threading fix, tid-2.5.47-A3
Jeff Dike <jdike@uml.karaya.com>:
o A bunch of miscellaneous changes - mostly fixes from 2.4 and
updates to 2.5.43.
o A number of small fixes
o The block driver supports partitions again
o Merged the 2.5.44 ubd driver changes
o Updated to work as 2.5.44
o Updated to 2.5.45
o A small Makefile change
o Updates to 2.5.47
James Bottomley <jejb@mulgrave.(none)>:
o add request prep functions to SCSI
o warn (and don't attach) if no error handling
o [SCSI] downgrade lack of eh to warning and stack dump
o [SCSI] minor fixes
o fix potential panic due to scsi_init_io failure [axboe@kernel.dk]
o move sd_init_onedisk so that the disk name is usable
o final tidy up of hch/dledford merger
o Tidy up compile warnings in scsi.c
James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>:
o [AF_KEY]: Fix alloc_skb args
Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>:
o incorrect block layer segment accounting
Jes Sorensen <jes@trained-monkey.org>:
o rrunner PCI DMA mappings
Kai Germaschewski <kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>:
o ISDN: config update
o ISDN: Missed conversion in drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net_lib.c
o ISDN: Fix some typos
o ISDN: Eicon driver fixes
o ISDN: Eicon driver indent
o ISDN: More Eicon driver cosmetics
o kbuild: Indicate building modules in non-verbose mode
o ISDN: Fix Kconfig typo
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@home.transmeta.com>:
o Re-introduce __MODULE_STRING, since some drivers depend on it
o Fix impressive call gate misuse DoS reported on bugtraq
o Duh. Fix the other lcall entry point too
o Merge Radeon driver updates from DRI CVS (add support for R200 cube
map registers)
o Update r128 driver to DRI CVS tree. Add getparam and vblank irq
handling.
o MGA driver update to DRI CVS (3.0.2 -> 3.1.0). Add vblank
interrupt, DMA blit and getparam support.
o i810 driver update to DRI CVS tree: use pci_alloc_consistent
instead of home-brew PCI allocations.
o i830 driver update to DRI CVS tree: use pci_alloc_consistent
instead of home-brew PCI allocations.
o Merge with DRI CVS tree: handle lack of AGP gracefully
o Fix up after pci name removal
o Fix up after header file cleanups: add <linux/mount.h> to NFSD
users that got it implicitly before.
o Make sure we clean user_tid when we've released the memory space it
was associated with.
o Fix up missing "struct iovec" declaration that was lost in
<linux/fs.h> cleanups
o Add forgotten system call number for set_tid_address()
o Initialize exception tables early - don't use an initcall, since
they are needed for early arch initialization.
o Fix up devfs handling for when it is disabled
o Fix more CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD issues
Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>:
o Make it clearer that the atkbd.c driver is for PS/2 keyboards as
well in the Kconfig help text.
Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>:
o additional cleanup for f_op->poll
o yenta resource handling bugs
o drivers/char/raw.c
o fs/autofs/dirhash.c
o drivers/pcmcia/i8???.c
Matthew Dharm <mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net>:
o usb storage: remmove unneeded abort checks
o usb storage: remove duplicate functions
o usb storage: fix aborted auto-sense
o usb storage: fix spelling, comments
o usb storage: remove unneeded workaround for START_STOP
Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>:
o Mux driver for PA-RISC
o Remove d_path from sched.h
o Move fd-related functions from sched.h to file.h
o Move request_irq & free_irq to interrupt.h
o Move wait queue handling from sched.h to wait.h
o remove sched.h from blkdev.h
o remove sched.h from atmdev.h
o remove sched.h from input.h
o remove sched.h from nfsd/cache.h
o remove sched.h from parport.h
o eliminate pci_dev name
o remove sched.h from if_pppox.h
o remove sched.h from i2c.h
o remove sched.h from ftape.h
o remove sched.h from elf.h
o remove sched.h from coda_linux.h
o Add some missing includes to drivers/base
o Run timers as softirqs, not tasklets
Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>:
o dynamic device info flag entries
o remove scsi_host_hn_list
Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>:
o swsusp: rewrite critical parts to assembly
Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>:
o include/asm-sparc/elf.h: Include uaccess.h
o [SPARC]: Move LDFLAGS_BLOD define out from NEW_GAS test
o [sparc] Fix off-by-one in s/g handling
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@verizon.net>:
o usblp buffer allocation (2.5.47)
Rolf Eike Beer <eike@bilbo.math.uni-mannheim.de>:
o [PATCH 0/2] clean up scsi documentation
o clean up scsi documentation
o clean up scsi documentation
Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>:
o Here's a patch that makes the RiscPC input bits work in 2.5
Russell King <rmk@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>:
o [ARM] Cleanup ARM configuration
o [ARM] Clean up includes
o [ARM] Fix flush_dcache_page()
o [ARM] Optimise set_pmd
o [ARM] Finally kill old ecard device discovery interfaces
o [ARM] Move ARMv4 wbi functions to separate file
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>:
o [Trivial Patch] scsi_register 1-8
o KBUILD_MODNAME define for build system
o In-kernel Module Loader
o New Module Loader: x86 support
o Fix module loader compile bug
o Sparc and Sparc64 Module updates
o module_name macro
o separate out moduleloader.h
o Allocate struct module using special allocator
o add strcspn() library function
o Forced module unload
o Export module_dummy_usage
Sam Ravnborg <sam@mars.ravnborg.org>:
o [ARM] makefile cleanup Added prerequisite FORCE in several rules,
now kbuild build a kernel even the second time you try.
Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>:
o cleanup: switch to passing *(struct rpc_procinfo) in rpc_message
o More rpc cleanup
Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>:
o Rescan a serio port in serio.c only when a character comes from it
o Add Logitech Wheel Mouse to the list of Logitech mice that have a
wheel in mousedev.c
o atkbd.c: Only issue the set LED command during probe when
absolutely needed
o Remove dead logibusmouse.h
o hid-input.c: Back out a (wrong) find_next_zero_bit() patch from
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
o Fix open counting in usbkbd.c and usbmouse.c in case the irq urb
submit fails. Bug spotted by Thiemo Seufer.
o Some fixes after conflict merge, in rpcmouse.c and rpckbd.c
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