Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Oct 1996 18:30:11 +0200 (EET) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Linux-2.1.6 |
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Ok, I'm back, and I made a 2.1.6 release. I'll try to make a 2.0.24 release later today, but quite frankly I had 1500+ emails to go through, and I want to calm down a bit before making that release..
As usual, the patches and tar-files are available on
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/v2.1/ ftp://ftp.cs.helsinki.fi/pub/Software/Linux/Kernel/v2.1/
2.1.6 does: - changed some implementation details of the user access macros on x86: it seems my old inline assembly wasn't really 100% stable. That might have led to unexpected problems (incorrect copying of memory etc). The new code also does a first version of constant-size optimizations. - new sound driver. I haven't actually tested whether it even compiles, but hey, it can't be worse than 2.1.5 ;) - updated ISDN code. Some of the code has been updated by yours truly (the readb/membase stuff for the TELES driver) without having access to the hardware or even compiling it, but as you all know I never make mistaeks, so it will obviously work on the first try. It _might_ even work on alphas. - math emulation should work again on 386's.. - SCC character driver rewritten to be a real network driver instead. - getting rid of "segment.h" eventually.. - cdu31a should work with sound again - aha2940 driver temporary disable to make it boot for some people (please tell me if it still doesn't work for you) - eata driver update - and the big-ping patch, of course..
For obvious reasons (see about email above), I've been kind of busy and haven't had time to check all the changes I made on an alpha yet. Testers appreciated.
Also, if you have sent me patches and don't see them in 2.1.6, you can more-or-less assume that I don't have them pending, but am hoping to have them re-sent in the near future (but don't all flood me immediately, I'd rather avoid having to go through 50 patches in one day).
Linus
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