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From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
Subject: Linux 2.2.0pre7ac2
To: editor@lwn.net, scoop@freshmeat.net, editor@linuxtoday.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 06:59:13 +0000 (GMT)


I've put up 2.2.0pre7ac2 on
	ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/2.2pre/...

Differences between 2.2.0pre7ac1 and 2.2.0pre7ac2

o	Fixed Config help bug in PCI stuff
o	NFS client over tcp might well work now
o	IP automatic route addition can be disabled
o	IPX bind to down interface sort of fixed.
o	Small sound clean ups on the SB/ESS stuff
o	Major bttv update - please test this hard
o	Make xconfig ought to work - give it a hammering
o	Updated RCPCI I2O lan driver
o	AHA15xx config info update
o	Typo fixes
o	Added dcache doc
o	APM update
o	Old HD driver fixed
o	Geometry fixes for IDE
o	UM8886 IDE controllers irq detection fixed
o	3c59x byte counters
o	Remove remaining cern_hippi bits
o	ext2 fsync update
o	isofs fixes
o	de4x5 should compile ok now

Differences between 2.2.0pre7 and 2.2.0pre7ac1

o	Config help for Apollo and for INITIO scsi
o	Large fd arrays (100,000 per process!)
o	Console font handling fixes in 512 char mode
o	Lance allows compiling as a module
o	EEPro100 has byte counters
o	Some shaper bug work - still doesnt work in 2.2.0pre
o	Symbios 53c416 support
o	QlogicFC fibre channel controller support
o	Problems with certain numbers of disks fixed
o	PAS2 and SB sound fixes
o	Swap/page size header stuff handled right
o	NFS client knows about BSD style FIFO rule
o	Memory locking fixes for /proc
o	AVL tree VMA handling for speed when running debug tools
o	Root-dev sysctl works for both endians
o	IP masquerade bug fix for ICMP masq
o	NFS over TCP mostly works
o	Xconfig fixes
o	IPI counter on SMP
o	ver_linux script improvements


Oh yeah I left some I2O references in in error. Just say N to those 8)

Alan