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From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
Subject: Linux 2.2.5ac2
To: editor@lwn.net, scoop@freshmeat.net, kernel@linuxtoday.com
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:34:21 +0100 (BST)


Linux 2.2.5ac2 is now up on ftp.*.kernel.org

		Alan


Differences between Linux 2.2.5ac1 and Linux 2.2.5ac2

o	Fixed the uid cache race again 			(me)
o	DaveM's tcp fix					(DaveM)
o	EFS partition endian fixes			(Al Smith)
o	SMP fixes for old EISA boxes			(James Bottomley)
o	Ksymoops updates - please test on non x86	(Keith Owens)
o	Non blocking tty fix				(Tobias Ringstrom)
o	SCSI generic updates				(Douglas Gillbert)
o	Config updates					(Axel Boldt)
o	IPv4 traffic equaliser				(Guus Sliepen)
o	Soundscape Vivo fix				(Walter Hunt)

Differences between Linux 2.2.5 and Linux 2.2.5ac1

o	Large file arrays
o	AIC7xxx driver updated.
o	NFS client does write clustering and handles >4K page servers well
o	PCI2000/PSI2200 compile fixed.
o	QlogicFC driver pdated.
o	V7 file system support in the SYS5 fs
o	Updated Sangoma drivers (in progress)
o	2Gig memory support on the Alpha
o	ARM arch & driver updates
o	I2O SCSI and Block OSM (experimental)
o	MCA updates
o	K6-II/III MTRR registers
o	Cleaned up MSR/TSC handling
o	MCD parameters settable in make config 
o	IRDA updates - IRDA sockets
o	Roadrunner/HIPPI updates
o	Sealevel Wan card driver (experimental)
o	Sound fixes for mulaw
o	Experimental sound drivers for ESS Maestro PCI
o	4bit VGA fbcon driver
o	Inode versioning
o	Lockd, NFSD updates
o	NTFS doesnt crash the machine on out of memory
o	Procfs readlink fix
o	Improved scsi generic
o	Misc small changes