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Subject: Linux 2.2.10ac2
To: editor@lwn.net, scoop@freshmeat.net, kernel@linuxtoday.com,
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:25:28 +0100 (BST)
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>


	ftp://ftp.*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/alan/...

2.2.10ac2 is just a quick update to fix the compile problems in ac1, and
since it is around to slip in a passing SCSI update and LVM.

2.2.10ac2
o	LVM support				(Heinz Mauelshagen)
o	Fix scsi and bttv symbol problems	(me)
o	SCSI sleep handling bug fix		(Chris Loveland)
o	Qlogic update				(Chris Loveland)
o	Now assume all ZIP IDE floppy firmware is
	funny. Testing seems to imply it is	(me)
o	Fix alpha compile bug			(Daniel Frasnelli)

2.2.10ac1
o	BTTV support for ultrasparc		(DaveM)
o	Tridge is smbfs maintainers		(Andy Tridgell)
o	Fix Coda includes			(Arvind Sankar)
o	Fix mknod over knfsd			(Pavel Krauz)


What is different between 2.2.10 and 2.2.10ac (main items)

o	System 5 file system supports V7 disk format
o	2Gig support or some alphas
o	Choose 1 or 2Gig support for X86
o	APM update
o	Large file arrays
o	Sparc 64 bttv TV card support
o	Mappable DMA memory driver for the G200 3D project
o	WDT watchdog configure options (command line yet to do)
o	IBM PCI token ring driver
o	ARLAN driver
o	Sealevel systems 4021 driver
o	SEEQ 8005 driver can be a module
o	SCSI-2 names known by the scsi loggers
o	Better handling of out of memory during scsi load/unload
o	SCSI error handler doesn't stop initrd unloads
o	Experimental sb mode enablers for ESS Maestro-1
o	Misc small sound fixes
o	ESS sound fixes (WIP)
o	VGA16 console support
o	Quota race fixes
o	Faster NFS client layer
o	Updated knfsd
o	Updated Sangoma drivers (seem to have bugs)
o	gethere trick for better network code generation
o	drop kernel lock on some performance critical user access paths
o	Multipath routing
o	Updated ksymoops package