It adds byte counts to the network devices. Most devices don't keep these
yet but that won't break anything but the numbers.
Summary of changes
o First parts of Wan router support from Sangoma
o IP Forwarding CONFIG option removed
o Localtalk drivers for Farallon/Apple card (May not compile)
o First parts of WANPIPE driver support (say N in config for this
diff) - if you say Y it will break
o CS8390 driver
o Brief VFS document
o Serial console (I needed it to debug, and it works and what the
hell it wants merging)
o More SMP notes (Oops the patch defaults to an SMP field so
single processor folk edit the top level Makefile ;))
o Added URL for WDT watchdog cards
o Boot setup fixes from the loadlin crew
o B stepping SMP warning doesnt warn about P6's (which are fine)
as well as B step P5's (which are not)
o SJ and ISP16 CDROM fix off the list
o APM bios fix - now compiles
o VESA fix off list - now my X11 works with APM configured..
o Drivers now use net_device_stats and can keep byte counters
o Gratutiously reformatted the frame relay code
o Big select() patch.
o Modules buffer length fix
o IP over DDP (totally untested)
o Firewall uses a proper semaphore
o iovec fixes
o Socket syscalls cleaned up
o Metricom support fixed
o Routing message changes
o TCP protocol error fixes
o Fix module error in AF_INET6
I've got 4 or 5 patches to apply to get level with the list and the
WAN stuff to finish merging. However if a few folks can look for the
small errors in that stuff it will really help me move things on
and get a 2nd set that is clean of small accidental breakages
And a big thanks to the people who contributed most of those patches
Alan Cox
http://penguin.uk.linux.org - see the Penguin we got Linus