Linux 2.6.8.1-ac1

From: Alan Cox (alan_at_redhat.com)
Date: 08/31/04

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    I've posted up a 2.6.8.1-ac1. This is mostly aimed at people wanting to try
    the newer IDE stuff while I work on feeding it to Bartlomiej.

    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/2.6/linux-2.6/2.6.8.1/..

    Change summary for Linux 2.6.8.1-ac1 versus 2.6.8.1

    [ * = submitted to maintainer, + = submitted but needs more work ]

    * Fix crash on boot or nonworking keyboard driver (Alan Cox)
                    with E750x based systems in SMP
    * Fix timing violation in i8042 driver code (Alan Cox)
    * Allow 3% slack for root in strict overcommit (Alan Cox)
    * Add support for 16byte (GPRS) pcmcia serial cards (Alan Cox)
    * Reformat buslogic ready for real fixing (indent)
    * Support VLAN on 3c59x/3c90x hardware (Stefan de Konkink)
    * Serial ATA reporting of ATA errors for real diagnostics (Alan Cox)
    + Fix IDE locking, /proc races and other uglies (Alan Cox)
    + Initial IT8212 IDE driver (Alan Cox)
    + IDE hotplug (controller level) (Alan Cox)
    + Fix IDE disk crash on bad geometry (Alan Cox)
    + Fix mishandling of pure LBA devices (Alan Cox)
    + Fix problems with non-decoded slaves (Alan Cox)
    - Fix failure to handle large drives on ALi controllers (Alan Cox)
            | Lost from 2.4-ac to 2.6.
    - Initial code working at making jiffies removal easier (Alan Cox)

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