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Hello! |
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I have just released genkernel 3.4.11 to the testing tree. |
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From a high level point of view this release brings: |
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- Slightly faster startup |
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- Updated versions of busybox, LVM, e2fsprogs/blkid |
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- A few new features, e.g. GnuPG support |
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- A bunch of bug fixes (see below) |
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Below you can find details on the changes since 3.4.10.908. |
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Besides the people contributing bug reports special thanks go to: |
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- Amadeusz Zolnowski (LVM update) |
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- Christian Giessner (UUID crypt_root) |
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- dacook (GnuPG 1.x support) |
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- Denis Kaganovich (Busybox patch porting) |
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- devsk (Multi-device patch) |
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- Fabio Erculiani (Slowusb fixes) |
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- Kai Dietrich (Symlink analysis) |
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- Kolbjorn Barmen (Arithmetic fix) |
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Please open bugs for any issues you run into. |
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New features |
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217959 Add GnuPG 1.x support |
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315467 Add support for UUID to crypt_root |
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303529 Add minimal btrfs support |
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267383 Add virtio support by updating LVM |
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244651 Run "make firmware_install" if CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL != y |
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Component updates |
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291822 Update e2fsprogs/blkid to 1.41.14 |
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331971 Update busybox to 1.18.1 |
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255196 Update LVM to 2.02.74 |
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Bug fixes |
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351047 Do not sleep after vgscan |
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271528 Handle missing kernel .config better |
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323317 Improve slowusb handling |
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246370 Check return codes of cpio |
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307855 Create /bin/vg* symlinks when called as /linuxrc, too |
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303531 Pick first device when several devices are matching real_root |
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347213 Fix warning "cannot remove `/var/cache/genkernel/src'" |
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326593 Allow configuring the list of busybox applets |
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339789 Fix arithmetic bug in defaults/initrd.scripts |
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Thanks for your interest. |
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Sebastian |
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