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From: mpagano@gentoo.org (Mike Pagano )
To: Gentoo Kernel List <gentoo-kernel@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.28-8 release
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:02:08
Message-Id: 20090416190206.570CE64991@smtp.gentoo.org
1 This is an automated email announcing the release of genpatches-2.6.28-8
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3
4 CHANGES SINCE 2.6.28-7
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6
7 Revision 1532:
8 Linux 2.6.28.9. Removal of redundant patches. Addtion of cflags patch for the main makefile to disable invalid cant wrap optizations. (mpagano)
9 Added: 1008_linux-2.6.28.9.patch
10 Added: 2910_makefile-cflags.patch
11 Deleted: 2705_i915-no-vblank-on-disabled-pipe.patch
12 Deleted: 2710_i915-set-vblank-flag-correctly.patch
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14 Revision 1536:
15 Fix for performance regression when WRITE_SYNC writes and writes submitted without sync flag caused excession idling in IO scheduler (mpagano)
16 Added: 1920_write-sync-regression-fix.patch
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18 Revision 1539:
19 Fixes print hanging in some printers (e.g. Canon BJC-3000) (asn)
20 Added: 2310_usblp-status-polling.patch
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22 Revision 1545:
23 Revert null dereference check in jbd2_journal_being_ordered_truncate for ocfs2 (mpagano)
24 Added: 1925_revert-null-dref-in-jbd2-journal-being-ordered-truncate.patch
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26 Revision 1546:
27 2.6.28-8 release (mpagano)
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30 PATCHES
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33 When the website updates, the complete patch list and split-out patches will be
34 available here:
35 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/patches-2.6.28-8.htm
36 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.28-8.base.tar.bz2
37 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.28-8.extras.tar.bz2
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39
40 ABOUT GENPATCHES
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43 genpatches is the patchset applied to some kernels available in Portage.
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45 For more information, see the genpatches homepage:
46 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches
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48 For a simple example of how to use genpatches in your kernel ebuild, look at a
49 recent gentoo-sources-2.6.* ebuild.