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From: mpagano@gentoo.org (Mike Pagano )
To: Gentoo Kernel List <gentoo-kernel@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.28-5 release
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:01:38
Message-Id: 20090319150137.8522164D9F@smtp.gentoo.org
1 This is an automated email announcing the release of genpatches-2.6.28-5
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3
4 CHANGES SINCE 2.6.28-4
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6
7 Revision 1506:
8 Fix launching of X.org on some PPC platforms (asn)
9 Added: 2300_ppc-legacymem-anon-memory.patch
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11 Revision 1513:
12 Fix in the generic journaling layer for block devices so the journal commit callback can run without holding j_list_lock, to avoid lock contention (mpagano)
13 Added: 1910_j-list-lock-contention-fix.patch
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15 Revision 1514:
16 Add support for another PAC207 webcam (dsd)
17 Added: 4405_gspca-support-another-pac207.patch
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19 Revision 1515:
20 Linux patch version 2.6.28.8 and removal of redundant patches (mpagano)
21 Added: 1007_linux-2.6.28.8.patch
22 Deleted: 1500_algo-test-race-fix-aead-init.patch
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24 Revision 1520:
25 Adding ext4 patches to prevent potential data loss on crash (mpagano)
26 Added: 1915_ext4-automatically-allocate-delay-allocated-blocks-on-rename.patch
27 Added: 1916_ext4-automatically-allocate-delay-allocated-blocks-on-close.patch
28 Added: 1917_ext4-add-EXT4_IOC_ALLOC_DA_BLKS-ioctl.patch
29 Added: 1918_ext4-fix-discard-of-inode-prealloc-space-with-delayed-allocation.patch
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31 Revision 1521:
32 2.6.28-5 release (mpagano)
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35 PATCHES
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38 When the website updates, the complete patch list and split-out patches will be
39 available here:
40 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/patches-2.6.28-5.htm
41 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.28-5.base.tar.bz2
42 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.28-5.extras.tar.bz2
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44
45 ABOUT GENPATCHES
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48 genpatches is the patchset applied to some kernels available in Portage.
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50 For more information, see the genpatches homepage:
51 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches
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53 For a simple example of how to use genpatches in your kernel ebuild, look at a
54 recent gentoo-sources-2.6.* ebuild.