• Linux_2_6_7

2.6.7

• Released June 16, 2004 changelog:

• Scheduling Domains (LWN article) (commit)

• Full object-based reverse-mapping scheme and removal of the per-page PTE chains (LWN article)

• Filtered Wakeups (LWN article)

• Ability to re-enable interrupts while waiting in spin_lock_irqsave() (for all architectures now)
• msleep() function for millisecond-scale waits

• del_singleshot_timer(): Deleting timers quickly (LWN article)

• shrink "dentry" structure

• Speedup readahead for seeky workloads (commit)

• Support for quotas, extended attributes, ACLs, SELinux in reiserfs (commit) - (commit) - (commit) - (commit)

• Removal of the Intermezzo filesystem (lack of mainteinance) (commit)

• Remove IDE PATA TCQ support: It's been disabled some time ago, PATA TCQ has so many technical short comings, that it was never really interesting (commit)

• Dynamic addition of virtual disks on PPC64 iSeries (commit)

• Implement separate per-cpu stacks for processing interrupts and softirqs, along the lines of the CONFIG_4KSTACKS stuff on x86 (commit)

• PowerPC 750GX support (commit)

• new API for NUMA systems

• Debugging option to put data symbols in kallsyms (commit)

• Introduce a new ioctl, DRM_IOCTL_SET_VERSION. This ioctl allows the server or client to notify the DRM that it expects a certain version of the device dependent or device independent interface. If the major doesn't match or minor is too large, {EINVAL is returned commit

• Add modules to sysfs commit

• Drivers & architectures

  • CPUFREQ Add support for Pentium M (Dothan) processors for p4-clockmod commit

  • CPUFREQ: Add support for Pentium M (Dothan) processors. Until further review, only ACPI data will get this driver to run - no built-in tables will exist. commit

  • TG3: Add 5750 chip and PHY IDs. commit

  • TG3: Add 572x/575x PCI IDs. commit

  • USB Storage: Sony Clie commit

  • USB: add support for Zire 31 devices. commit

  • USB: add support for eGalax Touchscreen USB commit

  • b44: ethtool_ops support commit

  • TG3: Add eeprom dump support. commit

  • add class support to drivers/char/tipar.c commit

  • add class support to drivers/block/paride/pt.c commit

  • add class support to drivers/block/paride/pg.c commit

  • Add class support to drivers/char/ip2main.c commit

  • Class support for ppdev.c commit

  • I2C: Add LM99 support to the lm90 driver commit

  • I2C: add I2C epson 8564 RTC chip driver commit

  • USB: LEGO USB Tower driver v0.95 commit

  • USB: Alcatel TD10 Serial to USB converter cable support commit

  • sata_sis: add new PCI id commit

  • Input: support Synaptics touchpads that have separate middle button commit

  • ICE1712: added Event Electronics EZ8 support commit

  • USB generic driver: Edirol UA-700 advanced modes support commit

  • ATIIXP: added the PCI id entry for SB300 commit

  • MPT Fusion add back FC909 support commit

  • Add SMBIOS tables to sysfs commit

  • USB: add new USB PhidgetServo driver commit

  • Add MMC core support commit, commit, commit, commit