Hi, Here goes the third pre of v2.4.30.
It contains a small number of scattered fixes, most notably e1000 update, a backport of v2.6's nForce override fix, and SATA update. The changes which broke "tar --verify" on tapes have been reverted. Please read the changelog for more details. Summary of changes from v2.4.30-pre2 to v2.4.30-pre3 ============================================ <davem:northbeach.davemloft.net.davemloft.net>: o [SPARC64]: Tomatillo PCI controller bug fixes o [TIGON3]: Do not touch NIC_SRAM_FIRMWARE_MBOX when TG3_FLG2_SUN_570X o [TIGON3]: Update driver version and reldate <hifumi.hisashi:lab.ntt.co.jp>: o BUG on error handlings in Ext3 under I/O <krzysztof.h1:wp.pl>: o [SPARC]: DBRI fixes and improvements <liml:rtr.ca>: o sata_qstor: eh_timeout fix <mallikarjuna.chilakala:intel.com>: o e1000: 1 Robert Olsson's fix and o e1000: 2 use netif_poll_{enable|disable} o e1000: Avoid race between e1000_watchdog o e1000: Delay clean-up of last Tx buffer o e1000: Fix WOL settings in 82544 based o e1000: Patch from Peter Kjellstroem -- o e1000: Checks for desc ring/rx data o e1000: Report failure code when loopback o e1000: Fixes related to Cable length o e1000: Driver version white space, <mat.loikkanen:synopsys.com>: o [libata] add ->bmdma_{stop,status} hooks <phil:fifi.org>: o sk98lin workaround Asus K8V SE Deluxe buggy firmware <slee:netengine1.com>: o Fix units/partition count in sd.c Adrian Bunk: o drivers/scsi/sata_*: make code static David S. Miller: o [SPARC64]: Fix 32bit compat layer bugs in sys_ipc() and sys_rt_sigtimedwait() o [AF_UNIX]: Fix SIOCINQ for STREAM o [SPARC64]: Accept 'm5823' clock chip as seen on SB1500 Jeff Garzik: o [libata sata_via] minor cleanups o [libata sata_via] add support for VT6421 SATA o [libata] resync with 2.6 msleep() updates o [libata] trivial: whitespace sync with 2.6 o [libata] do not call pci_disable_device() for certain errors o [libata] Add missing hooks, to avoid oops in advanced SATA drivers o [libata] Use DMA_{32,64}BIT_MASK in ahci, sata_vsc drivers o [libata ahci] Print out port id on error messages o [libata] remove_one helper cleanup John W. Linville: o libata: fix command queue leak when xlat_func fails o tulip: make tulip_stop_rxtx() wait for DMA to fully stop Marcelo Tosatti: o Cset exclude: [EMAIL PROTECTED]|ChangeSet|20041125155150|65356 o Allow lseek on SCSI tapes o Allow lseek on osst to keep tar --verify happy o Change VERSION to 2.4.30-pre3 o Early ACPI PCI quirk depends on CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC Mark Lord: o sata_qstor: new basic driver for Pacific Digital o [libata qstor] minor update per LKML comments Matt Domsch: o aic7xxx: don't reset chip on pause Mikael Pettersson: o fix undefined behaviour in cistpl.c Paul Fulghum: o fix synclinkmp register access typo Solar Designer: o Fix for swapoff after re-creating device files o Fix proc_tty.c comment typos Zwane Mwaikambo: o Fix timer override on nforce - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/