linux 2.6.27-12.28 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

linux (2.6.27-12.28) intrepid-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Alok Kataria ]

  * x86: add a synthetic TSC_RELIABLE feature bit
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: add X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR feature bit
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: Hypervisor detection and get tsc_freq from hypervisor
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: Add a synthetic TSC_RELIABLE feature bit.
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: Skip verification by the watchdog for TSC clocksource.
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: VMware: Fix vmware_get_tsc code
    - LP: #319945
  * x86: vmware: look for DMI string in the product serial key
    - LP: #319945

  [ Jani Monoses ]

  * Fix webcam having USB ID 0ac8:303b
    - LP: #292086

  [ Stefan Bader ]

  * Bump ABI to -12 Ignore: yes

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * USB: gadget: fix rndis working at high speed
    - LP: #321468
  * usb-storage: update unusual_devs entry for Nokia 5310
    - LP: #321468
  * USB: storage: unusual_devs.h: Nokia 3109c addition
    - LP: #321468
  * USB: Unusual devs patch for Nokia 3500c
    - LP: #321468
  * powerpc: Fix corruption error in rh_alloc_fixed()
    - LP: #321468
  * async_xor: dma_map destination DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL
    - LP: #321468
  * dmaengine: protect 'id' from concurrent registrations
    - LP: #321468
  * ioat: wait for self-test completion
    - LP: #321468
  * md: Don't read past end of bitmap when reading bitmap.
    - LP: #321468
  * ALSA: Fix a Oops bug in omap soc driver.
    - LP: #321468
  * SCSI: ibmvstgt: move crq_queue_create to the end of initialization
    - LP: #321468
  * SCSI: aacraid: disable Dell Percraid quirk on Adaptec 2200S and 2120S
    - LP: #321468
  * cciss: fix problem that deleting multiple logical drives could cause a
    panic
    - LP: #321468
  * ALSA: hda - Add missing terminators in patch_sigmatel.c
    - LP: #321468
  * parisc: disable UP-optimized flush_tlb_mm
    - LP: #321468
  * drivers/net: starfire: Fix napi ->poll() weight handling
    - LP: #321468
  * AMD IOMMU: reset command buffer pointers manually
    - LP: #321468
  * AMD IOMMU: allocate rlookup_table with __GFP_ZERO
    - LP: #321468
  * AMD IOMMU: initialize phys_addr correctly in iommu_page_map
    - LP: #321468
  * AMD IOMMU: fix wrong loop counter in free_pagetables
    - LP: #321468
  * Linux 2.6.27.11
    - LP: #321468
  * Input: atkbd - add keyboard quirk for HP Pavilion ZV6100 laptop
    - LP: #291878
  * ALSA: hda - Check model for Dell 92HD73xx laptops
    - LP: #309512
  * ALSA: hda - Add quirk for Dell Studio 17
    - LP: #309512
  * iwlagn: fix RX skb alignment
    - LP: #309731
  * ALSA: caiaq - Fix Oops with MIDI
    - LP: #321472
  * ALSA: hda - Add quirk for HP6730B laptop
    - LP: #321472
  * cgroups: fix a race between cgroup_clone and umount
    - LP: #321472
  * devices cgroup: allow mkfifo
    - LP: #321472
  * dm log: fix dm_io_client leak on error paths
    - LP: #321472
  * dm raid1: fix error count
    - LP: #321472
  * ioat: fix self test for multi-channel case
    - LP: #321472
  * iwlwifi: use GFP_KERNEL to allocate Rx SKB memory
    - LP: #321472
  * md: fix bitmap-on-external-file bug.
    - LP: #321472
  * minix: fix add link's wrong position calculation
    - LP: #321472
  * sched_clock: prevent scd->clock from moving backwards, take #2
    - LP: #321472
  * SCSI: aha152x_cs: Fix regression that keeps driver from using shared
    interrupts
    - LP: #321472
  * SCSI: eata: fix the data buffer accessors conversion regression
    - LP: #321472
  * USB: emi26: fix oops on load
    - LP: #321472
  * USB: isp1760: use a specific PLX bridge instead of any bdridge
    - LP: #321472
  * USB: unusual_devs.h additions for Pentax K10D
    - LP: #321472
  * x86: default to SWIOTLB=y on x86_64
    - LP: #321472
  * x86: fix incorrect __read_mostly on _boot_cpu_pda
    - LP: #321472
  * x86, UV: remove erroneous BAU initialization
    - LP: #321472
  * inotify: fix type errors in interfaces
    - LP: #321472
  * Move compat system call declarations to compat header file
    - LP: #321472
  * Convert all system calls to return a long
    - LP: #321472
  * Rename old_readdir to sys_old_readdir
    - LP: #321472
  * Remove __attribute__((weak)) from sys_pipe/sys_pipe2
    - LP: #321472
  * Make sys_pselect7 static
    - LP: #321472
  * Make sys_syslog a conditional system call
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrapper infrastructure
    - LP: #321472
  * powerpc: Enable syscall wrappers for 64-bit
    - LP: #321472
  * s390: enable system call wrappers
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrapper special cases
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 01
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 02
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 03
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 04
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 05
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 06
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 07
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 08
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 09
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 10
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 11
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 12
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 13
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 14
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 15
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 16
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 17
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 18
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 19
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 20
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 21
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 22
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 23
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 24
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 25
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 26
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 27
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 28
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 29
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 30
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 31
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 32
    - LP: #321472
  * System call wrappers part 33
    - LP: #321472
  * s390 specific system call wrappers
    - LP: #321472
  * e1000e: fix IPMI traffic
    - LP: #321472
  * eCryptfs: check readlink result was not an error before using it
    - LP: #321472
  * fix switch_names() breakage in short-to-short case
    - LP: #321472
  * fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix
    - LP: #321472
  * ibmvfc: Delay NPIV login retry and add retries
    - LP: #321472
  * ibmvfc: Improve async event handling
    - LP: #321472
  * mm: fix assertion
    - LP: #321472
  * mm lockless pagecache barrier fix
    - LP: #321472
  * mvsas: increase port type detection delay to suit Seagate's 10k6 drive
    ST3450856SS 0003
    - LP: #321472
  * nfs: remove redundant tests on reading new pages
    - LP: #321472
  * powerpc: Disable Collaborative Memory Manager for kdump
    - LP: #321472
  * USB: another unusual_devs entry for another bad Argosy storage device
    - LP: #321472
  * USB: storage: extend unusual range for 067b:3507
    - LP: #321472
  * USB: storage: recognizing and enabling Nokia 5200 cell phoes
    - LP: #321472
  * x86: avoid theoretical vmalloc fault loop
    - LP: #321472
  * x86, cpa: dont use large pages for kernel identity mapping with
    DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
    - LP: #321472
  * x86: fix RIP printout in early_idt_handler
    - LP: #321472
  * PCI: Rework default handling of suspend and resume
    - LP: #321472
  * PCI: Suspend and resume PCI Express ports with interrupts disabled
    - LP: #321472
  * PCI: handle PCI state saving with interrupts disabled
    - LP: #321472
  * PCI PM: Split PCI Express port suspend-resume
    - LP: #321472
  * Linux 2.6.27.12
    - LP: #321472
  * pkt_sched: sch_htb: Fix deadlock in hrtimers triggered by HTB
    - LP: #321474
  * ipv6: Fix fib6_dump_table walker leak
    - LP: #321474
  * sctp: Avoid memory overflow while FWD-TSN chunk is received with bad
    stream ID
    - LP: #321474
  * pkt_sched: cls_u32: Fix locking in u32_change()
    - LP: #321474
  * r6040: fix wrong logic in mdio code
    - LP: #321474
  * r6040: save and restore MIER correctly in the interrupt routine
    - LP: #321474
  * r6040: bump release number to 0.19
    - LP: #321474
  * tcp: don't mask EOF and socket errors on nonblocking splice receive
    - LP: #321474
  * usb-storage: add last-sector hacks
    - LP: #321474
  * usb-storage: set CAPACITY_HEURISTICS flag for bad vendors
    - LP: #321474
  * ALSA: hda - make laptop-eapd model back for AD1986A
    - LP: #321474
  * drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c: fix buffer overflow
    - LP: #321474
  * IA64: Turn on CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_CLOCK
    - LP: #321474
  * 'kill sig -1' must only apply to caller's namespace
    - LP: #321474
  * lib/idr.c: use kmem_cache_zalloc() for the idr_layer cache
    - LP: #321474
  * p54usb: Add USB ID for Thomson Speedtouch 121g
    - LP: #321474
  * PCI: keep ASPM link state consistent throughout PCIe hierarchy
    - LP: #321474
  * rt2x00: add USB ID for the Linksys WUSB200.
    - LP: #321474
  * security: introduce missing kfree
    - LP: #321474
  * sgi-xp: eliminate false detection of no heartbeat
    - LP: #321474
  * clocksource: introduce clocksource_forward_now()
    - LP: #321474
  * hwmon-vid: Add support for AMD family 10h CPUs
    - LP: #321474
  * ath9k: quiet harmless ForceXPAon messages
    - LP: #321474
  * dell_rbu: use scnprintf() instead of less secure sprintf()
    - LP: #321474
  * hwmon: (abituguru3) Fix CONFIG_DMI=n fallback to probe
    - LP: #321474
  * powerpc: is_hugepage_only_range() must account for both 4kB and 64kB
    slices
    - LP: #321474
  * mm: write_cache_pages cyclic fix
    - LP: #321474
  * mm: write_cache_pages early loop termination
    - LP: #321474
  * mm: write_cache_pages writepage error fix
    - LP: #321474
  * mm: write_cache_pages integrity fix
    - LP: #321474
  * mm: write_cache_pages cleanups
    - LP: #321474
  * mm: write_cache_pages optimise page cleaning
    - LP: #321474
  * mm: write_cache_pages terminate quickly
    - LP: #321474
  * mm: write_cache_pages more terminate quickly
    - LP: #321474
  * mm: do_sync_mapping_range integrity fix
    - LP: #321474
  * mm: direct IO starvation improvement
    - LP: #321474
  * fs: remove WB_SYNC_HOLD
    - LP: #321474
  * fs: sync_sb_inodes fix
    - LP: #321474
  * fs: sys_sync fix
    - LP: #321474
  * Linux 2.6.27.13
    - LP: #321474

 -- Stefan Bader <email address hidden>   Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:11:01 +0100