linux 2.6.27-5.8 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

linux (2.6.27-5.8) intrepid; urgency=low

  [ Amit Kucheria ]

  * Update AUFS-related Kconfig
    - LP: #264048

  [ Michael Haas ]

  * add proper aufs source tree from 20080922
  * Fix AUFS compilation in vfsub.c
  * Add splice-2.6.23.patch from AUFS to export a symbol needed by AUFS
  * Add put_filp.patch from AUFS to export a symbol needed by AUFS
  * apply (modified) lhash.patch from AUFS to export __lookup_hash()
  * Add deny_write_access.patch from AUFS - export deny_write_access
  * Add sec_perm-2.6.24.patch from AUFS - export security_inode_permission
  * make sure TMPFS_MAGIC is defined in AUFS Makefile

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Enabled CONFIG_IPWIRELESS
    - LP: #274748
  * Enabled CONFIG_E1000E, disabled CONFIG_E1000E_NEW
    This takes advantage of the upstream NVM protection fix in
    commit 4a7703582836f55a1cbad0e2c1c6ebbee3f9b3a7.

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "[Bluetooth] Eliminate checks for impossible conditions in IRQ
    handler"
  * [SCSI] qla2xxx: Defer enablement of RISC interrupts until ISP
    initialization completes.
  * PCI: Fix pcie_aspm=force
  * PCI: fix compiler warnings in pci_get_subsys()
  * UBIFS: create the name of the background thread in every case
  * UBIFS: TNC / GC race fixes
  * UBIFS: remove incorrect assert
  * UBIFS: fix printk format warnings
  * AMD IOMMU: set iommu sunc flag after command queuing
  * AMD IOMMU: protect completion wait loop with iommu lock
  * sparc64: Fix disappearing PCI devices on e3500.
  * x86, oprofile: BUG scheduling while atomic
  * ALSA: ASoC: Fix at32-pcm build breakage with PM enabled
  * ath9k: connectivity is lost after Group rekeying is done
  * wireless: zd1211rw: add device ID fix wifi dongle "trust nw-3100"
  * [IA64] Ski simulator doesn't need check_sal_cache_flush
  * [IA64] kexec fails on systems with blocks of uncached memory
  * ath9k: Fix IRQ nobody cared issue with ath9k
  * [Bluetooth] Fix I/O errors on MacBooks with Broadcom chips
  * [Bluetooth] Fix wrong URB handling of btusb driver
  * [Bluetooth] Fix USB disconnect handling of btusb driver
  * sparc64: Fix missing devices due to PCI bridge test in
    of_create_pci_dev().
  * [WATCHDOG] ibmasr: remove unnecessary spin_unlock()
  * [WATCHDOG] wdt285: fix sparse warnings
  * [WATCHDOG] unlocked_ioctl changes
  * x86: fix 27-rc crash on vsmp due to paravirt during module load
  * sched: fix init_hrtick() section mismatch warning
  * clockevents: prevent cpu online to interfere with nohz
  * x86: prevent stale state of c1e_mask across CPU offline/online
  * clockevents: prevent stale tick_next_period for onlining CPUs
  * clockevents: check broadcast device not tick device
  * clockevents: prevent mode mismatch on cpu online
  * x86: prevent C-states hang on AMD C1E enabled machines
  * x86: c1e_idle: don't mark TSC unstable if CPU has invariant TSC
  * timers: fix build error in !oneshot case
  * ALSA: ASoC: maintainers - update email address for Liam Girdwood
  * ibmasr: remove unnecessary spin_unlock()
  * smb.h: do not include linux/time.h in userspace
  * kernel-doc: allow structs whose members are all private
  * kexec: fix segmentation fault in kimage_add_entry
  * Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt: update for pci_dma_mapping_error()
    changes
  * sys_paccept: disable paccept() until API design is resolved
  * mm: tiny-shmem fix lock ordering: mmap_sem vs i_mutex
  * Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt: fix softlockup_thresh description
  * memcg: check under limit at shrink_usage
  * atmel_serial: update the powersave handler to match serial core
  * [SCSI] Fix hang with split requests
  * USB Storage: Sierra: Non-configurable TRU-Install
  * USB Serial: Sierra: Device addition & version rev
  * USB: ehci: fix some ehci hangs and crashes
  * USB: Fix the Nokia 6300 storage-mode.
  * USB: Correct Sierra Wireless USB EVDO Modem Device ID
  * USB: fix hcd interrupt disabling
  * USB: update of Documentation/usb/anchors.txt
  * usb gadget: fix omap_udc DMA regression
  * USB: Fixing Nokia 3310c in storage mode
  * usb: musb: fix include path
  * USB: fix EHCI periodic transfers
  * usb-serial: Add Siemens EF81 to PL-2303 hack triggers
  * USB: SERIAL CP2101 add device IDs
  * USB: unusual_devs addition for RockChip MP3 player
  * USB: fsl_usb2_udc: fix VDBG() format string
  * usb serial: ti_usb_3410_5052 obviously broken by firmware changes
  * USB: ftdi_sio: Add 0x5050/0x0900 USB IDs (Papouch Quido USB 4/4)
  * USB: serial: add ZTE CDMA Tech id to option driver
  * USB Serial: Sierra: Add MC8785 VID/PID
  * USB: drivers/usb/musb/: disable it on SuperH
  * usb: ftdi_sio: add support for Domintell devices
  * usb: unusual devs patch for Nokia 5310 Music Xpress
  * USB: revert recovery from transient errors
  * [MIPS] au1000: Fix gpio direction
  * [MIPS] Fixe the definition of PTRS_PER_PGD
  * x86: prevent stale state of c1e_mask across CPU offline/online, fix
  * x86: disable apm on the olpc
  * i2c-powermac: Fix section for probe and remove functions
  * i2c-dev: Return correct error code on class_create() failure
  * i2c: Fix mailing lists in two MAINTAINERS entries
  * ath9k: disable MIB interrupts to fix interrupt storm
  * 9p: implement proper trans module refcounting and unregistration
  * 9p-trans_fd: fix trans_fd::p9_conn_destroy()
  * 9p-trans_fd: clean up p9_conn_create()
  * 9p-trans_fd: don't do fs segment mangling in p9_fd_poll()
  * 9p-trans_fd: fix and clean up module init/exit paths
  * 9p: introduce missing kfree
  * 9p: use an IS_ERR test rather than a NULL test
  * 9p: fix put_data error handling
  * netfilter: ip6t_{hbh,dst}: Rejects not-strict mode on rule insertion
  * MN10300: Move asm-arm/cnt32_to_63.h to include/linux/
  * MN10300: Make sched_clock() report time since boot
  * ALSA: fix locking in snd_pcm_open*() and snd_rawmidi_open*()
  * ALSA: remove unneeded power_mutex lock in snd_pcm_drop
  * IPoIB: Fix crash when path record fails after path flush
  * [XFS] Fix extent list corruption in xfs_iext_irec_compact_full().
  * [XFS] Remove xfs_iext_irec_compact_full()
  * kgdb: could not write to the last of valid memory with kgdb
  * kgdb, x86, arm, mips, powerpc: ignore user space single stepping
  * kgdb, x86_64: gdb serial has BX and DX reversed
  * kgdb, x86_64: fix PS CS SS registers in gdb serial
  * kgdboc,tty: Fix tty polling search to use name correctly
  * ARM: Delete ARM's own cnt32_to_63.h
  * m32r: remove the unused NOHIGHMEM option
  * m32r: don't offer CONFIG_ISA
  * m32r: export empty_zero_page
  * m32r: export __ndelay
  * m32r/kernel/: cleanups
  * [MIPS] au1000: Make sure GPIO value is zero or one
  * [MIPS] IP27: Switch to dynamic interrupt routing avoding panic on
    error.
  * [MIPS] BCM47xx: Fix build error due to missing PCI functions
  * [SSB] Initialise dma_mask for SSB_BUSTYPE_SSB devices
  * Swarm: Fix crash due to missing initialization
  * ide-tape: fix vendor strings
  * ide: note that IDE generic may prevent other drivers from attaching
  * cdrom: update ioctl documentation
  * [SCSI] qlogicpti: fix sg list traversal error in continuation entries
  * sata_nv: reinstate nv_hardreset() for non generic controllers
  * scsi: fix fall out of sg-chaining patch in qlogicpti
  * ALSA: make the CS4270 driver a new-style I2C driver
  * ALSA: ASoC: Fix another cs4270 error path
  * Fix NULL pointer dereference in proc_sys_compare
  * kconfig: fix silentoldconfig
  * kconfig: readd lost change count
  * mm owner: fix race between swapoff and exit
  * Linux 2.6.27-rc8
  * e1000e: write protect ICHx NVM to prevent malicious write/erase

 -- Amit Kucheria <email address hidden>   Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:22:35 +0300