[Intrepid] Kernel 2.6.27-12.28 uploaded (ABI bump) to proposed

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Thu Feb 5 13:30:50 GMT 2009


A new kernel has been uploaded. Note the bumped ABI. The changelog can be found 
at: https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+source/linux/2.6.27-12.28

ABI changes:
* fs: sys_sync fix
   - Removes s_syncing from struct super_block
* fs: remove WB_SYNC_HOLD
   - Removes WB_SYNC_HOLD from enum writeback_sync_modes
* x86: Hypervisor detection and get tsc_freq from hypervisor
   - Modifies elements for per_cpu__cpu_info and boot_cpu_data
     structures
* fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix
   - Modifies arguments to __page_symlink()
   - Renames __grab_cache to grab_cache_page_write_begin()
* iwlwifi: use GFP_KERNEL to allocate Rx SKB memory
   - Removes the export of iwl_rx_allocate
* iwlagn: fix RX skb alignment
   - Changes elements of iwl_rx_mem_buffer structure

Stefan
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