[ANN] Compat-wireless for 2.6.38 - vanilla and cherry pick releases

From: Luis R. Rodriguez
Date: Thu Mar 17 2011 - 21:23:20 EST

The juicy URLs:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable

http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.38/compat-wireless-2.6.38-3.tar.bz2
sha1sum: f1fb354dc2c4a8788bcd65b0e3105d58094450d8

http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.38/compat-wireless-2.6.38-3-ns.tar.bz2
sha1sum: 305e5c7e24246d082f88ffa1c7ad219db1138058

ChangeLog:

http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.38/ChangeLog-2.6.38-wireless

I've only test compiled so far against 2.6.35 the entire tarball and
only load tested against iwlagn.

The boring verbiage:

Linus moved on with life and released 2.6.38, we get to do the same
now with our backported BT, 802.11 and networking components down to
the latest supported kernel listed on kernel.org (sometimes even
further). We get two releases, a vanilla release and a secondary
release that has patches sucked out from linux-next.git which are
pending to be propagated into 2.6.38.1 and also a select few cherry
picked patches from linux-next.git which are not stable material but
have been reported to help with stability.

The pending-stable stuff sucked out from linux-next.git :

mcgrof@tux ~/devel/compat-wireless-2.6 (git::linux-2.6.38.y)$ ls -1
pending-stable/
0001-ath9k_hw-Fix-incorrect-macversion-and-macrev-checks.patch
0002-ath9k_hw-read-and-backup-AR_WA-register-value-even-b.patch
0004-rtl8187-Change-rate-control-feedback.patch
0005-ath9k-remove-support-for-the-FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS-filt.patch

The cherry picked stuff from linux-next.git :

mcgrof@tux ~/devel/compat-wireless-2.6 (git::linux-2.6.38.y)$ ls -1
linux-next-cherry-picks/
0001a-ath9k_hw-Add-a-function-to-read-sqsum_dvc.patch
0001b-ath9k-Fix-a-PLL-hang-issue-observed-with-AR9485.patch
0001c-ath9k-Cancel-pll_work-while-disabling-radio.patch
0002-ath9k-Fix-incorrect-GPIO-LED-pin-for-AR9485.patch
0003-ath9k_hw-Read-noise-floor-only-for-available-chains-.patch
0004-ath9k_hw-Improve-idle-power-consumption-for-AR9485.patch
0005-ath9k_hw-Increase-the-wait-count-for-nf-load.patch
0006-ath9k_hw-fix-REG_SET_BIT-and-REG_CLR_BIT-for-multipl.patch
0007-ath9k-fix-stopping-tx-dma-on-reset.patch
0008-ath9k-disable-beaconing-before-stopping-beacon-queue.patch
0009-ath9k-improve-reliability-of-beacon-transmission-and.patch
0010-ath9k-fix-aggregation-related-interoperability-issue.patch
0011-staging-Fix-some-incorrect-use-of-positive-error-cod.patch
0012-staging-ath6kl-Fixing-a-NULL-pointer-exception.patch
0013-staging-ath6kl-Fixing-key-settings-for-WPA-WPA2.patch
0014-staging-ath6kl-Return-correct-scan-complete-status.patch
0015-staging-ath6kl-Fixing-target-crash-due-to-mismatch-c.patch
0016-staging-ath6kl-Fixing-driver-initialization-for-manu.patch
0017-staging-ath6kl-Consolidating-hardware-configuration.patch
0018-staging-ath6kl-Adding-support-for-txop-bursting-enab.patch
0019-staging-ath6kl-Fixing-a-memory-leak.patch
0020-staging-ath6kl-Fixing-a-memory-leak.patch
0021-staging-ath6kl-Add-configuration-for-excessive-TX-re.patch
0022-staging-ath6kl-Fixing-memory-leak.patch
0023-staging-ath6kl-Fixing-the-cached-copy-of-the-BSS-fil.patch
0024-staging-ath6kl-Adding-state-in-driver-to-track-the-s.patch
0025-staging-ath6kl-Fixing-accidental-overwriting-of-prob.patch
0026-staging-ath6kl-Fixing-disappearing-of-scan-list-due-.patch
0027-staging-ath6kl-buffer-overflow-in-SEND_FRAME-ioctl.patch
0028-staging-ath6kl-Eliminate-cfg80211-warnings.patch

A lot of these patches have required a manual backport so feel free to
reuse elsewhere if you find useful.

Below is the compat.git and compat-wireless ChangeLog, for more details visit:

http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.38/ChangeLog-2.6.38-wireless


===============================================
ChangeLog for compat-wireless for linux-2.6.38
===============================================

This is the ChangeLog for the Linux kernel project compat-wireless.
It provides a backport of a few Linux kernel subsystems down to
older kernels:

* 802.11
* Bluetooth
* Ethernet

For more details refer to the home page:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable/

The compat-wireless project consists of code from three projects:

* The Linux kernel: linux-2.6-allstable.git
* Compat-wirelesS: compat-wireless.git
* Compat: compat.git

The compat-wireless stable releases incorporates code from from
each of these git trees for the respective upstream Linux kernel
stable release. A branch called linux-2.6.3x.y exists for each
stable release. Below we provide the ChangeLog of changes from
the previous branched release to the new branched release.

Release: linux-2.6.38


Updates from the compat.git project:
====================================

git shortlog linux-2.6.37.y..linux-2.6.38.y

Felix Fietkau (6):
compat: backport pm_qos_*_request
compat: backport pm_qos_request
compat: add a wrapper for rfkill.h
compat: fix pm_qos_params compile error on 2.6.35
compat: fix a typo in pm_qos_update_request for 2.6.35
compat: backport LED class software blinking

Hauke Mehrtens (16):
compat: add missing pm_runtime.h
compat: backport Generic exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA)
compat: update wireless.h with new version from linux-next
compat: backport pr_warn
compat: fix build with CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS=m
compat: fix build for kernel <= 2.6.29
compat: backport skb_checksum_start_offset
compat backport no_printk
compat: backport pci_is_pcie and pci_pcie_cap
compat: backport pci_wake_from_d3
compat: backport alloc_workqueue
compat: add generic functions for suspend/resume
compat: backport kfifo
compat: backport alloc_ordered_workqueue
compat: add support for kernel 2.6.38
compat: backport tty_{lock,unlock,locked}

Johannes Berg (3):
Felix's patch backported my software blink emulation, but if
the kernel is 2.6.25 or newer we can also try the HW offload
first.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
This has disappeared upstream and is no longer used.

Luis R. Rodriguez (3):
compat: backport sign_extend32()
compat: backport PCI_EXP_LNKCTL_ES added for on 2.6.29
compat: add check for CONFIG_COMPAT_KFIFO=m

Updates from the compat-wireless.git project:
=============================================

git shortlog linux-2.6.37.y..linux-2.6.38.y

Dave Vasilevsky (1):
compat-wireless: Rename config option to CONFIG_B43_PHY_N

Felix Fietkau (1):
compat-wireless: remove unnecessary chunks from the rfkill patch

Greg Whiteley (1):
compat-wireless: rt2800pci (and rt2x00pci) don't unload on 'make unload'

Hauke Mehrtens (33):
compat-wireless: make patches apply again
compat-wireless: Backport pci power management
compat-wireless: make patches apply again
compat-wireless: fix compile error with iwl
compat-wireless: add missing rename for CONFIG_IWL4965
compat-wireless: WL1251_SDIO needs WL12XX_PLATFORM_DATA
compat-wireless: make patches apply again
compat-wireless: generate CONFIG_COMPAT_KERNEL_38
compat-wireless: make BRCMFMAC compile
compat-wireless: correct rt2x00 config options
compat-wireless: rename config symbols to CONFIG_WL12XX
compat-wireless: fix CONFIG_BRCM80211 config option
compat-wireless: remove double definition of CONFIG_SSB_DEBUG
compat-wireless: make patches apply again
compat-wireless: make patches apply again
compat-wireless: make crap patches apply again
compat-wireless: add new config options for ath5k
compat-wireless: make patches apply again
compat-wireless: make patch apply again
compat-wireless: make patches apply again.
compat-wireless: use pci_is_pcie()
compat-wireless: add support for RTL8192CE
compat-wireless: build led support conditionally
compat-wireless: fix power managemnet backport
compat-wireless: remove patches applied mainline
compat-wireless: rtl8187 and rtl8180 moved
compat-wireless: use generic suspend resume
compat-wireless: make patches apply again.
compat-wireless: use backported kfifo
compat-wireless: make NEXT_TREE configurable.
compat-wireless: update patches in enable-older-kernels
compat-wireless: do not write git-clone
compat-wireless: backport of alloc_ordered_workqueue into compat.git

Johannes Berg (1):
compat-wirelesS: fix Intel driver-select

Luciano Coelho (1):
compat-wireless: apply changes needed after wl1271->wl12xx renaming

Luis R. Rodriguez (57):
compat-wireless: refresh patches
compat-wireless: refresh crap patches
compat-wireless: remove 28-pm-qos-params.patch
compat-wireless: disable ar9170 when selecting ath
compat-wireless: disable brcm80211 when selecting ath
Revert "compat-wireless: apply changes needed after
wl1271->wl12xx renaming"
compat-wireless: refresh patches
compat-wireless: refresh crap patches
Revert "Revert "compat-wireless: apply changes needed after
wl1271->wl12xx renaming""
compat-wireless: refresh patches
compat-wireless: refresh crap patches
compat-wireless: refresh patches
compat-wireless: refresh patches
compat-wireless: fix crap packetlog patch
compat-wireless: refresh crap patches
compat-wireless: refresh patches
compat-wireless: refresh crap patches
compat-wireless: refresh patches
compat-wireless: refresh crap patches
compat-wireless: refresh patches
compat-wireless: fix admin-update.sh for stable cherry picks
compat-wireless: fix stable patch pull count
compat-wireless: refresh patches for linux-next next-20101217
compat-wireless: refresh crap patches for next-20101217
compat-wireless: rt2x00 no uses a kfifo on the header
compat-wireless: refresh patches
compat-wireless: refresh crap patches
compat-wireless: refresh patches for v2.6.38-rc2
compat-wireless: refresh crap patches
compat-wireless: First release for v2.6.37-rc3
compat-wireless: fix stable pending tag mismatch output
compat-wireless: skip directory if patches directory is empty
compat-wireless: refresh patches
compat-wireless: fix disable_bt
compat-wireless: fix intel drivers on driver-select
compat-wireless: refresh patches for 2.6.38-rc7
compat-wireless: refresh crap patches for 2.6.38-rc7
compat-wireless: remove old pending-stable ignore patch
compat-wireless: remove present stable patch ath9k memory leak on PAPRD
compat-wireless: empty commit to bump tag based on compat.git updates
compat-wireless: refresh patches for v2.6.38 final
compat-wireless: fix gen-stable-release.sh for git tree updates
compat-wireless: add ath9k linux-cherry-picks for 2.6.38
compat-wireless: fix
0008-ath9k-disable-beaconing-before-stopping-beacon-queue.patch
compat-wireless: backport first series of patches for ath6kl
from linux-next
compat-wireless: add second series of cherry picks for ath6kl
from linux-next
compat-wireless: cherry pick ath6kl-Consolidating-hardware-configuration
compat-wireless: backport two more ath6kl cherry picked patches
from linux-next
compat-wireless: backport two more ath6kl cherry picked patches
compat-wireless: backport last set of cherry picked patches for
ath6kl from linux-next
compat-wireless: refresh linux-next-cherry-picks/ for 2.6.38
compat-wireless: cherry pick
ath9k-Fix-a-PLL-hang-issue-observed-with-AR9485.patch
compat-wireless: cherry pick for ath9k:
ath9k_hw-Add-a-function-to-read-sqsum_dvc.patch
compat-wireless: add missing hunk for
0009-ath9k-improve-reliability-of-beacon-transmission-and.patch
compat-wireless: fix hunk for
linux-next-cherry-picks/0009-ath9k-improve-reliability-of-beacon-transmission-and.patch
compat-wireless: fix Makefile
compat-wireless: add all pending-stable patches for 2.6.38

Senthil Balasubramanian (1):
compat-wireless: Fix ath9k debug log issue.

Sven-Haegar Koch (1):
compat-wireless: fix activesync devices

Timo Lindhorst (1):
Add the header file for the new bluetooth management interface
to the list of bluetooth include files.

Walter Goldens (2):
compat-wireless: complete rtlwifi/RTL8192CE support
compat-wireless: unify some driver-select colors
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