Note: The other major change, elimination of verify_area()
was made in v2.1.2 (Oct 8). Linus, Alan, and others,
discussed it quite a bit. See the linux-kernel archives:
http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/groups/biss/VirtualLibrary/mail/linux-kernel/
or linux-kernel-digest #533 (Linus's announcement & explanation).
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html