Kernel 2.4 based: June 2003 stream

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linux-2.4.21-s390-01-june2003.tar.gz / MD5 ... accumulated patch, recommended (2003-06-30)

linux-2.4.21-s390-01-june2003-patches.tar.gz / MD5 ... per-new-function-patches, recommended (2003-06-30)

This patch contains the following Linux kernel features:

• "use_pfix" kernel option.
• Add support for path revalidation.
• Rework of the dasd low memory allocation code.
• Improved control character code.
• Backport of the sclp driver from kernel version 2.5.
• Support for vt220 console.
• Improved idal support.
• Backport of the tape device driver from kernel 2.5.
• Thin-interrupt support for qdio.
• The qeth driver.
• New version of the crypto driver.

To create the complete linux kernel sources, the following patches need to be applied in sequence:

linux-2.4.21.tar.gz (see www.kernel.org)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-01-june2003.diff (IBM)