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Kernel 2.4 based: June 2003 stream

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2004-10-12 kernel 2.4.21 new feature patch 18-fixed ("June 2003")

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  • Patch 18-fixed dated 2004-10-12 replaces patch 18 dated 2004-10-07.
  • The "single patches" of 18-fixed are different from the "single patches" 18.
  • The accumulated patch 18-fixed is identical to patch 18, except for the name.
  • If you already applied patch 18 to your kernel, please remove it and apply patch 18-fixed - or re-build your kernel, bypassing patch 18.






linux-2.4.21-s390-18-fixed-june2003.tar.gz / MD5 ... accumulated patch, recommended (2004-10-12)

linux-2.4.21-s390-18-fixed-june2003-patches.tar.gz / MD5 ... single patches, recommended (2004-10-12)

These patches contain the following linux kernel features:

  • Add Layer 2 support for OSA-Express to qeth network driver.
  • Add z90crypt exploitation of zero-pad function in PCIXCC for the z890/z990 cryptographic cards.
  • New ctcmpc device driver for SNA networking - required for using IBM Communications Server for Linux (see Communications Server for Linux on zSeries homepage)

Everybody should apply this patch.

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)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-02-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-03-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-04-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-05-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-06-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-07-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-08-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-08-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-09-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-10-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ xip2fs1 (see linuxvm.org/patches/index.html)
+ xip2fs2 (see linuxvm.org/patches/index.html)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-11-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-12-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-13-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-14-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-15-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-16-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-17-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-18-fixed-june2003.diff (IBM)

Note: If On-demand timer is required, apply as last patch:
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-timer-04-june2003.diff (IBM)

Note: If you apply the above patches, you need as a minimum the 2004-07-14 version of the tape_3590 OCO module "tape3590-2.4.21-s390(x)-02-june2003.tar.gz".


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