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Review Der Linux Kernel Sourcen Von 4.9 Auf 4.10 Review der Linux Kernel Sourcen von 4.9 auf 4.10 Reviewed by: Tested by: stecan stecan Period of Review: Period of Test: From: Thursday, 11 January 2018 07:26:18 o'clock +01: From: Thursday, 11 January 2018 07:26:18 o'clock +01: To: Thursday, 11 January 2018 07:44:27 o'clock +01: To: Thursday, 11 January 2018 07:44:27 o'clock +01: Report automatically generated with: LxrDifferenceTable, V0.9.2.548 Provided by: Certified by: Approved by: Account: stecan Name / Department: Date: Friday, 4 May 2018 13:43:07 o'clock CEST Signature: Review_4.10_0_to_1000.pdf Page 1 of 793 May 04, 2018 Review der Linux Kernel Sourcen von 4.9 auf 4.10 Line Link NR. Descriptions 1 .mailmap#0140 Repo: 9ebf73b275f0 Stephen Tue Jan 10 16:57:57 2017 -0800 Description: mailmap: add codeaurora.org names for nameless email commits ----------- Some codeaurora.org emails have crept in but the names don't exist for them. Add the names for the emails so git can match everyone up. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] 2 .mailmap#0154 3 .mailmap#0160 4 CREDITS#2481 Repo: 0c59d28121b9 Arnaldo Mon Feb 13 14:15:44 2017 -0300 Description: MAINTAINERS: Remove old e-mail address ----------- The ghostprotocols.net domain is not working, remove it from CREDITS and MAINTAINERS, and change the status to "Odd fixes", and since I haven't been maintaining those, remove my address from there. CREDITS: Remove outdated address information ----------- This address hasn't been accurate for several years now. Simply remove it. Merge branch 'x86-microcode-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip ----------- Pull x86 microcode update from Ingo Molnar: "The biggest change (by Borislav Petkov) is a thorough rewrite of the Intel microcode loader and its interactions with the core code. The biggest conceptual change is the decoupling of the microcode loading on boot and application processors (which load the microcode in different scenarios), so that both parse the input patches with as few assumptions as possible - this also fixes various kernel address space randomization bugs. (The AP side then goes on and caches the result to improve boot performance.) Since the AMD side already did this, this change also opened up the path towards more unification/simplification of the core microcode loading infrastructure: 10 files changed, 647 insertions(+), 940 deletions(-) Review_4.10_0_to_1000.pdf Page 2 of 793 May 04, 2018 Review der Linux Kernel Sourcen von 4.9 auf 4.10 Line Link NR. Descriptions which speaks for itself" * 'x86-microcode-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/microcode: Bump driver version, update copyrights x86/microcode: Rework microcode loading x86/microcode/intel: Remove intel_lib.c x86/microcode/amd: Move private inlines to .c and mark local functions static x86/microcode: Collect CPU info on resume x86/microcode: Issue the debug printk on resume only on success x86/microcode/amd: Hand down the CPU family x86/microcode: Export the microcode cache linked list x86/microcode: Remove one #ifdef clause x86/microcode/intel: Simplify generic_load_microcode() x86/microcode: Move driver authors to CREDITS x86/microcode: Run the AP-loading routine only on the application processors 5 CREDITS#2484 6 CREDITS#2486 7 CREDITS#2778 8 CREDITS#3951 9 MAINTAINERS#0038 Repo: 0c59d28121b9 Arnaldo Mon Feb 13 14:15:44 2017 -0300 Description: MAINTAINERS: Remove old e-mail address ----------- The ghostprotocols.net domain is not working, remove it from CREDITS and MAINTAINERS, and change the status to "Odd fixes", and since I haven't been maintaining those, remove my address from there. Merge tag 'fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc ----------- Pull ARM SoC fixes from Arnd Bergmann: - A relatively large patch restores booting on i.MX platforms that failed to boot after a cleanup was merged for v4.10. - A quirk for USB needs to be enabled on the STi platform - On the Meson platform, we saw memory corruption with part of the memory used by the secure monitor, so we have to stay out of that area. - The same platform also has a problem with ethernet under load, which is fixed by disabling EEE negotiation. Review_4.10_0_to_1000.pdf Page 3 of 793 May 04, 2018 Review der Linux Kernel Sourcen von 4.9 auf 4.10 Line Link NR. Descriptions - imx6dl has an incorrect pin configuration, which prevents SPI from working. - Two maintainers have lost their access to their email addresses, so we should update the MAINTAINERS file before the release - Renaming one of the orion5x linkstation models to help simplify the debian install. - A couple of fixes for build warnings that were introduced during v4.10-rc. * tag 'fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc: ARM: defconfigs: make NF_CT_PROTO_SCTP and NF_CT_PROTO_UDPLITE built-in MAINTAINERS: socfpga: update email for Dinh Nguyen ARM: orion5x: fix Makefile for linkstation-lschl.dtb ARM: dts: orion5x-lschl: More consistent naming on linkstation series ARM: dts: orion5x-lschl: Fix model name MAINTAINERS: change email address from atmel to microchip MAINTAINERS: at91: change email address ARM64: dts: meson-gx: Add firmware reserved memory zones ARM64: dts: meson-gxbb-odroidc2: fix GbE tx link breakage ARM: dts: STiH407-family: set snps,dis_u3_susphy_quirk ARM: dts: imx: Pass 'chosen' and 'memory' nodes ARM: dts: imx6dl: fix GPIO4 range ARM: imx: hide unused variable in #ifdef MAINTAINERS: socfpga: update email for Dinh Nguyen ----------- My opensource.altera.com email will be going away soon. Merge tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost ----------- Pull virtio/vhost fixes from Michael S. Tsirkin: "Last minute fixes: - ARM DMA fix revert - vhost endian-ness fix - MAINTAINERS: email address change for Amit" * tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost: MAINTAINERS: update email address for Amit Shah vhost: fix initialization for vq->is_le Revert "vring: Force use of DMA API for ARM-based systems with legacy devices" Review_4.10_0_to_1000.pdf Page 4 of 793 May 04, 2018 Review der Linux Kernel Sourcen von 4.9 auf 4.10 Line Link NR. Descriptions MAINTAINERS: update email address for Amit Shah ----------- I'm leaving my job at Red Hat, this email address will stop working next week. Update it to one that I will have access to later. Merge tag 'at91-ab-4.10-soc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/abelloni/linux into fixes ----------- AT91 SoC fixes for 4.10: - change email addresses for Nicolas and Ludovic following the Microchip-Atmel merger * tag 'at91-ab-4.10-soc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/abelloni/linux: MAINTAINERS: change email address from atmel to microchip MAINTAINERS: at91: change email address MAINTAINERS: change email address from atmel to microchip ----------- Use microchip email address instead of old atmel one. MAINTAINERS: at91: change email address ----------- Following the Microchip / Atmel merger and the unification of internal IT, it's more convenient for me to swith to the microchip.com address. Change all my entries to reflect this. Merge tag 'wireless-drivers-for-davem-2017-01-29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers ----------- Kalle Valo says: ==================== wireless-drivers fixes for 4.10 Most important here are fixes to two iwlwifi crashes, but there's also a firmware naming fix for iwlwifi and a revert of an older bcma patch. ==================== MAINTAINERS: ath9k-devel is closed ----------- ath9k-devel list is now closed, only linux-wireless should be used. Review_4.10_0_to_1000.pdf Page 5 of 793 May 04, 2018 Review der Linux Kernel Sourcen von 4.9 auf 4.10 Line Link NR. Descriptions Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net ----------- Pull networking fixes from David Miller: 1) GTP fixes from Andreas Schultz (missing genl module alias, clear IP DF on transmit). 2) Netfilter needs to reflect the fwmark when sending resets, from Pau Espin Pedrol. 3) nftable dump OOPS fix from Liping Zhang. 4) Fix erroneous setting of VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID on transmit, from Rolf Neugebauer. 5) Fix build error of ipt_CLUSTERIP when procfs is disabled, from Arnd Bergmann. 6) Fix regression in handling of NETIF_F_SG in harmonize_features(), from Eric Dumazet. 7) Fix RTNL deadlock wrt. lwtunnel module loading, from David Ahern. 8) tcp_fastopen_create_child() needs to setup tp->max_window, from Alexey Kodanev. 9) Missing kmemdup() failure check in ipv6 segment routing code, from Eric Dumazet. 10) Don't execute unix_bind() under the bindlock, otherwise we deadlock with splice. From WANG Cong. 11) ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim() potentially reallocates the skb buffer, therefore callers must reload cached header pointers into that skb. Fix from Eric Dumazet. 12) Fix various bugs in legacy IRQ fallback handling in alx driver, from Tobias Regnery. 13) Do not allow lwtunnel drivers to be unloaded while they are referenced by active instances, from Robert Shearman. 14) Fix truncated PHY LED trigger names, from Geert Uytterhoeven. 15) Fix a few regressions from virtio_net XDP support, from John Fastabend and Jakub Kicinski. * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net: (102 commits) ISDN: eicon: silence misleading array-bounds warning net: phy: micrel: add support for KSZ8795 Review_4.10_0_to_1000.pdf Page 6 of 793 May 04, 2018 Review der Linux Kernel Sourcen von 4.9 auf 4.10 Line Link NR. Descriptions gtp: fix cross
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