Changes between 2.1.109 and 2.1.109ac1 o Asynchronous I/O via realtime signals o Large file arrays per process (10K is just fine) o 2Gig swap files o Loop device supports sparse backing files o Runtime settable mount array size o request_module signal handling fixed o Better menuconfig o NFS handles "access denied" from clients right o Appletalk handles PROBE and name changes correctly o Network layer meets oversized buffer size requests as best it can by limits, not by using default o Much more extensive joystick support o Tropez+ Wavefront sound driver o Zoltrix radio driver o Bill Hawes tty driver cleanup o Parallel port doesnt panic the kernel if it unloads while you are in /proc o /proc inode counts are right o Bitops ffs doesnt leak into userspace for libc5 users o BTTV doesnt use old BIOS interface (still not up to date with Ralph) o Parport glitch fixed o 3c59x patches - should stabilise the 3c59x/3c90x driver o Amateur radio hfmodem compiles (syntax error in Linus tree) o msp3400 and i2c tuners work if compiled in o i2c tuner doesnt clash with other code on debug symbol o i2c works compiled in o Videodev supports KMOD o Appletalk uses older field names for back compatibility o Displays %cr0 %cr2 %cr3 on an Oops o Bill Hawes "is root busy" checker o MTRR builds uniproc with debugging spinlocks o Network probe order cleaned up o Apricot driver sort out o Aims lab radio driver fixes o SF16FMI radio driver fixes o Old legacy radio interface killed (with its authors permission) o SAA5249 doesnt reference PCI. Its not PCI it shouldnt have done o More __initfuncs o Tiny 3c509 cleanups o Small spelling fixes to 3c501 o Warning fix to baycom_epp o BPQ ether transmit path fix. RX path still busted o MAD16 crashes fixed o Turtle Beach Multisound update o DECnet end node support o Dump unused netbeui header o X.25 fixes o init knows root=loop (for initrd users) o Econet, netlink, packet sockets don't cause NULL pointer crashes (NULL not sock_no_* vectors) o IP firewalling TOS change works again o Sendmsg on UDP IPV6 fix o Schd_api compiles .