README -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This patchset is to be the series of patches for gentoo-sources. It is designed for cross-compatibility, fixes and stability, with performance and additional features/driver support being a second. Unless otherwise stated and marked as such, this kernel should be suitable for all environments. Patchset Numbering Scheme -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIXES 1000-1400 linux-stable 1400-1500 linux-stable queue 1500-1700 security 1700-1800 architecture-related 1800-1900 mm/scheduling/misc 1900-2000 filesystems 2000-2100 networking core 2100-2200 storage core 2200-2300 power management (ACPI, APM) 2300-2400 bus (USB, IEEE1394, PCI, PCMCIA, ...) 2400-2500 network drivers 2500-2600 storage drivers 2600-2700 input 2700-2900 media (graphics, sound, tv) 2900-3000 other 3000-4000 reserved FEATURES 4000-4100 network 4100-4200 storage 4200-4300 graphics 4300-4400 filesystem 4400-4500 security enhancement 4500-4600 other EXPERIMENTAL 5000-5100 experimental patches (BFQ, ...) Individual Patch Descriptions: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patch: 1000_linux-3.16.1.patch From: http://www.kernel.org Desc: Linux 3.16.1 Patch: 1001_linux-3.16.2.patch From: http://www.kernel.org Desc: Linux 3.16.2 Patch: 1002_linux-3.16.3.patch From: http://www.kernel.org Desc: Linux 3.16.3 Patch: 1003_linux-3.16.4.patch From: http://www.kernel.org Desc: Linux 3.16.4 Patch: 1004_linux-3.16.5.patch From: http://www.kernel.org Desc: Linux 3.16.5 Patch: 1005_linux-3.16.6.patch From: http://www.kernel.org Desc: Linux 3.16.6 Patch: 1006_linux-3.16.7.patch From: http://www.kernel.org Desc: Linux 3.16.7 Patch: 1500_XATTR_USER_PREFIX.patch From: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470644 Desc: Support for namespace user.pax.* on tmpfs. Patch: 2400_kcopy-patch-for-infiniband-driver.patch From: Alexey Shvetsov Desc: Zero copy for infiniband psm userspace driver Patch: 2700_ThinkPad-30-brightness-control-fix.patch From: Seth Forshee Desc: ACPI: Disable Windows 8 compatibility for some Lenovo ThinkPads Patch: 2900_dev-root-proc-mount-fix.patch From: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438380 Desc: Ensure that /dev/root doesn't appear in /proc/mounts when bootint without an initramfs. Patch: 2905_s2disk-resume-image-fix.patch From: Al Viro ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Desc: Do not lock when UMH is waiting on current thread spawned by linuxrc. (bug #481344) Patch: 4200_fbcondecor-3.15.patch From: http://www.mepiscommunity.org/fbcondecor Desc: Bootsplash ported by Uladzimir Bely (bug #513334) Patch: 4500_support-for-pogoplug-e02.patch From: Cristoph Junghans Desc: Support for Pogoplug e02 (bug #460350), adjusted to be opt-in by TomWij. Patch: 4567_distro-Gentoo-Kconfig.patch From: Tom Wijsman Desc: Add Gentoo Linux support config settings and defaults. Patch: 5000_enable-additional-cpu-optimizations-for-gcc.patch From: https://github.com/graysky2/kernel_gcc_patch/ Desc: Kernel patch enables gcc optimizations for additional CPUs. Patch: 5001_BFQ-1-block-cgroups-kconfig-build-bits-for-v7r6-3.16.patch From: http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/ Desc: BFQ v7r6 patch 1 for 3.16: Build, cgroups and kconfig bits Patch: 5002_BFQ-2-block-introduce-the-v7r6-I-O-sched-for-3.16.patch1 From: http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/ Desc: BFQ v7r6 patch 2 for 3.16: BFQ Scheduler Patch: 5003_BFQ-3-block-add-Early-Queue-Merge-EQM-v7r6-for-3.16.0.patch From: http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/ Desc: BFQ v7r6 patch 3 for 3.16: Early Queue Merge (EQM) Patch: 5010_multipath-tcp-v3.16-ac0ec67aa8bb.patch From: http://multipath-tcp.org/ Desc: Patch for simultaneous use of several IP-addresses/interfaces in TCP for better resource utilization, better throughput and smoother reaction to failures.