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- Lines: 118
- Date:
Tue Mar 17 21:22:25 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.89/linux/Documentation/Changes
- Orig date:
Tue Mar 10 10:03:29 1998
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.89/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
Also, don't forget http://www.linuxhq.com/ for all your Linux kernel
needs.
-Last updated: February 16. 1998
+Last updated: March 16. 1998
Current Author: Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu).
Current Minimal Requirements
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
- Kernel modules modutils-2.1.85 ; insmod -V
- Gnu C 2.7.2.3 ; gcc --version
- Binutils 2.8.1.0.1 ; ld -v
-- Linux C Library 5.4.38 ; ls -l /lib/libc.so.*
+- Linux C Library 5.4.44 ; ls -l /lib/libc.so.*
- Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.9.5 ; ldd -v
- Linux C++ Library 2.7.2.8 ; ls -l /usr/lib/libg++.so.*
- Procps 1.2.5 ; ps --version
-- Procinfo 0.11 ; procinfo -v
+- Procinfo 0.13 ; procinfo -v
- Mount 2.7l ; mount --version
- Net-tools 1.41 ; hostname -V
- Loadlin 1.6a
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
- NFS 0.4.21 ; showmount --version
- Bash 1.14.7 ; bash -version
- Ncpfs 2.1.1 ; ncpmount -v
-- Pcmcia-cs 2.9.12
+- Pcmcia-cs 3.0.0
- PPP 2.3.3 ; pppd -v
Upgrade notes
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
in Lilo. A small number of machines need "reboot=bios" to reboot via
the BIOS.
+ Also, please remember that cua* devices are now obsolete. Switch to
+the corresponding ttyS* device instead (e.g., cua0 -> ttyS0, cua1 ->
+ttyS1, etc.).
+
Libc
====
@@ -109,6 +113,12 @@
You need to upgrade to modutils-2.1.85 for kernels 2.1.85 and later.
This version will also work with 2.0.x kernels.
+ As of 2.1.90-pre1, kerneld has been replaced by a kernel thread,
+kmod. See Documentation/kmod.txt for more information. The main
+user-level change this requires is modification to your init scripts to
+check for the absence of /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe before starting
+kerneld.
+
Binutils
========
@@ -148,7 +158,7 @@
presence.
To turn on IP forwarding, issue the following command: echo 1 >
-/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding
+/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
To run bootpd, you'll need to issue the following command: echo 1
>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_boot_agent
@@ -266,12 +276,12 @@
Linux C Library
===============
-The 5.4.38 release:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/libc-5.4.38.bin.tar.gz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.38.bin.tar.gz
+The 5.4.44 release:
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/libc-5.4.44.bin.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.44.bin.tar.gz
Installation notes for 5.4.38:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.libc-5.4.38
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.4.38
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.libc-5.4.44
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.4.44
Linux C++ Library
=================
@@ -308,7 +318,7 @@
==================
The 0.11 release:
-ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/procinfo-0.11.tar.gz
+ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/procinfo-0.13.tar.gz
RPM utilities
=============
@@ -391,8 +401,8 @@
Pcmcia-cs
=========
-The 1.9.12 release:
-ftp://hyper.stanford.edu/pub/pcmcia/pcmcia-cs-2.9.12.tar.gz
+The 3.0.0 release:
+ftp://hyper.stanford.edu/pub/pcmcia/pcmcia-cs-3.0.0.tar.gz
PPP
===
@@ -415,11 +425,12 @@
your favorite Red Hat mirror site before installing the non-RPM
version. Remember, you might need to use the -force option to get the
upgrade to install. ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/ will have almost
-everything you need.
+everything you need, as does RedHat 5.0.
Those of you running Debian (or a different distribution that
supports .deb packages) can look in the "unstable" and
-"project/experimental" directories of your favorite Debian mirror.
+"project/experimental" directories of your favorite Debian mirror. The
+Debian 2.0 release should have most packages you need as well.
For others, David Bourgin has put together a package of everything
necessary to quickly and easily upgrade to 2.1.x. See
FUNET's LINUX-ADM group, linux-adm@nic.funet.fi
TCL-scripts by Sam Shen, slshen@lbl.gov