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  1. README
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  3. This patchset is to be the series of patches for gentoo-sources.
  4. It is designed for cross-compatibility, fixes and stability, with performance
  5. and additional features/driver support being a second.
  6. Unless otherwise stated and marked as such, this kernel should be suitable for
  7. all environments.
  8. Patchset Numbering Scheme
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  10. FIXES
  11. 1000-1400 linux-stable
  12. 1400-1500 linux-stable queue
  13. 1500-1700 security
  14. 1700-1800 architecture-related
  15. 1800-1900 mm/scheduling/misc
  16. 1900-2000 filesystems
  17. 2000-2100 networking core
  18. 2100-2200 storage core
  19. 2200-2300 power management (ACPI, APM)
  20. 2300-2400 bus (USB, IEEE1394, PCI, PCMCIA, ...)
  21. 2400-2500 network drivers
  22. 2500-2600 storage drivers
  23. 2600-2700 input
  24. 2700-2900 media (graphics, sound, tv)
  25. 2900-3000 other
  26. 3000-4000 reserved
  27. FEATURES
  28. 4000-4100 network
  29. 4100-4200 storage
  30. 4200-4300 graphics
  31. 4300-4400 filesystem
  32. 4400-4500 security enhancement
  33. 4500-4600 other
  34. EXPERIMENTAL
  35. 5000-5100 experimental patches (BFQ, ...)
  36. Individual Patch Descriptions:
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  38. Patch: 1000_linux-3.16.1.patch
  39. From: http://www.kernel.org
  40. Desc: Linux 3.16.1
  41. Patch: 1001_linux-3.16.2.patch
  42. From: http://www.kernel.org
  43. Desc: Linux 3.16.2
  44. Patch: 1002_linux-3.16.3.patch
  45. From: http://www.kernel.org
  46. Desc: Linux 3.16.3
  47. Patch: 2400_kcopy-patch-for-infiniband-driver.patch
  48. From: Alexey Shvetsov <alexxy@gentoo.org>
  49. Desc: Zero copy for infiniband psm userspace driver
  50. Patch: 2700_ThinkPad-30-brightness-control-fix.patch
  51. From: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com>
  52. Desc: ACPI: Disable Windows 8 compatibility for some Lenovo ThinkPads
  53. Patch: 2900_dev-root-proc-mount-fix.patch
  54. From: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438380
  55. Desc: Ensure that /dev/root doesn't appear in /proc/mounts when bootint without an initramfs.
  56. Patch: 2905_s2disk-resume-image-fix.patch
  57. From: Al Viro <viro <at> ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
  58. Desc: Do not lock when UMH is waiting on current thread spawned by linuxrc. (bug #481344)
  59. Patch: 4200_fbcondecor-3.15.patch
  60. From: http://www.mepiscommunity.org/fbcondecor
  61. Desc: Bootsplash ported by Uladzimir Bely (bug #513334)
  62. Patch: 4500_support-for-pogoplug-e02.patch
  63. From: Cristoph Junghans <ottxor@gentoo.org>
  64. Desc: Support for Pogoplug e02 (bug #460350), adjusted to be opt-in by TomWij.
  65. Patch: 4567_distro-Gentoo-Kconfig.patch
  66. From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org>
  67. Desc: Add Gentoo Linux support config settings and defaults.
  68. Patch: 5000_enable-additional-cpu-optimizations-for-gcc.patch
  69. From: https://github.com/graysky2/kernel_gcc_patch/
  70. Desc: Kernel patch enables gcc optimizations for additional CPUs.
  71. Patch: 5001_BFQ-1-block-cgroups-kconfig-build-bits-for-v7r5-3.16.patch
  72. From: http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/
  73. Desc: BFQ v7r5 patch 1 for 3.16: Build, cgroups and kconfig bits
  74. Patch: 5002_BFQ-2-block-introduce-the-v7r5-I-O-sched-for-3.16.patch1
  75. From: http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/
  76. Desc: BFQ v7r5 patch 2 for 3.16: BFQ Scheduler
  77. Patch: 5003_BFQ-3-block-add-Early-Queue-Merge-EQM-v7r5-for-3.16.0.patch
  78. From: http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/
  79. Desc: BFQ v7r5 patch 3 for 3.16: Early Queue Merge (EQM)