Software Update: Linux Kernel 2.0.40

A new Linux Kernel has been spotted on Kernel.org. This time it concerns a new stable build of the 2.0 branch. The previous version 2.0.39 dates from January 9, 2001. The release notes look like this:

2.0.40-rc8 was released as 2.0.40 with no changes.

2.0.40-rc8
Ahem, 2.0.40-rc7 never happened, and thus never contained a non-working sk_buff.c… *Lalalalala*

• Fix sk_buff.c
  Thanks to the following who informed me of my blunder: Jari Ruusu, Seiichi Nakashima, Steven ?, Michael Deutschmann
• Correct AF_UNIX fd pass
  semantics to match what OpenSSH expects
• Fix typo in rtl8139.c introduced in 2.0.40-rc7
• Fix typo in ni65.c introduced in 2.0.40-rc7
• Fix compile time error in pci2000.h
• Fix ICMP fix for ip_forward.c
• Fix two compile-time warnings in menuconfig
• Minor changes to CREDITS
• Cosmetic changes to MAINTAINERS