Software update: Linux Kernel 2.4.21 stable

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Anonymous: 51493 informed us that a new version of the stable GNU/Linux kernel has been released. With this, after 7 months of waiting, we have arrived at version 2.4.21. Below is a short excerpt of the complete changelog

final:

– 2.4.21-rc8 was released as 2.4.21 with no changes.

Summary of changes from v2.4.21-rc7 to v2.4.21-rc8

Geert Uytterhoeven:

  • Fix ext2fs warning

    Hugh Dickins :

  • Fix shmctl(SHM_LOCK/UNLOCK) deadlock

    Marcelo Tosatti :

  • Backout erroneous kiobuf dcache flush changes Cset exclude: jsun@mvista.com|ChangeSet|20030425203656|60956
  • Changed EXTRAVERSION to -pre8
  • Cset exclude: geert@linux-m68k.org|ChangeSet|20030609201637|12385
  • Cset exclude: geert@linux-m68k.org|ChangeSet|20030609201907|11405
  • Remove bogus license for Rocket driver and change it to GPL
  • Version number 2.4.21 stable
    Operating systems Linux, Linux x86
    Website The Linux Kernel Archives
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    file size

    3.67MB

    License type GPL
    BelowdriverKernelLinuxRocketSoftware