[gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.26-4 release

[gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.26-4 release

[Daniel Drake]

This is an automated email announcing the release of genpatches-2.6.26-4


CHANGES SINCE 2.6.26-3
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Revision 1378: 
Fix clockevents-related resume regression, thanks to Olivier Crete in bug #245927 (dsd)
Added: 2905_clockevents-resume-regression.patch

Revision 1379: 
Disable high-resolution scheduler ticks to avoid performance regression, thanks to Kerin Millar in bug #247453 (dsd)
Added: 1800_sched-disable-hrtick.patch

Revision 1380: 
Fix libertas buffer overflow (dsd)
Added: 2400_libertas-scan-buffer-overflow.patch

Revision 1381: 
Fix hfs security issue with long catalog names (dsd)
Added: 1905_hfs-namelength-corruption.patch

Revision 1382: 
hfsplus security fixes (dsd)
Added: 1910_hfsplus-unchecked-page-mapping.patch
Added: 1915_hfsplus-buffer-overflow.patch

Revision 1383: 
update to Linux 2.6.26.8 (dsd)
Added: 1006_linux-2.6.26.7.patch
Added: 1007_linux-2.6.26.8.patch

Revision 1384: 
libertas patch is included in 2.6.26.8 (dsd)
Deleted: 2400_libertas-scan-buffer-overflow.patch

Revision 1385: 
2.6.26-4 release (dsd)


PATCHES
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When the website updates, the complete patch list and split-out patches will be
available here:
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/patches-2.6.26-4.htm
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.26-4.base.tar.bz2
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.26-4.extras.tar.bz2


ABOUT GENPATCHES
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genpatches is the patchset applied to some kernels available in Portage.

For more information, see the genpatches homepage:
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches

For a simple example of how to use genpatches in your kernel ebuild, look at a
recent gentoo-sources-2.6.* ebuild.