No-Sources-2.6.17-no2  "Boozed Into Oblivion"  [Release Notes]
 Release by: cheater-conrad

[Lockless-Pagecache]
      Also available in this kernel is all of Nick Piggin's Lockless
      pagecache. This is not enabled by default, but gentoo users can
      enable it by, USE="lockless", other distributions can use it by
      applying the lockless patch on top of the -no patch.
lockless     

+NoSched-0.5-2.6.17-mm2.patch                                    
    - Choose between staircase and ingosched cpu sched. (latest -mm ports)
+ac97-make-bitfield-unsigned.patch
    - Make a bitfield unsigned in the ac97 header to fix tons of warnings
+add-clockinfo-to-timerc.patch
    - Add required clock information to timer.c
+config-nr-tty-devices-r1.patch 
    - Configure the amount of TTY devices in /dev via Kconfig
+convert_swappiness_to_mapped.patch
    - Change the swappiness to mapped watermark
+cpu-support.patch
    - Selectable Extendable CPU Support
+cpufreq_make-hotplug-cpu-used-fix.patch
    - cpufreq fix to make the hotplug cpu function used
+cpufreq_register_driver-section-fix.patch
    - cpufreq fix
+daconfig-2.3.1-2.6.17-mm2.patch
    - DaMouse's script to show name of kernel in menuconfig
+fbsplash-0.9.2-r5-2.6.17-mm2.patch
    - Allow use of the framebuffer splash
+fix-ati-build.patch
    - Define a flag to fix the build and use of ati drivers
+ibm-fancontrol.patch
    - Extended fancontrol on IBM notebooks
+kconfig-expose-vmsplit-option.patch
    - Make vmsplit option able to be seen, also revise descriptions
+linux-phc-0.2.3.patch
    - Enhanced speedstep for intel mobile processors
+movsl-mask.patch
    - Fix for cpu-support.patch
+mtrr-cpusupport.patch
    - Fix for cpu-support.patch
+no-optimized-kconfig-opts.patch
    - No-sources pre-optimized kconfig options (for desktop)
+no-tag.patch
    - No-sources version makefile tag
+oss-4232-fix-section-mismatch.patch
    - Add an __init to fix a section mismatch (tons of warnings = gone)
+oss-via-unsign-bitfield.patch
    - Unsign a bitfield to remove tons of warnings
+prevent-backward-time.patch
    - Sometimes, when the CPU slows down, time can slow down and reverse. This prevents that.
+realtime-lsm.patch
    - Realtime Linux Security Module
+shutup-false-positives.patch
    - shutup false gcc positives
+squashfs3-kinit-port-no-sources.patch
    - squashfs 3.0, ported to work with kinit by no-sources
+usb-mouse-polling.patch
    - Mouse polling hack
+usbxchange5
    - Support for loading firmware onto the USB(/2)Xchange USB to SCSI converter.
+videocodec-1bit-fields-unsigned.patch
    - Make the videocodec.h 1-bit fields unsigned (reduce tons of warnings)
+vsnprintf-fix.patch
    - A fix for vsprintf.c, fixes errors after boot.

[NVIDIA-USERS]
      You need nvidia 8762 with the following patch:
      Gentoo (OVERLAY):
           http://no.oldos.org/files/mm-nvidia-fix.tar.bz2
      Other Distros (Patch):
           http://no.oldos.org/files/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-8762-mm-fix.diff

[INFO]
      No-sources is a -mm based patchset for the linux kernel It is enhanced
      to allow staircase scheduler selection via Kconfig, it also includes
      performance enhancements and tweaks as well as additional features.
      Over mm-sources, no-sources also includes many important updates/fixes
      that apply over the latest -mm kernel.

[RELEASE-INFO]
      Much more stable than 2.6.17-no1, includes no new hardcore features.
      Fixes all known problems of 2.6.17-no1 and then some. Includes some
      new features, nothing hardcore (lockless pagecache, I have a patch 
      for 2.6.17-mm2 but won't include it due to stabilization) will be
      pushed until the next -rc releases. 

[FIXES]
      Fixed squashfs 3.0 (port to kinit, it works this time)
      Tons of warning fixes
      Fix cpufreq
      Fix compilation of ATI drivers  
      vsprintf fix
      kernel timer fix

[NEW]
      2.6.17-mm2
      Several hot-fixes and enhancements
      Lockless Pagecache available optionally
  
[SEMI-NEW]
      Staircase v16
      No preempt by default
      Mapped watermark
      
[SEMI-SEMI-NEW]
      Dropped vesafb-tng
      re-added daconfig

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