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This message announces the availability of patch level 4 of version
0.07 of Linux/68k.
It can be ftped from directory /pub/linux/680x0 at tsx-11.mit.edu.
A precompiled kernel executable can be found in vmlinux-0.07pl4.gz in
the "kernel" subdirectory. The "bootstrap" program from 0.07pl3
should be used to boot the new kernel.
The patch for the kernel source can be found in linux-0.07pl4.diffs.gz
in the "src" subdirectory.
The changes in this release against 0.07pl3 include:
*) The NetBSD-based WD33C93 SCSI drivers for A3000, A2091 and GVP
Series II have been removed and replaced with new drivers which
were written from scratch, and which fit more properly into the
Linux block I/O and SCSI architecture. Hopefully people will not
see unexplained SCSI "hangs" with these new drivers (I don't).
Note: These new drivers do not yet do anything with synchronous SCSI,
or synchronous SCSI negotiation, so you must ensure that your
SCSI disk drives are not using sychronous data transfers when
you boot the kernel. If you have an A3000, this means you
should use the "SCSIPrefs" program to ensure that the
"synchronous SCSI" bit in the battmem preferences is turned off.
For A2091 and GVP Series II owners, check your reference
manual. Synchronous SCSI support will be added to these drivers
at some time in the future.