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README
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This patchset is to be the series of patches for gentoo-sources.
It is designed for cross-compatibility, fixes and stability, with performance
and additional features/driver support being a second.

Unless otherwise stated and marked as such, this kernel should be suitable for
all environments.


Patchset Numbering Scheme
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FIXES
1000-1400	linux-stable
1400-1500	linux-stable queue
1500-1700	security
1700-1800	architecture-related
1800-1900	mm/scheduling/misc
1900-2000	filesystems
2000-2100	networking core
2100-2200	storage core
2200-2300	power management (ACPI, APM)
2300-2400	bus (USB, IEEE1394, PCI, PCMCIA, ...)
2400-2500	network drivers
2500-2600	storage drivers
2600-2700	input
2700-2900	media (graphics, sound, tv)
2900-3000	other
3000-4000	reserved

FEATURES
4000-4100	network
4100-4200	storage
4200-4300	graphics
4300-4400	filesystem
4400-4500   security enhancement
4500-4600   other

EXPERIMENTAL
5000-5100   experimental patches (BFQ, ...)

Individual Patch Descriptions:
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Patch:  1000_linux-3.16.1.patch
From:   http://www.kernel.org
Desc:   Linux 3.16.1

Patch:  1001_linux-3.16.2.patch
From:   http://www.kernel.org
Desc:   Linux 3.16.2

Patch:  1002_linux-3.16.3.patch
From:   http://www.kernel.org
Desc:   Linux 3.16.3

Patch:  1003_linux-3.16.4.patch
From:   http://www.kernel.org
Desc:   Linux 3.16.4

Patch:  1004_linux-3.16.5.patch
From:   http://www.kernel.org
Desc:   Linux 3.16.5

Patch:  1005_linux-3.16.6.patch
From:   http://www.kernel.org
Desc:   Linux 3.16.6

Patch:  1006_linux-3.16.7.patch
From:   http://www.kernel.org
Desc:   Linux 3.16.7

Patch:  1500_XATTR_USER_PREFIX.patch
From:   https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470644
Desc:   Support for namespace user.pax.* on tmpfs.

Patch:  2400_kcopy-patch-for-infiniband-driver.patch
From:   Alexey Shvetsov <alexxy@gentoo.org>
Desc:   Zero copy for infiniband psm userspace driver

Patch:  2700_ThinkPad-30-brightness-control-fix.patch
From:   Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com>
Desc:   ACPI: Disable Windows 8 compatibility for some Lenovo ThinkPads

Patch:  2900_dev-root-proc-mount-fix.patch
From:   https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438380
Desc:   Ensure that /dev/root doesn't appear in /proc/mounts when bootint without an initramfs.

Patch:  2905_s2disk-resume-image-fix.patch
From:   Al Viro <viro <at> ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Desc:   Do not lock when UMH is waiting on current thread spawned by linuxrc. (bug #481344)

Patch:  4200_fbcondecor-3.15.patch
From:   http://www.mepiscommunity.org/fbcondecor
Desc:   Bootsplash ported by Uladzimir Bely (bug #513334)

Patch:  4500_support-for-pogoplug-e02.patch
From:   Cristoph Junghans <ottxor@gentoo.org>
Desc:   Support for Pogoplug e02 (bug #460350), adjusted to be opt-in by TomWij.

Patch:  4567_distro-Gentoo-Kconfig.patch
From:   Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org>
Desc:   Add Gentoo Linux support config settings and defaults.

Patch:  5000_enable-additional-cpu-optimizations-for-gcc.patch
From:   https://github.com/graysky2/kernel_gcc_patch/
Desc:   Kernel patch enables gcc optimizations for additional CPUs.

Patch:  5001_BFQ-1-block-cgroups-kconfig-build-bits-for-v7r6-3.16.patch
From:   http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/
Desc:   BFQ v7r6 patch 1 for 3.16: Build, cgroups and kconfig bits

Patch:  5002_BFQ-2-block-introduce-the-v7r6-I-O-sched-for-3.16.patch1
From:   http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/
Desc:   BFQ v7r6 patch 2 for 3.16: BFQ Scheduler

Patch:  5003_BFQ-3-block-add-Early-Queue-Merge-EQM-v7r6-for-3.16.0.patch
From:   http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/
Desc:   BFQ v7r6 patch 3 for 3.16: Early Queue Merge (EQM)

Patch:  5010_multipath-tcp-v3.16-075df3a63833.patch
From:   http://multipath-tcp.org/
Desc:   Patch for simultaneous use of several IP-addresses/interfaces in TCP for better resource utilization, better throughput and smoother reaction to failures.