patch-2.0.19 linux/Documentation/Changes

• Lines: 40
• Date: Wed Sep 11 11:45:10 1996
• Orig file: v2.0.18/linux/Documentation/Changes
• Orig date: Sun Sep 8 19:50:20 1996

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.0.18/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 bunshou no nihongo ban wa
 http://jf.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/JF/v2.0/Changes-2.0.html ni arimasu.
 
-Last updated: September 02, 1996.
+Last updated: September 10, 1996.
 Current Author: Chris Ricker (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu).
 
 Current Releases
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@
 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-lo, changing the line `route add
 -net $(IPADDR)' to `route add -net 127.0.0.0' and you should be fine.
 
+   People have also reported problems due to the naming of the dummy
+network interface driver.  If the dummy driver is compiled into the
+kernel, its name is "dummy."  If the dummy driver is compiled as a
+module, its name is "dummy0."  Furthermore, more than one dummy driver
+can be loaded if compiled as a module.  Each subsequent loading of the
+driver adds a new dummy interface whose name is incremented by one
+("dummy1," "dummy2," etc.).
+
 Booting Changes
 ===============
 
@@ -194,6 +202,15 @@
 device drivers compiled into the kernel, so don't get grandiose ideas
 about going completely modular and then forget to compile ext2fs
 support and ide/SCSI drive support into your kernel ;-).
+
+Kernel messages
+===============
+
+   Kernel messages without a specific log level use the kernel's
+default log level.  In 1.2 kernels, the default log level was 6
+(information), while in 2.0.x kernels it is 4 (warning).  Adjust your
+configuration of syslogd appropriately (or edit printk.c in the kernel
+source ;-).
 
 PPP driver
 ==========