2002-02-26	Robert Schwebel <robert@schwebel.de>

		----- 2002-02-26 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18.1 released.
		- ported to 2.4.18

		----- 2002-02-14 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-rc1.1 released.
		- ported to 2.4.18-rc1

		----- 2002-02-11 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre9.1 released.
		- new code for correct /proc/ioports

		----- 2002-02-09 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre9.1 released. 
		- ported to 2.4.18-pre9
		- Changed the serial code according to the
		  suggestions of Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>

		----- 2002-02-06 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre8.2 released.
		- CONFIG_EMULATE_FPU stuff reverted; the 
		  SC520 has an FPU!

		----- 2002-02-05 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre8.1 released.
		- ported 2.4.18-pre7.3 to next version.

		----- 2001-02-05 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre7.3 released.
		- CONFIG_EMULATE_FPU is now set permanently
		  to "y" if CONFIG_MELAN is set
		  Thanks to Joerg Schmitz-Linneweber <schmitz-linneweber@aston-technologie.de>

		----- 2002-02-01 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre7.2 released.
		- Bugfix in serial.c; the problem occured if
		  CONFIG_ELAN was not activated. 
		  Thanks to Arnd Bergmann <abe@ist1.de>

		----- 2002-01-24 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre7.1 released.
		- Marcelo has integrated everything but the serial
		  driver stuff into the latest pre-patch. I'll have
		  to send the rest to tytso... 
		- striped out the applied stuff
		- typo in arch/i386/kernel/setup.c

		----- 2002-01-23 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre6.1 released.
		- re-aplied last version to pre6 
		- removed speed driver; it will be ported to cpufreq
		  interface before reapplied. 

		----- 2002-01-22 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre4.3 released. 
		- adapted a driver by Sven Geggus <sven@geggus.net>
		  which lets you change the processor frequency 
		  on the fly via an entry in /proc/drivers/elan-osc

		----- 2002-01-22 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre4.2 released.
		- fixed bug which disabled the serial patch
		- fixed interrupt sharing bug in serial patch
		  Thanks to Juergen Beisert <jbeisert@eurodsn.de>

		----- 2002-01-21 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre4.1 released.
		- A20 method changed to register 0x92 variant. This works
		  also on AMD's SC520s. 
		  Thanks to Juergen Beisert <jbeisert@eurodsn.de>

		----- 2002-01-10 -----
		- Revision 2.4.18-pre3.1 released.
		- 2.4.17.3 ported to the latest prepatch

2002-02-01	Robert Schwebel <robert@schwebel.de>

		- Revision 2.4.17.3 released.
		- Loop inserted to check if A20 gate was _really_ activated.
		  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
		- We are currently unsure which would be the best position
		  for the Elan patch in the kernel configuration tree. Has 
		  to be discussed with maintainers.  

2001-12-31	Robert Schwebel <robert@schwebel.de>

		- Revision 2.4.17.2 released.
		- Fix for the serial port transmit problem by 
		  Christer Weinigel <wingel@hog.ctrl-c.liu.se> included.  

2001-12-31	Robert Schwebel <robert@schwebel.de>

		- Revision 2.4.17.1 released. 
		- 2.4.13.1 ported to 2.4.17. This is only a 
		  transitional port to make everything ready for the
		  inclusion of the next fixes. 


2001-11-06	Robert Schwebel <robert@schwebel.de>	

		- Revision 2.4.13.1 released.
		- Initial version of this patch. Only the timer problem is 
		  addressed till now.