Linux 2.4.0-test9pre8

Linux 2.4.0-test9pre8

    - initialize to zero -> put it in the .bss instead
    - no extended dumb serial driver options, if no dumb serial driver
    - access() on a special file on a read-only filesystem is special.
    - DRM update
    - fix SCHED_YIELD problems.
    - quintela: fix the synchronous wait on kmem_cache_shrink().
      This should fix the mmap02 lockup.
    - syncppp got lost in the Makefile reshuffle. Unlose it.
    - firewire update
    - flock blocking list fix
    - correct watchdog initialization order
    - USB-storage: reset fixes. Race condition fixes.
    - USB: fix freeing already free'd device.
    - minix truncate fixes
    - USB: pack only the relevant subset, not the whole descriptor (so
      as to not create extra unaligned fields).
    - nfsfh: DCACHE_NFSD_DISCONNECTED checking typo
    - dquota silly bugfix
    - sound updates (get rid of check_region, check request_region() instead)
    - scsihosts boottime parameter passing
    - avoid double init of MD
    - eicon ISDN driver update
    - fix Cyrix MTRR thinko
    - toshiba driver 2.4.x update
    - Makefile subdirectory traversal cleanup and documentation
    - cciss typos from bad merge fixed
    - cdrom driver oops fix for CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_PROC_FS=n
    - coda initialization - we already did the module_init, no need for
      the extra double init.