2.6.x net driver merges

Linus, please do a

bk pull bk://gkernel.bkbits.net/net-drivers-2.5

Others may download the patch from

ftp://ftp.??.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-test2-netdrvr1.patch.bz2

This will update the following files:

 Documentation/networking/bonding.txt |  343 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c |    3 
 drivers/net/arcnet/com20020-isa.c    |    2 
 drivers/net/tokenring/ibmtr.c        |    3 
 drivers/net/wireless/airo.c          |  104 +++++++---
 5 files changed, 309 insertions(+), 146 deletions(-)

through these ChangeSets:

<[email protected]> (03/08/01 1.1547.8.10)

   Cset exclude: [email protected]|ChangeSet|20030731201437|53548

My fix was wrong, and, mainline now has a better fix.

<[email protected]> (03/07/31 1.1547.8.9)
[tokenring ibmtr_cs] fix build, due to missing ibmtr.c build

Note: Better fix is needed.

Contributed by Mike Phillips.

<[email protected]> (03/07/31 1.1547.8.8)
[arcnet com20020-isa] fix build broken by lack of ->owner

<[email protected]> (03/07/31 1.1547.8.7)
[netdrvr bonding] fix ifenslave build on ia64

Forward port from 2.4.

<[email protected]> (03/07/31 1.1547.8.6)
[netdrvr bonding] update docs

<[email protected]> (03/07/29 1.1547.8.5)
[wireless airo] adds support for noise level reporting (if available)

<[email protected]> (03/07/29 1.1547.8.4)
[wireless airo] makes the card passive when entering monitor mode

<[email protected]> (03/07/29 1.1547.8.3)
[wireless airo] eliminate infinite loop

makes sure a possible (never happened, but just in case) infinite loop in the transmission code terminates.

<[email protected]> (03/07/29 1.1547.8.2)
[wireless airo] safer shutdown sequence

changes the card shutdown sequence to a safer one

<[email protected]> (03/07/29 1.1547.8.1)
[wireless airo] fix Tx race