All,
	this outlines roughly the upcoming changes to The Linux
Kernel.  The current chapters are:

	Preface
	Hardware Basics
	Software Basics
	Memory Management
	Processes
	Interprocess Communication Mechanisms
	PCI
	Interrupts and Interrupt Handling
	Device Drivers
	The File System
	Networks
	Kernel Mechanisms
	Modules
	The Linux Kernel Sources
	Linux Data Structures
	The Alpha Processor
	Useful Web and FTP Sites
	The GNU General Public License
	Glossary

2.0.* Changes
-------------

I think that the eventual aim is to have a 2.2 based book.  I don't think
that a combined (2.0.* + 2.2.*) based book would work.  I think that it 
would get very confusing.   I would like to make some changes to the
the current (2.0.*) version of The Linux Kernel.  The following
chapters need work:

	LDP - copyright/usage.  This has changed (finally).
	PCI - this needs re-writing/re-working - it's more than
		a bit confusing
	The Alpha Processor - this would be better as a processor
		chapter with per-supported processor sub-sections.
		Say, X86, MIPS, Alpha, ARM etc. 
	SMP - I could add an SMP chapter but it's probably not worth
		it.
	PCMCIA - It could do with a chapter on this - it's as important
		in its own way as PCI.

I would also like to tidy up the html - it's generated from LaTeX
via perl and so it's a little gross to play with.  I even toyed with the
idea of moving to SGML until I looked at SGML tools v2.0...

2.2.* Changes
-------------

Assuming the above changes, the following chapters would _have_ to change
(based on a quick look through the 2.2 sources):

CHAPTER					CHANGES
-------					-------
Preface					Minor
Hardware Basics				Minor
Software Basics				Minor
Memory Management			Looks very similar to 2.0.* , some tidy ups 
Processes				Looks similar to 2.0.*, some changes 
					because of file system changes.
Interprocess Communication Mechanisms	Minor changes (pipes because of dentry)
					otherwise pretty similar
PCI					Very similar to 2.0.*
Interrupts and Interrupt Handling	Very similar to 2.0.*
Device Drivers				Reasonably similar, although the new device naming
					scheme needs including
The File System				Major changes (dentry etc), talk to Stephen Tweedie
					However a lot of concepts remain the same.
Networks				Difficult to tell, certainly IPV6 and IPX have been
					added.  Most concepts the same.
Kernel Mechanisms			Minor changes
Modules					Minor changes
The Linux Kernel Sources		Minor changes
Linux Data Structures			Rework to add the new data structures
The Alpha Processor			Remove and replace with a generic
					processor chapter
Useful Web and FTP Sites		Expand, but otherwise the same
The GNU General Public License		Remove for non-LDP case
Glossary				Minor

And there would be the following new chapters:

PCMCIA	- worth a new chapter
SMP	- this is worth a separate chapter now that Linux really	
	does support SMP
Sound	- probably now worth a chapter

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Dave
