[BK PATCHES] 2.4.x net driver merges

BK users, pull from

	bk pull bk://gkernel.bkbits.net/net-drivers-2.4

Others may download the patch from

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.4/2.4.22-pre8-netdrvr1.patch.bz2

This will update the following files:

 Documentation/Configure.help         |   12 
 Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c |   90 +
 drivers/net/Config.in                |    1 
 drivers/net/Makefile                 |    1 
 drivers/net/b44.c                    | 1881 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/b44.h                    |  543 ++++++++++
 drivers/net/wireless/airo.c          |  767 ++++++++------
 7 files changed, 2962 insertions(+), 333 deletions(-)

through these ChangeSets:

[off-list ref] (03/07/29 1.1039)
   [netdrvr] add new broadcom 440x net driver, "b44"
   
   By David Miller, with many fixes from Pekka Pietikainen.

[off-list ref] (03/07/29 1.1038)
   [wireless airo] adds support for noise level reporting (if available)

[off-list ref] (03/07/29 1.1037)
   [wireless airo] makes the card passive when entering monitor mode

[off-list ref] (03/07/29 1.1036)
   [wireless airo] eliminate infinite loop
   
   makes sure a possible (never happened, but just in case) infinite
   loop in the transmission code terminates.

[off-list ref] (03/07/29 1.1035)
   [wireless airo] safer shutdown sequence
   
   changes the card shutdown sequence to a safer one

[off-list ref] (03/07/29 1.1034)
   [wireless airo] fix Tx race

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1032)
   [bonding] fix ifenslave ABI bug

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1031)
   [wireless airo] Update to wireless extensions 16 (new spy API).

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1030)
   [wireless airo] Update to wireless extensions 15 (add monitor mode).

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1029)
   [wireless airo] Return channel in infrastructure mode.

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1028)
   [wireless airo] Checks for small packets before transmitting them.

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1027)
   [wireless airo] Returns proper status in case of transmission error.

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1026)
   [wireless airo] Fix small endianness bug.

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1025)
   [wireless airo] Don't call MIC functions if the card doesn't support them.

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1024)
   [wireless airo] Don't sleep when the stats are requested.

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1023)
   [wireless airo] Make locking "per thread" so it's fully preemptive.

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1022)
   [wireless airo] Update  structs with the new fields in latest firmwares.

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1021)
   [wireless airo] Simplify dynamic buffer code in Cisco extensions.

[off-list ref] (03/07/19 1.1020)
   [wireless airo] sync with 2.6
   
   Trivialities: spelling, stack usage, checking return vals, etc.