1 Summary of changes from v044 to v045
2 ============================================
5 o Some updates for Gentoo's udev rules
8 Summary of changes from v043 to v044
9 ============================================
12 o add cdsymlinks.sh support to gentoo rules file
13 o fix gentoo legacy tty rule
14 o remove 'sudo' usage from the Makefile
15 o make udev-test.pl test for root permissions before running
18 o reduce syslog noise of udevsend if multiple instances try to start udevd
19 o add i2c-dev to the list of devices without a bus
22 Summary of changes from v042 to v043
23 ============================================
26 o add test target to makefile
27 o add dumb script to show all sysfs devices in the system
30 o Shut up wait_for_sysfs class/net failure messages, as it's not possible to
31 get that right for all net devices. Kernels later than 2.6.10-rc1 will
32 handle that by carrying the neccessary information in the hotplug event.
33 o wait() for specific pid to return from fork()
34 o Don't use any syslog() in signal handler, cause it may deadlock
35 o Add support for highpoint ataraid to volume_id to suppress label reading on raid set members.
36 o Add a bunch of devices without "device" symlinks
37 o Exit, if udevtest cannot open the device (segfault)
38 o Patches from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
39 o Apply the default permissions even if we found a entry in the permissions
40 file. Correct one test, as the default is applied correctly now and the
41 mode will no longer be 0000.
42 o add test for format chars in multiple symlinks to replace
43 o Add net/vmnet and class/zaptel to the list of devices without physical device
46 Summary of changes from v040 to v042
47 ============================================
50 o add inotify to the rules for gentoo
53 o skip waiting for device if we get a bad event for class creation and not for a device underneath it
54 o add net/pan and net/bnep handling
55 o switch wait for bus_file to stat() instead of open() add net/tun device handling add ieee1394 device handling
56 o Remove the last klibc specific line from the main udev code Move _KLIBC_HAS_ARCH_SIG_ATOMIC_T to the fixup file which is automatically included by the Makefile is we build with klibc
57 o ignore *.rej files from failed patches
58 o update to libsysfs 1.2.0 and add some stuff klib_fixup Now we have only the sysfs.h file different from the upstream version to map our dbg() macro.
59 o improve klibc fixup integration
60 o cleanup udevd/udevstart
61 o expose sysfs functions for sharing it
64 Summary of changes from v039 to v040
65 ============================================
68 o wait_for_sysfs update for dm devices
71 o sparse cleanups on the tree
72 o fix stupid cut-and-paste error for msr devices on gentoo boxes
73 o add *~ to bk ignore list
74 o delete udevruler.c as per Kay's request
75 o fix up the wait_for_sysfs_test script a bit
78 o fix debug in volume id / fix clashing global var name
81 o cleanup netif handling and netif-dev.d/ events
82 o big cleanup of internal udev api
83 o don't wait for dummy devices
85 o Fix ppp net devices in wait_for_sysfs
86 o Fix wait_for_sysfs messages (more debugging info)
89 Summary of changes from v038 to v039
90 ============================================
93 o Hopefully fix the vcs issue in wait_for_sysfs
94 o take out & from wait_for_sysfs_test that I previously missed
95 o add very nice cdsymlinks scripts
96 o add some helper scripts for dvb and input devices
97 o add debian config files
98 o let the extras/ programs build "pretty" also
99 o tweak the ccdv program to handle files in subdirectories being built
100 o crap, I messed up the 'sed' instances pretty badly, this fixes the config and man page mess
101 o fix broken 'make -j5' functionality
104 o swich attribute open() to simple stat()
105 o wait_for_sysfs update for /class/firmware and /class/net/irda devices
106 o fix unusual sysfs behavior for pcmcia_socket
107 o remove sleeps from udev as it is external now
112 o update udev to scsi_id 0.7
113 o pass SYSFS setting down for extras builds
114 o move assignments past local variables
117 Summary of changes from v037 to v038
118 ============================================
120 <andrew.patterson:hp.com>:
121 o Re: Problem parsing %s in udev rules
124 o fix up error in building extras and libsysfs
126 Summary of changes from v036 to v037
127 ============================================
133 o fix compilation warning in tdb log message
134 o Fix build error with klibc due to recent changes
136 o add wait_for_sysfs test script to the tarball to help people debug their boxes
137 o add ipsec to wait_for_sysfs ignore list
138 o added ccdv to bk ignore list
139 o a few more Makefile tweaks for the quiet feature
140 o Make the build silent, thanks to a helper program from ncftp
141 o rename files to have '_' instead of '-' in them
142 o change max time to wait in wait_for_sysfs to 10 seconds to hopefully handle some slow machines
143 o add support for class/raw/ to wait_for_sysfs
144 o fix up Makefile for wait_for_sysfs udev_version.h dependancy
145 o remove the debian specific file, as they don't want to share with the rest of the world :(
148 o prevent deadlocks on an corrupt udev database
149 o wait_for_sysfs_update
153 o fix incompatible pointer type warning
156 Summary of changes from v035 to v036
157 ============================================
160 o add the error number to the error message in wait_for_sysfs to help out in debugging problems
162 Summary of changes from v034 to v035
163 ============================================
166 o added ieee1394 support to wait_for_sysfs
167 o update wait_for_sysfs with a bunch more devices thanks to user reports
169 Summary of changes from v033 to v034
170 ============================================
173 o wait_for_sysfs bluetooth class update
176 o add comment in wait_for_sysfs to explain the structure better
177 o Revert previous dev_d.c change, it's not what is causing HAL problems
178 o hm, somethings odd with DEVPATH, see if this fixes it
179 o 33_bk mark for the makefile
180 o wait_for_sysfs: clean up the logic for the list of devices that we do not expect device symlinks for
181 o get rid of annoying extra lines in the syslog for some libsysfs debug messages
182 o added support for i2c devices in wait_for_sysfs.c
183 o add support for i2c-adapter devices to wait_for_sysfs.c
185 Summary of changes from v032 to v033
186 ============================================
190 o some cleanups and security fixes
191 o some cleanups and security fixes
193 o cleanup PATCH for extras/chassis_id/Makefile
195 <kpfleming:backtobasicsmgmt.com>:
196 o respect prefix= setting in built udev.conf (updated)
199 o add support for usb interfaces to wait_for_sysfs to keep it quiet
200 o enable native tdb spinlocks on i386 platforms
201 o delete extras/multipath-tools as per the author's request
202 o be paranoid in dev_d.c
203 o add USE_SELINUX to README documentation so people have a chance to see what is going on
204 o update the selinux.h file to start to look sane
205 o update bk ignore list for the wait_for_sysfs binary
206 o kdetv wants to see device nodes in /dev
207 o update comments in scsi-devfs.sh
208 o fix up Makefiles to get the klibc build working properly
209 o update bk ignore list for new klibc generated files
210 o oops forgot to add the new klibc/include directory
211 o update klibc to version 0.181
214 o fix problems with dev.d and udevstart
215 o wait_for_sysfs debug cleanup
216 o fix problems using scsi_id with udevstart
218 o finally solve the bad sysfs-timing for all of us
219 o volume-id build fix and update
220 o switch udev's seqnum to u64
222 o fix udev segfaults with bad permissions file
225 o update udev to include scsi_id 0.6
228 Summary of changes from v031 to v032
229 ============================================
235 o handle only block and class devices
236 o fix udevstart badly broken in udev 031
239 Summary of changes from v030 to v031
240 ============================================
242 <arun:codemovers.org>:
243 o udev - read long lines from config files overflow fix
245 <ballarin.marc:gmx.de>:
246 o Update the FAQ with info about hardlink security
249 o compatibility symlinks for udev
252 o Minor POSIX-fixes for udev
255 o add symlink for video rule
256 o add a "first" list to udevstart and make it contain the class/mem/ devices
257 o fix compiler warning in udevtest.c
258 o Fix old-style pty breakage in rules file for tty device
259 o add rules for i386 cpu devices
260 o add permission for legotower usb devices
263 o Fix naming ethernet devices in udevstart
264 o update udev_volume_id
265 o let /sbin/hotplug execute udev earlier
266 o pass SEQNUM trough udevd
267 o fix manpages based on esr's spambot
270 o add microcode rule to permissions.gentoo file
273 o Try to provide a bit of security for hardlinks to /dev entries
276 o udevsend depends on udev_lib.o
280 o clean up start_udev a bit
281 o Make udev/udevstart be one binary
282 o Add 'asmlinkage' to udev-030
285 Summary of changes from v029 to v030
286 ============================================
289 o fix stupid off-by-one bug that caused udevstart to die on x86-64 boxes
292 Summary of changes from v028 to v029
293 ============================================
296 o add permission rule for jogdial device
297 o fix dumb bug I added to udevstart
298 o make a "last list" of devices for udevstart to operate on last
299 o fix permission problem with input event and ts nodes for gentoo
300 o change default perms of misc/rtc to be readable by anyone
303 o allow NAME_SIZE > SYSFS_PATH_MAX
306 Summary of changes from v027 to v028
307 ============================================
309 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
310 o Patch for chassis_id exras module
313 o Writing udev rules doc update
316 o clean up block whitelist search logic a bit
317 o reverse order of scanning of udevstart to look at class before block
320 o update udev_volume_id
323 o udevstart performance increase
326 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.5
329 Summary of changes from v026 to v027
330 ============================================
332 <fork0:users.sf.net>:
333 o fix handle leak in udev_lib.c
336 o tweak the gentoo default permission rules as they are wrong for tty and misc devices
339 Summary of changes from v025 to v026
340 ============================================
346 o add test for ! in partition name
348 o Update to version 117 of klibc (from version 108)
349 o add volume_id ignore rule for bk
350 o add volume_id support to the udev.spec file
351 o remove dbus and selinux stuff from the udev.spec file
352 o delete udev_selinux as it doesn't work properly and is the wrong way to do it
353 o Deleted the udev_dbus extra as it didn't really work properly and HAL has a real solution now
354 o add udev.permissions.slackware file
355 o udevstart: close open directories
359 o catchup with recent klibc
360 o Re: udevsend fallback
361 o udev_volume_id update
362 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
363 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
364 o udev default config layout changes
367 o evaluate getenv() return value for udev_config.c
369 Summary of changes from v024 to v025
370 ============================================
373 o devfs.sh-ide-floppy
375 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
376 o DEVNODE -> DEVNAME transition fixes
379 o Update writing udev rules docs
382 o make dev.d call each directory in the directory chain of the device name, instead of just the whole name
383 o add devd_test script
384 o add more permissions based on SuSE's recommendations
385 o added rules for tun and raw devices
386 o add udev conf.d file
387 o Switch the default config to point to a directory for the rules and permission files
388 o update the Red Hat .dev files to work on other distros
389 o add dbus.dev, pam_console.dev and selinux.dev files for /etc/dev.d/default/ usage
390 o add hints for red hat users from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
391 o add scripts to run gcov for udev from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
392 o change permissions on udevd test scripts
393 o Fix build process for users who have LC_ALL set to a non-english language
394 o Added expanded tests to the test framework from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
395 o added execelent "writing udev rules" document from Daniel Drake <dan@reactivated.net>
396 o added rule to put USB printers in their proper places
397 o added rules for CAPI devices
398 o added a dev.d alsa script to help people out
401 o fix test regressions
402 o udev_selinux changes
405 o fix devpath for netdev
411 Summary of changes from v023 to v024
412 ============================================
414 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
415 o Add README for chassis_id
416 o Add chassis_id program to extras directory
418 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
419 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups
422 o fix SEGV in libsysfs/dlist.c
425 o add OSDL documentation for persistent naming
428 o small ide-devfs.sh fix
431 o remove compiler warning from udevd.c
432 o only generate udev.8 on the fly, not all other man pages
433 o update bk ignore list some more
434 o update bk ignore list
435 o switch to generate the man pages during the normal build, not during the install
436 o convert udev.8.in to use @udevdir@ macro for make install
437 o first step of making man pages dynamically generated
438 o add install and uninstall the etc/dev.d/net/hotplug.dev file to the Makefile
439 o tweak net_test a bit
440 o fix some segfaults when running udevtest for network devices
441 o make a net_test test script using udevtest
442 o handle the subsytem if provided in udevtest
443 o add hotplug.dev script to handle renamed network devices
444 o add a bunch of network class devices to the test sysfs tree
445 o add udevruler to the bk ignore list
446 o update RFC-dev.d docs due to DEVNODE to DEVNAME change
447 o clean up chassis_id coding style
448 o clean up the OSDL document formatting a bit
449 o add netlink rules to devfs and gentoo rules files
450 o added USB device rules to rules files
451 o clean up the gentoo rules file a bit more, adding dri rules
452 o fix up udev.rules to handle oss rules better
454 o fix udev.spec file for where udevtest should be placed
457 o tweak node unlink handling
458 o switch udevd's msg_dump() to #define
459 o handle netdev in udevruler
461 o put config info in db for netdev
462 o increase udevd event timeout
464 o put netdev handling and dev.d/ in manpages
466 o netdev - udevdb+dev.d changes
467 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups - take 2
469 o dev_d.c file sorting and cleanup
470 o apply all_partitions rule to main block device only
473 Summary of changes from v022 to v023
474 ============================================
477 o hmm, handle net devices with udev?
478 o correct apply_format() for symlink only rules
479 o don't init namedev on remove
480 o first stupid try for a rule compose gui
481 o replace fgets() with mmap() and introduce udev_lib.[hc]
482 o make udevtest a real program :)
484 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
488 o create the /etc/dev.d/ directories in 'make install'
489 o actually have udev run files ending in .dev in the /etc/dev.d/ directory as documented
490 o added RFC-dev.d document detailing how /etc/dev.d/ works
491 o fixed up udev.spec to handle selinux stuff properly now
492 o remove USE_DBUS and USE_SELINUX flags from the README as they are no longer present
493 o remove selinux stuff from the main Makefile
494 o move udev_selinux into extras/selinux
495 o fix dbus build in the udev.spec file
496 o remove dbus stuff from main Makefile
497 o move udev_dbus to extras/dbus
498 o udev_dbus can now compile properly, but linnking is another story
499 o remove udev_dbus.h from Makefile
500 o first cut at standalone udev_selinux program
501 o remove selinux support from udev core as it's no longer needed
502 o first cut at standalone udev_dbus program
503 o add get_devnode() helper to udev_lib for udev_dbus program
504 o remove dbus code from core udev code as it's no longer needed to be there
505 o add /etc/dev.d/ support for udev add and remove events
506 o fix build error in namedev.c caused by previous patch
508 o fix 'make spotless' to really do that in klibc
509 o add a question/answer about automounting usb devices to the FAQ
510 o mark scsi-devfs.sh as executable
511 o Increase the name size as requested by Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
512 o fix udevtest to build properly after the big udev_lib change
515 o uninitialized variable for mknod and friend
518 o SCSI logical and physical names for udev
521 o Trivial man page typo fixes to udev
524 Summary of changes from v021 to v022
525 ============================================
528 o more Libsysfs updates
531 <async:cc.gatech.edu>:
532 o fix HOWTO-udev_for_dev for udevdir
535 o udev-test.pl cleanup
536 o add dev node test to udev-test.pl
537 o add permission tests
538 o "symlink only" test
539 o callout part selector tweak
540 o cleanup callout fork
541 o allow to specify node permissions in the rule
543 o put symlink only rules to the man page
544 o rename strn*() macros to strmax
545 o conditional remove of trailing sysfs whitespace
546 o clarify udevinfo text
547 o better fix for NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
548 o overall trivial trivial cleanup
549 o fix NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
550 o cleanup mult field string handling
553 o fix a type in docs/libsysfs.txt
554 o Added line to udev.permissions.redhat
555 o Include more examples in the docs area for gentoo and redhat
561 o add big major tests to udev-test.pl
562 o add a test for a minor over 255
563 o udev-test.pl: print out major:minor and perm test "ok" if is ok
564 o make perm and major:minor test errors be reported properly
565 o remove extra ; in namedev_parse.c
566 o Added multipath-tools 0.1.1 release
567 o deleted current extras/multipath directory
569 o fix the build for older versions of gcc
572 o Small fix to remove extra "will" in man page
576 o udev* segfaults with new klibc
579 o add tests for NAME="foo-%c{N}"
581 Summary of changes from v020 to v021
582 ============================================
585 o install udevinfo in /usr/bin
586 o blacklist pcmcia_socket
589 o fix udev.spec to find udevinfo now that it has moved to /usr/bin
590 o Fix another problem with Makefile installing initscript
591 o fix the Makefile to install the init script into the proper directory
592 o make spec file turn off selinux support by default
595 Summary of changes from v019 to v020
596 ============================================
598 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
604 o bugfix for local user
607 o clarify udevinfo device walk
608 o udevinfo symlink reverse query
609 o fix stroul endptr use
610 o add $local user spport for permissions
611 o udev - man page update
612 o udev - fix debug info for multiple rule file config
613 o udev - kill udevd on install
614 o udev - activate formt length attribute
615 o udev - safer sprintf() use
619 o escape dashes in man pages
620 o remove usage of expr in ide-devfs.sh
623 o automatically install correct initscript
624 o update documetation for $local
627 o Add symlink only rules support
630 o update the TODO list as we already have a devfs config file
631 o make start_udev use udevstart binary
633 o Remove Debian permission files as the Debian maintainer doesn't seem to want to share :(
634 o update the Gentoo rules files
635 o Add Red Hat rules and permissions files
636 o add udevstart to the ignore list
637 o add udevstart program based on a old patch from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
638 o unlink the file before we try to create it
639 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
642 Summary of changes from v018 to v019
643 ============================================
647 o udev - correct relative symlink
648 o udev - safer string handling - part four
649 o udev - safer string handling - part three
650 o udev - safer string handling - part two
651 o udev - man page update
652 o udev - safer string handling all over the place
654 o udev - allow all files in a directory as the config
655 o udev - simple klibc textual uid/gid handling
658 o do not remove real .udev.tdb during RPM build
661 o add new TODO item about local user permissions
662 o Add initial SELinux support for udev
663 o fix build for very old versions of make
664 o remove limit of the number of args passed to PROGRAM
665 o force udev to include the internal version of libsysfs and never the external one
666 o fix up libsysfs header file usage to fix bug reports from users that have sysfsutils installed already
667 o remove udevtest on 'make clean'
668 o remove udevd priority TODO item, as it's not needed at all
671 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.4
674 Summary of changes from v017 to v018
675 ============================================
677 <ext.devoteam.varoqui:sncf.fr>:
678 o [PATCH] symlink dm-[0-9]* rule
679 o update extras/multipath
681 <john-hotplug:fjellstad.org>:
682 o init.d debian patch
686 o udev - add %s{filename} to man page
687 o udev - udevd/udevsend man page
688 o udev - switch callout part selector to {attribute}
689 o udev - switch SYSFS_file to SYSFS{file}
690 o udev - create all partitions of blockdevice
692 o Adding '%s' format specifier to NAME and SYMLINK
695 o added some scsi_id files to the bk ignore file
696 o added scsi_id and some more documentation to the udev.spec file
697 o update udev.rules.gentoo with new config file format
698 o Update the Gentoo udev.rules and udev.permissions files
699 o Create a udev.rules.examples file to hold odd udev.rules
700 o add udevd priority issue to the TODO list
701 o more HOWTO cleanups
702 o add HOWTO detailing how to use udev to manage /dev
703 o mv libsysfs/libsysfs.h to libsysfs/sysfs/libsysfs.h to make it easier to use
704 o add start_udev init script
705 o add support for UDEV_NO_SLEEP env variable so Gentoo people will be happy
706 o start up udevd ourselves in the init script to give it some good priorities
707 o update the red hat init script to handle nodes that are not present
708 o add a "old style" SYSFS_attribute test to udev-test.pl
709 o Have udevsend report more info in debug mode
710 o Have udevd report it's version in debug mode
711 o fix up bug created for udevtest in previous partition creation patch
712 o update the udev.spec to add udevtest and make some more Red Hat suggested changes
713 o add ability to install udevtest to Makefile
715 o Add another test to udev-test.pl and fix a bug when only running 1 test
716 o Fix bug where we did not use the "converted" kernel name if we had no rule
719 o udev use new libsysfs header file location
720 o udev add some ID tests
723 Summary of changes from v016 to v017
724 ============================================
726 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
727 o make logging a config option
729 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
730 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
731 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
732 o update extras/multipath
735 o udev - keep private data out of the database?
736 o better credential patch
737 o udevd - client access authorization
738 o compile udevd with klibc
739 o udev - fix "ignore method"
740 o udev - fix cdrom symlink rule
741 o convert udevsend/udevd to DGRAM and single-threaded
742 o udevd - kill the lockfile
743 o udevd - fix socket path length
744 o udevd - switch socket path to abstract namespace
745 o udevd - allow to bypass sequence number
746 o include used function
749 o add udev_log to the documentation
750 o fix offsetof() define in klibc
751 o add some .spec file changes from Red Hat
752 o update the init.d udev script based on a patch from Red Hat
753 o remove the .udev.tdb when installing or uninstalling to be safe
754 o remove the database at startup
755 o fix bug in permission handling
756 o update klibc to version .107
757 o update the bitkeeper ignore file list
758 o add udevtest program to build
759 o fix problem where usb devices can be either the main device or the interface
760 o more logging.h cleanups to be a bit more flexible
761 o stop using mode_t as different libcs define it in different ways :(
762 o remove some more KLIBC fixups that are no longer needed
763 o let udev-test.pl run an individual test if you ask it to
764 o Handle the '!' character that some block devices have
765 o add a block device with a ! in the name, and a test for this
766 o fix up 'make release' to use bk to build the export tree
767 o fix log option code so that it actually works for all udev programs
768 o finish syncing up with klibc
769 o sync with latest version of klibc (0.107)
770 o fix up Makefile dependancies for udev_version.h
773 o udev add wild card compare for ID
774 o udev kill extra bus_id compares in match_id
777 Summary of changes from v015 to v016
778 ============================================
780 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
781 o get_dev_number() in extras/ide-devfs.sh
784 o FAQ udev.rules.devfs
787 o add udevd and udevsend to the spec file
788 o make /etc/hotplug.d/default/udev.hotplug symlink point to udevsend now
789 o add KERNEL_DIR option so that the distros will be happy
790 o make udevsend binary even smaller
791 o udevsend now almost compiles with klibc, struct sockaddr_un is only problem now
792 o fix up logging code so that it can be built without it being enabled
793 o rework the logging code so that each program logs with the proper name in the syslog
794 o remove logging.c as it's no longer needed
795 o kill the last examples that contained the %D option
796 o remove a __KLIBC__ tests in libsysfs, as klibc now supports getpagesize()
797 o udevd - remove stupid locking error I wrote
798 o update to klibc version 0.101, fixing the stdin bug
799 o fix Makefile typo for USE_LSB install
800 o allow dbus code to actually build again
803 o let udevsend build with klibc
804 o udevd - config cleanup
805 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
806 o fix possible buffer overflow
807 o udevd - next round of fixes
808 o udevinfo - missing options for man page
809 o udev - trivial style cleanup
812 Summary of changes from v014 to v015
813 ============================================
815 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
816 o LFS init script update
819 o update klibc to version 0.98
820 o clean up udevinfo on 'make clean'
821 o add udevinfo man page to spec file
822 o remove command line documentation from udev man page
823 o create initial version of udevinfo man page
824 o added URL to spec file
825 o add udevinfo to udev.spec file
826 o add udevinfo to install target of Makefile
827 o rip out command line code from udev, now that we have udevinfo
828 o udevinfo doesn't need to declare main_envp
829 o move get_pair to udev_config.c because udevinfo doesn't need all of namedev.o
830 o more makefile cleanups
831 o move udevinfo into the main build and clean up the main Makefile a bit
832 o clean up compiler warnings if building using klibc
833 o make udevd only have one instance running at a time
834 o new testd.block script for debugging
835 o udevsnd : clean up message creation logic a bit
836 o make bk ignore udevd and udevsend binaries
837 o whitespace cleanups
838 o remove TODO item about BUS value, as it is now done
839 o add support for figuring out which device on the sysfs "chain" the rule applies to
842 o udevinfo - now a real program :)
843 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
844 o udev - next round of udev event order daemon
846 o udev - udevinfo with device chain walk
847 o spilt udev into pieces
850 Summary of changes from v013 to v014
851 ============================================
853 <ananthmg:rediffmail.com>:
854 o libsysfs update for refresh + namedev.c changes
856 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
857 o udev-013/extras/multipath update
859 <flamingice:sourmilk.net>:
860 o minor patch for devfs rules
863 o udev - program to query all device attributes to build a rule
864 o set default owner/group in db - update
865 o udev - reverse user query options
866 o udev - kill %D from udev-test.pl
867 o add udev logging to info log
868 o udev - mention format string escape char in man page
872 o fixup logging.h to handle different logging options properly
873 o clean up the logging patch a bit to make the option more like the other options
874 o remove the %D modifier as it is not longer needed
875 o remove unneeded keyboard rule
876 o add usb_host and pci_bus to the class blacklist
877 o added input device rules to udev.rules and udev.rules.devfs
881 o set default owner/group in db
882 o small cut n paste error fix
885 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.3
888 Summary of changes from v012 to v013
889 ============================================
891 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
892 o LSB init script and other stuff
894 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
895 o fix udev directory for Debian init script
898 o udev 012 old gcc fixup
901 o add IGNORE rule type
905 o update TODO with some new, small items
906 o Cset exclude: greg@kroah.com|ChangeSet|20040113010256|48515
907 o update the README in a few places
908 o fix -d typo in the manpage update
909 o Fix stupid gcc "optimization" of 1 character printk() calls.... Ick
910 o oops, forgot to fix up the PROGRAM result from ID to RESULT in the config files
911 o Add alsa device rules and a few other devfs rules
912 o fix a few stale comments in namedev.c
913 o convert the default rules files to the new format
914 o convert the test shell scripts to the config file format
915 o add bus test for usb-serial bus
916 o Add some helpful messages if the user uses the older config file format
917 o added dri rule to the default config file
918 o added init.d udev script for debian
919 o add a script that tests the IGNORE rule
920 o add silly script that names cdrom drives based on the cd in them
921 o add cdrom rule for ide cdrom
922 o replace list_for_each with list_for_each_entry, saving a few lines of code
923 o add a blacklist of class devices we do not want to look at
926 o fix klibc with printf() and gcc
927 o udev - small script optimization
928 o udev - introduce format escape char
929 o udev - more CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
930 o udev - CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
931 o update documentation for new config file format
932 o more advanced user query options
933 o udev - simple debug tweak
934 o udev - drop all methods :)
935 o udev - advanced user query options
936 o udev - Makefile error
937 o udev - make exec_callout() reusable
938 o udev - exec status fix for klibc
939 o fix Silly udev script
942 Summary of changes from v011 to v012
943 ============================================
945 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
946 o make symlink work properly if there is already a file in its place
947 o Fix udev gcc-2.95.4 compat
949 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
950 o extras multipath update
951 o extras multipath update
954 o mention user callable udev + options in man page
955 o make udev user callable to query the database
956 o depend on all .h files
957 o cleanup namedev_parse debug text
958 o extend exec_program[]
959 o ide-devfs.sh update
960 o fix for apply_format()
961 o check for empty symlink string
962 o 'ide' missing in bus_files[]
963 o small trivial cleanup of latest changes
965 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
966 o introduce signal handler
969 o udev spec file update
972 o minor grammer fixes for the udev_vs_devfs document
973 o move the dbus config file to etc/dbus-1/system.d/
974 o move the config files to etc/udev to clean up main directory a bit
975 o add Gentoo versions of the rules and permissions files
976 o if using glibc, link dynamically, as no one like 500Kb udev binaries
977 o minor change to udev_vs_devfs document
978 o added udev vs devfs supid document to the tree
979 o move the signal handling registration to after we have initialized enough stuff
980 o make ide-devfs.sh executable in the tree
981 o udev.permissions.debian - forgot the dm nodes
982 o update the udev.permissions.debian file with new entries
983 o added udev.init script for the Linux From Scratch project
987 Summary of changes from v010 to v011
988 ============================================
990 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
991 o proper cleanup on udevdb_init() failure
994 o patch udev 009-010 rpm spec file
997 o fix udev sed Makefile usage
1000 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the LABEL rule
1001 o add tests for LABEL rule with a device that has no bus
1002 o Don't require the BUS value for the LABEL rule
1003 o If a LABEL rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
1004 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the CALLOUT rule
1005 o If a CALLOUT rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
1006 o Don't require the BUS value for the CALLOUT rule
1007 o add test for callout rule with a device that has no bus
1009 o added different build options to the rpm udev.spec file
1010 o add pci to the bus_files list
1011 o check for empty line a bit better in the parser
1012 o more init script cleanups, the stop target now calls udev to cleanup instead of just removing the whole /udev directory
1013 o make udev init script run udev in the background to let startup go much faster
1014 o fix long delay for all devices in namedev
1017 Summary of changes from v009 to v010
1018 ============================================
1020 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
1023 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1024 o extras multipath update
1025 o extras multipath update
1026 o extras multipath update
1027 o extras multipath update
1031 o small cleanup udev-remove.c
1032 o experimental CALLOUT script for devfs ide node creation with cd, disc, part
1033 o add any valid device
1034 o introduce format char 'k' for kernel-name
1035 o trivial make fixes
1036 o don't overwrite old config on install
1037 o udev-remove.c cleanups
1038 o bug in udev-remove.c
1039 o trivial cleanup parser changes
1041 <roman.kagan:itep.ru>:
1042 o fix comment and whitespace handling in config files
1045 o Allow build with empty EXTRAS
1047 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1048 o libsysfs 0.4.0 patch
1049 o fix scsi_id segfault with udev-009
1053 o mark config files as such in the rpm spec file
1056 o fix complier warning in namedev.c
1057 o add documentation for the new '%k' modifier (kernel name replacement)
1058 o add documentation about the multiple sysfs values that are now allowed for the LABEL rule
1059 o add tests for multi-file LABEL rules
1060 o add ability to have up to 5 SYSFS_ file/value pairs for the LABEL rule
1061 o Just live with a sleep(1) in namedev for now until libsysfs is fixed up
1062 o try to wait until the proper device file shows up in sysfs
1063 o remove unneeded TODO and FIXME entry
1064 o clean up the stand-alone tests to work properly on other people's machines
1065 o add tests to catch whitespace and comment config file parsing errors
1068 Summary of changes from v008 to v009
1069 ============================================
1071 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1072 o more extras/multipath changes
1073 o and more extras/multipath updates
1074 o more extras/multipath updates
1075 o yet more extras/multipath
1076 o more extras/multipath updates
1077 o extras/multipath update
1080 o D-BUS patch for udev-008
1082 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
1083 o add init.d/udev to "make install"
1084 o add init.d/udev to the spec file
1087 o don't rely on field order in namedev_parse
1088 o get part of callout return string
1089 o remove '\n' from end of callout return
1090 o man-page mention multiple symlinks
1091 o allow multiple symlinks
1092 o cleanup man & remove symlink comment
1093 o experimental (very simple) SYMLINK creation
1095 o pattern match for label method
1096 o a bug in linefeed removal
1099 o remove udev from runlevels on uninstall
1100 o install initscript in udev rpm
1102 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1103 o pre-libsysfs-0.4.0 patch
1106 o signal fixes due to klibc update
1107 o sync klibc with release 0.95
1108 o add mol permissions to the debian permissions file
1109 o update the FAQ with info about bad modprobe events from the devfs scheme
1110 o some cleanups due to the need for LABEL rules to use "SYSFS_" now
1111 o Add restart target to the etc/init.d/udev script
1112 o tweak the config file generation portion of the Makefile a bit
1113 o change devfs disk name rule from 'disk' to 'disc'
1114 o add vc support to udev.rules.devfs
1115 o added a devfs udev config file from Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>
1116 o set default mode to 0600 to be safer
1117 o Makefile tweaks for the DBUS build
1118 o update the FAQ due to the latest devfs mess on lkml and also due to symlinks now working
1119 o document the different Makefile config options that we have
1120 o change USE_DBUS to DBUS in Makefile, and disable it by default as it's still to hard to build on all systems
1121 o fix formatting of udev_dbus.c to use tabs. Also get it to build properly now
1122 o move all of the DBUS logic into one file and remove all of the #ifdef crud from the main code
1125 o dump latest klibc into the udev build tree
1126 o use udevdir in udev.conf
1129 o better allow builds of extras programs under udev
1130 o update udev extras/scsi_id to version 0.2
1133 Summary of changes from v007 to v008
1134 ============================================
1136 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1137 o more config file parsing robustness
1139 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1140 o udev-007/extras/multipath update
1143 o Build failure - missing linux/limits.h include?
1144 o Add format modifier for devfs like naming
1145 o klibc makefile fixes
1147 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1148 o another patch for path problem
1149 o quick fix for libsysfs bus
1150 o libsysfs changes for sysfsutils 0.3.0
1153 o fix up some duplicated function compiler warnings in libsysfs
1154 o fix some compiler warnings in the tdb code
1155 o Added Kay's name to the man page
1156 o update the wildcard documentation in the man page to show the new styles supported
1157 o fix permission handling logic
1158 o enable default_mode ability to actually build
1159 o add support for the default_mode variable, as it is documented
1160 o show permissions and groups in the label_test
1161 o remove some items off of the TODO list, as they are now done
1162 o fix up the tests to work without all of the environ variables
1163 o get rid of the majority of the debug environment variables
1164 o Update the man page to show the new config file, it's format, and how to use it
1165 o fix up the tests to support the rules file name change
1166 o add support for a main udev config file, udev.conf
1167 o turn debugging messages off by default
1168 o split out the namedev config parsing logic to namedev_parse.c
1169 o rename namedev's get_attr() to be main namedev_name_device() as that's what it really is
1170 o add devfs like tty rules as an example in the default config file
1171 o operate on the rules in the order they are in the config file (within the rule type) instead of operating on them backwards.
1172 o Cset exclude: dsteklof@us.ibm.com|ChangeSet|20031126173159|56255
1173 o add test for checking the BUS value
1174 o fix problem where we were not looking at the BUS value
1175 o add scsi and pci bus links in the test sysfs tree
1176 o add test and documentation for new %D devfs format modifier
1177 o changed the default location of the database to /udev/.udev.tdb to be LSB compliant
1178 o get rid of functions in klibc_fixups that are now in klibc
1179 o sync up with the 0.84 version of klibc
1180 o fix udev init.d script to handle all class devices in sysfs
1181 o fix the test.block and test.tty scripts due to their moveing. Also add a test.all script
1182 o 007_bk version change to Makefile
1185 o pattern matching for namedev
1186 o catch replace device by wildcard
1187 o udev.8 tweak numeric id text
1188 o udev-test.pl add subdir test
1189 o namedev.c strcat tweak
1190 o overall whitespace + debug text conditioning
1191 o udev-test.pl - tweaks
1194 o Add -nodefaultlibs while compiling against klibc
1197 o ARCH detection for ppc
1200 o fix udev parallel builds with klibc
1203 Summary of changes from v006 to v007
1204 ============================================
1207 o fix segfault in parsing bad udev.permissions file
1210 o update default config file with a CALLOUT rule, and more documentation
1211 o updated the man page with the latest format specifier changes
1212 o added ability to put format specifiers in the CALLOUT program string
1213 o tweak udev-test.pl to report '0' errors if that's what happened
1214 o only build klibc_fixups.c if we are actually using klibc
1215 o add support for string group and string user names in udev.permissions
1216 o add getgrnam and getpwnam to klibc_fixups files
1217 o remove Makefile.klibc
1218 o add udev-test perl script from Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> which blows away my puny shell scripts
1219 o added debian's version of udev.permissions
1220 o change to 006_bk version
1223 o format char for CALLOUT output
1224 o more namedev whitespace cleanups
1225 o support arguments in callout exec
1226 o namedev.c - change order of fields in CALLOUT
1227 o namedev.c whitespace + debug text cleanup
1228 o man page with udev.permissions wildcard
1231 o static klibc udev does not link against crt0.o
1233 Summary of changes from v005 to v006
1234 ============================================
1236 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
1237 o faster test scripts
1240 o more robust config file parsing in namedev.c
1241 o add bus id modifier
1243 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1244 o patch for libsysfs sysfs directory handling
1247 o add another line to udev.permissions in the proper format
1248 o tweak replace_test
1249 o fix permissions to work properly now
1250 o add real udev.permissions file to test directory
1251 o fix namedev.c to build with older version of gcc
1252 o add dumb test for all of the different modifiers
1253 o update the TODO list with more items that people can easily do
1254 o move the test.block and test.tty scripts to the test/ directory
1255 o add remove actions to the test scripts
1256 o turn DEBUG_PARSER off by default
1257 o add some documentation for the %b modifier to the default config file
1258 o fix make install rule for when the udev symlink is already there
1259 o change release target in makefile
1260 o change debug level on printf values for now
1261 o updated demo config file
1262 o add some documentation of the modifiers to the default config file
1263 o add demo config file
1264 o updated bk ignore list for klibc generated files
1265 o add printf option to label test to verify it works
1266 o fix up printf-like functionality due to previous changes
1267 o get the major/minor number before we name the device
1268 o add scsi_id "extra" program from Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>
1269 o Add multipath "extra" program from Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@free.fr>
1270 o trailing whitespace cleanups
1271 o splig LABEL and NUMBER into separate functions
1272 o add TOPO regression test
1273 o move TOPOLOGY rule to it's own function
1274 o fix bug where NUMBER and TOPOLOGY would not work for partitions
1275 o clean up the way we find the sysdevice for a block device for namedev
1276 o updated label test script (tests for partitions now.)
1277 o split REPLACE and CALLOUT into separate functions
1278 o add debug line for REPLACE call
1280 o add more sysfs test tree files
1281 o change UDEV_SYSFS_PATH environment variable due to libsysfs change
1282 o fix bug in klibc's isspace function
1283 o fix udev-add.c to build properly with older versions of gcc
1284 o add prototype for ftruncate to klibc
1285 o Remove a few items from the TODO list that are already done
1286 o version number to 005_bk
1287 o pull some klibc stuff into the make Makefile to try to stay in sync
1291 o apply permissions.conf support for wildcard and default name
1292 o man page with included placeholder list
1293 o implement printf-like placeholder support for NAME
1294 o more manpage tweaks
1295 o add support for subdirs
1296 o add uid/gid to nodes
1302 o Fixup path for kernel includes when building with klibc
1308 Summary of changes from v004 to v005
1309 ============================================
1312 o namedev.c comments + debug patch
1316 o ignore the klibc/linux symlink
1317 o add klibc linux symlink info to the README
1318 o get 'make release' to work properly again
1319 o added README info for how to build using klibc
1320 o turn off debugging if we are building with klibc
1321 o turn off debugging in namedev
1322 o added vsyslog support to klibc
1323 o add ftruncate to klibc
1324 o klibc specific tweaks
1325 o libsysfs does not need mntent.h in it's header file
1326 o udev build tweaks to tdb's spinlock code
1327 o klibc makefile changes
1328 o build tdb and libsysfs from the same makefile as udev
1329 o udev-add build cleanups for other libc versions
1330 o tweak tdb to build within udev better
1331 o make libsysfs spit debug messages to the same place as the rest of udev
1332 o make libsysfs build cleanly
1333 o updated bk ignore list
1334 o added klibc version 0.82 (cvs tree) to the udev tree
1335 o makefile fix for now
1336 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
1337 o hm, makefile bug with so many files... will fix later
1338 o regression tests starting to be added
1339 o fix LABEL bug for device files (not class files.)
1340 o more warning flags to the build
1341 o got rid of struct device_attr
1342 o rename namedev.permissions and namedev.config to udev.permissions and udev.config
1343 o fix dbg line in namedev.c
1344 o more overrides of config info with env variables if in test mode
1345 o Fix bug causing udev to sleep forever waiting for dev file to show up
1346 o change version to 004_bk
1347 o make config files, sysfs root, and udev root configurable from config variables
1350 o udev: sleep_for_dev() bits
1351 o udev: another canidate for static
1354 Summary of changes from v003 to v004
1355 ============================================
1357 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1358 o new version of libsysfs patch
1362 o major database cleanups
1363 o Changed test.block and test.tty to take ACTION from the command line
1364 o don't sleep if 'dev' file is already present on device add
1365 o fix comment about how the "dev" file is made up
1366 o more database work. Now we only store the info we really need right now
1367 o add BUS= bug to TODO list so it will not get forgotten
1369 o test.block changes
1370 o ok, rpm likes the "_" character instead of "-" better
1371 o change the version to 003-bk to keep things sane with people using the bk tree
1372 o got "remove of named devices" working
1373 o fix segfaults when dealing with partitions
1380 o udev: mode should be mode_t
1381 o udev: trivial trivialities
1382 o udev: cool test scripts again
1383 o udev spec file symlink support
1384 o udev: cool test scripts
1385 o udev spec file bits
1388 Summary of changes from v0.2 to v003
1389 ============================================
1391 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1396 o update the spec file for the new version and install process
1397 o fix makefile release rule to not drop tdb.h file
1399 o removed AUTHORS and INSTALL files as they were pretty pointless
1401 o Add AUTHORS and INSTALL files
1404 o updated the TODO list
1405 o add udev man page (basically just a place holder for now.)
1406 o added uninstall support
1407 o added install target for makefile so people don't have to do it by hand anymore
1408 o add version to debug log on startup
1409 o tell the user what mknod() we are trying to do
1410 o add dbg_parse() to cut down on parse file debugging statements
1411 o put config files and database in /etc/udev by default
1412 o add ols 2003 udev paper to docs/
1413 o clean up some debugging stuff in namedev.c
1414 o do not build the tdb binary programs, only the objects
1415 o merge tdb into the build process
1416 o Added tdb code from latest cvs version in the samba tree
1417 o added my name to the .spec file
1419 o cleanup the mknod code a bit
1420 o remove mknod callout
1421 o handle new major:minor format of dev files that showed up in 2.6.0-test2-bk3 or so
1422 o oops, everything was getting created as 000 mode, try to fix this up, but fail...
1429 o add callout config type to udev
1432 o Fix TDB cross compilation
1434 o udev/libsysfs cross compile fixes
1437 Summary of changes from v0.1 to v0.2
1438 ============================================
1442 o removed unneeded stuff from udev.h
1443 o added 0.2 change log info
1444 o start working on label support, and fix some segfaults for block devices
1445 o test config file changes
1446 o add NUMBER support (basically same logic as TOPOLOGY, perhaps we should
1448 o added topology support
1449 o got REPLACE to work properly
1450 o make struct config_device contain a struct device_attr instead of
1451 duplicating the mess
1453 o split the tests up into different files
1454 o split udev main logic into udev-add and udev-remove
1455 o Clean up the namedev interface a bit, making the code smaller
1456 o bk: update ignore list
1457 o update the tests to handle block devices too
1458 o add initial libsysfs support
1459 o added libsysfs to the build
1460 o added libsysfs code from sysutils-0.1.1-071803 release
1461 o namedev config files are fully parsed
1462 o more permission tests
1463 o make log_message spit out warnings so I don't have to spend forever
1464 chasing down stupid bugs that aren't there...
1465 o added klibc makefile
1466 o Initial namedev parsing of config files
1467 o sleep for 2 seconds to give the kernel a chance to actually create the
1469 o pick a better default UDEV_ROOT
1470 o fix up the test to actually work
1471 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
1474 Summary of changes up to v0.1
1475 ============================================
1478 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
1479 o updated the documentation
1480 o cleaned up the makefile a bit
1482 o restructure code to be able to actually get remove_node() to work
1483 o Creating nodes actually works
1484 o added stupid test script for debugging
1485 o added initial documentation and gpl license
1487 o updated ignore list
1488 o added initial files
1490 o Initial repository create
1491 o BitKeeper file /home/greg/src/udev/udev/ChangeSet