X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=8e9416d921c86bb92ac805e5801e6d1a0ca8a440;hb=ff3e4bed21aaff673284f2e024da26c1e39cfda6;hp=39e72d474de2ddb9437a37052fe7c3269785030a;hpb=6cb1bbe471ea4e5098a47e4515765e6cae96b9a0;p=elogind.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 39e72d474..8e9416d92 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,11 +1,23 @@ +udev 073 +======== +Fixed bug in udevd, if inotify is not available. We depend on netlink +uevents now, kernels without that event source will not work with that +version of udev anymore. + udev 072 ======== The rule parsing happens now in the daemon once at startup, all udev event processes inherit the already parsed rules from the daemon. It is shipped with SUSE10.0 and reduces heavily the system load at -startup. +startup. The option to save precompiled rules and let the udev process +pick the them up is removed, as it's no longer needed. + +Kernel 2.6.15 will have symlinks at /class/input pointing to the real +device. Libsysfs is changed to "translate" the requested link into the +real device path, as it would happen with the hotplug event. Otherwise +device removal and the udev database will not work. -using 'make STRIPCMD=' will leave the binaries unstripped for debugging +Using 'make STRIPCMD=' will leave the binaries unstripped for debugging and packaging. A few improvements for vol_id, the filesytem probing code.