X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=11b3883155a9012cb1208ffe16ced35bfc4fdf6d;hb=57f4ef67aa4e517e4ee1b79360169f5544f72379;hp=2649ac550dec275e774abbb4ccac21f4ed6f51c9;hpb=d964a4bfde57ad1b05d105edd5d078e1aac45da6;p=elogind.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2649ac550..11b388315 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,38 @@ -udev 173+ +udev 175 +======== +The default install location moved from /lib/udev to /usr/lib/udev, +to support systems without the / vs. /usr split. --libexecdir= +can still be configured to install things to /lib/udev. + +The default install location of the 'udevadm' tool moved from 'sbin' +to /usr/bin. --bindir= can still be configured to install it in +/sbin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin'. A symlink to udevadm +in /usr/bin needs to be manually created if needed. + +Kernel modules are now loaded directly by linking udev to 'libkmod'. +The /sbin/modprobe tool is no longer executed by udev. + +The /sbin/blkid tool is no longer executed from udev rules. Udev links +directly to libblkid now. + +Firmware is loaded natively by udev now, the external firmware loading +binary is no longer used. + +All built-in tools can be listed and tested with 'udevadm test-builtin'. + +The 'udevadm control --reload-rules' option has been renamed to '--reload'. +It reloads the kernel module configuration. + +The systemd socket files use PassCred=yes, which requires systemd +version 38. + +The udev build system only creates a .xz tarball now. + +udev 175 +======== +Bugfixes. + +udev 174 ======== Bugfixes. @@ -25,6 +59,12 @@ RUN{fail_event_on_error} attribute was removed. The udev control socket is now created in /run/udev/control and no longer as an abstract namespace one. +The rules to create persistent network interface and cdrom link +rules automatically in /etc/udev/rules.d/ have been disabled by +default. Explicit configuration will be required for these use +cases, udev will no longer try to write any persistent system +configuration from a device hotplug path. + udev 173 ======== Bugfixes.