X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=1dc4dfe9dbcfb09ba004c7513ae3c015c9af18af;hb=d5618ac96913efa0b52501b6a5c690bee6a33517;hp=f8d6fde8077c7c8fd874151c6cfa4f64a96ec510;hpb=b2885eeecf517e82830f585a69ebc9c2c60cfa5e;p=elogind.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index f8d6fde80..1dc4dfe9d 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +udev 088 +======== +Add persistent links for SCSI tapes. The rules file is renamed +to 60-persistent-storage.rules. + +Create persistent path for usb devices. Can be used for all sorts +of devices that can't be distinguished by other properties like +multiple identical keyboards and mice connected to the same box. + +Provide "udevtrigger" program to request events on coldplug. The +shell script is much too slow with thousends of devices. + udev 087 ======== Fix persistent disk rules to exclude removable IDE drives. @@ -225,7 +237,7 @@ udev 069 A bunch of mostly trivial bugfixes. From now on no node name or symlink name can contain any character than plain whitelisted ascii characters or validated utf8 byte-streams. This is needed for the -/dev/disk/by-label/* links, cause we import untrusted data and +/dev/disk/by-label/* links, because we import untrusted data and export it to the filesystem. udev 068 @@ -237,7 +249,7 @@ situations. udev 067 ======== Bugfix. udevstart event ordering was broken for a long time. -The new run_program() uncovered it, cause /dev/null was not +The new run_program() uncovered it, because /dev/null was not available while we try to run external programs. Now udevstart should create it before we run anything. @@ -262,7 +274,7 @@ Mostly bugfixes and see ChangeLog. The test for the existence of an environment value should be switched from: ENV{KEY}=="*" to ENV{KEY}=="?*" -cause "*" will not fail anymore, if the key does not exist or +because "*" will not fail anymore, if the key does not exist or is empty. udev 063 @@ -435,7 +447,7 @@ We support an unlimited count of symlinks now. If USE_STATIC=true is passed to a glibc build, we link statically and use a built-in userdb parser to resolve user and group names. -The PLACE= key is gone. It can be replaced by an ID= for a long time, cause +The PLACE= key is gone. It can be replaced by an ID= for a long time, because we walk up the chain of physical devices to find a match. The KEY="" format supports '=', '==', '!=,' , '+=' now. This makes it @@ -450,5 +462,5 @@ but existing rules should be converted if possible, to be better readable. We have new ENV{}== key now, to match against a maximum of 5 environment variables. -udevstart is its own binary again, cause we don't need co carry this araound +udevstart is its own binary again, because we don't need co carry this araound with every forked event.