1 Summary of changes from v063 to v064
2 ============================================
5 volume_id: add OCFS (Oracle Cluster File System) support
9 add ID_BUS to *_id programs
10 create_floppy_devices: add tool to create floppy nodes based on sysfs info
13 move code to its own files
14 make SYSFS{} usable for all devices
15 add padding to rules structure
16 allow rules to have labels and skip to next label
17 thread unknown ENV{key} match as empty value
20 Summary of changes from v062 to v063
21 ============================================
24 fix typo in GROUP value application
27 add 'make tests' as I'm always typing that one wrong...
28 Really commit the udev_run_devd changes...
29 Fixed udev_run_devd to run the /etc/dev.d/DEVNAME/ files too
30 fix position of raw rules in gentoo config file
33 dasd_id: add s390 disk-label prober
34 fix usb_id and let scsi_id ignore "illegal request"
37 volume_id: remove s390 dasd handling, it is dasd_id now
38 trivial fixes for *_id programs
39 IMPORT: add {parent} to import the persistent data of the parent device
40 allow multiple values to be matched with KEY=="value1|value2"
41 udevd: set incoming socket buffer SO_RCVBUF to maximum
42 remember mapped rules state
43 ata_id: check for empty serial number
44 compile dasd only on s390
47 correct default mode documentation in udev
50 Summary of changes from v061 to v062
51 ============================================
54 fix symlink values separated by multiple spaces
56 fix typo in group assignment
57 fix default-name handling and NAME="" rules
58 add WAIT_FOR_SYSFS key to loop until a file in sysfs arrives
59 fix unquoted strings in udevinitsend
61 Summary of changes from v060 to v061
62 ============================================
65 Sync up the Debian rules files
66 fix cdrom symlink problem in gentoo rules
71 we want to provide OPTFLAGS
72 rename ALARM_TIMEOUT to UDEV_ALARM_TIMEOUT
73 udevd: optimize env-key parsing
74 don't resolve OWNER, GROUP on precompile if string contains %, $
75 set default device node to /dev
76 create udevdb files only if somehting interesting happened
77 pack parsed rules list
78 replace useless defines by inline text
79 move rule matches to function
80 add usb_id program to generate usb-storage device identifiers
81 add IEEE1394 rules to the gentoo rule file
82 fake also kernel-name if we renamed a netif
83 allow OPTIONS to be recognized for /sys/modules /sys/devices events
84 switch gentoo rules to new operators
87 Summary of changes from v059 to v060
88 ============================================
91 Fix the gentoo udev rules to allow the box to boot properly
94 Udev doesn't properly build with $CROSS
97 Keep udevstart from skipping devices without a 'dev' file
100 #define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT
103 Summary of changes from v058 to v059
104 ============================================
107 Update the gentoo rule file
108 Fix udevinfo for empty sysfs directories
109 Fix makefile to allow 'make release' to work with git
112 udev: fix netdev RUN handling
113 udevcontrol: fix exit code
116 prepare RELEASE-NOTES
117 add ID_TYPE to the id probers
118 add -x to scsi_id to export the queried values in env format
119 store the imported device information in the udevdb
120 rename udev_volume_id to vol_id and add --export option
121 add ata_id to read serial numbers from ATA drives
122 IMPORT allow to import program returned keys into the env
123 unify execute_command() and execute_program()
124 IMPORT=<file> allow to import a shell-var style config-file
125 allow rules to be compiled to one binary file
126 fix the fix and change the file to wait for to the "bus" link
127 fix udevstart and let all events trvel trough udev
128 prepare for module loading rules and add MODALIAS key
129 remove device node, when type block/char has changed
130 Makefile: remove dev.d/ hotplug.d/ from install target
131 udevcontrol: add max_childs command
132 udevd: control log-priority of the running daemon with udevcontrol
133 udeveventrecorder: add small program that writes an event to disk
134 klibc: add missing files
135 udevinitsend: handle replay messages correctly
136 udev man page: add operators
137 udevd: allow starting of udevd with stopped exec-queue
138 klibc: version 1.0.14
139 udev: handle all events - not only class and block devices
140 volume_id: use udev-provided log-level
141 udev: clear lists if a new value is assigned
142 udev: move dev.d/ handling to external helper
143 udev: allow final assignments :=
144 udevd: improve timeout handling
145 Makefile: fix DESTDIR
147 udevd: add udevcontrol
148 udevd: listen for netlink events
151 Dialout group fix for capi devices in the gentoo rules file
153 Summary of changes from v057 to v058
154 ============================================
157 o Writing udev rules docs update
160 o update cdsymlinks to latest version
163 o remove detach_state files from the sysfs test tree
164 o Update permissions on test scripts so they will run properly now
165 o hopefully fix up the symlinks in the test directory
166 o Removed klibc/klibc.spec as it is autogenerated
167 o Added symlinks thanks to Kay's script and git hacking
168 o add Red Hat/Fedora html documenation
169 o Update Red Hat default udev rules
172 o selinux: fix handling during creation of symlinks
173 o Fedora udev.rules update
174 o libsysfs: version 2.0
175 o klibc: version 1.0.7
178 o Fix libsysfs issue with relying on the detach_state file to be
180 Summary of changes from v056 to v057
181 ============================================
183 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
184 o fix stupid all_partitions bug
187 o add test for make -j4 to build-check
188 o klibc: version 1.0.6
189 o update Debian rules
190 o apply default permissions only for devices that will need it
191 o adapt RELEASE-NOTES
192 o udev_volume_id: fix endianess macros
193 o udev-test.pl: add test for DEVNAME export to RUN environment
194 o update the man page to reflect the recent changes
195 o export DEVNAME to RUN-key executed programs
196 o fix make -j4 and the local klibc-install
197 o update RELEASE-NOTES
198 o add RUN key to be able to run rule based notification
199 o fix udevtest to print the error if logging is disabled
200 o move execute_program to utils + add action to init_device
201 o correct correction for error path for PROGRAM execution
202 o correct error path for PROGRAM execution
203 o klibc: version 1.0.5
204 o check for strlen()==0 before accessing strlen()-1
205 o allow to match against empty key values
206 o read %s{}-sysfs values at any device in the chain
207 o udev_rules.c: don't change sysfs_device while walking up the device chain
208 o klibc: strlcpy/strlcat - don't alter destination if size == 0
209 o fix klibc's broken strlcpy/strlcat
210 o udevinfo: print SYSFS attribute the same way we match it
211 o remove untrusted chars read from sysfs-values or returned by PROGRAM
212 o udevinfo: print errors to stderr instead of stdout
213 o klibc: version 1.0.4
214 o support log-priority levels in udev.conf
215 o test-suite: remove UDEV_TEST, it's not needed anymore
216 o libsysfs: remove trailing slash on SYSFS_PATH override
219 Summary of changes from v055 to v056
220 ============================================
222 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
223 o fix header paths in udev_libc_wrapper.c
226 o udev-test.pl: use more common user/group names
227 o klibc: remove SCCS directories from the temporary klibc install
228 o udev-test.pl: add a test where the group cannot be found in /etc/passwd
229 o udev-test.pl: add check for textual uid/gid
230 o fix bad typo that prevents the GROUP to be applied
231 o udevd: don't delay events with TIMEOUT in the environment
232 o klibc: use klcc wrapper instead of our own Makefile
233 o change call_foreach_file to return a list
236 Summary of changes from v054 to v055
237 ============================================
239 <jkluebs:luebsphoto.com>:
240 o This patch causes the remove handler to check that each symlink actually points to the correct devnode and skip it if it does not.
242 <pebenito:gentoo.org>:
245 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
246 o The following patch fixes some warnings when compiling volume_id from udev with the -Wall compiler flag. Define _GNU_SOURCE for strnlen() and correct the path to logging.h
247 o The following patch fixes a warning when compiling chassis_id from udev with the -Wall compiler flag. There are too much conversions in the format string of sscanf(). One %d can be dropped.
251 o added frugalware udev ruleset
252 o merge selinux and Kay's symlink fixes together
255 o volume_id: Fix label/uuid reading for reiserfs
258 o add udevstart to the RELEASE-NOTES
259 o volume_id: version 43
260 o clarify the shortcomings of %e
261 o correct rule match for devices without a physical device
262 o remove unneeded code, libsysfs does this for us
263 o add final release note
264 o add ENV{} key to match agains environment variables
265 o simplify sysfs_pair handling
266 o add a test and simplify debug statement
267 o support =, ==, !=, += for the key match and assignment
268 o add OPTION="last_rule" to skip any later rule
269 o rename namedev_dev to udev_rule
270 o correct enum device_type
271 o remove udevstart on make clean
272 o volume_id: version 42
273 o volume_id: version 41
274 o remove unneeded include
275 o The path to dlist.h is not correct
276 o udevinfo -d: use '=' as separator, cause ':' may be a part of the devpath
277 o klibc: version 1.0.3
278 o add RELEASE-NOTES file
279 o test suite: move "driver" link to physical device
280 o remove PLACE key match
281 o don't lookup "root" in the userdb
283 o fix segfaulting udev while DRIVER matching
285 o klibc: version 0.214
286 o rename device_list->list to device_list->node
287 o replace strncpy()/strncat() by strlcpy()/strlcat()
288 o split udev and udevstart
289 o udev_volume_id: version 39
290 o rename LOG to USE_LOG in all places
291 o remove Makefile magic for klibc integration
292 o klibc_fixups: remove no longer needed stuff
293 o udev_volume_id: volume_id v38
294 o use numeric owner/group as default values to avoid parsing userdb
295 o fix up segfaulting binaries with new klibc
296 o udevinfo -d: speed-up device dump
297 o klibc: version 0.211
298 o klibc_fixups: remove unneeded stuff
299 o replace weird defines by real code
300 o udev-test.pl: remove useless tests
301 o allow unlimitied count of symlinks
302 o unmap db-file after use
303 o remove typedef for call_foreach_file() handler function
304 o correct udev_init_device
305 o rename attributes to options
306 o kill stupid gcc4 warning
307 o trivial clenaup of namedev code
308 o klibc: check for gcc4
309 o klibc: update v0.205
312 o gentoo rule update for raid devices
315 Summary of changes from v053 to v054
316 ============================================
318 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
319 o udev_volume_id: add Reiser4 support
322 o namedev: skip backslashes only if followed by newline
323 o wait_for_sysfs: add joydev
324 o udevinfo: print devpath -> node relationship for all devices
325 o trivial rename of some variables
327 o big libsysfs diet (pre 2.0 version)
328 o udev_volume_id: volume_id v35
329 o add "serio" to bus list
330 o determine device type in udev_init_device()
331 o move kernel name/number evaluation into udev_init_device()
332 o detect NAME="" as ignore_device rule
333 o trivial namedev cleanup
334 o cleanup db functions
335 o clean up match_place()
336 o switch device type to enum
337 o switch major/minor to dev_t
338 o remove the device node only if the major/minor number matches
339 o libsysfs: work around a klibc bug
340 o introduce OPTIONS=ignore_device, ignore_remove, all_partitions" key
341 o namedev: execute PROGRAM only once and not possibly for every physical device
344 o update scsi_id to work with libsysfs changes
347 Summary of changes from v052 to v053
348 ============================================
351 o fix gentoo fb permission issue
352 o allow simple-build-check.sh to go faster if MAKEOPTS is set
353 o make the release tarballs have writable files in them
354 o remove gentoo permission file as it's not valid anymore
357 o fix special file mode mask for temporary device node
358 o udevstart: simplify "dev" file searching
359 o udev_volume_id: remove temporary node creation and parent handling
360 o add %P modifier to query the node name of the parent device
361 o udev_volume_id: remove __packed__ from dasd structure as it does not work
362 o create /block/*/range count of partitons for all_partitions
365 o scsi_id changes for use with udev %N and %p
368 Summary of changes from v051 to v052
369 ============================================
372 o debian: update rules files
373 o raid-devfs.sh: devfs names for hardware RAID controllers
374 o scsi_id: when udevstart is started, /tmp is not writeable
375 o cdsymlinks.sh: trivial fix, the variable is initialized to '', not 0
377 <sschweizer:gmail.com>:
378 o gentoo/udev.rules: add default permissions for sound devices
381 o fix example comment in ide-devfs.sh
382 o Add infiniband to gentoo rules
383 o Another gentoo fix, adding dvb support
384 o Fix gentoo bug #76056 (fb device group permissions.)
385 o Fix gentoo bug #81102, device nodes for the pktcdvd device
388 o provide temporary device node for callouts to access the device
389 o udev_volume_id: fix dasd disklabel reading with -l option
390 o udev_volume_id: volume_id version 034
391 o udev_volume_id: rename probe_ibm into probe_dasd
392 o udev_volume_id: volume_id version 032
393 o Makefile: add some more warnings and prepare for clean gcc4 compile
394 o Makefile: cleanup conditional config option sections
395 o fix -Wsign-compare warnings
396 o chassis_id: clean compilation and fix bad function parameter passing
397 o simple_build_check: make it possible to pass KERNEL_DIR
398 o selinux: cleanup udev integration
401 o trivial: remove _all_ trailing slashes with no_trailing_slash()
402 o trivial: fix signedness
403 o namdev: allow symlink-only rules to specify node permissions
404 o udevd: fix valgrind warning
407 Summary of changes from v050 to v051
408 ============================================
410 <roland:digitalvampire.org>:
411 o This fixes a silly mistake in how udevinfo prints the major and minor numbers (right now it prints the minor next to "MAJOR" and the major next to "MINOR" ;)
413 <tklauser:access.unizh.chbk>:
414 o I tried to compile udev 050plus with the GCC 4.0 snapshot 200412119 and got two errors about possibly uninitialized structs, so I fixed this.
416 Christian Bornträger:
417 o udev_volume_id: fix -d option
420 o gentoo fb permission fix
421 o fix gcc 2.96 issue in libsysfs
422 o remove the lfs startup script on request of the author
423 o clean up the aoe char device rules, and delete the block one as it's not needed
424 o add aoe block and char device rules to the gentoo rule file
425 o fix udev_volume_id build error
428 o rearrange link order in Makefile
431 o udev_volume_id: new version of volume_id
432 o klibc: update to version 0.198
433 o udev_volume_id: fix FAT label reading
434 o klibc: update to version 0.196
435 o udevd: throttle the forking of processes
436 o udevd: add possible initialization of expected_seqnum
437 o udevd: it's obviously not the brightest idea to exit a device node manager if it doesn't find /dev/null
438 o udevd: separate socket handling to prepare for other event sources
439 o udevd: support -d switch to become a daemon
440 o udev_volume_id: version 27
441 o udevd: split up message receiving an queueing
442 o remove useless warning if udev.conf contains keys not read by udev itself
443 o improve event sequence serialization
444 o remove udevsend syslog noise on udevd startup
445 o limit the initial timeout of the udevd event handling
446 o correct detection of hotplug.d/ udevsend loop
447 o correct log statement
448 o remove default_* permissions from udev.conf file
449 o update Fedora config files and add some more tests
450 o allow permissions only rules
451 o add SUBSYSTEM rule to catch all block devices and apply the disk permissions
452 o update Fedora config files
453 o handle renamed network interfaces properly if we manage hotplug.d/
454 o allow multiline rules by backslash at the end of the line
455 o add OnStream tape drive rules
456 o simplify rules file by setting default mode to 0660
457 o simplify permission application
458 o I broke the extras/ again. Add simple build test script now
459 o Merge vrfy.org:/home/kay/src/udev into vrfy.org:/home/kay/src/udev.kay
460 o initial merge of fedora udev.permissions into udev.rules
461 o remove permissions file mentioning from the udev man page
462 o fix some typos in gentoo's udev.rules introduced by the merge
465 o The attached patch fixes the code path if namedev_name_device() fails
467 Summary of changes from v049 to v050
468 ============================================
473 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
474 o I made some more changes to the manpage of udev including
477 o update libsysfs to CVS version and fix segfaulting attribute reading
478 o klibc supports LOG_PID now, so remove our own implementation
479 o avoid building klibc test programs and pass SUBDIRS= to klibc clean
482 Summary of changes from v048 to v049
483 ============================================
486 o fix 'make clean' error in klibc
489 o update klibc to 0.194
490 o export DEVNAME regardless of the state of udev_dev_d
491 o add class specific files for class/spi_transport and class/spi_host
492 o udevd-test.pl: remove wrong date calculation
493 o check earlier if we should run as udevstart
494 o remove double initialization
495 o include missing header to udevtest.c
496 o add -V option to udev to print the version number
497 o prevent udev node creatinon for "class" registration
498 o udevd: serialization of the event sequence of a chain of devices
499 o add a class/fc_host file to the list of what to wait for
500 o udev_volume_id: links sysfs.a instead of all objects
503 o remove leftover from udevinfo's -d option
506 Summary of changes from v047 to v048
507 ============================================
510 o fix udev_volume_id so it will now build properly
511 o fix scsi_id build errors due to changes in the main udev makefile
514 Summary of changes from v046 to v047
515 ============================================
517 <klauser:access.unizh.ch>:
518 o Various typos and other litte errors in udev.8.in
520 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
521 o DEVNAME on device removal
523 <sschweizer:gmail.com>:
524 o Allow GROUP to have modifiers in it
527 o add more debian rules files
528 o move distro specific config files into their own directories
529 o update debian rules files
530 o added asterix rules to the gentoo file
531 o use udevstart for udev.init.* files
532 o delete a bunch of files no longer needed
533 o fix gentoo scsi cdrom rule
534 o Fix the multithreaded build again
536 o comment out ability to run udev-test.pl with valgrind
537 o fix spurious valgrind warning in udev
538 o fix udevinfo '-q path' option as it was not working
540 o fix parallel build error
543 o update Fedora dev.d/ example and remove unused conf.d/ directory
544 o don't install distribution specific init script on "make install"
545 o restore OWNER/GROUP assignment in rule coming from RESULT
546 o make gcov compile scripts working with recent gcc
547 o fix udev-test/udev-test.pl to work with again
548 o add net/atml and class/ppdev to the wait_for_sysfs exception list
549 o add net/nlv* devices to the exception list
550 o add "pcmcia" and "fc_transport" to the wait_for_sysfs lists
551 o remove unused timestamp field
552 o simplify permission handling
553 o handle /etc/hotplug.d/ only if the event comes from udevd
554 o trivial cleanups and change some comments
555 o remove unused variables
556 o udevsend/udevd handle events without a subsystem
557 o use blacklist on device "remove" and remove dev.d/ call code duplication
558 o update the man pages and correct Usage: hints
559 o don't call the hotplug scripts with a test run
560 o don't call dev.d/ scripts twice, if directory = subsystem
561 o remove archive file if we changed something
562 o link archive insted of objects
563 o rename udev_lib to udev_utils and dev_d to udev_multiplex
564 o handle whole hotplug event with udevd/udev
565 o integrate wait_for_sysfs in udev
566 o make the searched multiplex directories conditionally
567 o add MANAGED_EVENT to the forked udev environment
568 o export DEVNAME on remove event
569 o export udev_log flag to the environment
570 o remove my test code
571 o add support for /devices-devices without any file to wait for
572 o Patch from Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
573 o add a bunch of busses to the list of what to wait for
574 o close connection to syslog in forked udevd child
575 o udevd exit path cleanup
576 o fix network device naming bug
579 Summary of changes from v045 to v046
580 ============================================
583 o make spotless for releases
586 o Don't try to print major/minor for devices without a dev file
587 o remove get_device_type and merge that into udev_set_values()
588 o prevent udevd crash if DEVPATH is not set
589 o add ippp and bcrypt to the exception lists of wait_for_sysfs
590 o let klibc add the trailing newline to syslog conditionally
591 o disable logging for udevstart
592 o add NAME{ignore_remove} attribute
593 o remove historical SYSFS_attr="value" format
594 o don't wait for sysfs if the kernel(2.6.10-rc2) tells us what not to expect
595 o change key names in udevinfo sysfs walk to match the kernel
596 o support DRIVER as a rule key
597 o support SUBSYSTEM as a rule key
598 o rename udevdb* to udev_db*
599 o Make dev.d/ handling a separate processing stage
600 o make the udev object available to more processing stages
601 o remove udev_lib dependency from udevsend, which makes it smaller
602 o add ACTION to udev object to expose it to the whole process
603 o make udevinfo's -r option also workimg for symlink queries
604 o let udev act as udevstart if argv[1] == "udevstart"
605 o improve udevinfo sysfs info walk
606 o add sysfs info walk to udevinfo
607 o pass the whole event environment to udevd
608 o replace tdb database by simple lockless file database
611 Summary of changes from v044 to v045
612 ============================================
615 o Some updates for Gentoo's udev rules
618 Summary of changes from v043 to v044
619 ============================================
622 o add cdsymlinks.sh support to gentoo rules file
623 o fix gentoo legacy tty rule
624 o remove 'sudo' usage from the Makefile
625 o make udev-test.pl test for root permissions before running
628 o reduce syslog noise of udevsend if multiple instances try to start udevd
629 o add i2c-dev to the list of devices without a bus
632 Summary of changes from v042 to v043
633 ============================================
636 o add test target to makefile
637 o add dumb script to show all sysfs devices in the system
640 o Shut up wait_for_sysfs class/net failure messages, as it's not possible to
641 get that right for all net devices. Kernels later than 2.6.10-rc1 will
642 handle that by carrying the neccessary information in the hotplug event.
643 o wait() for specific pid to return from fork()
644 o Don't use any syslog() in signal handler, cause it may deadlock
645 o Add support for highpoint ataraid to volume_id to suppress label reading on raid set members.
646 o Add a bunch of devices without "device" symlinks
647 o Exit, if udevtest cannot open the device (segfault)
648 o Patches from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
649 o Apply the default permissions even if we found a entry in the permissions
650 file. Correct one test, as the default is applied correctly now and the
651 mode will no longer be 0000.
652 o add test for format chars in multiple symlinks to replace
653 o Add net/vmnet and class/zaptel to the list of devices without physical device
656 Summary of changes from v040 to v042
657 ============================================
660 o add inotify to the rules for gentoo
663 o skip waiting for device if we get a bad event for class creation and not for a device underneath it
664 o add net/pan and net/bnep handling
665 o switch wait for bus_file to stat() instead of open() add net/tun device handling add ieee1394 device handling
666 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
667 o ignore *.rej files from failed patches
668 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.
669 o improve klibc fixup integration
670 o cleanup udevd/udevstart
671 o expose sysfs functions for sharing it
674 Summary of changes from v039 to v040
675 ============================================
678 o wait_for_sysfs update for dm devices
681 o sparse cleanups on the tree
682 o fix stupid cut-and-paste error for msr devices on gentoo boxes
683 o add *~ to bk ignore list
684 o delete udevruler.c as per Kay's request
685 o fix up the wait_for_sysfs_test script a bit
688 o fix debug in volume id / fix clashing global var name
691 o cleanup netif handling and netif-dev.d/ events
692 o big cleanup of internal udev api
693 o don't wait for dummy devices
695 o Fix ppp net devices in wait_for_sysfs
696 o Fix wait_for_sysfs messages (more debugging info)
699 Summary of changes from v038 to v039
700 ============================================
703 o Hopefully fix the vcs issue in wait_for_sysfs
704 o take out & from wait_for_sysfs_test that I previously missed
705 o add very nice cdsymlinks scripts
706 o add some helper scripts for dvb and input devices
707 o add debian config files
708 o let the extras/ programs build "pretty" also
709 o tweak the ccdv program to handle files in subdirectories being built
710 o crap, I messed up the 'sed' instances pretty badly, this fixes the config and man page mess
711 o fix broken 'make -j5' functionality
714 o swich attribute open() to simple stat()
715 o wait_for_sysfs update for /class/firmware and /class/net/irda devices
716 o fix unusual sysfs behavior for pcmcia_socket
717 o remove sleeps from udev as it is external now
722 o update udev to scsi_id 0.7
723 o pass SYSFS setting down for extras builds
724 o move assignments past local variables
727 Summary of changes from v037 to v038
728 ============================================
730 <andrew.patterson:hp.com>:
731 o Re: Problem parsing %s in udev rules
734 o fix up error in building extras and libsysfs
736 Summary of changes from v036 to v037
737 ============================================
743 o fix compilation warning in tdb log message
744 o Fix build error with klibc due to recent changes
746 o add wait_for_sysfs test script to the tarball to help people debug their boxes
747 o add ipsec to wait_for_sysfs ignore list
748 o added ccdv to bk ignore list
749 o a few more Makefile tweaks for the quiet feature
750 o Make the build silent, thanks to a helper program from ncftp
751 o rename files to have '_' instead of '-' in them
752 o change max time to wait in wait_for_sysfs to 10 seconds to hopefully handle some slow machines
753 o add support for class/raw/ to wait_for_sysfs
754 o fix up Makefile for wait_for_sysfs udev_version.h dependancy
755 o remove the debian specific file, as they don't want to share with the rest of the world :(
758 o prevent deadlocks on an corrupt udev database
759 o wait_for_sysfs_update
763 o fix incompatible pointer type warning
766 Summary of changes from v035 to v036
767 ============================================
770 o add the error number to the error message in wait_for_sysfs to help out in debugging problems
772 Summary of changes from v034 to v035
773 ============================================
776 o added ieee1394 support to wait_for_sysfs
777 o update wait_for_sysfs with a bunch more devices thanks to user reports
779 Summary of changes from v033 to v034
780 ============================================
783 o wait_for_sysfs bluetooth class update
786 o add comment in wait_for_sysfs to explain the structure better
787 o Revert previous dev_d.c change, it's not what is causing HAL problems
788 o hm, somethings odd with DEVPATH, see if this fixes it
789 o 33_bk mark for the makefile
790 o wait_for_sysfs: clean up the logic for the list of devices that we do not expect device symlinks for
791 o get rid of annoying extra lines in the syslog for some libsysfs debug messages
792 o added support for i2c devices in wait_for_sysfs.c
793 o add support for i2c-adapter devices to wait_for_sysfs.c
795 Summary of changes from v032 to v033
796 ============================================
800 o some cleanups and security fixes
801 o some cleanups and security fixes
803 o cleanup PATCH for extras/chassis_id/Makefile
805 <kpfleming:backtobasicsmgmt.com>:
806 o respect prefix= setting in built udev.conf (updated)
809 o add support for usb interfaces to wait_for_sysfs to keep it quiet
810 o enable native tdb spinlocks on i386 platforms
811 o delete extras/multipath-tools as per the author's request
812 o be paranoid in dev_d.c
813 o add USE_SELINUX to README documentation so people have a chance to see what is going on
814 o update the selinux.h file to start to look sane
815 o update bk ignore list for the wait_for_sysfs binary
816 o kdetv wants to see device nodes in /dev
817 o update comments in scsi-devfs.sh
818 o fix up Makefiles to get the klibc build working properly
819 o update bk ignore list for new klibc generated files
820 o oops forgot to add the new klibc/include directory
821 o update klibc to version 0.181
824 o fix problems with dev.d and udevstart
825 o wait_for_sysfs debug cleanup
826 o fix problems using scsi_id with udevstart
828 o finally solve the bad sysfs-timing for all of us
829 o volume-id build fix and update
830 o switch udev's seqnum to u64
832 o fix udev segfaults with bad permissions file
835 o update udev to include scsi_id 0.6
838 Summary of changes from v031 to v032
839 ============================================
845 o handle only block and class devices
846 o fix udevstart badly broken in udev 031
849 Summary of changes from v030 to v031
850 ============================================
852 <arun:codemovers.org>:
853 o udev - read long lines from config files overflow fix
855 <ballarin.marc:gmx.de>:
856 o Update the FAQ with info about hardlink security
859 o compatibility symlinks for udev
862 o Minor POSIX-fixes for udev
865 o add symlink for video rule
866 o add a "first" list to udevstart and make it contain the class/mem/ devices
867 o fix compiler warning in udevtest.c
868 o Fix old-style pty breakage in rules file for tty device
869 o add rules for i386 cpu devices
870 o add permission for legotower usb devices
873 o Fix naming ethernet devices in udevstart
874 o update udev_volume_id
875 o let /sbin/hotplug execute udev earlier
876 o pass SEQNUM trough udevd
877 o fix manpages based on esr's spambot
880 o add microcode rule to permissions.gentoo file
883 o Try to provide a bit of security for hardlinks to /dev entries
886 o udevsend depends on udev_lib.o
890 o clean up start_udev a bit
891 o Make udev/udevstart be one binary
892 o Add 'asmlinkage' to udev-030
895 Summary of changes from v029 to v030
896 ============================================
899 o fix stupid off-by-one bug that caused udevstart to die on x86-64 boxes
902 Summary of changes from v028 to v029
903 ============================================
906 o add permission rule for jogdial device
907 o fix dumb bug I added to udevstart
908 o make a "last list" of devices for udevstart to operate on last
909 o fix permission problem with input event and ts nodes for gentoo
910 o change default perms of misc/rtc to be readable by anyone
913 o allow NAME_SIZE > SYSFS_PATH_MAX
916 Summary of changes from v027 to v028
917 ============================================
919 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
920 o Patch for chassis_id exras module
923 o Writing udev rules doc update
926 o clean up block whitelist search logic a bit
927 o reverse order of scanning of udevstart to look at class before block
930 o update udev_volume_id
933 o udevstart performance increase
936 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.5
939 Summary of changes from v026 to v027
940 ============================================
942 <fork0:users.sf.net>:
943 o fix handle leak in udev_lib.c
946 o tweak the gentoo default permission rules as they are wrong for tty and misc devices
949 Summary of changes from v025 to v026
950 ============================================
956 o add test for ! in partition name
958 o Update to version 117 of klibc (from version 108)
959 o add volume_id ignore rule for bk
960 o add volume_id support to the udev.spec file
961 o remove dbus and selinux stuff from the udev.spec file
962 o delete udev_selinux as it doesn't work properly and is the wrong way to do it
963 o Deleted the udev_dbus extra as it didn't really work properly and HAL has a real solution now
964 o add udev.permissions.slackware file
965 o udevstart: close open directories
969 o catchup with recent klibc
970 o Re: udevsend fallback
971 o udev_volume_id update
972 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
973 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
974 o udev default config layout changes
977 o evaluate getenv() return value for udev_config.c
979 Summary of changes from v024 to v025
980 ============================================
983 o devfs.sh-ide-floppy
985 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
986 o DEVNODE -> DEVNAME transition fixes
989 o Update writing udev rules docs
992 o make dev.d call each directory in the directory chain of the device name, instead of just the whole name
993 o add devd_test script
994 o add more permissions based on SuSE's recommendations
995 o added rules for tun and raw devices
996 o add udev conf.d file
997 o Switch the default config to point to a directory for the rules and permission files
998 o update the Red Hat .dev files to work on other distros
999 o add dbus.dev, pam_console.dev and selinux.dev files for /etc/dev.d/default/ usage
1000 o add hints for red hat users from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1001 o add scripts to run gcov for udev from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1002 o change permissions on udevd test scripts
1003 o Fix build process for users who have LC_ALL set to a non-english language
1004 o Added expanded tests to the test framework from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1005 o added execelent "writing udev rules" document from Daniel Drake <dan@reactivated.net>
1006 o added rule to put USB printers in their proper places
1007 o added rules for CAPI devices
1008 o added a dev.d alsa script to help people out
1011 o fix test regressions
1012 o udev_selinux changes
1015 o fix devpath for netdev
1021 Summary of changes from v023 to v024
1022 ============================================
1024 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
1025 o Add README for chassis_id
1026 o Add chassis_id program to extras directory
1028 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
1029 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups
1032 o fix SEGV in libsysfs/dlist.c
1034 <maryedie:osdl.org>:
1035 o add OSDL documentation for persistent naming
1038 o small ide-devfs.sh fix
1041 o remove compiler warning from udevd.c
1042 o only generate udev.8 on the fly, not all other man pages
1043 o update bk ignore list some more
1044 o update bk ignore list
1045 o switch to generate the man pages during the normal build, not during the install
1046 o convert udev.8.in to use @udevdir@ macro for make install
1047 o first step of making man pages dynamically generated
1048 o add install and uninstall the etc/dev.d/net/hotplug.dev file to the Makefile
1049 o tweak net_test a bit
1050 o fix some segfaults when running udevtest for network devices
1051 o make a net_test test script using udevtest
1052 o handle the subsytem if provided in udevtest
1053 o add hotplug.dev script to handle renamed network devices
1054 o add a bunch of network class devices to the test sysfs tree
1055 o add udevruler to the bk ignore list
1056 o update RFC-dev.d docs due to DEVNODE to DEVNAME change
1057 o clean up chassis_id coding style
1058 o clean up the OSDL document formatting a bit
1059 o add netlink rules to devfs and gentoo rules files
1060 o added USB device rules to rules files
1061 o clean up the gentoo rules file a bit more, adding dri rules
1062 o fix up udev.rules to handle oss rules better
1064 o fix udev.spec file for where udevtest should be placed
1067 o tweak node unlink handling
1068 o switch udevd's msg_dump() to #define
1069 o handle netdev in udevruler
1071 o put config info in db for netdev
1072 o increase udevd event timeout
1074 o put netdev handling and dev.d/ in manpages
1075 o DEVPATH for netdev
1076 o netdev - udevdb+dev.d changes
1077 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups - take 2
1079 o dev_d.c file sorting and cleanup
1080 o apply all_partitions rule to main block device only
1083 Summary of changes from v022 to v023
1084 ============================================
1087 o hmm, handle net devices with udev?
1088 o correct apply_format() for symlink only rules
1089 o don't init namedev on remove
1090 o first stupid try for a rule compose gui
1091 o replace fgets() with mmap() and introduce udev_lib.[hc]
1092 o make udevtest a real program :)
1094 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1098 o create the /etc/dev.d/ directories in 'make install'
1099 o actually have udev run files ending in .dev in the /etc/dev.d/ directory as documented
1100 o added RFC-dev.d document detailing how /etc/dev.d/ works
1101 o fixed up udev.spec to handle selinux stuff properly now
1102 o remove USE_DBUS and USE_SELINUX flags from the README as they are no longer present
1103 o remove selinux stuff from the main Makefile
1104 o move udev_selinux into extras/selinux
1105 o fix dbus build in the udev.spec file
1106 o remove dbus stuff from main Makefile
1107 o move udev_dbus to extras/dbus
1108 o udev_dbus can now compile properly, but linnking is another story
1109 o remove udev_dbus.h from Makefile
1110 o first cut at standalone udev_selinux program
1111 o remove selinux support from udev core as it's no longer needed
1112 o first cut at standalone udev_dbus program
1113 o add get_devnode() helper to udev_lib for udev_dbus program
1114 o remove dbus code from core udev code as it's no longer needed to be there
1115 o add /etc/dev.d/ support for udev add and remove events
1116 o fix build error in namedev.c caused by previous patch
1118 o fix 'make spotless' to really do that in klibc
1119 o add a question/answer about automounting usb devices to the FAQ
1120 o mark scsi-devfs.sh as executable
1121 o Increase the name size as requested by Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
1122 o fix udevtest to build properly after the big udev_lib change
1125 o uninitialized variable for mknod and friend
1128 o SCSI logical and physical names for udev
1131 o Trivial man page typo fixes to udev
1134 Summary of changes from v021 to v022
1135 ============================================
1137 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
1138 o more Libsysfs updates
1141 <async:cc.gatech.edu>:
1142 o fix HOWTO-udev_for_dev for udevdir
1145 o udev-test.pl cleanup
1146 o add dev node test to udev-test.pl
1147 o add permission tests
1148 o "symlink only" test
1149 o callout part selector tweak
1150 o cleanup callout fork
1151 o allow to specify node permissions in the rule
1153 o put symlink only rules to the man page
1154 o rename strn*() macros to strmax
1155 o conditional remove of trailing sysfs whitespace
1156 o clarify udevinfo text
1157 o better fix for NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
1158 o overall trivial trivial cleanup
1159 o fix NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
1160 o cleanup mult field string handling
1163 o fix a type in docs/libsysfs.txt
1164 o Added line to udev.permissions.redhat
1165 o Include more examples in the docs area for gentoo and redhat
1171 o add big major tests to udev-test.pl
1172 o add a test for a minor over 255
1173 o udev-test.pl: print out major:minor and perm test "ok" if is ok
1174 o make perm and major:minor test errors be reported properly
1175 o remove extra ; in namedev_parse.c
1176 o Added multipath-tools 0.1.1 release
1177 o deleted current extras/multipath directory
1179 o fix the build for older versions of gcc
1182 o Small fix to remove extra "will" in man page
1186 o udev* segfaults with new klibc
1189 o add tests for NAME="foo-%c{N}"
1191 Summary of changes from v020 to v021
1192 ============================================
1195 o install udevinfo in /usr/bin
1196 o blacklist pcmcia_socket
1199 o fix udev.spec to find udevinfo now that it has moved to /usr/bin
1200 o Fix another problem with Makefile installing initscript
1201 o fix the Makefile to install the init script into the proper directory
1202 o make spec file turn off selinux support by default
1205 Summary of changes from v019 to v020
1206 ============================================
1208 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1212 o man page udevstart
1214 o bugfix for local user
1217 o clarify udevinfo device walk
1218 o udevinfo symlink reverse query
1219 o fix stroul endptr use
1220 o add $local user spport for permissions
1221 o udev - man page update
1222 o udev - fix debug info for multiple rule file config
1223 o udev - kill udevd on install
1224 o udev - activate formt length attribute
1225 o udev - safer sprintf() use
1228 o no error on enoent
1229 o escape dashes in man pages
1230 o remove usage of expr in ide-devfs.sh
1233 o automatically install correct initscript
1234 o update documetation for $local
1237 o Add symlink only rules support
1240 o update the TODO list as we already have a devfs config file
1241 o make start_udev use udevstart binary
1243 o Remove Debian permission files as the Debian maintainer doesn't seem to want to share :(
1244 o update the Gentoo rules files
1245 o Add Red Hat rules and permissions files
1246 o add udevstart to the ignore list
1247 o add udevstart program based on a old patch from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
1248 o unlink the file before we try to create it
1249 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
1252 Summary of changes from v018 to v019
1253 ============================================
1257 o udev - correct relative symlink
1258 o udev - safer string handling - part four
1259 o udev - safer string handling - part three
1260 o udev - safer string handling - part two
1261 o udev - man page update
1262 o udev - safer string handling all over the place
1264 o udev - allow all files in a directory as the config
1265 o udev - simple klibc textual uid/gid handling
1268 o do not remove real .udev.tdb during RPM build
1271 o add new TODO item about local user permissions
1272 o Add initial SELinux support for udev
1273 o fix build for very old versions of make
1274 o remove limit of the number of args passed to PROGRAM
1275 o force udev to include the internal version of libsysfs and never the external one
1276 o fix up libsysfs header file usage to fix bug reports from users that have sysfsutils installed already
1277 o remove udevtest on 'make clean'
1278 o remove udevd priority TODO item, as it's not needed at all
1281 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.4
1284 Summary of changes from v017 to v018
1285 ============================================
1287 <ext.devoteam.varoqui:sncf.fr>:
1288 o [PATCH] symlink dm-[0-9]* rule
1289 o update extras/multipath
1291 <john-hotplug:fjellstad.org>:
1292 o init.d debian patch
1295 o udev - TODO update
1296 o udev - add %s{filename} to man page
1297 o udev - udevd/udevsend man page
1298 o udev - switch callout part selector to {attribute}
1299 o udev - switch SYSFS_file to SYSFS{file}
1300 o udev - create all partitions of blockdevice
1302 o Adding '%s' format specifier to NAME and SYMLINK
1305 o added some scsi_id files to the bk ignore file
1306 o added scsi_id and some more documentation to the udev.spec file
1307 o update udev.rules.gentoo with new config file format
1308 o Update the Gentoo udev.rules and udev.permissions files
1309 o Create a udev.rules.examples file to hold odd udev.rules
1310 o add udevd priority issue to the TODO list
1311 o more HOWTO cleanups
1312 o add HOWTO detailing how to use udev to manage /dev
1313 o mv libsysfs/libsysfs.h to libsysfs/sysfs/libsysfs.h to make it easier to use
1314 o add start_udev init script
1315 o add support for UDEV_NO_SLEEP env variable so Gentoo people will be happy
1316 o start up udevd ourselves in the init script to give it some good priorities
1317 o update the red hat init script to handle nodes that are not present
1318 o add a "old style" SYSFS_attribute test to udev-test.pl
1319 o Have udevsend report more info in debug mode
1320 o Have udevd report it's version in debug mode
1321 o fix up bug created for udevtest in previous partition creation patch
1322 o update the udev.spec to add udevtest and make some more Red Hat suggested changes
1323 o add ability to install udevtest to Makefile
1325 o Add another test to udev-test.pl and fix a bug when only running 1 test
1326 o Fix bug where we did not use the "converted" kernel name if we had no rule
1329 o udev use new libsysfs header file location
1330 o udev add some ID tests
1333 Summary of changes from v016 to v017
1334 ============================================
1336 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1337 o make logging a config option
1339 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1340 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
1341 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
1342 o update extras/multipath
1345 o udev - keep private data out of the database?
1346 o better credential patch
1347 o udevd - client access authorization
1348 o compile udevd with klibc
1349 o udev - fix "ignore method"
1350 o udev - fix cdrom symlink rule
1351 o convert udevsend/udevd to DGRAM and single-threaded
1352 o udevd - kill the lockfile
1353 o udevd - fix socket path length
1354 o udevd - switch socket path to abstract namespace
1355 o udevd - allow to bypass sequence number
1356 o include used function
1359 o add udev_log to the documentation
1360 o fix offsetof() define in klibc
1361 o add some .spec file changes from Red Hat
1362 o update the init.d udev script based on a patch from Red Hat
1363 o remove the .udev.tdb when installing or uninstalling to be safe
1364 o remove the database at startup
1365 o fix bug in permission handling
1366 o update klibc to version .107
1367 o update the bitkeeper ignore file list
1368 o add udevtest program to build
1369 o fix problem where usb devices can be either the main device or the interface
1370 o more logging.h cleanups to be a bit more flexible
1371 o stop using mode_t as different libcs define it in different ways :(
1372 o remove some more KLIBC fixups that are no longer needed
1373 o let udev-test.pl run an individual test if you ask it to
1374 o Handle the '!' character that some block devices have
1375 o add a block device with a ! in the name, and a test for this
1376 o fix up 'make release' to use bk to build the export tree
1377 o fix log option code so that it actually works for all udev programs
1378 o finish syncing up with klibc
1379 o sync with latest version of klibc (0.107)
1380 o fix up Makefile dependancies for udev_version.h
1383 o udev add wild card compare for ID
1384 o udev kill extra bus_id compares in match_id
1387 Summary of changes from v015 to v016
1388 ============================================
1390 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
1391 o get_dev_number() in extras/ide-devfs.sh
1394 o FAQ udev.rules.devfs
1397 o add udevd and udevsend to the spec file
1398 o make /etc/hotplug.d/default/udev.hotplug symlink point to udevsend now
1399 o add KERNEL_DIR option so that the distros will be happy
1400 o make udevsend binary even smaller
1401 o udevsend now almost compiles with klibc, struct sockaddr_un is only problem now
1402 o fix up logging code so that it can be built without it being enabled
1403 o rework the logging code so that each program logs with the proper name in the syslog
1404 o remove logging.c as it's no longer needed
1405 o kill the last examples that contained the %D option
1406 o remove a __KLIBC__ tests in libsysfs, as klibc now supports getpagesize()
1407 o udevd - remove stupid locking error I wrote
1408 o update to klibc version 0.101, fixing the stdin bug
1409 o fix Makefile typo for USE_LSB install
1410 o allow dbus code to actually build again
1413 o let udevsend build with klibc
1414 o udevd - config cleanup
1415 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
1416 o fix possible buffer overflow
1417 o udevd - next round of fixes
1418 o udevinfo - missing options for man page
1419 o udev - trivial style cleanup
1422 Summary of changes from v014 to v015
1423 ============================================
1425 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1426 o LFS init script update
1429 o update klibc to version 0.98
1430 o clean up udevinfo on 'make clean'
1431 o add udevinfo man page to spec file
1432 o remove command line documentation from udev man page
1433 o create initial version of udevinfo man page
1434 o added URL to spec file
1435 o add udevinfo to udev.spec file
1436 o add udevinfo to install target of Makefile
1437 o rip out command line code from udev, now that we have udevinfo
1438 o udevinfo doesn't need to declare main_envp
1439 o move get_pair to udev_config.c because udevinfo doesn't need all of namedev.o
1440 o more makefile cleanups
1441 o move udevinfo into the main build and clean up the main Makefile a bit
1442 o clean up compiler warnings if building using klibc
1443 o make udevd only have one instance running at a time
1444 o new testd.block script for debugging
1445 o udevsnd : clean up message creation logic a bit
1446 o make bk ignore udevd and udevsend binaries
1447 o whitespace cleanups
1448 o remove TODO item about BUS value, as it is now done
1449 o add support for figuring out which device on the sysfs "chain" the rule applies to
1452 o udevinfo - now a real program :)
1453 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
1454 o udev - next round of udev event order daemon
1456 o udev - udevinfo with device chain walk
1457 o spilt udev into pieces
1460 Summary of changes from v013 to v014
1461 ============================================
1463 <ananthmg:rediffmail.com>:
1464 o libsysfs update for refresh + namedev.c changes
1466 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1467 o udev-013/extras/multipath update
1469 <flamingice:sourmilk.net>:
1470 o minor patch for devfs rules
1473 o udev - program to query all device attributes to build a rule
1474 o set default owner/group in db - update
1475 o udev - reverse user query options
1476 o udev - kill %D from udev-test.pl
1477 o add udev logging to info log
1478 o udev - mention format string escape char in man page
1481 o misc code cleanups
1482 o fixup logging.h to handle different logging options properly
1483 o clean up the logging patch a bit to make the option more like the other options
1484 o remove the %D modifier as it is not longer needed
1485 o remove unneeded keyboard rule
1486 o add usb_host and pci_bus to the class blacklist
1487 o added input device rules to udev.rules and udev.rules.devfs
1491 o set default owner/group in db
1492 o small cut n paste error fix
1495 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.3
1498 Summary of changes from v012 to v013
1499 ============================================
1501 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
1502 o LSB init script and other stuff
1504 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
1505 o fix udev directory for Debian init script
1507 <tiggi:infa.abo.fi>:
1508 o udev 012 old gcc fixup
1511 o add IGNORE rule type
1515 o update TODO with some new, small items
1516 o Cset exclude: greg@kroah.com|ChangeSet|20040113010256|48515
1517 o update the README in a few places
1518 o fix -d typo in the manpage update
1519 o Fix stupid gcc "optimization" of 1 character printk() calls.... Ick
1520 o oops, forgot to fix up the PROGRAM result from ID to RESULT in the config files
1521 o Add alsa device rules and a few other devfs rules
1522 o fix a few stale comments in namedev.c
1523 o convert the default rules files to the new format
1524 o convert the test shell scripts to the config file format
1525 o add bus test for usb-serial bus
1526 o Add some helpful messages if the user uses the older config file format
1527 o added dri rule to the default config file
1528 o added init.d udev script for debian
1529 o add a script that tests the IGNORE rule
1530 o add silly script that names cdrom drives based on the cd in them
1531 o add cdrom rule for ide cdrom
1532 o replace list_for_each with list_for_each_entry, saving a few lines of code
1533 o add a blacklist of class devices we do not want to look at
1536 o fix klibc with printf() and gcc
1537 o udev - small script optimization
1538 o udev - introduce format escape char
1539 o udev - more CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
1540 o udev - CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
1541 o update documentation for new config file format
1542 o more advanced user query options
1543 o udev - simple debug tweak
1544 o udev - drop all methods :)
1545 o udev - advanced user query options
1546 o udev - Makefile error
1547 o udev - make exec_callout() reusable
1548 o udev - exec status fix for klibc
1549 o fix Silly udev script
1552 Summary of changes from v011 to v012
1553 ============================================
1555 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1556 o make symlink work properly if there is already a file in its place
1557 o Fix udev gcc-2.95.4 compat
1559 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1560 o extras multipath update
1561 o extras multipath update
1564 o mention user callable udev + options in man page
1565 o make udev user callable to query the database
1566 o depend on all .h files
1567 o cleanup namedev_parse debug text
1568 o extend exec_program[]
1569 o ide-devfs.sh update
1570 o fix for apply_format()
1571 o check for empty symlink string
1572 o 'ide' missing in bus_files[]
1573 o small trivial cleanup of latest changes
1575 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1576 o introduce signal handler
1579 o udev spec file update
1582 o minor grammer fixes for the udev_vs_devfs document
1583 o move the dbus config file to etc/dbus-1/system.d/
1584 o move the config files to etc/udev to clean up main directory a bit
1585 o add Gentoo versions of the rules and permissions files
1586 o if using glibc, link dynamically, as no one like 500Kb udev binaries
1587 o minor change to udev_vs_devfs document
1588 o added udev vs devfs supid document to the tree
1589 o move the signal handling registration to after we have initialized enough stuff
1590 o make ide-devfs.sh executable in the tree
1591 o udev.permissions.debian - forgot the dm nodes
1592 o update the udev.permissions.debian file with new entries
1593 o added udev.init script for the Linux From Scratch project
1597 Summary of changes from v010 to v011
1598 ============================================
1600 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1601 o proper cleanup on udevdb_init() failure
1604 o patch udev 009-010 rpm spec file
1607 o fix udev sed Makefile usage
1610 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the LABEL rule
1611 o add tests for LABEL rule with a device that has no bus
1612 o Don't require the BUS value for the LABEL rule
1613 o If a LABEL rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
1614 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the CALLOUT rule
1615 o If a CALLOUT rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
1616 o Don't require the BUS value for the CALLOUT rule
1617 o add test for callout rule with a device that has no bus
1619 o added different build options to the rpm udev.spec file
1620 o add pci to the bus_files list
1621 o check for empty line a bit better in the parser
1622 o more init script cleanups, the stop target now calls udev to cleanup instead of just removing the whole /udev directory
1623 o make udev init script run udev in the background to let startup go much faster
1624 o fix long delay for all devices in namedev
1627 Summary of changes from v009 to v010
1628 ============================================
1630 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
1633 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1634 o extras multipath update
1635 o extras multipath update
1636 o extras multipath update
1637 o extras multipath update
1641 o small cleanup udev-remove.c
1642 o experimental CALLOUT script for devfs ide node creation with cd, disc, part
1643 o add any valid device
1644 o introduce format char 'k' for kernel-name
1645 o trivial make fixes
1646 o don't overwrite old config on install
1647 o udev-remove.c cleanups
1648 o bug in udev-remove.c
1649 o trivial cleanup parser changes
1651 <roman.kagan:itep.ru>:
1652 o fix comment and whitespace handling in config files
1655 o Allow build with empty EXTRAS
1657 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1658 o libsysfs 0.4.0 patch
1659 o fix scsi_id segfault with udev-009
1663 o mark config files as such in the rpm spec file
1666 o fix complier warning in namedev.c
1667 o add documentation for the new '%k' modifier (kernel name replacement)
1668 o add documentation about the multiple sysfs values that are now allowed for the LABEL rule
1669 o add tests for multi-file LABEL rules
1670 o add ability to have up to 5 SYSFS_ file/value pairs for the LABEL rule
1671 o Just live with a sleep(1) in namedev for now until libsysfs is fixed up
1672 o try to wait until the proper device file shows up in sysfs
1673 o remove unneeded TODO and FIXME entry
1674 o clean up the stand-alone tests to work properly on other people's machines
1675 o add tests to catch whitespace and comment config file parsing errors
1678 Summary of changes from v008 to v009
1679 ============================================
1681 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1682 o more extras/multipath changes
1683 o and more extras/multipath updates
1684 o more extras/multipath updates
1685 o yet more extras/multipath
1686 o more extras/multipath updates
1687 o extras/multipath update
1690 o D-BUS patch for udev-008
1692 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
1693 o add init.d/udev to "make install"
1694 o add init.d/udev to the spec file
1697 o don't rely on field order in namedev_parse
1698 o get part of callout return string
1699 o remove '\n' from end of callout return
1700 o man-page mention multiple symlinks
1701 o allow multiple symlinks
1702 o cleanup man & remove symlink comment
1703 o experimental (very simple) SYMLINK creation
1705 o pattern match for label method
1706 o a bug in linefeed removal
1709 o remove udev from runlevels on uninstall
1710 o install initscript in udev rpm
1712 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1713 o pre-libsysfs-0.4.0 patch
1716 o signal fixes due to klibc update
1717 o sync klibc with release 0.95
1718 o add mol permissions to the debian permissions file
1719 o update the FAQ with info about bad modprobe events from the devfs scheme
1720 o some cleanups due to the need for LABEL rules to use "SYSFS_" now
1721 o Add restart target to the etc/init.d/udev script
1722 o tweak the config file generation portion of the Makefile a bit
1723 o change devfs disk name rule from 'disk' to 'disc'
1724 o add vc support to udev.rules.devfs
1725 o added a devfs udev config file from Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>
1726 o set default mode to 0600 to be safer
1727 o Makefile tweaks for the DBUS build
1728 o update the FAQ due to the latest devfs mess on lkml and also due to symlinks now working
1729 o document the different Makefile config options that we have
1730 o change USE_DBUS to DBUS in Makefile, and disable it by default as it's still to hard to build on all systems
1731 o fix formatting of udev_dbus.c to use tabs. Also get it to build properly now
1732 o move all of the DBUS logic into one file and remove all of the #ifdef crud from the main code
1735 o dump latest klibc into the udev build tree
1736 o use udevdir in udev.conf
1739 o better allow builds of extras programs under udev
1740 o update udev extras/scsi_id to version 0.2
1743 Summary of changes from v007 to v008
1744 ============================================
1746 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1747 o more config file parsing robustness
1749 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1750 o udev-007/extras/multipath update
1753 o Build failure - missing linux/limits.h include?
1754 o Add format modifier for devfs like naming
1755 o klibc makefile fixes
1757 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1758 o another patch for path problem
1759 o quick fix for libsysfs bus
1760 o libsysfs changes for sysfsutils 0.3.0
1763 o fix up some duplicated function compiler warnings in libsysfs
1764 o fix some compiler warnings in the tdb code
1765 o Added Kay's name to the man page
1766 o update the wildcard documentation in the man page to show the new styles supported
1767 o fix permission handling logic
1768 o enable default_mode ability to actually build
1769 o add support for the default_mode variable, as it is documented
1770 o show permissions and groups in the label_test
1771 o remove some items off of the TODO list, as they are now done
1772 o fix up the tests to work without all of the environ variables
1773 o get rid of the majority of the debug environment variables
1774 o Update the man page to show the new config file, it's format, and how to use it
1775 o fix up the tests to support the rules file name change
1776 o add support for a main udev config file, udev.conf
1777 o turn debugging messages off by default
1778 o split out the namedev config parsing logic to namedev_parse.c
1779 o rename namedev's get_attr() to be main namedev_name_device() as that's what it really is
1780 o add devfs like tty rules as an example in the default config file
1781 o operate on the rules in the order they are in the config file (within the rule type) instead of operating on them backwards.
1782 o Cset exclude: dsteklof@us.ibm.com|ChangeSet|20031126173159|56255
1783 o add test for checking the BUS value
1784 o fix problem where we were not looking at the BUS value
1785 o add scsi and pci bus links in the test sysfs tree
1786 o add test and documentation for new %D devfs format modifier
1787 o changed the default location of the database to /udev/.udev.tdb to be LSB compliant
1788 o get rid of functions in klibc_fixups that are now in klibc
1789 o sync up with the 0.84 version of klibc
1790 o fix udev init.d script to handle all class devices in sysfs
1791 o fix the test.block and test.tty scripts due to their moveing. Also add a test.all script
1792 o 007_bk version change to Makefile
1795 o pattern matching for namedev
1796 o catch replace device by wildcard
1797 o udev.8 tweak numeric id text
1798 o udev-test.pl add subdir test
1799 o namedev.c strcat tweak
1800 o overall whitespace + debug text conditioning
1801 o udev-test.pl - tweaks
1804 o Add -nodefaultlibs while compiling against klibc
1807 o ARCH detection for ppc
1810 o fix udev parallel builds with klibc
1813 Summary of changes from v006 to v007
1814 ============================================
1817 o fix segfault in parsing bad udev.permissions file
1820 o update default config file with a CALLOUT rule, and more documentation
1821 o updated the man page with the latest format specifier changes
1822 o added ability to put format specifiers in the CALLOUT program string
1823 o tweak udev-test.pl to report '0' errors if that's what happened
1824 o only build klibc_fixups.c if we are actually using klibc
1825 o add support for string group and string user names in udev.permissions
1826 o add getgrnam and getpwnam to klibc_fixups files
1827 o remove Makefile.klibc
1828 o add udev-test perl script from Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> which blows away my puny shell scripts
1829 o added debian's version of udev.permissions
1830 o change to 006_bk version
1833 o format char for CALLOUT output
1834 o more namedev whitespace cleanups
1835 o support arguments in callout exec
1836 o namedev.c - change order of fields in CALLOUT
1837 o namedev.c whitespace + debug text cleanup
1838 o man page with udev.permissions wildcard
1841 o static klibc udev does not link against crt0.o
1843 Summary of changes from v005 to v006
1844 ============================================
1846 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
1847 o faster test scripts
1850 o more robust config file parsing in namedev.c
1851 o add bus id modifier
1853 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1854 o patch for libsysfs sysfs directory handling
1857 o add another line to udev.permissions in the proper format
1858 o tweak replace_test
1859 o fix permissions to work properly now
1860 o add real udev.permissions file to test directory
1861 o fix namedev.c to build with older version of gcc
1862 o add dumb test for all of the different modifiers
1863 o update the TODO list with more items that people can easily do
1864 o move the test.block and test.tty scripts to the test/ directory
1865 o add remove actions to the test scripts
1866 o turn DEBUG_PARSER off by default
1867 o add some documentation for the %b modifier to the default config file
1868 o fix make install rule for when the udev symlink is already there
1869 o change release target in makefile
1870 o change debug level on printf values for now
1871 o updated demo config file
1872 o add some documentation of the modifiers to the default config file
1873 o add demo config file
1874 o updated bk ignore list for klibc generated files
1875 o add printf option to label test to verify it works
1876 o fix up printf-like functionality due to previous changes
1877 o get the major/minor number before we name the device
1878 o add scsi_id "extra" program from Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>
1879 o Add multipath "extra" program from Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@free.fr>
1880 o trailing whitespace cleanups
1881 o splig LABEL and NUMBER into separate functions
1882 o add TOPO regression test
1883 o move TOPOLOGY rule to it's own function
1884 o fix bug where NUMBER and TOPOLOGY would not work for partitions
1885 o clean up the way we find the sysdevice for a block device for namedev
1886 o updated label test script (tests for partitions now.)
1887 o split REPLACE and CALLOUT into separate functions
1888 o add debug line for REPLACE call
1890 o add more sysfs test tree files
1891 o change UDEV_SYSFS_PATH environment variable due to libsysfs change
1892 o fix bug in klibc's isspace function
1893 o fix udev-add.c to build properly with older versions of gcc
1894 o add prototype for ftruncate to klibc
1895 o Remove a few items from the TODO list that are already done
1896 o version number to 005_bk
1897 o pull some klibc stuff into the make Makefile to try to stay in sync
1901 o apply permissions.conf support for wildcard and default name
1902 o man page with included placeholder list
1903 o implement printf-like placeholder support for NAME
1904 o more manpage tweaks
1905 o add support for subdirs
1906 o add uid/gid to nodes
1912 o Fixup path for kernel includes when building with klibc
1918 Summary of changes from v004 to v005
1919 ============================================
1922 o namedev.c comments + debug patch
1926 o ignore the klibc/linux symlink
1927 o add klibc linux symlink info to the README
1928 o get 'make release' to work properly again
1929 o added README info for how to build using klibc
1930 o turn off debugging if we are building with klibc
1931 o turn off debugging in namedev
1932 o added vsyslog support to klibc
1933 o add ftruncate to klibc
1934 o klibc specific tweaks
1935 o libsysfs does not need mntent.h in it's header file
1936 o udev build tweaks to tdb's spinlock code
1937 o klibc makefile changes
1938 o build tdb and libsysfs from the same makefile as udev
1939 o udev-add build cleanups for other libc versions
1940 o tweak tdb to build within udev better
1941 o make libsysfs spit debug messages to the same place as the rest of udev
1942 o make libsysfs build cleanly
1943 o updated bk ignore list
1944 o added klibc version 0.82 (cvs tree) to the udev tree
1945 o makefile fix for now
1946 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
1947 o hm, makefile bug with so many files... will fix later
1948 o regression tests starting to be added
1949 o fix LABEL bug for device files (not class files.)
1950 o more warning flags to the build
1951 o got rid of struct device_attr
1952 o rename namedev.permissions and namedev.config to udev.permissions and udev.config
1953 o fix dbg line in namedev.c
1954 o more overrides of config info with env variables if in test mode
1955 o Fix bug causing udev to sleep forever waiting for dev file to show up
1956 o change version to 004_bk
1957 o make config files, sysfs root, and udev root configurable from config variables
1960 o udev: sleep_for_dev() bits
1961 o udev: another canidate for static
1964 Summary of changes from v003 to v004
1965 ============================================
1967 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1968 o new version of libsysfs patch
1972 o major database cleanups
1973 o Changed test.block and test.tty to take ACTION from the command line
1974 o don't sleep if 'dev' file is already present on device add
1975 o fix comment about how the "dev" file is made up
1976 o more database work. Now we only store the info we really need right now
1977 o add BUS= bug to TODO list so it will not get forgotten
1979 o test.block changes
1980 o ok, rpm likes the "_" character instead of "-" better
1981 o change the version to 003-bk to keep things sane with people using the bk tree
1982 o got "remove of named devices" working
1983 o fix segfaults when dealing with partitions
1990 o udev: mode should be mode_t
1991 o udev: trivial trivialities
1992 o udev: cool test scripts again
1993 o udev spec file symlink support
1994 o udev: cool test scripts
1995 o udev spec file bits
1998 Summary of changes from v0.2 to v003
1999 ============================================
2001 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2006 o update the spec file for the new version and install process
2007 o fix makefile release rule to not drop tdb.h file
2009 o removed AUTHORS and INSTALL files as they were pretty pointless
2011 o Add AUTHORS and INSTALL files
2014 o updated the TODO list
2015 o add udev man page (basically just a place holder for now.)
2016 o added uninstall support
2017 o added install target for makefile so people don't have to do it by hand anymore
2018 o add version to debug log on startup
2019 o tell the user what mknod() we are trying to do
2020 o add dbg_parse() to cut down on parse file debugging statements
2021 o put config files and database in /etc/udev by default
2022 o add ols 2003 udev paper to docs/
2023 o clean up some debugging stuff in namedev.c
2024 o do not build the tdb binary programs, only the objects
2025 o merge tdb into the build process
2026 o Added tdb code from latest cvs version in the samba tree
2027 o added my name to the .spec file
2029 o cleanup the mknod code a bit
2030 o remove mknod callout
2031 o handle new major:minor format of dev files that showed up in 2.6.0-test2-bk3 or so
2032 o oops, everything was getting created as 000 mode, try to fix this up, but fail...
2039 o add callout config type to udev
2042 o Fix TDB cross compilation
2044 o udev/libsysfs cross compile fixes
2047 Summary of changes from v0.1 to v0.2
2048 ============================================
2052 o removed unneeded stuff from udev.h
2053 o added 0.2 change log info
2054 o start working on label support, and fix some segfaults for block devices
2055 o test config file changes
2056 o add NUMBER support (basically same logic as TOPOLOGY, perhaps we should
2058 o added topology support
2059 o got REPLACE to work properly
2060 o make struct config_device contain a struct device_attr instead of
2061 duplicating the mess
2063 o split the tests up into different files
2064 o split udev main logic into udev-add and udev-remove
2065 o Clean up the namedev interface a bit, making the code smaller
2066 o bk: update ignore list
2067 o update the tests to handle block devices too
2068 o add initial libsysfs support
2069 o added libsysfs to the build
2070 o added libsysfs code from sysutils-0.1.1-071803 release
2071 o namedev config files are fully parsed
2072 o more permission tests
2073 o make log_message spit out warnings so I don't have to spend forever
2074 chasing down stupid bugs that aren't there...
2075 o added klibc makefile
2076 o Initial namedev parsing of config files
2077 o sleep for 2 seconds to give the kernel a chance to actually create the
2079 o pick a better default UDEV_ROOT
2080 o fix up the test to actually work
2081 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
2084 Summary of changes up to v0.1
2085 ============================================
2088 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
2089 o updated the documentation
2090 o cleaned up the makefile a bit
2092 o restructure code to be able to actually get remove_node() to work
2093 o Creating nodes actually works
2094 o added stupid test script for debugging
2095 o added initial documentation and gpl license
2097 o updated ignore list
2098 o added initial files
2100 o Initial repository create
2101 o BitKeeper file /home/greg/src/udev/udev/ChangeSet