1 Summary of changes from v065 to v066
2 ============================================
5 update gentoo rule file.
6 Created cdrom_id program to make it easier to determine cdrom types
7 added cdrom_id to the build check
8 updated gentoo rule file to handle removable ide devices.
9 changed cdrom_id exports to be easier to understand and consistant with other _id programs.
10 fix klibc build issue in cdrom_id.c
11 Change the gentoo rules to use cdrom_id instead of cdsymlink.sh
12 changed location of gentoo helper apps to be /sbin instead of in scripts dir
13 tweak the gentoo rules some more.
16 add NETLINK define for the lazy distros
17 read sysfs attribute also from parent class device
18 switch some strlcpy's to memcpy
19 allow clean shutdown of udevd
20 add flag for reading of precompiled rules
21 update distro rules files
24 add firmware_helper to load firmware
25 more distro rules updates
27 remove example rules and put the dev.d stuff into the run_directory folder
30 split udev_util in several files
32 allow logging of all output from executed tools
33 add Usage: to udevmonitor and udevcontrol
34 move some logging to the info level
40 Summary of changes from v064 to v065
41 ============================================
44 Added persistent name rules for block devices to gentoo rule file.
45 Added horrible (but fun) path_id script to extras.
46 Update gentoo rules file.
49 update release notes for next version
50 add udevmonitor, to debug netlink+udev events at the same time
51 allow RUN to send the environment to a local socket
52 fix GGC signed pointer warnings and switch volume_id to stdint
55 Summary of changes from v063 to v064
56 ============================================
59 volume_id: add OCFS (Oracle Cluster File System) support
63 add ID_BUS to *_id programs
64 create_floppy_devices: add tool to create floppy nodes based on sysfs info
67 move code to its own files
68 make SYSFS{} usable for all devices
69 add padding to rules structure
70 allow rules to have labels and skip to next label
71 thread unknown ENV{key} match as empty value
74 Summary of changes from v062 to v063
75 ============================================
78 fix typo in GROUP value application
81 add 'make tests' as I'm always typing that one wrong...
82 Really commit the udev_run_devd changes...
83 Fixed udev_run_devd to run the /etc/dev.d/DEVNAME/ files too
84 fix position of raw rules in gentoo config file
87 dasd_id: add s390 disk-label prober
88 fix usb_id and let scsi_id ignore "illegal request"
91 volume_id: remove s390 dasd handling, it is dasd_id now
92 trivial fixes for *_id programs
93 IMPORT: add {parent} to import the persistent data of the parent device
94 allow multiple values to be matched with KEY=="value1|value2"
95 udevd: set incoming socket buffer SO_RCVBUF to maximum
96 remember mapped rules state
97 ata_id: check for empty serial number
98 compile dasd only on s390
101 correct default mode documentation in udev
104 Summary of changes from v061 to v062
105 ============================================
108 fix symlink values separated by multiple spaces
110 fix typo in group assignment
111 fix default-name handling and NAME="" rules
112 add WAIT_FOR_SYSFS key to loop until a file in sysfs arrives
113 fix unquoted strings in udevinitsend
115 Summary of changes from v060 to v061
116 ============================================
119 Sync up the Debian rules files
120 fix cdrom symlink problem in gentoo rules
125 we want to provide OPTFLAGS
126 rename ALARM_TIMEOUT to UDEV_ALARM_TIMEOUT
127 udevd: optimize env-key parsing
128 don't resolve OWNER, GROUP on precompile if string contains %, $
129 set default device node to /dev
130 create udevdb files only if somehting interesting happened
131 pack parsed rules list
132 replace useless defines by inline text
133 move rule matches to function
134 add usb_id program to generate usb-storage device identifiers
135 add IEEE1394 rules to the gentoo rule file
136 fake also kernel-name if we renamed a netif
137 allow OPTIONS to be recognized for /sys/modules /sys/devices events
138 switch gentoo rules to new operators
141 Summary of changes from v059 to v060
142 ============================================
145 Fix the gentoo udev rules to allow the box to boot properly
148 Udev doesn't properly build with $CROSS
151 Keep udevstart from skipping devices without a 'dev' file
154 #define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT
157 Summary of changes from v058 to v059
158 ============================================
161 Update the gentoo rule file
162 Fix udevinfo for empty sysfs directories
163 Fix makefile to allow 'make release' to work with git
166 udev: fix netdev RUN handling
167 udevcontrol: fix exit code
170 prepare RELEASE-NOTES
171 add ID_TYPE to the id probers
172 add -x to scsi_id to export the queried values in env format
173 store the imported device information in the udevdb
174 rename udev_volume_id to vol_id and add --export option
175 add ata_id to read serial numbers from ATA drives
176 IMPORT allow to import program returned keys into the env
177 unify execute_command() and execute_program()
178 IMPORT=<file> allow to import a shell-var style config-file
179 allow rules to be compiled to one binary file
180 fix the fix and change the file to wait for to the "bus" link
181 fix udevstart and let all events trvel trough udev
182 prepare for module loading rules and add MODALIAS key
183 remove device node, when type block/char has changed
184 Makefile: remove dev.d/ hotplug.d/ from install target
185 udevcontrol: add max_childs command
186 udevd: control log-priority of the running daemon with udevcontrol
187 udeveventrecorder: add small program that writes an event to disk
188 klibc: add missing files
189 udevinitsend: handle replay messages correctly
190 udev man page: add operators
191 udevd: allow starting of udevd with stopped exec-queue
192 klibc: version 1.0.14
193 udev: handle all events - not only class and block devices
194 volume_id: use udev-provided log-level
195 udev: clear lists if a new value is assigned
196 udev: move dev.d/ handling to external helper
197 udev: allow final assignments :=
198 udevd: improve timeout handling
199 Makefile: fix DESTDIR
201 udevd: add udevcontrol
202 udevd: listen for netlink events
205 Dialout group fix for capi devices in the gentoo rules file
207 Summary of changes from v057 to v058
208 ============================================
211 o Writing udev rules docs update
214 o update cdsymlinks to latest version
217 o remove detach_state files from the sysfs test tree
218 o Update permissions on test scripts so they will run properly now
219 o hopefully fix up the symlinks in the test directory
220 o Removed klibc/klibc.spec as it is autogenerated
221 o Added symlinks thanks to Kay's script and git hacking
222 o add Red Hat/Fedora html documenation
223 o Update Red Hat default udev rules
226 o selinux: fix handling during creation of symlinks
227 o Fedora udev.rules update
228 o libsysfs: version 2.0
229 o klibc: version 1.0.7
232 o Fix libsysfs issue with relying on the detach_state file to be
234 Summary of changes from v056 to v057
235 ============================================
237 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
238 o fix stupid all_partitions bug
241 o add test for make -j4 to build-check
242 o klibc: version 1.0.6
243 o update Debian rules
244 o apply default permissions only for devices that will need it
245 o adapt RELEASE-NOTES
246 o udev_volume_id: fix endianess macros
247 o udev-test.pl: add test for DEVNAME export to RUN environment
248 o update the man page to reflect the recent changes
249 o export DEVNAME to RUN-key executed programs
250 o fix make -j4 and the local klibc-install
251 o update RELEASE-NOTES
252 o add RUN key to be able to run rule based notification
253 o fix udevtest to print the error if logging is disabled
254 o move execute_program to utils + add action to init_device
255 o correct correction for error path for PROGRAM execution
256 o correct error path for PROGRAM execution
257 o klibc: version 1.0.5
258 o check for strlen()==0 before accessing strlen()-1
259 o allow to match against empty key values
260 o read %s{}-sysfs values at any device in the chain
261 o udev_rules.c: don't change sysfs_device while walking up the device chain
262 o klibc: strlcpy/strlcat - don't alter destination if size == 0
263 o fix klibc's broken strlcpy/strlcat
264 o udevinfo: print SYSFS attribute the same way we match it
265 o remove untrusted chars read from sysfs-values or returned by PROGRAM
266 o udevinfo: print errors to stderr instead of stdout
267 o klibc: version 1.0.4
268 o support log-priority levels in udev.conf
269 o test-suite: remove UDEV_TEST, it's not needed anymore
270 o libsysfs: remove trailing slash on SYSFS_PATH override
273 Summary of changes from v055 to v056
274 ============================================
276 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
277 o fix header paths in udev_libc_wrapper.c
280 o udev-test.pl: use more common user/group names
281 o klibc: remove SCCS directories from the temporary klibc install
282 o udev-test.pl: add a test where the group cannot be found in /etc/passwd
283 o udev-test.pl: add check for textual uid/gid
284 o fix bad typo that prevents the GROUP to be applied
285 o udevd: don't delay events with TIMEOUT in the environment
286 o klibc: use klcc wrapper instead of our own Makefile
287 o change call_foreach_file to return a list
290 Summary of changes from v054 to v055
291 ============================================
293 <jkluebs:luebsphoto.com>:
294 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.
296 <pebenito:gentoo.org>:
299 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
300 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
301 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.
305 o added frugalware udev ruleset
306 o merge selinux and Kay's symlink fixes together
309 o volume_id: Fix label/uuid reading for reiserfs
312 o add udevstart to the RELEASE-NOTES
313 o volume_id: version 43
314 o clarify the shortcomings of %e
315 o correct rule match for devices without a physical device
316 o remove unneeded code, libsysfs does this for us
317 o add final release note
318 o add ENV{} key to match agains environment variables
319 o simplify sysfs_pair handling
320 o add a test and simplify debug statement
321 o support =, ==, !=, += for the key match and assignment
322 o add OPTION="last_rule" to skip any later rule
323 o rename namedev_dev to udev_rule
324 o correct enum device_type
325 o remove udevstart on make clean
326 o volume_id: version 42
327 o volume_id: version 41
328 o remove unneeded include
329 o The path to dlist.h is not correct
330 o udevinfo -d: use '=' as separator, cause ':' may be a part of the devpath
331 o klibc: version 1.0.3
332 o add RELEASE-NOTES file
333 o test suite: move "driver" link to physical device
334 o remove PLACE key match
335 o don't lookup "root" in the userdb
337 o fix segfaulting udev while DRIVER matching
339 o klibc: version 0.214
340 o rename device_list->list to device_list->node
341 o replace strncpy()/strncat() by strlcpy()/strlcat()
342 o split udev and udevstart
343 o udev_volume_id: version 39
344 o rename LOG to USE_LOG in all places
345 o remove Makefile magic for klibc integration
346 o klibc_fixups: remove no longer needed stuff
347 o udev_volume_id: volume_id v38
348 o use numeric owner/group as default values to avoid parsing userdb
349 o fix up segfaulting binaries with new klibc
350 o udevinfo -d: speed-up device dump
351 o klibc: version 0.211
352 o klibc_fixups: remove unneeded stuff
353 o replace weird defines by real code
354 o udev-test.pl: remove useless tests
355 o allow unlimitied count of symlinks
356 o unmap db-file after use
357 o remove typedef for call_foreach_file() handler function
358 o correct udev_init_device
359 o rename attributes to options
360 o kill stupid gcc4 warning
361 o trivial clenaup of namedev code
362 o klibc: check for gcc4
363 o klibc: update v0.205
366 o gentoo rule update for raid devices
369 Summary of changes from v053 to v054
370 ============================================
372 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
373 o udev_volume_id: add Reiser4 support
376 o namedev: skip backslashes only if followed by newline
377 o wait_for_sysfs: add joydev
378 o udevinfo: print devpath -> node relationship for all devices
379 o trivial rename of some variables
381 o big libsysfs diet (pre 2.0 version)
382 o udev_volume_id: volume_id v35
383 o add "serio" to bus list
384 o determine device type in udev_init_device()
385 o move kernel name/number evaluation into udev_init_device()
386 o detect NAME="" as ignore_device rule
387 o trivial namedev cleanup
388 o cleanup db functions
389 o clean up match_place()
390 o switch device type to enum
391 o switch major/minor to dev_t
392 o remove the device node only if the major/minor number matches
393 o libsysfs: work around a klibc bug
394 o introduce OPTIONS=ignore_device, ignore_remove, all_partitions" key
395 o namedev: execute PROGRAM only once and not possibly for every physical device
398 o update scsi_id to work with libsysfs changes
401 Summary of changes from v052 to v053
402 ============================================
405 o fix gentoo fb permission issue
406 o allow simple-build-check.sh to go faster if MAKEOPTS is set
407 o make the release tarballs have writable files in them
408 o remove gentoo permission file as it's not valid anymore
411 o fix special file mode mask for temporary device node
412 o udevstart: simplify "dev" file searching
413 o udev_volume_id: remove temporary node creation and parent handling
414 o add %P modifier to query the node name of the parent device
415 o udev_volume_id: remove __packed__ from dasd structure as it does not work
416 o create /block/*/range count of partitons for all_partitions
419 o scsi_id changes for use with udev %N and %p
422 Summary of changes from v051 to v052
423 ============================================
426 o debian: update rules files
427 o raid-devfs.sh: devfs names for hardware RAID controllers
428 o scsi_id: when udevstart is started, /tmp is not writeable
429 o cdsymlinks.sh: trivial fix, the variable is initialized to '', not 0
431 <sschweizer:gmail.com>:
432 o gentoo/udev.rules: add default permissions for sound devices
435 o fix example comment in ide-devfs.sh
436 o Add infiniband to gentoo rules
437 o Another gentoo fix, adding dvb support
438 o Fix gentoo bug #76056 (fb device group permissions.)
439 o Fix gentoo bug #81102, device nodes for the pktcdvd device
442 o provide temporary device node for callouts to access the device
443 o udev_volume_id: fix dasd disklabel reading with -l option
444 o udev_volume_id: volume_id version 034
445 o udev_volume_id: rename probe_ibm into probe_dasd
446 o udev_volume_id: volume_id version 032
447 o Makefile: add some more warnings and prepare for clean gcc4 compile
448 o Makefile: cleanup conditional config option sections
449 o fix -Wsign-compare warnings
450 o chassis_id: clean compilation and fix bad function parameter passing
451 o simple_build_check: make it possible to pass KERNEL_DIR
452 o selinux: cleanup udev integration
455 o trivial: remove _all_ trailing slashes with no_trailing_slash()
456 o trivial: fix signedness
457 o namdev: allow symlink-only rules to specify node permissions
458 o udevd: fix valgrind warning
461 Summary of changes from v050 to v051
462 ============================================
464 <roland:digitalvampire.org>:
465 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" ;)
467 <tklauser:access.unizh.chbk>:
468 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.
470 Christian Bornträger:
471 o udev_volume_id: fix -d option
474 o gentoo fb permission fix
475 o fix gcc 2.96 issue in libsysfs
476 o remove the lfs startup script on request of the author
477 o clean up the aoe char device rules, and delete the block one as it's not needed
478 o add aoe block and char device rules to the gentoo rule file
479 o fix udev_volume_id build error
482 o rearrange link order in Makefile
485 o udev_volume_id: new version of volume_id
486 o klibc: update to version 0.198
487 o udev_volume_id: fix FAT label reading
488 o klibc: update to version 0.196
489 o udevd: throttle the forking of processes
490 o udevd: add possible initialization of expected_seqnum
491 o udevd: it's obviously not the brightest idea to exit a device node manager if it doesn't find /dev/null
492 o udevd: separate socket handling to prepare for other event sources
493 o udevd: support -d switch to become a daemon
494 o udev_volume_id: version 27
495 o udevd: split up message receiving an queueing
496 o remove useless warning if udev.conf contains keys not read by udev itself
497 o improve event sequence serialization
498 o remove udevsend syslog noise on udevd startup
499 o limit the initial timeout of the udevd event handling
500 o correct detection of hotplug.d/ udevsend loop
501 o correct log statement
502 o remove default_* permissions from udev.conf file
503 o update Fedora config files and add some more tests
504 o allow permissions only rules
505 o add SUBSYSTEM rule to catch all block devices and apply the disk permissions
506 o update Fedora config files
507 o handle renamed network interfaces properly if we manage hotplug.d/
508 o allow multiline rules by backslash at the end of the line
509 o add OnStream tape drive rules
510 o simplify rules file by setting default mode to 0660
511 o simplify permission application
512 o I broke the extras/ again. Add simple build test script now
513 o Merge vrfy.org:/home/kay/src/udev into vrfy.org:/home/kay/src/udev.kay
514 o initial merge of fedora udev.permissions into udev.rules
515 o remove permissions file mentioning from the udev man page
516 o fix some typos in gentoo's udev.rules introduced by the merge
519 o The attached patch fixes the code path if namedev_name_device() fails
521 Summary of changes from v049 to v050
522 ============================================
527 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
528 o I made some more changes to the manpage of udev including
531 o update libsysfs to CVS version and fix segfaulting attribute reading
532 o klibc supports LOG_PID now, so remove our own implementation
533 o avoid building klibc test programs and pass SUBDIRS= to klibc clean
536 Summary of changes from v048 to v049
537 ============================================
540 o fix 'make clean' error in klibc
543 o update klibc to 0.194
544 o export DEVNAME regardless of the state of udev_dev_d
545 o add class specific files for class/spi_transport and class/spi_host
546 o udevd-test.pl: remove wrong date calculation
547 o check earlier if we should run as udevstart
548 o remove double initialization
549 o include missing header to udevtest.c
550 o add -V option to udev to print the version number
551 o prevent udev node creatinon for "class" registration
552 o udevd: serialization of the event sequence of a chain of devices
553 o add a class/fc_host file to the list of what to wait for
554 o udev_volume_id: links sysfs.a instead of all objects
557 o remove leftover from udevinfo's -d option
560 Summary of changes from v047 to v048
561 ============================================
564 o fix udev_volume_id so it will now build properly
565 o fix scsi_id build errors due to changes in the main udev makefile
568 Summary of changes from v046 to v047
569 ============================================
571 <klauser:access.unizh.ch>:
572 o Various typos and other litte errors in udev.8.in
574 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
575 o DEVNAME on device removal
577 <sschweizer:gmail.com>:
578 o Allow GROUP to have modifiers in it
581 o add more debian rules files
582 o move distro specific config files into their own directories
583 o update debian rules files
584 o added asterix rules to the gentoo file
585 o use udevstart for udev.init.* files
586 o delete a bunch of files no longer needed
587 o fix gentoo scsi cdrom rule
588 o Fix the multithreaded build again
590 o comment out ability to run udev-test.pl with valgrind
591 o fix spurious valgrind warning in udev
592 o fix udevinfo '-q path' option as it was not working
594 o fix parallel build error
597 o update Fedora dev.d/ example and remove unused conf.d/ directory
598 o don't install distribution specific init script on "make install"
599 o restore OWNER/GROUP assignment in rule coming from RESULT
600 o make gcov compile scripts working with recent gcc
601 o fix udev-test/udev-test.pl to work with again
602 o add net/atml and class/ppdev to the wait_for_sysfs exception list
603 o add net/nlv* devices to the exception list
604 o add "pcmcia" and "fc_transport" to the wait_for_sysfs lists
605 o remove unused timestamp field
606 o simplify permission handling
607 o handle /etc/hotplug.d/ only if the event comes from udevd
608 o trivial cleanups and change some comments
609 o remove unused variables
610 o udevsend/udevd handle events without a subsystem
611 o use blacklist on device "remove" and remove dev.d/ call code duplication
612 o update the man pages and correct Usage: hints
613 o don't call the hotplug scripts with a test run
614 o don't call dev.d/ scripts twice, if directory = subsystem
615 o remove archive file if we changed something
616 o link archive insted of objects
617 o rename udev_lib to udev_utils and dev_d to udev_multiplex
618 o handle whole hotplug event with udevd/udev
619 o integrate wait_for_sysfs in udev
620 o make the searched multiplex directories conditionally
621 o add MANAGED_EVENT to the forked udev environment
622 o export DEVNAME on remove event
623 o export udev_log flag to the environment
624 o remove my test code
625 o add support for /devices-devices without any file to wait for
626 o Patch from Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
627 o add a bunch of busses to the list of what to wait for
628 o close connection to syslog in forked udevd child
629 o udevd exit path cleanup
630 o fix network device naming bug
633 Summary of changes from v045 to v046
634 ============================================
637 o make spotless for releases
640 o Don't try to print major/minor for devices without a dev file
641 o remove get_device_type and merge that into udev_set_values()
642 o prevent udevd crash if DEVPATH is not set
643 o add ippp and bcrypt to the exception lists of wait_for_sysfs
644 o let klibc add the trailing newline to syslog conditionally
645 o disable logging for udevstart
646 o add NAME{ignore_remove} attribute
647 o remove historical SYSFS_attr="value" format
648 o don't wait for sysfs if the kernel(2.6.10-rc2) tells us what not to expect
649 o change key names in udevinfo sysfs walk to match the kernel
650 o support DRIVER as a rule key
651 o support SUBSYSTEM as a rule key
652 o rename udevdb* to udev_db*
653 o Make dev.d/ handling a separate processing stage
654 o make the udev object available to more processing stages
655 o remove udev_lib dependency from udevsend, which makes it smaller
656 o add ACTION to udev object to expose it to the whole process
657 o make udevinfo's -r option also workimg for symlink queries
658 o let udev act as udevstart if argv[1] == "udevstart"
659 o improve udevinfo sysfs info walk
660 o add sysfs info walk to udevinfo
661 o pass the whole event environment to udevd
662 o replace tdb database by simple lockless file database
665 Summary of changes from v044 to v045
666 ============================================
669 o Some updates for Gentoo's udev rules
672 Summary of changes from v043 to v044
673 ============================================
676 o add cdsymlinks.sh support to gentoo rules file
677 o fix gentoo legacy tty rule
678 o remove 'sudo' usage from the Makefile
679 o make udev-test.pl test for root permissions before running
682 o reduce syslog noise of udevsend if multiple instances try to start udevd
683 o add i2c-dev to the list of devices without a bus
686 Summary of changes from v042 to v043
687 ============================================
690 o add test target to makefile
691 o add dumb script to show all sysfs devices in the system
694 o Shut up wait_for_sysfs class/net failure messages, as it's not possible to
695 get that right for all net devices. Kernels later than 2.6.10-rc1 will
696 handle that by carrying the neccessary information in the hotplug event.
697 o wait() for specific pid to return from fork()
698 o Don't use any syslog() in signal handler, cause it may deadlock
699 o Add support for highpoint ataraid to volume_id to suppress label reading on raid set members.
700 o Add a bunch of devices without "device" symlinks
701 o Exit, if udevtest cannot open the device (segfault)
702 o Patches from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
703 o Apply the default permissions even if we found a entry in the permissions
704 file. Correct one test, as the default is applied correctly now and the
705 mode will no longer be 0000.
706 o add test for format chars in multiple symlinks to replace
707 o Add net/vmnet and class/zaptel to the list of devices without physical device
710 Summary of changes from v040 to v042
711 ============================================
714 o add inotify to the rules for gentoo
717 o skip waiting for device if we get a bad event for class creation and not for a device underneath it
718 o add net/pan and net/bnep handling
719 o switch wait for bus_file to stat() instead of open() add net/tun device handling add ieee1394 device handling
720 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
721 o ignore *.rej files from failed patches
722 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.
723 o improve klibc fixup integration
724 o cleanup udevd/udevstart
725 o expose sysfs functions for sharing it
728 Summary of changes from v039 to v040
729 ============================================
732 o wait_for_sysfs update for dm devices
735 o sparse cleanups on the tree
736 o fix stupid cut-and-paste error for msr devices on gentoo boxes
737 o add *~ to bk ignore list
738 o delete udevruler.c as per Kay's request
739 o fix up the wait_for_sysfs_test script a bit
742 o fix debug in volume id / fix clashing global var name
745 o cleanup netif handling and netif-dev.d/ events
746 o big cleanup of internal udev api
747 o don't wait for dummy devices
749 o Fix ppp net devices in wait_for_sysfs
750 o Fix wait_for_sysfs messages (more debugging info)
753 Summary of changes from v038 to v039
754 ============================================
757 o Hopefully fix the vcs issue in wait_for_sysfs
758 o take out & from wait_for_sysfs_test that I previously missed
759 o add very nice cdsymlinks scripts
760 o add some helper scripts for dvb and input devices
761 o add debian config files
762 o let the extras/ programs build "pretty" also
763 o tweak the ccdv program to handle files in subdirectories being built
764 o crap, I messed up the 'sed' instances pretty badly, this fixes the config and man page mess
765 o fix broken 'make -j5' functionality
768 o swich attribute open() to simple stat()
769 o wait_for_sysfs update for /class/firmware and /class/net/irda devices
770 o fix unusual sysfs behavior for pcmcia_socket
771 o remove sleeps from udev as it is external now
776 o update udev to scsi_id 0.7
777 o pass SYSFS setting down for extras builds
778 o move assignments past local variables
781 Summary of changes from v037 to v038
782 ============================================
784 <andrew.patterson:hp.com>:
785 o Re: Problem parsing %s in udev rules
788 o fix up error in building extras and libsysfs
790 Summary of changes from v036 to v037
791 ============================================
797 o fix compilation warning in tdb log message
798 o Fix build error with klibc due to recent changes
800 o add wait_for_sysfs test script to the tarball to help people debug their boxes
801 o add ipsec to wait_for_sysfs ignore list
802 o added ccdv to bk ignore list
803 o a few more Makefile tweaks for the quiet feature
804 o Make the build silent, thanks to a helper program from ncftp
805 o rename files to have '_' instead of '-' in them
806 o change max time to wait in wait_for_sysfs to 10 seconds to hopefully handle some slow machines
807 o add support for class/raw/ to wait_for_sysfs
808 o fix up Makefile for wait_for_sysfs udev_version.h dependancy
809 o remove the debian specific file, as they don't want to share with the rest of the world :(
812 o prevent deadlocks on an corrupt udev database
813 o wait_for_sysfs_update
817 o fix incompatible pointer type warning
820 Summary of changes from v035 to v036
821 ============================================
824 o add the error number to the error message in wait_for_sysfs to help out in debugging problems
826 Summary of changes from v034 to v035
827 ============================================
830 o added ieee1394 support to wait_for_sysfs
831 o update wait_for_sysfs with a bunch more devices thanks to user reports
833 Summary of changes from v033 to v034
834 ============================================
837 o wait_for_sysfs bluetooth class update
840 o add comment in wait_for_sysfs to explain the structure better
841 o Revert previous dev_d.c change, it's not what is causing HAL problems
842 o hm, somethings odd with DEVPATH, see if this fixes it
843 o 33_bk mark for the makefile
844 o wait_for_sysfs: clean up the logic for the list of devices that we do not expect device symlinks for
845 o get rid of annoying extra lines in the syslog for some libsysfs debug messages
846 o added support for i2c devices in wait_for_sysfs.c
847 o add support for i2c-adapter devices to wait_for_sysfs.c
849 Summary of changes from v032 to v033
850 ============================================
854 o some cleanups and security fixes
855 o some cleanups and security fixes
857 o cleanup PATCH for extras/chassis_id/Makefile
859 <kpfleming:backtobasicsmgmt.com>:
860 o respect prefix= setting in built udev.conf (updated)
863 o add support for usb interfaces to wait_for_sysfs to keep it quiet
864 o enable native tdb spinlocks on i386 platforms
865 o delete extras/multipath-tools as per the author's request
866 o be paranoid in dev_d.c
867 o add USE_SELINUX to README documentation so people have a chance to see what is going on
868 o update the selinux.h file to start to look sane
869 o update bk ignore list for the wait_for_sysfs binary
870 o kdetv wants to see device nodes in /dev
871 o update comments in scsi-devfs.sh
872 o fix up Makefiles to get the klibc build working properly
873 o update bk ignore list for new klibc generated files
874 o oops forgot to add the new klibc/include directory
875 o update klibc to version 0.181
878 o fix problems with dev.d and udevstart
879 o wait_for_sysfs debug cleanup
880 o fix problems using scsi_id with udevstart
882 o finally solve the bad sysfs-timing for all of us
883 o volume-id build fix and update
884 o switch udev's seqnum to u64
886 o fix udev segfaults with bad permissions file
889 o update udev to include scsi_id 0.6
892 Summary of changes from v031 to v032
893 ============================================
899 o handle only block and class devices
900 o fix udevstart badly broken in udev 031
903 Summary of changes from v030 to v031
904 ============================================
906 <arun:codemovers.org>:
907 o udev - read long lines from config files overflow fix
909 <ballarin.marc:gmx.de>:
910 o Update the FAQ with info about hardlink security
913 o compatibility symlinks for udev
916 o Minor POSIX-fixes for udev
919 o add symlink for video rule
920 o add a "first" list to udevstart and make it contain the class/mem/ devices
921 o fix compiler warning in udevtest.c
922 o Fix old-style pty breakage in rules file for tty device
923 o add rules for i386 cpu devices
924 o add permission for legotower usb devices
927 o Fix naming ethernet devices in udevstart
928 o update udev_volume_id
929 o let /sbin/hotplug execute udev earlier
930 o pass SEQNUM trough udevd
931 o fix manpages based on esr's spambot
934 o add microcode rule to permissions.gentoo file
937 o Try to provide a bit of security for hardlinks to /dev entries
940 o udevsend depends on udev_lib.o
944 o clean up start_udev a bit
945 o Make udev/udevstart be one binary
946 o Add 'asmlinkage' to udev-030
949 Summary of changes from v029 to v030
950 ============================================
953 o fix stupid off-by-one bug that caused udevstart to die on x86-64 boxes
956 Summary of changes from v028 to v029
957 ============================================
960 o add permission rule for jogdial device
961 o fix dumb bug I added to udevstart
962 o make a "last list" of devices for udevstart to operate on last
963 o fix permission problem with input event and ts nodes for gentoo
964 o change default perms of misc/rtc to be readable by anyone
967 o allow NAME_SIZE > SYSFS_PATH_MAX
970 Summary of changes from v027 to v028
971 ============================================
973 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
974 o Patch for chassis_id exras module
977 o Writing udev rules doc update
980 o clean up block whitelist search logic a bit
981 o reverse order of scanning of udevstart to look at class before block
984 o update udev_volume_id
987 o udevstart performance increase
990 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.5
993 Summary of changes from v026 to v027
994 ============================================
996 <fork0:users.sf.net>:
997 o fix handle leak in udev_lib.c
1000 o tweak the gentoo default permission rules as they are wrong for tty and misc devices
1003 Summary of changes from v025 to v026
1004 ============================================
1010 o add test for ! in partition name
1012 o Update to version 117 of klibc (from version 108)
1013 o add volume_id ignore rule for bk
1014 o add volume_id support to the udev.spec file
1015 o remove dbus and selinux stuff from the udev.spec file
1016 o delete udev_selinux as it doesn't work properly and is the wrong way to do it
1017 o Deleted the udev_dbus extra as it didn't really work properly and HAL has a real solution now
1018 o add udev.permissions.slackware file
1019 o udevstart: close open directories
1023 o catchup with recent klibc
1024 o Re: udevsend fallback
1025 o udev_volume_id update
1026 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
1027 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
1028 o udev default config layout changes
1031 o evaluate getenv() return value for udev_config.c
1033 Summary of changes from v024 to v025
1034 ============================================
1037 o devfs.sh-ide-floppy
1039 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
1040 o DEVNODE -> DEVNAME transition fixes
1043 o Update writing udev rules docs
1046 o make dev.d call each directory in the directory chain of the device name, instead of just the whole name
1047 o add devd_test script
1048 o add more permissions based on SuSE's recommendations
1049 o added rules for tun and raw devices
1050 o add udev conf.d file
1051 o Switch the default config to point to a directory for the rules and permission files
1052 o update the Red Hat .dev files to work on other distros
1053 o add dbus.dev, pam_console.dev and selinux.dev files for /etc/dev.d/default/ usage
1054 o add hints for red hat users from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1055 o add scripts to run gcov for udev from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1056 o change permissions on udevd test scripts
1057 o Fix build process for users who have LC_ALL set to a non-english language
1058 o Added expanded tests to the test framework from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1059 o added execelent "writing udev rules" document from Daniel Drake <dan@reactivated.net>
1060 o added rule to put USB printers in their proper places
1061 o added rules for CAPI devices
1062 o added a dev.d alsa script to help people out
1065 o fix test regressions
1066 o udev_selinux changes
1069 o fix devpath for netdev
1075 Summary of changes from v023 to v024
1076 ============================================
1078 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
1079 o Add README for chassis_id
1080 o Add chassis_id program to extras directory
1082 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
1083 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups
1086 o fix SEGV in libsysfs/dlist.c
1088 <maryedie:osdl.org>:
1089 o add OSDL documentation for persistent naming
1092 o small ide-devfs.sh fix
1095 o remove compiler warning from udevd.c
1096 o only generate udev.8 on the fly, not all other man pages
1097 o update bk ignore list some more
1098 o update bk ignore list
1099 o switch to generate the man pages during the normal build, not during the install
1100 o convert udev.8.in to use @udevdir@ macro for make install
1101 o first step of making man pages dynamically generated
1102 o add install and uninstall the etc/dev.d/net/hotplug.dev file to the Makefile
1103 o tweak net_test a bit
1104 o fix some segfaults when running udevtest for network devices
1105 o make a net_test test script using udevtest
1106 o handle the subsytem if provided in udevtest
1107 o add hotplug.dev script to handle renamed network devices
1108 o add a bunch of network class devices to the test sysfs tree
1109 o add udevruler to the bk ignore list
1110 o update RFC-dev.d docs due to DEVNODE to DEVNAME change
1111 o clean up chassis_id coding style
1112 o clean up the OSDL document formatting a bit
1113 o add netlink rules to devfs and gentoo rules files
1114 o added USB device rules to rules files
1115 o clean up the gentoo rules file a bit more, adding dri rules
1116 o fix up udev.rules to handle oss rules better
1118 o fix udev.spec file for where udevtest should be placed
1121 o tweak node unlink handling
1122 o switch udevd's msg_dump() to #define
1123 o handle netdev in udevruler
1125 o put config info in db for netdev
1126 o increase udevd event timeout
1128 o put netdev handling and dev.d/ in manpages
1129 o DEVPATH for netdev
1130 o netdev - udevdb+dev.d changes
1131 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups - take 2
1133 o dev_d.c file sorting and cleanup
1134 o apply all_partitions rule to main block device only
1137 Summary of changes from v022 to v023
1138 ============================================
1141 o hmm, handle net devices with udev?
1142 o correct apply_format() for symlink only rules
1143 o don't init namedev on remove
1144 o first stupid try for a rule compose gui
1145 o replace fgets() with mmap() and introduce udev_lib.[hc]
1146 o make udevtest a real program :)
1148 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1152 o create the /etc/dev.d/ directories in 'make install'
1153 o actually have udev run files ending in .dev in the /etc/dev.d/ directory as documented
1154 o added RFC-dev.d document detailing how /etc/dev.d/ works
1155 o fixed up udev.spec to handle selinux stuff properly now
1156 o remove USE_DBUS and USE_SELINUX flags from the README as they are no longer present
1157 o remove selinux stuff from the main Makefile
1158 o move udev_selinux into extras/selinux
1159 o fix dbus build in the udev.spec file
1160 o remove dbus stuff from main Makefile
1161 o move udev_dbus to extras/dbus
1162 o udev_dbus can now compile properly, but linnking is another story
1163 o remove udev_dbus.h from Makefile
1164 o first cut at standalone udev_selinux program
1165 o remove selinux support from udev core as it's no longer needed
1166 o first cut at standalone udev_dbus program
1167 o add get_devnode() helper to udev_lib for udev_dbus program
1168 o remove dbus code from core udev code as it's no longer needed to be there
1169 o add /etc/dev.d/ support for udev add and remove events
1170 o fix build error in namedev.c caused by previous patch
1172 o fix 'make spotless' to really do that in klibc
1173 o add a question/answer about automounting usb devices to the FAQ
1174 o mark scsi-devfs.sh as executable
1175 o Increase the name size as requested by Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
1176 o fix udevtest to build properly after the big udev_lib change
1179 o uninitialized variable for mknod and friend
1182 o SCSI logical and physical names for udev
1185 o Trivial man page typo fixes to udev
1188 Summary of changes from v021 to v022
1189 ============================================
1191 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
1192 o more Libsysfs updates
1195 <async:cc.gatech.edu>:
1196 o fix HOWTO-udev_for_dev for udevdir
1199 o udev-test.pl cleanup
1200 o add dev node test to udev-test.pl
1201 o add permission tests
1202 o "symlink only" test
1203 o callout part selector tweak
1204 o cleanup callout fork
1205 o allow to specify node permissions in the rule
1207 o put symlink only rules to the man page
1208 o rename strn*() macros to strmax
1209 o conditional remove of trailing sysfs whitespace
1210 o clarify udevinfo text
1211 o better fix for NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
1212 o overall trivial trivial cleanup
1213 o fix NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
1214 o cleanup mult field string handling
1217 o fix a type in docs/libsysfs.txt
1218 o Added line to udev.permissions.redhat
1219 o Include more examples in the docs area for gentoo and redhat
1225 o add big major tests to udev-test.pl
1226 o add a test for a minor over 255
1227 o udev-test.pl: print out major:minor and perm test "ok" if is ok
1228 o make perm and major:minor test errors be reported properly
1229 o remove extra ; in namedev_parse.c
1230 o Added multipath-tools 0.1.1 release
1231 o deleted current extras/multipath directory
1233 o fix the build for older versions of gcc
1236 o Small fix to remove extra "will" in man page
1240 o udev* segfaults with new klibc
1243 o add tests for NAME="foo-%c{N}"
1245 Summary of changes from v020 to v021
1246 ============================================
1249 o install udevinfo in /usr/bin
1250 o blacklist pcmcia_socket
1253 o fix udev.spec to find udevinfo now that it has moved to /usr/bin
1254 o Fix another problem with Makefile installing initscript
1255 o fix the Makefile to install the init script into the proper directory
1256 o make spec file turn off selinux support by default
1259 Summary of changes from v019 to v020
1260 ============================================
1262 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1266 o man page udevstart
1268 o bugfix for local user
1271 o clarify udevinfo device walk
1272 o udevinfo symlink reverse query
1273 o fix stroul endptr use
1274 o add $local user spport for permissions
1275 o udev - man page update
1276 o udev - fix debug info for multiple rule file config
1277 o udev - kill udevd on install
1278 o udev - activate formt length attribute
1279 o udev - safer sprintf() use
1282 o no error on enoent
1283 o escape dashes in man pages
1284 o remove usage of expr in ide-devfs.sh
1287 o automatically install correct initscript
1288 o update documetation for $local
1291 o Add symlink only rules support
1294 o update the TODO list as we already have a devfs config file
1295 o make start_udev use udevstart binary
1297 o Remove Debian permission files as the Debian maintainer doesn't seem to want to share :(
1298 o update the Gentoo rules files
1299 o Add Red Hat rules and permissions files
1300 o add udevstart to the ignore list
1301 o add udevstart program based on a old patch from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
1302 o unlink the file before we try to create it
1303 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
1306 Summary of changes from v018 to v019
1307 ============================================
1311 o udev - correct relative symlink
1312 o udev - safer string handling - part four
1313 o udev - safer string handling - part three
1314 o udev - safer string handling - part two
1315 o udev - man page update
1316 o udev - safer string handling all over the place
1318 o udev - allow all files in a directory as the config
1319 o udev - simple klibc textual uid/gid handling
1322 o do not remove real .udev.tdb during RPM build
1325 o add new TODO item about local user permissions
1326 o Add initial SELinux support for udev
1327 o fix build for very old versions of make
1328 o remove limit of the number of args passed to PROGRAM
1329 o force udev to include the internal version of libsysfs and never the external one
1330 o fix up libsysfs header file usage to fix bug reports from users that have sysfsutils installed already
1331 o remove udevtest on 'make clean'
1332 o remove udevd priority TODO item, as it's not needed at all
1335 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.4
1338 Summary of changes from v017 to v018
1339 ============================================
1341 <ext.devoteam.varoqui:sncf.fr>:
1342 o [PATCH] symlink dm-[0-9]* rule
1343 o update extras/multipath
1345 <john-hotplug:fjellstad.org>:
1346 o init.d debian patch
1349 o udev - TODO update
1350 o udev - add %s{filename} to man page
1351 o udev - udevd/udevsend man page
1352 o udev - switch callout part selector to {attribute}
1353 o udev - switch SYSFS_file to SYSFS{file}
1354 o udev - create all partitions of blockdevice
1356 o Adding '%s' format specifier to NAME and SYMLINK
1359 o added some scsi_id files to the bk ignore file
1360 o added scsi_id and some more documentation to the udev.spec file
1361 o update udev.rules.gentoo with new config file format
1362 o Update the Gentoo udev.rules and udev.permissions files
1363 o Create a udev.rules.examples file to hold odd udev.rules
1364 o add udevd priority issue to the TODO list
1365 o more HOWTO cleanups
1366 o add HOWTO detailing how to use udev to manage /dev
1367 o mv libsysfs/libsysfs.h to libsysfs/sysfs/libsysfs.h to make it easier to use
1368 o add start_udev init script
1369 o add support for UDEV_NO_SLEEP env variable so Gentoo people will be happy
1370 o start up udevd ourselves in the init script to give it some good priorities
1371 o update the red hat init script to handle nodes that are not present
1372 o add a "old style" SYSFS_attribute test to udev-test.pl
1373 o Have udevsend report more info in debug mode
1374 o Have udevd report it's version in debug mode
1375 o fix up bug created for udevtest in previous partition creation patch
1376 o update the udev.spec to add udevtest and make some more Red Hat suggested changes
1377 o add ability to install udevtest to Makefile
1379 o Add another test to udev-test.pl and fix a bug when only running 1 test
1380 o Fix bug where we did not use the "converted" kernel name if we had no rule
1383 o udev use new libsysfs header file location
1384 o udev add some ID tests
1387 Summary of changes from v016 to v017
1388 ============================================
1390 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1391 o make logging a config option
1393 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1394 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
1395 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
1396 o update extras/multipath
1399 o udev - keep private data out of the database?
1400 o better credential patch
1401 o udevd - client access authorization
1402 o compile udevd with klibc
1403 o udev - fix "ignore method"
1404 o udev - fix cdrom symlink rule
1405 o convert udevsend/udevd to DGRAM and single-threaded
1406 o udevd - kill the lockfile
1407 o udevd - fix socket path length
1408 o udevd - switch socket path to abstract namespace
1409 o udevd - allow to bypass sequence number
1410 o include used function
1413 o add udev_log to the documentation
1414 o fix offsetof() define in klibc
1415 o add some .spec file changes from Red Hat
1416 o update the init.d udev script based on a patch from Red Hat
1417 o remove the .udev.tdb when installing or uninstalling to be safe
1418 o remove the database at startup
1419 o fix bug in permission handling
1420 o update klibc to version .107
1421 o update the bitkeeper ignore file list
1422 o add udevtest program to build
1423 o fix problem where usb devices can be either the main device or the interface
1424 o more logging.h cleanups to be a bit more flexible
1425 o stop using mode_t as different libcs define it in different ways :(
1426 o remove some more KLIBC fixups that are no longer needed
1427 o let udev-test.pl run an individual test if you ask it to
1428 o Handle the '!' character that some block devices have
1429 o add a block device with a ! in the name, and a test for this
1430 o fix up 'make release' to use bk to build the export tree
1431 o fix log option code so that it actually works for all udev programs
1432 o finish syncing up with klibc
1433 o sync with latest version of klibc (0.107)
1434 o fix up Makefile dependancies for udev_version.h
1437 o udev add wild card compare for ID
1438 o udev kill extra bus_id compares in match_id
1441 Summary of changes from v015 to v016
1442 ============================================
1444 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
1445 o get_dev_number() in extras/ide-devfs.sh
1448 o FAQ udev.rules.devfs
1451 o add udevd and udevsend to the spec file
1452 o make /etc/hotplug.d/default/udev.hotplug symlink point to udevsend now
1453 o add KERNEL_DIR option so that the distros will be happy
1454 o make udevsend binary even smaller
1455 o udevsend now almost compiles with klibc, struct sockaddr_un is only problem now
1456 o fix up logging code so that it can be built without it being enabled
1457 o rework the logging code so that each program logs with the proper name in the syslog
1458 o remove logging.c as it's no longer needed
1459 o kill the last examples that contained the %D option
1460 o remove a __KLIBC__ tests in libsysfs, as klibc now supports getpagesize()
1461 o udevd - remove stupid locking error I wrote
1462 o update to klibc version 0.101, fixing the stdin bug
1463 o fix Makefile typo for USE_LSB install
1464 o allow dbus code to actually build again
1467 o let udevsend build with klibc
1468 o udevd - config cleanup
1469 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
1470 o fix possible buffer overflow
1471 o udevd - next round of fixes
1472 o udevinfo - missing options for man page
1473 o udev - trivial style cleanup
1476 Summary of changes from v014 to v015
1477 ============================================
1479 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1480 o LFS init script update
1483 o update klibc to version 0.98
1484 o clean up udevinfo on 'make clean'
1485 o add udevinfo man page to spec file
1486 o remove command line documentation from udev man page
1487 o create initial version of udevinfo man page
1488 o added URL to spec file
1489 o add udevinfo to udev.spec file
1490 o add udevinfo to install target of Makefile
1491 o rip out command line code from udev, now that we have udevinfo
1492 o udevinfo doesn't need to declare main_envp
1493 o move get_pair to udev_config.c because udevinfo doesn't need all of namedev.o
1494 o more makefile cleanups
1495 o move udevinfo into the main build and clean up the main Makefile a bit
1496 o clean up compiler warnings if building using klibc
1497 o make udevd only have one instance running at a time
1498 o new testd.block script for debugging
1499 o udevsnd : clean up message creation logic a bit
1500 o make bk ignore udevd and udevsend binaries
1501 o whitespace cleanups
1502 o remove TODO item about BUS value, as it is now done
1503 o add support for figuring out which device on the sysfs "chain" the rule applies to
1506 o udevinfo - now a real program :)
1507 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
1508 o udev - next round of udev event order daemon
1510 o udev - udevinfo with device chain walk
1511 o spilt udev into pieces
1514 Summary of changes from v013 to v014
1515 ============================================
1517 <ananthmg:rediffmail.com>:
1518 o libsysfs update for refresh + namedev.c changes
1520 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1521 o udev-013/extras/multipath update
1523 <flamingice:sourmilk.net>:
1524 o minor patch for devfs rules
1527 o udev - program to query all device attributes to build a rule
1528 o set default owner/group in db - update
1529 o udev - reverse user query options
1530 o udev - kill %D from udev-test.pl
1531 o add udev logging to info log
1532 o udev - mention format string escape char in man page
1535 o misc code cleanups
1536 o fixup logging.h to handle different logging options properly
1537 o clean up the logging patch a bit to make the option more like the other options
1538 o remove the %D modifier as it is not longer needed
1539 o remove unneeded keyboard rule
1540 o add usb_host and pci_bus to the class blacklist
1541 o added input device rules to udev.rules and udev.rules.devfs
1545 o set default owner/group in db
1546 o small cut n paste error fix
1549 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.3
1552 Summary of changes from v012 to v013
1553 ============================================
1555 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
1556 o LSB init script and other stuff
1558 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
1559 o fix udev directory for Debian init script
1561 <tiggi:infa.abo.fi>:
1562 o udev 012 old gcc fixup
1565 o add IGNORE rule type
1569 o update TODO with some new, small items
1570 o Cset exclude: greg@kroah.com|ChangeSet|20040113010256|48515
1571 o update the README in a few places
1572 o fix -d typo in the manpage update
1573 o Fix stupid gcc "optimization" of 1 character printk() calls.... Ick
1574 o oops, forgot to fix up the PROGRAM result from ID to RESULT in the config files
1575 o Add alsa device rules and a few other devfs rules
1576 o fix a few stale comments in namedev.c
1577 o convert the default rules files to the new format
1578 o convert the test shell scripts to the config file format
1579 o add bus test for usb-serial bus
1580 o Add some helpful messages if the user uses the older config file format
1581 o added dri rule to the default config file
1582 o added init.d udev script for debian
1583 o add a script that tests the IGNORE rule
1584 o add silly script that names cdrom drives based on the cd in them
1585 o add cdrom rule for ide cdrom
1586 o replace list_for_each with list_for_each_entry, saving a few lines of code
1587 o add a blacklist of class devices we do not want to look at
1590 o fix klibc with printf() and gcc
1591 o udev - small script optimization
1592 o udev - introduce format escape char
1593 o udev - more CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
1594 o udev - CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
1595 o update documentation for new config file format
1596 o more advanced user query options
1597 o udev - simple debug tweak
1598 o udev - drop all methods :)
1599 o udev - advanced user query options
1600 o udev - Makefile error
1601 o udev - make exec_callout() reusable
1602 o udev - exec status fix for klibc
1603 o fix Silly udev script
1606 Summary of changes from v011 to v012
1607 ============================================
1609 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1610 o make symlink work properly if there is already a file in its place
1611 o Fix udev gcc-2.95.4 compat
1613 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1614 o extras multipath update
1615 o extras multipath update
1618 o mention user callable udev + options in man page
1619 o make udev user callable to query the database
1620 o depend on all .h files
1621 o cleanup namedev_parse debug text
1622 o extend exec_program[]
1623 o ide-devfs.sh update
1624 o fix for apply_format()
1625 o check for empty symlink string
1626 o 'ide' missing in bus_files[]
1627 o small trivial cleanup of latest changes
1629 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1630 o introduce signal handler
1633 o udev spec file update
1636 o minor grammer fixes for the udev_vs_devfs document
1637 o move the dbus config file to etc/dbus-1/system.d/
1638 o move the config files to etc/udev to clean up main directory a bit
1639 o add Gentoo versions of the rules and permissions files
1640 o if using glibc, link dynamically, as no one like 500Kb udev binaries
1641 o minor change to udev_vs_devfs document
1642 o added udev vs devfs supid document to the tree
1643 o move the signal handling registration to after we have initialized enough stuff
1644 o make ide-devfs.sh executable in the tree
1645 o udev.permissions.debian - forgot the dm nodes
1646 o update the udev.permissions.debian file with new entries
1647 o added udev.init script for the Linux From Scratch project
1651 Summary of changes from v010 to v011
1652 ============================================
1654 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1655 o proper cleanup on udevdb_init() failure
1658 o patch udev 009-010 rpm spec file
1661 o fix udev sed Makefile usage
1664 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the LABEL rule
1665 o add tests for LABEL rule with a device that has no bus
1666 o Don't require the BUS value for the LABEL rule
1667 o If a LABEL rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
1668 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the CALLOUT rule
1669 o If a CALLOUT rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
1670 o Don't require the BUS value for the CALLOUT rule
1671 o add test for callout rule with a device that has no bus
1673 o added different build options to the rpm udev.spec file
1674 o add pci to the bus_files list
1675 o check for empty line a bit better in the parser
1676 o more init script cleanups, the stop target now calls udev to cleanup instead of just removing the whole /udev directory
1677 o make udev init script run udev in the background to let startup go much faster
1678 o fix long delay for all devices in namedev
1681 Summary of changes from v009 to v010
1682 ============================================
1684 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
1687 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1688 o extras multipath update
1689 o extras multipath update
1690 o extras multipath update
1691 o extras multipath update
1695 o small cleanup udev-remove.c
1696 o experimental CALLOUT script for devfs ide node creation with cd, disc, part
1697 o add any valid device
1698 o introduce format char 'k' for kernel-name
1699 o trivial make fixes
1700 o don't overwrite old config on install
1701 o udev-remove.c cleanups
1702 o bug in udev-remove.c
1703 o trivial cleanup parser changes
1705 <roman.kagan:itep.ru>:
1706 o fix comment and whitespace handling in config files
1709 o Allow build with empty EXTRAS
1711 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1712 o libsysfs 0.4.0 patch
1713 o fix scsi_id segfault with udev-009
1717 o mark config files as such in the rpm spec file
1720 o fix complier warning in namedev.c
1721 o add documentation for the new '%k' modifier (kernel name replacement)
1722 o add documentation about the multiple sysfs values that are now allowed for the LABEL rule
1723 o add tests for multi-file LABEL rules
1724 o add ability to have up to 5 SYSFS_ file/value pairs for the LABEL rule
1725 o Just live with a sleep(1) in namedev for now until libsysfs is fixed up
1726 o try to wait until the proper device file shows up in sysfs
1727 o remove unneeded TODO and FIXME entry
1728 o clean up the stand-alone tests to work properly on other people's machines
1729 o add tests to catch whitespace and comment config file parsing errors
1732 Summary of changes from v008 to v009
1733 ============================================
1735 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1736 o more extras/multipath changes
1737 o and more extras/multipath updates
1738 o more extras/multipath updates
1739 o yet more extras/multipath
1740 o more extras/multipath updates
1741 o extras/multipath update
1744 o D-BUS patch for udev-008
1746 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
1747 o add init.d/udev to "make install"
1748 o add init.d/udev to the spec file
1751 o don't rely on field order in namedev_parse
1752 o get part of callout return string
1753 o remove '\n' from end of callout return
1754 o man-page mention multiple symlinks
1755 o allow multiple symlinks
1756 o cleanup man & remove symlink comment
1757 o experimental (very simple) SYMLINK creation
1759 o pattern match for label method
1760 o a bug in linefeed removal
1763 o remove udev from runlevels on uninstall
1764 o install initscript in udev rpm
1766 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1767 o pre-libsysfs-0.4.0 patch
1770 o signal fixes due to klibc update
1771 o sync klibc with release 0.95
1772 o add mol permissions to the debian permissions file
1773 o update the FAQ with info about bad modprobe events from the devfs scheme
1774 o some cleanups due to the need for LABEL rules to use "SYSFS_" now
1775 o Add restart target to the etc/init.d/udev script
1776 o tweak the config file generation portion of the Makefile a bit
1777 o change devfs disk name rule from 'disk' to 'disc'
1778 o add vc support to udev.rules.devfs
1779 o added a devfs udev config file from Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>
1780 o set default mode to 0600 to be safer
1781 o Makefile tweaks for the DBUS build
1782 o update the FAQ due to the latest devfs mess on lkml and also due to symlinks now working
1783 o document the different Makefile config options that we have
1784 o change USE_DBUS to DBUS in Makefile, and disable it by default as it's still to hard to build on all systems
1785 o fix formatting of udev_dbus.c to use tabs. Also get it to build properly now
1786 o move all of the DBUS logic into one file and remove all of the #ifdef crud from the main code
1789 o dump latest klibc into the udev build tree
1790 o use udevdir in udev.conf
1793 o better allow builds of extras programs under udev
1794 o update udev extras/scsi_id to version 0.2
1797 Summary of changes from v007 to v008
1798 ============================================
1800 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1801 o more config file parsing robustness
1803 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1804 o udev-007/extras/multipath update
1807 o Build failure - missing linux/limits.h include?
1808 o Add format modifier for devfs like naming
1809 o klibc makefile fixes
1811 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1812 o another patch for path problem
1813 o quick fix for libsysfs bus
1814 o libsysfs changes for sysfsutils 0.3.0
1817 o fix up some duplicated function compiler warnings in libsysfs
1818 o fix some compiler warnings in the tdb code
1819 o Added Kay's name to the man page
1820 o update the wildcard documentation in the man page to show the new styles supported
1821 o fix permission handling logic
1822 o enable default_mode ability to actually build
1823 o add support for the default_mode variable, as it is documented
1824 o show permissions and groups in the label_test
1825 o remove some items off of the TODO list, as they are now done
1826 o fix up the tests to work without all of the environ variables
1827 o get rid of the majority of the debug environment variables
1828 o Update the man page to show the new config file, it's format, and how to use it
1829 o fix up the tests to support the rules file name change
1830 o add support for a main udev config file, udev.conf
1831 o turn debugging messages off by default
1832 o split out the namedev config parsing logic to namedev_parse.c
1833 o rename namedev's get_attr() to be main namedev_name_device() as that's what it really is
1834 o add devfs like tty rules as an example in the default config file
1835 o operate on the rules in the order they are in the config file (within the rule type) instead of operating on them backwards.
1836 o Cset exclude: dsteklof@us.ibm.com|ChangeSet|20031126173159|56255
1837 o add test for checking the BUS value
1838 o fix problem where we were not looking at the BUS value
1839 o add scsi and pci bus links in the test sysfs tree
1840 o add test and documentation for new %D devfs format modifier
1841 o changed the default location of the database to /udev/.udev.tdb to be LSB compliant
1842 o get rid of functions in klibc_fixups that are now in klibc
1843 o sync up with the 0.84 version of klibc
1844 o fix udev init.d script to handle all class devices in sysfs
1845 o fix the test.block and test.tty scripts due to their moveing. Also add a test.all script
1846 o 007_bk version change to Makefile
1849 o pattern matching for namedev
1850 o catch replace device by wildcard
1851 o udev.8 tweak numeric id text
1852 o udev-test.pl add subdir test
1853 o namedev.c strcat tweak
1854 o overall whitespace + debug text conditioning
1855 o udev-test.pl - tweaks
1858 o Add -nodefaultlibs while compiling against klibc
1861 o ARCH detection for ppc
1864 o fix udev parallel builds with klibc
1867 Summary of changes from v006 to v007
1868 ============================================
1871 o fix segfault in parsing bad udev.permissions file
1874 o update default config file with a CALLOUT rule, and more documentation
1875 o updated the man page with the latest format specifier changes
1876 o added ability to put format specifiers in the CALLOUT program string
1877 o tweak udev-test.pl to report '0' errors if that's what happened
1878 o only build klibc_fixups.c if we are actually using klibc
1879 o add support for string group and string user names in udev.permissions
1880 o add getgrnam and getpwnam to klibc_fixups files
1881 o remove Makefile.klibc
1882 o add udev-test perl script from Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> which blows away my puny shell scripts
1883 o added debian's version of udev.permissions
1884 o change to 006_bk version
1887 o format char for CALLOUT output
1888 o more namedev whitespace cleanups
1889 o support arguments in callout exec
1890 o namedev.c - change order of fields in CALLOUT
1891 o namedev.c whitespace + debug text cleanup
1892 o man page with udev.permissions wildcard
1895 o static klibc udev does not link against crt0.o
1897 Summary of changes from v005 to v006
1898 ============================================
1900 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
1901 o faster test scripts
1904 o more robust config file parsing in namedev.c
1905 o add bus id modifier
1907 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1908 o patch for libsysfs sysfs directory handling
1911 o add another line to udev.permissions in the proper format
1912 o tweak replace_test
1913 o fix permissions to work properly now
1914 o add real udev.permissions file to test directory
1915 o fix namedev.c to build with older version of gcc
1916 o add dumb test for all of the different modifiers
1917 o update the TODO list with more items that people can easily do
1918 o move the test.block and test.tty scripts to the test/ directory
1919 o add remove actions to the test scripts
1920 o turn DEBUG_PARSER off by default
1921 o add some documentation for the %b modifier to the default config file
1922 o fix make install rule for when the udev symlink is already there
1923 o change release target in makefile
1924 o change debug level on printf values for now
1925 o updated demo config file
1926 o add some documentation of the modifiers to the default config file
1927 o add demo config file
1928 o updated bk ignore list for klibc generated files
1929 o add printf option to label test to verify it works
1930 o fix up printf-like functionality due to previous changes
1931 o get the major/minor number before we name the device
1932 o add scsi_id "extra" program from Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>
1933 o Add multipath "extra" program from Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@free.fr>
1934 o trailing whitespace cleanups
1935 o splig LABEL and NUMBER into separate functions
1936 o add TOPO regression test
1937 o move TOPOLOGY rule to it's own function
1938 o fix bug where NUMBER and TOPOLOGY would not work for partitions
1939 o clean up the way we find the sysdevice for a block device for namedev
1940 o updated label test script (tests for partitions now.)
1941 o split REPLACE and CALLOUT into separate functions
1942 o add debug line for REPLACE call
1944 o add more sysfs test tree files
1945 o change UDEV_SYSFS_PATH environment variable due to libsysfs change
1946 o fix bug in klibc's isspace function
1947 o fix udev-add.c to build properly with older versions of gcc
1948 o add prototype for ftruncate to klibc
1949 o Remove a few items from the TODO list that are already done
1950 o version number to 005_bk
1951 o pull some klibc stuff into the make Makefile to try to stay in sync
1955 o apply permissions.conf support for wildcard and default name
1956 o man page with included placeholder list
1957 o implement printf-like placeholder support for NAME
1958 o more manpage tweaks
1959 o add support for subdirs
1960 o add uid/gid to nodes
1966 o Fixup path for kernel includes when building with klibc
1972 Summary of changes from v004 to v005
1973 ============================================
1976 o namedev.c comments + debug patch
1980 o ignore the klibc/linux symlink
1981 o add klibc linux symlink info to the README
1982 o get 'make release' to work properly again
1983 o added README info for how to build using klibc
1984 o turn off debugging if we are building with klibc
1985 o turn off debugging in namedev
1986 o added vsyslog support to klibc
1987 o add ftruncate to klibc
1988 o klibc specific tweaks
1989 o libsysfs does not need mntent.h in it's header file
1990 o udev build tweaks to tdb's spinlock code
1991 o klibc makefile changes
1992 o build tdb and libsysfs from the same makefile as udev
1993 o udev-add build cleanups for other libc versions
1994 o tweak tdb to build within udev better
1995 o make libsysfs spit debug messages to the same place as the rest of udev
1996 o make libsysfs build cleanly
1997 o updated bk ignore list
1998 o added klibc version 0.82 (cvs tree) to the udev tree
1999 o makefile fix for now
2000 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
2001 o hm, makefile bug with so many files... will fix later
2002 o regression tests starting to be added
2003 o fix LABEL bug for device files (not class files.)
2004 o more warning flags to the build
2005 o got rid of struct device_attr
2006 o rename namedev.permissions and namedev.config to udev.permissions and udev.config
2007 o fix dbg line in namedev.c
2008 o more overrides of config info with env variables if in test mode
2009 o Fix bug causing udev to sleep forever waiting for dev file to show up
2010 o change version to 004_bk
2011 o make config files, sysfs root, and udev root configurable from config variables
2014 o udev: sleep_for_dev() bits
2015 o udev: another canidate for static
2018 Summary of changes from v003 to v004
2019 ============================================
2021 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2022 o new version of libsysfs patch
2026 o major database cleanups
2027 o Changed test.block and test.tty to take ACTION from the command line
2028 o don't sleep if 'dev' file is already present on device add
2029 o fix comment about how the "dev" file is made up
2030 o more database work. Now we only store the info we really need right now
2031 o add BUS= bug to TODO list so it will not get forgotten
2033 o test.block changes
2034 o ok, rpm likes the "_" character instead of "-" better
2035 o change the version to 003-bk to keep things sane with people using the bk tree
2036 o got "remove of named devices" working
2037 o fix segfaults when dealing with partitions
2044 o udev: mode should be mode_t
2045 o udev: trivial trivialities
2046 o udev: cool test scripts again
2047 o udev spec file symlink support
2048 o udev: cool test scripts
2049 o udev spec file bits
2052 Summary of changes from v0.2 to v003
2053 ============================================
2055 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2060 o update the spec file for the new version and install process
2061 o fix makefile release rule to not drop tdb.h file
2063 o removed AUTHORS and INSTALL files as they were pretty pointless
2065 o Add AUTHORS and INSTALL files
2068 o updated the TODO list
2069 o add udev man page (basically just a place holder for now.)
2070 o added uninstall support
2071 o added install target for makefile so people don't have to do it by hand anymore
2072 o add version to debug log on startup
2073 o tell the user what mknod() we are trying to do
2074 o add dbg_parse() to cut down on parse file debugging statements
2075 o put config files and database in /etc/udev by default
2076 o add ols 2003 udev paper to docs/
2077 o clean up some debugging stuff in namedev.c
2078 o do not build the tdb binary programs, only the objects
2079 o merge tdb into the build process
2080 o Added tdb code from latest cvs version in the samba tree
2081 o added my name to the .spec file
2083 o cleanup the mknod code a bit
2084 o remove mknod callout
2085 o handle new major:minor format of dev files that showed up in 2.6.0-test2-bk3 or so
2086 o oops, everything was getting created as 000 mode, try to fix this up, but fail...
2093 o add callout config type to udev
2096 o Fix TDB cross compilation
2098 o udev/libsysfs cross compile fixes
2101 Summary of changes from v0.1 to v0.2
2102 ============================================
2106 o removed unneeded stuff from udev.h
2107 o added 0.2 change log info
2108 o start working on label support, and fix some segfaults for block devices
2109 o test config file changes
2110 o add NUMBER support (basically same logic as TOPOLOGY, perhaps we should
2112 o added topology support
2113 o got REPLACE to work properly
2114 o make struct config_device contain a struct device_attr instead of
2115 duplicating the mess
2117 o split the tests up into different files
2118 o split udev main logic into udev-add and udev-remove
2119 o Clean up the namedev interface a bit, making the code smaller
2120 o bk: update ignore list
2121 o update the tests to handle block devices too
2122 o add initial libsysfs support
2123 o added libsysfs to the build
2124 o added libsysfs code from sysutils-0.1.1-071803 release
2125 o namedev config files are fully parsed
2126 o more permission tests
2127 o make log_message spit out warnings so I don't have to spend forever
2128 chasing down stupid bugs that aren't there...
2129 o added klibc makefile
2130 o Initial namedev parsing of config files
2131 o sleep for 2 seconds to give the kernel a chance to actually create the
2133 o pick a better default UDEV_ROOT
2134 o fix up the test to actually work
2135 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
2138 Summary of changes up to v0.1
2139 ============================================
2142 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
2143 o updated the documentation
2144 o cleaned up the makefile a bit
2146 o restructure code to be able to actually get remove_node() to work
2147 o Creating nodes actually works
2148 o added stupid test script for debugging
2149 o added initial documentation and gpl license
2151 o updated ignore list
2152 o added initial files
2154 o Initial repository create
2155 o BitKeeper file /home/greg/src/udev/udev/ChangeSet