X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=1e92f468e1b2a9404f9bf3d4416114506e5f0944;hp=32a6e49c0a2d0de887d50fc4a22e704f19eb7be2;hb=52934a60c447ae78873b07a01b7fa25e60c86fe4;hpb=6d87ee2e0024074b77001e57ff1d7b7d24b1be68 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 32a6e49c0..1e92f468e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,105 @@ +udev 157 +======== +Bugfixes. + +The option --debug-trace and the environemnt variable UDEVD_MAX_CHILDS= +was removed from udevd. + +Udevd now parses the kernel commandline for the following variables: + udev.log-priority= + udev.children-max= + udev.exec-delay= +to help debuging coldplug setups where the loading of a kernel +module crashes the system. + +The subdirectory in the source tree rules/packages has been renamed to +rules/arch, anc contains only architecture specific rules now. + +udev 156 +======== +Bugfixes. + +udev 155 +======== +Bugfixes. + +Now the udev daemon itself, does on startup: + - copy the content of /lib/udev/devices to /dev + - create the standard symlinks like /dev/std{in,out,err}, + /dev/core, /dev/fd, ... + - use static node information provided by kernel modules + and creates these nodes to allow module on-demand loading + - possibly apply permissions to all ststic nodes from udev + rules which are annotated to match a static node + +The default mode for a device node is 0600 now to match the kernel +created devtmpfs defaults. If GROUP= is specified and no MODE= is +given the default will be 0660. + +udev 154 +======== +Bugfixes. + +Udev now gradually starts to pass control over the primary device nodes +and their names to the kernel, and will in the end only manage the +permissions of the node, and possibly create additional symlinks. +As a first step NAME="" will be ignored, and NAME= setings with names +other than the kernel provided name will result in a logged warning. +Kernels that don't provide device names, or devtmpfs is not used, will +still work as they did before, but it is strongly recommended to use +only the same names for the primary device node as the recent kernel +provides for all devices. + +udev 153 +======== +Fix broken firmware loader search path. + +udev 152 +======== +Bugfixes. + +"udevadm trigger" defaults to "change" events now instead of "add" +events. The "udev boot script" might need to add "--action=add" to +the trigger command if not already there, in case the initial coldplug +events are expected as "add" events. + +The option "all_partitons" was removed from udev. This should not be +needed for usual hardware. Udev can not safely make assumptions +about non-existing partition major/minor numbers, and therefore no +longer provide this unreliable and unsafe option. + +The option "ignore_remove" was removed from udev. With devtmpfs +udev passed control over device nodes to the kernel. This option +should not be needed, or can not work as advertised. Neither +udev nor the kernel will remove device nodes which are copied from +the /lib/udev/devices/ directory. + +All "add|change" matches are replaced by "!remove" in the rules and +in the udev logic. All types of events will update possible symlinks +and permissions, only "remove" is handled special now. + +The modem modeswitch extra was removed and the external usb_modeswitch +program should be used instead. + +New and fixed keymaps. + +udev 151 +======== +Bugfixes. + +udev 150 +======== +Bugfixes. + +Kernels with SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y are not supported since a while. Many users +depend on the current sysfs layout and the information not available in the +deprecated layout. All remaining support for the deprecated sysfs layout is +removed now. + +udev 149 +======== +Fix for a possible endless loop in the new input_id program. + udev 148 ======== Bugfixes. @@ -11,6 +113,17 @@ BUS=, SYSFS{}=, ID= are long deprecated and should be SUBSYSTEM(S)=, ATTR(S){}=, KERNEL(S)=. It will cause a warning once for every rule file from now on. +The support for the deprecated IDE devices has been removed from the +default set of rules. Distros who still care about non-libata drivers +need to add the rules to the compat rules file. + +The ID_CLASS property on input devices has been replaced by the more accurate +set of flags ID_INPUT_{KEYBOARD,KEY,MOUSE,TOUCHPAD,TABLET,JOYSTICK}. These are +determined by the new "input_id" prober now. Some devices, such as touchpads, +can have several classes. So if you previously had custom udev rules which e. g. +checked for ENV{ID_CLASS}=="kbd", you need to replace this with +ENV{ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD}=="?*". + udev 147 ======== Bugfixes. @@ -37,7 +150,7 @@ be added to the compat rules file. Symlinks to udevadm with the old command names are no longer resolved to the udevadm commands. -The udev-acl tool got adopted to changes in ConsoleKit. Version 0.4.11 is +The udev-acl tool got adopted to changes in ConsoleKit. Version 0.4.1 is required now. The option "last_rule" does no longer exist. Its use breaks too many