X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=a0ed539454f32680c1e6f3494e55bc4c45866c6c;hp=f51b811f0d79a73b09921ddccc1b72040b7cdb6e;hb=a1525d172014e66f97d82fc1e9096444597abcc7;hpb=d1c13ddcb3497e0c6a37cd9bd117b74ef010bc15 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f51b811f0..a0ed53945 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,28 +1,65 @@ -udev 175 +udev 178 +======== +Bugfix for the firmware loading behavior with kernel modules which +try to load firmware in the module_init() path. The blocked event +runs into a timout now, which should allow the firmware to be loaded. + +Bugfix for a wrong DEVNAME= export, which breaks at least the udev-acl +tool. + +Bugfix for missing ID_ properties for GPT partitions. + +The RUN+="socket:.." option is deprecated and should not be used. A warning +during rules parsing is printed now. Services which listen to udev events, +need to subscribe to the netlink messages with libudev and not let udev block +in the rules execution until the message is delivered. + +udev 177 +======== +Bugfix for rule_generator instalation. + +udev 176 ======== -The default install location moved from /lib/udev to /usr/lib/udev, -to support systems without the / vs. /usr split. --libexecdir= -can still be configured to install things to /lib/udev. +The 'devtmpfs' filesystem is required now, udev will not create or delete +device nodes anymore, it only adjusts permissions and ownership of device +nodes and maintains additional symlinks. + +A writable /run directory (ususally tmpfs) is required now for a fully +functional udev, there is no longer a fallback to /dev/.udev. + +The default 'configure' install locations have changed. Packages for systems +with the historic / vs. /usr split need to be adapted, otherwise udev will +be installed in /usr and not work properly. Example configuration options +to install things the traditional way are in INSTALL. The default install location of the 'udevadm' tool moved from 'sbin' -to /usr/bin. --bindir= can still be configured to install it in -/sbin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin'. A symlink to udevadm -in /usr/bin needs to be manually created if needed. +to /usr/bin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin', a symlink to udevadm +needs to be manually created if needed, or --bindir=/sbin be specified. + +The expected value of '--libexecdir=' has changed and must no longer contain +the 'udev' directory. -Kernel modules are now loaded directly by linking udev to 'libkmod'. -The /sbin/modprobe tool is no longer executed by udev. +Kernel modules are now loaded directly by linking udev to 'libkmod'. The +'modprobe' tool is no longer executed by udev. -The /sbin/blkid tool is no longer executed from udev rules. Udev links +The 'blkid' tool is no longer executed from udev rules. Udev links directly to libblkid now. +Firmware is loaded natively by udev now, the external 'firmware' binary +is no longer used. + +All built-in tools can be listed and tested with 'udevadm test-builtin'. + The 'udevadm control --reload-rules' option has been renamed to '--reload'. -It reloads the kernel module configuration. +It now also reloads the kernel module configuration. -The systemd socket files use PassCred=yes, which requires systemd -version 38. +The systemd socket files use PassCredentials=yes, which is available in +systemd version 38. The udev build system only creates a .xz tarball now. +All tabs in the source code used for indentation are replaced by spaces now. :) + udev 175 ======== Bugfixes.