1 Summary of changes from v068 to v069
2 ============================================
5 fix typo in firmware_helper
8 firmware_helper: fix write count
11 *_id: fix zero length in set_str()
12 add program name to logged error
13 fix exit code of udevinitsend and udevmonitor
14 udevd: keep the right order for messages without SEQNUM
15 volume_id: don't probe for mac_partition_maps
16 udevmonitor: cleanup on exit
17 path_id: remove SUSE specific PATH
19 add pci_express to bus list
21 store ENV{key}="value" exported keys in the database
22 fix lookup for name in the udevdb, it should return the devpath
23 prepare for new HAL udevdb dump
24 print persistent data with "udevinfo -q all"
25 change parameter order of udev_db_search_name()
26 add and use name_list_cleanup() for cleaning up the string lists
27 don't store devpath in udevdb, we don't need it
28 add uft8 validation for safe volume label exporting
29 start to enforce plain ascii or valid utf8
30 use WRITE_END/READ_END for the pipe index
31 remove not needed sig_flag for state of signal_pipe
32 don't reenter get_udevd_msg() if message is ignored
33 rename ...trailing_char() to ...trailing_chars()
34 vol_id: ID_LABEL_SAFE will no longer contain fancy characters
35 udevd: move some logging to "info" and "err"
36 remove special TIMEOUT handling from incoming queue
37 udev_test.pl: we replace untrusted chars with '_'
38 check the udevdb before assigning a new %e
40 udevinfo: add database export
41 write man page masters in DocBook XML
42 udevinfo: rename dump() to export()
43 test the automatic man page rebuild and checkin
44 Makefile: remove all the duplicated rules
45 all man pages rewritten to use DocBook XML
46 add missing udevsend man page
47 also forgot udevmonitor.8
48 udevinfo: restore -d option
49 scsi_id: rename SYSFS to LIBSYSFS
50 add edd_id tool to match BIOS EDD disk information
51 move and update libsysfs.txt
52 klibc: update to version 1.1.1
53 delete cdromsymlinks* - obsoleted by cdrom_id and IMPORT rules
54 delete docs/persistent_naming - obsoleted by persistent disk names
55 delete old Fedora html page
56 add "totally outdated" header to docs/overview :)
58 fix useless but funny name_cdrom.pl script to work again
60 Makefile: fix prerequisits for $(PROGRAMS)
61 Makefile: cleanup install targets
62 remove chassis_id program
63 fic gcov use and move it into the Makefile
64 FAQ: update things that have changed
67 switch to '==' in raid-devfs.sh
70 Summary of changes from v067 to v068
71 ============================================
74 add EXTRAS documentation to the README file.
75 Always open the cdrom drive in non-blocking mode in cdrom_id
76 cdrom_id: change err() to info() to help with debugging problems
79 cleanup some debug output and move to info level + unify select() loops
80 move udevmonitor to /usr/sbin
81 ENV{TEST}=="1" compares and ENV{TEST}="1" sets the environment
82 vol_id: fix sloppy error handling
83 fix typo in cdrom_id syslog
84 bring std(in|out|err) fd's in a sane state
85 fix printed udevmonitor header
88 Summary of changes from v066 to v067
89 ============================================
92 added the cdrom.h #defines directly into the cdrom_id.c file
96 fix make install, as we don't provide a default rule set anymore
97 fix more compiler warnings ...
98 fix udevstart event ordering, we want /dev/null very early
99 don't fail too bad, if /dev/null does not exist
102 Summary of changes from v065 to v066
103 ============================================
106 update gentoo rule file.
107 Created cdrom_id program to make it easier to determine cdrom types
108 added cdrom_id to the build check
109 updated gentoo rule file to handle removable ide devices.
110 changed cdrom_id exports to be easier to understand and consistant with other _id programs.
111 fix klibc build issue in cdrom_id.c
112 Change the gentoo rules to use cdrom_id instead of cdsymlink.sh
113 changed location of gentoo helper apps to be /sbin instead of in scripts dir
114 tweak the gentoo rules some more.
117 add NETLINK define for the lazy distros
118 read sysfs attribute also from parent class device
119 switch some strlcpy's to memcpy
120 allow clean shutdown of udevd
121 add flag for reading of precompiled rules
122 update distro rules files
125 add firmware_helper to load firmware
126 more distro rules updates
128 remove example rules and put the dev.d stuff into the run_directory folder
129 trivial text cleanups
131 split udev_util in several files
133 allow logging of all output from executed tools
134 add Usage: to udevmonitor and udevcontrol
135 move some logging to the info level
141 Summary of changes from v064 to v065
142 ============================================
145 Added persistent name rules for block devices to gentoo rule file.
146 Added horrible (but fun) path_id script to extras.
147 Update gentoo rules file.
150 update release notes for next version
151 add udevmonitor, to debug netlink+udev events at the same time
152 allow RUN to send the environment to a local socket
153 fix GGC signed pointer warnings and switch volume_id to stdint
156 Summary of changes from v063 to v064
157 ============================================
160 volume_id: add OCFS (Oracle Cluster File System) support
164 add ID_BUS to *_id programs
165 create_floppy_devices: add tool to create floppy nodes based on sysfs info
168 move code to its own files
169 make SYSFS{} usable for all devices
170 add padding to rules structure
171 allow rules to have labels and skip to next label
172 thread unknown ENV{key} match as empty value
175 Summary of changes from v062 to v063
176 ============================================
179 fix typo in GROUP value application
182 add 'make tests' as I'm always typing that one wrong...
183 Really commit the udev_run_devd changes...
184 Fixed udev_run_devd to run the /etc/dev.d/DEVNAME/ files too
185 fix position of raw rules in gentoo config file
188 dasd_id: add s390 disk-label prober
189 fix usb_id and let scsi_id ignore "illegal request"
192 volume_id: remove s390 dasd handling, it is dasd_id now
193 trivial fixes for *_id programs
194 IMPORT: add {parent} to import the persistent data of the parent device
195 allow multiple values to be matched with KEY=="value1|value2"
196 udevd: set incoming socket buffer SO_RCVBUF to maximum
197 remember mapped rules state
198 ata_id: check for empty serial number
199 compile dasd only on s390
202 correct default mode documentation in udev
205 Summary of changes from v061 to v062
206 ============================================
209 fix symlink values separated by multiple spaces
211 fix typo in group assignment
212 fix default-name handling and NAME="" rules
213 add WAIT_FOR_SYSFS key to loop until a file in sysfs arrives
214 fix unquoted strings in udevinitsend
216 Summary of changes from v060 to v061
217 ============================================
220 Sync up the Debian rules files
221 fix cdrom symlink problem in gentoo rules
226 we want to provide OPTFLAGS
227 rename ALARM_TIMEOUT to UDEV_ALARM_TIMEOUT
228 udevd: optimize env-key parsing
229 don't resolve OWNER, GROUP on precompile if string contains %, $
230 set default device node to /dev
231 create udevdb files only if somehting interesting happened
232 pack parsed rules list
233 replace useless defines by inline text
234 move rule matches to function
235 add usb_id program to generate usb-storage device identifiers
236 add IEEE1394 rules to the gentoo rule file
237 fake also kernel-name if we renamed a netif
238 allow OPTIONS to be recognized for /sys/modules /sys/devices events
239 switch gentoo rules to new operators
242 Summary of changes from v059 to v060
243 ============================================
246 Fix the gentoo udev rules to allow the box to boot properly
249 Udev doesn't properly build with $CROSS
252 Keep udevstart from skipping devices without a 'dev' file
255 #define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT
258 Summary of changes from v058 to v059
259 ============================================
262 Update the gentoo rule file
263 Fix udevinfo for empty sysfs directories
264 Fix makefile to allow 'make release' to work with git
267 udev: fix netdev RUN handling
268 udevcontrol: fix exit code
271 prepare RELEASE-NOTES
272 add ID_TYPE to the id probers
273 add -x to scsi_id to export the queried values in env format
274 store the imported device information in the udevdb
275 rename udev_volume_id to vol_id and add --export option
276 add ata_id to read serial numbers from ATA drives
277 IMPORT allow to import program returned keys into the env
278 unify execute_command() and execute_program()
279 IMPORT=<file> allow to import a shell-var style config-file
280 allow rules to be compiled to one binary file
281 fix the fix and change the file to wait for to the "bus" link
282 fix udevstart and let all events trvel trough udev
283 prepare for module loading rules and add MODALIAS key
284 remove device node, when type block/char has changed
285 Makefile: remove dev.d/ hotplug.d/ from install target
286 udevcontrol: add max_childs command
287 udevd: control log-priority of the running daemon with udevcontrol
288 udeveventrecorder: add small program that writes an event to disk
289 klibc: add missing files
290 udevinitsend: handle replay messages correctly
291 udev man page: add operators
292 udevd: allow starting of udevd with stopped exec-queue
293 klibc: version 1.0.14
294 udev: handle all events - not only class and block devices
295 volume_id: use udev-provided log-level
296 udev: clear lists if a new value is assigned
297 udev: move dev.d/ handling to external helper
298 udev: allow final assignments :=
299 udevd: improve timeout handling
300 Makefile: fix DESTDIR
302 udevd: add udevcontrol
303 udevd: listen for netlink events
306 Dialout group fix for capi devices in the gentoo rules file
308 Summary of changes from v057 to v058
309 ============================================
312 o Writing udev rules docs update
315 o update cdsymlinks to latest version
318 o remove detach_state files from the sysfs test tree
319 o Update permissions on test scripts so they will run properly now
320 o hopefully fix up the symlinks in the test directory
321 o Removed klibc/klibc.spec as it is autogenerated
322 o Added symlinks thanks to Kay's script and git hacking
323 o add Red Hat/Fedora html documenation
324 o Update Red Hat default udev rules
327 o selinux: fix handling during creation of symlinks
328 o Fedora udev.rules update
329 o libsysfs: version 2.0
330 o klibc: version 1.0.7
333 o Fix libsysfs issue with relying on the detach_state file to be
335 Summary of changes from v056 to v057
336 ============================================
338 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
339 o fix stupid all_partitions bug
342 o add test for make -j4 to build-check
343 o klibc: version 1.0.6
344 o update Debian rules
345 o apply default permissions only for devices that will need it
346 o adapt RELEASE-NOTES
347 o udev_volume_id: fix endianess macros
348 o udev-test.pl: add test for DEVNAME export to RUN environment
349 o update the man page to reflect the recent changes
350 o export DEVNAME to RUN-key executed programs
351 o fix make -j4 and the local klibc-install
352 o update RELEASE-NOTES
353 o add RUN key to be able to run rule based notification
354 o fix udevtest to print the error if logging is disabled
355 o move execute_program to utils + add action to init_device
356 o correct correction for error path for PROGRAM execution
357 o correct error path for PROGRAM execution
358 o klibc: version 1.0.5
359 o check for strlen()==0 before accessing strlen()-1
360 o allow to match against empty key values
361 o read %s{}-sysfs values at any device in the chain
362 o udev_rules.c: don't change sysfs_device while walking up the device chain
363 o klibc: strlcpy/strlcat - don't alter destination if size == 0
364 o fix klibc's broken strlcpy/strlcat
365 o udevinfo: print SYSFS attribute the same way we match it
366 o remove untrusted chars read from sysfs-values or returned by PROGRAM
367 o udevinfo: print errors to stderr instead of stdout
368 o klibc: version 1.0.4
369 o support log-priority levels in udev.conf
370 o test-suite: remove UDEV_TEST, it's not needed anymore
371 o libsysfs: remove trailing slash on SYSFS_PATH override
374 Summary of changes from v055 to v056
375 ============================================
377 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
378 o fix header paths in udev_libc_wrapper.c
381 o udev-test.pl: use more common user/group names
382 o klibc: remove SCCS directories from the temporary klibc install
383 o udev-test.pl: add a test where the group cannot be found in /etc/passwd
384 o udev-test.pl: add check for textual uid/gid
385 o fix bad typo that prevents the GROUP to be applied
386 o udevd: don't delay events with TIMEOUT in the environment
387 o klibc: use klcc wrapper instead of our own Makefile
388 o change call_foreach_file to return a list
391 Summary of changes from v054 to v055
392 ============================================
394 <jkluebs:luebsphoto.com>:
395 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.
397 <pebenito:gentoo.org>:
400 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
401 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
402 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.
406 o added frugalware udev ruleset
407 o merge selinux and Kay's symlink fixes together
410 o volume_id: Fix label/uuid reading for reiserfs
413 o add udevstart to the RELEASE-NOTES
414 o volume_id: version 43
415 o clarify the shortcomings of %e
416 o correct rule match for devices without a physical device
417 o remove unneeded code, libsysfs does this for us
418 o add final release note
419 o add ENV{} key to match agains environment variables
420 o simplify sysfs_pair handling
421 o add a test and simplify debug statement
422 o support =, ==, !=, += for the key match and assignment
423 o add OPTION="last_rule" to skip any later rule
424 o rename namedev_dev to udev_rule
425 o correct enum device_type
426 o remove udevstart on make clean
427 o volume_id: version 42
428 o volume_id: version 41
429 o remove unneeded include
430 o The path to dlist.h is not correct
431 o udevinfo -d: use '=' as separator, cause ':' may be a part of the devpath
432 o klibc: version 1.0.3
433 o add RELEASE-NOTES file
434 o test suite: move "driver" link to physical device
435 o remove PLACE key match
436 o don't lookup "root" in the userdb
438 o fix segfaulting udev while DRIVER matching
440 o klibc: version 0.214
441 o rename device_list->list to device_list->node
442 o replace strncpy()/strncat() by strlcpy()/strlcat()
443 o split udev and udevstart
444 o udev_volume_id: version 39
445 o rename LOG to USE_LOG in all places
446 o remove Makefile magic for klibc integration
447 o klibc_fixups: remove no longer needed stuff
448 o udev_volume_id: volume_id v38
449 o use numeric owner/group as default values to avoid parsing userdb
450 o fix up segfaulting binaries with new klibc
451 o udevinfo -d: speed-up device dump
452 o klibc: version 0.211
453 o klibc_fixups: remove unneeded stuff
454 o replace weird defines by real code
455 o udev-test.pl: remove useless tests
456 o allow unlimitied count of symlinks
457 o unmap db-file after use
458 o remove typedef for call_foreach_file() handler function
459 o correct udev_init_device
460 o rename attributes to options
461 o kill stupid gcc4 warning
462 o trivial clenaup of namedev code
463 o klibc: check for gcc4
464 o klibc: update v0.205
467 o gentoo rule update for raid devices
470 Summary of changes from v053 to v054
471 ============================================
473 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
474 o udev_volume_id: add Reiser4 support
477 o namedev: skip backslashes only if followed by newline
478 o wait_for_sysfs: add joydev
479 o udevinfo: print devpath -> node relationship for all devices
480 o trivial rename of some variables
482 o big libsysfs diet (pre 2.0 version)
483 o udev_volume_id: volume_id v35
484 o add "serio" to bus list
485 o determine device type in udev_init_device()
486 o move kernel name/number evaluation into udev_init_device()
487 o detect NAME="" as ignore_device rule
488 o trivial namedev cleanup
489 o cleanup db functions
490 o clean up match_place()
491 o switch device type to enum
492 o switch major/minor to dev_t
493 o remove the device node only if the major/minor number matches
494 o libsysfs: work around a klibc bug
495 o introduce OPTIONS=ignore_device, ignore_remove, all_partitions" key
496 o namedev: execute PROGRAM only once and not possibly for every physical device
499 o update scsi_id to work with libsysfs changes
502 Summary of changes from v052 to v053
503 ============================================
506 o fix gentoo fb permission issue
507 o allow simple-build-check.sh to go faster if MAKEOPTS is set
508 o make the release tarballs have writable files in them
509 o remove gentoo permission file as it's not valid anymore
512 o fix special file mode mask for temporary device node
513 o udevstart: simplify "dev" file searching
514 o udev_volume_id: remove temporary node creation and parent handling
515 o add %P modifier to query the node name of the parent device
516 o udev_volume_id: remove __packed__ from dasd structure as it does not work
517 o create /block/*/range count of partitons for all_partitions
520 o scsi_id changes for use with udev %N and %p
523 Summary of changes from v051 to v052
524 ============================================
527 o debian: update rules files
528 o raid-devfs.sh: devfs names for hardware RAID controllers
529 o scsi_id: when udevstart is started, /tmp is not writeable
530 o cdsymlinks.sh: trivial fix, the variable is initialized to '', not 0
532 <sschweizer:gmail.com>:
533 o gentoo/udev.rules: add default permissions for sound devices
536 o fix example comment in ide-devfs.sh
537 o Add infiniband to gentoo rules
538 o Another gentoo fix, adding dvb support
539 o Fix gentoo bug #76056 (fb device group permissions.)
540 o Fix gentoo bug #81102, device nodes for the pktcdvd device
543 o provide temporary device node for callouts to access the device
544 o udev_volume_id: fix dasd disklabel reading with -l option
545 o udev_volume_id: volume_id version 034
546 o udev_volume_id: rename probe_ibm into probe_dasd
547 o udev_volume_id: volume_id version 032
548 o Makefile: add some more warnings and prepare for clean gcc4 compile
549 o Makefile: cleanup conditional config option sections
550 o fix -Wsign-compare warnings
551 o chassis_id: clean compilation and fix bad function parameter passing
552 o simple_build_check: make it possible to pass KERNEL_DIR
553 o selinux: cleanup udev integration
556 o trivial: remove _all_ trailing slashes with no_trailing_slash()
557 o trivial: fix signedness
558 o namdev: allow symlink-only rules to specify node permissions
559 o udevd: fix valgrind warning
562 Summary of changes from v050 to v051
563 ============================================
565 <roland:digitalvampire.org>:
566 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" ;)
568 <tklauser:access.unizh.chbk>:
569 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.
571 Christian Bornträger:
572 o udev_volume_id: fix -d option
575 o gentoo fb permission fix
576 o fix gcc 2.96 issue in libsysfs
577 o remove the lfs startup script on request of the author
578 o clean up the aoe char device rules, and delete the block one as it's not needed
579 o add aoe block and char device rules to the gentoo rule file
580 o fix udev_volume_id build error
583 o rearrange link order in Makefile
586 o udev_volume_id: new version of volume_id
587 o klibc: update to version 0.198
588 o udev_volume_id: fix FAT label reading
589 o klibc: update to version 0.196
590 o udevd: throttle the forking of processes
591 o udevd: add possible initialization of expected_seqnum
592 o udevd: it's obviously not the brightest idea to exit a device node manager if it doesn't find /dev/null
593 o udevd: separate socket handling to prepare for other event sources
594 o udevd: support -d switch to become a daemon
595 o udev_volume_id: version 27
596 o udevd: split up message receiving an queueing
597 o remove useless warning if udev.conf contains keys not read by udev itself
598 o improve event sequence serialization
599 o remove udevsend syslog noise on udevd startup
600 o limit the initial timeout of the udevd event handling
601 o correct detection of hotplug.d/ udevsend loop
602 o correct log statement
603 o remove default_* permissions from udev.conf file
604 o update Fedora config files and add some more tests
605 o allow permissions only rules
606 o add SUBSYSTEM rule to catch all block devices and apply the disk permissions
607 o update Fedora config files
608 o handle renamed network interfaces properly if we manage hotplug.d/
609 o allow multiline rules by backslash at the end of the line
610 o add OnStream tape drive rules
611 o simplify rules file by setting default mode to 0660
612 o simplify permission application
613 o I broke the extras/ again. Add simple build test script now
614 o Merge vrfy.org:/home/kay/src/udev into vrfy.org:/home/kay/src/udev.kay
615 o initial merge of fedora udev.permissions into udev.rules
616 o remove permissions file mentioning from the udev man page
617 o fix some typos in gentoo's udev.rules introduced by the merge
620 o The attached patch fixes the code path if namedev_name_device() fails
622 Summary of changes from v049 to v050
623 ============================================
628 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
629 o I made some more changes to the manpage of udev including
632 o update libsysfs to CVS version and fix segfaulting attribute reading
633 o klibc supports LOG_PID now, so remove our own implementation
634 o avoid building klibc test programs and pass SUBDIRS= to klibc clean
637 Summary of changes from v048 to v049
638 ============================================
641 o fix 'make clean' error in klibc
644 o update klibc to 0.194
645 o export DEVNAME regardless of the state of udev_dev_d
646 o add class specific files for class/spi_transport and class/spi_host
647 o udevd-test.pl: remove wrong date calculation
648 o check earlier if we should run as udevstart
649 o remove double initialization
650 o include missing header to udevtest.c
651 o add -V option to udev to print the version number
652 o prevent udev node creatinon for "class" registration
653 o udevd: serialization of the event sequence of a chain of devices
654 o add a class/fc_host file to the list of what to wait for
655 o udev_volume_id: links sysfs.a instead of all objects
658 o remove leftover from udevinfo's -d option
661 Summary of changes from v047 to v048
662 ============================================
665 o fix udev_volume_id so it will now build properly
666 o fix scsi_id build errors due to changes in the main udev makefile
669 Summary of changes from v046 to v047
670 ============================================
672 <klauser:access.unizh.ch>:
673 o Various typos and other litte errors in udev.8.in
675 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
676 o DEVNAME on device removal
678 <sschweizer:gmail.com>:
679 o Allow GROUP to have modifiers in it
682 o add more debian rules files
683 o move distro specific config files into their own directories
684 o update debian rules files
685 o added asterix rules to the gentoo file
686 o use udevstart for udev.init.* files
687 o delete a bunch of files no longer needed
688 o fix gentoo scsi cdrom rule
689 o Fix the multithreaded build again
691 o comment out ability to run udev-test.pl with valgrind
692 o fix spurious valgrind warning in udev
693 o fix udevinfo '-q path' option as it was not working
695 o fix parallel build error
698 o update Fedora dev.d/ example and remove unused conf.d/ directory
699 o don't install distribution specific init script on "make install"
700 o restore OWNER/GROUP assignment in rule coming from RESULT
701 o make gcov compile scripts working with recent gcc
702 o fix udev-test/udev-test.pl to work with again
703 o add net/atml and class/ppdev to the wait_for_sysfs exception list
704 o add net/nlv* devices to the exception list
705 o add "pcmcia" and "fc_transport" to the wait_for_sysfs lists
706 o remove unused timestamp field
707 o simplify permission handling
708 o handle /etc/hotplug.d/ only if the event comes from udevd
709 o trivial cleanups and change some comments
710 o remove unused variables
711 o udevsend/udevd handle events without a subsystem
712 o use blacklist on device "remove" and remove dev.d/ call code duplication
713 o update the man pages and correct Usage: hints
714 o don't call the hotplug scripts with a test run
715 o don't call dev.d/ scripts twice, if directory = subsystem
716 o remove archive file if we changed something
717 o link archive insted of objects
718 o rename udev_lib to udev_utils and dev_d to udev_multiplex
719 o handle whole hotplug event with udevd/udev
720 o integrate wait_for_sysfs in udev
721 o make the searched multiplex directories conditionally
722 o add MANAGED_EVENT to the forked udev environment
723 o export DEVNAME on remove event
724 o export udev_log flag to the environment
725 o remove my test code
726 o add support for /devices-devices without any file to wait for
727 o Patch from Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
728 o add a bunch of busses to the list of what to wait for
729 o close connection to syslog in forked udevd child
730 o udevd exit path cleanup
731 o fix network device naming bug
734 Summary of changes from v045 to v046
735 ============================================
738 o make spotless for releases
741 o Don't try to print major/minor for devices without a dev file
742 o remove get_device_type and merge that into udev_set_values()
743 o prevent udevd crash if DEVPATH is not set
744 o add ippp and bcrypt to the exception lists of wait_for_sysfs
745 o let klibc add the trailing newline to syslog conditionally
746 o disable logging for udevstart
747 o add NAME{ignore_remove} attribute
748 o remove historical SYSFS_attr="value" format
749 o don't wait for sysfs if the kernel(2.6.10-rc2) tells us what not to expect
750 o change key names in udevinfo sysfs walk to match the kernel
751 o support DRIVER as a rule key
752 o support SUBSYSTEM as a rule key
753 o rename udevdb* to udev_db*
754 o Make dev.d/ handling a separate processing stage
755 o make the udev object available to more processing stages
756 o remove udev_lib dependency from udevsend, which makes it smaller
757 o add ACTION to udev object to expose it to the whole process
758 o make udevinfo's -r option also workimg for symlink queries
759 o let udev act as udevstart if argv[1] == "udevstart"
760 o improve udevinfo sysfs info walk
761 o add sysfs info walk to udevinfo
762 o pass the whole event environment to udevd
763 o replace tdb database by simple lockless file database
766 Summary of changes from v044 to v045
767 ============================================
770 o Some updates for Gentoo's udev rules
773 Summary of changes from v043 to v044
774 ============================================
777 o add cdsymlinks.sh support to gentoo rules file
778 o fix gentoo legacy tty rule
779 o remove 'sudo' usage from the Makefile
780 o make udev-test.pl test for root permissions before running
783 o reduce syslog noise of udevsend if multiple instances try to start udevd
784 o add i2c-dev to the list of devices without a bus
787 Summary of changes from v042 to v043
788 ============================================
791 o add test target to makefile
792 o add dumb script to show all sysfs devices in the system
795 o Shut up wait_for_sysfs class/net failure messages, as it's not possible to
796 get that right for all net devices. Kernels later than 2.6.10-rc1 will
797 handle that by carrying the neccessary information in the hotplug event.
798 o wait() for specific pid to return from fork()
799 o Don't use any syslog() in signal handler, cause it may deadlock
800 o Add support for highpoint ataraid to volume_id to suppress label reading on raid set members.
801 o Add a bunch of devices without "device" symlinks
802 o Exit, if udevtest cannot open the device (segfault)
803 o Patches from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
804 o Apply the default permissions even if we found a entry in the permissions
805 file. Correct one test, as the default is applied correctly now and the
806 mode will no longer be 0000.
807 o add test for format chars in multiple symlinks to replace
808 o Add net/vmnet and class/zaptel to the list of devices without physical device
811 Summary of changes from v040 to v042
812 ============================================
815 o add inotify to the rules for gentoo
818 o skip waiting for device if we get a bad event for class creation and not for a device underneath it
819 o add net/pan and net/bnep handling
820 o switch wait for bus_file to stat() instead of open() add net/tun device handling add ieee1394 device handling
821 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
822 o ignore *.rej files from failed patches
823 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.
824 o improve klibc fixup integration
825 o cleanup udevd/udevstart
826 o expose sysfs functions for sharing it
829 Summary of changes from v039 to v040
830 ============================================
833 o wait_for_sysfs update for dm devices
836 o sparse cleanups on the tree
837 o fix stupid cut-and-paste error for msr devices on gentoo boxes
838 o add *~ to bk ignore list
839 o delete udevruler.c as per Kay's request
840 o fix up the wait_for_sysfs_test script a bit
843 o fix debug in volume id / fix clashing global var name
846 o cleanup netif handling and netif-dev.d/ events
847 o big cleanup of internal udev api
848 o don't wait for dummy devices
850 o Fix ppp net devices in wait_for_sysfs
851 o Fix wait_for_sysfs messages (more debugging info)
854 Summary of changes from v038 to v039
855 ============================================
858 o Hopefully fix the vcs issue in wait_for_sysfs
859 o take out & from wait_for_sysfs_test that I previously missed
860 o add very nice cdsymlinks scripts
861 o add some helper scripts for dvb and input devices
862 o add debian config files
863 o let the extras/ programs build "pretty" also
864 o tweak the ccdv program to handle files in subdirectories being built
865 o crap, I messed up the 'sed' instances pretty badly, this fixes the config and man page mess
866 o fix broken 'make -j5' functionality
869 o swich attribute open() to simple stat()
870 o wait_for_sysfs update for /class/firmware and /class/net/irda devices
871 o fix unusual sysfs behavior for pcmcia_socket
872 o remove sleeps from udev as it is external now
877 o update udev to scsi_id 0.7
878 o pass SYSFS setting down for extras builds
879 o move assignments past local variables
882 Summary of changes from v037 to v038
883 ============================================
885 <andrew.patterson:hp.com>:
886 o Re: Problem parsing %s in udev rules
889 o fix up error in building extras and libsysfs
891 Summary of changes from v036 to v037
892 ============================================
898 o fix compilation warning in tdb log message
899 o Fix build error with klibc due to recent changes
901 o add wait_for_sysfs test script to the tarball to help people debug their boxes
902 o add ipsec to wait_for_sysfs ignore list
903 o added ccdv to bk ignore list
904 o a few more Makefile tweaks for the quiet feature
905 o Make the build silent, thanks to a helper program from ncftp
906 o rename files to have '_' instead of '-' in them
907 o change max time to wait in wait_for_sysfs to 10 seconds to hopefully handle some slow machines
908 o add support for class/raw/ to wait_for_sysfs
909 o fix up Makefile for wait_for_sysfs udev_version.h dependancy
910 o remove the debian specific file, as they don't want to share with the rest of the world :(
913 o prevent deadlocks on an corrupt udev database
914 o wait_for_sysfs_update
918 o fix incompatible pointer type warning
921 Summary of changes from v035 to v036
922 ============================================
925 o add the error number to the error message in wait_for_sysfs to help out in debugging problems
927 Summary of changes from v034 to v035
928 ============================================
931 o added ieee1394 support to wait_for_sysfs
932 o update wait_for_sysfs with a bunch more devices thanks to user reports
934 Summary of changes from v033 to v034
935 ============================================
938 o wait_for_sysfs bluetooth class update
941 o add comment in wait_for_sysfs to explain the structure better
942 o Revert previous dev_d.c change, it's not what is causing HAL problems
943 o hm, somethings odd with DEVPATH, see if this fixes it
944 o 33_bk mark for the makefile
945 o wait_for_sysfs: clean up the logic for the list of devices that we do not expect device symlinks for
946 o get rid of annoying extra lines in the syslog for some libsysfs debug messages
947 o added support for i2c devices in wait_for_sysfs.c
948 o add support for i2c-adapter devices to wait_for_sysfs.c
950 Summary of changes from v032 to v033
951 ============================================
955 o some cleanups and security fixes
956 o some cleanups and security fixes
958 o cleanup PATCH for extras/chassis_id/Makefile
960 <kpfleming:backtobasicsmgmt.com>:
961 o respect prefix= setting in built udev.conf (updated)
964 o add support for usb interfaces to wait_for_sysfs to keep it quiet
965 o enable native tdb spinlocks on i386 platforms
966 o delete extras/multipath-tools as per the author's request
967 o be paranoid in dev_d.c
968 o add USE_SELINUX to README documentation so people have a chance to see what is going on
969 o update the selinux.h file to start to look sane
970 o update bk ignore list for the wait_for_sysfs binary
971 o kdetv wants to see device nodes in /dev
972 o update comments in scsi-devfs.sh
973 o fix up Makefiles to get the klibc build working properly
974 o update bk ignore list for new klibc generated files
975 o oops forgot to add the new klibc/include directory
976 o update klibc to version 0.181
979 o fix problems with dev.d and udevstart
980 o wait_for_sysfs debug cleanup
981 o fix problems using scsi_id with udevstart
983 o finally solve the bad sysfs-timing for all of us
984 o volume-id build fix and update
985 o switch udev's seqnum to u64
987 o fix udev segfaults with bad permissions file
990 o update udev to include scsi_id 0.6
993 Summary of changes from v031 to v032
994 ============================================
1000 o handle only block and class devices
1001 o fix udevstart badly broken in udev 031
1004 Summary of changes from v030 to v031
1005 ============================================
1007 <arun:codemovers.org>:
1008 o udev - read long lines from config files overflow fix
1010 <ballarin.marc:gmx.de>:
1011 o Update the FAQ with info about hardlink security
1014 o compatibility symlinks for udev
1017 o Minor POSIX-fixes for udev
1020 o add symlink for video rule
1021 o add a "first" list to udevstart and make it contain the class/mem/ devices
1022 o fix compiler warning in udevtest.c
1023 o Fix old-style pty breakage in rules file for tty device
1024 o add rules for i386 cpu devices
1025 o add permission for legotower usb devices
1028 o Fix naming ethernet devices in udevstart
1029 o update udev_volume_id
1030 o let /sbin/hotplug execute udev earlier
1031 o pass SEQNUM trough udevd
1032 o fix manpages based on esr's spambot
1035 o add microcode rule to permissions.gentoo file
1038 o Try to provide a bit of security for hardlinks to /dev entries
1041 o udevsend depends on udev_lib.o
1045 o clean up start_udev a bit
1046 o Make udev/udevstart be one binary
1047 o Add 'asmlinkage' to udev-030
1050 Summary of changes from v029 to v030
1051 ============================================
1054 o fix stupid off-by-one bug that caused udevstart to die on x86-64 boxes
1057 Summary of changes from v028 to v029
1058 ============================================
1061 o add permission rule for jogdial device
1062 o fix dumb bug I added to udevstart
1063 o make a "last list" of devices for udevstart to operate on last
1064 o fix permission problem with input event and ts nodes for gentoo
1065 o change default perms of misc/rtc to be readable by anyone
1068 o allow NAME_SIZE > SYSFS_PATH_MAX
1071 Summary of changes from v027 to v028
1072 ============================================
1074 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
1075 o Patch for chassis_id exras module
1078 o Writing udev rules doc update
1081 o clean up block whitelist search logic a bit
1082 o reverse order of scanning of udevstart to look at class before block
1085 o update udev_volume_id
1088 o udevstart performance increase
1091 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.5
1094 Summary of changes from v026 to v027
1095 ============================================
1097 <fork0:users.sf.net>:
1098 o fix handle leak in udev_lib.c
1101 o tweak the gentoo default permission rules as they are wrong for tty and misc devices
1104 Summary of changes from v025 to v026
1105 ============================================
1111 o add test for ! in partition name
1113 o Update to version 117 of klibc (from version 108)
1114 o add volume_id ignore rule for bk
1115 o add volume_id support to the udev.spec file
1116 o remove dbus and selinux stuff from the udev.spec file
1117 o delete udev_selinux as it doesn't work properly and is the wrong way to do it
1118 o Deleted the udev_dbus extra as it didn't really work properly and HAL has a real solution now
1119 o add udev.permissions.slackware file
1120 o udevstart: close open directories
1124 o catchup with recent klibc
1125 o Re: udevsend fallback
1126 o udev_volume_id update
1127 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
1128 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
1129 o udev default config layout changes
1132 o evaluate getenv() return value for udev_config.c
1134 Summary of changes from v024 to v025
1135 ============================================
1138 o devfs.sh-ide-floppy
1140 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
1141 o DEVNODE -> DEVNAME transition fixes
1144 o Update writing udev rules docs
1147 o make dev.d call each directory in the directory chain of the device name, instead of just the whole name
1148 o add devd_test script
1149 o add more permissions based on SuSE's recommendations
1150 o added rules for tun and raw devices
1151 o add udev conf.d file
1152 o Switch the default config to point to a directory for the rules and permission files
1153 o update the Red Hat .dev files to work on other distros
1154 o add dbus.dev, pam_console.dev and selinux.dev files for /etc/dev.d/default/ usage
1155 o add hints for red hat users from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1156 o add scripts to run gcov for udev from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1157 o change permissions on udevd test scripts
1158 o Fix build process for users who have LC_ALL set to a non-english language
1159 o Added expanded tests to the test framework from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1160 o added execelent "writing udev rules" document from Daniel Drake <dan@reactivated.net>
1161 o added rule to put USB printers in their proper places
1162 o added rules for CAPI devices
1163 o added a dev.d alsa script to help people out
1166 o fix test regressions
1167 o udev_selinux changes
1170 o fix devpath for netdev
1176 Summary of changes from v023 to v024
1177 ============================================
1179 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
1180 o Add README for chassis_id
1181 o Add chassis_id program to extras directory
1183 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
1184 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups
1187 o fix SEGV in libsysfs/dlist.c
1189 <maryedie:osdl.org>:
1190 o add OSDL documentation for persistent naming
1193 o small ide-devfs.sh fix
1196 o remove compiler warning from udevd.c
1197 o only generate udev.8 on the fly, not all other man pages
1198 o update bk ignore list some more
1199 o update bk ignore list
1200 o switch to generate the man pages during the normal build, not during the install
1201 o convert udev.8.in to use @udevdir@ macro for make install
1202 o first step of making man pages dynamically generated
1203 o add install and uninstall the etc/dev.d/net/hotplug.dev file to the Makefile
1204 o tweak net_test a bit
1205 o fix some segfaults when running udevtest for network devices
1206 o make a net_test test script using udevtest
1207 o handle the subsytem if provided in udevtest
1208 o add hotplug.dev script to handle renamed network devices
1209 o add a bunch of network class devices to the test sysfs tree
1210 o add udevruler to the bk ignore list
1211 o update RFC-dev.d docs due to DEVNODE to DEVNAME change
1212 o clean up chassis_id coding style
1213 o clean up the OSDL document formatting a bit
1214 o add netlink rules to devfs and gentoo rules files
1215 o added USB device rules to rules files
1216 o clean up the gentoo rules file a bit more, adding dri rules
1217 o fix up udev.rules to handle oss rules better
1219 o fix udev.spec file for where udevtest should be placed
1222 o tweak node unlink handling
1223 o switch udevd's msg_dump() to #define
1224 o handle netdev in udevruler
1226 o put config info in db for netdev
1227 o increase udevd event timeout
1229 o put netdev handling and dev.d/ in manpages
1230 o DEVPATH for netdev
1231 o netdev - udevdb+dev.d changes
1232 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups - take 2
1234 o dev_d.c file sorting and cleanup
1235 o apply all_partitions rule to main block device only
1238 Summary of changes from v022 to v023
1239 ============================================
1242 o hmm, handle net devices with udev?
1243 o correct apply_format() for symlink only rules
1244 o don't init namedev on remove
1245 o first stupid try for a rule compose gui
1246 o replace fgets() with mmap() and introduce udev_lib.[hc]
1247 o make udevtest a real program :)
1249 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1253 o create the /etc/dev.d/ directories in 'make install'
1254 o actually have udev run files ending in .dev in the /etc/dev.d/ directory as documented
1255 o added RFC-dev.d document detailing how /etc/dev.d/ works
1256 o fixed up udev.spec to handle selinux stuff properly now
1257 o remove USE_DBUS and USE_SELINUX flags from the README as they are no longer present
1258 o remove selinux stuff from the main Makefile
1259 o move udev_selinux into extras/selinux
1260 o fix dbus build in the udev.spec file
1261 o remove dbus stuff from main Makefile
1262 o move udev_dbus to extras/dbus
1263 o udev_dbus can now compile properly, but linnking is another story
1264 o remove udev_dbus.h from Makefile
1265 o first cut at standalone udev_selinux program
1266 o remove selinux support from udev core as it's no longer needed
1267 o first cut at standalone udev_dbus program
1268 o add get_devnode() helper to udev_lib for udev_dbus program
1269 o remove dbus code from core udev code as it's no longer needed to be there
1270 o add /etc/dev.d/ support for udev add and remove events
1271 o fix build error in namedev.c caused by previous patch
1273 o fix 'make spotless' to really do that in klibc
1274 o add a question/answer about automounting usb devices to the FAQ
1275 o mark scsi-devfs.sh as executable
1276 o Increase the name size as requested by Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
1277 o fix udevtest to build properly after the big udev_lib change
1280 o uninitialized variable for mknod and friend
1283 o SCSI logical and physical names for udev
1286 o Trivial man page typo fixes to udev
1289 Summary of changes from v021 to v022
1290 ============================================
1292 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
1293 o more Libsysfs updates
1296 <async:cc.gatech.edu>:
1297 o fix HOWTO-udev_for_dev for udevdir
1300 o udev-test.pl cleanup
1301 o add dev node test to udev-test.pl
1302 o add permission tests
1303 o "symlink only" test
1304 o callout part selector tweak
1305 o cleanup callout fork
1306 o allow to specify node permissions in the rule
1308 o put symlink only rules to the man page
1309 o rename strn*() macros to strmax
1310 o conditional remove of trailing sysfs whitespace
1311 o clarify udevinfo text
1312 o better fix for NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
1313 o overall trivial trivial cleanup
1314 o fix NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
1315 o cleanup mult field string handling
1318 o fix a type in docs/libsysfs.txt
1319 o Added line to udev.permissions.redhat
1320 o Include more examples in the docs area for gentoo and redhat
1326 o add big major tests to udev-test.pl
1327 o add a test for a minor over 255
1328 o udev-test.pl: print out major:minor and perm test "ok" if is ok
1329 o make perm and major:minor test errors be reported properly
1330 o remove extra ; in namedev_parse.c
1331 o Added multipath-tools 0.1.1 release
1332 o deleted current extras/multipath directory
1334 o fix the build for older versions of gcc
1337 o Small fix to remove extra "will" in man page
1341 o udev* segfaults with new klibc
1344 o add tests for NAME="foo-%c{N}"
1346 Summary of changes from v020 to v021
1347 ============================================
1350 o install udevinfo in /usr/bin
1351 o blacklist pcmcia_socket
1354 o fix udev.spec to find udevinfo now that it has moved to /usr/bin
1355 o Fix another problem with Makefile installing initscript
1356 o fix the Makefile to install the init script into the proper directory
1357 o make spec file turn off selinux support by default
1360 Summary of changes from v019 to v020
1361 ============================================
1363 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1367 o man page udevstart
1369 o bugfix for local user
1372 o clarify udevinfo device walk
1373 o udevinfo symlink reverse query
1374 o fix stroul endptr use
1375 o add $local user spport for permissions
1376 o udev - man page update
1377 o udev - fix debug info for multiple rule file config
1378 o udev - kill udevd on install
1379 o udev - activate formt length attribute
1380 o udev - safer sprintf() use
1383 o no error on enoent
1384 o escape dashes in man pages
1385 o remove usage of expr in ide-devfs.sh
1388 o automatically install correct initscript
1389 o update documetation for $local
1392 o Add symlink only rules support
1395 o update the TODO list as we already have a devfs config file
1396 o make start_udev use udevstart binary
1398 o Remove Debian permission files as the Debian maintainer doesn't seem to want to share :(
1399 o update the Gentoo rules files
1400 o Add Red Hat rules and permissions files
1401 o add udevstart to the ignore list
1402 o add udevstart program based on a old patch from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
1403 o unlink the file before we try to create it
1404 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
1407 Summary of changes from v018 to v019
1408 ============================================
1412 o udev - correct relative symlink
1413 o udev - safer string handling - part four
1414 o udev - safer string handling - part three
1415 o udev - safer string handling - part two
1416 o udev - man page update
1417 o udev - safer string handling all over the place
1419 o udev - allow all files in a directory as the config
1420 o udev - simple klibc textual uid/gid handling
1423 o do not remove real .udev.tdb during RPM build
1426 o add new TODO item about local user permissions
1427 o Add initial SELinux support for udev
1428 o fix build for very old versions of make
1429 o remove limit of the number of args passed to PROGRAM
1430 o force udev to include the internal version of libsysfs and never the external one
1431 o fix up libsysfs header file usage to fix bug reports from users that have sysfsutils installed already
1432 o remove udevtest on 'make clean'
1433 o remove udevd priority TODO item, as it's not needed at all
1436 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.4
1439 Summary of changes from v017 to v018
1440 ============================================
1442 <ext.devoteam.varoqui:sncf.fr>:
1443 o [PATCH] symlink dm-[0-9]* rule
1444 o update extras/multipath
1446 <john-hotplug:fjellstad.org>:
1447 o init.d debian patch
1450 o udev - TODO update
1451 o udev - add %s{filename} to man page
1452 o udev - udevd/udevsend man page
1453 o udev - switch callout part selector to {attribute}
1454 o udev - switch SYSFS_file to SYSFS{file}
1455 o udev - create all partitions of blockdevice
1457 o Adding '%s' format specifier to NAME and SYMLINK
1460 o added some scsi_id files to the bk ignore file
1461 o added scsi_id and some more documentation to the udev.spec file
1462 o update udev.rules.gentoo with new config file format
1463 o Update the Gentoo udev.rules and udev.permissions files
1464 o Create a udev.rules.examples file to hold odd udev.rules
1465 o add udevd priority issue to the TODO list
1466 o more HOWTO cleanups
1467 o add HOWTO detailing how to use udev to manage /dev
1468 o mv libsysfs/libsysfs.h to libsysfs/sysfs/libsysfs.h to make it easier to use
1469 o add start_udev init script
1470 o add support for UDEV_NO_SLEEP env variable so Gentoo people will be happy
1471 o start up udevd ourselves in the init script to give it some good priorities
1472 o update the red hat init script to handle nodes that are not present
1473 o add a "old style" SYSFS_attribute test to udev-test.pl
1474 o Have udevsend report more info in debug mode
1475 o Have udevd report it's version in debug mode
1476 o fix up bug created for udevtest in previous partition creation patch
1477 o update the udev.spec to add udevtest and make some more Red Hat suggested changes
1478 o add ability to install udevtest to Makefile
1480 o Add another test to udev-test.pl and fix a bug when only running 1 test
1481 o Fix bug where we did not use the "converted" kernel name if we had no rule
1484 o udev use new libsysfs header file location
1485 o udev add some ID tests
1488 Summary of changes from v016 to v017
1489 ============================================
1491 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1492 o make logging a config option
1494 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1495 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
1496 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
1497 o update extras/multipath
1500 o udev - keep private data out of the database?
1501 o better credential patch
1502 o udevd - client access authorization
1503 o compile udevd with klibc
1504 o udev - fix "ignore method"
1505 o udev - fix cdrom symlink rule
1506 o convert udevsend/udevd to DGRAM and single-threaded
1507 o udevd - kill the lockfile
1508 o udevd - fix socket path length
1509 o udevd - switch socket path to abstract namespace
1510 o udevd - allow to bypass sequence number
1511 o include used function
1514 o add udev_log to the documentation
1515 o fix offsetof() define in klibc
1516 o add some .spec file changes from Red Hat
1517 o update the init.d udev script based on a patch from Red Hat
1518 o remove the .udev.tdb when installing or uninstalling to be safe
1519 o remove the database at startup
1520 o fix bug in permission handling
1521 o update klibc to version .107
1522 o update the bitkeeper ignore file list
1523 o add udevtest program to build
1524 o fix problem where usb devices can be either the main device or the interface
1525 o more logging.h cleanups to be a bit more flexible
1526 o stop using mode_t as different libcs define it in different ways :(
1527 o remove some more KLIBC fixups that are no longer needed
1528 o let udev-test.pl run an individual test if you ask it to
1529 o Handle the '!' character that some block devices have
1530 o add a block device with a ! in the name, and a test for this
1531 o fix up 'make release' to use bk to build the export tree
1532 o fix log option code so that it actually works for all udev programs
1533 o finish syncing up with klibc
1534 o sync with latest version of klibc (0.107)
1535 o fix up Makefile dependancies for udev_version.h
1538 o udev add wild card compare for ID
1539 o udev kill extra bus_id compares in match_id
1542 Summary of changes from v015 to v016
1543 ============================================
1545 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
1546 o get_dev_number() in extras/ide-devfs.sh
1549 o FAQ udev.rules.devfs
1552 o add udevd and udevsend to the spec file
1553 o make /etc/hotplug.d/default/udev.hotplug symlink point to udevsend now
1554 o add KERNEL_DIR option so that the distros will be happy
1555 o make udevsend binary even smaller
1556 o udevsend now almost compiles with klibc, struct sockaddr_un is only problem now
1557 o fix up logging code so that it can be built without it being enabled
1558 o rework the logging code so that each program logs with the proper name in the syslog
1559 o remove logging.c as it's no longer needed
1560 o kill the last examples that contained the %D option
1561 o remove a __KLIBC__ tests in libsysfs, as klibc now supports getpagesize()
1562 o udevd - remove stupid locking error I wrote
1563 o update to klibc version 0.101, fixing the stdin bug
1564 o fix Makefile typo for USE_LSB install
1565 o allow dbus code to actually build again
1568 o let udevsend build with klibc
1569 o udevd - config cleanup
1570 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
1571 o fix possible buffer overflow
1572 o udevd - next round of fixes
1573 o udevinfo - missing options for man page
1574 o udev - trivial style cleanup
1577 Summary of changes from v014 to v015
1578 ============================================
1580 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1581 o LFS init script update
1584 o update klibc to version 0.98
1585 o clean up udevinfo on 'make clean'
1586 o add udevinfo man page to spec file
1587 o remove command line documentation from udev man page
1588 o create initial version of udevinfo man page
1589 o added URL to spec file
1590 o add udevinfo to udev.spec file
1591 o add udevinfo to install target of Makefile
1592 o rip out command line code from udev, now that we have udevinfo
1593 o udevinfo doesn't need to declare main_envp
1594 o move get_pair to udev_config.c because udevinfo doesn't need all of namedev.o
1595 o more makefile cleanups
1596 o move udevinfo into the main build and clean up the main Makefile a bit
1597 o clean up compiler warnings if building using klibc
1598 o make udevd only have one instance running at a time
1599 o new testd.block script for debugging
1600 o udevsnd : clean up message creation logic a bit
1601 o make bk ignore udevd and udevsend binaries
1602 o whitespace cleanups
1603 o remove TODO item about BUS value, as it is now done
1604 o add support for figuring out which device on the sysfs "chain" the rule applies to
1607 o udevinfo - now a real program :)
1608 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
1609 o udev - next round of udev event order daemon
1611 o udev - udevinfo with device chain walk
1612 o spilt udev into pieces
1615 Summary of changes from v013 to v014
1616 ============================================
1618 <ananthmg:rediffmail.com>:
1619 o libsysfs update for refresh + namedev.c changes
1621 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1622 o udev-013/extras/multipath update
1624 <flamingice:sourmilk.net>:
1625 o minor patch for devfs rules
1628 o udev - program to query all device attributes to build a rule
1629 o set default owner/group in db - update
1630 o udev - reverse user query options
1631 o udev - kill %D from udev-test.pl
1632 o add udev logging to info log
1633 o udev - mention format string escape char in man page
1636 o misc code cleanups
1637 o fixup logging.h to handle different logging options properly
1638 o clean up the logging patch a bit to make the option more like the other options
1639 o remove the %D modifier as it is not longer needed
1640 o remove unneeded keyboard rule
1641 o add usb_host and pci_bus to the class blacklist
1642 o added input device rules to udev.rules and udev.rules.devfs
1646 o set default owner/group in db
1647 o small cut n paste error fix
1650 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.3
1653 Summary of changes from v012 to v013
1654 ============================================
1656 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
1657 o LSB init script and other stuff
1659 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
1660 o fix udev directory for Debian init script
1662 <tiggi:infa.abo.fi>:
1663 o udev 012 old gcc fixup
1666 o add IGNORE rule type
1670 o update TODO with some new, small items
1671 o Cset exclude: greg@kroah.com|ChangeSet|20040113010256|48515
1672 o update the README in a few places
1673 o fix -d typo in the manpage update
1674 o Fix stupid gcc "optimization" of 1 character printk() calls.... Ick
1675 o oops, forgot to fix up the PROGRAM result from ID to RESULT in the config files
1676 o Add alsa device rules and a few other devfs rules
1677 o fix a few stale comments in namedev.c
1678 o convert the default rules files to the new format
1679 o convert the test shell scripts to the config file format
1680 o add bus test for usb-serial bus
1681 o Add some helpful messages if the user uses the older config file format
1682 o added dri rule to the default config file
1683 o added init.d udev script for debian
1684 o add a script that tests the IGNORE rule
1685 o add silly script that names cdrom drives based on the cd in them
1686 o add cdrom rule for ide cdrom
1687 o replace list_for_each with list_for_each_entry, saving a few lines of code
1688 o add a blacklist of class devices we do not want to look at
1691 o fix klibc with printf() and gcc
1692 o udev - small script optimization
1693 o udev - introduce format escape char
1694 o udev - more CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
1695 o udev - CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
1696 o update documentation for new config file format
1697 o more advanced user query options
1698 o udev - simple debug tweak
1699 o udev - drop all methods :)
1700 o udev - advanced user query options
1701 o udev - Makefile error
1702 o udev - make exec_callout() reusable
1703 o udev - exec status fix for klibc
1704 o fix Silly udev script
1707 Summary of changes from v011 to v012
1708 ============================================
1710 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1711 o make symlink work properly if there is already a file in its place
1712 o Fix udev gcc-2.95.4 compat
1714 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1715 o extras multipath update
1716 o extras multipath update
1719 o mention user callable udev + options in man page
1720 o make udev user callable to query the database
1721 o depend on all .h files
1722 o cleanup namedev_parse debug text
1723 o extend exec_program[]
1724 o ide-devfs.sh update
1725 o fix for apply_format()
1726 o check for empty symlink string
1727 o 'ide' missing in bus_files[]
1728 o small trivial cleanup of latest changes
1730 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1731 o introduce signal handler
1734 o udev spec file update
1737 o minor grammer fixes for the udev_vs_devfs document
1738 o move the dbus config file to etc/dbus-1/system.d/
1739 o move the config files to etc/udev to clean up main directory a bit
1740 o add Gentoo versions of the rules and permissions files
1741 o if using glibc, link dynamically, as no one like 500Kb udev binaries
1742 o minor change to udev_vs_devfs document
1743 o added udev vs devfs supid document to the tree
1744 o move the signal handling registration to after we have initialized enough stuff
1745 o make ide-devfs.sh executable in the tree
1746 o udev.permissions.debian - forgot the dm nodes
1747 o update the udev.permissions.debian file with new entries
1748 o added udev.init script for the Linux From Scratch project
1752 Summary of changes from v010 to v011
1753 ============================================
1755 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1756 o proper cleanup on udevdb_init() failure
1759 o patch udev 009-010 rpm spec file
1762 o fix udev sed Makefile usage
1765 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the LABEL rule
1766 o add tests for LABEL rule with a device that has no bus
1767 o Don't require the BUS value for the LABEL rule
1768 o If a LABEL rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
1769 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the CALLOUT rule
1770 o If a CALLOUT rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
1771 o Don't require the BUS value for the CALLOUT rule
1772 o add test for callout rule with a device that has no bus
1774 o added different build options to the rpm udev.spec file
1775 o add pci to the bus_files list
1776 o check for empty line a bit better in the parser
1777 o more init script cleanups, the stop target now calls udev to cleanup instead of just removing the whole /udev directory
1778 o make udev init script run udev in the background to let startup go much faster
1779 o fix long delay for all devices in namedev
1782 Summary of changes from v009 to v010
1783 ============================================
1785 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
1788 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1789 o extras multipath update
1790 o extras multipath update
1791 o extras multipath update
1792 o extras multipath update
1796 o small cleanup udev-remove.c
1797 o experimental CALLOUT script for devfs ide node creation with cd, disc, part
1798 o add any valid device
1799 o introduce format char 'k' for kernel-name
1800 o trivial make fixes
1801 o don't overwrite old config on install
1802 o udev-remove.c cleanups
1803 o bug in udev-remove.c
1804 o trivial cleanup parser changes
1806 <roman.kagan:itep.ru>:
1807 o fix comment and whitespace handling in config files
1810 o Allow build with empty EXTRAS
1812 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1813 o libsysfs 0.4.0 patch
1814 o fix scsi_id segfault with udev-009
1818 o mark config files as such in the rpm spec file
1821 o fix complier warning in namedev.c
1822 o add documentation for the new '%k' modifier (kernel name replacement)
1823 o add documentation about the multiple sysfs values that are now allowed for the LABEL rule
1824 o add tests for multi-file LABEL rules
1825 o add ability to have up to 5 SYSFS_ file/value pairs for the LABEL rule
1826 o Just live with a sleep(1) in namedev for now until libsysfs is fixed up
1827 o try to wait until the proper device file shows up in sysfs
1828 o remove unneeded TODO and FIXME entry
1829 o clean up the stand-alone tests to work properly on other people's machines
1830 o add tests to catch whitespace and comment config file parsing errors
1833 Summary of changes from v008 to v009
1834 ============================================
1836 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1837 o more extras/multipath changes
1838 o and more extras/multipath updates
1839 o more extras/multipath updates
1840 o yet more extras/multipath
1841 o more extras/multipath updates
1842 o extras/multipath update
1845 o D-BUS patch for udev-008
1847 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
1848 o add init.d/udev to "make install"
1849 o add init.d/udev to the spec file
1852 o don't rely on field order in namedev_parse
1853 o get part of callout return string
1854 o remove '\n' from end of callout return
1855 o man-page mention multiple symlinks
1856 o allow multiple symlinks
1857 o cleanup man & remove symlink comment
1858 o experimental (very simple) SYMLINK creation
1860 o pattern match for label method
1861 o a bug in linefeed removal
1864 o remove udev from runlevels on uninstall
1865 o install initscript in udev rpm
1867 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1868 o pre-libsysfs-0.4.0 patch
1871 o signal fixes due to klibc update
1872 o sync klibc with release 0.95
1873 o add mol permissions to the debian permissions file
1874 o update the FAQ with info about bad modprobe events from the devfs scheme
1875 o some cleanups due to the need for LABEL rules to use "SYSFS_" now
1876 o Add restart target to the etc/init.d/udev script
1877 o tweak the config file generation portion of the Makefile a bit
1878 o change devfs disk name rule from 'disk' to 'disc'
1879 o add vc support to udev.rules.devfs
1880 o added a devfs udev config file from Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>
1881 o set default mode to 0600 to be safer
1882 o Makefile tweaks for the DBUS build
1883 o update the FAQ due to the latest devfs mess on lkml and also due to symlinks now working
1884 o document the different Makefile config options that we have
1885 o change USE_DBUS to DBUS in Makefile, and disable it by default as it's still to hard to build on all systems
1886 o fix formatting of udev_dbus.c to use tabs. Also get it to build properly now
1887 o move all of the DBUS logic into one file and remove all of the #ifdef crud from the main code
1890 o dump latest klibc into the udev build tree
1891 o use udevdir in udev.conf
1894 o better allow builds of extras programs under udev
1895 o update udev extras/scsi_id to version 0.2
1898 Summary of changes from v007 to v008
1899 ============================================
1901 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1902 o more config file parsing robustness
1904 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1905 o udev-007/extras/multipath update
1908 o Build failure - missing linux/limits.h include?
1909 o Add format modifier for devfs like naming
1910 o klibc makefile fixes
1912 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1913 o another patch for path problem
1914 o quick fix for libsysfs bus
1915 o libsysfs changes for sysfsutils 0.3.0
1918 o fix up some duplicated function compiler warnings in libsysfs
1919 o fix some compiler warnings in the tdb code
1920 o Added Kay's name to the man page
1921 o update the wildcard documentation in the man page to show the new styles supported
1922 o fix permission handling logic
1923 o enable default_mode ability to actually build
1924 o add support for the default_mode variable, as it is documented
1925 o show permissions and groups in the label_test
1926 o remove some items off of the TODO list, as they are now done
1927 o fix up the tests to work without all of the environ variables
1928 o get rid of the majority of the debug environment variables
1929 o Update the man page to show the new config file, it's format, and how to use it
1930 o fix up the tests to support the rules file name change
1931 o add support for a main udev config file, udev.conf
1932 o turn debugging messages off by default
1933 o split out the namedev config parsing logic to namedev_parse.c
1934 o rename namedev's get_attr() to be main namedev_name_device() as that's what it really is
1935 o add devfs like tty rules as an example in the default config file
1936 o operate on the rules in the order they are in the config file (within the rule type) instead of operating on them backwards.
1937 o Cset exclude: dsteklof@us.ibm.com|ChangeSet|20031126173159|56255
1938 o add test for checking the BUS value
1939 o fix problem where we were not looking at the BUS value
1940 o add scsi and pci bus links in the test sysfs tree
1941 o add test and documentation for new %D devfs format modifier
1942 o changed the default location of the database to /udev/.udev.tdb to be LSB compliant
1943 o get rid of functions in klibc_fixups that are now in klibc
1944 o sync up with the 0.84 version of klibc
1945 o fix udev init.d script to handle all class devices in sysfs
1946 o fix the test.block and test.tty scripts due to their moveing. Also add a test.all script
1947 o 007_bk version change to Makefile
1950 o pattern matching for namedev
1951 o catch replace device by wildcard
1952 o udev.8 tweak numeric id text
1953 o udev-test.pl add subdir test
1954 o namedev.c strcat tweak
1955 o overall whitespace + debug text conditioning
1956 o udev-test.pl - tweaks
1959 o Add -nodefaultlibs while compiling against klibc
1962 o ARCH detection for ppc
1965 o fix udev parallel builds with klibc
1968 Summary of changes from v006 to v007
1969 ============================================
1972 o fix segfault in parsing bad udev.permissions file
1975 o update default config file with a CALLOUT rule, and more documentation
1976 o updated the man page with the latest format specifier changes
1977 o added ability to put format specifiers in the CALLOUT program string
1978 o tweak udev-test.pl to report '0' errors if that's what happened
1979 o only build klibc_fixups.c if we are actually using klibc
1980 o add support for string group and string user names in udev.permissions
1981 o add getgrnam and getpwnam to klibc_fixups files
1982 o remove Makefile.klibc
1983 o add udev-test perl script from Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> which blows away my puny shell scripts
1984 o added debian's version of udev.permissions
1985 o change to 006_bk version
1988 o format char for CALLOUT output
1989 o more namedev whitespace cleanups
1990 o support arguments in callout exec
1991 o namedev.c - change order of fields in CALLOUT
1992 o namedev.c whitespace + debug text cleanup
1993 o man page with udev.permissions wildcard
1996 o static klibc udev does not link against crt0.o
1998 Summary of changes from v005 to v006
1999 ============================================
2001 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
2002 o faster test scripts
2005 o more robust config file parsing in namedev.c
2006 o add bus id modifier
2008 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2009 o patch for libsysfs sysfs directory handling
2012 o add another line to udev.permissions in the proper format
2013 o tweak replace_test
2014 o fix permissions to work properly now
2015 o add real udev.permissions file to test directory
2016 o fix namedev.c to build with older version of gcc
2017 o add dumb test for all of the different modifiers
2018 o update the TODO list with more items that people can easily do
2019 o move the test.block and test.tty scripts to the test/ directory
2020 o add remove actions to the test scripts
2021 o turn DEBUG_PARSER off by default
2022 o add some documentation for the %b modifier to the default config file
2023 o fix make install rule for when the udev symlink is already there
2024 o change release target in makefile
2025 o change debug level on printf values for now
2026 o updated demo config file
2027 o add some documentation of the modifiers to the default config file
2028 o add demo config file
2029 o updated bk ignore list for klibc generated files
2030 o add printf option to label test to verify it works
2031 o fix up printf-like functionality due to previous changes
2032 o get the major/minor number before we name the device
2033 o add scsi_id "extra" program from Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>
2034 o Add multipath "extra" program from Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@free.fr>
2035 o trailing whitespace cleanups
2036 o splig LABEL and NUMBER into separate functions
2037 o add TOPO regression test
2038 o move TOPOLOGY rule to it's own function
2039 o fix bug where NUMBER and TOPOLOGY would not work for partitions
2040 o clean up the way we find the sysdevice for a block device for namedev
2041 o updated label test script (tests for partitions now.)
2042 o split REPLACE and CALLOUT into separate functions
2043 o add debug line for REPLACE call
2045 o add more sysfs test tree files
2046 o change UDEV_SYSFS_PATH environment variable due to libsysfs change
2047 o fix bug in klibc's isspace function
2048 o fix udev-add.c to build properly with older versions of gcc
2049 o add prototype for ftruncate to klibc
2050 o Remove a few items from the TODO list that are already done
2051 o version number to 005_bk
2052 o pull some klibc stuff into the make Makefile to try to stay in sync
2056 o apply permissions.conf support for wildcard and default name
2057 o man page with included placeholder list
2058 o implement printf-like placeholder support for NAME
2059 o more manpage tweaks
2060 o add support for subdirs
2061 o add uid/gid to nodes
2067 o Fixup path for kernel includes when building with klibc
2073 Summary of changes from v004 to v005
2074 ============================================
2077 o namedev.c comments + debug patch
2081 o ignore the klibc/linux symlink
2082 o add klibc linux symlink info to the README
2083 o get 'make release' to work properly again
2084 o added README info for how to build using klibc
2085 o turn off debugging if we are building with klibc
2086 o turn off debugging in namedev
2087 o added vsyslog support to klibc
2088 o add ftruncate to klibc
2089 o klibc specific tweaks
2090 o libsysfs does not need mntent.h in it's header file
2091 o udev build tweaks to tdb's spinlock code
2092 o klibc makefile changes
2093 o build tdb and libsysfs from the same makefile as udev
2094 o udev-add build cleanups for other libc versions
2095 o tweak tdb to build within udev better
2096 o make libsysfs spit debug messages to the same place as the rest of udev
2097 o make libsysfs build cleanly
2098 o updated bk ignore list
2099 o added klibc version 0.82 (cvs tree) to the udev tree
2100 o makefile fix for now
2101 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
2102 o hm, makefile bug with so many files... will fix later
2103 o regression tests starting to be added
2104 o fix LABEL bug for device files (not class files.)
2105 o more warning flags to the build
2106 o got rid of struct device_attr
2107 o rename namedev.permissions and namedev.config to udev.permissions and udev.config
2108 o fix dbg line in namedev.c
2109 o more overrides of config info with env variables if in test mode
2110 o Fix bug causing udev to sleep forever waiting for dev file to show up
2111 o change version to 004_bk
2112 o make config files, sysfs root, and udev root configurable from config variables
2115 o udev: sleep_for_dev() bits
2116 o udev: another canidate for static
2119 Summary of changes from v003 to v004
2120 ============================================
2122 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2123 o new version of libsysfs patch
2127 o major database cleanups
2128 o Changed test.block and test.tty to take ACTION from the command line
2129 o don't sleep if 'dev' file is already present on device add
2130 o fix comment about how the "dev" file is made up
2131 o more database work. Now we only store the info we really need right now
2132 o add BUS= bug to TODO list so it will not get forgotten
2134 o test.block changes
2135 o ok, rpm likes the "_" character instead of "-" better
2136 o change the version to 003-bk to keep things sane with people using the bk tree
2137 o got "remove of named devices" working
2138 o fix segfaults when dealing with partitions
2145 o udev: mode should be mode_t
2146 o udev: trivial trivialities
2147 o udev: cool test scripts again
2148 o udev spec file symlink support
2149 o udev: cool test scripts
2150 o udev spec file bits
2153 Summary of changes from v0.2 to v003
2154 ============================================
2156 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2161 o update the spec file for the new version and install process
2162 o fix makefile release rule to not drop tdb.h file
2164 o removed AUTHORS and INSTALL files as they were pretty pointless
2166 o Add AUTHORS and INSTALL files
2169 o updated the TODO list
2170 o add udev man page (basically just a place holder for now.)
2171 o added uninstall support
2172 o added install target for makefile so people don't have to do it by hand anymore
2173 o add version to debug log on startup
2174 o tell the user what mknod() we are trying to do
2175 o add dbg_parse() to cut down on parse file debugging statements
2176 o put config files and database in /etc/udev by default
2177 o add ols 2003 udev paper to docs/
2178 o clean up some debugging stuff in namedev.c
2179 o do not build the tdb binary programs, only the objects
2180 o merge tdb into the build process
2181 o Added tdb code from latest cvs version in the samba tree
2182 o added my name to the .spec file
2184 o cleanup the mknod code a bit
2185 o remove mknod callout
2186 o handle new major:minor format of dev files that showed up in 2.6.0-test2-bk3 or so
2187 o oops, everything was getting created as 000 mode, try to fix this up, but fail...
2194 o add callout config type to udev
2197 o Fix TDB cross compilation
2199 o udev/libsysfs cross compile fixes
2202 Summary of changes from v0.1 to v0.2
2203 ============================================
2207 o removed unneeded stuff from udev.h
2208 o added 0.2 change log info
2209 o start working on label support, and fix some segfaults for block devices
2210 o test config file changes
2211 o add NUMBER support (basically same logic as TOPOLOGY, perhaps we should
2213 o added topology support
2214 o got REPLACE to work properly
2215 o make struct config_device contain a struct device_attr instead of
2216 duplicating the mess
2218 o split the tests up into different files
2219 o split udev main logic into udev-add and udev-remove
2220 o Clean up the namedev interface a bit, making the code smaller
2221 o bk: update ignore list
2222 o update the tests to handle block devices too
2223 o add initial libsysfs support
2224 o added libsysfs to the build
2225 o added libsysfs code from sysutils-0.1.1-071803 release
2226 o namedev config files are fully parsed
2227 o more permission tests
2228 o make log_message spit out warnings so I don't have to spend forever
2229 chasing down stupid bugs that aren't there...
2230 o added klibc makefile
2231 o Initial namedev parsing of config files
2232 o sleep for 2 seconds to give the kernel a chance to actually create the
2234 o pick a better default UDEV_ROOT
2235 o fix up the test to actually work
2236 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
2239 Summary of changes up to v0.1
2240 ============================================
2243 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
2244 o updated the documentation
2245 o cleaned up the makefile a bit
2247 o restructure code to be able to actually get remove_node() to work
2248 o Creating nodes actually works
2249 o added stupid test script for debugging
2250 o added initial documentation and gpl license
2252 o updated ignore list
2253 o added initial files
2255 o Initial repository create
2256 o BitKeeper file /home/greg/src/udev/udev/ChangeSet