1 Summary of changes from v069 to v070
2 ============================================
5 udevd: fix udevd read() calls to leave room for null byte
8 scsi_id: derive a UID for a SCSI-2 not compliant with the page 83
11 fix nbd error messages with a gentoo rule hack
12 fix scsi_id rule in gentoo config file
15 EXTRAS/Makefile: fix install targets to match main Makefile
18 volume_id: fix error handling with failing read()
19 EXTRAS: cleanup and sync all Makefiles
20 add install test to 'make buildtest'
24 fix a debug text typo in udev_rules.c
27 Summary of changes from v068 to v069
28 ============================================
31 fix typo in firmware_helper
34 firmware_helper: fix write count
37 *_id: fix zero length in set_str()
38 add program name to logged error
39 fix exit code of udevinitsend and udevmonitor
40 udevd: keep the right order for messages without SEQNUM
41 volume_id: don't probe for mac_partition_maps
42 udevmonitor: cleanup on exit
43 path_id: remove SUSE specific PATH
45 add pci_express to bus list
47 store ENV{key}="value" exported keys in the database
48 fix lookup for name in the udevdb, it should return the devpath
49 prepare for new HAL udevdb dump
50 print persistent data with "udevinfo -q all"
51 change parameter order of udev_db_search_name()
52 add and use name_list_cleanup() for cleaning up the string lists
53 don't store devpath in udevdb, we don't need it
54 add uft8 validation for safe volume label exporting
55 start to enforce plain ascii or valid utf8
56 use WRITE_END/READ_END for the pipe index
57 remove not needed sig_flag for state of signal_pipe
58 don't reenter get_udevd_msg() if message is ignored
59 rename ...trailing_char() to ...trailing_chars()
60 vol_id: ID_LABEL_SAFE will no longer contain fancy characters
61 udevd: move some logging to "info" and "err"
62 remove special TIMEOUT handling from incoming queue
63 udev_test.pl: we replace untrusted chars with '_'
64 check the udevdb before assigning a new %e
66 udevinfo: add database export
67 write man page masters in DocBook XML
68 udevinfo: rename dump() to export()
69 test the automatic man page rebuild and checkin
70 Makefile: remove all the duplicated rules
71 all man pages rewritten to use DocBook XML
72 add missing udevsend man page
73 also forgot udevmonitor.8
74 udevinfo: restore -d option
75 scsi_id: rename SYSFS to LIBSYSFS
76 add edd_id tool to match BIOS EDD disk information
77 move and update libsysfs.txt
78 klibc: update to version 1.1.1
79 delete cdromsymlinks* - obsoleted by cdrom_id and IMPORT rules
80 delete docs/persistent_naming - obsoleted by persistent disk names
81 delete old Fedora html page
82 add "totally outdated" header to docs/overview :)
84 fix useless but funny name_cdrom.pl script to work again
86 Makefile: fix prerequisits for $(PROGRAMS)
87 Makefile: cleanup install targets
88 remove chassis_id program
89 fic gcov use and move it into the Makefile
90 FAQ: update things that have changed
93 switch to '==' in raid-devfs.sh
96 Summary of changes from v067 to v068
97 ============================================
100 add EXTRAS documentation to the README file.
101 Always open the cdrom drive in non-blocking mode in cdrom_id
102 cdrom_id: change err() to info() to help with debugging problems
105 cleanup some debug output and move to info level + unify select() loops
106 move udevmonitor to /usr/sbin
107 ENV{TEST}=="1" compares and ENV{TEST}="1" sets the environment
108 vol_id: fix sloppy error handling
109 fix typo in cdrom_id syslog
110 bring std(in|out|err) fd's in a sane state
111 fix printed udevmonitor header
114 Summary of changes from v066 to v067
115 ============================================
118 added the cdrom.h #defines directly into the cdrom_id.c file
122 fix make install, as we don't provide a default rule set anymore
123 fix more compiler warnings ...
124 fix udevstart event ordering, we want /dev/null very early
125 don't fail too bad, if /dev/null does not exist
128 Summary of changes from v065 to v066
129 ============================================
132 update gentoo rule file.
133 Created cdrom_id program to make it easier to determine cdrom types
134 added cdrom_id to the build check
135 updated gentoo rule file to handle removable ide devices.
136 changed cdrom_id exports to be easier to understand and consistant with other _id programs.
137 fix klibc build issue in cdrom_id.c
138 Change the gentoo rules to use cdrom_id instead of cdsymlink.sh
139 changed location of gentoo helper apps to be /sbin instead of in scripts dir
140 tweak the gentoo rules some more.
143 add NETLINK define for the lazy distros
144 read sysfs attribute also from parent class device
145 switch some strlcpy's to memcpy
146 allow clean shutdown of udevd
147 add flag for reading of precompiled rules
148 update distro rules files
151 add firmware_helper to load firmware
152 more distro rules updates
154 remove example rules and put the dev.d stuff into the run_directory folder
155 trivial text cleanups
157 split udev_util in several files
159 allow logging of all output from executed tools
160 add Usage: to udevmonitor and udevcontrol
161 move some logging to the info level
167 Summary of changes from v064 to v065
168 ============================================
171 Added persistent name rules for block devices to gentoo rule file.
172 Added horrible (but fun) path_id script to extras.
173 Update gentoo rules file.
176 update release notes for next version
177 add udevmonitor, to debug netlink+udev events at the same time
178 allow RUN to send the environment to a local socket
179 fix GGC signed pointer warnings and switch volume_id to stdint
182 Summary of changes from v063 to v064
183 ============================================
186 volume_id: add OCFS (Oracle Cluster File System) support
190 add ID_BUS to *_id programs
191 create_floppy_devices: add tool to create floppy nodes based on sysfs info
194 move code to its own files
195 make SYSFS{} usable for all devices
196 add padding to rules structure
197 allow rules to have labels and skip to next label
198 thread unknown ENV{key} match as empty value
201 Summary of changes from v062 to v063
202 ============================================
205 fix typo in GROUP value application
208 add 'make tests' as I'm always typing that one wrong...
209 Really commit the udev_run_devd changes...
210 Fixed udev_run_devd to run the /etc/dev.d/DEVNAME/ files too
211 fix position of raw rules in gentoo config file
214 dasd_id: add s390 disk-label prober
215 fix usb_id and let scsi_id ignore "illegal request"
218 volume_id: remove s390 dasd handling, it is dasd_id now
219 trivial fixes for *_id programs
220 IMPORT: add {parent} to import the persistent data of the parent device
221 allow multiple values to be matched with KEY=="value1|value2"
222 udevd: set incoming socket buffer SO_RCVBUF to maximum
223 remember mapped rules state
224 ata_id: check for empty serial number
225 compile dasd only on s390
228 correct default mode documentation in udev
231 Summary of changes from v061 to v062
232 ============================================
235 fix symlink values separated by multiple spaces
237 fix typo in group assignment
238 fix default-name handling and NAME="" rules
239 add WAIT_FOR_SYSFS key to loop until a file in sysfs arrives
240 fix unquoted strings in udevinitsend
242 Summary of changes from v060 to v061
243 ============================================
246 Sync up the Debian rules files
247 fix cdrom symlink problem in gentoo rules
252 we want to provide OPTFLAGS
253 rename ALARM_TIMEOUT to UDEV_ALARM_TIMEOUT
254 udevd: optimize env-key parsing
255 don't resolve OWNER, GROUP on precompile if string contains %, $
256 set default device node to /dev
257 create udevdb files only if somehting interesting happened
258 pack parsed rules list
259 replace useless defines by inline text
260 move rule matches to function
261 add usb_id program to generate usb-storage device identifiers
262 add IEEE1394 rules to the gentoo rule file
263 fake also kernel-name if we renamed a netif
264 allow OPTIONS to be recognized for /sys/modules /sys/devices events
265 switch gentoo rules to new operators
268 Summary of changes from v059 to v060
269 ============================================
272 Fix the gentoo udev rules to allow the box to boot properly
275 Udev doesn't properly build with $CROSS
278 Keep udevstart from skipping devices without a 'dev' file
281 #define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT
284 Summary of changes from v058 to v059
285 ============================================
288 Update the gentoo rule file
289 Fix udevinfo for empty sysfs directories
290 Fix makefile to allow 'make release' to work with git
293 udev: fix netdev RUN handling
294 udevcontrol: fix exit code
297 prepare RELEASE-NOTES
298 add ID_TYPE to the id probers
299 add -x to scsi_id to export the queried values in env format
300 store the imported device information in the udevdb
301 rename udev_volume_id to vol_id and add --export option
302 add ata_id to read serial numbers from ATA drives
303 IMPORT allow to import program returned keys into the env
304 unify execute_command() and execute_program()
305 IMPORT=<file> allow to import a shell-var style config-file
306 allow rules to be compiled to one binary file
307 fix the fix and change the file to wait for to the "bus" link
308 fix udevstart and let all events trvel trough udev
309 prepare for module loading rules and add MODALIAS key
310 remove device node, when type block/char has changed
311 Makefile: remove dev.d/ hotplug.d/ from install target
312 udevcontrol: add max_childs command
313 udevd: control log-priority of the running daemon with udevcontrol
314 udeveventrecorder: add small program that writes an event to disk
315 klibc: add missing files
316 udevinitsend: handle replay messages correctly
317 udev man page: add operators
318 udevd: allow starting of udevd with stopped exec-queue
319 klibc: version 1.0.14
320 udev: handle all events - not only class and block devices
321 volume_id: use udev-provided log-level
322 udev: clear lists if a new value is assigned
323 udev: move dev.d/ handling to external helper
324 udev: allow final assignments :=
325 udevd: improve timeout handling
326 Makefile: fix DESTDIR
328 udevd: add udevcontrol
329 udevd: listen for netlink events
332 Dialout group fix for capi devices in the gentoo rules file
334 Summary of changes from v057 to v058
335 ============================================
338 o Writing udev rules docs update
341 o update cdsymlinks to latest version
344 o remove detach_state files from the sysfs test tree
345 o Update permissions on test scripts so they will run properly now
346 o hopefully fix up the symlinks in the test directory
347 o Removed klibc/klibc.spec as it is autogenerated
348 o Added symlinks thanks to Kay's script and git hacking
349 o add Red Hat/Fedora html documenation
350 o Update Red Hat default udev rules
353 o selinux: fix handling during creation of symlinks
354 o Fedora udev.rules update
355 o libsysfs: version 2.0
356 o klibc: version 1.0.7
359 o Fix libsysfs issue with relying on the detach_state file to be
361 Summary of changes from v056 to v057
362 ============================================
364 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
365 o fix stupid all_partitions bug
368 o add test for make -j4 to build-check
369 o klibc: version 1.0.6
370 o update Debian rules
371 o apply default permissions only for devices that will need it
372 o adapt RELEASE-NOTES
373 o udev_volume_id: fix endianess macros
374 o udev-test.pl: add test for DEVNAME export to RUN environment
375 o update the man page to reflect the recent changes
376 o export DEVNAME to RUN-key executed programs
377 o fix make -j4 and the local klibc-install
378 o update RELEASE-NOTES
379 o add RUN key to be able to run rule based notification
380 o fix udevtest to print the error if logging is disabled
381 o move execute_program to utils + add action to init_device
382 o correct correction for error path for PROGRAM execution
383 o correct error path for PROGRAM execution
384 o klibc: version 1.0.5
385 o check for strlen()==0 before accessing strlen()-1
386 o allow to match against empty key values
387 o read %s{}-sysfs values at any device in the chain
388 o udev_rules.c: don't change sysfs_device while walking up the device chain
389 o klibc: strlcpy/strlcat - don't alter destination if size == 0
390 o fix klibc's broken strlcpy/strlcat
391 o udevinfo: print SYSFS attribute the same way we match it
392 o remove untrusted chars read from sysfs-values or returned by PROGRAM
393 o udevinfo: print errors to stderr instead of stdout
394 o klibc: version 1.0.4
395 o support log-priority levels in udev.conf
396 o test-suite: remove UDEV_TEST, it's not needed anymore
397 o libsysfs: remove trailing slash on SYSFS_PATH override
400 Summary of changes from v055 to v056
401 ============================================
403 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
404 o fix header paths in udev_libc_wrapper.c
407 o udev-test.pl: use more common user/group names
408 o klibc: remove SCCS directories from the temporary klibc install
409 o udev-test.pl: add a test where the group cannot be found in /etc/passwd
410 o udev-test.pl: add check for textual uid/gid
411 o fix bad typo that prevents the GROUP to be applied
412 o udevd: don't delay events with TIMEOUT in the environment
413 o klibc: use klcc wrapper instead of our own Makefile
414 o change call_foreach_file to return a list
417 Summary of changes from v054 to v055
418 ============================================
420 <jkluebs:luebsphoto.com>:
421 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.
423 <pebenito:gentoo.org>:
426 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
427 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
428 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.
432 o added frugalware udev ruleset
433 o merge selinux and Kay's symlink fixes together
436 o volume_id: Fix label/uuid reading for reiserfs
439 o add udevstart to the RELEASE-NOTES
440 o volume_id: version 43
441 o clarify the shortcomings of %e
442 o correct rule match for devices without a physical device
443 o remove unneeded code, libsysfs does this for us
444 o add final release note
445 o add ENV{} key to match agains environment variables
446 o simplify sysfs_pair handling
447 o add a test and simplify debug statement
448 o support =, ==, !=, += for the key match and assignment
449 o add OPTION="last_rule" to skip any later rule
450 o rename namedev_dev to udev_rule
451 o correct enum device_type
452 o remove udevstart on make clean
453 o volume_id: version 42
454 o volume_id: version 41
455 o remove unneeded include
456 o The path to dlist.h is not correct
457 o udevinfo -d: use '=' as separator, cause ':' may be a part of the devpath
458 o klibc: version 1.0.3
459 o add RELEASE-NOTES file
460 o test suite: move "driver" link to physical device
461 o remove PLACE key match
462 o don't lookup "root" in the userdb
464 o fix segfaulting udev while DRIVER matching
466 o klibc: version 0.214
467 o rename device_list->list to device_list->node
468 o replace strncpy()/strncat() by strlcpy()/strlcat()
469 o split udev and udevstart
470 o udev_volume_id: version 39
471 o rename LOG to USE_LOG in all places
472 o remove Makefile magic for klibc integration
473 o klibc_fixups: remove no longer needed stuff
474 o udev_volume_id: volume_id v38
475 o use numeric owner/group as default values to avoid parsing userdb
476 o fix up segfaulting binaries with new klibc
477 o udevinfo -d: speed-up device dump
478 o klibc: version 0.211
479 o klibc_fixups: remove unneeded stuff
480 o replace weird defines by real code
481 o udev-test.pl: remove useless tests
482 o allow unlimitied count of symlinks
483 o unmap db-file after use
484 o remove typedef for call_foreach_file() handler function
485 o correct udev_init_device
486 o rename attributes to options
487 o kill stupid gcc4 warning
488 o trivial clenaup of namedev code
489 o klibc: check for gcc4
490 o klibc: update v0.205
493 o gentoo rule update for raid devices
496 Summary of changes from v053 to v054
497 ============================================
499 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
500 o udev_volume_id: add Reiser4 support
503 o namedev: skip backslashes only if followed by newline
504 o wait_for_sysfs: add joydev
505 o udevinfo: print devpath -> node relationship for all devices
506 o trivial rename of some variables
508 o big libsysfs diet (pre 2.0 version)
509 o udev_volume_id: volume_id v35
510 o add "serio" to bus list
511 o determine device type in udev_init_device()
512 o move kernel name/number evaluation into udev_init_device()
513 o detect NAME="" as ignore_device rule
514 o trivial namedev cleanup
515 o cleanup db functions
516 o clean up match_place()
517 o switch device type to enum
518 o switch major/minor to dev_t
519 o remove the device node only if the major/minor number matches
520 o libsysfs: work around a klibc bug
521 o introduce OPTIONS=ignore_device, ignore_remove, all_partitions" key
522 o namedev: execute PROGRAM only once and not possibly for every physical device
525 o update scsi_id to work with libsysfs changes
528 Summary of changes from v052 to v053
529 ============================================
532 o fix gentoo fb permission issue
533 o allow simple-build-check.sh to go faster if MAKEOPTS is set
534 o make the release tarballs have writable files in them
535 o remove gentoo permission file as it's not valid anymore
538 o fix special file mode mask for temporary device node
539 o udevstart: simplify "dev" file searching
540 o udev_volume_id: remove temporary node creation and parent handling
541 o add %P modifier to query the node name of the parent device
542 o udev_volume_id: remove __packed__ from dasd structure as it does not work
543 o create /block/*/range count of partitons for all_partitions
546 o scsi_id changes for use with udev %N and %p
549 Summary of changes from v051 to v052
550 ============================================
553 o debian: update rules files
554 o raid-devfs.sh: devfs names for hardware RAID controllers
555 o scsi_id: when udevstart is started, /tmp is not writeable
556 o cdsymlinks.sh: trivial fix, the variable is initialized to '', not 0
558 <sschweizer:gmail.com>:
559 o gentoo/udev.rules: add default permissions for sound devices
562 o fix example comment in ide-devfs.sh
563 o Add infiniband to gentoo rules
564 o Another gentoo fix, adding dvb support
565 o Fix gentoo bug #76056 (fb device group permissions.)
566 o Fix gentoo bug #81102, device nodes for the pktcdvd device
569 o provide temporary device node for callouts to access the device
570 o udev_volume_id: fix dasd disklabel reading with -l option
571 o udev_volume_id: volume_id version 034
572 o udev_volume_id: rename probe_ibm into probe_dasd
573 o udev_volume_id: volume_id version 032
574 o Makefile: add some more warnings and prepare for clean gcc4 compile
575 o Makefile: cleanup conditional config option sections
576 o fix -Wsign-compare warnings
577 o chassis_id: clean compilation and fix bad function parameter passing
578 o simple_build_check: make it possible to pass KERNEL_DIR
579 o selinux: cleanup udev integration
582 o trivial: remove _all_ trailing slashes with no_trailing_slash()
583 o trivial: fix signedness
584 o namdev: allow symlink-only rules to specify node permissions
585 o udevd: fix valgrind warning
588 Summary of changes from v050 to v051
589 ============================================
591 <roland:digitalvampire.org>:
592 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" ;)
594 <tklauser:access.unizh.chbk>:
595 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.
597 Christian Bornträger:
598 o udev_volume_id: fix -d option
601 o gentoo fb permission fix
602 o fix gcc 2.96 issue in libsysfs
603 o remove the lfs startup script on request of the author
604 o clean up the aoe char device rules, and delete the block one as it's not needed
605 o add aoe block and char device rules to the gentoo rule file
606 o fix udev_volume_id build error
609 o rearrange link order in Makefile
612 o udev_volume_id: new version of volume_id
613 o klibc: update to version 0.198
614 o udev_volume_id: fix FAT label reading
615 o klibc: update to version 0.196
616 o udevd: throttle the forking of processes
617 o udevd: add possible initialization of expected_seqnum
618 o udevd: it's obviously not the brightest idea to exit a device node manager if it doesn't find /dev/null
619 o udevd: separate socket handling to prepare for other event sources
620 o udevd: support -d switch to become a daemon
621 o udev_volume_id: version 27
622 o udevd: split up message receiving an queueing
623 o remove useless warning if udev.conf contains keys not read by udev itself
624 o improve event sequence serialization
625 o remove udevsend syslog noise on udevd startup
626 o limit the initial timeout of the udevd event handling
627 o correct detection of hotplug.d/ udevsend loop
628 o correct log statement
629 o remove default_* permissions from udev.conf file
630 o update Fedora config files and add some more tests
631 o allow permissions only rules
632 o add SUBSYSTEM rule to catch all block devices and apply the disk permissions
633 o update Fedora config files
634 o handle renamed network interfaces properly if we manage hotplug.d/
635 o allow multiline rules by backslash at the end of the line
636 o add OnStream tape drive rules
637 o simplify rules file by setting default mode to 0660
638 o simplify permission application
639 o I broke the extras/ again. Add simple build test script now
640 o Merge vrfy.org:/home/kay/src/udev into vrfy.org:/home/kay/src/udev.kay
641 o initial merge of fedora udev.permissions into udev.rules
642 o remove permissions file mentioning from the udev man page
643 o fix some typos in gentoo's udev.rules introduced by the merge
646 o The attached patch fixes the code path if namedev_name_device() fails
648 Summary of changes from v049 to v050
649 ============================================
654 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
655 o I made some more changes to the manpage of udev including
658 o update libsysfs to CVS version and fix segfaulting attribute reading
659 o klibc supports LOG_PID now, so remove our own implementation
660 o avoid building klibc test programs and pass SUBDIRS= to klibc clean
663 Summary of changes from v048 to v049
664 ============================================
667 o fix 'make clean' error in klibc
670 o update klibc to 0.194
671 o export DEVNAME regardless of the state of udev_dev_d
672 o add class specific files for class/spi_transport and class/spi_host
673 o udevd-test.pl: remove wrong date calculation
674 o check earlier if we should run as udevstart
675 o remove double initialization
676 o include missing header to udevtest.c
677 o add -V option to udev to print the version number
678 o prevent udev node creatinon for "class" registration
679 o udevd: serialization of the event sequence of a chain of devices
680 o add a class/fc_host file to the list of what to wait for
681 o udev_volume_id: links sysfs.a instead of all objects
684 o remove leftover from udevinfo's -d option
687 Summary of changes from v047 to v048
688 ============================================
691 o fix udev_volume_id so it will now build properly
692 o fix scsi_id build errors due to changes in the main udev makefile
695 Summary of changes from v046 to v047
696 ============================================
698 <klauser:access.unizh.ch>:
699 o Various typos and other litte errors in udev.8.in
701 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
702 o DEVNAME on device removal
704 <sschweizer:gmail.com>:
705 o Allow GROUP to have modifiers in it
708 o add more debian rules files
709 o move distro specific config files into their own directories
710 o update debian rules files
711 o added asterix rules to the gentoo file
712 o use udevstart for udev.init.* files
713 o delete a bunch of files no longer needed
714 o fix gentoo scsi cdrom rule
715 o Fix the multithreaded build again
717 o comment out ability to run udev-test.pl with valgrind
718 o fix spurious valgrind warning in udev
719 o fix udevinfo '-q path' option as it was not working
721 o fix parallel build error
724 o update Fedora dev.d/ example and remove unused conf.d/ directory
725 o don't install distribution specific init script on "make install"
726 o restore OWNER/GROUP assignment in rule coming from RESULT
727 o make gcov compile scripts working with recent gcc
728 o fix udev-test/udev-test.pl to work with again
729 o add net/atml and class/ppdev to the wait_for_sysfs exception list
730 o add net/nlv* devices to the exception list
731 o add "pcmcia" and "fc_transport" to the wait_for_sysfs lists
732 o remove unused timestamp field
733 o simplify permission handling
734 o handle /etc/hotplug.d/ only if the event comes from udevd
735 o trivial cleanups and change some comments
736 o remove unused variables
737 o udevsend/udevd handle events without a subsystem
738 o use blacklist on device "remove" and remove dev.d/ call code duplication
739 o update the man pages and correct Usage: hints
740 o don't call the hotplug scripts with a test run
741 o don't call dev.d/ scripts twice, if directory = subsystem
742 o remove archive file if we changed something
743 o link archive insted of objects
744 o rename udev_lib to udev_utils and dev_d to udev_multiplex
745 o handle whole hotplug event with udevd/udev
746 o integrate wait_for_sysfs in udev
747 o make the searched multiplex directories conditionally
748 o add MANAGED_EVENT to the forked udev environment
749 o export DEVNAME on remove event
750 o export udev_log flag to the environment
751 o remove my test code
752 o add support for /devices-devices without any file to wait for
753 o Patch from Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
754 o add a bunch of busses to the list of what to wait for
755 o close connection to syslog in forked udevd child
756 o udevd exit path cleanup
757 o fix network device naming bug
760 Summary of changes from v045 to v046
761 ============================================
764 o make spotless for releases
767 o Don't try to print major/minor for devices without a dev file
768 o remove get_device_type and merge that into udev_set_values()
769 o prevent udevd crash if DEVPATH is not set
770 o add ippp and bcrypt to the exception lists of wait_for_sysfs
771 o let klibc add the trailing newline to syslog conditionally
772 o disable logging for udevstart
773 o add NAME{ignore_remove} attribute
774 o remove historical SYSFS_attr="value" format
775 o don't wait for sysfs if the kernel(2.6.10-rc2) tells us what not to expect
776 o change key names in udevinfo sysfs walk to match the kernel
777 o support DRIVER as a rule key
778 o support SUBSYSTEM as a rule key
779 o rename udevdb* to udev_db*
780 o Make dev.d/ handling a separate processing stage
781 o make the udev object available to more processing stages
782 o remove udev_lib dependency from udevsend, which makes it smaller
783 o add ACTION to udev object to expose it to the whole process
784 o make udevinfo's -r option also workimg for symlink queries
785 o let udev act as udevstart if argv[1] == "udevstart"
786 o improve udevinfo sysfs info walk
787 o add sysfs info walk to udevinfo
788 o pass the whole event environment to udevd
789 o replace tdb database by simple lockless file database
792 Summary of changes from v044 to v045
793 ============================================
796 o Some updates for Gentoo's udev rules
799 Summary of changes from v043 to v044
800 ============================================
803 o add cdsymlinks.sh support to gentoo rules file
804 o fix gentoo legacy tty rule
805 o remove 'sudo' usage from the Makefile
806 o make udev-test.pl test for root permissions before running
809 o reduce syslog noise of udevsend if multiple instances try to start udevd
810 o add i2c-dev to the list of devices without a bus
813 Summary of changes from v042 to v043
814 ============================================
817 o add test target to makefile
818 o add dumb script to show all sysfs devices in the system
821 o Shut up wait_for_sysfs class/net failure messages, as it's not possible to
822 get that right for all net devices. Kernels later than 2.6.10-rc1 will
823 handle that by carrying the neccessary information in the hotplug event.
824 o wait() for specific pid to return from fork()
825 o Don't use any syslog() in signal handler, cause it may deadlock
826 o Add support for highpoint ataraid to volume_id to suppress label reading on raid set members.
827 o Add a bunch of devices without "device" symlinks
828 o Exit, if udevtest cannot open the device (segfault)
829 o Patches from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
830 o Apply the default permissions even if we found a entry in the permissions
831 file. Correct one test, as the default is applied correctly now and the
832 mode will no longer be 0000.
833 o add test for format chars in multiple symlinks to replace
834 o Add net/vmnet and class/zaptel to the list of devices without physical device
837 Summary of changes from v040 to v042
838 ============================================
841 o add inotify to the rules for gentoo
844 o skip waiting for device if we get a bad event for class creation and not for a device underneath it
845 o add net/pan and net/bnep handling
846 o switch wait for bus_file to stat() instead of open() add net/tun device handling add ieee1394 device handling
847 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
848 o ignore *.rej files from failed patches
849 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.
850 o improve klibc fixup integration
851 o cleanup udevd/udevstart
852 o expose sysfs functions for sharing it
855 Summary of changes from v039 to v040
856 ============================================
859 o wait_for_sysfs update for dm devices
862 o sparse cleanups on the tree
863 o fix stupid cut-and-paste error for msr devices on gentoo boxes
864 o add *~ to bk ignore list
865 o delete udevruler.c as per Kay's request
866 o fix up the wait_for_sysfs_test script a bit
869 o fix debug in volume id / fix clashing global var name
872 o cleanup netif handling and netif-dev.d/ events
873 o big cleanup of internal udev api
874 o don't wait for dummy devices
876 o Fix ppp net devices in wait_for_sysfs
877 o Fix wait_for_sysfs messages (more debugging info)
880 Summary of changes from v038 to v039
881 ============================================
884 o Hopefully fix the vcs issue in wait_for_sysfs
885 o take out & from wait_for_sysfs_test that I previously missed
886 o add very nice cdsymlinks scripts
887 o add some helper scripts for dvb and input devices
888 o add debian config files
889 o let the extras/ programs build "pretty" also
890 o tweak the ccdv program to handle files in subdirectories being built
891 o crap, I messed up the 'sed' instances pretty badly, this fixes the config and man page mess
892 o fix broken 'make -j5' functionality
895 o swich attribute open() to simple stat()
896 o wait_for_sysfs update for /class/firmware and /class/net/irda devices
897 o fix unusual sysfs behavior for pcmcia_socket
898 o remove sleeps from udev as it is external now
903 o update udev to scsi_id 0.7
904 o pass SYSFS setting down for extras builds
905 o move assignments past local variables
908 Summary of changes from v037 to v038
909 ============================================
911 <andrew.patterson:hp.com>:
912 o Re: Problem parsing %s in udev rules
915 o fix up error in building extras and libsysfs
917 Summary of changes from v036 to v037
918 ============================================
924 o fix compilation warning in tdb log message
925 o Fix build error with klibc due to recent changes
927 o add wait_for_sysfs test script to the tarball to help people debug their boxes
928 o add ipsec to wait_for_sysfs ignore list
929 o added ccdv to bk ignore list
930 o a few more Makefile tweaks for the quiet feature
931 o Make the build silent, thanks to a helper program from ncftp
932 o rename files to have '_' instead of '-' in them
933 o change max time to wait in wait_for_sysfs to 10 seconds to hopefully handle some slow machines
934 o add support for class/raw/ to wait_for_sysfs
935 o fix up Makefile for wait_for_sysfs udev_version.h dependancy
936 o remove the debian specific file, as they don't want to share with the rest of the world :(
939 o prevent deadlocks on an corrupt udev database
940 o wait_for_sysfs_update
944 o fix incompatible pointer type warning
947 Summary of changes from v035 to v036
948 ============================================
951 o add the error number to the error message in wait_for_sysfs to help out in debugging problems
953 Summary of changes from v034 to v035
954 ============================================
957 o added ieee1394 support to wait_for_sysfs
958 o update wait_for_sysfs with a bunch more devices thanks to user reports
960 Summary of changes from v033 to v034
961 ============================================
964 o wait_for_sysfs bluetooth class update
967 o add comment in wait_for_sysfs to explain the structure better
968 o Revert previous dev_d.c change, it's not what is causing HAL problems
969 o hm, somethings odd with DEVPATH, see if this fixes it
970 o 33_bk mark for the makefile
971 o wait_for_sysfs: clean up the logic for the list of devices that we do not expect device symlinks for
972 o get rid of annoying extra lines in the syslog for some libsysfs debug messages
973 o added support for i2c devices in wait_for_sysfs.c
974 o add support for i2c-adapter devices to wait_for_sysfs.c
976 Summary of changes from v032 to v033
977 ============================================
981 o some cleanups and security fixes
982 o some cleanups and security fixes
984 o cleanup PATCH for extras/chassis_id/Makefile
986 <kpfleming:backtobasicsmgmt.com>:
987 o respect prefix= setting in built udev.conf (updated)
990 o add support for usb interfaces to wait_for_sysfs to keep it quiet
991 o enable native tdb spinlocks on i386 platforms
992 o delete extras/multipath-tools as per the author's request
993 o be paranoid in dev_d.c
994 o add USE_SELINUX to README documentation so people have a chance to see what is going on
995 o update the selinux.h file to start to look sane
996 o update bk ignore list for the wait_for_sysfs binary
997 o kdetv wants to see device nodes in /dev
998 o update comments in scsi-devfs.sh
999 o fix up Makefiles to get the klibc build working properly
1000 o update bk ignore list for new klibc generated files
1001 o oops forgot to add the new klibc/include directory
1002 o update klibc to version 0.181
1005 o fix problems with dev.d and udevstart
1006 o wait_for_sysfs debug cleanup
1007 o fix problems using scsi_id with udevstart
1009 o finally solve the bad sysfs-timing for all of us
1010 o volume-id build fix and update
1011 o switch udev's seqnum to u64
1013 o fix udev segfaults with bad permissions file
1016 o update udev to include scsi_id 0.6
1019 Summary of changes from v031 to v032
1020 ============================================
1022 <harald:redhat.com>:
1026 o handle only block and class devices
1027 o fix udevstart badly broken in udev 031
1030 Summary of changes from v030 to v031
1031 ============================================
1033 <arun:codemovers.org>:
1034 o udev - read long lines from config files overflow fix
1036 <ballarin.marc:gmx.de>:
1037 o Update the FAQ with info about hardlink security
1040 o compatibility symlinks for udev
1043 o Minor POSIX-fixes for udev
1046 o add symlink for video rule
1047 o add a "first" list to udevstart and make it contain the class/mem/ devices
1048 o fix compiler warning in udevtest.c
1049 o Fix old-style pty breakage in rules file for tty device
1050 o add rules for i386 cpu devices
1051 o add permission for legotower usb devices
1054 o Fix naming ethernet devices in udevstart
1055 o update udev_volume_id
1056 o let /sbin/hotplug execute udev earlier
1057 o pass SEQNUM trough udevd
1058 o fix manpages based on esr's spambot
1061 o add microcode rule to permissions.gentoo file
1064 o Try to provide a bit of security for hardlinks to /dev entries
1067 o udevsend depends on udev_lib.o
1071 o clean up start_udev a bit
1072 o Make udev/udevstart be one binary
1073 o Add 'asmlinkage' to udev-030
1076 Summary of changes from v029 to v030
1077 ============================================
1080 o fix stupid off-by-one bug that caused udevstart to die on x86-64 boxes
1083 Summary of changes from v028 to v029
1084 ============================================
1087 o add permission rule for jogdial device
1088 o fix dumb bug I added to udevstart
1089 o make a "last list" of devices for udevstart to operate on last
1090 o fix permission problem with input event and ts nodes for gentoo
1091 o change default perms of misc/rtc to be readable by anyone
1094 o allow NAME_SIZE > SYSFS_PATH_MAX
1097 Summary of changes from v027 to v028
1098 ============================================
1100 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
1101 o Patch for chassis_id exras module
1104 o Writing udev rules doc update
1107 o clean up block whitelist search logic a bit
1108 o reverse order of scanning of udevstart to look at class before block
1111 o update udev_volume_id
1114 o udevstart performance increase
1117 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.5
1120 Summary of changes from v026 to v027
1121 ============================================
1123 <fork0:users.sf.net>:
1124 o fix handle leak in udev_lib.c
1127 o tweak the gentoo default permission rules as they are wrong for tty and misc devices
1130 Summary of changes from v025 to v026
1131 ============================================
1137 o add test for ! in partition name
1139 o Update to version 117 of klibc (from version 108)
1140 o add volume_id ignore rule for bk
1141 o add volume_id support to the udev.spec file
1142 o remove dbus and selinux stuff from the udev.spec file
1143 o delete udev_selinux as it doesn't work properly and is the wrong way to do it
1144 o Deleted the udev_dbus extra as it didn't really work properly and HAL has a real solution now
1145 o add udev.permissions.slackware file
1146 o udevstart: close open directories
1150 o catchup with recent klibc
1151 o Re: udevsend fallback
1152 o udev_volume_id update
1153 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
1154 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
1155 o udev default config layout changes
1158 o evaluate getenv() return value for udev_config.c
1160 Summary of changes from v024 to v025
1161 ============================================
1164 o devfs.sh-ide-floppy
1166 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
1167 o DEVNODE -> DEVNAME transition fixes
1170 o Update writing udev rules docs
1173 o make dev.d call each directory in the directory chain of the device name, instead of just the whole name
1174 o add devd_test script
1175 o add more permissions based on SuSE's recommendations
1176 o added rules for tun and raw devices
1177 o add udev conf.d file
1178 o Switch the default config to point to a directory for the rules and permission files
1179 o update the Red Hat .dev files to work on other distros
1180 o add dbus.dev, pam_console.dev and selinux.dev files for /etc/dev.d/default/ usage
1181 o add hints for red hat users from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1182 o add scripts to run gcov for udev from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1183 o change permissions on udevd test scripts
1184 o Fix build process for users who have LC_ALL set to a non-english language
1185 o Added expanded tests to the test framework from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
1186 o added execelent "writing udev rules" document from Daniel Drake <dan@reactivated.net>
1187 o added rule to put USB printers in their proper places
1188 o added rules for CAPI devices
1189 o added a dev.d alsa script to help people out
1192 o fix test regressions
1193 o udev_selinux changes
1196 o fix devpath for netdev
1202 Summary of changes from v023 to v024
1203 ============================================
1205 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
1206 o Add README for chassis_id
1207 o Add chassis_id program to extras directory
1209 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
1210 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups
1213 o fix SEGV in libsysfs/dlist.c
1215 <maryedie:osdl.org>:
1216 o add OSDL documentation for persistent naming
1219 o small ide-devfs.sh fix
1222 o remove compiler warning from udevd.c
1223 o only generate udev.8 on the fly, not all other man pages
1224 o update bk ignore list some more
1225 o update bk ignore list
1226 o switch to generate the man pages during the normal build, not during the install
1227 o convert udev.8.in to use @udevdir@ macro for make install
1228 o first step of making man pages dynamically generated
1229 o add install and uninstall the etc/dev.d/net/hotplug.dev file to the Makefile
1230 o tweak net_test a bit
1231 o fix some segfaults when running udevtest for network devices
1232 o make a net_test test script using udevtest
1233 o handle the subsytem if provided in udevtest
1234 o add hotplug.dev script to handle renamed network devices
1235 o add a bunch of network class devices to the test sysfs tree
1236 o add udevruler to the bk ignore list
1237 o update RFC-dev.d docs due to DEVNODE to DEVNAME change
1238 o clean up chassis_id coding style
1239 o clean up the OSDL document formatting a bit
1240 o add netlink rules to devfs and gentoo rules files
1241 o added USB device rules to rules files
1242 o clean up the gentoo rules file a bit more, adding dri rules
1243 o fix up udev.rules to handle oss rules better
1245 o fix udev.spec file for where udevtest should be placed
1248 o tweak node unlink handling
1249 o switch udevd's msg_dump() to #define
1250 o handle netdev in udevruler
1252 o put config info in db for netdev
1253 o increase udevd event timeout
1255 o put netdev handling and dev.d/ in manpages
1256 o DEVPATH for netdev
1257 o netdev - udevdb+dev.d changes
1258 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups - take 2
1260 o dev_d.c file sorting and cleanup
1261 o apply all_partitions rule to main block device only
1264 Summary of changes from v022 to v023
1265 ============================================
1268 o hmm, handle net devices with udev?
1269 o correct apply_format() for symlink only rules
1270 o don't init namedev on remove
1271 o first stupid try for a rule compose gui
1272 o replace fgets() with mmap() and introduce udev_lib.[hc]
1273 o make udevtest a real program :)
1275 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1279 o create the /etc/dev.d/ directories in 'make install'
1280 o actually have udev run files ending in .dev in the /etc/dev.d/ directory as documented
1281 o added RFC-dev.d document detailing how /etc/dev.d/ works
1282 o fixed up udev.spec to handle selinux stuff properly now
1283 o remove USE_DBUS and USE_SELINUX flags from the README as they are no longer present
1284 o remove selinux stuff from the main Makefile
1285 o move udev_selinux into extras/selinux
1286 o fix dbus build in the udev.spec file
1287 o remove dbus stuff from main Makefile
1288 o move udev_dbus to extras/dbus
1289 o udev_dbus can now compile properly, but linnking is another story
1290 o remove udev_dbus.h from Makefile
1291 o first cut at standalone udev_selinux program
1292 o remove selinux support from udev core as it's no longer needed
1293 o first cut at standalone udev_dbus program
1294 o add get_devnode() helper to udev_lib for udev_dbus program
1295 o remove dbus code from core udev code as it's no longer needed to be there
1296 o add /etc/dev.d/ support for udev add and remove events
1297 o fix build error in namedev.c caused by previous patch
1299 o fix 'make spotless' to really do that in klibc
1300 o add a question/answer about automounting usb devices to the FAQ
1301 o mark scsi-devfs.sh as executable
1302 o Increase the name size as requested by Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
1303 o fix udevtest to build properly after the big udev_lib change
1306 o uninitialized variable for mknod and friend
1309 o SCSI logical and physical names for udev
1312 o Trivial man page typo fixes to udev
1315 Summary of changes from v021 to v022
1316 ============================================
1318 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
1319 o more Libsysfs updates
1322 <async:cc.gatech.edu>:
1323 o fix HOWTO-udev_for_dev for udevdir
1326 o udev-test.pl cleanup
1327 o add dev node test to udev-test.pl
1328 o add permission tests
1329 o "symlink only" test
1330 o callout part selector tweak
1331 o cleanup callout fork
1332 o allow to specify node permissions in the rule
1334 o put symlink only rules to the man page
1335 o rename strn*() macros to strmax
1336 o conditional remove of trailing sysfs whitespace
1337 o clarify udevinfo text
1338 o better fix for NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
1339 o overall trivial trivial cleanup
1340 o fix NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
1341 o cleanup mult field string handling
1344 o fix a type in docs/libsysfs.txt
1345 o Added line to udev.permissions.redhat
1346 o Include more examples in the docs area for gentoo and redhat
1352 o add big major tests to udev-test.pl
1353 o add a test for a minor over 255
1354 o udev-test.pl: print out major:minor and perm test "ok" if is ok
1355 o make perm and major:minor test errors be reported properly
1356 o remove extra ; in namedev_parse.c
1357 o Added multipath-tools 0.1.1 release
1358 o deleted current extras/multipath directory
1360 o fix the build for older versions of gcc
1363 o Small fix to remove extra "will" in man page
1367 o udev* segfaults with new klibc
1370 o add tests for NAME="foo-%c{N}"
1372 Summary of changes from v020 to v021
1373 ============================================
1376 o install udevinfo in /usr/bin
1377 o blacklist pcmcia_socket
1380 o fix udev.spec to find udevinfo now that it has moved to /usr/bin
1381 o Fix another problem with Makefile installing initscript
1382 o fix the Makefile to install the init script into the proper directory
1383 o make spec file turn off selinux support by default
1386 Summary of changes from v019 to v020
1387 ============================================
1389 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1393 o man page udevstart
1395 o bugfix for local user
1398 o clarify udevinfo device walk
1399 o udevinfo symlink reverse query
1400 o fix stroul endptr use
1401 o add $local user spport for permissions
1402 o udev - man page update
1403 o udev - fix debug info for multiple rule file config
1404 o udev - kill udevd on install
1405 o udev - activate formt length attribute
1406 o udev - safer sprintf() use
1409 o no error on enoent
1410 o escape dashes in man pages
1411 o remove usage of expr in ide-devfs.sh
1414 o automatically install correct initscript
1415 o update documetation for $local
1418 o Add symlink only rules support
1421 o update the TODO list as we already have a devfs config file
1422 o make start_udev use udevstart binary
1424 o Remove Debian permission files as the Debian maintainer doesn't seem to want to share :(
1425 o update the Gentoo rules files
1426 o Add Red Hat rules and permissions files
1427 o add udevstart to the ignore list
1428 o add udevstart program based on a old patch from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
1429 o unlink the file before we try to create it
1430 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
1433 Summary of changes from v018 to v019
1434 ============================================
1438 o udev - correct relative symlink
1439 o udev - safer string handling - part four
1440 o udev - safer string handling - part three
1441 o udev - safer string handling - part two
1442 o udev - man page update
1443 o udev - safer string handling all over the place
1445 o udev - allow all files in a directory as the config
1446 o udev - simple klibc textual uid/gid handling
1449 o do not remove real .udev.tdb during RPM build
1452 o add new TODO item about local user permissions
1453 o Add initial SELinux support for udev
1454 o fix build for very old versions of make
1455 o remove limit of the number of args passed to PROGRAM
1456 o force udev to include the internal version of libsysfs and never the external one
1457 o fix up libsysfs header file usage to fix bug reports from users that have sysfsutils installed already
1458 o remove udevtest on 'make clean'
1459 o remove udevd priority TODO item, as it's not needed at all
1462 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.4
1465 Summary of changes from v017 to v018
1466 ============================================
1468 <ext.devoteam.varoqui:sncf.fr>:
1469 o [PATCH] symlink dm-[0-9]* rule
1470 o update extras/multipath
1472 <john-hotplug:fjellstad.org>:
1473 o init.d debian patch
1476 o udev - TODO update
1477 o udev - add %s{filename} to man page
1478 o udev - udevd/udevsend man page
1479 o udev - switch callout part selector to {attribute}
1480 o udev - switch SYSFS_file to SYSFS{file}
1481 o udev - create all partitions of blockdevice
1483 o Adding '%s' format specifier to NAME and SYMLINK
1486 o added some scsi_id files to the bk ignore file
1487 o added scsi_id and some more documentation to the udev.spec file
1488 o update udev.rules.gentoo with new config file format
1489 o Update the Gentoo udev.rules and udev.permissions files
1490 o Create a udev.rules.examples file to hold odd udev.rules
1491 o add udevd priority issue to the TODO list
1492 o more HOWTO cleanups
1493 o add HOWTO detailing how to use udev to manage /dev
1494 o mv libsysfs/libsysfs.h to libsysfs/sysfs/libsysfs.h to make it easier to use
1495 o add start_udev init script
1496 o add support for UDEV_NO_SLEEP env variable so Gentoo people will be happy
1497 o start up udevd ourselves in the init script to give it some good priorities
1498 o update the red hat init script to handle nodes that are not present
1499 o add a "old style" SYSFS_attribute test to udev-test.pl
1500 o Have udevsend report more info in debug mode
1501 o Have udevd report it's version in debug mode
1502 o fix up bug created for udevtest in previous partition creation patch
1503 o update the udev.spec to add udevtest and make some more Red Hat suggested changes
1504 o add ability to install udevtest to Makefile
1506 o Add another test to udev-test.pl and fix a bug when only running 1 test
1507 o Fix bug where we did not use the "converted" kernel name if we had no rule
1510 o udev use new libsysfs header file location
1511 o udev add some ID tests
1514 Summary of changes from v016 to v017
1515 ============================================
1517 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1518 o make logging a config option
1520 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1521 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
1522 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
1523 o update extras/multipath
1526 o udev - keep private data out of the database?
1527 o better credential patch
1528 o udevd - client access authorization
1529 o compile udevd with klibc
1530 o udev - fix "ignore method"
1531 o udev - fix cdrom symlink rule
1532 o convert udevsend/udevd to DGRAM and single-threaded
1533 o udevd - kill the lockfile
1534 o udevd - fix socket path length
1535 o udevd - switch socket path to abstract namespace
1536 o udevd - allow to bypass sequence number
1537 o include used function
1540 o add udev_log to the documentation
1541 o fix offsetof() define in klibc
1542 o add some .spec file changes from Red Hat
1543 o update the init.d udev script based on a patch from Red Hat
1544 o remove the .udev.tdb when installing or uninstalling to be safe
1545 o remove the database at startup
1546 o fix bug in permission handling
1547 o update klibc to version .107
1548 o update the bitkeeper ignore file list
1549 o add udevtest program to build
1550 o fix problem where usb devices can be either the main device or the interface
1551 o more logging.h cleanups to be a bit more flexible
1552 o stop using mode_t as different libcs define it in different ways :(
1553 o remove some more KLIBC fixups that are no longer needed
1554 o let udev-test.pl run an individual test if you ask it to
1555 o Handle the '!' character that some block devices have
1556 o add a block device with a ! in the name, and a test for this
1557 o fix up 'make release' to use bk to build the export tree
1558 o fix log option code so that it actually works for all udev programs
1559 o finish syncing up with klibc
1560 o sync with latest version of klibc (0.107)
1561 o fix up Makefile dependancies for udev_version.h
1564 o udev add wild card compare for ID
1565 o udev kill extra bus_id compares in match_id
1568 Summary of changes from v015 to v016
1569 ============================================
1571 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
1572 o get_dev_number() in extras/ide-devfs.sh
1575 o FAQ udev.rules.devfs
1578 o add udevd and udevsend to the spec file
1579 o make /etc/hotplug.d/default/udev.hotplug symlink point to udevsend now
1580 o add KERNEL_DIR option so that the distros will be happy
1581 o make udevsend binary even smaller
1582 o udevsend now almost compiles with klibc, struct sockaddr_un is only problem now
1583 o fix up logging code so that it can be built without it being enabled
1584 o rework the logging code so that each program logs with the proper name in the syslog
1585 o remove logging.c as it's no longer needed
1586 o kill the last examples that contained the %D option
1587 o remove a __KLIBC__ tests in libsysfs, as klibc now supports getpagesize()
1588 o udevd - remove stupid locking error I wrote
1589 o update to klibc version 0.101, fixing the stdin bug
1590 o fix Makefile typo for USE_LSB install
1591 o allow dbus code to actually build again
1594 o let udevsend build with klibc
1595 o udevd - config cleanup
1596 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
1597 o fix possible buffer overflow
1598 o udevd - next round of fixes
1599 o udevinfo - missing options for man page
1600 o udev - trivial style cleanup
1603 Summary of changes from v014 to v015
1604 ============================================
1606 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1607 o LFS init script update
1610 o update klibc to version 0.98
1611 o clean up udevinfo on 'make clean'
1612 o add udevinfo man page to spec file
1613 o remove command line documentation from udev man page
1614 o create initial version of udevinfo man page
1615 o added URL to spec file
1616 o add udevinfo to udev.spec file
1617 o add udevinfo to install target of Makefile
1618 o rip out command line code from udev, now that we have udevinfo
1619 o udevinfo doesn't need to declare main_envp
1620 o move get_pair to udev_config.c because udevinfo doesn't need all of namedev.o
1621 o more makefile cleanups
1622 o move udevinfo into the main build and clean up the main Makefile a bit
1623 o clean up compiler warnings if building using klibc
1624 o make udevd only have one instance running at a time
1625 o new testd.block script for debugging
1626 o udevsnd : clean up message creation logic a bit
1627 o make bk ignore udevd and udevsend binaries
1628 o whitespace cleanups
1629 o remove TODO item about BUS value, as it is now done
1630 o add support for figuring out which device on the sysfs "chain" the rule applies to
1633 o udevinfo - now a real program :)
1634 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
1635 o udev - next round of udev event order daemon
1637 o udev - udevinfo with device chain walk
1638 o spilt udev into pieces
1641 Summary of changes from v013 to v014
1642 ============================================
1644 <ananthmg:rediffmail.com>:
1645 o libsysfs update for refresh + namedev.c changes
1647 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1648 o udev-013/extras/multipath update
1650 <flamingice:sourmilk.net>:
1651 o minor patch for devfs rules
1654 o udev - program to query all device attributes to build a rule
1655 o set default owner/group in db - update
1656 o udev - reverse user query options
1657 o udev - kill %D from udev-test.pl
1658 o add udev logging to info log
1659 o udev - mention format string escape char in man page
1662 o misc code cleanups
1663 o fixup logging.h to handle different logging options properly
1664 o clean up the logging patch a bit to make the option more like the other options
1665 o remove the %D modifier as it is not longer needed
1666 o remove unneeded keyboard rule
1667 o add usb_host and pci_bus to the class blacklist
1668 o added input device rules to udev.rules and udev.rules.devfs
1672 o set default owner/group in db
1673 o small cut n paste error fix
1676 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.3
1679 Summary of changes from v012 to v013
1680 ============================================
1682 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
1683 o LSB init script and other stuff
1685 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
1686 o fix udev directory for Debian init script
1688 <tiggi:infa.abo.fi>:
1689 o udev 012 old gcc fixup
1692 o add IGNORE rule type
1696 o update TODO with some new, small items
1697 o Cset exclude: greg@kroah.com|ChangeSet|20040113010256|48515
1698 o update the README in a few places
1699 o fix -d typo in the manpage update
1700 o Fix stupid gcc "optimization" of 1 character printk() calls.... Ick
1701 o oops, forgot to fix up the PROGRAM result from ID to RESULT in the config files
1702 o Add alsa device rules and a few other devfs rules
1703 o fix a few stale comments in namedev.c
1704 o convert the default rules files to the new format
1705 o convert the test shell scripts to the config file format
1706 o add bus test for usb-serial bus
1707 o Add some helpful messages if the user uses the older config file format
1708 o added dri rule to the default config file
1709 o added init.d udev script for debian
1710 o add a script that tests the IGNORE rule
1711 o add silly script that names cdrom drives based on the cd in them
1712 o add cdrom rule for ide cdrom
1713 o replace list_for_each with list_for_each_entry, saving a few lines of code
1714 o add a blacklist of class devices we do not want to look at
1717 o fix klibc with printf() and gcc
1718 o udev - small script optimization
1719 o udev - introduce format escape char
1720 o udev - more CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
1721 o udev - CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
1722 o update documentation for new config file format
1723 o more advanced user query options
1724 o udev - simple debug tweak
1725 o udev - drop all methods :)
1726 o udev - advanced user query options
1727 o udev - Makefile error
1728 o udev - make exec_callout() reusable
1729 o udev - exec status fix for klibc
1730 o fix Silly udev script
1733 Summary of changes from v011 to v012
1734 ============================================
1736 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1737 o make symlink work properly if there is already a file in its place
1738 o Fix udev gcc-2.95.4 compat
1740 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1741 o extras multipath update
1742 o extras multipath update
1745 o mention user callable udev + options in man page
1746 o make udev user callable to query the database
1747 o depend on all .h files
1748 o cleanup namedev_parse debug text
1749 o extend exec_program[]
1750 o ide-devfs.sh update
1751 o fix for apply_format()
1752 o check for empty symlink string
1753 o 'ide' missing in bus_files[]
1754 o small trivial cleanup of latest changes
1756 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1757 o introduce signal handler
1760 o udev spec file update
1763 o minor grammer fixes for the udev_vs_devfs document
1764 o move the dbus config file to etc/dbus-1/system.d/
1765 o move the config files to etc/udev to clean up main directory a bit
1766 o add Gentoo versions of the rules and permissions files
1767 o if using glibc, link dynamically, as no one like 500Kb udev binaries
1768 o minor change to udev_vs_devfs document
1769 o added udev vs devfs supid document to the tree
1770 o move the signal handling registration to after we have initialized enough stuff
1771 o make ide-devfs.sh executable in the tree
1772 o udev.permissions.debian - forgot the dm nodes
1773 o update the udev.permissions.debian file with new entries
1774 o added udev.init script for the Linux From Scratch project
1778 Summary of changes from v010 to v011
1779 ============================================
1781 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
1782 o proper cleanup on udevdb_init() failure
1785 o patch udev 009-010 rpm spec file
1788 o fix udev sed Makefile usage
1791 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the LABEL rule
1792 o add tests for LABEL rule with a device that has no bus
1793 o Don't require the BUS value for the LABEL rule
1794 o If a LABEL rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
1795 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the CALLOUT rule
1796 o If a CALLOUT rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
1797 o Don't require the BUS value for the CALLOUT rule
1798 o add test for callout rule with a device that has no bus
1800 o added different build options to the rpm udev.spec file
1801 o add pci to the bus_files list
1802 o check for empty line a bit better in the parser
1803 o more init script cleanups, the stop target now calls udev to cleanup instead of just removing the whole /udev directory
1804 o make udev init script run udev in the background to let startup go much faster
1805 o fix long delay for all devices in namedev
1808 Summary of changes from v009 to v010
1809 ============================================
1811 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
1814 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1815 o extras multipath update
1816 o extras multipath update
1817 o extras multipath update
1818 o extras multipath update
1822 o small cleanup udev-remove.c
1823 o experimental CALLOUT script for devfs ide node creation with cd, disc, part
1824 o add any valid device
1825 o introduce format char 'k' for kernel-name
1826 o trivial make fixes
1827 o don't overwrite old config on install
1828 o udev-remove.c cleanups
1829 o bug in udev-remove.c
1830 o trivial cleanup parser changes
1832 <roman.kagan:itep.ru>:
1833 o fix comment and whitespace handling in config files
1836 o Allow build with empty EXTRAS
1838 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1839 o libsysfs 0.4.0 patch
1840 o fix scsi_id segfault with udev-009
1844 o mark config files as such in the rpm spec file
1847 o fix complier warning in namedev.c
1848 o add documentation for the new '%k' modifier (kernel name replacement)
1849 o add documentation about the multiple sysfs values that are now allowed for the LABEL rule
1850 o add tests for multi-file LABEL rules
1851 o add ability to have up to 5 SYSFS_ file/value pairs for the LABEL rule
1852 o Just live with a sleep(1) in namedev for now until libsysfs is fixed up
1853 o try to wait until the proper device file shows up in sysfs
1854 o remove unneeded TODO and FIXME entry
1855 o clean up the stand-alone tests to work properly on other people's machines
1856 o add tests to catch whitespace and comment config file parsing errors
1859 Summary of changes from v008 to v009
1860 ============================================
1862 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1863 o more extras/multipath changes
1864 o and more extras/multipath updates
1865 o more extras/multipath updates
1866 o yet more extras/multipath
1867 o more extras/multipath updates
1868 o extras/multipath update
1871 o D-BUS patch for udev-008
1873 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
1874 o add init.d/udev to "make install"
1875 o add init.d/udev to the spec file
1878 o don't rely on field order in namedev_parse
1879 o get part of callout return string
1880 o remove '\n' from end of callout return
1881 o man-page mention multiple symlinks
1882 o allow multiple symlinks
1883 o cleanup man & remove symlink comment
1884 o experimental (very simple) SYMLINK creation
1886 o pattern match for label method
1887 o a bug in linefeed removal
1890 o remove udev from runlevels on uninstall
1891 o install initscript in udev rpm
1893 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1894 o pre-libsysfs-0.4.0 patch
1897 o signal fixes due to klibc update
1898 o sync klibc with release 0.95
1899 o add mol permissions to the debian permissions file
1900 o update the FAQ with info about bad modprobe events from the devfs scheme
1901 o some cleanups due to the need for LABEL rules to use "SYSFS_" now
1902 o Add restart target to the etc/init.d/udev script
1903 o tweak the config file generation portion of the Makefile a bit
1904 o change devfs disk name rule from 'disk' to 'disc'
1905 o add vc support to udev.rules.devfs
1906 o added a devfs udev config file from Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>
1907 o set default mode to 0600 to be safer
1908 o Makefile tweaks for the DBUS build
1909 o update the FAQ due to the latest devfs mess on lkml and also due to symlinks now working
1910 o document the different Makefile config options that we have
1911 o change USE_DBUS to DBUS in Makefile, and disable it by default as it's still to hard to build on all systems
1912 o fix formatting of udev_dbus.c to use tabs. Also get it to build properly now
1913 o move all of the DBUS logic into one file and remove all of the #ifdef crud from the main code
1916 o dump latest klibc into the udev build tree
1917 o use udevdir in udev.conf
1920 o better allow builds of extras programs under udev
1921 o update udev extras/scsi_id to version 0.2
1924 Summary of changes from v007 to v008
1925 ============================================
1927 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
1928 o more config file parsing robustness
1930 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
1931 o udev-007/extras/multipath update
1934 o Build failure - missing linux/limits.h include?
1935 o Add format modifier for devfs like naming
1936 o klibc makefile fixes
1938 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
1939 o another patch for path problem
1940 o quick fix for libsysfs bus
1941 o libsysfs changes for sysfsutils 0.3.0
1944 o fix up some duplicated function compiler warnings in libsysfs
1945 o fix some compiler warnings in the tdb code
1946 o Added Kay's name to the man page
1947 o update the wildcard documentation in the man page to show the new styles supported
1948 o fix permission handling logic
1949 o enable default_mode ability to actually build
1950 o add support for the default_mode variable, as it is documented
1951 o show permissions and groups in the label_test
1952 o remove some items off of the TODO list, as they are now done
1953 o fix up the tests to work without all of the environ variables
1954 o get rid of the majority of the debug environment variables
1955 o Update the man page to show the new config file, it's format, and how to use it
1956 o fix up the tests to support the rules file name change
1957 o add support for a main udev config file, udev.conf
1958 o turn debugging messages off by default
1959 o split out the namedev config parsing logic to namedev_parse.c
1960 o rename namedev's get_attr() to be main namedev_name_device() as that's what it really is
1961 o add devfs like tty rules as an example in the default config file
1962 o operate on the rules in the order they are in the config file (within the rule type) instead of operating on them backwards.
1963 o Cset exclude: dsteklof@us.ibm.com|ChangeSet|20031126173159|56255
1964 o add test for checking the BUS value
1965 o fix problem where we were not looking at the BUS value
1966 o add scsi and pci bus links in the test sysfs tree
1967 o add test and documentation for new %D devfs format modifier
1968 o changed the default location of the database to /udev/.udev.tdb to be LSB compliant
1969 o get rid of functions in klibc_fixups that are now in klibc
1970 o sync up with the 0.84 version of klibc
1971 o fix udev init.d script to handle all class devices in sysfs
1972 o fix the test.block and test.tty scripts due to their moveing. Also add a test.all script
1973 o 007_bk version change to Makefile
1976 o pattern matching for namedev
1977 o catch replace device by wildcard
1978 o udev.8 tweak numeric id text
1979 o udev-test.pl add subdir test
1980 o namedev.c strcat tweak
1981 o overall whitespace + debug text conditioning
1982 o udev-test.pl - tweaks
1985 o Add -nodefaultlibs while compiling against klibc
1988 o ARCH detection for ppc
1991 o fix udev parallel builds with klibc
1994 Summary of changes from v006 to v007
1995 ============================================
1998 o fix segfault in parsing bad udev.permissions file
2001 o update default config file with a CALLOUT rule, and more documentation
2002 o updated the man page with the latest format specifier changes
2003 o added ability to put format specifiers in the CALLOUT program string
2004 o tweak udev-test.pl to report '0' errors if that's what happened
2005 o only build klibc_fixups.c if we are actually using klibc
2006 o add support for string group and string user names in udev.permissions
2007 o add getgrnam and getpwnam to klibc_fixups files
2008 o remove Makefile.klibc
2009 o add udev-test perl script from Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> which blows away my puny shell scripts
2010 o added debian's version of udev.permissions
2011 o change to 006_bk version
2014 o format char for CALLOUT output
2015 o more namedev whitespace cleanups
2016 o support arguments in callout exec
2017 o namedev.c - change order of fields in CALLOUT
2018 o namedev.c whitespace + debug text cleanup
2019 o man page with udev.permissions wildcard
2022 o static klibc udev does not link against crt0.o
2024 Summary of changes from v005 to v006
2025 ============================================
2027 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
2028 o faster test scripts
2031 o more robust config file parsing in namedev.c
2032 o add bus id modifier
2034 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2035 o patch for libsysfs sysfs directory handling
2038 o add another line to udev.permissions in the proper format
2039 o tweak replace_test
2040 o fix permissions to work properly now
2041 o add real udev.permissions file to test directory
2042 o fix namedev.c to build with older version of gcc
2043 o add dumb test for all of the different modifiers
2044 o update the TODO list with more items that people can easily do
2045 o move the test.block and test.tty scripts to the test/ directory
2046 o add remove actions to the test scripts
2047 o turn DEBUG_PARSER off by default
2048 o add some documentation for the %b modifier to the default config file
2049 o fix make install rule for when the udev symlink is already there
2050 o change release target in makefile
2051 o change debug level on printf values for now
2052 o updated demo config file
2053 o add some documentation of the modifiers to the default config file
2054 o add demo config file
2055 o updated bk ignore list for klibc generated files
2056 o add printf option to label test to verify it works
2057 o fix up printf-like functionality due to previous changes
2058 o get the major/minor number before we name the device
2059 o add scsi_id "extra" program from Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>
2060 o Add multipath "extra" program from Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@free.fr>
2061 o trailing whitespace cleanups
2062 o splig LABEL and NUMBER into separate functions
2063 o add TOPO regression test
2064 o move TOPOLOGY rule to it's own function
2065 o fix bug where NUMBER and TOPOLOGY would not work for partitions
2066 o clean up the way we find the sysdevice for a block device for namedev
2067 o updated label test script (tests for partitions now.)
2068 o split REPLACE and CALLOUT into separate functions
2069 o add debug line for REPLACE call
2071 o add more sysfs test tree files
2072 o change UDEV_SYSFS_PATH environment variable due to libsysfs change
2073 o fix bug in klibc's isspace function
2074 o fix udev-add.c to build properly with older versions of gcc
2075 o add prototype for ftruncate to klibc
2076 o Remove a few items from the TODO list that are already done
2077 o version number to 005_bk
2078 o pull some klibc stuff into the make Makefile to try to stay in sync
2082 o apply permissions.conf support for wildcard and default name
2083 o man page with included placeholder list
2084 o implement printf-like placeholder support for NAME
2085 o more manpage tweaks
2086 o add support for subdirs
2087 o add uid/gid to nodes
2093 o Fixup path for kernel includes when building with klibc
2099 Summary of changes from v004 to v005
2100 ============================================
2103 o namedev.c comments + debug patch
2107 o ignore the klibc/linux symlink
2108 o add klibc linux symlink info to the README
2109 o get 'make release' to work properly again
2110 o added README info for how to build using klibc
2111 o turn off debugging if we are building with klibc
2112 o turn off debugging in namedev
2113 o added vsyslog support to klibc
2114 o add ftruncate to klibc
2115 o klibc specific tweaks
2116 o libsysfs does not need mntent.h in it's header file
2117 o udev build tweaks to tdb's spinlock code
2118 o klibc makefile changes
2119 o build tdb and libsysfs from the same makefile as udev
2120 o udev-add build cleanups for other libc versions
2121 o tweak tdb to build within udev better
2122 o make libsysfs spit debug messages to the same place as the rest of udev
2123 o make libsysfs build cleanly
2124 o updated bk ignore list
2125 o added klibc version 0.82 (cvs tree) to the udev tree
2126 o makefile fix for now
2127 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
2128 o hm, makefile bug with so many files... will fix later
2129 o regression tests starting to be added
2130 o fix LABEL bug for device files (not class files.)
2131 o more warning flags to the build
2132 o got rid of struct device_attr
2133 o rename namedev.permissions and namedev.config to udev.permissions and udev.config
2134 o fix dbg line in namedev.c
2135 o more overrides of config info with env variables if in test mode
2136 o Fix bug causing udev to sleep forever waiting for dev file to show up
2137 o change version to 004_bk
2138 o make config files, sysfs root, and udev root configurable from config variables
2141 o udev: sleep_for_dev() bits
2142 o udev: another canidate for static
2145 Summary of changes from v003 to v004
2146 ============================================
2148 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2149 o new version of libsysfs patch
2153 o major database cleanups
2154 o Changed test.block and test.tty to take ACTION from the command line
2155 o don't sleep if 'dev' file is already present on device add
2156 o fix comment about how the "dev" file is made up
2157 o more database work. Now we only store the info we really need right now
2158 o add BUS= bug to TODO list so it will not get forgotten
2160 o test.block changes
2161 o ok, rpm likes the "_" character instead of "-" better
2162 o change the version to 003-bk to keep things sane with people using the bk tree
2163 o got "remove of named devices" working
2164 o fix segfaults when dealing with partitions
2171 o udev: mode should be mode_t
2172 o udev: trivial trivialities
2173 o udev: cool test scripts again
2174 o udev spec file symlink support
2175 o udev: cool test scripts
2176 o udev spec file bits
2179 Summary of changes from v0.2 to v003
2180 ============================================
2182 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2187 o update the spec file for the new version and install process
2188 o fix makefile release rule to not drop tdb.h file
2190 o removed AUTHORS and INSTALL files as they were pretty pointless
2192 o Add AUTHORS and INSTALL files
2195 o updated the TODO list
2196 o add udev man page (basically just a place holder for now.)
2197 o added uninstall support
2198 o added install target for makefile so people don't have to do it by hand anymore
2199 o add version to debug log on startup
2200 o tell the user what mknod() we are trying to do
2201 o add dbg_parse() to cut down on parse file debugging statements
2202 o put config files and database in /etc/udev by default
2203 o add ols 2003 udev paper to docs/
2204 o clean up some debugging stuff in namedev.c
2205 o do not build the tdb binary programs, only the objects
2206 o merge tdb into the build process
2207 o Added tdb code from latest cvs version in the samba tree
2208 o added my name to the .spec file
2210 o cleanup the mknod code a bit
2211 o remove mknod callout
2212 o handle new major:minor format of dev files that showed up in 2.6.0-test2-bk3 or so
2213 o oops, everything was getting created as 000 mode, try to fix this up, but fail...
2220 o add callout config type to udev
2223 o Fix TDB cross compilation
2225 o udev/libsysfs cross compile fixes
2228 Summary of changes from v0.1 to v0.2
2229 ============================================
2233 o removed unneeded stuff from udev.h
2234 o added 0.2 change log info
2235 o start working on label support, and fix some segfaults for block devices
2236 o test config file changes
2237 o add NUMBER support (basically same logic as TOPOLOGY, perhaps we should
2239 o added topology support
2240 o got REPLACE to work properly
2241 o make struct config_device contain a struct device_attr instead of
2242 duplicating the mess
2244 o split the tests up into different files
2245 o split udev main logic into udev-add and udev-remove
2246 o Clean up the namedev interface a bit, making the code smaller
2247 o bk: update ignore list
2248 o update the tests to handle block devices too
2249 o add initial libsysfs support
2250 o added libsysfs to the build
2251 o added libsysfs code from sysutils-0.1.1-071803 release
2252 o namedev config files are fully parsed
2253 o more permission tests
2254 o make log_message spit out warnings so I don't have to spend forever
2255 chasing down stupid bugs that aren't there...
2256 o added klibc makefile
2257 o Initial namedev parsing of config files
2258 o sleep for 2 seconds to give the kernel a chance to actually create the
2260 o pick a better default UDEV_ROOT
2261 o fix up the test to actually work
2262 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
2265 Summary of changes up to v0.1
2266 ============================================
2269 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
2270 o updated the documentation
2271 o cleaned up the makefile a bit
2273 o restructure code to be able to actually get remove_node() to work
2274 o Creating nodes actually works
2275 o added stupid test script for debugging
2276 o added initial documentation and gpl license
2278 o updated ignore list
2279 o added initial files
2281 o Initial repository create
2282 o BitKeeper file /home/greg/src/udev/udev/ChangeSet