X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=1210ed5a7321e4d2d2b9a60e4a4ec946734c4783;hb=912541b0246ef315d4d851237483b98c9dd3f992;hp=b052257c332ace211fa3fe1f35cf27199f1ab47a;hpb=4f1795cca7060030461c8f3429e5a62f143f74a9;p=elogind.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b052257c3..1210ed5a7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ udev 175 ======== +The 'devtmpfs' filesystem is required now, udev will not create or delete +device nodes anymore, it only adjusts permissions and ownership of device +nodes and maintains additional symlinks. + A writable /run directory (tmpfs) is required now for a fully functional udev. @@ -12,6 +16,9 @@ The default install location of the 'udevadm' tool moved from 'sbin' to /usr/bin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin'. A symlink to udevadm needs to be manually created if needed. +The expected value of '--libexecdir' has changed and must no longer contain +the 'udev' directory. + Kernel modules are now loaded directly by linking udev to 'libkmod'. The 'modprobe' tool is no longer executed by udev. @@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ All built-in tools can be listed and tested with 'udevadm test-builtin'. The 'udevadm control --reload-rules' option has been renamed to '--reload'. It reloads the kernel module configuration. -The systemd socket files use PassCred=yes, which requires systemd +The systemd socket files use PassCredentials=yes, which requires systemd version 38. The udev build system only creates a .xz tarball now.