X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=69c6beff2d12e438c5c58c002bef61f03474cc94;hb=096e59edc98646edb1072c646c631729bee04ad0;hp=0e486f4621e4b255f48d4878c9f83f7652657736;hpb=65807d09ecc2f09d7643b9c2f3e9c89358304fab;p=elogind.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0e486f462..69c6beff2 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,21 +1,59 @@ +udev 133 +======== + +The strings of the parsed rules, which are kept in memory, no longer +contain duplicate entries, or duplicate tails of strings. This reduces +the total in-memory size of a huge distro rule set to 0.08 MB, compared +to the 1.2MB of udev version 130. + +The export of DEVTYPE=disk/partition got removed from the default +rules. This value is available from the kernel. +The pnp shell script modprobe hack is removed from the default rules. +ACPI devices have proper modalias support and take care of the same +functionality. +Installations which support old kernels, but install current default +udev rules may want to add that to the compat rules file. + +Libvolume_id now always probes for all known filesystems, and does not +stop at the first match. Some filesystems are marked as "exclusive probe", +and if any other filesytem type matches at the same time, libvolume_id +will by default not return any probing result. This is intended to help +with conflicting left-over signatures from earlier file system formats. +That way, we no longer depend on the probe-order in case of competing +signatures. In some setups the kernel allows to mount a volume with just +the old filesystem signature still in place. This may damage the new +filesystem and cause data-loss, just by mounting it. Because volume_id +can not decide which one the correct signature is, the wrong signatures +need to be removed manually from the volume, or the volume needs to be +reformatted, to enable filesystem detection and possible auto-mounting. + +udev 132 +======== + +Fix segfault if compiled without optimization and dbg() does not get +compiled out and uses variables which are not available. + udev 131 ======== -Bugfixes. (And probably new bugs. :)) +Bugfixes. (And maybe new bugs. :)) The rule matching engine got converted from a rule list to a token array which reduced the in-memory rules representation of a full -featured distros with thousends of rules from 1.2MB to 0.17 MB. - -The limit of 5 ENV and ATTR matches, and a single instance for most -other keys per rule is gone with the new parser. +featured distros with thousends of udev rules from 1.2MB to 0.12 MB. +Limits like 5 ENV and ATTR matches, and one single instance for most +other keys per rule are gone. The NAME assignment is no longer special cased. If later rules assign a NAME value again, the former value will be overwritten. As usual for most other keys, the NAME value can be protected by doing a final assignment with NAME:="". -Many thanks to Alan Jenkins for finding and optimizing some of the -computing expensive parts. +All udev code now uses libudev, which is also exported. The library +is still under development, marked as experimental, and its interface +may change as long as the DeviceKit integration is not finished. + +Many thanks to Alan Jenkins for his continuous help, and finding and +optimizing some of the computing expensive parts. udev 130 ========