1 Summary of changes from v109 to v110
2 ============================================
5 udevcontrol: allow to set global variables in udevd
8 remove eventrecorder.sh
10 volume_id: add md metadata 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 support
11 unset variable with ENV{VAR}=""
12 delete copies of default rules in SUSE rules
13 volume_id: ext - fix endianess in version number
15 volume_id: old md metadata has only 32 bit for the uuid
16 volume_id: minix version 3 support
17 don't create $tempnode for devices without major
18 usb_id: add <devpath> to help text
19 ata_id: use getopt_long()
22 Matthias Schwarzott (3):
23 Makefile: respect CFLAGS/LDFLAGS
25 ata_id: don't log error for libata devices on older kernels
28 Summary of changes from v108 to v109
29 ============================================
32 create_floppy_devices: create nodes with correct selinux context
35 udevtest: export ACTION string if given as option
37 make ACTION!="add|change" working
38 udevtest: import uevent variables if possible
39 udevinfo: export all information stored in database
40 default rules: add libata compat links
41 create_path: don't fail if something else created the directory
42 udevd: fix serialization of events
43 path_id: remove broken example
44 libvolume_id: do not install static library
47 Matthias Schwarzott (2):
49 persistent device naming: add joystick links
55 Summary of changes from v107 to v108
56 ============================================
59 udevinfo: relax check for the correct device if looked up by name
60 don't write to sysfs files during test run
61 finally remove the directory event-multiplexer crap
63 Matthias Schwarzott (2):
64 write_cd_rules: set default link type to "by-id" for usb and ieee1394 devices
68 udevsettle: read udev not kernel seqnum first
71 Summary of changes from v106 to v107
72 ============================================
75 udevtest: export UDEV_LOG if we changed it
78 man: add missing options to various man pages
80 create_floppy_devices: apply specified mode without umask
82 udevmonitor: add switch for kernel and udev events
83 default rules: wait for 0:0:0:0 scsi devices only
85 delete dasd_id, it moved to s390-tools
87 encode db-file names, instead of just replacing '/'
88 update internal variables if we see $DEVPATH during IMPORT
89 increase /proc/stat buffer
90 maintain index over device-names to devpath relation
91 restore overwritten symlinks when the device goes away
92 store devpath with the usual leading slash
93 add link_priority to rule options, and store it in database
94 pick actual valid device in udev_db_lookup_name
95 cleanup already existing db-entries and db-index on device update
96 selinux: move selinux_exit() to the main programs
97 remove old error message
98 read list of devices from index, make index private to database
99 priority based symlink handling
100 volume_id: get rid of compiler warning
101 udevinfo: remove -d option
102 update %n on netif name change
103 if a node goes away, possibly restore a waiting symlink
105 man: add "link_priority" option
107 udevtest: add --force mode
108 udevinfo: print link priority
109 usb_id: append target:lun to storage device serial
110 run_directory: add final warning before removal
115 Matthias Schwarzott (2):
116 udevd: cleanup std{in,our,err} on startup
117 udevmonitor: fix swapped event switch descriptions
120 Summary of changes from v105 to v106
121 ============================================
124 man: fix typos in scsi_id and udevd
126 Andrey Borzenkov (2):
127 vol_id: add -L to print raw partition label
131 persistent device naming: tape devices and medium changers
134 exclude parent devices from DRIVER== match
135 volume_id: really fix endianess bug in linux_raid detection
137 man: correct udevinfo --export-db
138 path_id: append LUN to iSCSI path
139 create_floppy_devices: add option for owner/group
141 apply format chars to ATTR before writing to sysfs
142 add (subsystem) to udevmonitor output
143 update DRIVER== changes
144 remove --version from the udevinfo man page
145 add test for an attribute which contains an operator char
146 man: add note about parent matching behavior
147 scsi_id: accept tabs in /etc/scsi_id.conf
148 remove dead rule in persistent tape rules
150 Matthias Schwarzott (4):
151 correct typo in extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.conf
152 fix retry-loop in netif-rename code
153 add option --version to udevd
154 rule_generator: fix for creating rules on read-only filesystem
156 Peter Breitenlohner (1):
157 fix INSTALL_PROGRAM vs. INSTALL_SCRIPT
160 udevd: init signal pipe before daemonizing
161 unlink old database file before creating a new one
162 fix %c $string substitution
164 Theodoros V. Kalamatianos (1):
165 fix udev attribute names with a colon
168 Summary of changes from v104 to v105
169 ============================================
172 man: fix typos in scsi_id and udevd
174 Andrey Borzenkov (2):
175 vol_id: add -L to print raw partition label
179 exclude parent devices from DRIVER== match
180 volume_id: really fix endianess bug in linux_raid detection
182 Matthias Schwarzott (2):
183 correct typo in extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.conf
184 fix retry-loop in netif-rename code
186 Peter Breitenlohner (1):
187 fix INSTALL_PROGRAM vs. INSTALL_SCRIPT
190 udevd: init signal pipe before daemonizing
191 unlink old database file before creating a new one
192 fix %c $string substitution
195 Summary of changes from v103 to v104
196 ============================================
203 volume_id: fix endianess bug in linux_raid detection
204 man: fix udevmonitor text
205 man: recreate from xml
206 rename config "filename" to "dir"
207 remove outdated documentation
208 rename "udev.c" to "test-udev.c" - it is only for testing
210 use git-archive instead of git-tar-tree
213 inotify syscall definitions for M32R
216 write_cd_rules: identity-based persistence
217 scsi_id: remove trailing garbage from ID_SERIAL_SHORT
220 SELinux: label created symlink instead of node
223 Summary of changes from v102 to v103
224 ============================================
227 persistent storage rules: skip gnbd devices
228 volume_id: add checksum check to via_raid
229 volume_id: add comment about hfs uuid conversion
234 Summary of changes from v101 to v102
235 ============================================
238 writing_udev_rules: fix typo in example rule
241 create missing ChangeLog for version 101
244 first try "subsystem" link at a parent device, before guessing
245 if /sys/subsystem exists, skip class, bus, block scanning
246 scsi_id: export ID_SERIAL_SHORT without vendor/product
250 path_id: fix SAS disk handling
253 Summary of changes from v100 to v101
254 ============================================
257 fix udevinfo help text typo
260 cleanup default rules
261 add IMPORT operations to the udev man page
264 remove Makefile magic for leading '0' in version
265 udevd: use getopt_long()
266 udevd: add --verbose option to log also to stdout
267 udevd: add --debug-trace option
268 rule_generator: improve net rule comment generation
269 volume_id: correct iso9660 high sierra header
270 warn if a PHYSEDV* key, the "device" link, or a parent attribute is used
271 don't print PHYSDEV* warnings for old WAIT_FOR_SYSFS rules
272 udevinfo: print error in --attribute-walk
273 udev_sysfs: unify symlink resolving
274 udevtrigger: trigger devices sorted by their dependency
275 fix spelling in deprecation warning
278 Michał Bartoszkiewicz:
279 udevtrigger: fix typo that prevents partition events
282 clarify "specified user/group unknown" error
285 update slackware rules
288 update Frugalware rules
291 Summary of changes from v099 to v100
292 ============================================
296 fix messed up ChangeLog from release 099
297 man: add $attr{} section about symlinks
298 revert persistent-storage ata-serial '_' '-' replacement
301 Summary of changes from v098 to v099
302 ============================================
308 udev_db.c: include <sys/stat.h>
309 use fnmatch() instead of our own pattern match code
310 rename major/minor variable to maj/min to avoid warning
311 update source file headers
312 udevtest: print header that ENV{} can't work
314 udevtrigger: options to filter by subsystem and sysfs attribute
315 udevtrigger: remove unused longindex
316 udevinfo: use long options
317 udevd: use files instead of symlinks for /dev/.udev/queue,failed
318 udevtrigger: fix pattern match
319 reorder options in udevinfo man page
320 udevinfo: fix SUBSYTEMS spelling error
321 fix ENV{TEST}="Test: $env{TEST}"
322 let $attr{symlink} return the last element of the path
323 cdrom_id: add rules file to call cdrom_id
324 udevinfo: do not show symlinks as attributes in --attribute-walk
325 remove broken name_cdrom.pl
329 run_program: close pipe fd's which are connected to child process
330 add persistent rules generator for net devices and optical drives
333 changes rules for ata disk from '_' to '-'
336 make struct option arrays static const
340 Summary of changes from v097 to v098
341 ============================================
344 udevtest: allow /sys in the devpath paramter
347 selinux: init once in the daemon, not in every event process
350 udevd: remove huge socket buffer on the control socket
352 rename udev_libc_wrapper -> udev_sysdeps
353 db: store devpath - node relationship for all devices
354 udevinfo: allow -a -n <node>
355 udevinfo, udevtest: simplify '/sys' stripping from devpath argument
356 lookup_user, lookup_group: report "unknown user" and "lookup failed"
357 consistent key naming to match only the event device or include all parent devices
358 skip rule, if too may keys of the same type are used
359 introduce ATTR{file}="value" to set sysfs attributes
362 export DRIVER for older kernels as a replacement for PHYSDEVDRIVER
363 fix typo in SUBSYSTEMS key parsing
364 udevtrigger: add --retry-failed
365 volume_id: add suspend partition detection
366 vol_id: use primary group of 'nobody' instead of 'nogroup'
367 remove built-in /etc/passwd /etc/group parser
368 always expect KEY{value} on ATTR, ATTRS, ENV keys
369 use new key names in test programs
370 cleanup commandline argument handling
371 db: don't create a db file for only a node name to store
372 man: add ATTR{file}="value" assignment
375 volume_id: fix fat32 cluster chain traversal
378 fix 'unknow user' error from getpwnam/getgrnam
379 fix rc when using udev --daemon
382 Michał Bartoszkiewicz:
386 Summary of changes from v096 to v097
387 ============================================
390 add joystick support to persistent input rules
393 firmware.sh: remove needless '/'
394 vol_id: add --skip-raid and --probe-all option
395 switch uevent netlink socket to group 1 only
396 increase /proc/stat read buffer
397 use "change" instead of "online" events
398 remove 'static' from local variable
399 libvolume_id: add parameter 'size' to all probe functions
400 man pages: replace 'device-path' by 'devpath'
401 man pages: work around xmlto which tries to be smart
402 refresh vol_id man page
403 udevinfo: add DRIVER==
404 Makefile: fix dependency
405 libvolume_id: read ufs2 label
406 switch ifdef __KLIBC__ to ifndef __GLIBC__
407 report failing getpwnam/getgrnam as error
408 rename udevcontrol message types and variables
409 initialize unused sockets to -1
410 udevd: remove useless udevinitsend parameter
412 udevd: autotune max_childs/max_childs_running
413 update frugalware rules
415 move default rules to etc/udev/rules.d/
416 add 'crypto' devices to persistent storage rules
417 add late.rules to default rules
419 don't report an error on overlong comment lines
421 udevd: read DRIVER from the environment
424 make rename_netif() error messages useful
425 path_id: fix an harmless syntax error
428 update slackware rules
431 Fix inotify syscalls on ARM
434 Summary of changes from v095 to v096
435 ============================================
438 Makefiles: fix .PHONY for man page target
439 allow longer devpath values
440 path_id: prepare for new sysfs layout
443 Summary of changes from v094 to v095
444 ============================================
448 don't remove symlinks if they are already there
449 allow "online" events to create/update symlinks
450 udevinfo: clarify parent device attribute use
452 netif rename: optimistic loop for the name to become free
453 remove broken %e enumeration
456 print usage of udevcontrol when no or invalid command is given
459 Summary of changes from v093 to v094
460 ============================================
463 update "writing udev rules"
466 libvolume_id: gfs + gfs2 support
467 remove MODALIAS key and substitution
468 add persistent-input.rules
474 Summary of changes from v092 to v093
475 ============================================
478 path_id: add support for iSCSI devices
481 libvolume_id: fat - check for signature at end of sector
482 libvolume_id: add more software raid signatures
484 path_id: prevent endless loop for SAS devices on older kernels
486 replace binary firmware helper with shell script
487 skip device mapper devices for persistent links
490 Summary of changes from v091 to v092
491 ============================================
494 don't include stropts.h, some libc's don't like it
495 udevd: create leading directories for /dev/.udev/uevent_seqnum
496 vol_id: fix logging from libvolume_id's log function
499 add more warnings for invalid key operations
500 fix offsetof() build issue with recent glibc
501 selinux: fix typo in block device node selection
502 vol_id: add NetWare volume detection
503 edd_id: fix "(null)" output if "mbr_signature" does not exist
505 libvolume_id: nss - use different uuid
508 path_id: add platform and serio support
515 Summary of changes from v090 to v091
516 ============================================
519 path_id: fix SAS device path generation
522 udevtest: don't try to delete symlinks
523 persistent rules: fix typo in dm rule
524 allow NAME=="value" to check for already assigned value
525 udevd: export initial sequence number on startup
528 Summary of changes from v089 to v090
529 ============================================
532 udevd: export current seqnum and add udevsettle
533 volume_id: fix endianess conversion typo for FAT32
534 merge device event handling and make database content available on "remove"
535 set default udevsettle timeout to 3 minutes
536 export INTERFACE_OLD if we renamed a netif
537 let udevmonitor show the possibly renamed devpath
538 volume_id: move some debug to info level
539 udevtrigger: fix event order
540 usb_id: remove uneeded code
541 remove old symlinks before creating current ones
542 path_id: fix loop for SAS devices
543 apply format char to variables exported by ENV
546 add inotify support for hppa and MIPS and log if inotify is not available
549 fix typo in error message
552 Summary of changes from v088 to v089
553 ============================================
556 path_id: add bus to USB path
559 change rule to skip removable IDE devices
560 don't create uuid/label links for raid members
561 volume_id: provide library
562 fix rule order for persistent tape links
564 volume_id: provide a custom debug function
565 volume_id: rename subdirectory
566 volume_id: use shared library by default
567 because is better than cause
568 volume_id: remove some global symbols
569 volume_id: define exported symbols
570 remove all stripping code
571 man pages: mention udev(7) not udev(8)
573 move all *_id programs to /lib/udev/
576 pass CROSS_COMPILE to AR and RANLIB down to extras/
577 volume_id: update README
578 volume_id: generate man page from xml source
580 fix symlink targets in Makefiles
583 Summary of changes from v087 to v088
584 ============================================
587 persistent links: add scsi tape links and usb path support
590 volume_id: add squashfs detection
591 reset signal handler in event process
592 correct use of fcntl()
593 add udevtrigger to request events for coldplug
594 add ',' to trusted chars
595 volume_id: remove partition table parsing code
596 volume_id: remove all partition table support
597 fix spelling error in debug string
598 rename "persistent disk" to "persistent storage"
599 fix output for USB path
602 Summary of changes from v086 to v087
603 ============================================
606 path_id: support SAS devices
609 fix persistent disk rules to exclude removable IDE drives
610 warn about %e, MODALIAS, $modalias
611 remove devfs rules and scripts
614 typo in debug text in udev_run_hotplugd.c
617 Summary of changes from v085 to v086
618 ============================================
621 volume_id: replace __packed__ by PACKED macro
622 volume_id: split raid and filesystem detection
623 volume_id: add missing return
624 udevd: fix queue export for multiple events for the same device
627 workaround missing kernel headers for some architectures
630 update to udev-084/doc/writing_udev_rules
633 Summary of changes from v084 to v085
634 ============================================
637 Fix trivial spelling errors in RELEASE-NOTES
640 fix typo in parisc support to path_id
643 make WAIT_FOR_SYSFS usable in non "wait-only" rules
645 include sys/socket.h for klibc build
646 cramfs detection for bigendian
647 exit WAIT_FOR_SYSFS if the whole device goes away
651 include errno.h in udev_libc_wrapper.c
654 Summary of changes from v083 to v084
655 ============================================
659 switch CROSS to CROSS_COMPILE
660 replace fancy silent build program by simple kernel build like logic
661 move manpages to top level
662 remove UDEVD_UEVENT_INITSEND
664 scsi_id: remove dead files
665 optimize sysfs device and attribute cache
666 let SYSFS{} look at the device, not only the parent device
667 add debug output to sysfs operations
670 Summary of changes from v082 to v083
671 ============================================
674 man page: document when substitutions are applied for RUN and other keys
675 check for ignore_device in loop looks redundant
678 udevstart: fix NAME="" which prevents RUN from being executed
679 find programs in /lib/udev for IMPORT if {program} is not given
680 don't add $SUBSYSTEM automatically as $1 to programs
681 remove redundant substitution of RUN key
684 Summary of changes from v081 to v082
685 ============================================
688 substitute format chars in RUN after rule matching
691 scsi_id, usb_id: request device parent by subsystem
692 path_id: work with "all devices in /sys/devices"
693 ignore all messages with missing devpath or action
694 Makefile: remove dynamic config file generation
695 path_id: handle fiber channel (Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>)
696 usb_id: don't fail on other subsytems than "scsi"
697 don't do RUN if "ignore_device" is given
698 increase kernel uevent buffer size
699 move udev(8) manpage to udev(7)
700 recreate man pages from xml source
701 remove udev, udevstart, udevsend from the default installation
703 rename apply_format() cause it is public now
704 udevtest: add udev_rules_apply_format() to RUN keys
705 let "ignore_device" always return the event successfully
708 fixes udev build with -fpie
711 Summary of changes from v080 to v081
712 ============================================
715 add DEVLINKS to "remove" event
716 better log text and comments
717 vol_id: probe volume as user nobody
718 fix BUS, ID, $id usage
719 prepare moving of /sys/class devices to /sys/devices
722 Summary of changes from v079 to v080
723 ============================================
726 fix dependency for make -j2
732 update RELEASE-NOTES + TODO
736 path_id: fix invalid character class
740 udev_selinux.c: include udev.h
743 Summary of changes from v078 to v079
744 ============================================
747 don't log error if database does not exist
748 use udev_root instead of "/dev"in selinux matchpathcon_init_prefix()
749 scsi_id: read page 0x80 with libata drives
751 remove %e from man page
754 Summary of changes from v077 to v078
755 ============================================
758 Update Gentoo udev main rule file.
759 add parisc support to path_id
762 scsi_id: -u fold multiple consecutive whitespace chars into single '_'
765 optimize SELinux path match
770 fix segfaulting create_floppy_devices
772 remove unused variables
773 remove default settings in udev.conf
774 clearenv() is now part of klibc
775 add DEVLINKS to the event environment
778 scsi_id: support pre-SPC3 page 83 format
781 Summary of changes from v076 to v077
782 ============================================
785 merge two consecutive static strlcat's
786 don't return an error, if "ignore_device" is used
787 remove outdated and misleading stuff
788 move SEQNUM event skipping to udevsend
791 allow programs in /lib/udev called without the path
793 add target to to generate ChangeLog section
797 allow to overwrite the configured udev_root by exporting UDEV_ROOT
798 let udevsend ignore events with SEQNUM set
802 Summary of changes from v75 to v076
803 ============================================
806 fix typo in eventrecorder
807 volume_id: include stddef.h header
808 remove misleading install instructions
809 remove all built-in wait_for_sysfs logic
810 add linux/types.h back, old glibc-kernel-headers want it
811 volume_id: use glibc's byteswap
812 udevd: ignore all messages without DEVPATH
813 udevd: track exit status of event process
814 udevd: export event queue and event state
815 remove "udev_db" option from config file
816 Makefile: remove exec_prefix and srcdir
817 update README and RELEASE-NOTES
818 udevd: track killed event processes as failed
820 don't start udevd from udevsend
821 udevd: add a missing return
822 libvolume_id: fix weird fat volume recognition
823 move some helpers from extras to /lib/udev
826 move delete_path() to utils
827 clean-up empty queue directories
828 Makefile: fail, if submake fails
831 Summary of changes from v74 to v075
832 ============================================
835 Make run_directory.c stat the place it is going to try to run.
838 forgot the ChangeLog for 074
839 volume_id: provide libvolume_id.a file
840 remove our own copy of klibc
841 remove outdated HOWTO
844 remove completely useless start script
845 fix tests and remove no longer useful stuff
846 replace udeveventrecorder by a shell script
849 Summary of changes from v73 to v074
850 ============================================
853 never queue events with TIMEOUT set
854 let NAME="" supress node creation, but do RUN keys
859 add strerror() to error logs
860 move some logging from dbg() to info()
863 Summary of changes from v72 to v073
864 ============================================
867 udevd: depend on netlink and remove all sequence reorder logic
868 print useconds in udevmonitor
869 add RELEASE-NOTES, update TODO
872 Summary of changes from v71 to v072
873 ============================================
875 Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli:
876 libsysfs: translate devpath of the symlinked class devices to its real path
879 add man pages for *_id programs
882 volume_id: add OCFS Version 1
883 volume_id: add Veritas fs
884 volume_id: check ext fs for valid blocksize, cause magic is only 2 bytes
885 volume_id: move blocksize validation to fix jbd recognition
886 volume_id: fix typo in ocfs
887 volume_id: add vxfs include
888 volume_id: make FAT32 recognition more robust
889 volume_id: Version 051
890 volume_id: fix typo in ext blocksize check
891 volume_id: Version 052
892 FAQ: remove confusing statement about module loading
893 cleanup compiler/linker flags
894 use DESTDIR on uninstall, no need to pass prefix to submake
895 allow to pass STRIPCMD, to skip stripping of binaries
897 fix the new warnings I asked for
898 move rules parsing into daemon
899 "make STRIPCMD=" will disable the stripping of binaries
900 remove no longer working udevd-test program
901 "STRIPCMD=" for the EXTRAS
902 add dummy inotify syscalls on unsupported architecture
903 remove no longer needed waiting for "dev" file
904 revert the "read symlink as device patch"
905 use libsysfs to translate the class linke to the device path
906 libsysfs: remove brute-force "bus", "driver" searching for old kernels
907 test: add "driver" and "bus" links to test sysfs tree
909 udevd: don't daemonize before initialization
910 log to console if syslog is not available
912 remove precompiled rules option
913 export DEVNAME on "remove" only if we really got a node to remove
917 Summary of changes from v70 to v071
918 ============================================
921 Remove the udev.spec file as no one uses it anymore
924 edd_id: check that EDD id is unique
927 ata_id: open volume O_NONBLOCK
928 add "Persistent Device Naming" rules file for disks
929 scsi_id: switch temporary node creation to /dev
930 volume_id: set reiser instead of reiserfs for filesystem type
931 update devfs rules header
935 remove no longer needed includes
936 switch tools and volume_id from LGPL to GPLv2
937 add edd-*-part%n to the persistent.rules
938 update Debian persistent rules
940 udevd: fix initial timeout handling
941 force event socket buffer size to 16MB
942 udevd: move logging from err to info for non-hotplug uevent
943 fix selinux compilation
944 libsysfs: accept sysmlinks to directories instead of real directories
947 run_directory: fix typo in "make install"
950 Summary of changes from v069 to v070
951 ============================================
954 udevd: fix udevd read() calls to leave room for null byte
957 scsi_id: derive a UID for a SCSI-2 not compliant with the page 83
960 fix nbd error messages with a gentoo rule hack
961 fix scsi_id rule in gentoo config file
964 EXTRAS/Makefile: fix install targets to match main Makefile
967 volume_id: fix error handling with failing read()
968 EXTRAS: cleanup and sync all Makefiles
969 add install test to 'make buildtest'
973 fix a debug text typo in udev_rules.c
976 Summary of changes from v068 to v069
977 ============================================
980 fix typo in firmware_helper
983 firmware_helper: fix write count
986 *_id: fix zero length in set_str()
987 add program name to logged error
988 fix exit code of udevinitsend and udevmonitor
989 udevd: keep the right order for messages without SEQNUM
990 volume_id: don't probe for mac_partition_maps
991 udevmonitor: cleanup on exit
992 path_id: remove SUSE specific PATH
994 add pci_express to bus list
996 store ENV{key}="value" exported keys in the database
997 fix lookup for name in the udevdb, it should return the devpath
998 prepare for new HAL udevdb dump
999 print persistent data with "udevinfo -q all"
1000 change parameter order of udev_db_search_name()
1001 add and use name_list_cleanup() for cleaning up the string lists
1002 don't store devpath in udevdb, we don't need it
1003 add uft8 validation for safe volume label exporting
1004 start to enforce plain ascii or valid utf8
1005 use WRITE_END/READ_END for the pipe index
1006 remove not needed sig_flag for state of signal_pipe
1007 don't reenter get_udevd_msg() if message is ignored
1008 rename ...trailing_char() to ...trailing_chars()
1009 vol_id: ID_LABEL_SAFE will no longer contain fancy characters
1010 udevd: move some logging to "info" and "err"
1011 remove special TIMEOUT handling from incoming queue
1012 udev_test.pl: we replace untrusted chars with '_'
1013 check the udevdb before assigning a new %e
1014 update RELEASE-NOTES
1015 udevinfo: add database export
1016 write man page masters in DocBook XML
1017 udevinfo: rename dump() to export()
1018 test the automatic man page rebuild and checkin
1019 Makefile: remove all the duplicated rules
1020 all man pages rewritten to use DocBook XML
1021 add missing udevsend man page
1022 also forgot udevmonitor.8
1023 udevinfo: restore -d option
1024 scsi_id: rename SYSFS to LIBSYSFS
1025 add edd_id tool to match BIOS EDD disk information
1026 move and update libsysfs.txt
1027 klibc: update to version 1.1.1
1028 delete cdromsymlinks* - obsoleted by cdrom_id and IMPORT rules
1029 delete docs/persistent_naming - obsoleted by persistent disk names
1030 delete old Fedora html page
1031 add "totally outdated" header to docs/overview :)
1033 fix useless but funny name_cdrom.pl script to work again
1035 Makefile: fix prerequisits for $(PROGRAMS)
1036 Makefile: cleanup install targets
1037 remove chassis_id program
1038 fic gcov use and move it into the Makefile
1039 FAQ: update things that have changed
1042 switch to '==' in raid-devfs.sh
1045 Summary of changes from v067 to v068
1046 ============================================
1049 add EXTRAS documentation to the README file.
1050 Always open the cdrom drive in non-blocking mode in cdrom_id
1051 cdrom_id: change err() to info() to help with debugging problems
1054 cleanup some debug output and move to info level + unify select() loops
1055 move udevmonitor to /usr/sbin
1056 ENV{TEST}=="1" compares and ENV{TEST}="1" sets the environment
1057 vol_id: fix sloppy error handling
1058 fix typo in cdrom_id syslog
1059 bring std(in|out|err) fd's in a sane state
1060 fix printed udevmonitor header
1063 Summary of changes from v066 to v067
1064 ============================================
1067 added the cdrom.h #defines directly into the cdrom_id.c file
1071 fix make install, as we don't provide a default rule set anymore
1072 fix more compiler warnings ...
1073 fix udevstart event ordering, we want /dev/null very early
1074 don't fail too bad, if /dev/null does not exist
1077 Summary of changes from v065 to v066
1078 ============================================
1081 update gentoo rule file.
1082 Created cdrom_id program to make it easier to determine cdrom types
1083 added cdrom_id to the build check
1084 updated gentoo rule file to handle removable ide devices.
1085 changed cdrom_id exports to be easier to understand and consistant with other _id programs.
1086 fix klibc build issue in cdrom_id.c
1087 Change the gentoo rules to use cdrom_id instead of cdsymlink.sh
1088 changed location of gentoo helper apps to be /sbin instead of in scripts dir
1089 tweak the gentoo rules some more.
1092 add NETLINK define for the lazy distros
1093 read sysfs attribute also from parent class device
1094 switch some strlcpy's to memcpy
1095 allow clean shutdown of udevd
1096 add flag for reading of precompiled rules
1097 update distro rules files
1100 add firmware_helper to load firmware
1101 more distro rules updates
1103 remove example rules and put the dev.d stuff into the run_directory folder
1104 trivial text cleanups
1106 split udev_util in several files
1108 allow logging of all output from executed tools
1109 add Usage: to udevmonitor and udevcontrol
1110 move some logging to the info level
1116 Summary of changes from v064 to v065
1117 ============================================
1120 Added persistent name rules for block devices to gentoo rule file.
1121 Added horrible (but fun) path_id script to extras.
1122 Update gentoo rules file.
1125 update release notes for next version
1126 add udevmonitor, to debug netlink+udev events at the same time
1127 allow RUN to send the environment to a local socket
1128 fix GGC signed pointer warnings and switch volume_id to stdint
1131 Summary of changes from v063 to v064
1132 ============================================
1135 volume_id: add OCFS (Oracle Cluster File System) support
1139 add ID_BUS to *_id programs
1140 create_floppy_devices: add tool to create floppy nodes based on sysfs info
1143 move code to its own files
1144 make SYSFS{} usable for all devices
1145 add padding to rules structure
1146 allow rules to have labels and skip to next label
1147 thread unknown ENV{key} match as empty value
1150 Summary of changes from v062 to v063
1151 ============================================
1154 fix typo in GROUP value application
1157 add 'make tests' as I'm always typing that one wrong...
1158 Really commit the udev_run_devd changes...
1159 Fixed udev_run_devd to run the /etc/dev.d/DEVNAME/ files too
1160 fix position of raw rules in gentoo config file
1163 dasd_id: add s390 disk-label prober
1164 fix usb_id and let scsi_id ignore "illegal request"
1167 volume_id: remove s390 dasd handling, it is dasd_id now
1168 trivial fixes for *_id programs
1169 IMPORT: add {parent} to import the persistent data of the parent device
1170 allow multiple values to be matched with KEY=="value1|value2"
1171 udevd: set incoming socket buffer SO_RCVBUF to maximum
1172 remember mapped rules state
1173 ata_id: check for empty serial number
1174 compile dasd only on s390
1177 correct default mode documentation in udev
1180 Summary of changes from v061 to v062
1181 ============================================
1184 fix symlink values separated by multiple spaces
1185 update RELEASE-NOTES
1186 fix typo in group assignment
1187 fix default-name handling and NAME="" rules
1188 add WAIT_FOR_SYSFS key to loop until a file in sysfs arrives
1189 fix unquoted strings in udevinitsend
1191 Summary of changes from v060 to v061
1192 ============================================
1195 Sync up the Debian rules files
1196 fix cdrom symlink problem in gentoo rules
1197 Fix ChangeLog titles
1200 update RELEASE-NOTES
1201 we want to provide OPTFLAGS
1202 rename ALARM_TIMEOUT to UDEV_ALARM_TIMEOUT
1203 udevd: optimize env-key parsing
1204 don't resolve OWNER, GROUP on precompile if string contains %, $
1205 set default device node to /dev
1206 create udevdb files only if somehting interesting happened
1207 pack parsed rules list
1208 replace useless defines by inline text
1209 move rule matches to function
1210 add usb_id program to generate usb-storage device identifiers
1211 add IEEE1394 rules to the gentoo rule file
1212 fake also kernel-name if we renamed a netif
1213 allow OPTIONS to be recognized for /sys/modules /sys/devices events
1214 switch gentoo rules to new operators
1217 Summary of changes from v059 to v060
1218 ============================================
1221 Fix the gentoo udev rules to allow the box to boot properly
1224 Udev doesn't properly build with $CROSS
1227 Keep udevstart from skipping devices without a 'dev' file
1230 #define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT
1233 Summary of changes from v058 to v059
1234 ============================================
1237 Update the gentoo rule file
1238 Fix udevinfo for empty sysfs directories
1239 Fix makefile to allow 'make release' to work with git
1242 udev: fix netdev RUN handling
1243 udevcontrol: fix exit code
1246 prepare RELEASE-NOTES
1247 add ID_TYPE to the id probers
1248 add -x to scsi_id to export the queried values in env format
1249 store the imported device information in the udevdb
1250 rename udev_volume_id to vol_id and add --export option
1251 add ata_id to read serial numbers from ATA drives
1252 IMPORT allow to import program returned keys into the env
1253 unify execute_command() and execute_program()
1254 IMPORT=<file> allow to import a shell-var style config-file
1255 allow rules to be compiled to one binary file
1256 fix the fix and change the file to wait for to the "bus" link
1257 fix udevstart and let all events trvel trough udev
1258 prepare for module loading rules and add MODALIAS key
1259 remove device node, when type block/char has changed
1260 Makefile: remove dev.d/ hotplug.d/ from install target
1261 udevcontrol: add max_childs command
1262 udevd: control log-priority of the running daemon with udevcontrol
1263 udeveventrecorder: add small program that writes an event to disk
1264 klibc: add missing files
1265 udevinitsend: handle replay messages correctly
1266 udev man page: add operators
1267 udevd: allow starting of udevd with stopped exec-queue
1268 klibc: version 1.0.14
1269 udev: handle all events - not only class and block devices
1270 volume_id: use udev-provided log-level
1271 udev: clear lists if a new value is assigned
1272 udev: move dev.d/ handling to external helper
1273 udev: allow final assignments :=
1274 udevd: improve timeout handling
1275 Makefile: fix DESTDIR
1277 udevd: add udevcontrol
1278 udevd: listen for netlink events
1281 Dialout group fix for capi devices in the gentoo rules file
1283 Summary of changes from v057 to v058
1284 ============================================
1287 o Writing udev rules docs update
1290 o update cdsymlinks to latest version
1293 o remove detach_state files from the sysfs test tree
1294 o Update permissions on test scripts so they will run properly now
1295 o hopefully fix up the symlinks in the test directory
1296 o Removed klibc/klibc.spec as it is autogenerated
1297 o Added symlinks thanks to Kay's script and git hacking
1298 o add Red Hat/Fedora html documenation
1299 o Update Red Hat default udev rules
1302 o selinux: fix handling during creation of symlinks
1303 o Fedora udev.rules update
1304 o libsysfs: version 2.0
1305 o klibc: version 1.0.7
1308 o Fix libsysfs issue with relying on the detach_state file to be
1310 Summary of changes from v056 to v057
1311 ============================================
1313 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
1314 o fix stupid all_partitions bug
1317 o add test for make -j4 to build-check
1318 o klibc: version 1.0.6
1319 o update Debian rules
1320 o apply default permissions only for devices that will need it
1321 o adapt RELEASE-NOTES
1322 o udev_volume_id: fix endianess macros
1323 o udev-test.pl: add test for DEVNAME export to RUN environment
1324 o update the man page to reflect the recent changes
1325 o export DEVNAME to RUN-key executed programs
1326 o fix make -j4 and the local klibc-install
1327 o update RELEASE-NOTES
1328 o add RUN key to be able to run rule based notification
1329 o fix udevtest to print the error if logging is disabled
1330 o move execute_program to utils + add action to init_device
1331 o correct correction for error path for PROGRAM execution
1332 o correct error path for PROGRAM execution
1333 o klibc: version 1.0.5
1334 o check for strlen()==0 before accessing strlen()-1
1335 o allow to match against empty key values
1336 o read %s{}-sysfs values at any device in the chain
1337 o udev_rules.c: don't change sysfs_device while walking up the device chain
1338 o klibc: strlcpy/strlcat - don't alter destination if size == 0
1339 o fix klibc's broken strlcpy/strlcat
1340 o udevinfo: print SYSFS attribute the same way we match it
1341 o remove untrusted chars read from sysfs-values or returned by PROGRAM
1342 o udevinfo: print errors to stderr instead of stdout
1343 o klibc: version 1.0.4
1344 o support log-priority levels in udev.conf
1345 o test-suite: remove UDEV_TEST, it's not needed anymore
1346 o libsysfs: remove trailing slash on SYSFS_PATH override
1349 Summary of changes from v055 to v056
1350 ============================================
1352 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
1353 o fix header paths in udev_libc_wrapper.c
1356 o udev-test.pl: use more common user/group names
1357 o klibc: remove SCCS directories from the temporary klibc install
1358 o udev-test.pl: add a test where the group cannot be found in /etc/passwd
1359 o udev-test.pl: add check for textual uid/gid
1360 o fix bad typo that prevents the GROUP to be applied
1361 o udevd: don't delay events with TIMEOUT in the environment
1362 o klibc: use klcc wrapper instead of our own Makefile
1363 o change call_foreach_file to return a list
1366 Summary of changes from v054 to v055
1367 ============================================
1369 <jkluebs:luebsphoto.com>:
1370 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.
1372 <pebenito:gentoo.org>:
1375 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
1376 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
1377 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.
1381 o added frugalware udev ruleset
1382 o merge selinux and Kay's symlink fixes together
1385 o volume_id: Fix label/uuid reading for reiserfs
1388 o add udevstart to the RELEASE-NOTES
1389 o volume_id: version 43
1390 o clarify the shortcomings of %e
1391 o correct rule match for devices without a physical device
1392 o remove unneeded code, libsysfs does this for us
1393 o add final release note
1394 o add ENV{} key to match agains environment variables
1395 o simplify sysfs_pair handling
1396 o add a test and simplify debug statement
1397 o support =, ==, !=, += for the key match and assignment
1398 o add OPTION="last_rule" to skip any later rule
1399 o rename namedev_dev to udev_rule
1400 o correct enum device_type
1401 o remove udevstart on make clean
1402 o volume_id: version 42
1403 o volume_id: version 41
1404 o remove unneeded include
1405 o The path to dlist.h is not correct
1406 o udevinfo -d: use '=' as separator, cause ':' may be a part of the devpath
1407 o klibc: version 1.0.3
1408 o add RELEASE-NOTES file
1409 o test suite: move "driver" link to physical device
1410 o remove PLACE key match
1411 o don't lookup "root" in the userdb
1413 o fix segfaulting udev while DRIVER matching
1415 o klibc: version 0.214
1416 o rename device_list->list to device_list->node
1417 o replace strncpy()/strncat() by strlcpy()/strlcat()
1418 o split udev and udevstart
1419 o udev_volume_id: version 39
1420 o rename LOG to USE_LOG in all places
1421 o remove Makefile magic for klibc integration
1422 o klibc_fixups: remove no longer needed stuff
1423 o udev_volume_id: volume_id v38
1424 o use numeric owner/group as default values to avoid parsing userdb
1425 o fix up segfaulting binaries with new klibc
1426 o udevinfo -d: speed-up device dump
1427 o klibc: version 0.211
1428 o klibc_fixups: remove unneeded stuff
1429 o replace weird defines by real code
1430 o udev-test.pl: remove useless tests
1431 o allow unlimitied count of symlinks
1432 o unmap db-file after use
1433 o remove typedef for call_foreach_file() handler function
1434 o correct udev_init_device
1435 o rename attributes to options
1436 o kill stupid gcc4 warning
1437 o trivial clenaup of namedev code
1438 o klibc: check for gcc4
1439 o klibc: update v0.205
1442 o gentoo rule update for raid devices
1445 Summary of changes from v053 to v054
1446 ============================================
1448 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
1449 o udev_volume_id: add Reiser4 support
1452 o namedev: skip backslashes only if followed by newline
1453 o wait_for_sysfs: add joydev
1454 o udevinfo: print devpath -> node relationship for all devices
1455 o trivial rename of some variables
1457 o big libsysfs diet (pre 2.0 version)
1458 o udev_volume_id: volume_id v35
1459 o add "serio" to bus list
1460 o determine device type in udev_init_device()
1461 o move kernel name/number evaluation into udev_init_device()
1462 o detect NAME="" as ignore_device rule
1463 o trivial namedev cleanup
1464 o cleanup db functions
1465 o clean up match_place()
1466 o switch device type to enum
1467 o switch major/minor to dev_t
1468 o remove the device node only if the major/minor number matches
1469 o libsysfs: work around a klibc bug
1470 o introduce OPTIONS=ignore_device, ignore_remove, all_partitions" key
1471 o namedev: execute PROGRAM only once and not possibly for every physical device
1474 o update scsi_id to work with libsysfs changes
1477 Summary of changes from v052 to v053
1478 ============================================
1481 o fix gentoo fb permission issue
1482 o allow simple-build-check.sh to go faster if MAKEOPTS is set
1483 o make the release tarballs have writable files in them
1484 o remove gentoo permission file as it's not valid anymore
1487 o fix special file mode mask for temporary device node
1488 o udevstart: simplify "dev" file searching
1489 o udev_volume_id: remove temporary node creation and parent handling
1490 o add %P modifier to query the node name of the parent device
1491 o udev_volume_id: remove __packed__ from dasd structure as it does not work
1492 o create /block/*/range count of partitons for all_partitions
1495 o scsi_id changes for use with udev %N and %p
1498 Summary of changes from v051 to v052
1499 ============================================
1502 o debian: update rules files
1503 o raid-devfs.sh: devfs names for hardware RAID controllers
1504 o scsi_id: when udevstart is started, /tmp is not writeable
1505 o cdsymlinks.sh: trivial fix, the variable is initialized to '', not 0
1507 <sschweizer:gmail.com>:
1508 o gentoo/udev.rules: add default permissions for sound devices
1511 o fix example comment in ide-devfs.sh
1512 o Add infiniband to gentoo rules
1513 o Another gentoo fix, adding dvb support
1514 o Fix gentoo bug #76056 (fb device group permissions.)
1515 o Fix gentoo bug #81102, device nodes for the pktcdvd device
1518 o provide temporary device node for callouts to access the device
1519 o udev_volume_id: fix dasd disklabel reading with -l option
1520 o udev_volume_id: volume_id version 034
1521 o udev_volume_id: rename probe_ibm into probe_dasd
1522 o udev_volume_id: volume_id version 032
1523 o Makefile: add some more warnings and prepare for clean gcc4 compile
1524 o Makefile: cleanup conditional config option sections
1525 o fix -Wsign-compare warnings
1526 o chassis_id: clean compilation and fix bad function parameter passing
1527 o simple_build_check: make it possible to pass KERNEL_DIR
1528 o selinux: cleanup udev integration
1531 o trivial: remove _all_ trailing slashes with no_trailing_slash()
1532 o trivial: fix signedness
1533 o namdev: allow symlink-only rules to specify node permissions
1534 o udevd: fix valgrind warning
1537 Summary of changes from v050 to v051
1538 ============================================
1540 <roland:digitalvampire.org>:
1541 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" ;)
1543 <tklauser:access.unizh.chbk>:
1544 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.
1546 Christian Bornträger:
1547 o udev_volume_id: fix -d option
1550 o gentoo fb permission fix
1551 o fix gcc 2.96 issue in libsysfs
1552 o remove the lfs startup script on request of the author
1553 o clean up the aoe char device rules, and delete the block one as it's not needed
1554 o add aoe block and char device rules to the gentoo rule file
1555 o fix udev_volume_id build error
1558 o rearrange link order in Makefile
1561 o udev_volume_id: new version of volume_id
1562 o klibc: update to version 0.198
1563 o udev_volume_id: fix FAT label reading
1564 o klibc: update to version 0.196
1565 o udevd: throttle the forking of processes
1566 o udevd: add possible initialization of expected_seqnum
1567 o udevd: it's obviously not the brightest idea to exit a device node manager if it doesn't find /dev/null
1568 o udevd: separate socket handling to prepare for other event sources
1569 o udevd: support -d switch to become a daemon
1570 o udev_volume_id: version 27
1571 o udevd: split up message receiving an queueing
1572 o remove useless warning if udev.conf contains keys not read by udev itself
1573 o improve event sequence serialization
1574 o remove udevsend syslog noise on udevd startup
1575 o limit the initial timeout of the udevd event handling
1576 o correct detection of hotplug.d/ udevsend loop
1577 o correct log statement
1578 o remove default_* permissions from udev.conf file
1579 o update Fedora config files and add some more tests
1580 o allow permissions only rules
1581 o add SUBSYSTEM rule to catch all block devices and apply the disk permissions
1582 o update Fedora config files
1583 o handle renamed network interfaces properly if we manage hotplug.d/
1584 o allow multiline rules by backslash at the end of the line
1585 o add OnStream tape drive rules
1586 o simplify rules file by setting default mode to 0660
1587 o simplify permission application
1588 o I broke the extras/ again. Add simple build test script now
1589 o Merge vrfy.org:/home/kay/src/udev into vrfy.org:/home/kay/src/udev.kay
1590 o initial merge of fedora udev.permissions into udev.rules
1591 o remove permissions file mentioning from the udev man page
1592 o fix some typos in gentoo's udev.rules introduced by the merge
1595 o The attached patch fixes the code path if namedev_name_device() fails
1597 Summary of changes from v049 to v050
1598 ============================================
1600 <harald:redhat.com>:
1603 <tklauser:access.unizh.ch>:
1604 o I made some more changes to the manpage of udev including
1607 o update libsysfs to CVS version and fix segfaulting attribute reading
1608 o klibc supports LOG_PID now, so remove our own implementation
1609 o avoid building klibc test programs and pass SUBDIRS= to klibc clean
1612 Summary of changes from v048 to v049
1613 ============================================
1616 o fix 'make clean' error in klibc
1619 o update klibc to 0.194
1620 o export DEVNAME regardless of the state of udev_dev_d
1621 o add class specific files for class/spi_transport and class/spi_host
1622 o udevd-test.pl: remove wrong date calculation
1623 o check earlier if we should run as udevstart
1624 o remove double initialization
1625 o include missing header to udevtest.c
1626 o add -V option to udev to print the version number
1627 o prevent udev node creatinon for "class" registration
1628 o udevd: serialization of the event sequence of a chain of devices
1629 o add a class/fc_host file to the list of what to wait for
1630 o udev_volume_id: links sysfs.a instead of all objects
1633 o remove leftover from udevinfo's -d option
1636 Summary of changes from v047 to v048
1637 ============================================
1640 o fix udev_volume_id so it will now build properly
1641 o fix scsi_id build errors due to changes in the main udev makefile
1644 Summary of changes from v046 to v047
1645 ============================================
1647 <klauser:access.unizh.ch>:
1648 o Various typos and other litte errors in udev.8.in
1650 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
1651 o DEVNAME on device removal
1653 <sschweizer:gmail.com>:
1654 o Allow GROUP to have modifiers in it
1657 o add more debian rules files
1658 o move distro specific config files into their own directories
1659 o update debian rules files
1660 o added asterix rules to the gentoo file
1661 o use udevstart for udev.init.* files
1662 o delete a bunch of files no longer needed
1663 o fix gentoo scsi cdrom rule
1664 o Fix the multithreaded build again
1666 o comment out ability to run udev-test.pl with valgrind
1667 o fix spurious valgrind warning in udev
1668 o fix udevinfo '-q path' option as it was not working
1670 o fix parallel build error
1673 o update Fedora dev.d/ example and remove unused conf.d/ directory
1674 o don't install distribution specific init script on "make install"
1675 o restore OWNER/GROUP assignment in rule coming from RESULT
1676 o make gcov compile scripts working with recent gcc
1677 o fix udev-test/udev-test.pl to work with again
1678 o add net/atml and class/ppdev to the wait_for_sysfs exception list
1679 o add net/nlv* devices to the exception list
1680 o add "pcmcia" and "fc_transport" to the wait_for_sysfs lists
1681 o remove unused timestamp field
1682 o simplify permission handling
1683 o handle /etc/hotplug.d/ only if the event comes from udevd
1684 o trivial cleanups and change some comments
1685 o remove unused variables
1686 o udevsend/udevd handle events without a subsystem
1687 o use blacklist on device "remove" and remove dev.d/ call code duplication
1688 o update the man pages and correct Usage: hints
1689 o don't call the hotplug scripts with a test run
1690 o don't call dev.d/ scripts twice, if directory = subsystem
1691 o remove archive file if we changed something
1692 o link archive insted of objects
1693 o rename udev_lib to udev_utils and dev_d to udev_multiplex
1694 o handle whole hotplug event with udevd/udev
1695 o integrate wait_for_sysfs in udev
1696 o make the searched multiplex directories conditionally
1697 o add MANAGED_EVENT to the forked udev environment
1698 o export DEVNAME on remove event
1699 o export udev_log flag to the environment
1700 o remove my test code
1701 o add support for /devices-devices without any file to wait for
1702 o Patch from Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
1703 o add a bunch of busses to the list of what to wait for
1704 o close connection to syslog in forked udevd child
1705 o udevd exit path cleanup
1706 o fix network device naming bug
1709 Summary of changes from v045 to v046
1710 ============================================
1713 o make spotless for releases
1716 o Don't try to print major/minor for devices without a dev file
1717 o remove get_device_type and merge that into udev_set_values()
1718 o prevent udevd crash if DEVPATH is not set
1719 o add ippp and bcrypt to the exception lists of wait_for_sysfs
1720 o let klibc add the trailing newline to syslog conditionally
1721 o disable logging for udevstart
1722 o add NAME{ignore_remove} attribute
1723 o remove historical SYSFS_attr="value" format
1724 o don't wait for sysfs if the kernel(2.6.10-rc2) tells us what not to expect
1725 o change key names in udevinfo sysfs walk to match the kernel
1726 o support DRIVER as a rule key
1727 o support SUBSYSTEM as a rule key
1728 o rename udevdb* to udev_db*
1729 o Make dev.d/ handling a separate processing stage
1730 o make the udev object available to more processing stages
1731 o remove udev_lib dependency from udevsend, which makes it smaller
1732 o add ACTION to udev object to expose it to the whole process
1733 o make udevinfo's -r option also workimg for symlink queries
1734 o let udev act as udevstart if argv[1] == "udevstart"
1735 o improve udevinfo sysfs info walk
1736 o add sysfs info walk to udevinfo
1737 o pass the whole event environment to udevd
1738 o replace tdb database by simple lockless file database
1741 Summary of changes from v044 to v045
1742 ============================================
1745 o Some updates for Gentoo's udev rules
1748 Summary of changes from v043 to v044
1749 ============================================
1752 o add cdsymlinks.sh support to gentoo rules file
1753 o fix gentoo legacy tty rule
1754 o remove 'sudo' usage from the Makefile
1755 o make udev-test.pl test for root permissions before running
1758 o reduce syslog noise of udevsend if multiple instances try to start udevd
1759 o add i2c-dev to the list of devices without a bus
1762 Summary of changes from v042 to v043
1763 ============================================
1766 o add test target to makefile
1767 o add dumb script to show all sysfs devices in the system
1770 o Shut up wait_for_sysfs class/net failure messages, as it's not possible to
1771 get that right for all net devices. Kernels later than 2.6.10-rc1 will
1772 handle that by carrying the neccessary information in the hotplug event.
1773 o wait() for specific pid to return from fork()
1774 o Don't use any syslog() in signal handler, cause it may deadlock
1775 o Add support for highpoint ataraid to volume_id to suppress label reading on raid set members.
1776 o Add a bunch of devices without "device" symlinks
1777 o Exit, if udevtest cannot open the device (segfault)
1778 o Patches from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
1779 o Apply the default permissions even if we found a entry in the permissions
1780 file. Correct one test, as the default is applied correctly now and the
1781 mode will no longer be 0000.
1782 o add test for format chars in multiple symlinks to replace
1783 o Add net/vmnet and class/zaptel to the list of devices without physical device
1786 Summary of changes from v040 to v042
1787 ============================================
1790 o add inotify to the rules for gentoo
1793 o skip waiting for device if we get a bad event for class creation and not for a device underneath it
1794 o add net/pan and net/bnep handling
1795 o switch wait for bus_file to stat() instead of open() add net/tun device handling add ieee1394 device handling
1796 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
1797 o ignore *.rej files from failed patches
1798 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.
1799 o improve klibc fixup integration
1800 o cleanup udevd/udevstart
1801 o expose sysfs functions for sharing it
1804 Summary of changes from v039 to v040
1805 ============================================
1808 o wait_for_sysfs update for dm devices
1811 o sparse cleanups on the tree
1812 o fix stupid cut-and-paste error for msr devices on gentoo boxes
1813 o add *~ to bk ignore list
1814 o delete udevruler.c as per Kay's request
1815 o fix up the wait_for_sysfs_test script a bit
1818 o fix debug in volume id / fix clashing global var name
1821 o cleanup netif handling and netif-dev.d/ events
1822 o big cleanup of internal udev api
1823 o don't wait for dummy devices
1825 o Fix ppp net devices in wait_for_sysfs
1826 o Fix wait_for_sysfs messages (more debugging info)
1829 Summary of changes from v038 to v039
1830 ============================================
1833 o Hopefully fix the vcs issue in wait_for_sysfs
1834 o take out & from wait_for_sysfs_test that I previously missed
1835 o add very nice cdsymlinks scripts
1836 o add some helper scripts for dvb and input devices
1837 o add debian config files
1838 o let the extras/ programs build "pretty" also
1839 o tweak the ccdv program to handle files in subdirectories being built
1840 o crap, I messed up the 'sed' instances pretty badly, this fixes the config and man page mess
1841 o fix broken 'make -j5' functionality
1844 o swich attribute open() to simple stat()
1845 o wait_for_sysfs update for /class/firmware and /class/net/irda devices
1846 o fix unusual sysfs behavior for pcmcia_socket
1847 o remove sleeps from udev as it is external now
1852 o update udev to scsi_id 0.7
1853 o pass SYSFS setting down for extras builds
1854 o move assignments past local variables
1857 Summary of changes from v037 to v038
1858 ============================================
1860 <andrew.patterson:hp.com>:
1861 o Re: Problem parsing %s in udev rules
1864 o fix up error in building extras and libsysfs
1866 Summary of changes from v036 to v037
1867 ============================================
1873 o fix compilation warning in tdb log message
1874 o Fix build error with klibc due to recent changes
1876 o add wait_for_sysfs test script to the tarball to help people debug their boxes
1877 o add ipsec to wait_for_sysfs ignore list
1878 o added ccdv to bk ignore list
1879 o a few more Makefile tweaks for the quiet feature
1880 o Make the build silent, thanks to a helper program from ncftp
1881 o rename files to have '_' instead of '-' in them
1882 o change max time to wait in wait_for_sysfs to 10 seconds to hopefully handle some slow machines
1883 o add support for class/raw/ to wait_for_sysfs
1884 o fix up Makefile for wait_for_sysfs udev_version.h dependancy
1885 o remove the debian specific file, as they don't want to share with the rest of the world :(
1888 o prevent deadlocks on an corrupt udev database
1889 o wait_for_sysfs_update
1893 o fix incompatible pointer type warning
1896 Summary of changes from v035 to v036
1897 ============================================
1900 o add the error number to the error message in wait_for_sysfs to help out in debugging problems
1902 Summary of changes from v034 to v035
1903 ============================================
1906 o added ieee1394 support to wait_for_sysfs
1907 o update wait_for_sysfs with a bunch more devices thanks to user reports
1909 Summary of changes from v033 to v034
1910 ============================================
1913 o wait_for_sysfs bluetooth class update
1916 o add comment in wait_for_sysfs to explain the structure better
1917 o Revert previous dev_d.c change, it's not what is causing HAL problems
1918 o hm, somethings odd with DEVPATH, see if this fixes it
1919 o 33_bk mark for the makefile
1920 o wait_for_sysfs: clean up the logic for the list of devices that we do not expect device symlinks for
1921 o get rid of annoying extra lines in the syslog for some libsysfs debug messages
1922 o added support for i2c devices in wait_for_sysfs.c
1923 o add support for i2c-adapter devices to wait_for_sysfs.c
1925 Summary of changes from v032 to v033
1926 ============================================
1928 <harald:redhat.com>:
1929 o udev close on exec
1930 o some cleanups and security fixes
1931 o some cleanups and security fixes
1933 o cleanup PATCH for extras/chassis_id/Makefile
1935 <kpfleming:backtobasicsmgmt.com>:
1936 o respect prefix= setting in built udev.conf (updated)
1939 o add support for usb interfaces to wait_for_sysfs to keep it quiet
1940 o enable native tdb spinlocks on i386 platforms
1941 o delete extras/multipath-tools as per the author's request
1942 o be paranoid in dev_d.c
1943 o add USE_SELINUX to README documentation so people have a chance to see what is going on
1944 o update the selinux.h file to start to look sane
1945 o update bk ignore list for the wait_for_sysfs binary
1946 o kdetv wants to see device nodes in /dev
1947 o update comments in scsi-devfs.sh
1948 o fix up Makefiles to get the klibc build working properly
1949 o update bk ignore list for new klibc generated files
1950 o oops forgot to add the new klibc/include directory
1951 o update klibc to version 0.181
1954 o fix problems with dev.d and udevstart
1955 o wait_for_sysfs debug cleanup
1956 o fix problems using scsi_id with udevstart
1958 o finally solve the bad sysfs-timing for all of us
1959 o volume-id build fix and update
1960 o switch udev's seqnum to u64
1962 o fix udev segfaults with bad permissions file
1965 o update udev to include scsi_id 0.6
1968 Summary of changes from v031 to v032
1969 ============================================
1971 <harald:redhat.com>:
1975 o handle only block and class devices
1976 o fix udevstart badly broken in udev 031
1979 Summary of changes from v030 to v031
1980 ============================================
1982 <arun:codemovers.org>:
1983 o udev - read long lines from config files overflow fix
1985 <ballarin.marc:gmx.de>:
1986 o Update the FAQ with info about hardlink security
1989 o compatibility symlinks for udev
1992 o Minor POSIX-fixes for udev
1995 o add symlink for video rule
1996 o add a "first" list to udevstart and make it contain the class/mem/ devices
1997 o fix compiler warning in udevtest.c
1998 o Fix old-style pty breakage in rules file for tty device
1999 o add rules for i386 cpu devices
2000 o add permission for legotower usb devices
2003 o Fix naming ethernet devices in udevstart
2004 o update udev_volume_id
2005 o let /sbin/hotplug execute udev earlier
2006 o pass SEQNUM trough udevd
2007 o fix manpages based on esr's spambot
2010 o add microcode rule to permissions.gentoo file
2013 o Try to provide a bit of security for hardlinks to /dev entries
2016 o udevsend depends on udev_lib.o
2020 o clean up start_udev a bit
2021 o Make udev/udevstart be one binary
2022 o Add 'asmlinkage' to udev-030
2025 Summary of changes from v029 to v030
2026 ============================================
2029 o fix stupid off-by-one bug that caused udevstart to die on x86-64 boxes
2032 Summary of changes from v028 to v029
2033 ============================================
2036 o add permission rule for jogdial device
2037 o fix dumb bug I added to udevstart
2038 o make a "last list" of devices for udevstart to operate on last
2039 o fix permission problem with input event and ts nodes for gentoo
2040 o change default perms of misc/rtc to be readable by anyone
2043 o allow NAME_SIZE > SYSFS_PATH_MAX
2046 Summary of changes from v027 to v028
2047 ============================================
2049 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
2050 o Patch for chassis_id exras module
2053 o Writing udev rules doc update
2056 o clean up block whitelist search logic a bit
2057 o reverse order of scanning of udevstart to look at class before block
2060 o update udev_volume_id
2063 o udevstart performance increase
2066 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.5
2069 Summary of changes from v026 to v027
2070 ============================================
2072 <fork0:users.sf.net>:
2073 o fix handle leak in udev_lib.c
2076 o tweak the gentoo default permission rules as they are wrong for tty and misc devices
2079 Summary of changes from v025 to v026
2080 ============================================
2086 o add test for ! in partition name
2088 o Update to version 117 of klibc (from version 108)
2089 o add volume_id ignore rule for bk
2090 o add volume_id support to the udev.spec file
2091 o remove dbus and selinux stuff from the udev.spec file
2092 o delete udev_selinux as it doesn't work properly and is the wrong way to do it
2093 o Deleted the udev_dbus extra as it didn't really work properly and HAL has a real solution now
2094 o add udev.permissions.slackware file
2095 o udevstart: close open directories
2099 o catchup with recent klibc
2100 o Re: udevsend fallback
2101 o udev_volume_id update
2102 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
2103 o udev callout for reading filesystem labels
2104 o udev default config layout changes
2107 o evaluate getenv() return value for udev_config.c
2109 Summary of changes from v024 to v025
2110 ============================================
2113 o devfs.sh-ide-floppy
2115 <sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
2116 o DEVNODE -> DEVNAME transition fixes
2119 o Update writing udev rules docs
2122 o make dev.d call each directory in the directory chain of the device name, instead of just the whole name
2123 o add devd_test script
2124 o add more permissions based on SuSE's recommendations
2125 o added rules for tun and raw devices
2126 o add udev conf.d file
2127 o Switch the default config to point to a directory for the rules and permission files
2128 o update the Red Hat .dev files to work on other distros
2129 o add dbus.dev, pam_console.dev and selinux.dev files for /etc/dev.d/default/ usage
2130 o add hints for red hat users from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
2131 o add scripts to run gcov for udev from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
2132 o change permissions on udevd test scripts
2133 o Fix build process for users who have LC_ALL set to a non-english language
2134 o Added expanded tests to the test framework from Leann Ogasawara <ogasawara@osdl.org>
2135 o added execelent "writing udev rules" document from Daniel Drake <dan@reactivated.net>
2136 o added rule to put USB printers in their proper places
2137 o added rules for CAPI devices
2138 o added a dev.d alsa script to help people out
2141 o fix test regressions
2142 o udev_selinux changes
2145 o fix devpath for netdev
2151 Summary of changes from v023 to v024
2152 ============================================
2154 <atul.sabharwal:intel.com>:
2155 o Add README for chassis_id
2156 o Add chassis_id program to extras directory
2158 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
2159 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups
2162 o fix SEGV in libsysfs/dlist.c
2164 <maryedie:osdl.org>:
2165 o add OSDL documentation for persistent naming
2168 o small ide-devfs.sh fix
2171 o remove compiler warning from udevd.c
2172 o only generate udev.8 on the fly, not all other man pages
2173 o update bk ignore list some more
2174 o update bk ignore list
2175 o switch to generate the man pages during the normal build, not during the install
2176 o convert udev.8.in to use @udevdir@ macro for make install
2177 o first step of making man pages dynamically generated
2178 o add install and uninstall the etc/dev.d/net/hotplug.dev file to the Makefile
2179 o tweak net_test a bit
2180 o fix some segfaults when running udevtest for network devices
2181 o make a net_test test script using udevtest
2182 o handle the subsytem if provided in udevtest
2183 o add hotplug.dev script to handle renamed network devices
2184 o add a bunch of network class devices to the test sysfs tree
2185 o add udevruler to the bk ignore list
2186 o update RFC-dev.d docs due to DEVNODE to DEVNAME change
2187 o clean up chassis_id coding style
2188 o clean up the OSDL document formatting a bit
2189 o add netlink rules to devfs and gentoo rules files
2190 o added USB device rules to rules files
2191 o clean up the gentoo rules file a bit more, adding dri rules
2192 o fix up udev.rules to handle oss rules better
2194 o fix udev.spec file for where udevtest should be placed
2197 o tweak node unlink handling
2198 o switch udevd's msg_dump() to #define
2199 o handle netdev in udevruler
2201 o put config info in db for netdev
2202 o increase udevd event timeout
2204 o put netdev handling and dev.d/ in manpages
2205 o DEVPATH for netdev
2206 o netdev - udevdb+dev.d changes
2207 o udevd race conditions and performance, assorted cleanups - take 2
2209 o dev_d.c file sorting and cleanup
2210 o apply all_partitions rule to main block device only
2213 Summary of changes from v022 to v023
2214 ============================================
2217 o hmm, handle net devices with udev?
2218 o correct apply_format() for symlink only rules
2219 o don't init namedev on remove
2220 o first stupid try for a rule compose gui
2221 o replace fgets() with mmap() and introduce udev_lib.[hc]
2222 o make udevtest a real program :)
2224 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2228 o create the /etc/dev.d/ directories in 'make install'
2229 o actually have udev run files ending in .dev in the /etc/dev.d/ directory as documented
2230 o added RFC-dev.d document detailing how /etc/dev.d/ works
2231 o fixed up udev.spec to handle selinux stuff properly now
2232 o remove USE_DBUS and USE_SELINUX flags from the README as they are no longer present
2233 o remove selinux stuff from the main Makefile
2234 o move udev_selinux into extras/selinux
2235 o fix dbus build in the udev.spec file
2236 o remove dbus stuff from main Makefile
2237 o move udev_dbus to extras/dbus
2238 o udev_dbus can now compile properly, but linnking is another story
2239 o remove udev_dbus.h from Makefile
2240 o first cut at standalone udev_selinux program
2241 o remove selinux support from udev core as it's no longer needed
2242 o first cut at standalone udev_dbus program
2243 o add get_devnode() helper to udev_lib for udev_dbus program
2244 o remove dbus code from core udev code as it's no longer needed to be there
2245 o add /etc/dev.d/ support for udev add and remove events
2246 o fix build error in namedev.c caused by previous patch
2248 o fix 'make spotless' to really do that in klibc
2249 o add a question/answer about automounting usb devices to the FAQ
2250 o mark scsi-devfs.sh as executable
2251 o Increase the name size as requested by Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
2252 o fix udevtest to build properly after the big udev_lib change
2255 o uninitialized variable for mknod and friend
2258 o SCSI logical and physical names for udev
2261 o Trivial man page typo fixes to udev
2264 Summary of changes from v021 to v022
2265 ============================================
2267 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
2268 o more Libsysfs updates
2271 <async:cc.gatech.edu>:
2272 o fix HOWTO-udev_for_dev for udevdir
2275 o udev-test.pl cleanup
2276 o add dev node test to udev-test.pl
2277 o add permission tests
2278 o "symlink only" test
2279 o callout part selector tweak
2280 o cleanup callout fork
2281 o allow to specify node permissions in the rule
2283 o put symlink only rules to the man page
2284 o rename strn*() macros to strmax
2285 o conditional remove of trailing sysfs whitespace
2286 o clarify udevinfo text
2287 o better fix for NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
2288 o overall trivial trivial cleanup
2289 o fix NAME="foo-%c{N}" gets a truncated name
2290 o cleanup mult field string handling
2293 o fix a type in docs/libsysfs.txt
2294 o Added line to udev.permissions.redhat
2295 o Include more examples in the docs area for gentoo and redhat
2301 o add big major tests to udev-test.pl
2302 o add a test for a minor over 255
2303 o udev-test.pl: print out major:minor and perm test "ok" if is ok
2304 o make perm and major:minor test errors be reported properly
2305 o remove extra ; in namedev_parse.c
2306 o Added multipath-tools 0.1.1 release
2307 o deleted current extras/multipath directory
2309 o fix the build for older versions of gcc
2312 o Small fix to remove extra "will" in man page
2316 o udev* segfaults with new klibc
2319 o add tests for NAME="foo-%c{N}"
2321 Summary of changes from v020 to v021
2322 ============================================
2325 o install udevinfo in /usr/bin
2326 o blacklist pcmcia_socket
2329 o fix udev.spec to find udevinfo now that it has moved to /usr/bin
2330 o Fix another problem with Makefile installing initscript
2331 o fix the Makefile to install the init script into the proper directory
2332 o make spec file turn off selinux support by default
2335 Summary of changes from v019 to v020
2336 ============================================
2338 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
2342 o man page udevstart
2344 o bugfix for local user
2347 o clarify udevinfo device walk
2348 o udevinfo symlink reverse query
2349 o fix stroul endptr use
2350 o add $local user spport for permissions
2351 o udev - man page update
2352 o udev - fix debug info for multiple rule file config
2353 o udev - kill udevd on install
2354 o udev - activate formt length attribute
2355 o udev - safer sprintf() use
2358 o no error on enoent
2359 o escape dashes in man pages
2360 o remove usage of expr in ide-devfs.sh
2363 o automatically install correct initscript
2364 o update documetation for $local
2367 o Add symlink only rules support
2370 o update the TODO list as we already have a devfs config file
2371 o make start_udev use udevstart binary
2373 o Remove Debian permission files as the Debian maintainer doesn't seem to want to share :(
2374 o update the Gentoo rules files
2375 o Add Red Hat rules and permissions files
2376 o add udevstart to the ignore list
2377 o add udevstart program based on a old patch from Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>
2378 o unlink the file before we try to create it
2379 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
2382 Summary of changes from v018 to v019
2383 ============================================
2387 o udev - correct relative symlink
2388 o udev - safer string handling - part four
2389 o udev - safer string handling - part three
2390 o udev - safer string handling - part two
2391 o udev - man page update
2392 o udev - safer string handling all over the place
2394 o udev - allow all files in a directory as the config
2395 o udev - simple klibc textual uid/gid handling
2398 o do not remove real .udev.tdb during RPM build
2401 o add new TODO item about local user permissions
2402 o Add initial SELinux support for udev
2403 o fix build for very old versions of make
2404 o remove limit of the number of args passed to PROGRAM
2405 o force udev to include the internal version of libsysfs and never the external one
2406 o fix up libsysfs header file usage to fix bug reports from users that have sysfsutils installed already
2407 o remove udevtest on 'make clean'
2408 o remove udevd priority TODO item, as it's not needed at all
2411 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.4
2414 Summary of changes from v017 to v018
2415 ============================================
2417 <ext.devoteam.varoqui:sncf.fr>:
2418 o [PATCH] symlink dm-[0-9]* rule
2419 o update extras/multipath
2421 <john-hotplug:fjellstad.org>:
2422 o init.d debian patch
2425 o udev - TODO update
2426 o udev - add %s{filename} to man page
2427 o udev - udevd/udevsend man page
2428 o udev - switch callout part selector to {attribute}
2429 o udev - switch SYSFS_file to SYSFS{file}
2430 o udev - create all partitions of blockdevice
2432 o Adding '%s' format specifier to NAME and SYMLINK
2435 o added some scsi_id files to the bk ignore file
2436 o added scsi_id and some more documentation to the udev.spec file
2437 o update udev.rules.gentoo with new config file format
2438 o Update the Gentoo udev.rules and udev.permissions files
2439 o Create a udev.rules.examples file to hold odd udev.rules
2440 o add udevd priority issue to the TODO list
2441 o more HOWTO cleanups
2442 o add HOWTO detailing how to use udev to manage /dev
2443 o mv libsysfs/libsysfs.h to libsysfs/sysfs/libsysfs.h to make it easier to use
2444 o add start_udev init script
2445 o add support for UDEV_NO_SLEEP env variable so Gentoo people will be happy
2446 o start up udevd ourselves in the init script to give it some good priorities
2447 o update the red hat init script to handle nodes that are not present
2448 o add a "old style" SYSFS_attribute test to udev-test.pl
2449 o Have udevsend report more info in debug mode
2450 o Have udevd report it's version in debug mode
2451 o fix up bug created for udevtest in previous partition creation patch
2452 o update the udev.spec to add udevtest and make some more Red Hat suggested changes
2453 o add ability to install udevtest to Makefile
2455 o Add another test to udev-test.pl and fix a bug when only running 1 test
2456 o Fix bug where we did not use the "converted" kernel name if we had no rule
2459 o udev use new libsysfs header file location
2460 o udev add some ID tests
2463 Summary of changes from v016 to v017
2464 ============================================
2466 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
2467 o make logging a config option
2469 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
2470 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
2471 o more udev-016/extras/multipath
2472 o update extras/multipath
2475 o udev - keep private data out of the database?
2476 o better credential patch
2477 o udevd - client access authorization
2478 o compile udevd with klibc
2479 o udev - fix "ignore method"
2480 o udev - fix cdrom symlink rule
2481 o convert udevsend/udevd to DGRAM and single-threaded
2482 o udevd - kill the lockfile
2483 o udevd - fix socket path length
2484 o udevd - switch socket path to abstract namespace
2485 o udevd - allow to bypass sequence number
2486 o include used function
2489 o add udev_log to the documentation
2490 o fix offsetof() define in klibc
2491 o add some .spec file changes from Red Hat
2492 o update the init.d udev script based on a patch from Red Hat
2493 o remove the .udev.tdb when installing or uninstalling to be safe
2494 o remove the database at startup
2495 o fix bug in permission handling
2496 o update klibc to version .107
2497 o update the bitkeeper ignore file list
2498 o add udevtest program to build
2499 o fix problem where usb devices can be either the main device or the interface
2500 o more logging.h cleanups to be a bit more flexible
2501 o stop using mode_t as different libcs define it in different ways :(
2502 o remove some more KLIBC fixups that are no longer needed
2503 o let udev-test.pl run an individual test if you ask it to
2504 o Handle the '!' character that some block devices have
2505 o add a block device with a ! in the name, and a test for this
2506 o fix up 'make release' to use bk to build the export tree
2507 o fix log option code so that it actually works for all udev programs
2508 o finish syncing up with klibc
2509 o sync with latest version of klibc (0.107)
2510 o fix up Makefile dependancies for udev_version.h
2513 o udev add wild card compare for ID
2514 o udev kill extra bus_id compares in match_id
2517 Summary of changes from v015 to v016
2518 ============================================
2520 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
2521 o get_dev_number() in extras/ide-devfs.sh
2524 o FAQ udev.rules.devfs
2527 o add udevd and udevsend to the spec file
2528 o make /etc/hotplug.d/default/udev.hotplug symlink point to udevsend now
2529 o add KERNEL_DIR option so that the distros will be happy
2530 o make udevsend binary even smaller
2531 o udevsend now almost compiles with klibc, struct sockaddr_un is only problem now
2532 o fix up logging code so that it can be built without it being enabled
2533 o rework the logging code so that each program logs with the proper name in the syslog
2534 o remove logging.c as it's no longer needed
2535 o kill the last examples that contained the %D option
2536 o remove a __KLIBC__ tests in libsysfs, as klibc now supports getpagesize()
2537 o udevd - remove stupid locking error I wrote
2538 o update to klibc version 0.101, fixing the stdin bug
2539 o fix Makefile typo for USE_LSB install
2540 o allow dbus code to actually build again
2543 o let udevsend build with klibc
2544 o udevd - config cleanup
2545 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
2546 o fix possible buffer overflow
2547 o udevd - next round of fixes
2548 o udevinfo - missing options for man page
2549 o udev - trivial style cleanup
2552 Summary of changes from v014 to v015
2553 ============================================
2555 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
2556 o LFS init script update
2559 o update klibc to version 0.98
2560 o clean up udevinfo on 'make clean'
2561 o add udevinfo man page to spec file
2562 o remove command line documentation from udev man page
2563 o create initial version of udevinfo man page
2564 o added URL to spec file
2565 o add udevinfo to udev.spec file
2566 o add udevinfo to install target of Makefile
2567 o rip out command line code from udev, now that we have udevinfo
2568 o udevinfo doesn't need to declare main_envp
2569 o move get_pair to udev_config.c because udevinfo doesn't need all of namedev.o
2570 o more makefile cleanups
2571 o move udevinfo into the main build and clean up the main Makefile a bit
2572 o clean up compiler warnings if building using klibc
2573 o make udevd only have one instance running at a time
2574 o new testd.block script for debugging
2575 o udevsnd : clean up message creation logic a bit
2576 o make bk ignore udevd and udevsend binaries
2577 o whitespace cleanups
2578 o remove TODO item about BUS value, as it is now done
2579 o add support for figuring out which device on the sysfs "chain" the rule applies to
2582 o udevinfo - now a real program :)
2583 o udevd - cleanup and better timeout handling
2584 o udev - next round of udev event order daemon
2586 o udev - udevinfo with device chain walk
2587 o spilt udev into pieces
2590 Summary of changes from v013 to v014
2591 ============================================
2593 <ananthmg:rediffmail.com>:
2594 o libsysfs update for refresh + namedev.c changes
2596 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
2597 o udev-013/extras/multipath update
2599 <flamingice:sourmilk.net>:
2600 o minor patch for devfs rules
2603 o udev - program to query all device attributes to build a rule
2604 o set default owner/group in db - update
2605 o udev - reverse user query options
2606 o udev - kill %D from udev-test.pl
2607 o add udev logging to info log
2608 o udev - mention format string escape char in man page
2611 o misc code cleanups
2612 o fixup logging.h to handle different logging options properly
2613 o clean up the logging patch a bit to make the option more like the other options
2614 o remove the %D modifier as it is not longer needed
2615 o remove unneeded keyboard rule
2616 o add usb_host and pci_bus to the class blacklist
2617 o added input device rules to udev.rules and udev.rules.devfs
2621 o set default owner/group in db
2622 o small cut n paste error fix
2625 o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.3
2628 Summary of changes from v012 to v013
2629 ============================================
2631 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
2632 o LSB init script and other stuff
2634 <elkropac:students.zcu.cz>:
2635 o fix udev directory for Debian init script
2637 <tiggi:infa.abo.fi>:
2638 o udev 012 old gcc fixup
2641 o add IGNORE rule type
2645 o update TODO with some new, small items
2646 o Cset exclude: greg@kroah.com|ChangeSet|20040113010256|48515
2647 o update the README in a few places
2648 o fix -d typo in the manpage update
2649 o Fix stupid gcc "optimization" of 1 character printk() calls.... Ick
2650 o oops, forgot to fix up the PROGRAM result from ID to RESULT in the config files
2651 o Add alsa device rules and a few other devfs rules
2652 o fix a few stale comments in namedev.c
2653 o convert the default rules files to the new format
2654 o convert the test shell scripts to the config file format
2655 o add bus test for usb-serial bus
2656 o Add some helpful messages if the user uses the older config file format
2657 o added dri rule to the default config file
2658 o added init.d udev script for debian
2659 o add a script that tests the IGNORE rule
2660 o add silly script that names cdrom drives based on the cd in them
2661 o add cdrom rule for ide cdrom
2662 o replace list_for_each with list_for_each_entry, saving a few lines of code
2663 o add a blacklist of class devices we do not want to look at
2666 o fix klibc with printf() and gcc
2667 o udev - small script optimization
2668 o udev - introduce format escape char
2669 o udev - more CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
2670 o udev - CALLOUT is PROGRAM now
2671 o update documentation for new config file format
2672 o more advanced user query options
2673 o udev - simple debug tweak
2674 o udev - drop all methods :)
2675 o udev - advanced user query options
2676 o udev - Makefile error
2677 o udev - make exec_callout() reusable
2678 o udev - exec status fix for klibc
2679 o fix Silly udev script
2682 Summary of changes from v011 to v012
2683 ============================================
2685 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
2686 o make symlink work properly if there is already a file in its place
2687 o Fix udev gcc-2.95.4 compat
2689 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
2690 o extras multipath update
2691 o extras multipath update
2694 o mention user callable udev + options in man page
2695 o make udev user callable to query the database
2696 o depend on all .h files
2697 o cleanup namedev_parse debug text
2698 o extend exec_program[]
2699 o ide-devfs.sh update
2700 o fix for apply_format()
2701 o check for empty symlink string
2702 o 'ide' missing in bus_files[]
2703 o small trivial cleanup of latest changes
2705 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
2706 o introduce signal handler
2709 o udev spec file update
2712 o minor grammer fixes for the udev_vs_devfs document
2713 o move the dbus config file to etc/dbus-1/system.d/
2714 o move the config files to etc/udev to clean up main directory a bit
2715 o add Gentoo versions of the rules and permissions files
2716 o if using glibc, link dynamically, as no one like 500Kb udev binaries
2717 o minor change to udev_vs_devfs document
2718 o added udev vs devfs supid document to the tree
2719 o move the signal handling registration to after we have initialized enough stuff
2720 o make ide-devfs.sh executable in the tree
2721 o udev.permissions.debian - forgot the dm nodes
2722 o update the udev.permissions.debian file with new entries
2723 o added udev.init script for the Linux From Scratch project
2727 Summary of changes from v010 to v011
2728 ============================================
2730 <mbuesch:freenet.de>:
2731 o proper cleanup on udevdb_init() failure
2734 o patch udev 009-010 rpm spec file
2737 o fix udev sed Makefile usage
2740 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the LABEL rule
2741 o add tests for LABEL rule with a device that has no bus
2742 o Don't require the BUS value for the LABEL rule
2743 o If a LABEL rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
2744 o add documentation about the BUS key being optional for the CALLOUT rule
2745 o If a CALLOUT rule has a BUS id, then we must check to see if the device is on a bus
2746 o Don't require the BUS value for the CALLOUT rule
2747 o add test for callout rule with a device that has no bus
2749 o added different build options to the rpm udev.spec file
2750 o add pci to the bus_files list
2751 o check for empty line a bit better in the parser
2752 o more init script cleanups, the stop target now calls udev to cleanup instead of just removing the whole /udev directory
2753 o make udev init script run udev in the background to let startup go much faster
2754 o fix long delay for all devices in namedev
2757 Summary of changes from v009 to v010
2758 ============================================
2760 <ananth:in.ibm.com>:
2763 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
2764 o extras multipath update
2765 o extras multipath update
2766 o extras multipath update
2767 o extras multipath update
2771 o small cleanup udev-remove.c
2772 o experimental CALLOUT script for devfs ide node creation with cd, disc, part
2773 o add any valid device
2774 o introduce format char 'k' for kernel-name
2775 o trivial make fixes
2776 o don't overwrite old config on install
2777 o udev-remove.c cleanups
2778 o bug in udev-remove.c
2779 o trivial cleanup parser changes
2781 <roman.kagan:itep.ru>:
2782 o fix comment and whitespace handling in config files
2785 o Allow build with empty EXTRAS
2787 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2788 o libsysfs 0.4.0 patch
2789 o fix scsi_id segfault with udev-009
2793 o mark config files as such in the rpm spec file
2796 o fix complier warning in namedev.c
2797 o add documentation for the new '%k' modifier (kernel name replacement)
2798 o add documentation about the multiple sysfs values that are now allowed for the LABEL rule
2799 o add tests for multi-file LABEL rules
2800 o add ability to have up to 5 SYSFS_ file/value pairs for the LABEL rule
2801 o Just live with a sleep(1) in namedev for now until libsysfs is fixed up
2802 o try to wait until the proper device file shows up in sysfs
2803 o remove unneeded TODO and FIXME entry
2804 o clean up the stand-alone tests to work properly on other people's machines
2805 o add tests to catch whitespace and comment config file parsing errors
2808 Summary of changes from v008 to v009
2809 ============================================
2811 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
2812 o more extras/multipath changes
2813 o and more extras/multipath updates
2814 o more extras/multipath updates
2815 o yet more extras/multipath
2816 o more extras/multipath updates
2817 o extras/multipath update
2820 o D-BUS patch for udev-008
2822 <eike-hotplug:sf-tec.de>:
2823 o add init.d/udev to "make install"
2824 o add init.d/udev to the spec file
2827 o don't rely on field order in namedev_parse
2828 o get part of callout return string
2829 o remove '\n' from end of callout return
2830 o man-page mention multiple symlinks
2831 o allow multiple symlinks
2832 o cleanup man & remove symlink comment
2833 o experimental (very simple) SYMLINK creation
2835 o pattern match for label method
2836 o a bug in linefeed removal
2839 o remove udev from runlevels on uninstall
2840 o install initscript in udev rpm
2842 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2843 o pre-libsysfs-0.4.0 patch
2846 o signal fixes due to klibc update
2847 o sync klibc with release 0.95
2848 o add mol permissions to the debian permissions file
2849 o update the FAQ with info about bad modprobe events from the devfs scheme
2850 o some cleanups due to the need for LABEL rules to use "SYSFS_" now
2851 o Add restart target to the etc/init.d/udev script
2852 o tweak the config file generation portion of the Makefile a bit
2853 o change devfs disk name rule from 'disk' to 'disc'
2854 o add vc support to udev.rules.devfs
2855 o added a devfs udev config file from Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>
2856 o set default mode to 0600 to be safer
2857 o Makefile tweaks for the DBUS build
2858 o update the FAQ due to the latest devfs mess on lkml and also due to symlinks now working
2859 o document the different Makefile config options that we have
2860 o change USE_DBUS to DBUS in Makefile, and disable it by default as it's still to hard to build on all systems
2861 o fix formatting of udev_dbus.c to use tabs. Also get it to build properly now
2862 o move all of the DBUS logic into one file and remove all of the #ifdef crud from the main code
2865 o dump latest klibc into the udev build tree
2866 o use udevdir in udev.conf
2869 o better allow builds of extras programs under udev
2870 o update udev extras/scsi_id to version 0.2
2873 Summary of changes from v007 to v008
2874 ============================================
2876 <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
2877 o more config file parsing robustness
2879 <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
2880 o udev-007/extras/multipath update
2883 o Build failure - missing linux/limits.h include?
2884 o Add format modifier for devfs like naming
2885 o klibc makefile fixes
2887 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2888 o another patch for path problem
2889 o quick fix for libsysfs bus
2890 o libsysfs changes for sysfsutils 0.3.0
2893 o fix up some duplicated function compiler warnings in libsysfs
2894 o fix some compiler warnings in the tdb code
2895 o Added Kay's name to the man page
2896 o update the wildcard documentation in the man page to show the new styles supported
2897 o fix permission handling logic
2898 o enable default_mode ability to actually build
2899 o add support for the default_mode variable, as it is documented
2900 o show permissions and groups in the label_test
2901 o remove some items off of the TODO list, as they are now done
2902 o fix up the tests to work without all of the environ variables
2903 o get rid of the majority of the debug environment variables
2904 o Update the man page to show the new config file, it's format, and how to use it
2905 o fix up the tests to support the rules file name change
2906 o add support for a main udev config file, udev.conf
2907 o turn debugging messages off by default
2908 o split out the namedev config parsing logic to namedev_parse.c
2909 o rename namedev's get_attr() to be main namedev_name_device() as that's what it really is
2910 o add devfs like tty rules as an example in the default config file
2911 o operate on the rules in the order they are in the config file (within the rule type) instead of operating on them backwards.
2912 o Cset exclude: dsteklof@us.ibm.com|ChangeSet|20031126173159|56255
2913 o add test for checking the BUS value
2914 o fix problem where we were not looking at the BUS value
2915 o add scsi and pci bus links in the test sysfs tree
2916 o add test and documentation for new %D devfs format modifier
2917 o changed the default location of the database to /udev/.udev.tdb to be LSB compliant
2918 o get rid of functions in klibc_fixups that are now in klibc
2919 o sync up with the 0.84 version of klibc
2920 o fix udev init.d script to handle all class devices in sysfs
2921 o fix the test.block and test.tty scripts due to their moveing. Also add a test.all script
2922 o 007_bk version change to Makefile
2925 o pattern matching for namedev
2926 o catch replace device by wildcard
2927 o udev.8 tweak numeric id text
2928 o udev-test.pl add subdir test
2929 o namedev.c strcat tweak
2930 o overall whitespace + debug text conditioning
2931 o udev-test.pl - tweaks
2934 o Add -nodefaultlibs while compiling against klibc
2937 o ARCH detection for ppc
2940 o fix udev parallel builds with klibc
2943 Summary of changes from v006 to v007
2944 ============================================
2947 o fix segfault in parsing bad udev.permissions file
2950 o update default config file with a CALLOUT rule, and more documentation
2951 o updated the man page with the latest format specifier changes
2952 o added ability to put format specifiers in the CALLOUT program string
2953 o tweak udev-test.pl to report '0' errors if that's what happened
2954 o only build klibc_fixups.c if we are actually using klibc
2955 o add support for string group and string user names in udev.permissions
2956 o add getgrnam and getpwnam to klibc_fixups files
2957 o remove Makefile.klibc
2958 o add udev-test perl script from Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> which blows away my puny shell scripts
2959 o added debian's version of udev.permissions
2960 o change to 006_bk version
2963 o format char for CALLOUT output
2964 o more namedev whitespace cleanups
2965 o support arguments in callout exec
2966 o namedev.c - change order of fields in CALLOUT
2967 o namedev.c whitespace + debug text cleanup
2968 o man page with udev.permissions wildcard
2971 o static klibc udev does not link against crt0.o
2973 Summary of changes from v005 to v006
2974 ============================================
2976 <chris_friesen:sympatico.ca>:
2977 o faster test scripts
2980 o more robust config file parsing in namedev.c
2981 o add bus id modifier
2983 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
2984 o patch for libsysfs sysfs directory handling
2987 o add another line to udev.permissions in the proper format
2988 o tweak replace_test
2989 o fix permissions to work properly now
2990 o add real udev.permissions file to test directory
2991 o fix namedev.c to build with older version of gcc
2992 o add dumb test for all of the different modifiers
2993 o update the TODO list with more items that people can easily do
2994 o move the test.block and test.tty scripts to the test/ directory
2995 o add remove actions to the test scripts
2996 o turn DEBUG_PARSER off by default
2997 o add some documentation for the %b modifier to the default config file
2998 o fix make install rule for when the udev symlink is already there
2999 o change release target in makefile
3000 o change debug level on printf values for now
3001 o updated demo config file
3002 o add some documentation of the modifiers to the default config file
3003 o add demo config file
3004 o updated bk ignore list for klibc generated files
3005 o add printf option to label test to verify it works
3006 o fix up printf-like functionality due to previous changes
3007 o get the major/minor number before we name the device
3008 o add scsi_id "extra" program from Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>
3009 o Add multipath "extra" program from Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@free.fr>
3010 o trailing whitespace cleanups
3011 o splig LABEL and NUMBER into separate functions
3012 o add TOPO regression test
3013 o move TOPOLOGY rule to it's own function
3014 o fix bug where NUMBER and TOPOLOGY would not work for partitions
3015 o clean up the way we find the sysdevice for a block device for namedev
3016 o updated label test script (tests for partitions now.)
3017 o split REPLACE and CALLOUT into separate functions
3018 o add debug line for REPLACE call
3020 o add more sysfs test tree files
3021 o change UDEV_SYSFS_PATH environment variable due to libsysfs change
3022 o fix bug in klibc's isspace function
3023 o fix udev-add.c to build properly with older versions of gcc
3024 o add prototype for ftruncate to klibc
3025 o Remove a few items from the TODO list that are already done
3026 o version number to 005_bk
3027 o pull some klibc stuff into the make Makefile to try to stay in sync
3031 o apply permissions.conf support for wildcard and default name
3032 o man page with included placeholder list
3033 o implement printf-like placeholder support for NAME
3034 o more manpage tweaks
3035 o add support for subdirs
3036 o add uid/gid to nodes
3042 o Fixup path for kernel includes when building with klibc
3048 Summary of changes from v004 to v005
3049 ============================================
3052 o namedev.c comments + debug patch
3056 o ignore the klibc/linux symlink
3057 o add klibc linux symlink info to the README
3058 o get 'make release' to work properly again
3059 o added README info for how to build using klibc
3060 o turn off debugging if we are building with klibc
3061 o turn off debugging in namedev
3062 o added vsyslog support to klibc
3063 o add ftruncate to klibc
3064 o klibc specific tweaks
3065 o libsysfs does not need mntent.h in it's header file
3066 o udev build tweaks to tdb's spinlock code
3067 o klibc makefile changes
3068 o build tdb and libsysfs from the same makefile as udev
3069 o udev-add build cleanups for other libc versions
3070 o tweak tdb to build within udev better
3071 o make libsysfs spit debug messages to the same place as the rest of udev
3072 o make libsysfs build cleanly
3073 o updated bk ignore list
3074 o added klibc version 0.82 (cvs tree) to the udev tree
3075 o makefile fix for now
3076 o Merge greg@bucket:/home/greg/src/udev into kroah.com:/home/greg/src/udev
3077 o hm, makefile bug with so many files... will fix later
3078 o regression tests starting to be added
3079 o fix LABEL bug for device files (not class files.)
3080 o more warning flags to the build
3081 o got rid of struct device_attr
3082 o rename namedev.permissions and namedev.config to udev.permissions and udev.config
3083 o fix dbg line in namedev.c
3084 o more overrides of config info with env variables if in test mode
3085 o Fix bug causing udev to sleep forever waiting for dev file to show up
3086 o change version to 004_bk
3087 o make config files, sysfs root, and udev root configurable from config variables
3090 o udev: sleep_for_dev() bits
3091 o udev: another canidate for static
3094 Summary of changes from v003 to v004
3095 ============================================
3097 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
3098 o new version of libsysfs patch
3102 o major database cleanups
3103 o Changed test.block and test.tty to take ACTION from the command line
3104 o don't sleep if 'dev' file is already present on device add
3105 o fix comment about how the "dev" file is made up
3106 o more database work. Now we only store the info we really need right now
3107 o add BUS= bug to TODO list so it will not get forgotten
3109 o test.block changes
3110 o ok, rpm likes the "_" character instead of "-" better
3111 o change the version to 003-bk to keep things sane with people using the bk tree
3112 o got "remove of named devices" working
3113 o fix segfaults when dealing with partitions
3120 o udev: mode should be mode_t
3121 o udev: trivial trivialities
3122 o udev: cool test scripts again
3123 o udev spec file symlink support
3124 o udev: cool test scripts
3125 o udev spec file bits
3128 Summary of changes from v0.2 to v003
3129 ============================================
3131 Daniel E. F. Stekloff:
3136 o update the spec file for the new version and install process
3137 o fix makefile release rule to not drop tdb.h file
3139 o removed AUTHORS and INSTALL files as they were pretty pointless
3141 o Add AUTHORS and INSTALL files
3144 o updated the TODO list
3145 o add udev man page (basically just a place holder for now.)
3146 o added uninstall support
3147 o added install target for makefile so people don't have to do it by hand anymore
3148 o add version to debug log on startup
3149 o tell the user what mknod() we are trying to do
3150 o add dbg_parse() to cut down on parse file debugging statements
3151 o put config files and database in /etc/udev by default
3152 o add ols 2003 udev paper to docs/
3153 o clean up some debugging stuff in namedev.c
3154 o do not build the tdb binary programs, only the objects
3155 o merge tdb into the build process
3156 o Added tdb code from latest cvs version in the samba tree
3157 o added my name to the .spec file
3159 o cleanup the mknod code a bit
3160 o remove mknod callout
3161 o handle new major:minor format of dev files that showed up in 2.6.0-test2-bk3 or so
3162 o oops, everything was getting created as 000 mode, try to fix this up, but fail...
3169 o add callout config type to udev
3172 o Fix TDB cross compilation
3174 o udev/libsysfs cross compile fixes
3177 Summary of changes from v0.1 to v0.2
3178 ============================================
3182 o removed unneeded stuff from udev.h
3183 o added 0.2 change log info
3184 o start working on label support, and fix some segfaults for block devices
3185 o test config file changes
3186 o add NUMBER support (basically same logic as TOPOLOGY, perhaps we should
3188 o added topology support
3189 o got REPLACE to work properly
3190 o make struct config_device contain a struct device_attr instead of
3191 duplicating the mess
3193 o split the tests up into different files
3194 o split udev main logic into udev-add and udev-remove
3195 o Clean up the namedev interface a bit, making the code smaller
3196 o bk: update ignore list
3197 o update the tests to handle block devices too
3198 o add initial libsysfs support
3199 o added libsysfs to the build
3200 o added libsysfs code from sysutils-0.1.1-071803 release
3201 o namedev config files are fully parsed
3202 o more permission tests
3203 o make log_message spit out warnings so I don't have to spend forever
3204 chasing down stupid bugs that aren't there...
3205 o added klibc makefile
3206 o Initial namedev parsing of config files
3207 o sleep for 2 seconds to give the kernel a chance to actually create the
3209 o pick a better default UDEV_ROOT
3210 o fix up the test to actually work
3211 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
3214 Summary of changes up to v0.1
3215 ============================================
3218 o added more documentation in README and TODO files
3219 o updated the documentation
3220 o cleaned up the makefile a bit
3222 o restructure code to be able to actually get remove_node() to work
3223 o Creating nodes actually works
3224 o added stupid test script for debugging
3225 o added initial documentation and gpl license
3227 o updated ignore list
3228 o added initial files
3230 o Initial repository create
3231 o BitKeeper file /home/greg/src/udev/udev/ChangeSet
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