X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=00ee648ca3f3e461fd6bf41481b0ccc030ab120b;hp=b87d372141ab860f785f7045517e92a159dbe5ca;hb=df4554c333aec1a4bc2c3335aef6e92f2c13bfcd;hpb=dd8a93e0d8d4db1810e8d0bc438c19c97876b810 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b87d37214..00ee648ca 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,18 +1,75 @@ -udev 175 +udev 181 +======== +The udev-acl tool is no longer provided, it will be part of a future +ConsoleKit release. On systemd systems, advanced ConsoleKit and udev-acl +functionality are provided by systemd. + + +udev 181 +======== +Require kmod version 5. + +Provide /dev/cdrom symlink for /dev/sr0. + +udev 180 +======== +Fix for ID_PART_ENTRY_* property names, added by the blkid built-in. The +fix is needed for udisk2 to operate properly. + +Fix for skipped rule execution when the kernel has removed the device +node in /dev again, before the event was even started. The fix is needed +to run device-mapper/LVM events properly. + +Fix for the man page installation, which was skipped when xsltproc was not +installed. + +udev 179 ======== -The default configure options have changed, packages need to be adapted -otherwise udev will be installed in /usr. Example configuration options -are in INSTALL. +Bugfix for $name resolution, which broke at least some keymap handling. -The default prefix moved from / to /usr to support installations without -the historic / vs. /usr split. +udev 178 +======== +Bugfix for the firmware loading behavior with kernel modules which +try to load firmware in the module_init() path. The blocked event +runs into a timout now, which should allow the firmware to be loaded. + +Bugfix for a wrong DEVNAME= export, which breaks at least the udev-acl +tool. + +Bugfix for missing ID_ properties for GPT partitions. + +The RUN+="socket:.." option is deprecated and should not be used. A warning +during rules parsing is printed now. Services which listen to udev events, +need to subscribe to the netlink messages with libudev and not let udev block +in the rules execution until the message is delivered. + +udev 177 +======== +Bugfix for rule_generator instalation. + +udev 176 +======== +The 'devtmpfs' filesystem is required now, udev will not create or delete +device nodes anymore, it only adjusts permissions and ownership of device +nodes and maintains additional symlinks. + +A writable /run directory (ususally tmpfs) is required now for a fully +functional udev, there is no longer a fallback to /dev/.udev. + +The default 'configure' install locations have changed. Packages for systems +with the historic / vs. /usr split need to be adapted, otherwise udev will +be installed in /usr and not work properly. Example configuration options +to install things the traditional way are in INSTALL. The default install location of the 'udevadm' tool moved from 'sbin' -to /usr/bin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin'. A symlink to udevadm -needs to be manually created if needed. +to /usr/bin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin', a symlink to udevadm +needs to be manually created if needed, or --bindir=/sbin be specified. -Kernel modules are now loaded directly by linking udev to 'libkmod'. -The 'modprobe' tool is no longer executed by udev. +The expected value of '--libexecdir=' has changed and must no longer contain +the 'udev' directory. + +Kernel modules are now loaded directly by linking udev to 'libkmod'. The +'modprobe' tool is no longer executed by udev. The 'blkid' tool is no longer executed from udev rules. Udev links directly to libblkid now. @@ -23,13 +80,15 @@ is no longer used. All built-in tools can be listed and tested with 'udevadm test-builtin'. The 'udevadm control --reload-rules' option has been renamed to '--reload'. -It reloads the kernel module configuration. +It now also reloads the kernel module configuration. -The systemd socket files use PassCred=yes, which requires systemd -version 38. +The systemd socket files use PassCredentials=yes, which is available in +systemd version 38. The udev build system only creates a .xz tarball now. +All tabs in the source code used for indentation are replaced by spaces now. :) + udev 175 ======== Bugfixes.