X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=85e206c81de06969e084328d81300800f44be2a0;hp=11b3883155a9012cb1208ffe16ced35bfc4fdf6d;hb=d8d2af0635507623971ce59e058847a700978cd8;hpb=57f4ef67aa4e517e4ee1b79360169f5544f72379 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 11b388315..85e206c81 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,33 +1,45 @@ -udev 175 +udev 176 ======== -The default install location moved from /lib/udev to /usr/lib/udev, -to support systems without the / vs. /usr split. --libexecdir= -can still be configured to install things to /lib/udev. +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. --bindir= can still be configured to install it in -/sbin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin'. A symlink to udevadm -in /usr/bin 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 /sbin/modprobe tool is no longer executed by udev. +The expected value of '--libexecdir=' has changed and must no longer contain +the 'udev' directory. -The /sbin/blkid tool is no longer executed from udev rules. Udev links +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. -Firmware is loaded natively by udev now, the external firmware loading -binary is no longer used. +Firmware is loaded natively by udev now, the external 'firmware' binary +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.