X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=eca93c4d981e4bb7ceb4b77ef5dc0a62b6247b3a;hp=d03de2f230e78df8fbda1e3614a786f8792fa525;hb=977f6f4b3dfbdd32d7df5a774a4ed761d5d4b98f;hpb=31a733070e2d324fbad4b3163b419626ef506cc6 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d03de2f23..eca93c4d9 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,38 @@ +udev 140 +======== +Bugfixes. + +"udevadm settle" now optionally accepts a range of events to wait for, +instead of waiting for "all" events. + +udev 139 +======== +Bugfixes. + +The installed watch for block device metadata changes is now removed +during event hadling, because some (broken) tools may be called from udev +rules and (wrongly) open the device with write access. After the finished +event handling the watch is restored. + +udev 138 +======== +Bugfixes. + +Device nodes can be watched for changes with inotify with OPTIONS="watch". +If closed after being opened for writing, a "change" uevent will occur. +/dev/disk/by-{label,uuid}/* symlinks will be automatically updated. + +udev 137 +======== +Bugfixes. + +The udevadm test command has no longer a --force option, nodes and symlinks +are always updated with a test run now. + +The udevd daemon can be started with --resolve-names=never to avoid all user +and group lookups (e.g. in cut-down systems) or --resolve-names=late to +lookup user and groups every time events are handled. + udev 136 ======== Bugfixes. @@ -31,7 +66,7 @@ which do not depend on the kernel device name. As usual, unique devices - only a single one per product connected, or a real USB serial number in the device - are always found with the same name in the by-id/ directory. -Completely Identical devices may overwrite their names in by-id/ +Completely identical devices may overwrite their names in by-id/ and can only be found reliably in the by-path/ directory. Devices specified by by-path/ must not change their connection, like the USB port number they are plugged in, to keep their name.