Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 017 release

[Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@yahoo.com>]

Version 107 of klibc is needed for this to build on current 2.6 bk, you're at
101.

--- Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> I've released the 017 version of udev.  It can be found at:
>  	kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-017.tar.gz
> 
> rpms built against Red Hat FC1 are available at:
> 	kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-017-1.i386.rpm
> with the source rpm at:
> 	kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-017-1.src.rpm
> 
> udev allows users to have a dynamic /dev and provides the ability to
> have persistent device names.  It uses sysfs and /sbin/hotplug and runs
> entirely in userspace.  It requires a 2.6 kernel with CONFIG_HOTPLUG
> enabled to run.  Please see the udev FAQ for any questions about it:
> 	kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ
> 
> For any udev vs devfs questions anyone might have, please see:
> 	kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev_vs_devfs
> 
> 
> Major changes from the 015 version:
> 	- lots of udevd and udevsend cleanups and tweaks.  udevd can now
> 	  be built with klibc, and doesn't need a lock file anymore to
> 	  work.
> 	- lots of bug fixes and other cleanups.
> 	- shrink the size of the database by a large amount.
> 
> In all, there is nothing major in this release, but any current users of
> udev will want this version for all of the bugfixes if for nothing else.
> 
> Thanks a lot to Chris Friesen and Kay Sievers for cleaning up the udevd
> and udevsend communication path and code so much.  I really appreciate
> it.
> 
> Thanks also to everyone who has send me patches for this release, a full
> list of everyone, and their changes is below.
> 
> udev development is done in a BitKeeper repository located at:
> 	bk://linuxusb.bkbits.net/udev
> 
> Daily snapshots of udev from the BitKeeper tree can be found at:
> 	http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/projects/bitkeeper/udev/
> If anyone ever wants a tarball of the current bk tree, just email me.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
> 
> Summary of changes from v016 to v017
> ======================
> 
> <azarah:nosferatu.za.org>:
>   o make logging a config option
> 
> <christophe.varoqui:free.fr>:
>   o more udev-016/extras/multipath
>   o more udev-016/extras/multipath
>   o update extras/multipath
> 
> Kay Sievers:
>   o udev - keep private data out of the database?
>   o better credential patch
>   o udevd - client access authorization
>   o compile udevd with klibc
>   o udev - fix "ignore method"
>   o udev - fix cdrom symlink rule
>   o convert udevsend/udevd to DGRAM and single-threaded
>   o udevd - kill the lockfile
>   o udevd - fix socket path length
>   o udevd - switch socket path to abstract namespace
>   o udevd - allow to bypass sequence number
>   o include used function
> 
> Greg Kroah-Hartman:
>   o add udev_log to the documentation
>   o fix offsetof() define in klibc
>   o add some .spec file changes from Red Hat
>   o update the init.d udev script based on a patch from Red Hat
>   o remove the .udev.tdb when installing or uninstalling to be safe
>   o remove the database at startup
>   o fix bug in permission handling
>   o update klibc to version .107
>   o update the bitkeeper ignore file list
>   o add udevtest program to build
>   o fix problem where usb devices can be either the main device or the
> interface
>   o more logging.h cleanups to be a bit more flexible
>   o stop using mode_t as different libcs define it in different ways :(
>   o remove some more KLIBC fixups that are no longer needed
>   o let udev-test.pl run an individual test if you ask it to
>   o Handle the '!' character that some block devices have
>   o add a block device with a ! in the name, and a test for this
>   o fix up 'make release' to use bk to build the export tree
>   o fix log option code so that it actually works for all udev programs
>   o finish syncing up with klibc
>   o sync with latest version of klibc (0.107)
>   o fix up Makefile dependancies for udev_version.h
> 
> Patrick Mansfield:
>   o udev add wild card compare for ID
>   o udev kill extra bus_id compares in match_id
> 
> 
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