From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266343AbUAVSP6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:15:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266344AbUAVSP5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:15:57 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:56502 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266343AbUAVSPt (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:15:49 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:15:50 -0800 From: Greg KH To: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [ANNOUNCE] udev 014 release Message-ID: <20040122181550.GA14725@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I've released the 014 version of udev. It can be found at: kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-014.tar.gz rpms built against Red Hat FC1 are available at: kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-014-1.i386.rpm with the source rpm at: kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-014-1.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 013 version: - speed! This version is _much_ faster than the 013 release. Thanks to Ananth Narayan for the libsysfs changes (and udev patch) that enabled this. - there's a new program called udevinfo in the extras/ directory that helps in determining the sysfs information for a specific device. This is useful in writing new udev rules. - the %D modifier is now gone. People who were using it to provide a devfs naming scheme will need to rewrite their rules (look at the examples on the linux-hotplug-devel mailing list for more details.) - lots of little changes and bug fixes. Thanks again 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 v013 to v014 ============================================ : o libsysfs update for refresh + namedev.c changes : o udev-013/extras/multipath update : o minor patch for devfs rules Kay Sievers: o udev - program to query all device attributes to build a rule o set default owner/group in db - update o udev - reverse user query options o udev - kill %D from udev-test.pl o add udev logging to info log o udev - mention format string escape char in man page Greg Kroah-Hartman: o misc code cleanups o fixup logging.h to handle different logging options properly o clean up the logging patch a bit to make the option more like the other options o remove the %D modifier as it is not longer needed o remove unneeded keyboard rule o add usb_host and pci_bus to the class blacklist o added input device rules to udev.rules and udev.rules.devfs Hanna V. Linder: o set default owner/group in db o small cut n paste error fix Patrick Mansfield: o update udev scsi_id to scsi_id 0.3