[ANNOUNCE] udev 038 release

[ANNOUNCE] udev 038 release

[Greg KH]

I've released the 038 version of udev.  It can be found at:
 	kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-038.tar.gz

(yes, the last announcement was for 034, things have been moving
fast...)

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

And there is a general udev web page at:
	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html

More bugfixes, and hopefully the "udev is locked in a loop taking all of
the cpu" bug is now gone.  Also, lots of wait_for_sysfs updates thanks
to all who has reported them.

Thanks 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 v037 to v038
============================================

<andrew.patterson:hp.com>:
  o Re: Problem parsing %s in udev rules

Greg Kroah-Hartman:
  o fix up error in building extras and libsysfs

Summary of changes from v036 to v037
============================================

<md:linux.it>:
  o small udev patch

Greg Kroah-Hartman:
  o fix compilation warning in tdb log message
  o Fix build error with klibc due to recent changes
  o merge
  o add wait_for_sysfs test script to the tarball to help people debug their boxes
  o add ipsec to wait_for_sysfs ignore list
  o added ccdv to bk ignore list
  o a few more Makefile tweaks for the quiet feature
  o Make the build silent, thanks to a helper program from ncftp
  o rename files to have '_' instead of '-' in them
  o change max time to wait in wait_for_sysfs to 10 seconds to hopefully handle some slow machines
  o add support for class/raw/ to wait_for_sysfs
  o fix up Makefile for wait_for_sysfs udev_version.h dependancy
  o remove the debian specific file, as they don't want to share with the rest of the world :(

Kay Sievers:
  o prevent deadlocks on an corrupt udev database
  o wait_for_sysfs_update

Michael Buesch:
  o fix asmlinkage
  o fix incompatible pointer type warning

Summary of changes from v035 to v036
============================================

Greg Kroah-Hartman:
  o add the error number to the error message in wait_for_sysfs to help out in debugging problems

Summary of changes from v034 to v035
============================================

Greg Kroah-Hartman:
  o added ieee1394 support to wait_for_sysfs
  o update wait_for_sysfs with a bunch more devices thanks to user reports

Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 038 release

[Frank Steiner]

Hi,

"make install" fails with

galois tmp/udev-038# make udevdir=/dev DESTDIR=/root/tmp/test/ EXTRAS="extras/scsi_id" install
make: *** No rule to make target `etc/init.d/udev.debian', needed by `install-initscript'.  Stop.

because there is no udev.debian in etc/init.d/ in the sources.

cu,
Frank

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 038 release

[Kay Sievers]

On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 09:09:09AM +0200, Frank Steiner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> "make install" fails with
> 
> galois tmp/udev-038# make udevdir=/dev DESTDIR=/root/tmp/test/ 
> EXTRAS="extras/scsi_id" install
> make: *** No rule to make target `etc/init.d/udev.debian', needed by 
> `install-initscript'.  Stop.

It's already fixed in the tree. The next version will have it:

  http://linuxusb.bkbits.net:8080/udev/patch@1.921?nav=index.html|ChangeSet@-2d|cset@1.921

Thanks,
Kay

Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 038 release

[Prakash K. Cheemplavam]

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Hi,

going from udev-036 to 038 on gentoo resulted in following problem for me:

I load the nvidia module via /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6. With 
udev-036 the device nodes eventually were created fast enough so that 
kdm could start. With udev-038 it is not the case. The boot ends at the 
log-in, and I have to manually start kdm.

What is the right way to get this going?

Cheers,

Prakash

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 038 release

[Mitch]

Also going from 036 to 038 broke centrino wireless ipw2200
firmware autoloading. Removing

	/etc/hotplug.d/default/05-wait_for_sysfs.hotplug

fixed the problem.

M

Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 038 release

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 04:38:58PM +0400, Mitch wrote:
> Also going from 036 to 038 broke centrino wireless ipw2200
> firmware autoloading. Removing
> 
> 	/etc/hotplug.d/default/05-wait_for_sysfs.hotplug
> 
> fixed the problem.

Fixed in the 039 release, sorry about this.

greg k-h