[ANNOUNCE] udev 047 release

Greg KH
2004-12-08T18:59:22Z

I've released the 047 version of udev. It can be found at:
kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-046.tar.gz

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

Lots of changes here in this release, see the full changelog below.
Highlights are:
- massive change with the way udevd can now work. See
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hotplug.devel/6173 for
more details on this (Kay's changes are now part of udev
proper, you don't have to apply anything for this to work,
just follow the directions in
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hotplug.devel/6192
to enable this mode.)
- wait_for_sysfs is now gone.
- bugfixes and rules file tweaks
- add ability to handle expressions in GROUP rules.

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 v046 to v047
============================================

<klauser:access.unizh.ch>:
o Various typos and other litte errors in udev.8.in

<sjoerd:spring.luon.net>:
o DEVNAME on device removal

<sschweizer:gmail.com>:
o Allow GROUP to have modifiers in it

Greg Kroah-Hartman:
o add more debian rules files
o move distro specific config files into their own directories
o update debian rules files
o added asterix rules to the gentoo file
o use udevstart for udev.init.* files
o delete a bunch of files no longer needed
o fix gentoo scsi cdrom rule
o Fix the multithreaded build again
o merge
o comment out ability to run udev-test.pl with valgrind
o fix spurious valgrind warning in udev
o fix udevinfo '-q path' option as it was not working
o merge
o fix parallel build error

Kay Sievers:
o update Fedora dev.d/ example and remove unused conf.d/ directory
o don't install distribution specific init script on "make install"
o restore OWNER/GROUP assignment in rule coming from RESULT
o make gcov compile scripts working with recent gcc
o fix udev-test/udev-test.pl to work with again
o add net/atml and class/ppdev to the wait_for_sysfs exception list
o add net/nlv* devices to the exception list
o add "pcmcia" and "fc_transport" to the wait_for_sysfs lists
o remove unused timestamp field
o simplify permission handling
o handle /etc/hotplug.d/ only if the event comes from udevd
o trivial cleanups and change some comments
o remove unused variables
o udevsend/udevd handle events without a subsystem
o use blacklist on device "remove" and remove dev.d/ call code duplication
o update the man pages and correct Usage: hints
o don't call the hotplug scripts with a test run
o don't call dev.d/ scripts twice, if directory = subsystem
o remove archive file if we changed something
o link archive insted of objects
o rename udev_lib to udev_utils and dev_d to udev_multiplex
o handle whole hotplug event with udevd/udev
o integrate wait_for_sysfs in udev
o make the searched multiplex directories conditionally
o add MANAGED_EVENT to the forked udev environment
o export DEVNAME on remove event
o export udev_log flag to the environment
o remove my test code
o add support for /devices-devices without any file to wait for
o Patch from Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
o add a bunch of busses to the list of what to wait for
o close connection to syslog in forked udevd child
o udevd exit path cleanup
o fix network device naming bug