Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:39:36 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | [ANNOUNCE] udev 038 release |
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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
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