[ANNOUNCE] udev 038 release

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Oct 13 2004 - 19:41:50 EST


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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