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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 2 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@ udev 131 ======== -Bugfixes. +Bugfixes. (And probably new bugs. :)) + +The rule matching engine got converted from a rule list to a token +array which reduced the in-memory rules representation of a full +featured distros with thousends of rules from 1.2MB to 0.17 MB. + +The limit of 5 ENV and ATTR matches, and a single instance for most +other keys per rule is gone with the new parser. + +The NAME assignment is no longer special cased. If later rules assign +a NAME value again, the former value will be overwritten. As usual +for most other keys, the NAME value can be protected by doing a final +assignment with NAME:="<value>". + +Many thanks to Alan Jenkins for finding and optimizing some of the +computing expensive parts. udev 130 ======== @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - o add DVB variables to kernel, and drop shell script rule + o add DVB variables to kernel (patch sent), and drop shell script rule o DEVTYPE for disks is set by the kernel, they will be removed from the default rules o "udevadm control" commands will only accept the --<command> syntax |