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| -rw-r--r-- | RELEASE-NOTES | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 24 |
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index f7839b6893..4e3570205e 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +udev 080 +======== +The enumeration format character '%e' is deprecated and will be +removed sometimes from a future udev version. It never worked correctly +outside of udevstart, so we can't use it with the new parallel +coldplug. A simple enumeration is as useless as the devfs naming +scheme, just get rid of both if you still use it. + +MODALIAS and $modalias is not needed and will be removed from one of +the next udev versions, replace it in all rules with ENV{MODALIAS} or +the sysfs "modalias" value. + udev 079 ======== Let scsi_id request libata drive serial numbers from page 0x80. @@ -1,7 +1,21 @@ -This is a list of things that needs to be done. They are in no specific -order. We will gladly accept patches for any of these items: +These things need to be done, or would be nice to have: -- Log the relationship of the kernel name and the persistent disk name - to syslog, so any error logged from the kernel can be associated with - any of the links at that time. + o Log the relationship of the kernel name and the persistent disk name + to syslog, so any error logged from the kernel can be associated with + any of the links at that time. + + +These things are scheduled for removal sometimes: + + o remove broken %e enumeration + (simple enumerations can't work and should go) + + o remove devfs naming scheme rules and scripts + + o remove MODALIAS + $modalias + (ENV{MODALIAS}, $env{MODALIAS}, $sysfs{modalias} will do it) + + o remove udevstart, udevsend + (we rely on the kernel "uevent" triggers of kernel 2.6.15 and no longer + want to guess event properties from sysfs like udevstart is doing it) |