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@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@ udev 131 ======== -Bugfixes. (And probably new bugs. :)) +Bugfixes. (And maybe 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. +featured distros with thousends of udev rules from 1.2MB to 0.12 MB. +Limits like 5 ENV and ATTR matches, and one single instance for most +other keys per rule are gone. 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. +All udev code now uses libudev, which is also exported. The library +is still under development, marked as experimental, and its interface +may change as long as the DeviceKit integration is not finished. + +Many thanks to Alan Jenkins for his continuous help, and finding and +optimizing some of the computing expensive parts. udev 130 ======== |