From c1810751a2963dce5d52261273d65f06bf832792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:29:05 +0200 Subject: release 168 --- NEWS | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 89b5b9c39a..1d2bc43e25 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,18 +2,34 @@ udev 168 ======== Bugfixes. -warning if /run is not writable - -udevadm control --exit - -udevadm info --cleanup-db -if used, OPTIONS+="db_persist" needed for LVM - -systemd netlink socket activation -stop socket or mask on rpm update -requires systemd 25 - -hard event timeout now. hanging programs will be killed +Udev logs a warning now if /run is not writable at udevd +startup. It will still fall back to /dev/.udev, but this is +now considered a bug. + +The running udev daemon can now cleanly shut down with: + udevadm control --exit + +Udev in initramfs should clean the state of the udev database +with: udevadm info --cleanup-db which will remove all state left +behind from events/rules in initramfs. If initramfs uses +--cleanup-db and device-mapper/LVM, the rules in initramfs need +to add OPTIONS+="db_persist" for all dm devices. This will +prevent removal of the udev database for these devices. + +Spawned programs by PROGRAM/IMPORT/RUN now have a hard timeout of +120 seconds per process. If that timeout is reached the spawned +process will be killed. The event timeout can be overwritten with +udev rules. + +If systemd is used, udev gets now activated by netlink data. +Systemd will bind the netlink socket which will buffer all data. +If needed, such setup allows a seemless update of the udev daemon, +where no event can be lost during a udevd update/restart. +Packages need to make sure to: systemctl stop udev.socket udev.service +or 'mask' udev.service during the upgrade to prevent any unwanted +auto-spawning of udevd. +This version of udev conflicts with systemd version below 25. The +unchanged service files will not wirk correctly. udev 167 ======== -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf