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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ HAL 0.5.11 ========== -Released March , 2008. +Released May 08, 2008. Requirements for HAL 0.5.11: @@ -31,6 +31,333 @@ Requirements for HAL 0.5.11: Contributors to HAL 0.5.11 : +Andreas Schwab (1): + fixed broken alignment + +Andy Shevchenko (3): + add support for the SDIO bus + add support of the 'mmc.type' parameter + added properties description for the SDIO bus to SPEC + +Ben Liblit (2): + add support for SW_RADIO switches + added support for software bluetooth killswitch for ThinkPads + +Colin Watson (1): + add ps3 system bus support + +Dan Williams (1): + add a 'modem' capability and namespace + +Danny Kukawka (108): + fix GSList related memory leaks + added missing file from commit eb6d5b9c + make new scripts for WOL executable + quick fix for make dist/distcheck due to WOL + fixed missing includes partly for gcc 4.3 + update dmi chassis types + fix hal to work with libsmbios v0.13.12 + removed double definition of HAL_HELPER_TIMEOUT + fix possible segfault if singletons is NULL + cleanup device.c + fix endless loop on empty match rules in fdi-files + fix possible segfault if compiled without IDs + fix compiler error, remove braceright + added some more checks to partutil code + linux: add drm subsystem + add udi and some more checks to libhal + fix some whitespaces + remove all childs of a device if it get removed + don't Eject() on dm-devices + add Dell laptop panel device only if dcdbas is loaded + linux: ignore uevents for modules and driver + read dmi info from sysfs instead of call dmidecode + prevent flood syslog if battery remaining time is above 60 hours + cleanup set_suspend_hibernate_keys() + fix endless loop in storage-addon + don't add pci devices without pci vendor/product ID + fix possible segfault on fdi-cache recreation + fix normalised_rate if dis-/charging state is unknown + fix build errors with D-Bus versions < v1.0 + lshal: use -l as default for --show + set laptop_panel.brightness_in_hardware=true for all Dell + fix percentage for empty batteries + close fd-leaks in hald-addon-input + fix fd.o bug 5865 - don't set percentag if chargelevel is 0 + fix compiler warning from cgcc/sparse + fix configure for libparted + updated chassis types + fixed Dell WWAN part to work as e.g. WLAN part + remove function in acpi.c which get only called once + added error handling for hal_util_get_*int*_from_file() + fixed acpi addon to prevent unneeded calls + fixed power_supply_refresh() for batteries + fixed refresh_battery_slow() for power_supply batteries + fixed power_supply_compute_udi() to generate useful UDIs + fixed refresh_battery_fast() for power_supply: battery.*.rate + fixed device_pm_abstract_props() to set also battery.charge_level.design + fixed refresh_battery_fast() for power_supply devices + power_supply battery: moved static stuff to refresh_battery_slow() + fixed power_supply primary batteries to update values + get battery.voltage.design on ACPI power_supply batteries + ignore NameAcquired signal on org.freedesktop.DBus + fixed cpufreq addon to ignore nonrelevant messages + fix call hald-generate-fdi-cache, removed --force argument + add more useful debug output on UTF-8 problems + added already existing PDA namespace to the SPEC + removed deprecated and outdated info.bus + removed deprecated and outdated *.physical_device + removed deprecated and outdated smbios.* keys + fix hald-addon-dell-backlight AC detection + s/LIBHAL_CHECK_LIBHALCONTEXT/LIBHAL_CHECK_PARAM_VALID/ + ignore temporary cryptsetup devices + added MacBook Pro 3,1 support for fdi-file + fix/cleanup ThinkPad bluetooth switch script code + vio bus: added type of vio bus and changed info.product/udi + updated spec for existing storage.bus types + generate better udis for virtual storage devices + fixed compiler warning from sparse/gcc + fixed an other compiler warning from cgcc/sparse + remove readded deprecated keys from code and provide a fdi-file instead + fixed compiler warning about different signed parameter + make crypto-setup policy description more clear + fixed possible segfault from fd.o bug #14947 + added portable_audio_player.storage_device to spec + added support for Tablet PCs + document already existing pnp namespace in the spec + cleanup code, removed separate calls to set info.udi + cleanup poll_for_media() in addon-storage.c + fixed typo from commit d2b2baf9912b36def7856b6bfa5c60fc942bbcba + update .gitignore + removed unused GList *hotplug_events_blocked + fix policy file for org.freedesktop.hal.dockstation.* + update .gitignore for hald-addon-imac-backlight + add 10-imac-backlight.fdi to Makefile + Revert "fix building with g++ 4.3" + fixed compiler warning for 64bit related to usage of GQuark + fixed several addons to build correctly + cleanup TODO: remove implemented 'Singleton addon' + cleanup TODO: removed already implemented 'depends only on pm-utils' + autofix primary (ACPI) batteries which charge with a rate > 50 W + updated NEWS file for upcomming release + clean up Apple releted fdi-files + added --use-syslog option to man page + fixed usage of realpath() + fixed SPEC: s/alsa.device_pcm_class/alsa.pcm_class/ + fixed check for return value of uname() + fixed quoting for DELL_WCTL + add support for VMBus + updated SPEC for VMBus + removed deprecated keys usb_device.*_bcd + fixed UDI generation for VMBus devices + fixed a bunch of compiler warnings from the Intel compiler + fixed error handling in linux scripts + cleaned up hal-ipw-killswitch-linux + fixed KillSwitch linux scripts for Dell to return better errormsg + fix macbook-backlight for ix86 + fixed make distcheck for validating polkit policy files + fixed usage of info.subsystem and linux.subsystem + add documentation for the linux namespace to the spec + +David Woodhouse (2): + add vio support + add support for of_platform subsystem + +David Zeuthen (14): + add methods and libhal api to get all devices in properties in one call + provide a new org.fd.Hal.D.Storage.Removable interface for polling media + fix build + fix /sbin/umount.hal to avoid always returning error if it succeeded + cowardly adding back info.bus for usb and usb_device for now + support scsi hosts even when they don't have a physical device + fix warnings from polkit-policy-file-validate when using PolicyKit HEAD + post-release version bump to 0.5.11 + print more debug information + comment out debugging spew for now + properly serialize the calls to 'hal-acl-tool --reconfigure' + also bring back a deprecated key to unbreak NetworkManager + remove use of at_console in the D-Bus configuration file + default to use CK and PK by default and print warning if PK is not found + +Faidon Liambotis (1): + add a WWAN (Wireless WAN/Cellular) killswitch for Dell laptops + +Florent Mertens (1): + linear MD device are not syncable + +Frederic Crozat (3): + fix for int_outof + fix addon exiting on system bus restart + fix crash in libhal_ctx_shutdown + +Georges Discry (1): + add ufstype= as allowed mount option for UFS + +Guillem Jover (12): + fixed possible inifinite loop when removing trailing spaces + fixed indentation + fix file descriptor leaks on error conditions + libhal: do not dereference *reason_why_locked if it's NULL + dereference pointer after checking it's not NULL + probe-net-bluetooth: get property from env instead of asking hald + switch probe-net-bluetooth to use changesets + libhal: fix memory leaks after out of memory conditions + add missing semicolon lost in the cleanup + libhal: unref DBusMessages as soon as possible + add a video4linux capabilities prober + partutil: make the get endian functions alignment aware + +Holger Macht (4): + add support for Wake On LAN + new interface org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.DockStation + fix dock station status detection on undock operation + output errors to stderr and provide a description + +Jeff Mitchell (1): + Saw that the description here hadn't been updated from long-ago changes. + +Jeremy Katz (1): + add suport for the virtio bus + +Joe Marcus Clarke (55): + handle the case where ACPI reports the rate as all ones + bump the copyright year + recover from devd being restarted + add support for net.80203.rate and net.freebsd.ifindex + probe all PCI buses + add support for medium_changer devices + add MBREXT support + bump the copyright year + remove the need for cdrtools and add MBREXT support + improve support for removable media USB SCSI devices + add a kqueue file monitor + add a kqueue file monitor + clean up some compiler warnings + correct a typo + fix numerours bugs, plug some leaks, and avoid a race condition + do not do volume label munging + remove errant '\' + include logger.h + fix build on non-Linux platforms + conditionalize some dependencies and fix bashisms + add ext3fs support for FreeBSD + remove redundant prototypes + do not check the return of g_new0 + adapt mount and eject functions for FreeBSD + add Blu-Ray and HD-DVD support + fix a typo with HD-DVD support + fix a crash searching for devices + do not probe audio and blank CDs for file systems + correct some typos + add two new form factors + restore deprecated properties + initialize the file monitor in osspec_privileged_init + set the storage.removable.support_async_notification property + fix up the device store searching code + properly add the Eject method to Volumes on FreeBSD + correct a comment + add DRM device support + add nvidia support + call callouts after FDI mapping is complete + do not assume a SCSI cdb size of 16 + don't shrink the cdb size + add video4linux support + add support for Philips webcam devices + avoid code duplication + properly map ATAPICAM devices to their underlying ATA device + re-add the info.bus properties + re-add net.physical_device property + re-remove deprecated keys + add large as a valid vfat mount option for FreeBSD + check storage.media_check_enabled before polling the device + properly escape the UDI + fix crash on 64-bit platforms + call libhal_device_addon_is_ready() + make sure the block device is added before probing it + add support for the CheckForMedia message + +Jon Oberheide (1): + fix input addon to handle G_IO_NVAL situations + +Kevin Page (1): + add ACL policy for Palm PDA device files + +Kyle McMartin (1): + fix hal see same battery twice from sysfs and proc + +Linus Walleij (1): + add acls to USB based audio players + +Lubomir Kundrak (3): + apply ACLs even if acl list reading failed + move acl-list from /var/lib/hal/ to /var/run/hal + fix for the acl-list patch change + +Marcel Holtmann (2): + fixed unneeded libusb linking within libhal + add bridge classification support + +Martin Pitt (1): + fix building with g++ 4.3 + +Martin Szulecki (1): + add iMac (x86 linux) backlight addon + +Michael Biebl (1): + fix implicit pointer conversion + +Michael E Brown (1): + fix version check code for libmsbios in configure.in + +Olaf Hering (1): + added vio storage bus support + +Richard Hughes (1): + fix the battery reporting when using CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY + +Rob Taylor (17): + add --with-linux-input-header configure switch + make massif-hald.sh give more useful output + the singleton hash not yet initialised is not an error + fix uninitialised memory usage in pci_add + bump GLib dependancy to 2.10 + remove autogenerated file from git + use slices for HalProperty + use g_slice for hotplug events + process coldplug events as soon as they're generated + rework handling of data from udevinfo for more efficient memory usage + use GQuarks for property keys. + process non-dependant hotplug events in parallel + set 'linux.sysfs_path' as an indexed property + compute udis that are unique in the gdl and tdl + Fix memory leak in property_index_check_all + Add backwards compat wrapper for g_hash_table_get_keys + Revert "process non-dependant hotplug events in parallel" + +Sjoerd Simons (12): + assign pid to a gint64 before passing it as an _INT64 in a dbus message + use GString to convert a strlist propery to string instead of a static buffer + when initial disc type detection fails fall back to a alternate detection method + fix the keyboard addon to not ignore key repeat events + always define DELL_WCTL + implement osspec_privileged_init in the dummy backend + get rid of PATH_MAX users to allow compilation on the Hurd + let hal-system-power-pmu return FALSE on hurd + ensure match rules are always stored before writing the jump_position in the cache + add missing functions in the dummy osspec backend + get battery serial number from sysfs + make portable_audio_player.access_method.protocols mandatory and clarify portable_audio_player.[drivername].protocol + +Sven Neumann (1): + use g_timeout_add_seconds() where appropriate if glib 2.14 is available + +Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (2): + fixed a typo in variable name: is_mah -> is_mWh + fixed typo in power_supply code + +Vinay Reddy (1): + Add input.mouse capability to VMware's absolute USB mouse + ========== |