File: //usr/share/doc/libsysfs/ChangeLog
18/07/2006 - Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com>
* Add subsystem in sysfs_device
07/07/2006 - Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com>
* Add C++ compilation suport
28/06/2006 - Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com>
* Add sysfs_open_device_tree()
17/04/2006 - Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com>
* Add sysfs_open_link_list()
12/07/2005 - Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com>
* Minor code cleanup in sysfs_class.c to conform to C99
12/06/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Ship systool.1
* Update README CREDITS, AUTHORS, libsysfs.txt, systool.1
12/05/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Add support for class:class_device representation
11/28/2005 - Kay Sievers <Kay.Sievers@vrfy.org>
* Remove stale brute force code to determine device's
bus and device's driver
11/28/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Add sysfs_get_driver_module()
* Remove sysfs_open_module_attr()
11/25/2005 - Mohan Kumar <mohan@in.ibm.com>
* Documentation update
* Add missing function prototype in libsysfs.h
11/25/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Other autotool updates
11/25/2005 - Martin Schlemmer <azarah@nosferatu.za.org>
* KLIBC support for sysfsutils
11/14/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* More class_devices now have a "parent"
11/14/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Handle nested classes transparently
10/31/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Check-in Mohan's dlist custom sorter + dlist memory leak fix
10/31/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Check-in Dan's detach_state removal patch for 2_0_0 tag
05/05/2005 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Moved sysfs_dir.c to sysfs_attr.c
05/05/2005 - Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
* The check which tests whether the value to be written
into a sysfs attribute is already there should only
trigger if the length of both strings is the same.
05/03/2005 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Added modules support to systool
* Renamed get_attributes_list() function to
get_dev_attributes_list() function
* Added new get_attributes_list() function that takes
a dlist and a path to directory of attributes
* Modified sysfs_module to grab parameters and sections
using new get_attributes_list() function
* Removed device children support from systool
05/03/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Implemented /sys/modules support
04/11/2005 - Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
* Update for building with klibc and udev, plus other small
fixes.
03/06/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* sysfs_directory, sysfs_link baggage is gone
* When an attribute is requested, _only_ that attribute
is "stat"ed and read
* APIs have been audited and only the relevent ones
have been retained.
* Fixed sysfs mount point to /sys
04/06/2005 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Merged tag sysfsutils-1_3_0 with main trunk
* Created new sysfsutils-2_0_0 branch
01/17/2005 - Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
* Fix dlist.c so it compiles with older gcc versions
12/16/2004 - Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
* Fix sysfs_get_classdev_attr() for case when the
sysfs_directory vanishes from beneath us
11/18/2004 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Check "driver" link under the device dir before
taking the "brute-force" route
10/03/2004 - Arun Bhanu <arun@codemovers.org>
* docs - fix wrong return type in sysfs_read_dir_subdirs
09/13/2004 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Patch systool to print error if sysfs
is not mounted
09/10/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Changed version number in package files
to 1.2.0
08/31/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Fix sysfs_open_link() failure path
08/16/2004 - Eric J Bohm <bohm@gate.csgeeks.org>
* Custom sorting dlists patch
08/16/2004 - Brian King <brking@us.ibm.com>
* Fix sysfs write only attributes bug
07/16/2004 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Merged version 1.2.0 into main tree
* Tagged new branch - version 1.2.0
03/31/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* More updates to docs/libsysfs.txt
* Updated NEWS and CREDITS files
03/19/2004 - Dr. Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
* Fixed SEGV in dlist.c
03/15/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Updated docs/libsysfs.txt for release 1.1.0
03/12/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Modified string functions to use wrappers to take care
of potential buffer overflow issues
03/08/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Remove "unsigned" declarations for prototype
compatibility per Lev Makhlis' suggestion
03/08/2004 - Lev Makhlis <mlev@despammed.com>
* Changes for C++ compatibility
03/08/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Changed version number in configure.ac to 1.1.0
03/08/2004 - Martin Schlemmer <azarah@gentoo.org>
* Don't check for installed libsysfs while building
sysfsutils from the source package
02/24/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added validation code for test defines
* Updated the README, libsyfs.txt and NEWS files
* Provided descriptive comments for the libsysfs.conf file
02/19/2004 - Brian King <brking@us.ibm.com>
* Fixed memory leak in sysfs_read_attribute()
02/19/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Set errnos correctly in the library
* Provided libsysfs.conf - the config file for the testsuite
and a script to create a test.h on the fly
* Added numerous testsuite updates
02/13/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Patched code to fill sysfs_device->driver_name correctly
02/12/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added Nitin Vashisth to AUTHORS
* Removed lsbus and its manpage
* Updated systool for better display
* Updated manpage for systool
02/10/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Updated docs/libsysfs.txt
02/09/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added testsuite in "test" directory
* Updated autotool scripts to build testsuite
* Changed version number to 1.0.0
02/09/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Fixed miscellaneous issues in sysfs_device/driver.c sources
02/04/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added list sorting support
* Exported get_device_bus()
* Removed sysfs_open_bus_device()
* Other cosmetic changes
01/07/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Modified parameter order for "open" functions to make them
consistent
01/07/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added additional CFLAGS for building lib and apps
01/07/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added numerous "refresh" functions
* Added funtion to remove trailing slash from paths
* Fixed sysfs_get_link() to handle different possibilities
01/07/2004 - Martin Hicks <mort@bork.org>
* Fixed sysfs_get_class_device()
12/26/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Removed unneeded functions
* Added APIs to get directory links, subdirs and attribs
12/17/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Updated docs/libsysfs.txt for 0.4.0
* Made some miscallaneous changes in library
12/16/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Added sysfs_get_device_parent() function
12/15/2003 - Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
* Added initial version of manpages for lsbus and systool
12/15/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Updated autotools for 0.4.0 - shared library will now
have version-info
* Fixed miscllaneous issues with library files
* Fixed names.c, systool.c and lsbus.c to free all allocated
memory
12/12/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Miscllaneous changes - added new function definitions,
general code cleanup
12/12/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Changed function prototypes for sysfs_open_* calls that
accept absolute path to have _path suffix
* Changed function prototypes that take the device/driver
bus/class and name to be normal sysfs_open_xxx()
* Changed sysfs_close_cls_dev() to be a static function
12/12/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added function to open a driver knowing its name
and the bus it is on
12/10/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added more optimization changes
* Added code to add and refresh attributes dynamically
12/08/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Patched code for directory/attribute read optimization
12/05/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Remove unused argument from sysfs_get_device_by_id()
12/02/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Simplified routine to get bus a device is on
12/02/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Patched code to use already available functions for
optimization.
12/02/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Corrected sysfs_get_directory_attribute()
12/01/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Removed usage of _DIR #defines
* Added functionality to obtain parent of a class device
* Added get_classdev_parent.c in test/. This file is not
built by default as of now
11/27/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Updated library and utilities with the optimization patch
11/24/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Removed getpagesize() usage (Dan)
* Added patch to postpone reading of attributes until
absolutely necessary
* Cleaned up sysfs_driver.c
* Changed stale sysutils references to sysfsutils
11/04/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added code to consider "block" part of "class"
* Fixed systool to show driver details (if available)
when listing the class device
* Added bus to struct sysfs_device
* Modified "read_attr" functions for device/driver/classdev
to return a sysfs_attribute
* Modified test functions, added a test function to
demonstrate usage of "write" attribute functions
* Updated libsysfs.txt to reflect latest updates to the
library
10/27/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Fixed bug in sysfs_get_name_from_path()
* Added code to check if SYSFS_PATH environment variable
is set
* Modified sysfs_get_link()
* Added "classname" to struct sysfs_class_device
10/22/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Removed "block" subsystem support
10/20/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added code to install header files (from include dir)
to /usr/local/include/ directory
* Added "read_attr" functions for device, driver and
class; simplified "write_attr" handling
* Made sysfs_get_directory_attribute() recurse subdirs
* Fixed potential bugs in sysfs_dir.c
10/17/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Added "path" to device in sysfs_device structure
10/15/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Fixed bug in sysfs_block.c (initrd)
* Fixed possible bug in systool.c
10/15/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Changed get_devices_list to get_bus_devices_list
* Fixed usage messages in tests
10/15/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added support for building shared library
10/14/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Changed version number to 0.3.0
* Cleanups to remove warnings
* Remove perror usage
10/10/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Modified the way systool displayed block devices
10/09/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Updated docs/libsysfs.txt
* Fixed warning in cmd/names.c
* Modified "write" attribute functions to accept
length to write as a parameter
* Added functions sysfs_get_driver_attr(),
sysfs_get_blockdev_attr(), sysfs_get_classdev_attr()
10/07/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Miscellaneous changes - renaming of some
functions, etc
10/06/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Pruned "test" routines
* Corrected pci name decode in cmds
10/01/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added number of utility routines in "test" directory
* Adapted PCI name decode support from Martin Mares'
pciutils
09/30/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Modified routines to find device/driver on a bus
* Made some miscellaneous changes to use #defines
instead of hardcoding values
09/29/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added "block" subsystem support
* Modified systool to use sysfs_root_device
09/24/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added "write" attribute functions specific to device,
driver and class device.
* Removed generic write function
sysfs_change_attribue_value()
* Changed sysfs_open_device_by_name() to
sysfs_change_device_by_id()
09/23/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Fixed "write" attribute functions.
* Removed sysfs_write_attribute_value()
* Added sysfs_change_attribute_value() - a wrapper for
sysfs_write_attribute()
* Simplified sysfs_get_device_attr()
09/16/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Patch sysfs_close_driver() so as not to segfault when
during dlist shifting.
09/15/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added sysfs_open_device_by_name() to open a device
given the device name
* Modified "name" field of sysfs_device to contain same
data as the "bus_id" field
09/11/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added sysfs_open_driver_by_name() to open a driver and
its device, given the driver name
09/09/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added sysfs_find_device_class() to find what class a
device is on
09/05/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Add sysfs_open_bus_devices_list()
* Simplify sysfs_find_device_bus_name()
09/04/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Simplified sysfs_open_bus_device
08/29/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Removed "bus_name" from struct sysfs_device
* Updated NEWS, TODO and docs/libsysfs.txt files
08/28/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added more utility functions to sysfsutils
* Modified commands to make use of the new functions
* Updated libsysfs.txt to reflect new structure modifications
* Added sysfs_open_subsystem_list() to get subsystem specific
lists from the library
* Added sysfs_close_list() - a generic list deletion routine
08/28/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Added sysfs_root_device struct for modelling /sys/devices
path.
08/28/2003 - Guo Min <min.guo@intel.com>
* Added "write" attribute support to sysfsutils
08/28/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Changed sysfs_driver to contain a dlist of devices
08/28/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Removed sysfs_driver reference from sysfs_device struct
* Fixed a few bugs in the commands.
08/19/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Integrated Eric Bohm's dlist patch
* Integrated Eric Bohm's follow on patch adding dlist_for_each
* Changed chars to unsigned chars
* Reworked structures to be neater and to contain
sysfs_directories as private structures
* Added more functions for retrieving data like attributes
* Added some find functions
08/06/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Patch to correct dprintf usage
08/01/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added autoconf configuration support
* Modified IBM Copyright information
08/01/2003 - Released version 0.1.1
07/24/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Changed sysutils name to sysfsutils
07/23/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Changed sysfs_dlink to sysfs_link, got rid of
sysfs_directory link for target char path.
07/18/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Changed default systool and lsbus to just print
device info. Device info already prints drivers.
07/10/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added printing binary attribute support to systool
and lsbus
07/09/2003 - Lev Makhlis <mlev@despammed.com>
* Libsysfs code cleanup including:
- code simplification
- read-only strings
- C++ compatibility
- Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Removed "-t" option
07/08/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Created NEWS file listing version history
07/07/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
* Merged version 0.1.0 into main tree
* Tagged new branch - version 0.1.1
07/07/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
* Added parent reference to sysfs_device
* Added device reference to sysfs_driver
06/30/2003 - Initial Version Released