hal: Branch 'hal-0_5_11-branch'
Danny Kukawka
dkukawka at kemper.freedesktop.org
Wed May 7 16:20:19 PDT 2008
NEWS | 329 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 328 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
New commits:
commit 99e9f3e8209ad8538da6684bab3f63ea7a701474
Author: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka at web.de>
Date: Thu May 8 01:20:04 2008 +0200
prepare release: update NEWS file
Updated NEWS file for the release.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7477b39..9dadda7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -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
+
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