hal: Branch 'master'
Martin Pitt
martin at kemper.freedesktop.org
Tue May 12 04:04:34 PDT 2009
NEWS | 276 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 274 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit a78689fc67fe3937029895faeaceb99c9ff4ee8a
Author: Martin Pitt <martin.pitt at ubuntu.com>
Date: Tue May 12 12:54:06 2009 +0200
update NEWS for 0.5.12 release
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7342b7d..261c946 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
HAL 0.5.12
==========
-Released Month 00, 2009.
+Released May 12, 2009.
Requirements for HAL 0.5.12:
- Linux kernel >= 2.6.22 (CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=n)
- udev >= 125 (Linux only)
- - util-linux-ng >= 2.15-rc1
+ - util-linux-ng >= 2.15
- bash >= 2.0
- dbus >= 0.61 (with glib bindings)
- glib >= 2.10.0
@@ -31,6 +31,278 @@ Requirements for HAL 0.5.12:
Contributors to HAL 0.5.12 :
+Alex Kanavin (1):
+ add ACL rule an policy for obex devices
+
+Andreas Schwab (1):
+ fixed buffer overrun
+
+Arjan van de Ven (1):
+ make hal start a lot faster
+
+Colin Walters (1):
+ aallowllow calling KillSwitch methods in D-Bus configuration
+
+Daniel Drake (1):
+ disable polling on batteries if battery.quirk.do_not_poll is set
+
+Daniel Walsh (1):
+ don't leak file descriptor on umount
+
+Danny Kukawka (142):
+ added system.board.* for base-/mainboard information
+ removed info about hal-device-manager from spec
+ fixed memory leaks related to usage of g_strsplit
+ fixed fdi.dtd for the remove rule
+ updated SPEC for power_management.quirk.pci_save
+ fix PMU battery and AC handling with power_supply
+ fixed PropertyModified signal in SPEC and code
+ fixed possible memory leak
+ remove storage.model property from volumes
+ reuse code in addons to check privileges
+ updated .gitignore
+ fixed merge for uint64
+ added new addon for the generic sysfs backlight interface
+ fix detection of TabletPCs
+ fixed device removage
+ fixed 10-tabletPCs.fdi
+ added hald-addon-generic-backlight to .gitignore
+ added new addon for the ipw killswitch interface
+ add hald-addon-ipw-killswitch to .gitignore
+ fixed Lock() handling
+ unify directory usage under /var/run
+ added check for ConsoleKit >= v0.3.1 to configure
+ allow acl and user_xattr as mount options for reiserfs
+ removed needless whitespaces at the end of lines
+ fix DBus introspection for org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager
+ ported addon-macbook-backlight to use HAL logging code
+ fixed cpufreq addon to call setup_logger()
+ added configure check for libsmbios >= 2.0.3
+ use smi::getPasswordStatus() only if available
+ use udevadm instead of (deprecated) udevinfo
+ add requirements for next release (0.5.12)
+ fixed wrong condition in libsmbios checks
+ don't use hal_util_compute_udi directly inside of hald
+ added linux rfkill subsystem to HAL
+ add *.tar.bz2 to .gitignore
+ get storage.model for SCSI via HDIO_GET_IDENTITY instead of sysfs
+ remove unneeded variable from commit 702351eaea4
+ add battery.quirk.do_not_poll to spec
+ removed deprecated properties from spec
+ removed outdated deprecated keys finally from spec
+ Revert "allow 'locale=' NTFS mount option for Linux"
+ unify set volume.ignore for recovery partitions
+ Revert "adapt HAL to changes in the kernel regarding to docking stations"
+ fix udi: replace '/' in the last part of the udi
+ prefer sans-serif instead of luxi sans in css file
+ fixed formatting of org.freedesktop.Hal.SingletonAddon in spec
+ keep subsystem/devhandler in alphabetical order
+ add ppdev subsystem
+ add support for virtual network devices
+ added obex namespace to spec
+ sort device access policies/actions alphabetical
+ add ACL rule and policy for ppdev
+ fixed ACL rules for PDAs
+ add support for detect DVD-R DL for storage.cdrom.dvdrdl
+ fixed spec for vio bus
+ allow also PCI as possible storage.bus
+ add support for the BDI subsystem
+ add bdi namespace to spec
+ add support for bdi bases block devices
+ add bdi to storage.bus spec
+ fixed storage.bus spec to sort values in alphabetical order
+ reorganise spec: sort 'Subsystem-Specific Properties' alphabetical
+ reorganise spec: sort 'Functional Properties' alphabetical
+ reorganise spec: sort 'D-Bus interfaces' alphabetical
+ add biometric and biometric.fingerprint_reader namespace
+ added ACL/device access rules for fingerprint reader
+ small cleanup for configure.in
+ added volume.(un)mount.valid_options to spec
+ added new properties to mount alternative fstypes as e.g. ntfs-3g
+ added support for alternative fstype to Mount()
+ Merge branch 'master' of ssh://dkukawka@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal
+ added comment to not change order of usb and usbclass handler
+ Revert "add support for the BDI subsystem"
+ revert BDI changes from SPEC
+ Revert "add support for bdi bases block devices"
+ remove generic sysfs backlight from scripts
+ add volume.fstype.alternative.prefered to spec
+ add support for HP Smart Array CCISS block devices
+ add cciss as possible storage.bus to spec
+ fixed md related code in hotplug_event_begin_add_blockdev()
+ check module parameter of acpi video to set brightness_in_hardware
+ fixed typo, adjust description of volume.fstype.alternative.preferred
+ fix handling of Device Mapper devices for LUKS
+ fix commit 151957477daaf985acdb2d7bda5b4a418c612cf3
+ Merged changes from git.freedesktop.org/git/hal.git (315ca276ffdde9a)
+ cleanup handling volume filesystem information
+ fix commit d29ea6b31b67bf540b23dfedfa1b7add4c22bce2
+ another fix for commit d29ea6b31b67bf540b23dfedfa1b7add4c22bce2
+ add memstick and memstick_host namespace to spec
+ add memstick to storage.bus in spec
+ fixed call of hotplug_queue_now_empty() under linux
+ Revert "cleanup handling volume filesystem information"
+ improve HAL performance for filesystem detection
+ add a new singleton addon for the rfkill subsystem
+ add new killswitch.state property
+ fixed ipw addon
+ Merge branch 'master' of ssh://dkukawka@people.freedesktop.org/~dkukawka/hal
+ add the leds linux kernel subsystem to HAL
+ add a new singleton addon to handle leds
+ update .gitignore for hald/linux/addons
+ add org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Leds interface to spec
+ fix joystick detection (patch by Ari Mustonen)
+ fix ACL handling for drm devices
+ fixed serial.port handling for USB serial devices
+ add ACL support for scsi_generic scanner devices
+ Merge branch 'master' of ssh://dkukawka@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal
+ Merge branch 'master' of ssh://dkukawka@people.freedesktop.org/~dkukawka/hal
+ fix make distcheck
+ fixing spec for access_control.type due to Policykit changes
+ fix spec due to path/filename changes with actual PolicyKit
+ Merge branch 'master' of ssh://dkukawka@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal
+ remove policy rule for org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.VideoAdapterPM
+ remove second policy context="default" block
+ put policy rules in alphabetical order
+ fix policy for org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch
+ add DBus policy rule for org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Leds
+ add DBus policy rule for org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.CPUFreq
+ add DBus policy rule for org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.LightSensor
+ add D-Bus policy rule for org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KeyboardBacklight
+ add D-Bus policy rule for org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.Removable
+ add org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.WakeOnLan to HAL D-Bus config
+ add org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage to HAL D-Bus config
+ add org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.DockStation to HAL D-Bus config
+ add org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties standard iterface
+ remove all receive_* lines from HAL D-Bus config
+ fixed HAL D-Bus config: added send_destination for all interfaces
+ add some parameter checks to hal_util_*et_driver*() functions
+ add section about "Device Files policies" to spec
+ put usbraw matches for ACL together into one block
+ use addset instead of append for ACL rules
+ add ACL and device-access policy for printers
+ update spec for printer access policy
+ filled TODOs with information for the printer namespace
+ sort existing PolicyKit policies for device access alphabetical
+ add current default policies for device access to spec
+ fixed entries to add acl related keys only if there is a device
+ fix commit 33b54318f73012e24220456216794dd3ff39fc93
+ provide comparable linux kernel version information
+ fix problems with removable-block policy and floppy devs
+ move all storage/block related policies to one block
+ Merge branch 'master' of ssh://dkukawka@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal
+ fix commit 92e7f2e8b2a1a36d3ec2b371424719e7078d91da
+
+Frederic Crozat (1):
+ adapt new CK library version (>= v0.3.1) to HAL
+
+Gabriel Burt (1):
+ export seconds_to_sleep to pm-utils
+
+Guillem Jover (9):
+ add mmc_host slot_name support
+ do not compare arrays against NULL
+ addon-cpufreq: do not leak va_arg on error condition
+ do not leak on error conditions
+ fix some memory leaks on normal operation
+ remove unused pointer to struct mntent returned from getmntent_r
+ do not call property_set_lookup before checking param validity
+ remove unused call to hal_util_get_last_element
+ make Magneto-Optical devices visible
+
+Holger Freyther (1):
+ allow to cross compile hal with host and target having different input.h
+
+Holger Macht (1):
+ adapt HAL to changes in the kernel regarding to docking stations
+
+Johannes Berg (2):
+ use 'phy80211' instead of 'wiphy' symlink to detect wireless
+ use wext ioctl instead of sysfs to detect wireless
+
+Jürg Billeter (1):
+ inserts the sysfs path at the right position for call udevadm
+
+Kay Sievers (2):
+ use '@' for abstract namespace socket, bump udev requirement
+ move from libvolume_id to libblkid
+
+Kouhei Sutou (1):
+ add support for detecting DVD-R DL media
+
+Lucas Rocha (1):
+ probe for v4l only if probe for v4l2 failed
+
+Ludwig Nussel (3):
+ merge additional device access types from hal-resmgr
+ hal-acl-tool: don't free strings that are not supposed to be freed
+ fix ACL handling for removable block devices (as CD/DVD)
+
+Makoto Dei (1):
+ include config.h before any other headers
+
+Mario Limonciello (3):
+ check if BIOS password is present prior to use libsmbios commands
+ fix Dell bluetooth killswitch
+ fix building with current libsmbios
+
+Markus Rothe (1):
+ fix issue on 64bit big endian architectures.
+
+Martin Pitt (7):
+ volume.num_blocks can become larger than 2G
+ increase hal helper timeout to fix slow CD-ROMs
+ add ACL support to removable block devices
+ fix building on Linux 2.6.28
+ fix auto ACL management for DRI
+ fix volume label parsing
+ fix volume.num_blocks data type in libhal-storage
+
+Matthew Garrett (3):
+ Add newer Macbook Pros, and remove the backlight addon for Nvidia-based Pros (it doesn't work there)
+ add memstick/memstick_host support
+ don't add input capabilities to tablet PNP device
+
+Michael Biebl (1):
+ allow uid/gid mount option for ntfs
+
+Ozan Çağlayan (1):
+ fix SUSBSYSTEM typo in a debug message
+
+Pacho Ramos (1):
+ prevent hal from automounting Dell recovery partition
+
+Patrick Campbell (1):
+ set Xen storage drive type
+
+Paul Bolle (1):
+ add zoom and ThinkPad events to acpi addon for IBM/Lenovo
+
+Philipp Ittershagen (1):
+ add save-pci support to hal-system-power-suspend-linux
+
+Rafał Mużyło (1):
+ fix some configure issues
+
+Richard Hughes (11):
+ fix a crash when the rfkill device does not have a type
+ revert a tiny bit of the device ording change as it breaks printer detection
+ remove the forced removal of the trailing newline to fix OLPC probing
+ prefer openfirmware interface for DMI even when dmidecode is found in the path
+ check udi in hal-get-property
+ set the retval of hal-device correctly on error
+ allow child timeout to be set so hal starts on big servers
+ Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://hughsient@git.freedesktop.org/git/hal
+ add x11_driver for KVM graphics tablet
+ allow specifying a udev dir in etc
+ regenerate cache if it's zero sized
+
+Rémi Cardona (1):
+ add libtool-2.2 support
+
+Scott James Remnant (1):
+ install udev rule to /lib/udev/rules.d/
+
==========
HAL 0.5.11
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