| 1 | This is a list of the most important changes between 2.x versions. It is by |
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| 2 | no means complete, listing only user-visible changes which are interesting. |
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| 3 | The ultimate way to know what has changed is to run diff, or even neater, |
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| 4 | ask CVS about it: |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | * Checkout the archive (see doc/cvs for how you can do this) |
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| 7 | * Determine which tags are valid, by running this command from the |
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| 8 | project root directory: |
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| 9 | cvs status -v -l Makefile |
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| 10 | Valid tags are usually like form V-2-1-0 for version 2.1.0 |
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| 11 | * Ask cvs for the difference between two versions: |
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| 12 | cvs diff -r TAG1 -r TAG2 DIFF-OPTIONS |
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| 13 | for example: |
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| 14 | cvs diff -r V2-0-0 -r V2-0-1 -u |
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| 16 | 2.1.2 (199801??) |
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| 17 | Modules lm80.o, w83781d.o: fan-related Segmentation fault corrected |
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| 18 | Module gl518sm.o: yet more bug fixes. It should at long last be usable now |
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| 19 | Documentation in doc/kernel: NEW |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | 2.1.1 (19990107) |
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| 22 | Module i2c-proc.o: Hack to make /proc/bus/ possible for kernels 2.0.35 |
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| 23 | and older |
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| 24 | Module gl518sm.o: Miscelaneous bugs and problems solved |
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| 25 | Program isadump: NEW |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | 2.1.0 (19981230) |
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| 28 | Library: Completely NEW |
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| 29 | Program sensors: NEW |
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| 30 | Program grab_busses: NEW |
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| 31 | Program decode-dimms: More information |
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| 32 | Module bit-mb.o: Removed spurious semicolon; now runs on more VIA chipsets |
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| 33 | Module w83781d.o: NEW |
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| 34 | Module lm80.o: NEW |
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| 35 | Module gl518sm.o: new procfile beep, several small updates |
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| 36 | Modules: Now use pin readings, no more scaling within the kernel (use the |
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| 37 | library instead) |
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| 38 | |
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| 39 | 2.0.2 (19981214) |
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| 40 | Module eeprom.o: NEW |
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| 41 | Program decode-dimms: NEW |
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| 42 | Modules: fill_inode fix, will stop segfaults on unloading in kernels after |
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| 43 | 2.1.58 |
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| 44 | Modules: Somewhat less verbose on transfers |
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| 45 | Module lm78.o now recognizes and handles lm78-j and lm79 |
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| 46 | 2.0.1 (1998121?) |
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| 47 | Module gl518sm.o updates, to make it actually work |
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| 48 | Module lm75.o high/low-byte swapping write bug fixed |
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| 49 | 2.0.0 (19981209) |
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| 50 | Initial release |
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