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7ab88044 LDM |
1 | kmod 16 |
2 | ======= | |
3 | ||
4 | - New features: | |
5 | - Remove option from libkmod to allow waiting on module removal if | |
6 | the module is being used. It's dangerous since it can block the | |
7 | caller indefinitely. | |
8 | ||
b3e19ce9 LDM |
9 | kmod 15 |
10 | ======= | |
11 | ||
12 | - Bug fixes: | |
13 | - kmod static-nodes doesn't fail if modules.devname isn't available | |
18811d22 LDM |
14 | - Fix getting boolean parameter from kernel cmdline in case the value |
15 | is omitted | |
16 | - Fix some mkdir_p() corner cases (used in testsuite and static-nodes) | |
b3e19ce9 LDM |
17 | |
18 | - New features: | |
19 | - kmod static-nodes creates parent directories if given a -o option | |
18811d22 LDM |
20 | - kmod binary statically links to libkmod - if distro is only interested |
21 | in the kmod tool (for example in an initrd) it can refrain from | |
22 | installing the library | |
23 | - Add shell completion for kmod tool | |
b3e19ce9 | 24 | |
3b38c7fc LDM |
25 | kmod 14 |
26 | ======= | |
27 | ||
28 | - Bug fixes: | |
29 | - Fix some format strings | |
30 | - Protect against NULL being passed around to index | |
31 | - Avoid calling syscall() with -1 when finit_module() is not available, | |
32 | since this doesn't always work | |
33 | - Fix not being able to remove alias due to checking the module's | |
34 | refcount | |
35 | - Minor fixes and refactors | |
36 | ||
37 | - New features: | |
38 | - Improve libkmod documentation, particularly on how flags are dealt | |
39 | with. | |
40 | - Remove ability to build a static libkmod | |
41 | - Add static-nodes command to kmod that parses modules.devname | |
42 | generating output in useful formats | |
43 | ||
abb910eb LDM |
44 | kmod 13 |
45 | ======= | |
46 | ||
47 | - Bug fixes: | |
48 | - Add the long option --symbol-prefix option to depmod (it was absent) | |
49 | and fix its behavior | |
50 | - Don't abort if there's a bogus line in configuration file like "alias | |
51 | psmouse off". Some distros are carrying this since the days of | |
52 | modutils | |
53 | ||
54 | - New features: | |
55 | - Add support for finit_module(2). If the module is load straight from | |
56 | the disk and without compression we use finit_module() syscall when | |
57 | available, falling back to init_module() otherwise | |
58 | - kmod_module_get_info() also returns the signature if the module is | |
59 | signed and modinfo uses it | |
60 | - Use secure_getenv if available | |
61 | - rmmod understands builtin modules, just like modprobe does | |
62 | - Improve compatibility with musl-libc | |
63 | - Test cases exit with success when receiving a signal if they are | |
64 | xfail tests | |
65 | ||
6feba028 LDM |
66 | kmod 12 |
67 | ======= | |
68 | ||
69 | - Bug fixes: | |
70 | - Fix removing vermagic from module when told to force load a module | |
71 | - Fix removing __versions section when told to force load a module: we | |
72 | need to mangle the section header, not the section. | |
73 | - modinfo no longer fails while loading a module from file when path | |
74 | contains ".ko" substring | |
75 | ||
c599606f LDM |
76 | kmod 11 |
77 | ======= | |
78 | ||
79 | - Improvements to testsuite: | |
80 | - Fix testsuite defining symbols twice on 32 bit systems | |
81 | - Allow to check generated files against correct ones | |
82 | ||
83 | - New features: | |
84 | - libkmod now keeps a file opened after the first call to | |
85 | kmod_module_get_{info,versions,symbols,dependency_symbols}. This | |
86 | reduces signficantly the amount of time depmod tool takes to | |
87 | execute. Particularly if compressed modules are used. | |
88 | - Remove --with-rootprefix from build system. It was not a great idea | |
89 | after all and should not be use since it causes more harm then | |
90 | benefits. | |
91 | - Hide --wait option on rmmod. This feature is being targeted for | |
92 | removal from kernel. rmmod still accepts this option, but it's hidden | |
7ab88044 | 93 | now: man page and usage() say nothing about it and if it's used, |
c599606f LDM |
94 | user will get a 10s sleep. This way we can check and help if anyone |
95 | is using this feature. | |
96 | - Refactor message logging on all tools, giving proper prefix, routing | |
97 | everything to syslog when asked for, etc. | |
98 | ||
99 | - Bug fixes: | |
100 | - Fix parsing of modules.order when using compressed modules | |
101 | - Usage messages go to stdout instead of stderr | |
102 | - Fix memory leak in hash implementation | |
103 | ||
40758602 LDM |
104 | kmod 10 |
105 | ======= | |
106 | ||
107 | - New features: | |
108 | - Read coresize from /sys if supported | |
109 | ||
a7fbae03 JE |
110 | - Add flag to kmod_module_probe_insert() to apply blacklisting during |
111 | probe only if mod is an alias. Now modprobe uses this flag by default. | |
40758602 | 112 | This is needed to fix a change in behavior regarding module-init-tools |
a7fbae03 | 113 | and ultimately makes us loading a blacklisted module. |
40758602 LDM |
114 | |
115 | - Better formatting in man pages | |
116 | ||
a7fbae03 | 117 | - Add option to disable building man pages at build time |
40758602 | 118 | |
a7fbae03 | 119 | - Fixes in the testsuite and refactoring of LDPRELOAD'ed libraries |
40758602 LDM |
120 | |
121 | - Re-licensing testsuite as LGPL | |
122 | ||
62081c0f LDM |
123 | kmod 9 |
124 | ====== | |
125 | ||
a7fbae03 | 126 | - Improvements to the testsuite: |
62081c0f LDM |
127 | - Check for correct handling of softdep loops |
128 | - Check for correct handling of install command loops | |
129 | ||
130 | - Bug fixes: | |
131 | - Fix build with compilers that don't support --gc-sections | |
a7fbae03 JE |
132 | - Handle errors when dealing with gzipped modules |
133 | - depmod now handles errors while writing indices, so it doesn't end up | |
134 | with a corrupted index without telling the user | |
62081c0f | 135 | |
46684bc2 LDM |
136 | kmod 8 |
137 | ====== | |
138 | ||
139 | - No new features, small bug fixes only. | |
a7fbae03 | 140 | - Fix a bug in "modprobe -c" output: be compatible with |
46684bc2 LDM |
141 | module-init-tools |
142 | ||
a7fbae03 JE |
143 | - Give a useful error message when init_module fails due to bad |
144 | parameter or unknown symbols | |
46684bc2 LDM |
145 | |
146 | - Fix doc generation | |
147 | ||
8885ced0 LDM |
148 | kmod 7 |
149 | ====== | |
150 | ||
151 | - Re-order dirs for configuration files to match the change in systemd and | |
152 | udev: now the priority is: | |
153 | 1. /etc/modprobe.d | |
154 | 2. /run/modprobe.d | |
155 | 3. /lib/modprobe.d | |
156 | ||
a7fbae03 JE |
157 | - Fix setting CFLAGS/LDFLAGS in build system. This prevented us from not |
158 | allowing the user to set his preferences. | |
8885ced0 LDM |
159 | |
160 | - Bug fixes: | |
161 | - Return same error codes of module-init-tools when removing modules | |
162 | with modprobe | |
163 | - Fix builtin output in "--show-depends" when target kernel is not the | |
164 | same of the running kernel | |
165 | - 'modprobe -r' always look at all command line arguments | |
166 | - Fix '-q' usage in modprobe | |
8885ced0 | 167 | |
26906fe7 LDM |
168 | kmod 6 |
169 | ====== | |
170 | ||
171 | - New API in libkmod: | |
172 | - kmod_module_apply_filter(): a generic function to apply filters in a | |
173 | list of modules. This deprecates the use of | |
174 | kmod_module_get_filtered_blacklist() | |
175 | ||
176 | - More tests in testsuite | |
177 | ||
178 | - Add compatibility with uClibc again | |
179 | ||
180 | - Lookup modules.builtin.bin to decide if a module is built in kernel | |
181 | ||
182 | - Downgrade some log messages so we don't annoy people with useless messages | |
183 | ||
184 | - Bug fixes: | |
185 | - Flag --ignore-loaded was not being properly handled | |
186 | - Infinite loop with softdeps | |
187 | - Infinite loop with dumb user configuration with install commands | |
188 | - Fix leak in index when there's a partial match | |
189 | ||
190 | - Move repository and tarballs to kernel.org | |
191 | ||
e479598b LDM |
192 | kmod 5 |
193 | ====== | |
194 | ||
195 | - Break libkmod's API to insert a module like modprobe does. It now accepts | |
196 | extra an extra argument to print its action and acceptable flags were | |
197 | sanitized. | |
198 | ||
199 | - Share more code between modprobe and libkmod: using the new version of | |
200 | kmod_module_probe_insert_module() it's possible to share a great amount of | |
201 | code between modprobe and libkmod | |
202 | ||
203 | - modprobe no longer works with paths: it only accepts module names and/or | |
204 | aliases now. | |
205 | ||
206 | - testsuite was added to repository, allowing automated tests to be run and | |
207 | easing the way bugs are reproduced. | |
208 | ||
209 | - modprobe: when dumping configuration ('-c' option) separate config | |
210 | and indexes by adding a commented line between them. | |
211 | ||
212 | - Fix bugs wrt normalizing aliases and module names | |
213 | ||
214 | - Fix bug wrt inserting an alias that resolves to multiple modules: we should | |
215 | not stop on the first error, but rather continue to try loading other | |
216 | modules. | |
217 | ||
218 | - Fix unaligned memory access in hash function, causing depmod to output wrong | |
219 | information in ARMv5 | |
220 | ||
221 | - Fix man page build and install: now they are only installed if tools are | |
222 | enabled | |
223 | ||
b53b7e32 LDM |
224 | kmod 4 |
225 | ====== | |
226 | ||
227 | - New APIs in libkmod to: | |
228 | - Get configuration lists: blacklists, install commands, remove | |
229 | commands, aliases, options and softdeps | |
230 | - Dump indexes | |
231 | ||
232 | - Several bugs fixed in libkmod, modprobe, depmod and modinfo | |
233 | ||
234 | - API documentation: if configure with run with --enable-gtk-doc, the API doc | |
235 | will be generated by make. Gtk-doc is required for that. | |
236 | ||
237 | - Man pages are built, which replace man pages from module-init-tools | |
238 | ||
239 | - 'include' and 'config' options in *.conf files were deprecated | |
240 | ||
241 | - configure is not run by autogen.sh. Instead, a common set of options is | |
242 | printed. If you are hacking on kmod, consider using bootstrap-configure | |
243 | script. | |
244 | ||
245 | - 'modprobe -c' works as expected now. As opposed to module-init-tools, it | |
246 | dumps the parsed configuration, not only the file contents. | |
247 | ||
b30a71b8 LDM |
248 | kmod 3 |
249 | ====== | |
250 | ||
251 | - New APIs in libkmod to: | |
252 | - Get symbols from module, parsing the ELF section | |
253 | - Get dependency symbols | |
254 | - Check if resources are still valid or if libkmod must be reloaded | |
255 | - Insert module like modprobe, checking (soft-)dependencies, commands, | |
256 | blacklist. It can run commands by itself and to call a callback | |
257 | function. | |
258 | ||
259 | - Support to load modules compressed with xz | |
260 | ||
261 | - Tools are now bundled together in a single tool called kmod. It can be | |
262 | called using symlinks with the same names as tools from module-init-tools. | |
263 | E.g: /usr/bin/lsmod -> /usr/bin/kmod. With this we are aiming to complete a | |
264 | 1:1 replacement of module-init-tools. | |
265 | ||
266 | - The only missing tool, depmod, was added to kmod together with the necessary | |
267 | APIs in libkmod. | |
268 | ||
269 | - If a program using libkmod runs for a long time, as for example udev, it must | |
270 | check if it doesn't have to re-load libkmod. A new helper function was added | |
271 | in libkmod to check if context is still valid and udev is already using it. | |
272 | ||
273 | - An 'unaligned access' bug was fixed. So those architecture that does not | |
274 | handle unaligned access can use kmod, too. | |
275 | ||
acc18b14 LDM |
276 | kmod 2 |
277 | ====== | |
278 | ||
279 | Some bugs fixed: the worst of them was with an infinite loop when an alias | |
280 | matched more than one module. | |
281 | ||
282 | - New APIs in libkmod to: | |
283 | - Get soft dependencies | |
284 | - Get info from module files parsing ELF | |
285 | - Get modversions from files parsing ELF | |
286 | ||
287 | - Support to load gzipped kernel modules: kmod can be compiled with support to | |
288 | gzipped modules by giving the --enable-zlib flag | |
289 | ||
290 | - Support to forcefully load modules, both vermagic and modversion | |
291 | ||
292 | - Support to force and nowait removal flags | |
293 | ||
294 | - Configuration files are parsed in the same order as modprobe: files are | |
295 | sorted alphabetically (independently of their dir) and files with the same | |
296 | name obey a precedence order | |
297 | ||
298 | - New tool: kmod-modinfo | |
299 | ||
300 | - kmod-modprobe gained several features to be a 1:1 replacement for modprobe. | |
301 | The only missing things are the options '--showconfig' and '-t / -l'. These | |
302 | last ones have been deprecated long ago and they will be removed from | |
303 | modprobe. A lot of effort has been put on kmod-modprobe to ensure it | |
304 | maintains compabitility with modprobe. | |
305 | ||
306 | - linux-modules@vger.kernel.org became the official mailing list for kmod | |
307 | ||
89eba7cb LDM |
308 | kmod 1 |
309 | ====== | |
ecd40ee4 | 310 | |
89eba7cb LDM |
311 | First version of kmod and its library, libkmod. |
312 | ||
313 | In the libkmod it's currently possible to: | |
314 | - List modules currently loaded | |
315 | - Get information about loaded modules such as initstate, refcount, | |
316 | holders, sections, address and size | |
317 | - Lookup modules by alias, module name or path | |
318 | - Insert modules: options from configuration and extra options can be | |
319 | passed, but flags are not implemented, yet | |
320 | - Remove modules | |
321 | - Filter list of modules using blacklist | |
322 | - For each module, get the its list of options and install/remove | |
323 | commands | |
324 | - Indexes can be loaded on startup to speedup lookups later | |
325 | ||
326 | Tools provided with the same set of options as in module-init-tools: | |
327 | - kmod-lsmod | |
328 | - kmod-insmod | |
329 | - kmod-rmmod | |
330 | - kmod-modprobe, with some functionality still missing (use of softdep, | |
331 | dump configuration, show modversions) |