NEWS

   1 lldpd (0.8.0)
   2   * Change:
   3     + Don't discard down interfaces. Notably, this enables us to keep
   4       their specific configuration if any.
   5     + For Linux, switch to libnl3. Be aware of the licensing issues in
   6       case of static linking.
   7     + Introduce the notion of default local port. New interfaces will
   8       use it as a base. This allows setting various MED stuff.
   9     + Provide an apparmor profile (untested).
  10
  11 lldpd (0.7.17)
  12   * Fix:
  13     + Fix an infinite loop when using veth on Linux 4.1+ kernels.
  14     + Make CDP advertise the appropriate kernel name as platform,
  15       not just "Linux".
  16   * Change:
  17     + Fix the way libevent configure is called.
  18
  19 lldpd (0.7.16)
  20   * Change:
  21     + For Linux, 2.6.32 is now the minimal required kernel. When using
  22       an older kernel, use `--enable-oldies`.
  23     + For Linux, use netlink to retrieve information about bridges,
  24       VLAN and bonds. The code was contributed by Cumulus Networks.
  25   * Features:
  26     + Use symbol versioning for liblldpctl.so.
  27     + Ability to get local chassis information with "show
  28       chassis".
  29     + The library also has the same ability with the
  30       `lldpctl_get_local_chassis()` function. It is also possible to
  31       get a chassis atom from a port with `lldpctl_k_port_chassis`
  32       key. This is now the preferred way to retrieve chassis related
  33       information.
  34   * Fix:
  35     + Fix build on OS X.
  36     + Accept "language" when configuring MED location as a civic address.
  37
  38 lldpd (0.7.15)
  39   * Features:
  40     + Optional features can be configured with "auto" to autodetect if
  41       they are usable. This is the default value for JSON and XML support.
  42     + Ability to send and decode custom/unknown TLV. Thanks to Alexandru
  43       Ardelean.
  44   * Change:
  45     + Modify checksum function. While this should be strictly
  46       equivalent, if you notice CDP packets not accepted anymore, this
  47       change is the first culprit.
  48
  49 lldpd (0.7.14)
  50   * Features:
  51     + Shutdown LLPDU are sent on MSAP change and when lldpd exits.
  52     + When an exact IP is provided as a management pattern, use it
  53       unconditionally.
  54     + Ability to set port ID and description to an arbitrary value,
  55       thanks to Alexandru Ardelean.
  56   * Fix:
  57     + Incorrect boundary check when decoding management address and
  58       protocol identity may lead to lldpd crash when processing
  59       malformed LLDPDU.
  60     + Many edge cases where lldpd was leaving hanging processes after
  61       crashing.
  62
  63 lldpd (0.7.13)
  64   * Fix:
  65     + Unbreak customization of Unix socket path from command line.
  66
  67 lldpd (0.7.12)
  68   * Features:
  69     + Interface pattern, management pattern, system description,
  70       system platform and system hostname can be unconfigured to their
  71       default values.
  72   * Fix:
  73     + Don't complain when parsing a commented line.
  74     + Correctly persist configuration changes for "system interface
  75       promiscuous", "system interface description" "med fast-start
  76       enable", "pause" and "resume".
  77     + Fix listening on bond devices for old kernels (< 2.6.27).
  78
  79 lldpd (0.7.11)
  80   * Features:
  81     + Ship bash and zsh completion.
  82     + Abort when some command-line options are repeated.
  83   * Fix:
  84     + Handle correctly read failures in liblldpctl.
  85
  86 lldpd (0.7.10)
  87   * Features:
  88     + Ability to set promiscuous mode to work around bugs of some
  89       switches encapsulating LLDP frames inside 802.1Q frames.
  90     + JSON support for lldpcli can use json-c instead of jansson,
  91       thanks to Michel Stam.
  92   * Fix:
  93     + Fix checksum computation for Cisco CDP.
  94     + Fix ability to disable LLDP.
  95     + Fix seccomp sandbox, thanks to Patrick McLean.
  96
  97 lldpd (0.7.9)
  98   * Changes:
  99     + Default location for chroot, socket and PID are now configurable
 100       in `./configure`. The default location is based on the value of
 101       `runstatedir` which in turn may be based on the value of
 102       `localstatedir` which defaults to `/usr/local/var`. Therefore,
 103       to get the previous locations, lldpd should be configured with
 104       `./configure --localstatedir=/var`.
 105   * Fixes:
 106     + Fix `configure system bond-slave-src-mac-type local`. Also use
 107       it as default.
 108   * Features:
 109     + Add support for shutdown LLDPU.
 110     + Ability to configure IP management pattern from lldpcli.
 111     + Ability to choose what port ID should be (MAC or interface name).
 112
 113 lldpd (0.7.8)
 114   * Fixes:
 115     + Don't hard-code default values for system name, system
 116       description and port description. When the field is not present,
 117       just don't display it.
 118     + Fix lldpcli behaviour when suid.
 119     + On OSX, don't use p2p0 interfaces: it would break WLAN.
 120     + Fix SNMP support on RHEL.
 121   * Features:
 122     + Android support
 123     + Add the possibility to disable privilege separation (lower
 124       memory consumption, lower security, don't do it).
 125     + Interfaces can now be whitelisted. For example, *,!eth*,!!eth1
 126       is a valid pattern for all interfaces except eth ones, except
 127       eth1. Moreover, on exact match, an matching interface
 128       circumvents most sanity checks (like VLAN handling).
 129     + Ability to override the hostname.
 130
 131 lldpd (0.7.7)
 132   * Features:
 133     + Use a locally administered MAC address or an arbitrary one
 134       instead of null MAC address for bond devices on Linux. This is
 135       configurable through `lldpcli`.
 136     + Add support for "team" driver (alternative to bond devices).
 137     + Preliminary support for DTrace/systemtap.
 138     + Preliminary support for seccomp (for monitor process).
 139     + Setup chroot inside lldpd instead of relying on init script.
 140   * Fixes:
 141     + Various bugs related to fixed point number handling (for
 142       coordinates in LLDP-MED)
 143     + Fix a regression in how MAC address of an enslaved device is
 144       retrieved.
 145
 146 lldpd (0.7.6)
 147   * Features:
 148     + Provide a way to build packages for OSX.
 149     + Add an option to update interface description with neighbor name.
 150   * Fixes:
 151     + Compilation fix for OSX 10.6.
 152
 153 lldpd (0.7.5)
 154   * Fixes:
 155     + Segfault while tokenizing in lldpcli.
 156
 157 lldpd (0.7.4)
 158   * Fixes:
 159     + Segfault in lldpcli.
 160     + Memory leak in liblldpctl when using a custom log handler.
 161     + Fix some unaligned memory accesses.
 162     + Fix frame reception on OpenBSD.
 163   * Features:
 164     + Allow to configure hold value from lldpcli (and hence the TTL).
 165     + Allow to configure pattern for valid interfaces from lldpcli.
 166     + Allow to override system description from lldpcli.
 167     + Display the neighbor connected as the process title (or the
 168       number of connected neighbors).
 169
 170 lldpd (0.7.3)
 171   * Features:
 172     + DragonFly BSD support.
 173     + Solaris support (incomplete).
 174     + LLDP-MED fast start support (thanks to Roopa Prabhu).
 175     + Provide global statistics through "show statistics summary"
 176       command (thanks to Roopa Prabhu).
 177   * Fixes:
 178     + Fix IPv4/IPv6 address discovery in Linux.
 179
 180 lldpd (0.7.2)
 181   * Features
 182     + lldpd can be configured through /etc/lldpd.conf and
 183       /etc/lldpd.d. All commands accepted by lldpcli are accepted.
 184     + Lock BPF interfaces before handing them to chrooted process on
 185       BSD.
 186     + Limit the number of neighbors for each port to 4 (per protocol).
 187     + Force CDPv2 protocol with argument `-ccc`.
 188     + Provide port statistics through "show statistics" command
 189       (thanks to Roopa Prabhu).
 190   * Fixes:
 191     + Driver whitelisting is done before checking if an interface has
 192       a lower interface in Linux.
 193     + Expire remote ports and chassis in a timely manner.
 194
 195 lldpd (0.7.1)
 196   * Features
 197     + Mac OS X support, sponsored by Xcloud, Mac cloud server hosting
 198       provider. http://xcloud.me/
 199     + Upstart and systemd support.
 200     + Remove Unix socket when there is no process listening.
 201
 202 lldpd (0.7.0)
 203   * Global changes:
 204     + FreeBSD support.
 205     + OpenBSD support.
 206     + NetBSD support.
 207     + Detect interface changes.
 208     + CLI for lldpctl: lldpcli.
 209   * Other features:
 210     + Allow to disable LLDP protocol (with `-ll`). In this case, the
 211       first enabled protocol will be used when no neighbor is detected.
 212     + Allow to filter debug logs using tokens. Add more debug logs.
 213     + lldpctl can now output JSON.
 214     + Use netlink to gather interface information on Linux.
 215     + Don't use ioctl for bridges anymore on Linux. The configure
 216       option `--enable-oldies` allow to reenable their uses for
 217       systems not supporting sysfs.
 218
 219 lldpd (0.6.1)
 220   * Features:
 221     + Provide liblldpctl.so, a library to interface with lldpd. The
 222       documentation is provided through Doxygen. See src/lib/lldpctl.h
 223       which contains all the exported functions.
 224     + Make lldpctl uses liblldpctl.so.
 225     + Add a "watch" option to lldpctl to monitor neighbor changes.
 226     + Add the possibility to display the current configuration of
 227       lldpd with lldpctl. Also add the possibility to reset the
 228       current transmit delay.
 229
 230 lldpd (0.6)
 231   * Features:
 232     + Allow lldpctl to display hidden ports.
 233     + Add a switch to specify interfaces to use to get chassis ID.
 234     + Support for multiple management addresses and IPv6 management
 235       addresses. Contributed by João Valverde.
 236   * Global changes:
 237     + Switch to libevent. See README.md for details.
 238     + Partial rewrite of the SNMP part. Less code.
 239     + Unit tests for SNMP.
 240     + Major rewrite of the protocol between lldpd and lldpctl. Less
 241       code.
 242   * Fixes:
 243     + Several small SNMP fixes (discovered by unit tests).
 244
 245 lldpd (0.5.7)
 246  * Fixes:
 247     + Configure issue with NetSNMP and some linkers
 248     + Fix infinite loop for the receive part: on certain conditions,
 249       lldpd will stop sending packets and stop updating local data.
 250
 251 lldpd (0.5.6)
 252   * Features:
 253     + Send and receive native VLAN TLV with CDP
 254     + Add a whitelist for some drivers (currently: dsa and veth)
 255   * Fixes:
 256     + Compilation issues with NetSNMP 5.7 (and with earlier versions too)
 257     + Small optimization of BPF filter
 258
 259 lldpd (0.5.5)
 260   * Features:
 261     + Support for PPVID and PI Dot1 TLV, thanks to Shuah Khan.
 262     + Extend whitelist with possibility to blacklist.
 263   * Fixes:
 264     + Key/value output was incorrect when a dot was present in
 265       interface names. This is fixed but it is preferable to use XML
 266       output since the parsing is more difficult in this case.
 267     + Only grab DMI information once. Only uses DMI for x86 platform.
 268     + Padding issues with socket protocol. This introduces a change in
 269       the socket protocol!
 270     + Fix a segfault when neither /etc/os-release nor lsb_release
 271       are available.
 272
 273 lldpd (0.5.4)
 274   * Features:
 275     + Get OS information from /etc/os-release if available. Patch from
 276       Michael Tremer.
 277     + Add a flag to specify which interfaces lldpd should listen to.
 278
 279 lldpd (0.5.3)
 280   * Fixes:
 281     + Allow root to change configuration of lldpd when lldpctl has suid set.
 282   * Features:
 283     + Handle Dot3 POE-MDI TLV (802.3af and 802.3at).
 284     + Allow to set Dot3 POE-MDI from lldpctl.
 285
 286 lldpd (0.5.2)
 287   * Features:
 288     + More flexible smart mode and new default. Manual page has been updated.
 289     + Add a "receive-only" mode with "-r" switch.
 290
 291 lldpd (0.5.1)
 292   * Features:
 293     + Allow to force a protocol even when no peer for this protocol is
 294       detected.
 295     + Add a smart mode that allows to discard bogus port information,
 296       for example CDP packets that are flooded through a switch that
 297       does not support CDP.
 298     + Allow to set LLDP-MED network policy from lldpctl, thanks to a patch from
 299       Philipp Kempgen.
 300     + Allow to set LLDP-MED POE-MDI from lldpctl.
 301     + Add a summary of available options in "lldpd -h" and "lldpctl -h",
 302       thanks to a patch from Jorge Boncompte.
 303     + Add a new output (keyvalue) for lldpctl.
 304     + Listen on VLAN using an appropriate BPF filter, VLAN
 305       decapsulation. Older "listen on vlan" feature is discarded. See
 306       README for more information on the new feature.
 307     + Use output of lsb_release if available for system description.
 308
 309   * Fixes:
 310     + Ignore interface with no queue. It should filter out interfaces
 311       like "vnet0" that would fail if we try to send something on them.
 312     + Don't check CDP checksums (not really a fix but it appears that
 313       Cisco checksum have some difficult corner cases).
 314
 315 lldpd (0.5.0)
 316
 317   * Features:
 318     + lldpd can now handle several systems on the same port. This
 319       modification also allows to speak to a switch using CDP and LLDP
 320       for example.
 321     + The way that lldpd gathers information for each port has been
 322       abstracted. This should allow to support more systems (BSD for
 323       examples) or switch cores in the future. Sending/receive support
 324       is also abstracted.
 325     + Add "-k" switch to avoid to emit too much information on running
 326       kernel.
 327     + Support of ifAlias with kernel >= 2.6.28
 328     + Lot of portability stuff. lldpd can now be compiled on RHEL
 329       2.1. Still Linux-only though.
 330     + Add an option to specify AgentX socket (-X).
 331     + Add some unit tests
 332     + lldpctl has been reworked; it is now able to output data in XML
 333       format for easier parsing. Patches were provided by Andreas
 334       Hofmeister.
 335
 336   * Bug fixes:
 337     + Fix EDP VLAN handling
 338     + Silent warnings about bridge stuff.
 339     + Copy /etc/localtime into chroot before starting lldpd daemon to
 340       ensure correct timestamps for logs.
 341
 342 lldpd (0.4.1)
 343
 344   * Fix EDP handling when there is no VLAN
 345   * Fix CDP version to not always be 1
 346   * Misc fix:
 347      + incorrect number of arguments for a LLOG_INFO call
 348      + fix SNMP last change in case this change occurs before start time
 349
 350 lldpd (0.4)
 351
 352   * Rewrite of packet builder and parser to be able to cope with
 353     architecture that cannot do unaligned read. For decoder, we don't
 354     cast structures any more since they can be unaligned. For encoder,
 355     we use memcpy through the use of macro that build packets step by
 356     step.
 357
 358 lldpd (0.3.2)
 359
 360   * Fix LLDP-MED support
 361
 362 lldpd (0.3.1)
 363
 364   * Misc fixes, including memory leaks
 365
 366 lldpd (0.3)
 367
 368   * Initial support of LLDP-MED
 369   * Fix for bridge detection (don't send bridge ioctl on random interfaces)
 370   * For bonded devices, get the real hardware address. For inactive
 371     slaves, transmit using a random MAC address.
 372
 373 lldpd (0.2.1)
 374
 375   * Fix a syntax error in manual page
 376   * Fix open() calls
 377
 378 lldpd (0.2)
 379
 380   * Add privilege separation
 381   * Add FDP support
 382   * Support CDP encapsulated into native VLAN
 383   * Various fixes
 384
 385 lldpd (0.1)
 386
 387   * Initial release