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- Fix for sound driver port

- Limit auto-device numbering to majors 128 to 239
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Changes for patch v41

- Fixed inode times persistence problem
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Changes for patch v42

- Ported to kernel 2.1.108 (drivers/scsi/hosts.c hunk broke)
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Changes for patch v43

- Fixed spelling in <devfs_readlink> debug

- Fixed bug in <devfs_setup> parsing "dilookup"

- More #ifdef's removed

- Supported Sparc keyboard (/dev/kbd)

- Supported DSP56001 digital signal processor (/dev/dsp56k)

- Supported Apple Desktop Bus (/dev/adb)

- Supported Coda network file system (/dev/cfs*)
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Changes for patch v44

- Fixed devfs inode leak when manually recreating inodes

- Fixed permission persistence problem when recreating inodes
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Changes for patch v45

- Ported to kernel 2.1.110
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Changes for patch v46

- Ported to kernel 2.1.112-pre1

- Removed harmless "unused variable" compiler warning

- Fixed modes for manually recreated device nodes
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Changes for patch v47

- Added NULL devfs inode warning in <devfs_read_inode>

- Force all inode nlink values to 1
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Changes for patch v48

- Added "dimknod" option

- Set inode nlink to 0 when freeing dentries

- Added support for virtual console capture devices (/dev/vcs*)
  Thanks to Dennis Hou <[e-mail]>

- Fixed modes for manually recreated symlinks
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Changes for patch v49

- Ported to kernel 2.1.113
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Changes for patch v50

- Fixed bugs in recreated directories and symlinks
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Changes for patch v51

- Improved robustness of rc.devfs script
  Thanks to Roderich Schupp <[e-mail]>

- Fixed bugs in recreated device nodes

- Fixed bug in currently unused <devfs_get_handle_from_inode>

- Defined new <devfs_handle_t> type

- Improved debugging when getting entries

- Fixed bug where directories could be emptied

- Ported to kernel 2.1.115
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Changes for patch v52

- Replaced dummy .epoch inode with .devfsd character device

- Modified rc.devfs to take acount of above change

- Removed spurious driver warning messages when CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=n

- Implemented devfsd protocol revision 0
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Changes for patch v53

- Ported to kernel 2.1.116 (kmod change broke hunk)

- Updated Documentation/Configure.help

- Test and tty pattern patch for rc.devfs script
  Thanks to Roderich Schupp <[e-mail]>

- Added soothing message to warning in <devfs_d_iput>
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Changes for patch v54

- Ported to kernel 2.1.117

- Fixed default permissions in sound driver

- Added support for frame buffer devices (/dev/fb*)
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Changes for patch v55

- Ported to kernel 2.1.119

- Use GCC extensions for structure initialisations

- Implemented async open notification

- Incremented devfsd protocol revision to 1
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Changes for patch v56

- Ported to kernel 2.1.120-pre3

- Moved async open notification to end of <devfs_open>
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Changes for patch v57

- Ported to kernel 2.1.121

- Prepended "/dev/" to module load request

- Renamed <call_kerneld> to <call_kmod>

- Created sample modules.conf file
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Changes for patch v58

- Fixed typo "AYSNC" -> "ASYNC"
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Changes for patch v59

- Added open flag for files
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Changes for patch v60

- Ported to kernel 2.1.123-pre2
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Changes for patch v61

- Set i_blocks=0 and i_blksize=1024 in <devfs_read_inode>
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Changes for patch v62

- Ported to kernel 2.1.123
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Changes for patch v63

- Ported to kernel 2.1.124-pre2
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Changes for patch v64

- Fixed Unix98 pty support

- Increased buffer size in <get_partition_list> to avoid crash and
  burn
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Changes for patch v65

- More Unix98 pty support fixes

- Added test for empty <<name>> in <devfs_find_handle>

- Renamed <generate_path> to <devfs_generate_path> and published

- Created /dev/root symlink
  Thanks to Roderich Schupp <[e-mail]>
  with further modifications by me
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Changes for patch v66

- Yet more Unix98 pty support fixes (now tested)

- Created <devfs_get_fops>

- Support media change checks when CONFIG_DEVFS_ONLY=y

- Abolished Unix98-style PTY names for old PTY devices
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Changes for patch v67

- Added inline declaration for dummy <devfs_generate_path>

- Removed spurious "unable to register... in devfs" messages when
  CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=n

- Fixed misc. devices when CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=n

- Limit auto-device numbering to majors 144 to 239
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Changes for patch v68

- Hide unopened virtual consoles from directory listings

- Added support for video capture devices

- Ported to kernel 2.1.125
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Changes for patch v69

- Fix for CONFIG_VT=n
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Changes for patch v70

- Added support for non-OSS/Free sound cards
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Changes for patch v71

- Ported to kernel 2.1.126-pre2
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Changes for patch v72

- #ifdef's for CONFIG_DEVFS_DISABLE_OLD_NAMES removed
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Changes for patch v73

- CONFIG_DEVFS_DISABLE_OLD_NAMES replaced with "nocompat" boot option

- CONFIG_DEVFS_BOOT_OPTIONS removed: boot options always available
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Changes for patch v74

- Removed CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT and "mount" boot option and replaced with
  "nomount" boot option

- Documentation updates

- Updated sample modules.conf
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Changes for patch v75

- Updated sample modules.conf

- Remount devfs after initrd finishes

- Ported to kernel 2.1.127

- Added support for ISDN
  Thanks to Christophe Leroy <[e-mail]>
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Changes for patch v76

- Updated an email address in ChangeLog

- CONFIG_DEVFS_ONLY replaced with "only" boot option
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Changes for patch v77

- Added DEVFS_FL_REMOVABLE flag

- Check for disc change when listing directories with removable media
  devices

- Use DEVFS_FL_REMOVABLE in sd.c

- Ported to kernel 2.1.128
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Changes for patch v78

- Only call <scan_dir_for_removable> on first call to <devfs_readdir>

- Ported to kernel 2.1.129-pre5

- ISDN support improvements
  Thanks to Christophe Leroy <[e-mail]>
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Changes for patch v79

- Ported to kernel 2.1.130

- Renamed miscdevice "apm" to "apm_bios" to be consistent with
  devices.txt
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Changes for patch v80

- Ported to kernel 2.1.131

- Updated <devfs_rmdir> for VFS change in 2.1.131
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Changes for patch v81

- Fixed permissions on /dev/ptmx
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Changes for patch v82

- Ported to kernel 2.1.132-pre4

- Changed initial permissions on /dev/pts/*

- Created <devfs_mk_compat>

- Added "symlinks" boot option

- Changed devfs_register_blkdev() back to register_blkdev() for IDE

- Check for partitions on removable media in <devfs_lookup>
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Changes for patch v83

- Fixed support for ramdisc when using string-based root FS name

- Ported to kernel 2.2.0-pre1
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Changes for patch v84

- Ported to kernel 2.2.0-pre7
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Changes for patch v85

- Compile fixes for driver/sound/sound_common.c (non-module) and
  drivers/isdn/isdn_common.c
  Thanks to Christophe Leroy <[e-mail]>

- Added support for registering regular files

- Created <devfs_set_file_size>

- Added /dev/cpu/mtrr as an alternative interface to /proc/mtrr

- Update devfs inodes from entries if not changed through FS
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Changes for patch v86

- Ported to kernel 2.2.0-pre9
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Changes for patch v87

- Fixed bug when mounting non-devfs devices in a devfs
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Changes for patch v88

- Fixed <devfs_fill_file> to only initialise temporary inodes

- Trap for NULL fops in <devfs_register>

- Return -ENODEV in <devfs_fill_file> for non-driver inodes

- Fixed bug when unswapping non-devfs devices in a devfs
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Changes for patch v89

- Switched to C data types in include/linux/devfs_fs.h

- Switched from PATH_MAX to DEVFS_PATHLEN

- Updated Documentation/filesystems/devfs/modules.conf to take account
  of reverse scanning (!) by modprobe

- Ported to kernel 2.2.0
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Changes for patch v90

- CONFIG_DEVFS_DISABLE_OLD_TTY_NAMES replaced with "nottycompat" boot
  option

- CONFIG_DEVFS_TTY_COMPAT removed: existing "symlinks" boot option now
  controls this. This means you must have libc 5.4.44 or later, or a
  recent version of libc 6 if you use the "symlinks" option
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Changes for patch v91

- Switch from <devfs_mk_symlink> to <devfs_mk_compat> in
  drivers/char/vc_screen.c to fix problems with Midnight Commander
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Changes for patch v92

- Ported to kernel 2.2.2-pre5
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Changes for patch v93

- Modified <sd_name> in drivers/scsi/sd.c to cope with devices that
  don't exist (which happens with new RAID autostart code printk()s)
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Changes for patch v94

- Fixed bug in joystick driver: only first joystick was registered
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Changes for patch v95

- Fixed another bug in joystick driver

- Fixed <devfsd_read> to not overrun event buffer
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Changes for patch v96

- Ported to kernel 2.2.5-2