On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 09:40:28PM +0200, Martin Mares wrote: >I have just released pciutils-3.0.0 to the wild. > >The actual differences from the previous test release are close to zero, >I have only changed the versions of the API and ABI. > >Here is a list of the most significant changes against the previous >stable version for those who did not follow the development closely: > > * The makefile system has been reworked. All configuration settings > are now passed to the configure script in environment variables, > allowing for easy tweaking in the top-level Makefile. All control > knobs are now described in the README. > > * The libpci can be built as a shared library with properly restricted > symbol exports. Use `make SHARED=yes' to enable that or `make SHARED=local' > for a local testing build (with hardwired paths to the library, so that > it does not need installation). > > * The i386-ports method is enabled on Linux/x86_64 as well. > > * Support for resolving of PCI ID's using DNS together with a local > cache of resolved entries has been added. See the `-q' and `-Q' options > of lspci. > > * The library now has a generic system of settable parameters, which > also include settings of the DNS resolver and cache. An `-O' option > has been added to lspci and setpci to allow setting of these options. > > * An `-A' switch has been added to both lspci and setpci, allowing to > select an arbitrary access method. The `-P' switch (configure proc > backend) has been removed as it is no longer needed and I do not know > any its user. > > * When an unknown device ID is encountered, we print `Device <id>' > instead of `Unknown device <id>'. It uses less space and it also > should reduce the number of inexperienced users complaining that > the device is not supported by the OS. To lookup up OS drivers, > use the `-k' option. On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 02:50:30PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: >On Thursday 17 April 2008, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: >>Could you please test the new pciutils 1:3.0.0-1 uploaded to >>experimental? > >What are the changes that make it require testing? It would be nice >to know what we're looking for... Sorry for the lack of information. I put the new upstream changes at the top of this message. There is a new shared library. Version 1:2.2.10-1 didn't ship a shared library. There are new command options that could be useful for the installer. For an unknown device ID, there is a new string printed. -- "Red Rosa now has vanished too" Bertolt Brecht
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