** Description changed: - biosdevname in 12.04 is version 0.3.11. The latest version is 0.4.1 and + biosdevname in 12.04 is version 0.3.11. The latest version is 0.5 and contains numerous bug fixes mainly to enable biosdevname to work on certain Chelsio and Mellanox cards that have SR-IOV functionality. Here is a list of changes since 0.3.11: + + + commit f8848c5116c3f630cb9bc1b4eb1c64aac061e5cd + author Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> + Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:23:40 +0000 (11:23 -0600) + Bump version to 0.5.0 + + commit bdb6c2476bfe0ae18ca9411374b3522b770ade04 + author Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> + Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:34:09 +0000 (17:34 -0600) + Change scan of SMBIOS slot <-> PCI methods, recurse to set SMBIOS slot field + + commit 8c01e6a30921748c0e23783fdaf14880dc4c7f4b + author Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> + Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:52:06 +0000 (14:52 -0600) + Save off secondary bus of PCI device for PCI tree traversal + + + commit 4f23a5e92ede99face3c50af3b69239f92f15564 + committer: Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> + Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:22:16 +0000 (15:22 -0600) + Add version number to biosdevname + commit 6749ea9684e7f20d40fd8f02082f65646e876eb3 Author: Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> Date: Thu Jul 5 14:38:11 2012 -0500 - Bump version to 0.4.1 + Bump version to 0.4.1 commit 0bb870f09a34b6c505fcefdbcf85cfcc1aa5ca97 Author: Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> Date: Tue Jun 19 16:41:47 2012 -0500 - Use per-slot counter to determine port number of cards. - Fixes issue with Mellanox/Chelsio cards with multiple ports per pci device + Use per-slot counter to determine port number of cards. + Fixes issue with Mellanox/Chelsio cards with multiple ports per pci device commit 0ea7d1ac1dabaa4e8c1bc5d48ac5e3da6ad67c81 Author: Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> Date: Wed May 2 15:06:24 2012 -0500 - Bump version to 0.4.0 + Bump version to 0.4.0 commit 1452ea7125b5e713b80459f7b528d5562438f3d5 Author: Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> Date: Wed May 2 15:01:48 2012 -0500 - Add fixes to biosdevname to support cards that export multiple network - ports per PCI device (chelsio/mellanox). - Fix for RHBZ 816536 and others + Add fixes to biosdevname to support cards that export multiple network + ports per PCI device (chelsio/mellanox). + Fix for RHBZ 816536 and others commit 6b7d14fe19a9e08f751a689784f7dcc396ef053b Author: Narendra K <[email protected]> Date: Wed Apr 25 10:08:30 2012 -0500 - Make sure that vpd scan only runs on Dell systems, also blacklist Atheros - wireless cards which hang when vpd is read. + Make sure that vpd scan only runs on Dell systems, also blacklist Atheros + wireless cards which hang when vpd is read. commit 71376f7698d742fb2fcfa01bd2e479f26dcd1a50 Author: Praveen K Paladugu <[email protected]> Date: Wed Apr 25 09:58:54 2012 -0500 - Fix autoconfig for Fedora systems + Fix autoconfig for Fedora systems commit 83b62a35e41e98e9c2610f44ab31d3a48dd26399 Author: Narendra K <[email protected]> Date: Thu Apr 5 17:42:29 2012 +0530 - Fix naming for add-in network adapters when SMBIOS version is invalid - - This patch ensures that biosdevname does not suggest a new name - for add-in network adapters when the SMBIOS version on the system - is less than the value specified with --smbios option. + Fix naming for add-in network adapters when SMBIOS version is + invalid + + This patch ensures that biosdevname does not suggest a new name + for add-in network adapters when the SMBIOS version on the system + is less than the value specified with --smbios option. commit f2ec6a9565bd8e0d2cb668b7a1ae9324c9e3b9f6 Author: Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> Date: Thu Mar 29 00:48:12 2012 -0500 - Add tracking of ifindex to eths structure + Add tracking of ifindex to eths structure commit cba74702122da269fad204475221d3280ddf2165 Author: Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> Date: Mon Mar 19 14:06:01 2012 -0500 - Use Physical device for slot numbering for embedded SR-IOV cards - ok narendra + Use Physical device for slot numbering for embedded SR-IOV cards + ok narendra commit bd53c4546131062e6a8e9c143420f19935a6a7cb Author: Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> Date: Mon Mar 19 12:04:39 2012 -0500 - Remove unused variables - from Stephen Hemminger [[email protected]] + Remove unused variables + from Stephen Hemminger [[email protected]] commit c98a625d8a7efbd060c366f4d3a19f4fc9d252ee Author: Jordan Hargrave <[email protected]> Date: Wed Dec 21 10:14:02 2011 -0600 - Fix man page to use new naming convention + Fix man page to use new naming convention - - I believe that this request should be within the SRU policy as these changes almost entirely are to allow biosdevname to work in new hardware: "For Long Term Support releases we regularly want to enable new hardware. Such changes are appropriate provided that we can ensure to not affect upgrades on existing hardware. For example, modaliases of newly introduced drivers must not overlap with previously shipped drivers." + I believe that this request should be within the SRU policy as these + changes almost entirely are to allow biosdevname to work in new + hardware: "For Long Term Support releases we regularly want to enable + new hardware. Such changes are appropriate provided that we can ensure + to not affect upgrades on existing hardware. For example, modaliases of + newly introduced drivers must not overlap with previously shipped + drivers."
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