root/lm-sensors/tags/V2-4-4/CHANGES

This is a list of the most important changes between 2.x versions. It is by
no means complete, listing only user-visible changes which are interesting.
The ultimate way to know what has changed is to run diff, or even neater,
ask CVS about it:

  * Checkout the archive (see doc/cvs for how you can do this)
  * Determine which tags are valid, by running this command from the
    project root directory:
      cvs status -v -l Makefile
    Valid tags are usually like form V2-1-0 for version 2.1.0
  * Ask cvs for the difference between two versions:
      cvs diff -r TAG1 -r TAG2 DIFF-OPTIONS
    for example:
      cvs diff -r V2-0-0 -r V2-0-1 -u

2.4.0 (19990920)
  Too much to list. 
  i2c and smbus parts are split off to a separate i2c package.
  New drivers and other stuff.

2.3.4 (19990616)
  Module matorb: driver for Matrix-Orbital Displays (small LCD and VFDs)
  All: Now compiles against kernel 2.0.x (again ;)
  Module gl518sm: some updates and refinements

2.3.3 (19990603)
  All: Now compiles against kernel 2.3.x (x >= 1)
  Module i2c-voodoo3: Timing issue fixes
  Module bt869: Seems to be functional and relatively well tested
  Many modules were modified to be more compatible with the new
   Mutex structure in the new experimental kernels.

2.3.2 (19990507)
  Module i2c-hydra: Now compiles on 2.0.x kernels
  Module i2c-lm75: Slightly better detection
  * New, but not compiled by default:
  Module i2c-voodoo3: beginning of Voodoo3 I2C bus driver
  Module bt869: Beginning of BT869 (PAL/NTSC video converter) driver

2.3.1 (19990501)
  All: Now compiles on PPC
  Module i2c-hydra: NEW
  Module i2c-proc: Buffer overflow removed: `less /proc/bus-i2c-0' now works
  Module w83781d: Removed deadlock (mutex was not initialized)
  Documentation: A few glitches removed
  Makefile: default module installation directory is now 
            /lib/modules/current/extra/misc
  Program sensors-detect: PPC Hydra now detected
  Program sensors: Now prints complete GL518SM information
  Program sensors: SIS5595, ADM1021, MAX1617(A), ADM9240, DS1780 added

2.3.0 (19990422)
  All: Many, many changes and improvements
  All: Many small bugs and problems removed
  Modules: New insmod parameters
  Modules: Much improved chip detection
  Module maxilife: NEW
  Module adm1021: MAX1617A now also supported
  Module adm9024: DS1780 now also supported
  Module w83781d: W83782D and W83783S now also supported
  Program sensors-detect: NEW
  Library: All chips now supported
  Documentation: Very much improved

2.2.2 (199903??)
  Just some minor updates and bug fixes.

2.2.1 (19990218)
  All: Removed compile warnings
  Module i2c-dev: Small bug removed if DEBUG=1 was used
  Module sis5595: Now compiles for 2.0 kernels
  Module adm1021: Detection corrected
  
2.2.0 (19990216)
  All: Set copyrights to include 1999
  All: Small bugfixes
  I2C: Upgraded to newest archive of Simon Vogl
  Module i2c-dev: NEW
  Module i2c-ali15x3: NEW
  Module i2c-via: This is old module bit-mb, now moved to the main lm_sensors
     directories, and somewhat improved
  Module sis5595: NEW
  Modules: Renamed all bus modules to i2c-*, new directory lay-out
  Library: Support for new chip drivers, several small bugs fixed
  Library manual pages: NEW
  Program i2cdetect: Moved to detect directory
  Program detect.pl: NEW
  Program doc-features: NEW
  Program sensors: Added man-page
  Document BUGS: Added cdrom bug and kernel i2c conflict
  
2.1.2 (19990116)
  Modules lm80.o, w83781d.o: fan-related Segmentation fault corrected
  Module gl518sm.o: yet more bug fixes. It should at long last be usable now
  Documentation in doc/kernel: NEW

2.1.1 (19990107)
  Module i2c-proc.o: Hack to make /proc/bus/ possible for kernels 2.0.35
                     and older
  Module gl518sm.o: Miscelaneous bugs and problems solved
  Program isadump: NEW

2.1.0 (19981230)
  Library: Completely NEW
  Program sensors: NEW
  Program grab_busses: NEW
  Program decode-dimms: More information
  Module bit-mb.o: Removed spurious semicolon; now runs on more VIA chipsets
  Module w83781d.o: NEW
  Module lm80.o: NEW
  Module gl518sm.o: new procfile beep, several small updates
  Modules: Now use pin readings, no more scaling within the kernel (use the
           library instead)
  
2.0.2 (19981214)
  Module eeprom.o: NEW
  Program decode-dimms: NEW
  Modules: fill_inode fix, will stop segfaults on unloading in kernels after
           2.1.58
  Modules: Somewhat less verbose on transfers
  Module lm78.o now recognizes and handles lm78-j and lm79
2.0.1 (1998121?)
  Module gl518sm.o updates, to make it actually work
  Module lm75.o high/low-byte swapping write bug fixed
2.0.0 (19981209)
  Initial release