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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2020-12-24 14:05:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2020-12-24 14:05:47 +0000 |
| commit | aab9231aeeec1f18b89163e06fe16c3718c2abba (patch) | |
| tree | b0df80a5b7e0eae9acbecd78c0b7fa35f9200518 /doc | |
| parent | f982dc64bfa4c6c42652f30af4d1389ca8fbc3e9 (diff) | |
| download | mdevd-aab9231aeeec1f18b89163e06fe16c3718c2abba.tar.xz | |
Prepare for 0.1.3.0; add -C option for autocoldplug
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/mdevd.html | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/upgrade.html | 10 |
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html index 594196b..0f03ac9 100644 --- a/doc/index.html +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ and does not pull in any unnecessary code. </li> The Linux kernel must be 2.6.10 or later. </li> <li> GNU make, version 3.81 or later </li> <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/skalibs/">skalibs</a> version -2.9.3.0 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time +2.10.0.0 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time requirement if you link against the shared version of the skalibs library. </li> </ul> @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ library. </li> <ul> <li> The current released version of mdevd is -<a href="mdevd-0.1.2.0.tar.gz">0.1.2.0</a>. </li> +<a href="mdevd-0.1.3.0.tar.gz">0.1.3.0</a>. </li> <li> Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the <a href="//git.skarnet.org/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mdevd/">mdevd git repository</a>: diff --git a/doc/mdevd.html b/doc/mdevd.html index 2ef2dfb..3412253 100644 --- a/doc/mdevd.html +++ b/doc/mdevd.html @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ to running mdevd over mdev. </li> <h2> Interface </h2> <pre> - mdevd [ -v <em>verbosity</em> ] [ -D <em>notif</em> ] [ -o <em>outputfd</em> ] [ -b <em>kbufsz</em> ] [ -f <em>conffile</em> ] [ -n ] [ -s <em>slashsys</em> ] [ -d <em>slashdev</em> ] [ -F <em>fwbase</em> ] + mdevd [ -v <em>verbosity</em> ] [ -D <em>notif</em> ] [ -o <em>outputfd</em> ] [ -b <em>kbufsz</em> ] [ -f <em>conffile</em> ] [ -n ] [ -s <em>slashsys</em> ] [ -d <em>slashdev</em> ] [ -F <em>fwbase</em> ] [ -C ] </pre> <ul> @@ -124,6 +124,17 @@ are to be found in <em>slashdev</em>. Default is <tt>/dev</tt>. <li> <tt>-F</tt> <em>fwbase</em> : assume the firmware files, if any, are to be found in <em>fwbase</em>. Default is <tt>/lib/firmware</tt>. <em>fwbase</em> must be an absolute path. </li> + <li> <tt>-C</tt> : after initialization (when mdevd is ready), invoke +<a href="mdevd-coldplug.html">mdevd-coldplug</a>, so that a coldplug is +automatically performed when mdevd starts. This option should only be used +in situations where a drop-in replacement for <tt>mdev -d</tt> is needed, because +it has the drawback of performing a coldplug every time mdevd is started — +including when mdevd is killed and restarted. By default, mdevd does not perform +a coldplug when it starts, and it is up to the administrator to properly organize +their boot scripts to run <a href="mdevd-coldplug.html">mdevd-coldplug</a> once, +at boot time, when mdevd is ready. The <tt>examples/s6-rc</tt> subdirectory of +the mdevd package shows a way to do this with the +<a href="//skarnet.org/softwre/s6-rc/">s6-rc</a> service manager. </li> </ul> <h2> Configuration file </h2> diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html index 2725faf..7775575 100644 --- a/doc/upgrade.html +++ b/doc/upgrade.html @@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ <h1> What has changed in mdevd </h1> +<h2> in 0.1.3.0 </h2> + +<ul> + <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/skalibs/">skalibs</a> +dependency bumped to 2.10.0.0. </li> + <li> A <tt>-C</tt> option has been added to +<a href="mdevd.html">mdevd</a>. This triggers a coldplug when +mdevd is ready, for faithful <tt>mdev -d</tt> emulation. </li> +</ul> + <h2> in 0.1.2.0 </h2> <ul> |