From 8ddce72c2c632abbe405d20b215040418f90b445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 14:07:12 +0200 Subject: Update NEWS --- NEWS | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7d8a14a..b3e1bc3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,33 @@ +What is new in 2.9 + + - Add "zero copy" support for kernel 2.6.35 or newer + + - Make maximum background requests tunable on kernel 2.6.32 or newer + + - Require --no-canonicalize in (u)mount (util-linux version 2.18 or + newer) to fix security problems with fusermount + + - Use dynamically sized hash tables in high level library + + - Memory use of filesystem daemon can shrink more easily + + - Add "auto_unmount" option + + - API changes: + + o Introduce "store" and "retrieve" for accessing kernel buffers on + kernel 2.6.36 or newer + + o Introduce abstract buffer for zero copy operations + + o Allow path calculation to be omitted on certain operations + + o Allow batching forget requests + + - Bug fixes and small improvements + +============================================================================ + What is new in 2.8 - More scalable directory tree locking @@ -20,6 +50,8 @@ What is new in 2.8 - Bugfixes and small improvements +============================================================================ + What is new in 2.7 - Stacking support for the high level API @@ -28,6 +60,8 @@ What is new in 2.7 - Improved mounting +============================================================================ + What is new in 2.6 - Improved read characteristics (asynchronous reads) @@ -44,6 +78,8 @@ What is new in 2.6 - Several bugs fixed, including a rare system hang on SMP +============================================================================ + What is new in 2.5 - Merge library part of FreeBSD port @@ -58,6 +94,8 @@ What is new in 2.5 - Lots of minor improvements and fixes +============================================================================ + What is new in 2.4 - Simplify device opening. Now '/dev/fuse' is a requirement @@ -83,6 +121,8 @@ What is new in 2.4 - Some bugfixes +============================================================================ + What is new in 2.3 - Add new directory related operations: opendir(), readdir(), @@ -96,6 +136,8 @@ What is new in 2.3 - Bugfixes +============================================================================ + What is new in 2.2 Userspace changes: -- cgit v1.2.3