| 1 | New in 1.4rcX - 2017-04-XX |
| 2 | ----------------------- |
| 3 | * New ftdi_usb_open_bus_port() open function |
| 4 | * Use BM/R series baud rate computation for FT230X |
| 5 | * ftdi_get_error_string() now returns const char* |
| 6 | * small build fixes and improvements in the python examples |
| 7 | * ftdi_eeprom / eeprom handling: |
| 8 | * New API function: ftdi_eeprom_get_strings() |
| 9 | * Fix USE_SERIAL handling for 230X type chips |
| 10 | * Make ftdi_read_eeprom_location() endianness independent |
| 11 | * Fix flashing of FT245R |
| 12 | |
| 13 | New in 1.3 - 2016-05-20 |
| 14 | ----------------------- |
| 15 | * Added ftdi_usb_get_strings2() to prevent automatic device close (Fahrzin Hemmati) |
| 16 | * Added ftdi_transfer_data_cancel() for cancellation of a submitted transfer, |
| 17 | avoided resubmittion of a canceled transfer in the callbacks, |
| 18 | replaced calls to libusb_handle_events with |
| 19 | libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed (Eugene Hutorny) |
| 20 | * ftdi_eeprom / eeprom handling: |
| 21 | * Add support for arbitrary user data (Salvador Eduardo Tropea) |
| 22 | * Add --build-eeprom support (Salvador Eduardo Tropea) |
| 23 | * Fix use_usb_version config file option (Thilo Schulz) |
| 24 | * Ability to include other config files in EEPROM config file (Thilo Schulz) |
| 25 | * Add external oscillator enable bit (Raphael Assenat) |
| 26 | * Support channel configuration (Stephan Linz) |
| 27 | * Added --device option to ftdi_eeprom to specify FTDI device (Robin Haberkorn) |
| 28 | * Fixed EEPROM user-area space checks for FT232R and FT245R chips (Robin Haberkorn) |
| 29 | * Various improvements to CBUS handling, including the EEPROM (Robin Haberkorn) |
| 30 | * swig wrapper: Fix handling of binary strings in ftdi_write_data() |
| 31 | for python 3 (xantares09) |
| 32 | * cbus python example code (Rodney Sinclair) |
| 33 | * ftdi_stream: fix timeout setting (Ларионов Даниил) |
| 34 | * Fixed typo in CBUS defines: CBUSG_DRIVE1 -> CBUSH_DRIVE1 |
| 35 | |
| 36 | New in 1.2 - 2014-11-21 |
| 37 | ----------------------- |
| 38 | * Support for FT230X devices (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 39 | * ftdi_usb_get_strings(): Don't try to open an already open device (Denis Sirotkin) |
| 40 | * Support for finding devices bricked by the Windows driver (Forest Crossman) |
| 41 | * cmake build system: New LibFTDI1ConfigVersion.cmake file (xantares09) |
| 42 | * Fix a typo in the MPSSE command CLK_BYTES_OR_LOW (Benjamin Vanheuverzwijn) |
| 43 | * Minor fixes for MSVC++ (Andrei Errapart) |
| 44 | * Various small code improvements (Florian Preinstorfer, Jochen Sprickerhof, xantares09) |
| 45 | |
| 46 | New in 1.1 - 2014-02-05 |
| 47 | ----------------------- |
| 48 | * Fix FT232H eeprom suspend pulldown setting (Davide Michelizza) |
| 49 | * Fix FT232H eeprom user area size (Davide Michelizza) |
| 50 | * Improved mingw build (Paul Fertser and Michel Zou) |
| 51 | * C++ wrapper: Get/set functions for USB timeouts (Jochen Sprickerhof) |
| 52 | * Partial support for FT230X (Nathael Pajani) |
| 53 | * New API function: ftdi_eeprom_set_strings() (Nathael Pajani) |
| 54 | * Prevent possible segfault in ftdi_eeprom_decode() (Nathael Pajani) |
| 55 | * Save device release number in eeprom (Jarkko Sonninen) |
| 56 | * Fix "self powered" eeprom flag (Jarkko Sonninen) |
| 57 | * Improved python wrapper (Michel Zou) |
| 58 | * Many buildsystem improvements (Michel Zou and Mike Frysinger) |
| 59 | * See the git history for more changes and fixes |
| 60 | |
| 61 | New in 1.0 - 2013-01-29 |
| 62 | ----------------------- |
| 63 | * Ported to libusb 1.x (initial work by Jie Zhang) |
| 64 | * Many eeprom handling improvements (Uwe Bonnes, Anders Larsen) |
| 65 | * Renamed pkconfig, library .so etc. files to "libftdi1" (Intra2net) |
| 66 | * ftdi_eeprom is part of libftdi now (Intra2net) |
| 67 | |
| 68 | * New baudrate calculation code + unit tests (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net) |
| 69 | * Improved python bindings including python3 support (Michel Zou) |
| 70 | * Switched completely to cmake build system (Intra2net) |
| 71 | * cmake: Easy libftdi discovery via find_package() (Michel Zou) |
| 72 | * eeprom handling now done via get()/set() functions (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 73 | * C++ wrapper: Fixed use-after-free in List::find_all() (Intra2net) |
| 74 | * Documentation updates (Xiaofan Chen) |
| 75 | * See the git history for more changes and fixes |
| 76 | |
| 77 | New in 0.20 - 2012-03-19 |
| 78 | ------------------------ |
| 79 | * Support for FT232H (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 80 | * Fixed install location of header files (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net) |
| 81 | * Backported serial_test tool from libftdi 1.x (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 82 | |
| 83 | New in 0.19 - 2011-05-23 |
| 84 | ------------------------ |
| 85 | * Make kernel driver detach configurable (Thomas Klose) |
| 86 | * Correct ftdi_poll_modem_status() result code (Tom Saunders) |
| 87 | * cmake build system improvements (Evgeny Sinelnikov) |
| 88 | * Fix uninitialized memory access in async mode (Intra2net) |
| 89 | * Support for FT232R eeprom features (Hermann Kraus) |
| 90 | * Fix size returned by ftdi_read_data (Hermann Kraus) |
| 91 | * C++ wrapper: Fix infinite recursion in set_bitmode (Intra2net) |
| 92 | * Improvements to the python wrapper (Flynn Marquardt and Chris Zeh) |
| 93 | |
| 94 | New in 0.18 - 2010-06-25 |
| 95 | ------------------------ |
| 96 | * Add ftdi_eeprom_free() to free allocated memory in eeprom (Wilfried Holzke) |
| 97 | * More generic error message for the FTDI kernel driver (Intra2net) |
| 98 | * Honor CPPFLAGS in python wrapper build (Alexander Lehmann) |
| 99 | * cmake: Fix package creation on 32-bit machines (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 100 | * Fix swig argument constraints (Intra2net) |
| 101 | * Don't segfault if device is closed or ftdi context is invalid (Intra2net) |
| 102 | * Ability to disable build of examples / documentation (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net) |
| 103 | * Fix typo in python wrapper build (Mike Frysinger) |
| 104 | * Autoconf build system improvements (Mike Frysinger) |
| 105 | |
| 106 | New in 0.17 - 2009-12-19 |
| 107 | ------------------------ |
| 108 | * C++ wrapper: Reduced code duplication and small other changes (Intra2net) |
| 109 | * Deprecated old ftdi_enable_bitbang() function (Intra2net) |
| 110 | * New ftdi_usb_open_desc_index() function (Intra2net) |
| 111 | * Added baud rate test example code (Intra2net) |
| 112 | * New serial input example code (Jim Paris) |
| 113 | * Fix modem status byte filtering for USB high speed chips (Intra2net and Jim Paris) |
| 114 | * Add bitmode for synchronous fifo in FT2232H (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 115 | * Fix usb_set_configuration() call on Windows 64 (NIL) |
| 116 | * Fix usb index in ftdi_convert_baudrate() for FT2232H/FT4232H chips (Thimo Eichstaedt) |
| 117 | * Set initial baudrate on correct interface instead of always the first one (Thimo Eichstaedt) |
| 118 | * Call usb_set_configuration() on Windows only (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 119 | * 64 bit and other buildsystem fixes (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 120 | * Don't build --with-async-mode w/ libusb-compat-0.1 (Clifford Wolf) |
| 121 | * Functions for read/write of a single eeprom location (Oleg Seiljus) |
| 122 | * Protect against double close of usb device (Nathan Fraser) |
| 123 | * Fix out-of-tree-build in python wrapper (Aurelien Jarno) |
| 124 | * Autoconf and doxygen cleanup (Jim Paris) |
| 125 | |
| 126 | New in 0.16 - 2009-05-08 |
| 127 | ------------------------ |
| 128 | * C++ wrapper: Reopen the device after calling get_strings() in Context::open() (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net) |
| 129 | * C++ wrapper: Fixed an inheritance problem (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net) |
| 130 | * C++ wrapper: Relicensed under GPLv2 + linking exception (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net) |
| 131 | * Support for FT2232H and FT4232H (David Challis, Alex Harford and Intra2net) |
| 132 | * Support for mingw cross compile (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 133 | * Python bindings and minor autoconf cleanup (Tarek Heiland) |
| 134 | * Code cleanup in various places (Intra2net) |
| 135 | * Fixed ftdi_read_chipid in some cases (Matthias Richter) |
| 136 | * eeprom decode function and small cleanups (Marius Kintel) |
| 137 | * cmake system improvements (Marius Kintel and Intra2net) |
| 138 | * Fix compilation in -ansi -pedantic mode (Matthias Janke) |
| 139 | |
| 140 | New in 0.15 - 2008-12-19 |
| 141 | ------------------------ |
| 142 | * Full C++ wrapper. Needs boost (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net) |
| 143 | * cmake rules (Marek Vavruša) |
| 144 | |
| 145 | New in 0.14 - 2008-09-09 |
| 146 | ------------------------ |
| 147 | * Fixed flow control code for second FT2232 interface (Marek Vavruša) |
| 148 | * Ability to set flow control via one USB call (Marek Vavruša) |
| 149 | * 64 bit build support in the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 150 | * Small fix to the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 151 | * Ability to set RS232 break type (Intra2net) |
| 152 | * Grouped flow control and modem status code together (Intra2net) |
| 153 | |
| 154 | New in 0.13 - 2008-06-13 |
| 155 | ------------------------ |
| 156 | * Build .spec file via configure.in (Intra2net) |
| 157 | * Fixed "libusb-config --cflags" call (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net) |
| 158 | * Always set usb configuration (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net) |
| 159 | * Improved libusb-win32 support (Mike Frysinger) |
| 160 | |
| 161 | New in 0.12 - 2008-04-16 |
| 162 | ------------------------ |
| 163 | * Fix build of documentation for "out of tree" builds |
| 164 | * Fix USB config descriptor in the eeprom (Juergen Beisert) |
| 165 | * Ability to purge RX/TX buffers separately (Arnim Läuger) |
| 166 | * Setting of event and error character (Arnim Läuger) |
| 167 | * Poll modem status function (Arnim Läuger and Intra2net) |
| 168 | * Updated documentation and created AUTHORS file |
| 169 | |
| 170 | New in 0.11 - 2008-03-01 |
| 171 | ------------------------ |
| 172 | * Vala bindings helper functions (ftdi_new, ftdi_free, ftdi_list_free2) (Even Nermerson) |
| 173 | * Support for different EEPROM sizes (Andrew John Rogers, andrew@rogerstech.co.uk) |
| 174 | * Async write support. Linux only and no error handling. |
| 175 | You have to enable it via --with-async-mode. |
| 176 | * Detection of R-type chips |
| 177 | * FTDIChip-ID read support (Peter Holik) |
| 178 | |
| 179 | New in 0.10 - 2007-05-08 |
| 180 | ------------------------ |
| 181 | * Examples for libftdi_usb_find_all and CBUS mode |
| 182 | * Fixed ftdi_list_free |
| 183 | * Small cosmetic changes |
| 184 | |
| 185 | New in 0.9 - 2007-02-09 |
| 186 | ----------------------- |
| 187 | * Fixed build without doxygen |
| 188 | * Correct .so file library version |
| 189 | |
| 190 | New in 0.8 - 2007-02-08 |
| 191 | ----------------------- |
| 192 | * Complete doxygen documentation and examples |
| 193 | * Extended FT2232C bitbang mode example code (Max) |
| 194 | * ftdi_usb_get_strings function to get device ID strings (Matthijs ten Berge) |
| 195 | * Fix ftdi_read_pins on PowerPC systems (Thomas Fischl) |
| 196 | * Automatically detach ftdi_sio kernel driver (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net) |
| 197 | * Configurable flow control (Lorenz Moesenlechner and Matthias Kranz) |
| 198 | |
| 199 | New in 0.7 - 2005-10-11 |
| 200 | ----------------------- |
| 201 | * Baudrate calculation fix for FT2232C (Steven Turner/FTDI) |
| 202 | * Find all devices by vendor/product id (Tim Ansell and Intra2net) |
| 203 | * Documentation updates (Tim Ansell) |
| 204 | |
| 205 | New in 0.6 - 2005-04-24 |
| 206 | ----------------------- |
| 207 | * Set library version on .so file again |
| 208 | * Configurable serial line parameters (Alain Abbas) |
| 209 | * Improved filtering of status bytes (Evgeny Sinelnikov) |
| 210 | * Extended FT2232C support (Uwe Bonnes) |
| 211 | * Small improvement to the baudrate calculation code (Emil) |
| 212 | * Error handling cleanup (Rogier Wolff and Intra2net) |
| 213 | |
| 214 | New in 0.5 - 2004-09-24 |
| 215 | ----------------------- |
| 216 | * New autoconf suite |
| 217 | * pkgconfig support |
| 218 | * Status byte filtering now works for "big" readbuffer sizes (Thanks Evgeny!) |
| 219 | * Open device by description and/or serial (Evgeny Sinelnikov) |
| 220 | * Improved error handling (Evgeny Sinelnikov) |
| 221 | |
| 222 | New in 0.4 - 2004-06-15 |
| 223 | ----------------------- |
| 224 | * Fixed filtering of status bytes (Readbuffer size is now 64 bytes) |
| 225 | * FT2232C support (Steven Turner/FTDI) |
| 226 | * New baudrate calculation code (Ian Abbott) |
| 227 | * Automatic detection of chip type |
| 228 | * Important: ftdi_write_data now returns the bytes written |
| 229 | * Fixed defaults values in ftdi_eeprom_initdefaults (Jean-Daniel Merkli) |
| 230 | * Reset internal readbuffer offsets for reset()/purge_buffers() |
| 231 | * Small typo fixes (Mark Haemmerling) |
| 232 | |
| 233 | New in 0.3 - 2004-03-25 |
| 234 | ----------------------- |
| 235 | * Improved read function which takes arbitrary input buffer sizes |
| 236 | Attention: Call ftdi_deinit() on exit to free used memory |
| 237 | * Vastly increased read/write performance (configurable chunksize, default is 4096) |
| 238 | * Set/get latency timer function working (Thanks Steven Turner/FTDI) |
| 239 | * Increased library version because the changes require recompilation |
| 240 | |
| 241 | New in 0.2 - 2004-01-03 |
| 242 | ----------------------- |
| 243 | * EEPROM build fix by Daniel Kirkham (Melbourne, Australia) |
| 244 | * Implemented basic ftdi_read_data() function |
| 245 | * EEPROM write fixes |
| 246 | |
| 247 | New in 0.1 - 2003-06-10 |
| 248 | ----------------------- |
| 249 | * First public release |