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