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1New in 1.0rc1 - 2013-01-XX
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3* Ported to libusb 1.x (initial work by Jie Zhang)
4* Many eeprom handling improvements (Uwe Bonnes, Anders Larsen)
5* Renamed pkconfig, library .so etc. files to "libftdi1" (Intra2net)
6* ftdi_eeprom is part of libftdi now (Intra2net)
7
8* New baudrate calculation code + unit tests (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
9* Improved python bindings including python3 support (Michel Zou)
10* Switched completly to cmake build system (Intra2net)
11* eeprom handling now done via get()/set() functions (Uwe Bonnes)
12* C++ wrapper: Fixed use-after-free in List::find_all() (Intra2net)
13* See the git history for more changes and fixes
14
15New in 0.20 - 2012-03-19
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17* Support for FT232H (Uwe Bonnes)
18* Fixed install location of header files (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
19* Backported serial_test tool from libftdi 1.x (Uwe Bonnes)
20
21New in 0.19 - 2011-05-23
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23* Make kernel driver detach configurable (Thomas Klose)
24* Correct ftdi_poll_modem_status() result code (Tom Saunders)
25* cmake build system improvements (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
26* Fix uninitialized memory access in async mode (Intra2net)
27* Support for FT232R eeprom features (Hermann Kraus)
28* Fix size returned by ftdi_read_data (Hermann Kraus)
29* C++ wrapper: Fix infinite recursion in set_bitmode (Intra2net)
30* Improvements to the python wrapper (Flynn Marquardt and Chris Zeh)
31
32New in 0.18 - 2010-06-25
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34* Add ftdi_eeprom_free() to free allocated memory in eeprom (Wilfried Holzke)
35* More generic error message for the FTDI kernel driver (Intra2net)
36* Honor CPPFLAGS in python wrapper build (Alexander Lehmann)
37* cmake: Fix package creation on 32-bit machines (Uwe Bonnes)
38* Fix swig argument constraints (Intra2net)
39* Don't segfault if device is closed or ftdi context is invalid (Intra2net)
40* Ability to disable build of examples / documentation (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
41* Fix typo in python wrapper build (Mike Frysinger)
42* Autoconf build system improvements (Mike Frysinger)
43
44New in 0.17 - 2009-12-19
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46* C++ wrapper: Reduced code duplication and small other changes (Intra2net)
47* Deprecated old ftdi_enable_bitbang() function (Intra2net)
48* New ftdi_usb_open_desc_index() function (Intra2net)
49* Added baud rate test example code (Intra2net)
50* New serial input example code (Jim Paris)
51* Fix modem status byte filtering for USB high speed chips (Intra2net and Jim Paris)
52* Add bitmode for synchronous fifo in FT2232H (Uwe Bonnes)
53* Fix usb_set_configuration() call on Windows 64 (NIL)
54* Fix usb index in ftdi_convert_baudrate() for FT2232H/FT4232H chips (Thimo Eichstaedt)
55* Set initial baudrate on correct interface instead of always the first one (Thimo Eichstaedt)
56* Call usb_set_configuration() on Windows only (Uwe Bonnes)
57* 64 bit and other buildsystem fixes (Uwe Bonnes)
58* Don't build --with-async-mode w/ libusb-compat-0.1 (Clifford Wolf)
59* Functions for read/write of a single eeprom location (Oleg Seiljus)
60* Protect against double close of usb device (Nathan Fraser)
61* Fix out-of-tree-build in python wrapper (Aurelien Jarno)
62* Autoconf and doxygen cleanup (Jim Paris)
63
64New in 0.16 - 2009-05-08
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66* C++ wrapper: Reopen the device after calling get_strings() in Context::open() (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
67* C++ wrapper: Fixed an inheritance problem (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
68* C++ wrapper: Relicensed under GPLv2 + linking exception (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
69* Support for FT2232H and FT4232H (David Challis, Alex Harford and Intra2net)
70* Support for mingw cross compile (Uwe Bonnes)
71* Python bindings and minor autoconf cleanup (Tarek Heiland)
72* Code cleanup in various places (Intra2net)
73* Fixed ftdi_read_chipid in some cases (Matthias Richter)
74* eeprom decode function and small cleanups (Marius Kintel)
75* cmake system improvements (Marius Kintel and Intra2net)
76* Fix compilation in -ansi -pedantic mode (Matthias Janke)
77
78New in 0.15 - 2008-12-19
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80* Full C++ wrapper. Needs boost (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
81* cmake rules (Marek Vavruša)
82
83New in 0.14 - 2008-09-09
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85* Fixed flow control code for second FT2232 interface (Marek Vavruša)
86* Ability to set flow control via one USB call (Marek Vavruša)
87* 64 bit build support in the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes)
88* Small fix to the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes)
89* Ability to set RS232 break type (Intra2net)
90* Grouped flow control and modem status code together (Intra2net)
91
92New in 0.13 - 2008-06-13
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94* Build .spec file via configure.in (Intra2net)
95* Fixed "libusb-config --cflags" call (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
96* Always set usb configuration (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
97* Improved libusb-win32 support (Mike Frysinger)
98
99New in 0.12 - 2008-04-16
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101* Fix build of documentation for "out of tree" builds
102* Fix USB config descriptor in the eeprom (Juergen Beisert)
103* Ability to purge RX/TX buffers separately (Arnim Läuger)
104* Setting of event and error character (Arnim Läuger)
105* Poll modem status function (Arnim Läuger and Intra2net)
106* Updated documentation and created AUTHORS file
107
108New in 0.11 - 2008-03-01
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110* Vala bindings helper functions (ftdi_new, ftdi_free, ftdi_list_free2) (Even Nermerson)
111* Support for different EEPROM sizes (Andrew John Rogers, andrew@rogerstech.co.uk)
112* Async write support. Linux only and no error handling.
113 You have to enable it via --with-async-mode.
114* Detection of R-type chips
115* FTDIChip-ID read support (Peter Holik)
116
117New in 0.10 - 2007-05-08
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119* Examples for libftdi_usb_find_all and CBUS mode
120* Fixed ftdi_list_free
121* Small cosmetic changes
122
123New in 0.9 - 2007-02-09
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125* Fixed build without doxygen
126* Correct .so file library version
127
128New in 0.8 - 2007-02-08
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130* Complete doxygen documentation and examples
131* Extended FT2232C bitbang mode example code (Max)
132* ftdi_usb_get_strings function to get device ID strings (Matthijs ten Berge)
133* Fix ftdi_read_pins on PowerPC systems (Thomas Fischl)
134* Automatically detach ftdi_sio kernel driver (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
135* Configurable flow control (Lorenz Moesenlechner and Matthias Kranz)
136
137New in 0.7 - 2005-10-11
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139* Baudrate calculation fix for FT2232C (Steven Turner/FTDI)
140* Find all devices by vendor/product id (Tim Ansell and Intra2net)
141* Documentation updates (Tim Ansell)
142
143New in 0.6 - 2005-04-24
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145* Set library version on .so file again
146* Configurable serial line parameters (Alain Abbas)
147* Improved filtering of status bytes (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
148* Extended FT2232C support (Uwe Bonnes)
149* Small improvement to the baudrate calculation code (Emil)
150* Error handling cleanup (Rogier Wolff and Intra2net)
151
152New in 0.5 - 2004-09-24
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154* New autoconf suite
155* pkgconfig support
156* Status byte filtering now works for "big" readbuffer sizes (Thanks Evgeny!)
157* Open device by description and/or serial (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
158* Improved error handling (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
159
160New in 0.4 - 2004-06-15
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162* Fixed filtering of status bytes (Readbuffer size is now 64 bytes)
163* FT2232C support (Steven Turner/FTDI)
164* New baudrate calculation code (Ian Abbott)
165* Automatic detection of chip type
166* Important: ftdi_write_data now returns the bytes written
167* Fixed defaults values in ftdi_eeprom_initdefaults (Jean-Daniel Merkli)
168* Reset internal readbuffer offsets for reset()/purge_buffers()
169* Small typo fixes (Mark Haemmerling)
170
171New in 0.3 - 2004-03-25
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173* Improved read function which takes arbitrary input buffer sizes
174 Attention: Call ftdi_deinit() on exit to free used memory
175* Vastly increased read/write performance (configurable chunksize, default is 4096)
176* Set/get latency timer function working (Thanks Steven Turner/FTDI)
177* Increased library version because the changes require recompilation
178
179New in 0.2 - 2004-01-03
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181* EEPROM build fix by Daniel Kirkham (Melbourne, Australia)
182* Implemented basic ftdi_read_data() function
183* EEPROM write fixes
184
185New in 0.1 - 2003-06-10
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187* First public release