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