1 New in 1.4rcX - 2017-07-XX
2 -----------------------
3 * New ftdi_usb_open_bus_addr() open function
4 * Use BM/R series baud rate computation for FT230X
5 * ftdi_get_error_string() now returns const char*
6 * C++ API: Ability to open devices with empty descriptor strings
7 * small build fixes and improvements in the python examples
8 * ftdi_eeprom / eeprom handling:
9 * New API function: ftdi_eeprom_get_strings()
10 * Fix USE_SERIAL handling for 230X type chips
11 * Make ftdi_read_eeprom_location() endianness independent
12 * Fix flashing of FT245R
14 New in 1.3 - 2016-05-20
15 -----------------------
16 * Added ftdi_usb_get_strings2() to prevent automatic device close (Fahrzin Hemmati)
17 * Added ftdi_transfer_data_cancel() for cancellation of a submitted transfer,
18 avoided resubmittion of a canceled transfer in the callbacks,
19 replaced calls to libusb_handle_events with
20 libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed (Eugene Hutorny)
21 * ftdi_eeprom / eeprom handling:
22 * Add support for arbitrary user data (Salvador Eduardo Tropea)
23 * Add --build-eeprom support (Salvador Eduardo Tropea)
24 * Fix use_usb_version config file option (Thilo Schulz)
25 * Ability to include other config files in EEPROM config file (Thilo Schulz)
26 * Add external oscillator enable bit (Raphael Assenat)
27 * Support channel configuration (Stephan Linz)
28 * Added --device option to ftdi_eeprom to specify FTDI device (Robin Haberkorn)
29 * Fixed EEPROM user-area space checks for FT232R and FT245R chips (Robin Haberkorn)
30 * Various improvements to CBUS handling, including the EEPROM (Robin Haberkorn)
31 * swig wrapper: Fix handling of binary strings in ftdi_write_data()
32 for python 3 (xantares09)
33 * cbus python example code (Rodney Sinclair)
34 * ftdi_stream: fix timeout setting (Ларионов Даниил)
35 * Fixed typo in CBUS defines: CBUSG_DRIVE1 -> CBUSH_DRIVE1
37 New in 1.2 - 2014-11-21
38 -----------------------
39 * Support for FT230X devices (Uwe Bonnes)
40 * ftdi_usb_get_strings(): Don't try to open an already open device (Denis Sirotkin)
41 * Support for finding devices bricked by the Windows driver (Forest Crossman)
42 * cmake build system: New LibFTDI1ConfigVersion.cmake file (xantares09)
43 * Fix a typo in the MPSSE command CLK_BYTES_OR_LOW (Benjamin Vanheuverzwijn)
44 * Minor fixes for MSVC++ (Andrei Errapart)
45 * Various small code improvements (Florian Preinstorfer, Jochen Sprickerhof, xantares09)
47 New in 1.1 - 2014-02-05
48 -----------------------
49 * Fix FT232H eeprom suspend pulldown setting (Davide Michelizza)
50 * Fix FT232H eeprom user area size (Davide Michelizza)
51 * Improved mingw build (Paul Fertser and Michel Zou)
52 * C++ wrapper: Get/set functions for USB timeouts (Jochen Sprickerhof)
53 * Partial support for FT230X (Nathael Pajani)
54 * New API function: ftdi_eeprom_set_strings() (Nathael Pajani)
55 * Prevent possible segfault in ftdi_eeprom_decode() (Nathael Pajani)
56 * Save device release number in eeprom (Jarkko Sonninen)
57 * Fix "self powered" eeprom flag (Jarkko Sonninen)
58 * Improved python wrapper (Michel Zou)
59 * Many buildsystem improvements (Michel Zou and Mike Frysinger)
60 * See the git history for more changes and fixes
62 New in 1.0 - 2013-01-29
63 -----------------------
64 * Ported to libusb 1.x (initial work by Jie Zhang)
65 * Many eeprom handling improvements (Uwe Bonnes, Anders Larsen)
66 * Renamed pkconfig, library .so etc. files to "libftdi1" (Intra2net)
67 * ftdi_eeprom is part of libftdi now (Intra2net)
69 * New baudrate calculation code + unit tests (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
70 * Improved python bindings including python3 support (Michel Zou)
71 * Switched completely to cmake build system (Intra2net)
72 * cmake: Easy libftdi discovery via find_package() (Michel Zou)
73 * eeprom handling now done via get()/set() functions (Uwe Bonnes)
74 * C++ wrapper: Fixed use-after-free in List::find_all() (Intra2net)
75 * Documentation updates (Xiaofan Chen)
76 * See the git history for more changes and fixes
78 New in 0.20 - 2012-03-19
79 ------------------------
80 * Support for FT232H (Uwe Bonnes)
81 * Fixed install location of header files (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
82 * Backported serial_test tool from libftdi 1.x (Uwe Bonnes)
84 New in 0.19 - 2011-05-23
85 ------------------------
86 * Make kernel driver detach configurable (Thomas Klose)
87 * Correct ftdi_poll_modem_status() result code (Tom Saunders)
88 * cmake build system improvements (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
89 * Fix uninitialized memory access in async mode (Intra2net)
90 * Support for FT232R eeprom features (Hermann Kraus)
91 * Fix size returned by ftdi_read_data (Hermann Kraus)
92 * C++ wrapper: Fix infinite recursion in set_bitmode (Intra2net)
93 * Improvements to the python wrapper (Flynn Marquardt and Chris Zeh)
95 New in 0.18 - 2010-06-25
96 ------------------------
97 * Add ftdi_eeprom_free() to free allocated memory in eeprom (Wilfried Holzke)
98 * More generic error message for the FTDI kernel driver (Intra2net)
99 * Honor CPPFLAGS in python wrapper build (Alexander Lehmann)
100 * cmake: Fix package creation on 32-bit machines (Uwe Bonnes)
101 * Fix swig argument constraints (Intra2net)
102 * Don't segfault if device is closed or ftdi context is invalid (Intra2net)
103 * Ability to disable build of examples / documentation (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
104 * Fix typo in python wrapper build (Mike Frysinger)
105 * Autoconf build system improvements (Mike Frysinger)
107 New in 0.17 - 2009-12-19
108 ------------------------
109 * C++ wrapper: Reduced code duplication and small other changes (Intra2net)
110 * Deprecated old ftdi_enable_bitbang() function (Intra2net)
111 * New ftdi_usb_open_desc_index() function (Intra2net)
112 * Added baud rate test example code (Intra2net)
113 * New serial input example code (Jim Paris)
114 * Fix modem status byte filtering for USB high speed chips (Intra2net and Jim Paris)
115 * Add bitmode for synchronous fifo in FT2232H (Uwe Bonnes)
116 * Fix usb_set_configuration() call on Windows 64 (NIL)
117 * Fix usb index in ftdi_convert_baudrate() for FT2232H/FT4232H chips (Thimo Eichstaedt)
118 * Set initial baudrate on correct interface instead of always the first one (Thimo Eichstaedt)
119 * Call usb_set_configuration() on Windows only (Uwe Bonnes)
120 * 64 bit and other buildsystem fixes (Uwe Bonnes)
121 * Don't build --with-async-mode w/ libusb-compat-0.1 (Clifford Wolf)
122 * Functions for read/write of a single eeprom location (Oleg Seiljus)
123 * Protect against double close of usb device (Nathan Fraser)
124 * Fix out-of-tree-build in python wrapper (Aurelien Jarno)
125 * Autoconf and doxygen cleanup (Jim Paris)
127 New in 0.16 - 2009-05-08
128 ------------------------
129 * C++ wrapper: Reopen the device after calling get_strings() in Context::open() (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
130 * C++ wrapper: Fixed an inheritance problem (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
131 * C++ wrapper: Relicensed under GPLv2 + linking exception (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
132 * Support for FT2232H and FT4232H (David Challis, Alex Harford and Intra2net)
133 * Support for mingw cross compile (Uwe Bonnes)
134 * Python bindings and minor autoconf cleanup (Tarek Heiland)
135 * Code cleanup in various places (Intra2net)
136 * Fixed ftdi_read_chipid in some cases (Matthias Richter)
137 * eeprom decode function and small cleanups (Marius Kintel)
138 * cmake system improvements (Marius Kintel and Intra2net)
139 * Fix compilation in -ansi -pedantic mode (Matthias Janke)
141 New in 0.15 - 2008-12-19
142 ------------------------
143 * Full C++ wrapper. Needs boost (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
144 * cmake rules (Marek Vavruša)
146 New in 0.14 - 2008-09-09
147 ------------------------
148 * Fixed flow control code for second FT2232 interface (Marek Vavruša)
149 * Ability to set flow control via one USB call (Marek Vavruša)
150 * 64 bit build support in the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes)
151 * Small fix to the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes)
152 * Ability to set RS232 break type (Intra2net)
153 * Grouped flow control and modem status code together (Intra2net)
155 New in 0.13 - 2008-06-13
156 ------------------------
157 * Build .spec file via configure.in (Intra2net)
158 * Fixed "libusb-config --cflags" call (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
159 * Always set usb configuration (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
160 * Improved libusb-win32 support (Mike Frysinger)
162 New in 0.12 - 2008-04-16
163 ------------------------
164 * Fix build of documentation for "out of tree" builds
165 * Fix USB config descriptor in the eeprom (Juergen Beisert)
166 * Ability to purge RX/TX buffers separately (Arnim Läuger)
167 * Setting of event and error character (Arnim Läuger)
168 * Poll modem status function (Arnim Läuger and Intra2net)
169 * Updated documentation and created AUTHORS file
171 New in 0.11 - 2008-03-01
172 ------------------------
173 * Vala bindings helper functions (ftdi_new, ftdi_free, ftdi_list_free2) (Even Nermerson)
174 * Support for different EEPROM sizes (Andrew John Rogers, andrew@rogerstech.co.uk)
175 * Async write support. Linux only and no error handling.
176 You have to enable it via --with-async-mode.
177 * Detection of R-type chips
178 * FTDIChip-ID read support (Peter Holik)
180 New in 0.10 - 2007-05-08
181 ------------------------
182 * Examples for libftdi_usb_find_all and CBUS mode
183 * Fixed ftdi_list_free
184 * Small cosmetic changes
186 New in 0.9 - 2007-02-09
187 -----------------------
188 * Fixed build without doxygen
189 * Correct .so file library version
191 New in 0.8 - 2007-02-08
192 -----------------------
193 * Complete doxygen documentation and examples
194 * Extended FT2232C bitbang mode example code (Max)
195 * ftdi_usb_get_strings function to get device ID strings (Matthijs ten Berge)
196 * Fix ftdi_read_pins on PowerPC systems (Thomas Fischl)
197 * Automatically detach ftdi_sio kernel driver (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
198 * Configurable flow control (Lorenz Moesenlechner and Matthias Kranz)
200 New in 0.7 - 2005-10-11
201 -----------------------
202 * Baudrate calculation fix for FT2232C (Steven Turner/FTDI)
203 * Find all devices by vendor/product id (Tim Ansell and Intra2net)
204 * Documentation updates (Tim Ansell)
206 New in 0.6 - 2005-04-24
207 -----------------------
208 * Set library version on .so file again
209 * Configurable serial line parameters (Alain Abbas)
210 * Improved filtering of status bytes (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
211 * Extended FT2232C support (Uwe Bonnes)
212 * Small improvement to the baudrate calculation code (Emil)
213 * Error handling cleanup (Rogier Wolff and Intra2net)
215 New in 0.5 - 2004-09-24
216 -----------------------
219 * Status byte filtering now works for "big" readbuffer sizes (Thanks Evgeny!)
220 * Open device by description and/or serial (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
221 * Improved error handling (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
223 New in 0.4 - 2004-06-15
224 -----------------------
225 * Fixed filtering of status bytes (Readbuffer size is now 64 bytes)
226 * FT2232C support (Steven Turner/FTDI)
227 * New baudrate calculation code (Ian Abbott)
228 * Automatic detection of chip type
229 * Important: ftdi_write_data now returns the bytes written
230 * Fixed defaults values in ftdi_eeprom_initdefaults (Jean-Daniel Merkli)
231 * Reset internal readbuffer offsets for reset()/purge_buffers()
232 * Small typo fixes (Mark Haemmerling)
234 New in 0.3 - 2004-03-25
235 -----------------------
236 * Improved read function which takes arbitrary input buffer sizes
237 Attention: Call ftdi_deinit() on exit to free used memory
238 * Vastly increased read/write performance (configurable chunksize, default is 4096)
239 * Set/get latency timer function working (Thanks Steven Turner/FTDI)
240 * Increased library version because the changes require recompilation
242 New in 0.2 - 2004-01-03
243 -----------------------
244 * EEPROM build fix by Daniel Kirkham (Melbourne, Australia)
245 * Implemented basic ftdi_read_data() function
248 New in 0.1 - 2003-06-10
249 -----------------------
250 * First public release
git://developer.intra2net.com / libftdi / blob