1 New in 1.4rc1 - 2017-04-XX
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5 New in 1.3 - 2016-05-20
6 -----------------------
7 * Added ftdi_usb_get_strings2() to prevent automatic device close (Fahrzin Hemmati)
8 * Added ftdi_transfer_data_cancel() for cancellation of a submitted transfer,
9 avoided resubmittion of a canceled transfer in the callbacks,
10 replaced calls to libusb_handle_events with
11 libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed (Eugene Hutorny)
12 * ftdi_eeprom / eeprom handling:
13 * Add support for arbitrary user data (Salvador Eduardo Tropea)
14 * Add --build-eeprom support (Salvador Eduardo Tropea)
15 * Fix use_usb_version config file option (Thilo Schulz)
16 * Ability to include other config files in EEPROM config file (Thilo Schulz)
17 * Add external oscillator enable bit (Raphael Assenat)
18 * Support channel configuration (Stephan Linz)
19 * Added --device option to ftdi_eeprom to specify FTDI device (Robin Haberkorn)
20 * Fixed EEPROM user-area space checks for FT232R and FT245R chips (Robin Haberkorn)
21 * Various improvements to CBUS handling, including the EEPROM (Robin Haberkorn)
22 * swig wrapper: Fix handling of binary strings in ftdi_write_data()
23 for python 3 (xantares09)
24 * cbus python example code (Rodney Sinclair)
25 * ftdi_stream: fix timeout setting (Ларионов Даниил)
26 * Fixed typo in CBUS defines: CBUSG_DRIVE1 -> CBUSH_DRIVE1
28 New in 1.2 - 2014-11-21
29 -----------------------
30 * Support for FT230X devices (Uwe Bonnes)
31 * ftdi_usb_get_strings(): Don't try to open an already open device (Denis Sirotkin)
32 * Support for finding devices bricked by the Windows driver (Forest Crossman)
33 * cmake build system: New LibFTDI1ConfigVersion.cmake file (xantares09)
34 * Fix a typo in the MPSSE command CLK_BYTES_OR_LOW (Benjamin Vanheuverzwijn)
35 * Minor fixes for MSVC++ (Andrei Errapart)
36 * Various small code improvements (Florian Preinstorfer, Jochen Sprickerhof, xantares09)
38 New in 1.1 - 2014-02-05
39 -----------------------
40 * Fix FT232H eeprom suspend pulldown setting (Davide Michelizza)
41 * Fix FT232H eeprom user area size (Davide Michelizza)
42 * Improved mingw build (Paul Fertser and Michel Zou)
43 * C++ wrapper: Get/set functions for USB timeouts (Jochen Sprickerhof)
44 * Partial support for FT230X (Nathael Pajani)
45 * New API function: ftdi_eeprom_set_strings() (Nathael Pajani)
46 * Prevent possible segfault in ftdi_eeprom_decode() (Nathael Pajani)
47 * Save device release number in eeprom (Jarkko Sonninen)
48 * Fix "self powered" eeprom flag (Jarkko Sonninen)
49 * Improved python wrapper (Michel Zou)
50 * Many buildsystem improvements (Michel Zou and Mike Frysinger)
51 * See the git history for more changes and fixes
53 New in 1.0 - 2013-01-29
54 -----------------------
55 * Ported to libusb 1.x (initial work by Jie Zhang)
56 * Many eeprom handling improvements (Uwe Bonnes, Anders Larsen)
57 * Renamed pkconfig, library .so etc. files to "libftdi1" (Intra2net)
58 * ftdi_eeprom is part of libftdi now (Intra2net)
60 * New baudrate calculation code + unit tests (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
61 * Improved python bindings including python3 support (Michel Zou)
62 * Switched completely to cmake build system (Intra2net)
63 * cmake: Easy libftdi discovery via find_package() (Michel Zou)
64 * eeprom handling now done via get()/set() functions (Uwe Bonnes)
65 * C++ wrapper: Fixed use-after-free in List::find_all() (Intra2net)
66 * Documentation updates (Xiaofan Chen)
67 * See the git history for more changes and fixes
69 New in 0.20 - 2012-03-19
70 ------------------------
71 * Support for FT232H (Uwe Bonnes)
72 * Fixed install location of header files (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
73 * Backported serial_test tool from libftdi 1.x (Uwe Bonnes)
75 New in 0.19 - 2011-05-23
76 ------------------------
77 * Make kernel driver detach configurable (Thomas Klose)
78 * Correct ftdi_poll_modem_status() result code (Tom Saunders)
79 * cmake build system improvements (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
80 * Fix uninitialized memory access in async mode (Intra2net)
81 * Support for FT232R eeprom features (Hermann Kraus)
82 * Fix size returned by ftdi_read_data (Hermann Kraus)
83 * C++ wrapper: Fix infinite recursion in set_bitmode (Intra2net)
84 * Improvements to the python wrapper (Flynn Marquardt and Chris Zeh)
86 New in 0.18 - 2010-06-25
87 ------------------------
88 * Add ftdi_eeprom_free() to free allocated memory in eeprom (Wilfried Holzke)
89 * More generic error message for the FTDI kernel driver (Intra2net)
90 * Honor CPPFLAGS in python wrapper build (Alexander Lehmann)
91 * cmake: Fix package creation on 32-bit machines (Uwe Bonnes)
92 * Fix swig argument constraints (Intra2net)
93 * Don't segfault if device is closed or ftdi context is invalid (Intra2net)
94 * Ability to disable build of examples / documentation (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
95 * Fix typo in python wrapper build (Mike Frysinger)
96 * Autoconf build system improvements (Mike Frysinger)
98 New in 0.17 - 2009-12-19
99 ------------------------
100 * C++ wrapper: Reduced code duplication and small other changes (Intra2net)
101 * Deprecated old ftdi_enable_bitbang() function (Intra2net)
102 * New ftdi_usb_open_desc_index() function (Intra2net)
103 * Added baud rate test example code (Intra2net)
104 * New serial input example code (Jim Paris)
105 * Fix modem status byte filtering for USB high speed chips (Intra2net and Jim Paris)
106 * Add bitmode for synchronous fifo in FT2232H (Uwe Bonnes)
107 * Fix usb_set_configuration() call on Windows 64 (NIL)
108 * Fix usb index in ftdi_convert_baudrate() for FT2232H/FT4232H chips (Thimo Eichstaedt)
109 * Set initial baudrate on correct interface instead of always the first one (Thimo Eichstaedt)
110 * Call usb_set_configuration() on Windows only (Uwe Bonnes)
111 * 64 bit and other buildsystem fixes (Uwe Bonnes)
112 * Don't build --with-async-mode w/ libusb-compat-0.1 (Clifford Wolf)
113 * Functions for read/write of a single eeprom location (Oleg Seiljus)
114 * Protect against double close of usb device (Nathan Fraser)
115 * Fix out-of-tree-build in python wrapper (Aurelien Jarno)
116 * Autoconf and doxygen cleanup (Jim Paris)
118 New in 0.16 - 2009-05-08
119 ------------------------
120 * C++ wrapper: Reopen the device after calling get_strings() in Context::open() (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
121 * C++ wrapper: Fixed an inheritance problem (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
122 * C++ wrapper: Relicensed under GPLv2 + linking exception (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
123 * Support for FT2232H and FT4232H (David Challis, Alex Harford and Intra2net)
124 * Support for mingw cross compile (Uwe Bonnes)
125 * Python bindings and minor autoconf cleanup (Tarek Heiland)
126 * Code cleanup in various places (Intra2net)
127 * Fixed ftdi_read_chipid in some cases (Matthias Richter)
128 * eeprom decode function and small cleanups (Marius Kintel)
129 * cmake system improvements (Marius Kintel and Intra2net)
130 * Fix compilation in -ansi -pedantic mode (Matthias Janke)
132 New in 0.15 - 2008-12-19
133 ------------------------
134 * Full C++ wrapper. Needs boost (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
135 * cmake rules (Marek Vavruša)
137 New in 0.14 - 2008-09-09
138 ------------------------
139 * Fixed flow control code for second FT2232 interface (Marek Vavruša)
140 * Ability to set flow control via one USB call (Marek Vavruša)
141 * 64 bit build support in the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes)
142 * Small fix to the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes)
143 * Ability to set RS232 break type (Intra2net)
144 * Grouped flow control and modem status code together (Intra2net)
146 New in 0.13 - 2008-06-13
147 ------------------------
148 * Build .spec file via configure.in (Intra2net)
149 * Fixed "libusb-config --cflags" call (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
150 * Always set usb configuration (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
151 * Improved libusb-win32 support (Mike Frysinger)
153 New in 0.12 - 2008-04-16
154 ------------------------
155 * Fix build of documentation for "out of tree" builds
156 * Fix USB config descriptor in the eeprom (Juergen Beisert)
157 * Ability to purge RX/TX buffers separately (Arnim Läuger)
158 * Setting of event and error character (Arnim Läuger)
159 * Poll modem status function (Arnim Läuger and Intra2net)
160 * Updated documentation and created AUTHORS file
162 New in 0.11 - 2008-03-01
163 ------------------------
164 * Vala bindings helper functions (ftdi_new, ftdi_free, ftdi_list_free2) (Even Nermerson)
165 * Support for different EEPROM sizes (Andrew John Rogers, andrew@rogerstech.co.uk)
166 * Async write support. Linux only and no error handling.
167 You have to enable it via --with-async-mode.
168 * Detection of R-type chips
169 * FTDIChip-ID read support (Peter Holik)
171 New in 0.10 - 2007-05-08
172 ------------------------
173 * Examples for libftdi_usb_find_all and CBUS mode
174 * Fixed ftdi_list_free
175 * Small cosmetic changes
177 New in 0.9 - 2007-02-09
178 -----------------------
179 * Fixed build without doxygen
180 * Correct .so file library version
182 New in 0.8 - 2007-02-08
183 -----------------------
184 * Complete doxygen documentation and examples
185 * Extended FT2232C bitbang mode example code (Max)
186 * ftdi_usb_get_strings function to get device ID strings (Matthijs ten Berge)
187 * Fix ftdi_read_pins on PowerPC systems (Thomas Fischl)
188 * Automatically detach ftdi_sio kernel driver (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
189 * Configurable flow control (Lorenz Moesenlechner and Matthias Kranz)
191 New in 0.7 - 2005-10-11
192 -----------------------
193 * Baudrate calculation fix for FT2232C (Steven Turner/FTDI)
194 * Find all devices by vendor/product id (Tim Ansell and Intra2net)
195 * Documentation updates (Tim Ansell)
197 New in 0.6 - 2005-04-24
198 -----------------------
199 * Set library version on .so file again
200 * Configurable serial line parameters (Alain Abbas)
201 * Improved filtering of status bytes (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
202 * Extended FT2232C support (Uwe Bonnes)
203 * Small improvement to the baudrate calculation code (Emil)
204 * Error handling cleanup (Rogier Wolff and Intra2net)
206 New in 0.5 - 2004-09-24
207 -----------------------
210 * Status byte filtering now works for "big" readbuffer sizes (Thanks Evgeny!)
211 * Open device by description and/or serial (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
212 * Improved error handling (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
214 New in 0.4 - 2004-06-15
215 -----------------------
216 * Fixed filtering of status bytes (Readbuffer size is now 64 bytes)
217 * FT2232C support (Steven Turner/FTDI)
218 * New baudrate calculation code (Ian Abbott)
219 * Automatic detection of chip type
220 * Important: ftdi_write_data now returns the bytes written
221 * Fixed defaults values in ftdi_eeprom_initdefaults (Jean-Daniel Merkli)
222 * Reset internal readbuffer offsets for reset()/purge_buffers()
223 * Small typo fixes (Mark Haemmerling)
225 New in 0.3 - 2004-03-25
226 -----------------------
227 * Improved read function which takes arbitrary input buffer sizes
228 Attention: Call ftdi_deinit() on exit to free used memory
229 * Vastly increased read/write performance (configurable chunksize, default is 4096)
230 * Set/get latency timer function working (Thanks Steven Turner/FTDI)
231 * Increased library version because the changes require recompilation
233 New in 0.2 - 2004-01-03
234 -----------------------
235 * EEPROM build fix by Daniel Kirkham (Melbourne, Australia)
236 * Implemented basic ftdi_read_data() function
239 New in 0.1 - 2003-06-10
240 -----------------------
241 * First public release
git://developer.intra2net.com / libftdi / blob