1 New in 1.3 - 2016-05-20
2 -----------------------
3 * Added ftdi_usb_get_strings2() to prevent automatic device close (Fahrzin Hemmati)
4 * Added ftdi_transfer_data_cancel() for cancellation of a submitted transfer,
5 avoided resubmittion of a canceled transfer in the callbacks,
6 replaced calls to libusb_handle_events with
7 libusb_handle_events_timeout_completed (Eugene Hutorny)
8 * ftdi_eeprom / eeprom handling:
9 * Add support for arbitrary user data (Salvador Eduardo Tropea)
10 * Add --build-eeprom support (Salvador Eduardo Tropea)
11 * Fix use_usb_version config file option (Thilo Schulz)
12 * Ability to include other config files in EEPROM config file (Thilo Schulz)
13 * Add external oscillator enable bit (Raphael Assenat)
14 * Support channel configuration (Stephan Linz)
15 * Added --device option to ftdi_eeprom to specify FTDI device (Robin Haberkorn)
16 * Fixed EEPROM user-area space checks for FT232R and FT245R chips (Robin Haberkorn)
17 * Various improvements to CBUS handling, including the EEPROM (Robin Haberkorn)
18 * swig wrapper: Fix handling of binary strings in ftdi_write_data()
19 for python 3 (xantares09)
20 * cbus python example code (Rodney Sinclair)
21 * ftdi_stream: fix timeout setting (Ларионов Даниил)
22 * Fixed typo in CBUS defines: CBUSG_DRIVE1 -> CBUSH_DRIVE1
24 New in 1.2 - 2014-11-21
25 -----------------------
26 * Support for FT230X devices (Uwe Bonnes)
27 * ftdi_usb_get_strings(): Don't try to open an already open device (Denis Sirotkin)
28 * Support for finding devices bricked by the Windows driver (Forest Crossman)
29 * cmake build system: New LibFTDI1ConfigVersion.cmake file (xantares09)
30 * Fix a typo in the MPSSE command CLK_BYTES_OR_LOW (Benjamin Vanheuverzwijn)
31 * Minor fixes for MSVC++ (Andrei Errapart)
32 * Various small code improvements (Florian Preinstorfer, Jochen Sprickerhof, xantares09)
34 New in 1.1 - 2014-02-05
35 -----------------------
36 * Fix FT232H eeprom suspend pulldown setting (Davide Michelizza)
37 * Fix FT232H eeprom user area size (Davide Michelizza)
38 * Improved mingw build (Paul Fertser and Michel Zou)
39 * C++ wrapper: Get/set functions for USB timeouts (Jochen Sprickerhof)
40 * Partial support for FT230X (Nathael Pajani)
41 * New API function: ftdi_eeprom_set_strings() (Nathael Pajani)
42 * Prevent possible segfault in ftdi_eeprom_decode() (Nathael Pajani)
43 * Save device release number in eeprom (Jarkko Sonninen)
44 * Fix "self powered" eeprom flag (Jarkko Sonninen)
45 * Improved python wrapper (Michel Zou)
46 * Many buildsystem improvements (Michel Zou and Mike Frysinger)
47 * See the git history for more changes and fixes
49 New in 1.0 - 2013-01-29
50 -----------------------
51 * Ported to libusb 1.x (initial work by Jie Zhang)
52 * Many eeprom handling improvements (Uwe Bonnes, Anders Larsen)
53 * Renamed pkconfig, library .so etc. files to "libftdi1" (Intra2net)
54 * ftdi_eeprom is part of libftdi now (Intra2net)
56 * New baudrate calculation code + unit tests (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
57 * Improved python bindings including python3 support (Michel Zou)
58 * Switched completely to cmake build system (Intra2net)
59 * cmake: Easy libftdi discovery via find_package() (Michel Zou)
60 * eeprom handling now done via get()/set() functions (Uwe Bonnes)
61 * C++ wrapper: Fixed use-after-free in List::find_all() (Intra2net)
62 * Documentation updates (Xiaofan Chen)
63 * See the git history for more changes and fixes
65 New in 0.20 - 2012-03-19
66 ------------------------
67 * Support for FT232H (Uwe Bonnes)
68 * Fixed install location of header files (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
69 * Backported serial_test tool from libftdi 1.x (Uwe Bonnes)
71 New in 0.19 - 2011-05-23
72 ------------------------
73 * Make kernel driver detach configurable (Thomas Klose)
74 * Correct ftdi_poll_modem_status() result code (Tom Saunders)
75 * cmake build system improvements (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
76 * Fix uninitialized memory access in async mode (Intra2net)
77 * Support for FT232R eeprom features (Hermann Kraus)
78 * Fix size returned by ftdi_read_data (Hermann Kraus)
79 * C++ wrapper: Fix infinite recursion in set_bitmode (Intra2net)
80 * Improvements to the python wrapper (Flynn Marquardt and Chris Zeh)
82 New in 0.18 - 2010-06-25
83 ------------------------
84 * Add ftdi_eeprom_free() to free allocated memory in eeprom (Wilfried Holzke)
85 * More generic error message for the FTDI kernel driver (Intra2net)
86 * Honor CPPFLAGS in python wrapper build (Alexander Lehmann)
87 * cmake: Fix package creation on 32-bit machines (Uwe Bonnes)
88 * Fix swig argument constraints (Intra2net)
89 * Don't segfault if device is closed or ftdi context is invalid (Intra2net)
90 * Ability to disable build of examples / documentation (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
91 * Fix typo in python wrapper build (Mike Frysinger)
92 * Autoconf build system improvements (Mike Frysinger)
94 New in 0.17 - 2009-12-19
95 ------------------------
96 * C++ wrapper: Reduced code duplication and small other changes (Intra2net)
97 * Deprecated old ftdi_enable_bitbang() function (Intra2net)
98 * New ftdi_usb_open_desc_index() function (Intra2net)
99 * Added baud rate test example code (Intra2net)
100 * New serial input example code (Jim Paris)
101 * Fix modem status byte filtering for USB high speed chips (Intra2net and Jim Paris)
102 * Add bitmode for synchronous fifo in FT2232H (Uwe Bonnes)
103 * Fix usb_set_configuration() call on Windows 64 (NIL)
104 * Fix usb index in ftdi_convert_baudrate() for FT2232H/FT4232H chips (Thimo Eichstaedt)
105 * Set initial baudrate on correct interface instead of always the first one (Thimo Eichstaedt)
106 * Call usb_set_configuration() on Windows only (Uwe Bonnes)
107 * 64 bit and other buildsystem fixes (Uwe Bonnes)
108 * Don't build --with-async-mode w/ libusb-compat-0.1 (Clifford Wolf)
109 * Functions for read/write of a single eeprom location (Oleg Seiljus)
110 * Protect against double close of usb device (Nathan Fraser)
111 * Fix out-of-tree-build in python wrapper (Aurelien Jarno)
112 * Autoconf and doxygen cleanup (Jim Paris)
114 New in 0.16 - 2009-05-08
115 ------------------------
116 * C++ wrapper: Reopen the device after calling get_strings() in Context::open() (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
117 * C++ wrapper: Fixed an inheritance problem (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
118 * C++ wrapper: Relicensed under GPLv2 + linking exception (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
119 * Support for FT2232H and FT4232H (David Challis, Alex Harford and Intra2net)
120 * Support for mingw cross compile (Uwe Bonnes)
121 * Python bindings and minor autoconf cleanup (Tarek Heiland)
122 * Code cleanup in various places (Intra2net)
123 * Fixed ftdi_read_chipid in some cases (Matthias Richter)
124 * eeprom decode function and small cleanups (Marius Kintel)
125 * cmake system improvements (Marius Kintel and Intra2net)
126 * Fix compilation in -ansi -pedantic mode (Matthias Janke)
128 New in 0.15 - 2008-12-19
129 ------------------------
130 * Full C++ wrapper. Needs boost (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
131 * cmake rules (Marek Vavruša)
133 New in 0.14 - 2008-09-09
134 ------------------------
135 * Fixed flow control code for second FT2232 interface (Marek Vavruša)
136 * Ability to set flow control via one USB call (Marek Vavruša)
137 * 64 bit build support in the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes)
138 * Small fix to the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes)
139 * Ability to set RS232 break type (Intra2net)
140 * Grouped flow control and modem status code together (Intra2net)
142 New in 0.13 - 2008-06-13
143 ------------------------
144 * Build .spec file via configure.in (Intra2net)
145 * Fixed "libusb-config --cflags" call (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
146 * Always set usb configuration (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
147 * Improved libusb-win32 support (Mike Frysinger)
149 New in 0.12 - 2008-04-16
150 ------------------------
151 * Fix build of documentation for "out of tree" builds
152 * Fix USB config descriptor in the eeprom (Juergen Beisert)
153 * Ability to purge RX/TX buffers separately (Arnim Läuger)
154 * Setting of event and error character (Arnim Läuger)
155 * Poll modem status function (Arnim Läuger and Intra2net)
156 * Updated documentation and created AUTHORS file
158 New in 0.11 - 2008-03-01
159 ------------------------
160 * Vala bindings helper functions (ftdi_new, ftdi_free, ftdi_list_free2) (Even Nermerson)
161 * Support for different EEPROM sizes (Andrew John Rogers, andrew@rogerstech.co.uk)
162 * Async write support. Linux only and no error handling.
163 You have to enable it via --with-async-mode.
164 * Detection of R-type chips
165 * FTDIChip-ID read support (Peter Holik)
167 New in 0.10 - 2007-05-08
168 ------------------------
169 * Examples for libftdi_usb_find_all and CBUS mode
170 * Fixed ftdi_list_free
171 * Small cosmetic changes
173 New in 0.9 - 2007-02-09
174 -----------------------
175 * Fixed build without doxygen
176 * Correct .so file library version
178 New in 0.8 - 2007-02-08
179 -----------------------
180 * Complete doxygen documentation and examples
181 * Extended FT2232C bitbang mode example code (Max)
182 * ftdi_usb_get_strings function to get device ID strings (Matthijs ten Berge)
183 * Fix ftdi_read_pins on PowerPC systems (Thomas Fischl)
184 * Automatically detach ftdi_sio kernel driver (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
185 * Configurable flow control (Lorenz Moesenlechner and Matthias Kranz)
187 New in 0.7 - 2005-10-11
188 -----------------------
189 * Baudrate calculation fix for FT2232C (Steven Turner/FTDI)
190 * Find all devices by vendor/product id (Tim Ansell and Intra2net)
191 * Documentation updates (Tim Ansell)
193 New in 0.6 - 2005-04-24
194 -----------------------
195 * Set library version on .so file again
196 * Configurable serial line parameters (Alain Abbas)
197 * Improved filtering of status bytes (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
198 * Extended FT2232C support (Uwe Bonnes)
199 * Small improvement to the baudrate calculation code (Emil)
200 * Error handling cleanup (Rogier Wolff and Intra2net)
202 New in 0.5 - 2004-09-24
203 -----------------------
206 * Status byte filtering now works for "big" readbuffer sizes (Thanks Evgeny!)
207 * Open device by description and/or serial (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
208 * Improved error handling (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
210 New in 0.4 - 2004-06-15
211 -----------------------
212 * Fixed filtering of status bytes (Readbuffer size is now 64 bytes)
213 * FT2232C support (Steven Turner/FTDI)
214 * New baudrate calculation code (Ian Abbott)
215 * Automatic detection of chip type
216 * Important: ftdi_write_data now returns the bytes written
217 * Fixed defaults values in ftdi_eeprom_initdefaults (Jean-Daniel Merkli)
218 * Reset internal readbuffer offsets for reset()/purge_buffers()
219 * Small typo fixes (Mark Haemmerling)
221 New in 0.3 - 2004-03-25
222 -----------------------
223 * Improved read function which takes arbitrary input buffer sizes
224 Attention: Call ftdi_deinit() on exit to free used memory
225 * Vastly increased read/write performance (configurable chunksize, default is 4096)
226 * Set/get latency timer function working (Thanks Steven Turner/FTDI)
227 * Increased library version because the changes require recompilation
229 New in 0.2 - 2004-01-03
230 -----------------------
231 * EEPROM build fix by Daniel Kirkham (Melbourne, Australia)
232 * Implemented basic ftdi_read_data() function
235 New in 0.1 - 2003-06-10
236 -----------------------
237 * First public release
git://developer.intra2net.com / libftdi / blob