1 New in 1.3 - 2016-04-xx
2 -----------------------
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)
8 Note: All other changes are not listed yet
10 New in 1.2 - 2014-11-21
11 -----------------------
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)
20 New in 1.1 - 2014-02-05
21 -----------------------
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
35 New in 1.0 - 2013-01-29
36 -----------------------
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)
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
51 New in 0.20 - 2012-03-19
52 ------------------------
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)
57 New in 0.19 - 2011-05-23
58 ------------------------
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)
68 New in 0.18 - 2010-06-25
69 ------------------------
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)
80 New in 0.17 - 2009-12-19
81 ------------------------
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)
100 New in 0.16 - 2009-05-08
101 ------------------------
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)
114 New in 0.15 - 2008-12-19
115 ------------------------
116 * Full C++ wrapper. Needs boost (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
117 * cmake rules (Marek Vavruša)
119 New in 0.14 - 2008-09-09
120 ------------------------
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)
128 New in 0.13 - 2008-06-13
129 ------------------------
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)
135 New in 0.12 - 2008-04-16
136 ------------------------
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
144 New in 0.11 - 2008-03-01
145 ------------------------
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)
153 New in 0.10 - 2007-05-08
154 ------------------------
155 * Examples for libftdi_usb_find_all and CBUS mode
156 * Fixed ftdi_list_free
157 * Small cosmetic changes
159 New in 0.9 - 2007-02-09
160 -----------------------
161 * Fixed build without doxygen
162 * Correct .so file library version
164 New in 0.8 - 2007-02-08
165 -----------------------
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)
173 New in 0.7 - 2005-10-11
174 -----------------------
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)
179 New in 0.6 - 2005-04-24
180 -----------------------
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)
188 New in 0.5 - 2004-09-24
189 -----------------------
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)
196 New in 0.4 - 2004-06-15
197 -----------------------
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)
207 New in 0.3 - 2004-03-25
208 -----------------------
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
215 New in 0.2 - 2004-01-03
216 -----------------------
217 * EEPROM build fix by Daniel Kirkham (Melbourne, Australia)
218 * Implemented basic ftdi_read_data() function
221 New in 0.1 - 2003-06-10
222 -----------------------
223 * First public release
git://developer.intra2net.com / libftdi / blob