1 New in 0.20 - 2012-03-19
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3 * Support for FT232H (Uwe Bonnes)
4 * Fixed install location of header files (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
5 * Backported serial_test tool from libftdi 1.x (Uwe Bonnes)
7 New in 0.19 - 2011-05-23
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9 * Make kernel driver detach configurable (Thomas Klose)
10 * Correct ftdi_poll_modem_status() result code (Tom Saunders)
11 * cmake build system improvements (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
12 * Fix uninitialized memory access in async mode (Intra2net)
13 * Support for FT232R eeprom features (Hermann Kraus)
14 * Fix size returned by ftdi_read_data (Hermann Kraus)
15 * C++ wrapper: Fix infinite recursion in set_bitmode (Intra2net)
16 * Improvements to the python wrapper (Flynn Marquardt and Chris Zeh)
18 New in 0.18 - 2010-06-25
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20 * Add ftdi_eeprom_free() to free allocated memory in eeprom (Wilfried Holzke)
21 * More generic error message for the FTDI kernel driver (Intra2net)
22 * Honor CPPFLAGS in python wrapper build (Alexander Lehmann)
23 * cmake: Fix package creation on 32-bit machines (Uwe Bonnes)
24 * Fix swig argument constraints (Intra2net)
25 * Don't segfault if device is closed or ftdi context is invalid (Intra2net)
26 * Ability to disable build of examples / documentation (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
27 * Fix typo in python wrapper build (Mike Frysinger)
28 * Autoconf build system improvements (Mike Frysinger)
30 New in 0.17 - 2009-12-19
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32 * C++ wrapper: Reduced code duplication and small other changes (Intra2net)
33 * Deprecated old ftdi_enable_bitbang() function (Intra2net)
34 * New ftdi_usb_open_desc_index() function (Intra2net)
35 * Added baud rate test example code (Intra2net)
36 * New serial input example code (Jim Paris)
37 * Fix modem status byte filtering for USB high speed chips (Intra2net and Jim Paris)
38 * Add bitmode for synchronous fifo in FT2232H (Uwe Bonnes)
39 * Fix usb_set_configuration() call on Windows 64 (NIL)
40 * Fix usb index in ftdi_convert_baudrate() for FT2232H/FT4232H chips (Thimo Eichstaedt)
41 * Set initial baudrate on correct interface instead of always the first one (Thimo Eichstaedt)
42 * Call usb_set_configuration() on Windows only (Uwe Bonnes)
43 * 64 bit and other buildsystem fixes (Uwe Bonnes)
44 * Don't build --with-async-mode w/ libusb-compat-0.1 (Clifford Wolf)
45 * Functions for read/write of a single eeprom location (Oleg Seiljus)
46 * Protect against double close of usb device (Nathan Fraser)
47 * Fix out-of-tree-build in python wrapper (Aurelien Jarno)
48 * Autoconf and doxygen cleanup (Jim Paris)
50 New in 0.16 - 2009-05-08
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52 * C++ wrapper: Reopen the device after calling get_strings() in Context::open() (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
53 * C++ wrapper: Fixed an inheritance problem (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
54 * C++ wrapper: Relicensed under GPLv2 + linking exception (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
55 * Support for FT2232H and FT4232H (David Challis, Alex Harford and Intra2net)
56 * Support for mingw cross compile (Uwe Bonnes)
57 * Python bindings and minor autoconf cleanup (Tarek Heiland)
58 * Code cleanup in various places (Intra2net)
59 * Fixed ftdi_read_chipid in some cases (Matthias Richter)
60 * eeprom decode function and small cleanups (Marius Kintel)
61 * cmake system improvements (Marius Kintel and Intra2net)
62 * Fix compilation in -ansi -pedantic mode (Matthias Janke)
64 New in 0.15 - 2008-12-19
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66 * Full C++ wrapper. Needs boost (Marek Vavruša and Intra2net)
67 * cmake rules (Marek Vavruša)
69 New in 0.14 - 2008-09-09
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71 * Fixed flow control code for second FT2232 interface (Marek Vavruša)
72 * Ability to set flow control via one USB call (Marek Vavruša)
73 * 64 bit build support in the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes)
74 * Small fix to the RPM spec file (Uwe Bonnes)
75 * Ability to set RS232 break type (Intra2net)
76 * Grouped flow control and modem status code together (Intra2net)
78 New in 0.13 - 2008-06-13
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80 * Build .spec file via configure.in (Intra2net)
81 * Fixed "libusb-config --cflags" call (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
82 * Always set usb configuration (Mike Frysinger and Intra2net)
83 * Improved libusb-win32 support (Mike Frysinger)
85 New in 0.12 - 2008-04-16
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87 * Fix build of documentation for "out of tree" builds
88 * Fix USB config descriptor in the eeprom (Juergen Beisert)
89 * Ability to purge RX/TX buffers separately (Arnim Läuger)
90 * Setting of event and error character (Arnim Läuger)
91 * Poll modem status function (Arnim Läuger and Intra2net)
92 * Updated documentation and created AUTHORS file
94 New in 0.11 - 2008-03-01
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96 * Vala bindings helper functions (ftdi_new, ftdi_free, ftdi_list_free2) (Even Nermerson)
97 * Support for different EEPROM sizes (Andrew John Rogers, andrew@rogerstech.co.uk)
98 * Async write support. Linux only and no error handling.
99 You have to enable it via --with-async-mode.
100 * Detection of R-type chips
101 * FTDIChip-ID read support (Peter Holik)
103 New in 0.10 - 2007-05-08
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105 * Examples for libftdi_usb_find_all and CBUS mode
106 * Fixed ftdi_list_free
107 * Small cosmetic changes
109 New in 0.9 - 2007-02-09
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111 * Fixed build without doxygen
112 * Correct .so file library version
114 New in 0.8 - 2007-02-08
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116 * Complete doxygen documentation and examples
117 * Extended FT2232C bitbang mode example code (Max)
118 * ftdi_usb_get_strings function to get device ID strings (Matthijs ten Berge)
119 * Fix ftdi_read_pins on PowerPC systems (Thomas Fischl)
120 * Automatically detach ftdi_sio kernel driver (Uwe Bonnes and Intra2net)
121 * Configurable flow control (Lorenz Moesenlechner and Matthias Kranz)
123 New in 0.7 - 2005-10-11
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125 * Baudrate calculation fix for FT2232C (Steven Turner/FTDI)
126 * Find all devices by vendor/product id (Tim Ansell and Intra2net)
127 * Documentation updates (Tim Ansell)
129 New in 0.6 - 2005-04-24
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131 * Set library version on .so file again
132 * Configurable serial line parameters (Alain Abbas)
133 * Improved filtering of status bytes (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
134 * Extended FT2232C support (Uwe Bonnes)
135 * Small improvement to the baudrate calculation code (Emil)
136 * Error handling cleanup (Rogier Wolff and Intra2net)
138 New in 0.5 - 2004-09-24
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142 * Status byte filtering now works for "big" readbuffer sizes (Thanks Evgeny!)
143 * Open device by description and/or serial (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
144 * Improved error handling (Evgeny Sinelnikov)
146 New in 0.4 - 2004-06-15
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148 * Fixed filtering of status bytes (Readbuffer size is now 64 bytes)
149 * FT2232C support (Steven Turner/FTDI)
150 * New baudrate calculation code (Ian Abbott)
151 * Automatic detection of chip type
152 * Important: ftdi_write_data now returns the bytes written
153 * Fixed defaults values in ftdi_eeprom_initdefaults (Jean-Daniel Merkli)
154 * Reset internal readbuffer offsets for reset()/purge_buffers()
155 * Small typo fixes (Mark Haemmerling)
157 New in 0.3 - 2004-03-25
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159 * Improved read function which takes arbitrary input buffer sizes
160 Attention: Call ftdi_deinit() on exit to free used memory
161 * Vastly increased read/write performance (configurable chunksize, default is 4096)
162 * Set/get latency timer function working (Thanks Steven Turner/FTDI)
163 * Increased library version because the changes require recompilation
165 New in 0.2 - 2004-01-03
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167 * EEPROM build fix by Daniel Kirkham (Melbourne, Australia)
168 * Implemented basic ftdi_read_data() function
171 New in 0.1 - 2003-06-10
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173 * First public release
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