libraw1394 v2.0.8 released

[Stefan R. <st...@s5...>]

Hi all,

after needless delay, the next stable version 2.0.8 of libraw1394
(the Linux legacy programming interface to low-level IEEE 1394 I/O)
is out there.  The changes are:

    - Performance improvement:
      Configuration ROM access via raw1394_read() is dramatically faster
      and very robust now.  We read the kernel's Configuration ROM cache
      instead of the actual register of the FireWire device.  This should
      have been implemented already many years ago.

    - Interoperability fix:
      Internally retry raw1394_read/write/lock/lock64() after ack-busy
      response.  Most notably this fixes control of some older Panasonic-
      based camcorders, e.g. Panasonic NV-DX110, Panasonic AG-EZ30, and
      Grundig Scenos DLC 2000.

    - Small bug fixes.

Gitweb:
      https://git.kernel.org/?p=libs/ieee1394/libraw1394.git

Git clone:
      git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394.git
      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394.git

Tarball:
      https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394-2.0.8.tar.bz2
      https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394-2.0.8.tar.gz
      https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394-2.0.8.tar.xz
      https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394-2.0.8.tar.sign
      ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394-2.0.8.tar.bz2
      ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394-2.0.8.tar.gz
      ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394-2.0.8.tar.xz
      ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394-2.0.8.tar.sign

Due to kernel.org's upload mechanism, the gpg signature *.sign can only be
used to verify the *.tar after unpacking one of the *.tar.{bz2,gz,xz}.

Shortlog and diffstat since v2.0.8:

Peter Hurley (2):
      Reset device fd upon error condition in handle_inotify()
      Process multiple inotify events

Stefan Richter (5):
      redirect Config ROM reads into the kernel's ROM cache
      retry raw1394_read/write/lock/lock64 with delays after ack-busy
      Continue inotify event handling even after failure in one event
      Make a symbol static
      configure.ac, Changelog, NEWS etc.: update to version 2.0.8

 ChangeLog    |   24 ++++++++++
 NEWS         |    9 ++++
 configure.ac |    2 +-
 src/fw.c     |  116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 4 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
-- 
Stefan Richter
-=====-===-- --=- =--==
http://arcgraph.de/sr/