Comedilib-0.7.21 and Comedi-0.7.67

A few days ago, I uploaded Comedilib-0.7.21, which fixes a bunch
of minor build problems.

I am currently uploading Comedi-0.7.67, too.  It has a _lot_ of
new code, bug fixes, etc., as this has been a long awaited release.
THIS IS A TEST RELEASE.  It works here, but don't immediately switch
your production machines :).  There will be additional releases soon,
as the bugs are shaken out.

The build system for .67 has been switched to autoconf/automake,
which is good because makes compiling for 2.6 easier (as well as
potentially making it possible to compile correctly against vendor
kernels).  However, it's bad, because for the most part, it's only
been tested on a few kernels and systems.  Thus, if you have
problems, don't be surprised, just file a bug[1].  If you don't
file bugs, the problems won't get fixed.

You'll need to know about two key differences with Comedi
configuration.  First is that drivers can no longer be selected
individually -- they're all enabled.  Second, run configure
with the option --with-linuxdir=/path/to/linux/source.  (If you're
lucky, it may detect your kernel source tree automatically.)

Also, if you want to compile Comedi against a vendor kernel, the
place to start hacking is m4/linux.m4.  You may also attempt
getting me to add support by attaching a failed config.log file
to a bug report.

Md5sums for the release tarballs are:

  bbea2609fdcb53a9989fb361150fb839  comedi-0.7.67.tar.gz
  677991e3c31e24410533b273965b00c5  comedilib-0.7.21.tar.gz



dave...


[1] https://cvs.comedi.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi

Received on 2003-08-21Z01:51:00