--- Linux-AIO/Changes 2001/08/30 03:11:06 1.2 +++ Linux-AIO/Changes 2005/08/17 16:57:53 1.37 @@ -1,5 +1,97 @@ Revision history for Linux::AIO +This module has been mostly superseded by IO::AIO, which is API +compatible. + +* works on: ia32, amd64, alpha, sparc64. +* likely works on: s390, m68k, arm. +* unlikely to work on: ia64, hppa, v850, sparc32, mips64, ppc64. + +1.8 Wed Aug 17 18:56:14 CEST 2005 + - return immediately from poll_wait if nreqs==0. + - use and try to make it work. + - replaced tests by better ones by Brad Fitzpatrick. + - fix a bug where the data scalar would be truncated if + the data offset is != 0. + +1.71 Sun Jul 10 19:11:36 CEST 2005 + - aio_readahead was missing in 1.7. + - xs fixes for some perls. + - remind people to use absolute paths. + - add reference to IO::AIO, it's brother. + +1.7 Sun Jul 10 01:40:00 CEST 2005 + - further cleanups and simplifications. + - new functions: aio_fsync, aio_fdatasync, aio_readahead. + - vastly improved documentation. + +1.6 Fri Jul 8 01:17:04 CEST 2005 + - added changes for alpha, ia64, sparc64, hppa, v850 (thanks to Stefan Traby who + dedusted his old machines). + - added t/02_read.t. + +1.51 Sat Jul 2 15:18:21 CEST 2005 + - last release was borked. + - killing threads increases nreqs count infinitely. + - fixed a bug in queueing => many outstanding + requests lead to starvation. + - new function Linux::AIO::poll_wait. + - documented Linux::AIO::max_parallel. + +1.41 Thu Mar 3 18:00:52 CET 2005 + - change of contact address. + +1.4 Sat Jan 15 01:04:27 CET 2005 + - clarify licensing (same terms as perl itself). + +1.3 Sat Aug 7 17:25:31 CEST 2004 + - ported to AMD64, possibly other 64 bit architecturs + (inspired by Joshua Hoblitt). + - removed support for old libcs, kernels (2.2). + +1.2 Sun Jul 18 12:54:43 CEST 2004 + - do not clone signal handlers. + - when the parent thread dies, kill the child threads. + - added aio_unlink support (Brad Fitzpatrick ) + +1.1 Fri May 7 02:57:36 CEST 2004 + - the number of outstanding requests was limited by the + pipe buffer size. this limit has been removed. + - improve documentation of min_parallel. + - one thread will now be started by default. + +1.01 Thu May 6 14:16:08 CEST 2004 + - better support threaded perls. + +1.0 Wed May 5 15:54:23 CEST 2004 + - improved the documentation and made a 1.0 release. Whoopa! + +0.2 Wed May 5 12:13:02 CEST 2004 + - updates for 2.6 headers (syscalls were renamed). + +0.111 Sat May 18 23:47:12 CEST 2002 + - print a notice that this module won't run on lnux <2.4. + +0.11 Fri May 17 04:33:23 CEST 2002 + - actually fix the module to work on x86 (doesn't work on + most other architectures, though). + +0.1 Tue Apr 2 04:35:28 CEST 2002 + - use pread/pwrite instead of lseek+read/write. + - fixed syscall prototypes. + - add stat/lstat calls. + - fixed max_parallel deadlock problem. + - beginning of a testsuite. + - fixed aio_close. + - paths are now properly saved. + +0.011 Tue Dec 25 03:02:30 CET 2001 + - make it compile with 5.6.1 and maybe older versions. Boy is it + ugly now. + +0.01 Mon Oct 8 14:57:59 CEST 2001 + - fixed syntax errors so it compiles with gcc-2.95.4 as well. + 0.002 - added Changes, aio_open, aio_close.