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+18/07/2006 - Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com>
+ * Add subsystem in sysfs_device
+
+07/07/2006 - Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com>
+ * Add C++ compilation suport
+
+28/06/2006 - Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com>
+ * Add sysfs_open_device_tree()
+
+17/04/2006 - Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com>
+ * Add sysfs_open_link_list()
+
+12/07/2005 - Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com>
+ * Minor code cleanup in sysfs_class.c to conform to C99
+
+12/06/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Ship systool.1
+ * Update README CREDITS, AUTHORS, libsysfs.txt, systool.1
+
+12/05/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Add support for class:class_device representation
+
+11/28/2005 - Kay Sievers <Kay.Sievers@vrfy.org>
+ * Remove stale brute force code to determine device's
+ bus and device's driver
+
+11/28/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Add sysfs_get_driver_module()
+ * Remove sysfs_open_module_attr()
+
+11/25/2005 - Mohan Kumar <mohan@in.ibm.com>
+ * Documentation update
+ * Add missing function prototype in libsysfs.h
+
+11/25/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Other autotool updates
+
+11/25/2005 - Martin Schlemmer <azarah@nosferatu.za.org>
+ * KLIBC support for sysfsutils
+
+11/14/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * More class_devices now have a "parent"
+
+11/14/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Handle nested classes transparently
+
+10/31/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Check-in Mohan's dlist custom sorter + dlist memory leak fix
+
+10/31/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Check-in Dan's detach_state removal patch for 2_0_0 tag
+
+05/05/2005 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Moved sysfs_dir.c to sysfs_attr.c
+
+05/05/2005 - Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
+ * The check which tests whether the value to be written
+ into a sysfs attribute is already there should only
+ trigger if the length of both strings is the same.
+
+05/03/2005 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Added modules support to systool
+ * Renamed get_attributes_list() function to
+ get_dev_attributes_list() function
+ * Added new get_attributes_list() function that takes
+ a dlist and a path to directory of attributes
+ * Modified sysfs_module to grab parameters and sections
+ using new get_attributes_list() function
+ * Removed device children support from systool
+
+05/03/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Implemented /sys/modules support
+
+04/11/2005 - Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
+ * Update for building with klibc and udev, plus other small
+ fixes.
+
+03/06/2005 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * sysfs_directory, sysfs_link baggage is gone
+ * When an attribute is requested, _only_ that attribute
+ is "stat"ed and read
+ * APIs have been audited and only the relevent ones
+ have been retained.
+ * Fixed sysfs mount point to /sys
+
+04/06/2005 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Merged tag sysfsutils-1_3_0 with main trunk
+ * Created new sysfsutils-2_0_0 branch
+
+01/17/2005 - Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
+ * Fix dlist.c so it compiles with older gcc versions
+
+12/16/2004 - Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
+ * Fix sysfs_get_classdev_attr() for case when the
+ sysfs_directory vanishes from beneath us
+
+11/18/2004 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Check "driver" link under the device dir before
+ taking the "brute-force" route
+
+10/03/2004 - Arun Bhanu <arun@codemovers.org>
+ * docs - fix wrong return type in sysfs_read_dir_subdirs
+
+09/13/2004 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Patch systool to print error if sysfs
+ is not mounted
+
+09/10/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Changed version number in package files
+ to 1.2.0
+
+08/31/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Fix sysfs_open_link() failure path
+
+08/16/2004 - Eric J Bohm <bohm@gate.csgeeks.org>
+ * Custom sorting dlists patch
+
+08/16/2004 - Brian King <brking@us.ibm.com>
+ * Fix sysfs write only attributes bug
+
+07/16/2004 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Merged version 1.2.0 into main tree
+ * Tagged new branch - version 1.2.0
+
+03/31/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * More updates to docs/libsysfs.txt
+ * Updated NEWS and CREDITS files
+
+03/19/2004 - Dr. Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
+ * Fixed SEGV in dlist.c
+
+03/15/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Updated docs/libsysfs.txt for release 1.1.0
+
+03/12/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Modified string functions to use wrappers to take care
+ of potential buffer overflow issues
+
+03/08/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Remove "unsigned" declarations for prototype
+ compatibility per Lev Makhlis' suggestion
+
+03/08/2004 - Lev Makhlis <mlev@despammed.com>
+ * Changes for C++ compatibility
+
+03/08/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Changed version number in configure.ac to 1.1.0
+
+03/08/2004 - Martin Schlemmer <azarah@gentoo.org>
+ * Don't check for installed libsysfs while building
+ sysfsutils from the source package
+
+02/24/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added validation code for test defines
+ * Updated the README, libsyfs.txt and NEWS files
+ * Provided descriptive comments for the libsysfs.conf file
+
+02/19/2004 - Brian King <brking@us.ibm.com>
+ * Fixed memory leak in sysfs_read_attribute()
+
+02/19/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Set errnos correctly in the library
+ * Provided libsysfs.conf - the config file for the testsuite
+ and a script to create a test.h on the fly
+ * Added numerous testsuite updates
+
+02/13/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Patched code to fill sysfs_device->driver_name correctly
+
+02/12/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added Nitin Vashisth to AUTHORS
+ * Removed lsbus and its manpage
+ * Updated systool for better display
+ * Updated manpage for systool
+
+02/10/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Updated docs/libsysfs.txt
+
+02/09/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added testsuite in "test" directory
+ * Updated autotool scripts to build testsuite
+ * Changed version number to 1.0.0
+
+02/09/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Fixed miscellaneous issues in sysfs_device/driver.c sources
+
+02/04/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added list sorting support
+ * Exported get_device_bus()
+ * Removed sysfs_open_bus_device()
+ * Other cosmetic changes
+
+01/07/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Modified parameter order for "open" functions to make them
+ consistent
+
+01/07/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added additional CFLAGS for building lib and apps
+
+01/07/2004 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added numerous "refresh" functions
+ * Added funtion to remove trailing slash from paths
+ * Fixed sysfs_get_link() to handle different possibilities
+
+01/07/2004 - Martin Hicks <mort@bork.org>
+ * Fixed sysfs_get_class_device()
+
+12/26/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Removed unneeded functions
+ * Added APIs to get directory links, subdirs and attribs
+
+12/17/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Updated docs/libsysfs.txt for 0.4.0
+ * Made some miscallaneous changes in library
+
+12/16/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Added sysfs_get_device_parent() function
+
+12/15/2003 - Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
+ * Added initial version of manpages for lsbus and systool
+
+12/15/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Updated autotools for 0.4.0 - shared library will now
+ have version-info
+ * Fixed miscllaneous issues with library files
+ * Fixed names.c, systool.c and lsbus.c to free all allocated
+ memory
+
+12/12/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Miscllaneous changes - added new function definitions,
+ general code cleanup
+
+12/12/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Changed function prototypes for sysfs_open_* calls that
+ accept absolute path to have _path suffix
+ * Changed function prototypes that take the device/driver
+ bus/class and name to be normal sysfs_open_xxx()
+ * Changed sysfs_close_cls_dev() to be a static function
+
+12/12/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added function to open a driver knowing its name
+ and the bus it is on
+
+12/10/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added more optimization changes
+ * Added code to add and refresh attributes dynamically
+
+12/08/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Patched code for directory/attribute read optimization
+
+12/05/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Remove unused argument from sysfs_get_device_by_id()
+
+12/02/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Simplified routine to get bus a device is on
+
+12/02/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Patched code to use already available functions for
+ optimization.
+
+12/02/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Corrected sysfs_get_directory_attribute()
+
+12/01/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Removed usage of _DIR #defines
+ * Added functionality to obtain parent of a class device
+ * Added get_classdev_parent.c in test/. This file is not
+ built by default as of now
+
+11/27/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Updated library and utilities with the optimization patch
+
+11/24/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Removed getpagesize() usage (Dan)
+ * Added patch to postpone reading of attributes until
+ absolutely necessary
+ * Cleaned up sysfs_driver.c
+ * Changed stale sysutils references to sysfsutils
+
+11/04/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added code to consider "block" part of "class"
+ * Fixed systool to show driver details (if available)
+ when listing the class device
+ * Added bus to struct sysfs_device
+ * Modified "read_attr" functions for device/driver/classdev
+ to return a sysfs_attribute
+ * Modified test functions, added a test function to
+ demonstrate usage of "write" attribute functions
+ * Updated libsysfs.txt to reflect latest updates to the
+ library
+
+10/27/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Fixed bug in sysfs_get_name_from_path()
+ * Added code to check if SYSFS_PATH environment variable
+ is set
+ * Modified sysfs_get_link()
+ * Added "classname" to struct sysfs_class_device
+
+10/22/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Removed "block" subsystem support
+
+10/20/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added code to install header files (from include dir)
+ to /usr/local/include/ directory
+ * Added "read_attr" functions for device, driver and
+ class; simplified "write_attr" handling
+ * Made sysfs_get_directory_attribute() recurse subdirs
+ * Fixed potential bugs in sysfs_dir.c
+
+10/17/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Added "path" to device in sysfs_device structure
+
+10/15/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Fixed bug in sysfs_block.c (initrd)
+ * Fixed possible bug in systool.c
+
+10/15/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Changed get_devices_list to get_bus_devices_list
+ * Fixed usage messages in tests
+
+10/15/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added support for building shared library
+
+10/14/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Changed version number to 0.3.0
+ * Cleanups to remove warnings
+ * Remove perror usage
+
+10/10/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Modified the way systool displayed block devices
+
+10/09/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Updated docs/libsysfs.txt
+ * Fixed warning in cmd/names.c
+ * Modified "write" attribute functions to accept
+ length to write as a parameter
+ * Added functions sysfs_get_driver_attr(),
+ sysfs_get_blockdev_attr(), sysfs_get_classdev_attr()
+
+10/07/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Miscellaneous changes - renaming of some
+ functions, etc
+
+10/06/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Pruned "test" routines
+ * Corrected pci name decode in cmds
+
+10/01/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added number of utility routines in "test" directory
+ * Adapted PCI name decode support from Martin Mares'
+ pciutils
+
+09/30/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Modified routines to find device/driver on a bus
+ * Made some miscellaneous changes to use #defines
+ instead of hardcoding values
+
+09/29/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added "block" subsystem support
+ * Modified systool to use sysfs_root_device
+
+09/24/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added "write" attribute functions specific to device,
+ driver and class device.
+ * Removed generic write function
+ sysfs_change_attribue_value()
+ * Changed sysfs_open_device_by_name() to
+ sysfs_change_device_by_id()
+
+09/23/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Fixed "write" attribute functions.
+ * Removed sysfs_write_attribute_value()
+ * Added sysfs_change_attribute_value() - a wrapper for
+ sysfs_write_attribute()
+ * Simplified sysfs_get_device_attr()
+
+09/16/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Patch sysfs_close_driver() so as not to segfault when
+ during dlist shifting.
+
+09/15/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added sysfs_open_device_by_name() to open a device
+ given the device name
+ * Modified "name" field of sysfs_device to contain same
+ data as the "bus_id" field
+
+09/11/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added sysfs_open_driver_by_name() to open a driver and
+ its device, given the driver name
+
+09/09/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added sysfs_find_device_class() to find what class a
+ device is on
+
+09/05/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Add sysfs_open_bus_devices_list()
+ * Simplify sysfs_find_device_bus_name()
+
+09/04/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Simplified sysfs_open_bus_device
+
+08/29/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Removed "bus_name" from struct sysfs_device
+ * Updated NEWS, TODO and docs/libsysfs.txt files
+
+08/28/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added more utility functions to sysfsutils
+ * Modified commands to make use of the new functions
+ * Updated libsysfs.txt to reflect new structure modifications
+ * Added sysfs_open_subsystem_list() to get subsystem specific
+ lists from the library
+ * Added sysfs_close_list() - a generic list deletion routine
+
+08/28/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Added sysfs_root_device struct for modelling /sys/devices
+ path.
+
+08/28/2003 - Guo Min <min.guo@intel.com>
+ * Added "write" attribute support to sysfsutils
+
+08/28/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Changed sysfs_driver to contain a dlist of devices
+
+08/28/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Removed sysfs_driver reference from sysfs_device struct
+ * Fixed a few bugs in the commands.
+
+08/19/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Integrated Eric Bohm's dlist patch
+ * Integrated Eric Bohm's follow on patch adding dlist_for_each
+ * Changed chars to unsigned chars
+ * Reworked structures to be neater and to contain
+ sysfs_directories as private structures
+ * Added more functions for retrieving data like attributes
+ * Added some find functions
+
+08/06/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Patch to correct dprintf usage
+
+08/01/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added autoconf configuration support
+ * Modified IBM Copyright information
+
+08/01/2003 - Released version 0.1.1
+
+07/24/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Changed sysutils name to sysfsutils
+
+07/23/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Changed sysfs_dlink to sysfs_link, got rid of
+ sysfs_directory link for target char path.
+
+07/18/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Changed default systool and lsbus to just print
+ device info. Device info already prints drivers.
+
+07/10/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added printing binary attribute support to systool
+ and lsbus
+
+07/09/2003 - Lev Makhlis <mlev@despammed.com>
+ * Libsysfs code cleanup including:
+ - code simplification
+ - read-only strings
+ - C++ compatibility
+ - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Removed "-t" option
+
+07/08/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Created NEWS file listing version history
+
+07/07/2003 - Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com>
+ * Merged version 0.1.0 into main tree
+ * Tagged new branch - version 0.1.1
+
+07/07/2003 - Ananth Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
+ * Added parent reference to sysfs_device
+ * Added device reference to sysfs_driver
+
+06/30/2003 - Initial Version Released