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6 nbdkit-release-notes-1.4 - release notes for nbdkit 1.4
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9 These are the release notes for nbdkit stable release 1.4. This
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12 nbdkit 1.4.0 was released on 6th July 2018.
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15 · You can write plugins in Tcl, see nbdkit-tcl-plugin(3).
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17 · Other new plugins: nbdkit-ext2-plugin(1), nbdkit-random-plugin(1),
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20 · New filters: nbdkit-blocksize-filter(1), nbdkit-fua-filter(1),
21 nbdkit-log-filter(1), nbdkit-nozero-filter(1).
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23 · Bash tab completion of nbdkit commands.
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25 · TLS Pre-Shared Keys (PSK) authentication.
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27 · We now default to the newstyle protocol, use -o to select oldstyle.
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29 · On-demand ramping of thread pool.
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31 · TRIM support in the file plugin.
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33 · Reworked error handling.
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35 · New "can_zero", "can_fua" methods and better handling of FUA.
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37 · New "nbdkit_realpath" function.
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39 · "nbdkit_parse_size" rewritten.
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41 · Better handling of shutdown path to ensure plugins can do long
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44 · New "PKG_CHECK_VAR" variables.
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46 · Regression test for IPv6 connections.
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48 · Of course numerous smaller bug fixes and improvements.
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50 Acknowledgements
51 Thanks in particular to Eric Blake and Pino Toscano.
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63 Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat Inc.
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