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diff --git a/util/cbfstool/lz4/NEWS b/util/cbfstool/lz4/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a1baead891bd --- /dev/null +++ b/util/cbfstool/lz4/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ +r132 +Improved: Small decompression speed boost (+4%) +Improved: Performance on ARMv6 and ARMv7 +Added : Debianization, by Evgeniy Polyakov +Makefile: Safely protects lz4 version when selecting custom CFLAGS +Makefile: Generates intermediate object files (*.o) for faster compilation on low power systems + +r131 +New : Dos/DJGPP target, thanks to Louis Santillan (#114) +Added : Example using lz4frame library, by Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek (#118) +Changed: xxhash symbols are modified (namespace emulation) within liblz4 + +r130: +Fixed : incompatibility sparse mode vs console, reported by Yongwoon Cho (#105) +Fixed : LZ4IO exits too early when frame crc not present, reported by Yongwoon Cho (#106) +Fixed : incompatibility sparse mode vs append mode, reported by Takayuki Matsuoka (#110) +Performance fix : big compression speed boost for clang (+30%) +New : cross-version test, by Takayuki Matsuoka + +r129: +Added : LZ4_compress_fast(), LZ4_compress_fast_continue() +Added : LZ4_compress_destSize() +Changed: New lz4 and lz4hc compression API. Previous function prototypes still supported. +Changed: Sparse file support enabled by default +New : LZ4 CLI improved performance compressing/decompressing multiple files (#86, kind contribution from Kyle J. Harper & Takayuki Matsuoka) +Fixed : GCC 4.9+ optimization bug - Reported by Markus Trippelsdorf, Greg Slazinski & Evan Nemerson +Changed: Enums converted to LZ4F_ namespace convention - by Takayuki Matsuoka +Added : AppVeyor CI environment, for Visual tests - Suggested by Takayuki Matsuoka +Modified:Obsolete functions generate warnings - Suggested by Evan Nemerson, contributed by Takayuki Matsuoka +Fixed : Bug #75 (unfinished stream), reported by Yongwoon Cho +Updated: Documentation converted to MarkDown format + +r128: +New : lz4cli sparse file support (Requested by Neil Wilson, and contributed by Takayuki Matsuoka) +New : command -m, to compress multiple files in a single command (suggested by Kyle J. Harper) +Fixed : Restored lz4hc compression ratio (slightly lower since r124) +New : lz4 cli supports long commands (suggested by Takayuki Matsuoka) +New : lz4frame & lz4cli frame content size support +New : lz4frame supports skippable frames, as requested by Sergey Cherepanov +Changed: Default "make install" directory is /usr/local, as notified by Ron Johnson +New : lz4 cli supports "pass-through" mode, requested by Neil Wilson +New : datagen can generate sparse files +New : scan-build tests, thanks to kind help by Takayuki Matsuoka +New : g++ compatibility tests +New : arm cross-compilation test, thanks to kind help by Takayuki Matsuoka +Fixed : Fuzzer + frametest compatibility with NetBSD (issue #48, reported by Thomas Klausner) +Added : Visual project directory +Updated: Man page & Specification + +r127: +N/A : added a file on SVN + +r126: +New : lz4frame API is now integrated into liblz4 +Fixed : GCC 4.9 bug on highest performance settings, reported by Greg Slazinski +Fixed : bug within LZ4 HC streaming mode, reported by James Boyle +Fixed : older compiler don't like nameless unions, reported by Cheyi Lin +Changed : lz4 is C90 compatible +Changed : added -pedantic option, fixed a few mminor warnings + +r125: +Changed : endian and alignment code +Changed : directory structure : new "lib" directory +Updated : lz4io, now uses lz4frame +Improved: slightly improved decoding speed +Fixed : LZ4_compress_limitedOutput(); Special thanks to Christopher Speller ! +Fixed : some alignment warnings under clang +Fixed : deprecated function LZ4_slideInputBufferHC() + +r124: +New : LZ4 HC streaming mode +Fixed : LZ4F_compressBound() using null preferencesPtr +Updated : xxHash to r38 +Updated library number, to 1.4.0 + +r123: +Added : experimental lz4frame API, thanks to Takayuki Matsuoka and Christopher Jackson for testings +Fix : s390x support, thanks to Nobuhiro Iwamatsu +Fix : test mode (-t) no longer requires confirmation, thanks to Thary Nguyen + +r122: +Fix : AIX & AIX64 support (SamG) +Fix : mips 64-bits support (lew van) +Added : Examples directory, using code examples from Takayuki Matsuoka +Updated : Framing specification, to v1.4.1 +Updated : xxHash, to r36 + +r121: +Added : Makefile : install for kFreeBSD and Hurd (Nobuhiro Iwamatsu) +Fix : Makefile : install for OS-X and BSD, thanks to Takayuki Matsuoka + +r120: +Modified : Streaming API, using strong types +Added : LZ4_versionNumber(), thanks to Takayuki Matsuoka +Fix : OS-X : library install name, thanks to Clemens Lang +Updated : Makefile : synchronize library version number with lz4.h, thanks to Takayuki Matsuoka +Updated : Makefile : stricter compilation flags +Added : pkg-config, thanks to Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek (issue 135) +Makefile : lz4-test only test native binaries, as suggested by Michał Górny (issue 136) +Updated : xxHash to r35 + +r119: +Fix : Issue 134 : extended malicious address space overflow in 32-bits mode for some specific configurations + +r118: +New : LZ4 Streaming API (Fast version), special thanks to Takayuki Matsuoka +New : datagen : parametrable synthetic data generator for tests +Improved : fuzzer, support more test cases, more parameters, ability to jump to specific test +fix : support ppc64le platform (issue 131) +fix : Issue 52 (malicious address space overflow in 32-bits mode when using large custom format) +fix : Makefile : minor issue 130 : header files permissions + +r117: +Added : man pages for lz4c and lz4cat +Added : automated tests on Travis, thanks to Takayuki Matsuoka ! +fix : block-dependency command line (issue 127) +fix : lz4fullbench (issue 128) + +r116: +hotfix (issue 124 & 125) + +r115: +Added : lz4cat utility, installed on POSX systems (issue 118) +OS-X compatible compilation of dynamic library (issue 115) + +r114: +Makefile : library correctly compiled with -O3 switch (issue 114) +Makefile : library compilation compatible with clang +Makefile : library is versioned and linked (issue 119) +lz4.h : no more static inline prototypes (issue 116) +man : improved header/footer (issue 111) +Makefile : Use system default $(CC) & $(MAKE) variables (issue 112) +xxhash : updated to r34 + +r113: +Large decompression speed improvement for GCC 32-bits. Thanks to Valery Croizier ! +LZ4HC : Compression Level is now a programmable parameter (CLI from 4 to 9) +Separated IO routines from command line (lz4io.c) +Version number into lz4.h (suggested by Francesc Alted) + +r112: +quickfix + +r111 : +Makefile : added capability to install libraries +Modified Directory tree, to better separate libraries from programs. + +r110 : +lz4 & lz4hc : added capability to allocate state & stream state with custom allocator (issue 99) +fuzzer & fullbench : updated to test new functions +man : documented -l command (Legacy format, for Linux kernel compression) (issue 102) +cmake : improved version by Mika Attila, building programs and libraries (issue 100) +xxHash : updated to r33 +Makefile : clean also delete local package .tar.gz + +r109 : +lz4.c : corrected issue 98 (LZ4_compress_limitedOutput()) +Makefile : can specify version number from makefile + +r108 : +lz4.c : corrected compression efficiency issue 97 in 64-bits chained mode (-BD) for streams > 4 GB (thanks Roman Strashkin for reporting) + +r107 : +Makefile : support DESTDIR for staged installs. Thanks Jorge Aparicio. +Makefile : make install installs both lz4 and lz4c (Jorge Aparicio) +Makefile : removed -Wno-implicit-declaration compilation switch +lz4cli.c : include <stduni.h> for isatty() (Luca Barbato) +lz4.h : introduced LZ4_MAX_INPUT_SIZE constant (Shay Green) +lz4.h : LZ4_compressBound() : unified macro and inline definitions (Shay Green) +lz4.h : LZ4_decompressSafe_partial() : clarify comments (Shay Green) +lz4.c : LZ4_compress() verify input size condition (Shay Green) +bench.c : corrected a bug in free memory size evaluation +cmake : install into bin/ directory (Richard Yao) +cmake : check for just C compiler (Elan Ruusamae) + +r106 : +Makefile : make dist modify text files in the package to respect Unix EoL convention +lz4cli.c : corrected small display bug in HC mode + +r105 : +Makefile : New install script and man page, contributed by Prasad Pandit +lz4cli.c : Minor modifications, for easier extensibility +COPYING : added license file +LZ4_Streaming_Format.odt : modified file name to remove white space characters +Makefile : .exe suffix now properly added only for Windows target |