libnfc/ChangeLog

Nov 17, 2010 - 1.4.0
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Fixes:
 - libnfc: fix Felica listing
 - libnfc: fix storage of ISO14443B targets data
 - libnfc: fix MacOS build
 - libnfc: fix some errors string (ie. well-known "Invalid Parameter")
 - libnfc: fix memory leak while using *_pick()
 - drivers/pn53x_usb: fix ZLP USB issue
 - drivers/pn53x_usb: workaround for PN532 toggle bit USB bug
 - drivers/pn53x_usb: fix timeout problem in emulation mode
 - drivers/pn53x_usb,pn532_uart,arygon: more robust recovery from unstable states such as interrupted emulation modes
 - drivers/acr122: fix escape ioctl under Linux
 - buses/uart: fix UART default serial ports under Linux.
 - examples/nfc-anticol: fix bug preventing to run nfc-anticol after some other programs
 - examples/nfc-anticol: fix display of UID
 - ... and many other minor fixes

Improvements:
 - libnfc: major emulation improvements: libnfc can now be used to emulate ISO/IEC 14443 type A tag (MIFARE, ISO14443-4), FeliCa and D.E.P. target
 - libnfc: documentation improvements
 - libnfc: decode select/initialization datas for almost all supported target types (ISO14443 A/B, Jewel/Topaz, FeliCa)
 - libnfc: add ISO/IEC 14443B baud rates: 212, 424 and 847 kbps
 - libnfc: cache some chip registers for faster communication
 - libnfc: greatly improved D.E.P. support
 - buses/uart: adjust UART's timeouts from baud rate: faster communication at high speed and more reliable at low speed (affect pn532_uart and arygon drivers)
 - drivers/arygon: retrieve ARYGON µC firmware version
 - examples/nfc-anticol: adds support for CL3
 - examples/nfc-anticol: cascade based on SAK rather than CT, better for educational purpose
 - examples/nfc-anticol: Computes CRC rather than hardcoded one.
 - examples/nfc-utils: print_iso14443b_info() now displays many decoded information in verbose mode
 - examples/nfc-utils: print_iso14443a_info() now displays many decoded information and shows attempt to determine tag name in verbose mode
 - examples/nfc-list: new option -v for verbose mode
 - examples/nfc-list: now support for Jewel/Topaz too
 - examples/nfc-poll: now poll using all supported modulations
 - examples/nfc-dep-target: add hack to allow to use two devices on the same machine (for tests/debug purpose)
 - examples/pn53x-tamashell: New PN53x TAMA communication demonstration shell (support scripting)
 - examples/nfc-relay-picc: New tool to relay ISO14443-4 communications (even over network... Enjoy!)
 - examples/nfc-emulate-forum-tag4: New example to emulate a NFC Forum tag type 4
 - examples/nfc-emulate-tag: New example to emulate tags
 - examples: add missing man pages
 - ... and many other minor improvements

Changes:
 - API: Many changes, see NEWS file for more info how to migrate
 - buses/uart: split UART implementations: one file for POSIX and another one for Windows
 - examples: nfcip-* renamed to nfc-dep-*
 - examples: nfc-sam renamed to pn53x-sam
 - examples: nfc-emulate renamed to nfc-emulate-uid
 - examples: change examples license for the sake of consistency: LGPL covers library, re-usable examples code is now under BSD license.


Aug 31, 2010 - 1.3.9
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Fixes:
 - libnfc: fix ATS
 - pn53x_usb: fix USB issues
 - nfc-mfultralight: fix read and write counters

Improvments:
 - libnfc: rearrange source code
 - libnfc: enhance documentation
 - libnfc: add regression tests (not as much as expected but its here!)
 - build: configure script now supports --with-drivers option instead of --disable-pcsclite and --disable-libusb (see --help)
 - nfc-mfultralight: we now can write OTP bytes if user want to

Changes:
 - API: nfc_initiator_select_tag() is now nfc_initiator_select_passive_target()
 - API: nfc_initiator_deselect_tag() is now nfc_initiator_deselect_target()
 - API: new function nfc_initiator_list_passive_targets() to list available targets in field
 - API: new nfc_perror(), nfc_strerror() and nfc_strerror_r() functions to handle errors
 - API: new types: nfc_target_type_t and nfc_target_t
 - API: new configuration option NDO_AUTO_ISO14443_4 to enable/disable auto iso14443-4 mode.
 - API: new configuration option NDO_EASY_FRAMING to enable/disable auto frames encapsulation and chaining
 - API: nfc_initiator_transceive_dep_bytes(), nfc_target_receive_dep_bytes() and nfc_target_send_dep_bytes() have been removed (unset NDO_EASY_FRAMING instead of these functions)
 - API: (experimental) new nfc_initiator_poll_targets() which allow to use hardware polling function
 - examples: add draft of a new example: nfc-sam. It tests the comunication with a connected SAM (Secure Access Module)
 - examples: add new example to show how to use new polling function
 - examples: add new example to diagnose basic elements (communication, rom and ram) of pn53x
 - nfc-mfultralight: on write failure, continue if authenticate works.
 - nfc-mfclassic: take care of 16-blocks-long sectors of Mifare Classic 4K in the nfc-mfclassic example's blocks counting routine.
 - nfc-mfclassic: now fails ealier when something goes wrong (this allow to prevent from false-success).
 - nfc-mfclassic: disable ISO14443-4 auto-switching in order to read devices that emulate Mifare Classic with ISO14443-4 compliance.(e.g. Nokia 6212 Classic)

Note: This release will not install extra headers (like mifare.h), programs that depends on should copy theses files into their sources.



Apr 6, 2010 - 1.3.4
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Fixes:
 - Fix CT (Cascade Tag) byte when using 10 bytes long UID.
 - Strip CT (Cascade Tag) from UIDs in nfc_initiator_select_tag().
 - Fix CMake build (mainly on Windows related stuff)
 - Minors fixes in documentation.
 - Suppress almost all compilation warnings.

Changes:
 - API: Provide ISO14443A CRC function.
 - Remove annoying info message when probing uart devices while serial autoprobing is disabled.
 - Rename README-Windows.txt (compilation using CMake) into CMake-Windows.txt
 - Add README for Windows compilation using win32/Makefile.

Note: Windows users could now take main tarball using CMake to build or Windows specific archive using MinGW GNU/Make.



Feb 17, 2010 - 1.3.3
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Fixes:
 - libnfc: Attempt to fix build on Windows using CMake;
 - libnfc: Fix build on NetBSD;
 - libnfc: Fix build on MacOS X;
 - nfc-relay: fix usage of two devices that use the same driver.



Feb 01, 2010 - 1.3.2
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Fixes:
 - libnfc: Fix compilation issue under FreeBSD (should now compile on FreeBSD 6, 7 and 8).

Note: Experimental CMake files are provided with this release, issues reports are welcome.



Jan 20, 2010 - 1.3.1
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Fixes:
 - libnfc: Fix compilation issue under Windows;
 - uart bus: Fix possible invalid file descriptor in uart_close();
 - uart bus: Serial autoprobing is now DISABLED to avoid UART disturbing. (Feature can be enabled using –enable-serial-autoprobe option while configure).



Jan 14, 2010 - 1.3.0
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Fixes:
 - build: Add workarounds for libusb when compiling using C99;
 - build: Attempt to fix rpath issue on linux platform (it is already deprecated in main distributions. i.e. http://wiki.debian.org/RpathIssue);
 - build: wrong paths in pkg-config file;
 - libnfc: Remove warnings when compiling;
 - libnfc: Various code fixes and cleanup;
 - bus uart: Added support for recv/send of larger data chunks (>default_os_buffer);
 - bus uart: Fix some some buffer synchronization problems under POSIX system;
 - bus uart: Add configure option: --disable-serial-autoprobe to disable autoprobing;
 - libnfc: Fix nfc_target_init doesn't correctly reset the parity during initalization;
 - libnfc: added support for WUPA and 7,10 byte UID in nfc_initiator_select_tag();
 - libnfc: Fix tag re-selection with UID length > 4 bytes (like DESFire or Ultralight);
 - nfc-mfclassic: Fix authenticated only with KEYA;

Improvments:
 - build: Build on FreeBSD;
 - build: Add alternative build system (CMake);
 - build: Add new files usefull for desktop GNU/Linux users: some rules for udev to allow non-root access to PN53x USB devices;
 - build: Update msinttypes up to revision 26. (used when compiling under Windows);
 - build: Add "make doc" directive: it will build API documentation using Doxygen. (--enable-doc flag is required at configure time);
 - libnfc: Add C++ compatibility;
 - libnfc: Add driver agnostic nfc_pick_device(), nfc_list_devices();
 - libnfc: It is now possible to specify a wanted device using new struct "nfc_device_desc_t";
 - libnfc: Add device name to device descriptions (nfc_device_desc_t) to select a given PCSC device;
 - libnfc: Finally removed all dirty globals, it 'should' be thread-safe now;
 - libnfc: Less confusing message for bitstreams display;
 - libnfc: chips level introduction with pn53x.h/c;
 - drivers: Add PN532 UART driver;
 - drivers pn533_usb and pn531_usb: Lets search continuing to find other USB readers if any in PN531 and PN533 USB drivers;
 - drivers pn533_usb and pn531_usb: Support for the generic vendorid/productid of the NXP chip;
 - drivers pn533_usb and pn531_usb: Consolidate duplicated code;
 - examples: Add MIFARE Ultratag tool;
 - examples: Add man page for nfc-mfultool;
 - examples: MIFARE examples (mftool and mfultool) have now a better help message;
 - examples: Add NFCIP (NDEP) as experimental feature;
 - examples: add quiet mode to improve timing of emulate, relay and anticol commands;
 - nfc-list: List all devices in nfc-list(1);
 - nfc-list: Simply turns off the RF field upon exit;
 - nfc-emulate: allow UID to be specified;
 - nfc-relay: Initialize initiator device explicitly;
 - nfc-relay: Capture ctrl-c for quitting cleanly the relay attack application;
 - nfc-relay: exit properly if emulator initialization failed;
 - nfc-mfclassic: Add default keys tries;

Changes:
 - API: Rename tag_info to nfc_target_info_t;
 - API: Rename init_modulation to nfc_modulation_t;
 - API: Rename dev_config_option to nfc_device_option_t;
 - API: Use NULL instead of INVALID_DEVICE_INFO to know if device is valid;
 - API: Rename chip_type to nfc_chip_t;
 - API: Rename dev_spec to nfc_device_spec_t;
 - API: Rename dev_info struct to nfc_device_t;
 - API: Variables have been renamed to match coding conventions;
 - API: Changed length parmeters from uint32_t to size_t;
 - Files: Remove defines.h public header;
 - Files: Prefix messages.h and types.h headers by "nfc-";
 - Files: Revamp libnfc source tree;
 - Files: Move examples into src/examples subdirectory;
 - Examples: Rename nfc-mftool to nfc-mfclassic;
 - Examples: Rename nfc-mfultool to nfc-mfultralight;



Jul 24, 2009 - 1.2.1
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 - Fix ACR122 on 64 bits architecture under GNU/Linux.



Jul 22, 2009 - 1.2.0
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 - License changed from GPLv3 to LGPLv3
 - ARYGON ADRA-USB/ADRB-USB reader support
 - PN533 support
 - C99 standard (all custom defined types have been renamed)
 - Autotoolized for GNU/Linux, *BSD and MacOSX
 - nfc examples (anticol, emulate, list, mftool, relay) are now prefixed by "nfc-"



Mar 27, 2009 - 1.1.0
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 - Next generation, support for ACR122v2 and PN531 USB devices



Feb 12, 2009 - 1.0.0
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 - Initial release