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.IX Title "nbdkit-release-notes-1.4 1"
.TH nbdkit-release-notes-1.4 1 2024-04-21 nbdkit-1.38.1 NBDKIT
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.SH NAME
nbdkit\-release\-notes\-1.4 \- release notes for nbdkit 1.4
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
These are the release notes for nbdkit stable release 1.4.
This describes the major changes since 1.2.
.PP
nbdkit 1.4.0 was released on 6th July 2018.
.SS "New features"
.IX Subsection "New features"
.IP \(bu 4
You can write plugins in Tcl, see
\&\fBnbdkit\-tcl\-plugin\fR\|(3).
.IP \(bu 4
Other new plugins:
nbdkit\-ext2\-plugin,
\&\fBnbdkit\-random\-plugin\fR\|(1),
\&\fBnbdkit\-zero\-plugin\fR\|(1).
.IP \(bu 4
New filters:
\&\fBnbdkit\-blocksize\-filter\fR\|(1),
\&\fBnbdkit\-fua\-filter\fR\|(1),
\&\fBnbdkit\-log\-filter\fR\|(1),
\&\fBnbdkit\-nozero\-filter\fR\|(1).
.IP \(bu 4
Bash tab completion of nbdkit commands.
.IP \(bu 4
TLS Pre-Shared Keys (PSK) authentication.
.IP \(bu 4
We now default to the newstyle protocol, use \-o to select oldstyle.
.IP \(bu 4
On-demand ramping of thread pool.
.IP \(bu 4
TRIM support in the file plugin.
.IP \(bu 4
Reworked error handling.
.IP \(bu 4
New \f(CW\*(C`can_zero\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`can_fua\*(C'\fR methods and better handling of FUA.
.IP \(bu 4
New \f(CW\*(C`nbdkit_realpath\*(C'\fR function.
.IP \(bu 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`nbdkit_parse_size\*(C'\fR rewritten.
.IP \(bu 4
Better handling of shutdown path to ensure plugins can do long cleanups.
.IP \(bu 4
New \f(CW\*(C`PKG_CHECK_VAR\*(C'\fR variables.
.IP \(bu 4
Regression test for IPv6 connections.
.IP \(bu 4
Of course numerous smaller bug fixes and improvements.
.SS Acknowledgements
.IX Subsection "Acknowledgements"
Thanks in particular to Eric Blake and Pino Toscano.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBnbdkit\fR\|(1),
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018\-July/msg00023.html.
.SH AUTHORS
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Eric Blake
.PP
Richard W.M. Jones
.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright Red Hat
.SH LICENSE
.IX Header "LICENSE"
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:
.IP \(bu 4
Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
.IP \(bu 4
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
.IP \(bu 4
Neither the name of Red Hat nor the names of its contributors may be
used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
specific prior written permission.
.PP
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