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diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes_history.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes_history.xml index e8dcbae528..023717cd7c 100644 --- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes_history.xml +++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes_history.xml @@ -33,6 +33,1071 @@ </header> <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.17.1</title> + <p>Version 4.17.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.17, 4.16.2, 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>When the function FilterMod:accept_recv/2 + returned false the SNMP agent stopped collecting + messages from UDP.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8761</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.17.1 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.17</title> + <p>Version 4.17 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.16.2, 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Added very basic support for multiple SNMPv3 + EngineIDs in a single agent. See + <seealso marker="snmpa#send_notification">send_notification/7</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#process_packet">process_packet/7</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#generate_response_msg">generate_response_msg/6</seealso> or + <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#generate_msg">generate_msg/6</seealso> + for more info. </p> + + <p>Own Id: OTP-8478</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <p>-</p> + + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The config utility + (<seealso marker="snmp#config">snmp:config/0</seealso>) + generated a default notify.conf + with a bad name for the standard trap entry (was "stadard trap", + but should have been "standard trap"). This has been corrected. </p> + <p>Kenji Rikitake</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8433</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.17 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16.2</title> + <p>Version 4.16.2 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.16.1, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[compiler] The SMI specifies that a table row OID should be + named: { <tableIdentifier> "1" }. </p> + <p>A new option has been introduced, + <seealso marker="snmpc#compiler_opts">relaxed_row_name_assign_check</seealso>, + that allows for a more liberal numbering scheme</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8574</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[agent|manager] Changes to make snmp (forward) compatible with + the new version of the crypto application (released in R14). + As of R14, crypto is implemented using NIFs. Also, + the API is more strict. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8594</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>Auto [agent] Changed default value for the MIB server cache. + GC is now on by default. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8648</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Encode/decode of Counter64 values larger than + 16#7fffffffffffffff (9223372036854775807) failed. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8563</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[compiler] Fails to compile non-contiguous BITS. </p> + <p>Per Hedeland</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8595</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[manager] Raise condition causing the manager server process to + crash. Unregistering an agent while traffic (set/get-operations) + is ongoing could cause a crash in the manager server process + (raise condition). </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8646</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11585</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.16.2 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16.1</title> + <p>Version 4.16.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.16, 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <p>-</p> + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent|manager] Entries in the audit trail log can now be + augmented by a sequence number. </p> + <p>This is enabled by the <c>seqno</c> option, which is part of the + <seealso marker="snmp_config#audit_trail_log">Audit Trail Log</seealso> + config option. </p> + <p>See the + <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">reference manual</seealso> + or the + <seealso marker="snmp_config#configuration_params">Configuring the application</seealso> + chapter of the User's Guide for further info. </p> + + <p>Own Id: OTP-8395</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[manager] Fixed an upgrade/downgrade problem. </p> + <p>Upgrade/downgrade from/to 4.13.5 did not work for the net-if + process. This has now been fixed. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8481</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[agent] A minor mnesia related performance improvement. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8480</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.16.1 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.16</title> + <p>Version 4.16 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.15, 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent|manager] Entries in the audit trail log can now be + augmented by a sequence number. </p> + <p>This is enabled by the <c>seqno</c> option, which is part of the + <seealso marker="snmp_config#audit_trail_log">Audit Trail Log</seealso> + config option. </p> + <p>See the + <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">reference manual</seealso> + or the + <seealso marker="snmp_config#configuration_params">Configuring the application</seealso> + chapter of the User's Guide for further info. </p> + + <p>Own Id: OTP-8395</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[manager] Registration of agents using the config file, + <seealso marker="snmp_manager_config_files#agents">agents.conf</seealso>, + does not work. This has now been corrected. </p> + <p>Per Hedeland</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8442</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>The config utility + (<seealso marker="snmp#config">snmp:config/0</seealso>) + generated a default notify.conf + with a bad name for the standard trap entry (was "stadard trap", + but should have been "standard trap"). This has been corrected. </p> + <p>Kenji Rikitake</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8433</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.16 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.15</title> + + <p>Version 4.15 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The documentation is now built with open source tools + (<em>xsltproc</em> and <em>fop</em>) that exists on most + platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8249</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[manager] When information from an unknown agent is received, + it was previously delivered to the default user via calls to all + the functions of the callback API depending on the info type + (<c>pdu</c>, <c>trap</c>, <c>report</c> or <c>inform</c>). + The problem was that the <c>TargetName</c> argument was useless + in this case (only an already known agent has a known/valid + <c>TargetName</c>, but the <c>TargetName</c> used in these calls + was generated "on the fly"). </p> + <p>This has now been changed so that when a message is received + from an unknown agent, then only + <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_agent">handle_agent</seealso> + (for the default user) is called, but now this call also has a + <c>Type</c> argument, which is + <c>pdu | trap | report | inform</c>, depending on what kind of + message was actually received, thus making it possible for the + user to properly analyze the data received. </p> + <p>To handle this, the + <seealso marker="snmpm_user">snmpm_user</seealso> behaviour has + been updated. </p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8229</p> + <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11312</p> --> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + </section> <!-- 4.15 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.14</title> + + <p>Version 4.14 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.13.5, 4.13.4, 4.13.3, 4.13.2, 4.13.1 and 4.13.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[compiler] Include object- and notification groups in the + compiled mib. + This will make it possible to import groups from other mibs. </p> + <p>Also the SNMPv2-MIB-file has been updated to a more + up-to-date version. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8223</p> + <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11383</p> --> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[manager] Added support for message filtering in the + network interface module provided with the application. + The component that actually make the filter decisions + is the network interface filter module. This module + must implement the + <seealso marker="snmpm_network_interface_filter">network interface filter behaviour</seealso> + for message filtering. + See also the Configuring chapter of + the User's Guide to see how to configure this feature. </p> + <p>See the + <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">configuration</seealso> + chapter for more info about the filter options.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8228</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11411</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>The MIBs delivered as part of the application is now + also available as man pages, section 7. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8237</p> + <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11383</p> --> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <p>-</p> + + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] The main agent type header file contained some miss-information + regarding the type of the entrytype field of the me-record, causing + unneccessary confusion.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8116</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11312</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.14 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13.5</title> + + <p>Version 4.13.5 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.13.4, 4.13.3, 4.13.2, 4.13.1 and 4.13.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Improved the cache handling of the mib server. </p> + <p>A number of new functions and config options for the mib server + cache has been added. </p> + <p>See + <seealso marker="snmpa#invalidate_mibs_cache">invalidate_mibs_cache/0,1</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpa#enable_mibs_cache">enable_mibs_cache/0,1</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpa#disable_mibs_cache">disable_mibs_cache/0,1</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpa#gc_mibs_cache">gc_mibs_cache/0,1,2,3</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpa#enable_mibs_cache_autogc">enable_mibs_cache_autogc/0,1</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpa#disable_mibs_cache_autogc">disable_mibs_cache_autogc/0,1</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpa#update_mibs_cache_age">update_mibs_cache_age/1,2</seealso> and + <seealso marker="snmpa#update_mibs_cache_gclimit">update_mibs_cache_gclimit/1,2</seealso> for more info. </p> + <p>See also the + <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">configuration</seealso> + chapter for more info about the mib server cache options.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8182</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11383</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[agent] A manager could no longer use the SNMPv3 user "initial" + as this was interpretated as the first step of the discovery. </p> + <p>Introduced a new terminating option, <c>trigger_username</c> to + make it possible to configure the username the agent reacts to. + Default is <c>""</c>. </p> + <p>See the + <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">configuration</seealso> + chapter for more info about the discovery options.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8120</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11361</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] The main agent type header file contained some miss-information + regarding the type of the entrytype field of the me-record, causing + unneccessary confusion.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8116</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11312</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.13.5 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13.4</title> + + <p>Version 4.13.4 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.13.3, 4.13.2, 4.13.1 and 4.13.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <p>-</p> + + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Support for the discovery process. </p> + <p>The agent can both initiate discovery itself (see the + <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#discovery">discovery</seealso> chapter + for more info) and respond to discovery initiated by a manager.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7571</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11053</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Originating discovery problems. </p> + <p>Invalid state variable update during second stage of + discovery causes master agent crash. </p> + <p>Also the net_if process failed to activate socket + ({active, once}) after first discovery response was sent. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8044</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11295</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[agent] Terminating discovery problem. </p> + <p>The reply to the second stage request should include a + varbind with <c>usmStatsNotInTimeWindows</c>.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8062</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11318</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[agent] Originating discovery improvement. </p> + <p>Added the ExtraInfo argument to the + <seealso marker="snmpa#discovery">discovery</seealso> function. + This argument will be passed on to the stage1_finish callback + function. Also, the + <seealso marker="snmpa#discovery">discovery</seealso> function + will now always return <c>{ok, ManagerEngineID}</c> on successful + discovery. </p> + <p>The <seealso marker="snmpa_discovery_handler">discovery handler</seealso> + behaviour updated accordingly. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8098</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11346</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.13.4 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13.3</title> + + <p>Version 4.13.3 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.13.2, 4.13.1 and 4.13.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <p>-</p> + + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Support for the discovery process. </p> + <p>The agent can both initiate discovery itself (see the + <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#discovery">discovery</seealso> chapter + for more info) and respond to discovery initiated by a manager.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7571</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11053</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[manager] A request for an oid of type BITS was actually + returned as OCTET STRING. </p> + <p>Values of type BITS are encoded as OCTET STRING, + which makes it impossible for the decoder to know that + they should really be of type BITS. + Instead, this has to be done higher up in the stack, where + there is knowledge of the MIB (assuming that the mib has + been loaded, there is info about the type of the mibentry). </p> + <p>This problem has now been fixed, but requires that the MIB + defining this mib-entry is loaded! </p> + <p>The utility function + <seealso marker="snmpm#oid_to_type">oid_to_type</seealso> + has been added, for debug purpose. </p> + <p>The utility function(s) + <seealso marker="snmp#octet_string_to_bits">octet_string_to_bits</seealso> + and + <seealso marker="snmp#bits_to_octet_string">bits_to_octet_string</seealso> + has also been added. These can be used if the user prefers to + handle the conversion on their own. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8015</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11285</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[agent] Fixed some issues with the discovery handling. </p> + <p>Changed the API of the + <seealso marker="snmpa#discovery">discovery</seealso> + function to solve some + of these problems. </p> + <p>Introduced various options for controlling the discovery + process. See the + <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">configuration</seealso> + chapter for more info about the discovery options.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8020</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11295</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.13.3 --> + + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13.2</title> + + <p>Version 4.13.2 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.13.1 and 4.13.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <p>-</p> + + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Support for the discovery process. </p> + <p>The agent can both initiate discovery itself (see the + <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#discovery">discovery</seealso> chapter + for more info) and respond to discovery initiated by a manager.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7571</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11053</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[manager] Failure during downed user cleanup. + As part of the cleanup after a crashed user, + the manager attempts to unregister the agents + registered by this user. This however failed, + causing a server crash. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7961</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11275</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[manager] Incorrectly documented value type for + IpAddress (ip). The value type for IpAddress is + documented as ip but is actually ia. The value type + ip has been added. The old (not documented) value + type ia still works. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7977</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11279</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[manager] EngineId lookup fails when using version-3. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7983</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11275</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[agent] As of version 4.13 the possible return values + of the function + <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#process_packet">snmpa_mpd:process_packet/4</seealso> + changed, but this was not documented. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7989</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11275</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.13.2 --> + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13.1</title> + + <p>Version 4.13.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.13.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <p>-</p> + + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Support for the discovery process. </p> + <p>The agent can both initiate discovery itself (see the + <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#discovery">discovery</seealso> chapter + for more info) and respond to discovery initiated by a manager.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7571</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11053</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[manager] Registration of users had some issues. </p> + <p>Not all of the registration functions where actually exported + (<seealso marker="snmpm#register_user">register_user/4</seealso> + and + <seealso marker="snmpm#register_user_monitor">register_user_monitor/4</seealso>). + This has now been fixed. </p> + <p>Also, the registration did not succeed unless + user implemented the *new* behaviour. This has now + also been fixed (registration succeeds if the user + implements either the new (i.e. updated + <seealso marker="snmpm_user">snmpm_user</seealso>) + or the old user behaviour (<c>snmpm_user_old</c>)). </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7902</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11240</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.13.1 --> + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13</title> +<!-- + <p>Version 4.13 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.12.1.</p> +--> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Support for the discovery process. </p> + <p>The agent can both initiate discovery itself (see the + <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#discovery">discovery</seealso> chapter + for more info) and respond to discovery initiated by a manager.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7571</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11053</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Unnecessary use of math:pow/2 could cause problems + on systems without floating point support. </p> + <p>Per Hedeland</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7735</p> + <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 10966</p> --> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[manager] A major flaw was discovered with the agent handling. </p> + <p>First, <c>TargetName</c> was never used as intended, as a unique + identifier for the target (agent in this case). </p> + <p>Second, <c>TargetName</c> had a <em>default value</em>, which meant + that several agents could have the same <c>TargetName</c>, causing + unpredictable behaviour in the manager. </p> + <p>Third, <c>EngineID</c> was not a mandatory config option and had + furthermore also a <em>default value</em>. </p> + + <p>These problems has been solved in the following way: </p> + <p>First, a new set of api functions has been introduced (and documented): + <seealso marker="snmpm#register_user">register_user/4</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#register_user_monitor">register_user_monitor/4</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#register_agent">register_agent/3</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#unregister_agent">unregister_agent/2</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#agent_info">agent_info/2</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#update_agent_info">update_agent_info/4</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#sync_get">sync_get/3,4,5,6</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#async_get">async_get/3,4,5,6</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#sync_get_next">sync_get_next/3,4,5,6</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#async_get_next">async_get_next/3,4,5,6</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#sync_set">sync_set/3,4,5,6</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#async_set">async_set/3,4,5,6</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm#sync_get_bulk">sync_get_bulk/5,6,7,8</seealso> and + <seealso marker="snmpm#async_get_bulk">async_get_bulk/5,6,7,8</seealso> + that all use <c>TargetName</c> (and not, as previously, <c>Addr</c> + and <c>Port</c>) to identify the agent (also the return value of + <seealso marker="snmpm#which_agents">which_agents</seealso> has + been changed). </p> + <p>Second, for backward compatibility, the old functions still + exist, but are no longer documented and are now wrappers for the + new functions, including erroneous default value for EngineID and + all. The TargetName is however generated from the provided + <c>Addr</c>, <c>Port</c> and <c>Version</c> config options. </p> + <p>Third, the behaviour of the + <seealso marker="snmpm_user">SNMP manager user</seealso> has + been changed to reflect this, i.e. + <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_pdu">handle_pdu/4</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_trap">handle_trap/3</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_inform">handle_inform/3</seealso>, + <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_report">handle_report/3</seealso> + and the return-value of + <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_agent">handle_agent/4</seealso>. + The old (non-documented) callback-functions (using Addr and Port) + will still be called if the agent was registered using the old + registration functions. </p> + + <p>Own Id: OTP-7836</p> + <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 10966</p> --> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.13 --> + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.12.2</title> + <p>Version 4.12.2 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.12.1, 4.12, 4.11.2, 4.11.1 and 4.11.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <p>-</p> + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <item> + <p>[agent] Improvement of the inform reporting. + It was previously not certain how many acks an + application received, 0, 1 or 2. This has now been + fixed, so that only 1 (one) ack is issued. </p> + <p>Per Hedeland</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7525</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] Bad session cache (usm+camv-info) invalidation + could cause user crash, through call(s) to (a number of) + MIB API function(s) (undefined function). </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7868</p> + <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11124</p> --> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.12.2 --> + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.12.1</title> + <p>Version 4.12.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.12, 4.11.2, 4.11.1 and 4.11.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <p>-</p> + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <item> + <p>[agent] Improvement of the inform reporting. + It was previously not certain how many acks an + application received, 0, 1 or 2. This has now been + fixed, so that only 1 (one) ack is issued. </p> + <p>Per Hedeland</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7525</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Logging of messages with the GetBulk-request PDU + incorrectly produced an erroneous entry in the + log: "An error occurred". </p> + <p>The reason for this was that the PDU-fields + error_status and error_index is re-used for + Non-repeaters and Max-repetitions for + GetBulk-request PDUs, but this was not handled + by the logging code. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7695</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 11124</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[agent] An attempt to set the row status to active for an + notReady table row, could result in an "inconsistentValue" + error. </p> + <p>The same problem existed when attempting to set row status + to notInService for a row in notReady. </p> + <p>Serge Aleynikov</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7698</p> + <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 10966</p> --> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.12.1 --> + + <section> + <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.12</title> + <p>Version 4.12 supports code replacement in runtime from/to + version 4.11.2, 4.11.1 and 4.11.</p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <!-- + <p>-</p> + --> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[agent] A simple lookup cache has been added to improve + the mib server lookup performance. </p> + <p>This can be disabled with the mib_server + <seealso marker="snmp_app">cache</seealso> option. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7346</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[agent] Improvement of the inform reporting. + It was previously not certain how many acks an + application received, 0, 1 or 2. This has now been + fixed, so that only 1 (one) ack is issued. </p> + <p>Per Hedeland</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7525</p> + </item> + + </list> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <p>-</p> + <!-- + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>[manager] Encryption error when attempting to send + version 3 inform-requests. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7432</p> + <p>Aux Id: Seq 10966</p> + </item> + + </list> + --> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <p>-</p> + </section> + </section> <!-- 4.12 --> + + <section> <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.11.2</title> <p>Version 4.11.2 supports code replacement in runtime from/to version 4.11.1 and 4.11. </p> |