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+1.50:
+- do not attempt to perform ISA probe for PCMCIA controller on x86_64
+  as it fails with kvm_amd (#1156)
+- add ums-* (USB mass storage) modules in disk/usb category
+
+1.49:
+- use new libldetect API for finding out unknown devices
+- handle more PCMCIA controllers
+- "i82365" driver was renamed "pd6729"
+
+1.48:
+- arm/mips support
+- try to handle built-in modules
+- fix build with Werror
+- use mirrors.mageia.org/api for mirror list
+
+1.47:
+- 2011.0 build
+
+1.46:
+- create device listed in /proc/partitions with correct major/minor (#57032)
+
+1.45:
+- do not list /dev/fd0 when no floppy is found (#58390)
+
+1.44:
+- rebuild with latest list_modules.pm (might fix #57833)
+
+1.43:
+- bump version (#57466)
+
+1.42:
+- list asix module in network/usb group
+- virtio: fix device probing: use PCI subdevices
+- fix format string bug from 1.41
+
+1.41:
+- load needed modules for known virtio devices, fixes  #51804
+
+1.39:
+- set uevent helper which will load firmware and do not set firmware 
+  timeout to 1 second (it will fail if firmware is not there)
+
+1.38:
+- handle hybrid ISOs (ISO images dumped to USB keys)
+
+1.37:
+- enumerate hid bus and load hid quirk modules, fixes #47167
+
+1.36:
+- load appropriate modules before trying to mount ext4/reiser4
+
+1.35:
+- allow installing from ext3/ext4/reiser4
+
+1.34:
+- adapt to new modules.dep format (prefix modules with directory path)
+- try to use arch-prefixed location for automatic disk installs
+
+1.33:
+- build fix for glibc 2.8
+- sort modules in the interface
+- try to load squashfs_lzma too
+
+1.32:
+- automatically find compressed stage2 with automatic=method:disk
+
+1.31:
+- usbkbd is dead, using usbhid instead
+
+1.30:
+- add back "ide-generic" support (incorrectly removed in 1.17), the
+  module that we want to avoid is "ide-pci-generic" (previously "generic"),
+  and this is handled by ldetect-lst preferred modules list
+- handle ide-cd being renamed as ide-cd_mod
+
+1.29:
+- allow to pass module options to probe-modules
+- build fixes for gcc 4.3
+
+1.28:
+- fix segfault with empty device description (can happen for USB devices)
+
+1.27.1:
+- fix build
+
+1.27:
+- do not set firmware timeout to 1 second in probe-modules helper for
+  Mandriva One (#39216)
+
+1.26:
+- load bus/firewire controllers (#31356)
+- really ask dhcp domain if not guessed
+
+1.25:
+- do not allow to choose outdated cooker mirror list (#37278)
+
+1.24:
+- load disk/ide before disk/scsi (#38451, to prevent sata deps from
+  overriding non-libata pata modules, like in stage2)
+- fix asking modules when no controller is detected
+
+1.23:
+- probe usb-storage/sbp2 only when probing USB/SCSI buses
+  (to make automatic boot faster on IDE)
+- make dhcp the first choice (instead of static) in the network type menu
+- clear tty2 after shell is killed
+- log "killed shell" message on tty3
+- add a space in front of top line (like help message)
+- space-pad top line with spaces to the right (like help message)
+
+1.22:
+- fix automatic IDE media detection (was broken with multiple CD drives, #36161)
+- fix bootsplash in automatic CD-Rom mode (as a result of IDE media detection fix) 
+- wait only 1 second for firmware upload (not to hang boot with iwl3945, #37279)
+
+1.21:
+- load nls_cp437 and nls_iso8859_1 when loading vfat
+  (used to be in custom modules.dep)
+
+1.20:
+- probe-modules:
+  o handle the "--usb" option instead of "usb"
+  o load module passed as argument (if any), instead of probing bus
+- switch to modules from /lib/modules/`uname -r`, modules.dep containing full filename
+
+1.19:
+- rebuild with list_modules to handle atl2 ethernet driver
+
+1.18:
+- add probe-modules helper
+
+1.17:
+- use modules from disk/ide category (#33043)
+- do not explicitely try to load ide-generic, ldetect will fallback to
+  ide-generic when appropriate (#33043)
+
+1.16:
+- if you give nfs directory xxx, try to use xxx/ARCH
+- handle cdroms with and without ARCH at the root
+
+1.15:
+- ask loading modules from /modules if needed
+- read modules description from /modules/modules.description
+
+1.14:
+- fix segfault in USB detection code (when no module match, #32624)
+
+1.13:
+- use module names instead of filenames
+- convert module name to filename before loading it
+  (using modules.dep to get filename)
+- keep module in dependencies list even if it has no dependencies
+  (to keep track of its filename)
+- use '_' in module names when explicitely loading modules (cosmetics)
+
+1.12:
+- adapt to new list_modules
+
+1.11:
+- use ldetect/libmodprobe/libpci instead of custom pci/usb probe
+- rename rescue "GUI" as rescue "menu"
+
+1.10.1:
+- link init with dietlibc instead of minilibc on ix86/x86-64
+- add missing includes for wireless
+- fix build of pppoe by using dietlibc termios header
+
+1.10:
+- add ide-disk module
+- load ide-disk when detecting disks (ide is now modularized...)
+
+1.9:
+- ide is now modularized
+
+1.8:
+- build pcmcia header only on i386/x86_64 (#30668)
+- use api.mandriva.com to retrieve mirror list (#29346)
+
+1.7:
+- don't kill our init/klogd when running stage2
+  (bug introduced when switching to initramfs)
+
+1.6:
+- write DNS settings in temporary ifcfg file
+  (fixes resolv.conf post install)
+
+1.5:
+- fix infinite loop in wired interface mode