What's new in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 192

Dec 1, 2018
  • Resolved Linux kernel module build script issue with patch versions > 100 .

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 191 (Mar 11, 2018)

  • Updated linux kernel module compatibility for kernel version
  • 4.15 and 4.16 .
  • Various compatibility and stability fixes.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 190 (Nov 16, 2017)

  • Fix compatibility with Windows 1709 "Fall Creators" update, causing save-as failures in various applications.
  • Fix compatibility with MacOS 10.13 High Sierra.
  • Updated linux kernel module compatibility for kernel version 4.14 .

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 189 (Sep 30, 2017)

  • Fix marshaller socket read timeout calculation, causing volume unmounts in some configurations.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 188 (Sep 28, 2017)

  • Fix build 187 regression causing intermittent marshaller disconnects and crashes.
  • Fix build 185 regression on windows preventing local drive type mounts with no mount point.
  • Fix issues on linux with file renames.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 187 (Aug 25, 2017)

  • Updated linux kernel module compatibility for kernel version
  • 4.12 and 4.13 .
  • Fix windows performance issue in marshaller, causing excessive
  • page faults during request processing.
  • Fix windows 10 kernel panic regression from build 185, related
  • to interop with windows file sharing offline caching.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 186 (Jul 3, 2017)

  • Fix UNC mount point handling regression.
  • Fix an issue related to handling of 8.3 short names.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 185 (Jun 24, 2017)

  • WHQL signed windows kernel module, for compatibility with recent
  • Windows 10 builds when secure boot is enabled in the BIOS.
  • Changes to volume mount points on windows, for improved
  • compatibility with some applications.
  • Updated linux kernel module compatibility for kernel version
  • 4.10 and 4.11 . Dropped support for kernels older than 2.6.32
  • (RHEL 6).
  • Fix build 184 data corruption regression, related to certain
  • file IO patterns involving file truncation and appending writes.
  • Various other minor fixes and enhancements.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 184 (Jan 6, 2017)

  • Fix compatibility issue preventing local-drive-type mounts after
  • some USB and DVD media has been accessed on a system.
  • Add linux kernel compatibility through kernel version 4.9 .

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 183 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • Fix windows client unmount race introduced in build 181, causing intermittent crashes.
  • Fix windows client data caching issue causing corruption of file sizes with certain IO patterns.
  • Protect windows Volumes mount points from accidental deletion by the user.
  • Convert certain windows client features to use the kernel mini-filter mechanism, for compatibility with future windows releases.
  • Restored support for the UNC-only mount flag, to mount volumes without a Volumes mount point.
  • Windows install self-extracting stub performance enhancements.
  • Add linux kernel compatibility through kernel version 4.7 .
  • Linux install now runs ldconfig for compatibility with certain linux distributions.
  • Volume unmount on Linux now cleans up mount point even if it is open in other applications.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 182 (Apr 20, 2016)

  • Compatibility fixes for network and local-drive-type mounts with Windows search indexing and WinRT photo and music apps.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 181 (Mar 30, 2016)

  • Windows and Mac support for local-drive-type mounts. This allos for greater compatibility with WinRT apps on Windows 10.
  • New installer GUI for all platforms.
  • Add linux kernel compatibility through version 4.5 . Fixed linux
  • kernel module compilation issue, causing crash on 4.3 kernels.
  • Mac filesystem compatibility enhancements related to folder renames and case-changing renames with carbon APIs.
  • Mac and Linux clients report mount "source" in UNC format for improved compatibility with some applications.
  • Various minor fixes.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 180 (Dec 16, 2015)

  • Fixed windows client access checks.
  • Fixed issue in windows client mount name indexing, causing inaccessible mount points in some cases.
  • Implemented Microsoft WHQL signing of windows client kernel module for compatibility with Windows 10.
  • Improved mac client file/folder rename handling for carbon-based mac applications (finder).
  • Implemented mac client signed kernel module, and made various other changes to support system-integrity-protection on OSX 10.11 .
  • Updated linux kernel compatibility through version 4.3 .
  • Various other minor stability and application compatibility fixes.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 178 (Jul 2, 2015)

  • Various stability and application compatibility fixes:
  • Intermittent truncated file name in directory queries.
  • Intermittent premature exit of pfmstat process.
  • Intermittent file open failure with racing concurrent opens.
  • Mishandled wildcard handling during folder iteration.
  • Mishandled attribute and symlink data on mac client.
  • Null ptr dereference in linux client.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 177 (May 8, 2015)

  • Fixed Windows data corruption issue when same file handle is used for both memory mapped and synchronous IO.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 176 (May 5, 2015)

  • Optimized kernel cache memory usage on all platforms.
  • Fixed issue on Windows causing 100% CPU utilization when sharing mounts over the network on Windows XP.
  • Various minor install/uninstall, program, and compatibility fixes.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 175 (Mar 30, 2015)

  • Fixed intermittent refernce leak, sometimes preventing unmounted volumes from properly cleaning up.
  • Restored compatibility with Pentium 3 processors in 32 bit executables, and reduced 32 bit kernel memory utilization for better Windows XP compatibility.
  • Fixed a Windows file system compatibility issue affecting some applications, such as setup.exe for Office 2007.
  • Updated linux kernel compatibility through 3.19 .

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 174 (Mar 25, 2015)

  • Removed virtual-mount-point functionality on Windows. Now mounts
  • get a real mount point in the c:\Volumes folder. Mounts now show in
  • the Windows Explorer drive list even if they do not have a drive
  • letter assigned.
  • Removed tray icon.
  • Per-user driver letter mount points no longer supported. System-wide
  • drive letter mount points no longer require administrator
  • privileges.
  • Various other Windows implementation changes related to namespace
  • caching and remote file change detection for remote file systems.
  • Updated linux kernel compatibility through 3.18 and improved RHEL 7
  • compatibility.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 173 (Feb 10, 2015)

  • Fixed handling of the TRUNCATE_EXISTING option to the CreateFile system call, causing compatibility issues with various applications.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 172 (Jan 13, 2015)

  • Improved compatibility with Microsoft anti-virus.
  • Various minor changes.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 171 (Jan 13, 2015)

  • Changed Windows virtual mount points to appear more like NTFS mount points.
  • Fixed issue in UNC provider causing problems with network shares in some applications.
  • Various minor compatibility and stability fixes.
  • Updated linux kernel compatibility through 3.15 and RHEL 7.
  • New end user license.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 170 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Install package now self-extracting, instead of self-mounting.
  • Fixed compat issue with Windows 8 RDP device redirection.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 169 (Apr 11, 2013)

  • Fixed CFS/CISO password handling defect introduced in build 167.
  • Reduced windows cache memory usage to compensate for changes in Windows 7 memory management.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 168 (Dec 12, 2012)

  • Fixed PFO password handling defect introduced in build 167.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 167 (Dec 6, 2012)

  • Minor API changes.
  • Fixed kernel memory leak occurring when tracemon was installed.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 166 (Aug 21, 2012)

  • Linux kernel module now compatible with 3.4 and 3.5 kernels, and
  • Debian testing kernel headers.
  • Refactored Windows network provider DLL for improved compatibility.
  • Fixed drive letters not showing in explorer on some systems.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 165 (Jun 13, 2012)

  • Improved support for OSX and Linux.
  • Support for "user" drive letter mappings on Windows that do not require administrator privileges.
  • Fix for intermittent Windows installation error related to space characters in path to installer package.
  • Various changes to user input handling during mount operations, including support for password entry via a command line switch.
  • Minor improvements to the zip and ISO readers.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 162 (Dec 15, 2011)

  • Minor enhancement/fixes to UNC support. New OSX kernel module implementation.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 159 (Dec 15, 2011)

  • Implemented PFO recovery command in pfolder utility. Allows recovering user data from corrupted PFO file sets.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 158 (Dec 15, 2011)

  • Fixed delay and popup dialog for empty floppy drive in mount
  • options dialog.
  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 157 (Dec 15, 2011)

  • Fixed compression handling issue in Private Folder that could result in unmountable file sets
  • Improved Private Folder mount logic to provide automatic recovery mount of some corrupted file sets
  • Improved handling of "abc???" style file name wildcards from cmd.exe
  • Switched SMX to use Igor Pavlovs public domain LZMA implementation
  • Fixed installer to not leave zombie installer process when SMX driver is unable to load

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 154 (Oct 16, 2009)

  • Bumped build number to avoid user confusion caused by leading zero in previous builds.
  • Fixed Explorer folder window hotkey issue affecting some users.
  • Various minor fixes for improved compatiblity with some applications and with checked(debug) Windows kernels.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 053 (Aug 21, 2009)

  • Improved ISO reader compatibility with UDF 2.5 images (Bluray).
  • Improved driver compatibility with Microsoft DFS, used in
  • some enterprise networks.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 051 (Jun 5, 2009)

  • Work-around for compatibility issue with Dr. Web anti-virus.
  • Added LZMA and Bzip2 support to zip reader.
  • Improved UTF8 filename support in zip reader.
  • Improved compatibility with some installers (SQL 2005).

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 050 (Mar 8, 2009)

  • Protocol, marshaller, and driver changes to eliminate extra copying of file data.
  • Data caching performance improvements.
  • Support for unbuffered I/O from client applications, for improved performance with some applications.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 048 (Nov 7, 2008)

  • Added SMX creation utility with GUI, ptsmxcreate.
  • Added ISO/CISO/DAA/CFS conversion utility with GUI, ptisoconvert.
  • Added CFS creation utility with GUI, ptcfscreate.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 047 (Sep 2, 2008)

  • Added support for recent DAA image format extensions.
  • Changed driver load logic, to allow driver to load on systems
  • where other drivers have exhausted certain limited system
  • resources.
  • Fixed problem preventing some files from being accessible in
  • large zip files.
  • Improved compatibility with a few 3rd party file system
  • security products.

New in Pismo File Mount Audit Package Build 046 (Aug 8, 2008)

  • Added support for ISZ, DAA, and UIF image formats.
  • Improved mounted drive letter functionality.
  • Improved handling of require-admin applications on Vista with UAC enabled.
  • Fixed unicode case-folding issue causing problems with some european language characters in file names.
  • Expose ..$mediaimage.iso file in mounted CD/DVD images.
  • Support reading pure UDF CD/DVD images.
  • Various changes to driver loading and error reporting