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Changes between 1.1.1 and 3.0.0 [xx XXX xxxx]
- *) Added support for enabling instrumentation through trace output.
- This is left to application control, by allowing it to register BIOs as
- channels for a number of tracing and debugging categories.
+ *) Added a new generic trace API which provides support for enabling
+ instrumentation through trace output. This feature is mainly intended
+ as an aid for developers and is disabled by default. To utilize it,
+ OpenSSL needs to be configured with the `enable-trace` option.
+
+ If the tracing API is enabled, the application can activate trace output
+ by registering BIOs as trace channels for a number of tracing and debugging
+ categories.
The 'openssl' application has been expanded to enable any of the types
available via environment variables defined by the user, and serves as