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New in 1.91:
* Add support for LZO version 2.
New in 1.90 - 2005-08-07:
* Rename the project name PUPA to GRUB. Now this version is the
developmental version of GRUB officially.
* The GRUB emulator ``grub-emu'' is added.
* Add support for newworld Mac. This should work with other
PowerPC-based machines as well, if they use IEEE 1275
(Open Firmware).
* Too many changes to describe. Look at ChangeLog for more details.
New in 0.7:
* Problems in cross-compiling PUPA are fixed.
* Use -mrtd and -mregparm=3 to reduce the generated code sizes. This
means that any missing prototypes could be fatal. Also, you must take
care when writing assembly code. See the comments at the beginning of
startup.S, for more details.
* New utility, ``pupa-setup''. This sets up PUPA to make it bootable
from a real disk.
2003-01-06 Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> * util/i386/pc/pupa-setup.c: Include pupa/machine/kernel.h. (setup): Configure the installed partition information and the dl prefix. * loader/i386/pc/chainloader.c (my_mod): New variable. (pupa_chainloader_unload): New function. (pupa_rescue_cmd_chainloader): Refer itself. (PUPA_MOD_INIT): Save its own module in MY_MOD. * kern/i386/pc/startup.S (install_partition): Removed. (version_string): Likewise. (config_file): Likewise. (pupa_install_dos_part): New variable. (pupa_install_bsd_part): Likewise. (pupa_prefix): Likewise. (pupa_chainloader_real_boot): Call pupa_dl_unload_all. * kern/i386/pc/init.c: Include pupa/machine/kernel.h, pupa/dl.h and pupa/misc.h. (make_install_device): New function. (pupa_machine_init): Set the dl prefix. * kern/rescue.c: Include pupa/rescue.h and pupa/dl.h. (buf): Renamed to ... (linebuf): ... this. (pupa_rescue_cmd_prefix): New function. (pupa_rescue_cmd_insmod): Likewise. (pupa_rescue_cmd_rmmod): Likewise. (pupa_rescue_cmd_lsmod): Likewise. (pupa_enter_rescue_mode): Register new commands: prefix, insmod, rmmod and lsmod. * kern/mm.c (pupa_memalign): If failed even after invalidating disk caches, unload unneeded modules and retry. * kern/misc.c (pupa_memmove): New function. (pupa_memcpy): Removed. (pupa_strcpy): New function. (pupa_itoa): Made static. * kern/dl.c (pupa_dl_iterate): New function. (pupa_dl_ref): Likewise. (pupa_dl_unref): Likewise. (pupa_dl_unload): Return if succeeded or not. (pupa_dl_unload_unneeded): New function. (pupa_dl_unload_all): Likewise. (pupa_dl_init): Renamed to ... (pupa_dl_set_prefix): ... this. (pupa_dl_get_prefix): New function. * include/pupa/i386/pc/kernel.h: Include pupa/types.h. (PUPA_KERNEL_MACHINE_INSTALL_DOS_PART): New macro. (PUPA_KERNEL_MACHINE_INSTALL_BSD_PART): Likewise. (PUPA_KERNEL_MACHINE_PREFIX): Likewise. (pupa_install_dos_part): Declared. (pupa_install_bsd_part): Likewise. (pupa_prefix): Likewise. (pupa_boot_drive): Likewise. * include/pupa/types.h: Fix a typo. * include/pupa/misc.h (pupa_memcpy): New macro. Just an alias to pupa_memmove. (pupa_memmove): Declared. (pupa_strcpy): Likewise. * include/pupa/dl.h (PUPA_MOD_INIT): Change the prototype. Now pupa_mod_init takes one argument, its own module. (pupa_dl_unload_unneeded): Declared. (pupa_dl_unload_all): Likewise. (pupa_dl_ref): Likewise. (pupa_dl_unref): Likewise. (pupa_dl_iterate): Likewise. (pupa_dl_init): Renamed to ... (pupa_dl_set_prefix): ... this. (pupa_dl_get_prefix): Declared. * fs/fat.c [!PUPA_UTIL] (my_mod): New variable. (pupa_fat_dir) [!PUPA_UTIL]: Prevent the fat module from being unloaded. (pupa_fat_open) [!PUPA_UTIL]: Refer itself if succeeded. (pupa_fat_close) [!PUPA_UTIL]: Unrefer itself. * configure.ac (tmp_CFLAGS): Added -Wshadow, -Wpointer-arith, -Wmissing-prototypes, -Wundef and -Wstrict-prototypes.
2003-01-06 00:01:35 +00:00
* New commands, "prefix", "insmod", "rmmod" and "lsmod" are added into
the rescue mode to manipulate PUPA modules.
2003-01-17 Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> * include/pupa/i386/pc/linux.h: New file. * loader/i386/pc/linux.c: Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/chainloader.c (pupa_chainloader_boot_sector): Removed. (pupa_chainloader_unload): Return PUPA_ERR_NONE. (pupa_rescue_cmd_chainloader): Read the image to 0x7C00 instead of PUPA_CHAINLOADER_BOOT_SECTOR. * kern/i386/pc/startup.S: Include pupa/machine/linux.h. (pupa_linux_prot_size): New variable. (pupa_linux_tmp_addr): Likewise. (pupa_linux_real_addr): Likewise. (pupa_linux_boot_zimage): New function. (pupa_linux_boot_bzimage): Likewise. * kern/i386/pc/init.c (struct mem_region): New structure. (MAX_REGIONS): New macro. (mem_regions): New variable. (num_regions): Likewise. (pupa_os_area_addr): Likewise. (pupa_os_area_size): Likewise. (pupa_lower_mem): Likewise. (pupa_upper_mem): Likewise. (add_mem_region): New function. (compact_mem_regions): Likewise. (pupa_machine_init): Set PUPA_LOWER_MEM and PUPA_UPPER_MEM to the size of the conventional memory and that of so-called upper memory (before the first memory hole). Instead of adding each found region to free memory, use add_mem_region and add them after removing overlaps. Also, add only 1/4 of the upper memory to free memory. The rest is used for loading OS images. Maybe this is ad hoc, but this makes it much easier to relocate OS images when booting. * kern/rescue.c (pupa_rescue_cmd_module): Removed. (pupa_enter_rescue_mode): Don't register initrd and module. * kern/mm.c: Include pupa/dl.h. * kern/main.c: Include pupa/file.h and pupa/device.h. * kern/loader.c (pupa_loader_load_module_func): Removed. (pupa_loader_load_module): Likewise. * kern/dl.c (pupa_dl_load): Use the suffix ``.mod'' instead of ``.o''. * include/pupa/i386/pc/loader.h (pupa_linux_prot_size): Declared. (pupa_linux_tmp_addr): Likewise. (pupa_linux_real_addr): Likewise. (pupa_linux_boot_zimage): Likewise. (pupa_linux_boot_bzimage): Likewise. * include/pupa/i386/pc/init.h (pupa_lower_mem): Declared. (pupa_upper_mem): Likewise. (pupa_gate_a20): Don't export, because turning off Gate A20 in a module is too dangerous. * include/pupa/loader.h (pupa_os_area_addr): Declared. (pupa_os_area_size): Likewise. (pupa_loader_set): Remove the first argument. Loader doesn't manage modules or initrd any longer. (pupa_loader_load_module): Removed. * conf/i386-pc.rmk (pkgdata_MODULES): Added linux.mod. (linux_mod_SOURCES): New variable. (linux_mod_CFLAGS): Likewise.
2003-01-17 02:52:05 +00:00
* Linux support is added. Initrd is not support yet.
* Reduce the size of a core image significantly by compressing a large
part of the core image and decompressing itself at boot time. The
currently used algorithm is LZO (more precisely, LZO1X-999). So you
have to install LZO to build PUPA. See
<http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/>, for more information.
2003-01-06 Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> * util/i386/pc/pupa-setup.c: Include pupa/machine/kernel.h. (setup): Configure the installed partition information and the dl prefix. * loader/i386/pc/chainloader.c (my_mod): New variable. (pupa_chainloader_unload): New function. (pupa_rescue_cmd_chainloader): Refer itself. (PUPA_MOD_INIT): Save its own module in MY_MOD. * kern/i386/pc/startup.S (install_partition): Removed. (version_string): Likewise. (config_file): Likewise. (pupa_install_dos_part): New variable. (pupa_install_bsd_part): Likewise. (pupa_prefix): Likewise. (pupa_chainloader_real_boot): Call pupa_dl_unload_all. * kern/i386/pc/init.c: Include pupa/machine/kernel.h, pupa/dl.h and pupa/misc.h. (make_install_device): New function. (pupa_machine_init): Set the dl prefix. * kern/rescue.c: Include pupa/rescue.h and pupa/dl.h. (buf): Renamed to ... (linebuf): ... this. (pupa_rescue_cmd_prefix): New function. (pupa_rescue_cmd_insmod): Likewise. (pupa_rescue_cmd_rmmod): Likewise. (pupa_rescue_cmd_lsmod): Likewise. (pupa_enter_rescue_mode): Register new commands: prefix, insmod, rmmod and lsmod. * kern/mm.c (pupa_memalign): If failed even after invalidating disk caches, unload unneeded modules and retry. * kern/misc.c (pupa_memmove): New function. (pupa_memcpy): Removed. (pupa_strcpy): New function. (pupa_itoa): Made static. * kern/dl.c (pupa_dl_iterate): New function. (pupa_dl_ref): Likewise. (pupa_dl_unref): Likewise. (pupa_dl_unload): Return if succeeded or not. (pupa_dl_unload_unneeded): New function. (pupa_dl_unload_all): Likewise. (pupa_dl_init): Renamed to ... (pupa_dl_set_prefix): ... this. (pupa_dl_get_prefix): New function. * include/pupa/i386/pc/kernel.h: Include pupa/types.h. (PUPA_KERNEL_MACHINE_INSTALL_DOS_PART): New macro. (PUPA_KERNEL_MACHINE_INSTALL_BSD_PART): Likewise. (PUPA_KERNEL_MACHINE_PREFIX): Likewise. (pupa_install_dos_part): Declared. (pupa_install_bsd_part): Likewise. (pupa_prefix): Likewise. (pupa_boot_drive): Likewise. * include/pupa/types.h: Fix a typo. * include/pupa/misc.h (pupa_memcpy): New macro. Just an alias to pupa_memmove. (pupa_memmove): Declared. (pupa_strcpy): Likewise. * include/pupa/dl.h (PUPA_MOD_INIT): Change the prototype. Now pupa_mod_init takes one argument, its own module. (pupa_dl_unload_unneeded): Declared. (pupa_dl_unload_all): Likewise. (pupa_dl_ref): Likewise. (pupa_dl_unref): Likewise. (pupa_dl_iterate): Likewise. (pupa_dl_init): Renamed to ... (pupa_dl_set_prefix): ... this. (pupa_dl_get_prefix): Declared. * fs/fat.c [!PUPA_UTIL] (my_mod): New variable. (pupa_fat_dir) [!PUPA_UTIL]: Prevent the fat module from being unloaded. (pupa_fat_open) [!PUPA_UTIL]: Refer itself if succeeded. (pupa_fat_close) [!PUPA_UTIL]: Unrefer itself. * configure.ac (tmp_CFLAGS): Added -Wshadow, -Wpointer-arith, -Wmissing-prototypes, -Wundef and -Wstrict-prototypes.
2003-01-06 00:01:35 +00:00
2002-12-27 08:53:07 +00:00
New in 0.6 - 2002-12-27, Yoshinori K. Okuji:
* The chainloader and the FAT filesystem are modularized.
* The structure of the source tree is a bit changed.
* Support for building loadable modules is added.
* Some generic parts of pupa-mkimage are segregated.
* Some documentation files are added, according to the GNU Coding
Standards.