2013-12-27 03:05:38 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 2.02:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New/improved filesystem and disk support:
|
|
|
|
|
* Big-endian UFS1.
|
|
|
|
|
* Experimental 64-bit ext2 support.
|
|
|
|
|
* Various fixes for non-512-byte sector devices.
|
|
|
|
|
* New `proc' filesystem framework, used by LUKS disks.
|
|
|
|
|
* Fix DM-RAID partition handling.
|
|
|
|
|
* New `nativedisk' command to switch from firmware to native disk drivers.
|
|
|
|
|
* Compressed HFS+.
|
|
|
|
|
* DragonFly BSD labels.
|
|
|
|
|
* CBFS (coreboot).
|
|
|
|
|
* Handle partitioned LVM properly.
|
|
|
|
|
* Use LVM UUIDs whenever possible.
|
|
|
|
|
* GPT PReP.
|
|
|
|
|
* New `progress' module that shows progress information while reading
|
|
|
|
|
files.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New/improved terminal and video support:
|
|
|
|
|
* Monochrome text (matching `hercules' in GRUB Legacy).
|
|
|
|
|
* Morse code output using system speaker.
|
|
|
|
|
* `spkmodem' output (simple data protocol using system speaker).
|
|
|
|
|
* Handle Japanese special keys.
|
|
|
|
|
* coreboot framebuffer.
|
|
|
|
|
* Serial on ARC.
|
|
|
|
|
* Native vt100 handling for grub-emu, replacing the use of the curses
|
|
|
|
|
library.
|
|
|
|
|
* New gfxmenu options for terminal window positioning, theme background
|
|
|
|
|
image handling, and scrollbar padding, plus `item_pixmap_style' and
|
|
|
|
|
`highlight_overlay'.
|
|
|
|
|
* Support several more image types (paletted and greyscale).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Boot protocol improvements:
|
|
|
|
|
* Support Apple FAT binaries on non-Apple platforms.
|
|
|
|
|
* Improve FreeDOS direct loading support compatibility.
|
|
|
|
|
* Enable `linux16' on all x86 platforms, not just BIOS.
|
|
|
|
|
* New TrueCrypt ISO loader.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New/improved network support:
|
|
|
|
|
* New variables `net_default_*' containing properties of the default
|
|
|
|
|
interface.
|
|
|
|
|
* Autoload `http' and `tftp' modules if necessary.
|
|
|
|
|
* Improve TFTP robustness.
|
|
|
|
|
* Parse `nd' disk names in GRUB Legacy configuration files.
|
|
|
|
|
* Issue separate DNS queries for IPv4 and IPv6.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New/improved platform support:
|
|
|
|
|
* New `efifwsetup' and `lsefi' commands on EFI platforms.
|
|
|
|
|
* New `cmosclean', `cmosdump', and `cmosset' commands on platforms with
|
|
|
|
|
CMOS support.
|
|
|
|
|
* New `cbmemc', `coreboot_boottime', and `lscoreboot' commands on
|
|
|
|
|
coreboot.
|
|
|
|
|
* Improve opcode parsing in ACPI halt implementation.
|
|
|
|
|
* Use the TSC as a possible time source on i386-ieee1275.
|
|
|
|
|
* Merge PowerPC grub-mkrescue implementation with the common one.
|
|
|
|
|
* Support grub-mkrescue on i386-ieee1275, sparc64, bootinfo machines such
|
|
|
|
|
as pSeries, and mips-arc.
|
|
|
|
|
* Make grub-mkrescue better support Apple Intel Macs on CD.
|
|
|
|
|
* Enable GRUB Legacy configuration file parsing on EFI.
|
|
|
|
|
* Support halt for Loongson 2E.
|
|
|
|
|
* ARM U-Boot and EFI ports.
|
|
|
|
|
* Reorganise platform-dependent code in utilities to avoid #ifdef mess.
|
|
|
|
|
* AROS and Haiku support for userspace utilities.
|
|
|
|
|
* Xen PV port.
|
|
|
|
|
* Fix EFI stack alignment.
|
|
|
|
|
* ARM64 EFI port.
|
|
|
|
|
* On Linux, read partition start offsets from sysfs if possible.
|
|
|
|
|
* New grub-macbless utility, and better integration with Mac firmware in
|
|
|
|
|
grub-install.
|
|
|
|
|
* Support Yeeloong 3A.
|
|
|
|
|
* Add `cpuid --pae' option to detect Physical Address Extension on x86.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Security:
|
|
|
|
|
* Add optional facility to enforce that all files read by the core image
|
|
|
|
|
from disk have a valid detached digital signature.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Performance:
|
|
|
|
|
* Avoid costly division operations in many places.
|
|
|
|
|
* New boot time analysis framework (`./configure --enable-boot-time').
|
|
|
|
|
* Initialise USB ports in parallel.
|
|
|
|
|
* New `testspeed' command to test file read speed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Scripting:
|
|
|
|
|
* New `eval' and `tr' commands.
|
|
|
|
|
* grub-script-check fails on scripts containing no commands.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Installation and other utility improvements:
|
|
|
|
|
* Add option to compress files on installation or image creation.
|
|
|
|
|
* Using grub-reboot no longer requires setting `GRUB_DEFAULT=saved'.
|
|
|
|
|
* Support probing EFI System Partition (requires os-prober >= 1.58).
|
|
|
|
|
* Fix inconsistent use of `GRUB_CRYPTODISK_ENABLE' and
|
|
|
|
|
`GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK'; the latter is now used consistently.
|
|
|
|
|
* grub-mount handles symbolic links to directories.
|
|
|
|
|
* Support disabling submenus with `GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU' configuration key
|
|
|
|
|
for grub-mkconfig.
|
|
|
|
|
* grub-install, grub-mknetdir, grub-mkrescue, and grub-mkstandalone
|
|
|
|
|
rewritten in C. They should now work in supported non-Unix-like
|
|
|
|
|
environments.
|
|
|
|
|
* Reorganise timeout handling using new `timeout_style' environment
|
|
|
|
|
variable and `GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE' configuration key for grub-mkconfig.
|
|
|
|
|
Menu hotkeys pressed during a hidden timeout now boot the corresponding
|
|
|
|
|
menu entry immediately.
|
|
|
|
|
* New `file' command and grub-file utility to check file types.
|
|
|
|
|
* New syslinux configuration file parser.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Build system:
|
|
|
|
|
* Remove all uses of nested functions; GRUB no longer requires an
|
|
|
|
|
executable stack.
|
|
|
|
|
* Fix documentation build with Texinfo >= 5.1.
|
|
|
|
|
* More robust and documented cross-compiling support.
|
|
|
|
|
* Partial clang support for some platforms.
|
|
|
|
|
* Eliminate the use of AutoGen. This allowed some performance
|
|
|
|
|
improvements to the build system.
|
|
|
|
|
* Fix build with FreeType >= 2.5.1.
|
|
|
|
|
* Make gentpl.py compatible with Python 3. It now requires at least
|
|
|
|
|
Python 2.6.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Revision control moved to git.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2012-06-27 20:28:32 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 2.00:
|
|
|
|
|
|
2012-09-05 12:55:54 +00:00
|
|
|
* Appearance:
|
2012-06-27 20:28:32 +00:00
|
|
|
* Official theme for gfxmenu (starfield)
|
|
|
|
|
* Menu is organised with submenus.
|
|
|
|
|
* Better default video mode selection using EDID.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New platforms:
|
|
|
|
|
* Itanium port.
|
|
|
|
|
* Fuloong2F support (including GRUB as firmware)
|
|
|
|
|
* Fuloong2E support (except GRUB as firmware)
|
|
|
|
|
* ARCS (SGI machines) port.
|
|
|
|
|
* qemu -M mips port.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* grub-mount to mount filesystems using GRUB FS drivers and FUSE.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Changed security default so entries are locked by default if any superuser is
|
|
|
|
|
defined.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New drivers:
|
|
|
|
|
* EHCI.
|
|
|
|
|
* AHCI.
|
|
|
|
|
* ESCC serial.
|
|
|
|
|
* IEEE1275 serial.
|
|
|
|
|
* EFI serial.
|
|
|
|
|
* Network stack for BIOS, IEEE1275, EMU and EFI, including TFTP, HTTP and DNS.
|
|
|
|
|
* VBE on coreboot support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New filesystem, filters and disks formats:
|
|
|
|
|
* DVH partition map.
|
|
|
|
|
* Plan9 partition map.
|
|
|
|
|
* Big-endian mdraid.
|
|
|
|
|
* Big-endian cpio.
|
|
|
|
|
* ODC and NEWC cpio.
|
|
|
|
|
* ExFAT.
|
|
|
|
|
* Minix3fs.
|
|
|
|
|
* Big-endian minixfs.
|
|
|
|
|
* RomFS.
|
|
|
|
|
* Squash4.
|
|
|
|
|
* Support non-512B disk blocks.
|
|
|
|
|
* LUKS and GELI support.
|
|
|
|
|
* LDM read support (no install yet).
|
|
|
|
|
* LZOP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Improved filesystem and disks formats support:
|
|
|
|
|
* HFS+ label support.
|
|
|
|
|
* Improved reiserfs support.
|
|
|
|
|
* multidevice, mirrored and raidz(2,3) ZFS support.
|
|
|
|
|
* RAID LVM (internal RAIDing) support.
|
|
|
|
|
* ZFS crypto support.
|
|
|
|
|
* ZLE and GZIP on ZFS support.
|
|
|
|
|
* Support ZFS up to 33.
|
|
|
|
|
* HFS string is now treated like mac-roman and not UTF-8
|
|
|
|
|
* HFS mtime support.
|
|
|
|
|
* Improved AFFS and SFS support.
|
|
|
|
|
* LZO-compressed btrfs support.
|
|
|
|
|
* cpio and tar symlinks support.
|
|
|
|
|
* Better FS detection to reduce false positives.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New boot protocols:
|
|
|
|
|
* Ability to load another coreboot payload when on coreboot.
|
|
|
|
|
* Plan9.
|
|
|
|
|
* Freedos.
|
2012-06-27 21:37:20 +00:00
|
|
|
* Ntldr/bootmgr (to load Windows bootloader).
|
|
|
|
|
* chainloader --bpb support to patch FAT or NTFS BPB in memory to correct
|
|
|
|
|
wrong partition offset.
|
2012-06-27 20:28:32 +00:00
|
|
|
* PXE chainloading support.
|
|
|
|
|
* Darwin 11 (Mac OS X Lion) protocol support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Boot protocol improvements:
|
|
|
|
|
* Multiple initrd support.
|
|
|
|
|
* Basic illumos and xnu autoconfig.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Testing and debugging:
|
|
|
|
|
* New grub-fstest commands: cat, zfsinfo, testload xnu_uuid
|
2012-06-27 21:37:20 +00:00
|
|
|
* grub-fstest recursive directory compare for quickly checking that
|
|
|
|
|
a directory is read correctly.
|
2012-06-27 20:28:32 +00:00
|
|
|
* Backtace on crash (if gdb module is loaded, x86 only)
|
|
|
|
|
* Disk cache statistics gathering.
|
|
|
|
|
* GDB stub and GDB support script.
|
|
|
|
|
* "make check" and "make bootcheck" expanded to almost all platforms
|
|
|
|
|
(except i386-ieee1275, mips-arc, sparc64-ieee1275, ia64-efi and emu)
|
|
|
|
|
* New `time' command.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Performance:
|
2012-06-27 21:37:20 +00:00
|
|
|
* Lazy scanning to avoid accessing devices which aren't really used.
|
|
|
|
|
This avoids boot delay due to slow device scanning.
|
2012-06-27 20:28:32 +00:00
|
|
|
* Use CPU cache when accessing video memory.
|
2012-06-27 21:37:20 +00:00
|
|
|
* Search hints to first try the most likely device when searching for a
|
|
|
|
|
device with given UUID. This avoids slow scanning in most cases.
|
2012-06-27 20:28:32 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Internationalisation:
|
|
|
|
|
* Updated to Unicode 6.0.
|
2012-06-27 21:37:20 +00:00
|
|
|
* $"..." syntax for translation in grub scripting language. This allows easy
|
2012-06-27 20:28:32 +00:00
|
|
|
translation of grub.cfg at runtime.
|
|
|
|
|
* Translations to many languages included in official distribution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Scripting:
|
|
|
|
|
* $grub_cpu and $grub_platform variables for conditioning grub.cfg on platform
|
2012-06-27 21:37:20 +00:00
|
|
|
at runtime.
|
2012-06-27 20:28:32 +00:00
|
|
|
* $feature_* variables to condition scripts on available features.
|
|
|
|
|
* Use of ids to identify menu entries.
|
|
|
|
|
* all_video module which is empty but depends on all video modules thus
|
|
|
|
|
allowing easy loading of all of them.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Installation:
|
|
|
|
|
* grub-mknetdir script for easy creation of netbootable GRUB directory.
|
|
|
|
|
* Itanium and mips support in grub-mkrescue.
|
|
|
|
|
* grub-install support for all platforms except emu.
|
|
|
|
|
* PreP partition install support.
|
|
|
|
|
* No files conflict between flavours (except grub-mkrescue for ppc). This
|
|
|
|
|
allows easy install of GRUB for several platforms.
|
|
|
|
|
* grub-mkstandalone script for easy creating of image including all modules
|
|
|
|
|
for platforms with generous limit on image size.
|
|
|
|
|
* program-transform-name now functions according to usual conventions.
|
|
|
|
|
Use --grubdir and --bootdir to get old behaviour.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* ADLER32 and CRC64 support (for XZ and hashsum).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* ofconsole renamed to console
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Experimental support for compiling with Apple toolchain.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2012-06-27 21:37:20 +00:00
|
|
|
* grub-mkdevicemap removed. Now all devices are detected on invocation of
|
|
|
|
|
any grub utility.
|
2012-06-27 20:28:32 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2010-08-30 19:55:10 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 1.99:
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010-09-20 13:03:47 +00:00
|
|
|
* Keyboard layouts support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New `lsapm' command (i386-pc only).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Parser for GRUB Legacy configuration files.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Support RAID on virtio devices.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Remove deprecated `root' command.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New `euro.pf2' font which supports most European languages.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Avoid opening the same device twice on Open Firmware platforms.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Extend `vbeinfo' and `vbetest' commands to non-VBE graphics, as
|
|
|
|
|
`videoinfo' and `videotest'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010-09-20 16:59:09 +00:00
|
|
|
* New `lsefisystab', `lssal', and `lsefimmap' commands on EFI platforms.
|
2010-09-20 13:03:47 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Support explicit user claim that a device is BIOS-visible. Devices
|
|
|
|
|
listed in device.map will be assumed to be readable using only BIOS
|
|
|
|
|
facilities, rather than anything more complex such as LVM or RAID.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New bash-completion script for GRUB utilities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Use ACPI to shut down if possible.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New `lsacpi' command.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2011-04-11 21:30:15 +00:00
|
|
|
* Btrfs support.
|
2010-09-20 13:03:47 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New `--boot-directory' option to `grub-install', `grub-reboot', and
|
|
|
|
|
`grub-set-default', with clearer semantics than the previous
|
|
|
|
|
`--root-directory' option.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Rename CD-ROM device to "cd" on BIOS platforms.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Transparent decompression filters.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Simpler PXE image generation. New `grub-mknetdir' utility to generate
|
|
|
|
|
netboot directory trees.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010-09-01 17:15:46 +00:00
|
|
|
* New relocator. Allows for more kernel support and more
|
|
|
|
|
straightforward loader writing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Handle USB pendrives exposed as floppies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New Automake-based build system.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add `sendkey' command (i386-pc only).
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010-12-09 13:09:37 +00:00
|
|
|
* ZFS support.
|
2010-08-30 19:55:10 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2010-09-01 17:15:46 +00:00
|
|
|
* Support 1.x versions of mdadm metadata.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Fix corruption when reading Reiserfs directory entries.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Bidirectional text and diacritics support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Skip LVM snapshots.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* MIPS Yeeloong firmware port.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Change grub-mkdevicemap to emit /dev/disk/by-id/ names where possible
|
|
|
|
|
on GNU/Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add `grub-mkconfig' support for Xen with Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add `grub-mkconfig' support for initrd images on Fedora 13.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Support >3GiB and <16MiB RAM in i386-qemu.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for Cirrus 5446 and Bochs video cards.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Load more appropriate video drivers automatically in `grub-mkconfig'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* USB improvements, including hotplugging/hotunplugging, hub support,
|
|
|
|
|
and USB serial support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* AMD Geode CS5536 support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Extensive updates to the Texinfo documentation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Handle symbolic links under /dev/mapper on GNU/Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Handle installation across multiple partition table types.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add `cmostest' command (i386/x86_64 only).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for DM-RAID disk devices on GNU/Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Remove `grub-mkisofs'. `grub-mkrescue' now uses GNU xorriso to build
|
|
|
|
|
CD images.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `grub-mkrescue' support for EFI, coreboot, and QEMU platforms.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010-09-20 13:03:47 +00:00
|
|
|
* Unify `grub-mkimage', `grub-setup', and `grub-install' source code
|
|
|
|
|
across platforms.
|
2010-09-01 17:15:46 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Fix VGA (as opposed to VBE) video driver, formerly a terminal driver.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add menu hotkey support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for the nilfs2 filesystem.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `grub-probe' and `grub-mkconfig' support for NetBSD.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Support setting a background image in `grub-mkconfig'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Support multiple terminals in `grub-mkconfig'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Regexp support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* MIPS multiboot2 support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Multiboot2 tag support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* sunpc partition table support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add a number of new language features to GRUB script: `for', `while',
|
2010-09-20 13:03:47 +00:00
|
|
|
`until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', `shift',
|
|
|
|
|
multi-line quoted strings, positional parameters with `setparams',
|
|
|
|
|
`return', filename wildcard expansion, and `!'.
|
2010-09-01 17:15:46 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Support nested partition tables. GRUB now prefers to name partitions
|
|
|
|
|
in the form `(hd0,msdos1,bsd1)' rather than `(hd0,1,a)'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Speed up consecutive hostdisk operations on the same device.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Compile parts of `grub-emu' as modules.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010-03-06 20:49:59 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 1.98 - 2010-03-06:
|
2008-08-07 22:43:03 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2010-03-04 20:35:36 +00:00
|
|
|
* Multiboot on EFI support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010-02-07 18:27:03 +00:00
|
|
|
* Graphical menu support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* MIPS support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Saved default menu entry support, with new utilities `grub-reboot' and
|
|
|
|
|
`grub-set-default'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Unit testing framework.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Support for multiple terminals.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Encrypted password support, with a new utility `grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `grub-mkfloppy' removed; use `grub-mkrescue' to create floppy images.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009-12-21 21:15:38 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add grub-probe support for GNU/Hurd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009-11-23 20:47:25 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add support for gettext.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009-12-21 21:11:16 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 1.97:
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009-10-16 18:46:51 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add support for loading XNU (MacOS X kernel).
|
2009-10-16 18:11:45 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* ACPI override support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Integrated gptsync.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Password protection support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Partition manipulation tool.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009-09-04 12:59:54 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add `keystatus' command.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Unicode fonts are now used by default.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009-06-04 17:58:25 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add `hdparm' command.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for getting the current date and time from CMOS as variables.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add `drivemap' command.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for RAID levels 4,6 and 10.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009-10-16 18:46:51 +00:00
|
|
|
* update-grub is replaced by grub-mkconfig.
|
2008-09-29 15:50:27 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2008-08-07 22:43:03 +00:00
|
|
|
* When booting from PXE, PXE can be used to load files.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* High resolution timer support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Image loaders now support IO buffering.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add `crc' command.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008-08-16 18:56:49 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add Cygwin support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008-08-07 22:43:03 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add x86_64 EFI support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009-07-19 20:23:33 +00:00
|
|
|
* Use LZMA compression instead of LZO.
|
2008-08-07 22:43:03 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Support for saving the environment from and loading the environment
|
|
|
|
|
from a file.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Allow the UUID to be used as device name.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* The `search' command can use UUIDs now.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for IEEE 1275 on i386.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Create partmap.lst and use it to automatically load partition map
|
|
|
|
|
modules.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008-09-29 15:50:27 +00:00
|
|
|
* grub-mkconfig supports os-prober to add operating systems to the
|
2008-08-16 18:56:49 +00:00
|
|
|
boot menu.
|
2008-08-07 22:43:03 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2009-10-16 18:46:51 +00:00
|
|
|
* The ATA driver supports devices bigger than 2 TiB.
|
2008-08-07 22:43:03 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2008-08-07 22:55:50 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add support for the UDF, AFS and EXT4 filesystems.
|
2008-08-07 22:43:03 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2008-08-07 22:55:50 +00:00
|
|
|
* The ISO9660 filesystem supports the Joliet extension
|
2008-08-07 22:43:03 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2009-10-16 18:46:51 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add support for loading kernels of FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.
|
2008-08-07 22:43:03 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add new command `sleep'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Support for direct access to AT keyboards.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New utility `grub-fstest'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008-02-03 13:57:54 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 1.96 - 2008-02-03:
|
2007-07-21 23:32:33 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* The license term is changed to GNU General Public License Version 3.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007-08-02 Marco Gerards <marco@gnu.org>
* DISTLIST: Add `disk/host.c', `fs/ntfs.c', `include/multiboot.h',
`include/multiboot2.h', `include/grub/elfload.h',
`include/multiboot.h', `include/grub/multiboot.h',
`include/grub/multiboot_loader.h', `include/grub/multiboot2.h',
`include/grub/i386/pc/biosdisk.h', `include/grub/util/biosdisk.h',
`kern/elf.c', `loader/multiboot_loader.c',
`loader/multiboot_loader_normal.c', `loader/multiboot2.c',
`loader/i386/pc/multiboot2.c',
`loader/powerpc/ieee1275/multiboot2.c', `util/hostfs.c' and
`util/i386/pc/grub-mkrescue.in'. Remove
`include/grub/biosdisk.h', `include/grub/i386/pc/multiboot.h',
`include/grub/i386/pc/util/biosdisk.h' and
`include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/multiboot.h'.
2007-08-02 20:19:50 +00:00
|
|
|
* grub-emu is made optional. Now you have to use
|
|
|
|
|
`--enable-grub-emu' to enable it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add Multiboot2 support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* grub-emu can access the host filesystem now.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008-01-27 22:02:02 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add support for the NTFS, cpio/tar and Reiserfs filesystems.
|
2007-08-02 Marco Gerards <marco@gnu.org>
* DISTLIST: Add `disk/host.c', `fs/ntfs.c', `include/multiboot.h',
`include/multiboot2.h', `include/grub/elfload.h',
`include/multiboot.h', `include/grub/multiboot.h',
`include/grub/multiboot_loader.h', `include/grub/multiboot2.h',
`include/grub/i386/pc/biosdisk.h', `include/grub/util/biosdisk.h',
`kern/elf.c', `loader/multiboot_loader.c',
`loader/multiboot_loader_normal.c', `loader/multiboot2.c',
`loader/i386/pc/multiboot2.c',
`loader/powerpc/ieee1275/multiboot2.c', `util/hostfs.c' and
`util/i386/pc/grub-mkrescue.in'. Remove
`include/grub/biosdisk.h', `include/grub/i386/pc/multiboot.h',
`include/grub/i386/pc/util/biosdisk.h' and
`include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/multiboot.h'.
2007-08-02 20:19:50 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2007-10-31 22:29:20 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add support for ATA/ATAPI.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008-01-27 22:02:02 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add update-grub script to generate grub.cfg.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add grub-mkrescue script to generate floppy or ElTorito images
|
|
|
|
|
(i386-pc only).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for background images in gfxterm (background_image command).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for detection of 64-bit support in CPU (cpuid command).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* GPT is now enabled in i386-pc target.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add grub-install for EFI.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Ported to the following new platforms: Efika, coreboot (a.k.a. LinuxBIOS),
|
|
|
|
|
OLPC XO.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for colored menu (menu_color_normal and menu_color_highlight
|
|
|
|
|
variables).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Fix support for loading Linux zImages (such as memtest86).
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006-10-15 13:53:59 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 1.95 - 2006-10-15:
|
2006-06-05 17:18:31 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first
|
|
|
|
|
partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0".
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006-10-14 21:17:33 +00:00
|
|
|
* grub-probefs is renamed to grub-probe, and supports printing a
|
|
|
|
|
guessed OS device name and a GRUB drive name.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* RAID and LVM support is added.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* New command, echo.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* The disk API is changed to support 64-bit addressing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* A TGA loader is added for the video API.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006-06-04 12:59:19 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 1.94 - 2006-06-04:
|
2006-05-28 03:20:18 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Fix several serious bugs in HFS+.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add experimental EFI support. Chainloading and Linux loading are
|
|
|
|
|
supported at the moment.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add a new command "blocklist" to show a block list.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Use --with-platform to specify a boot environment. For now, efi,
|
|
|
|
|
ieee1275 and pc are supported.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Use the filename "kernel.elf" instead of "grubof" on ieee1275.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Install GRUB into pkglibdir instead of pkgdatadir.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Support environmental variables. You can export variables by the
|
|
|
|
|
command "export".
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Remove the commands "default" and "timeout". They are now variables.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add the commands "source" and "." to include a file.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Implement experimental Video API and a new terminal "gfxterm" based
|
|
|
|
|
on the Video API.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006-03-10 22:27:24 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 1.93 - 2006-03-10:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for the HFS+ wrapper.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Major improvements to scripting support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Menu entries are now scriptable.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006-04-02 08:53:31 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2005-12-25 14:45:14 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 1.92 - 2005-12-25:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for GPT partition table format.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add a new command "play" to play an audio file on PC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for Linux/ADFS partition table format.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for BASH-like scripting.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005-12-25 15:59:50 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add support for Apple HFS+ filesystems.
|
2005-12-25 14:45:14 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2005-12-25 16:01:29 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2005-10-15 18:10:37 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 1.91 - 2005-10-15:
|
2005-08-08 23:15:21 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add support for LZO version 2.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005-08-18 03:14:39 +00:00
|
|
|
* Support completion in the entry editor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add VBE support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005-08-20 07:49:02 +00:00
|
|
|
* New commands, "search", "vbetest" and "vbeinfo".
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005-08-20 08:25:51 +00:00
|
|
|
* The option BOOT_IMAGE is passed to Linux.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005-08-22 17:28:59 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add support for automatic decompression for gzip.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005-09-03 16:55:38 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add support for terminfo and serial.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005-10-15 12:22:37 +00:00
|
|
|
* Add support for x86_64.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* GRUB itself is a Multiboot-compliant kernel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Add new filesystems: XFS, SFS, and AFFS.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005-08-18 03:14:39 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2005-08-08 23:15:21 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 1.90 - 2005-08-07:
|
2004-04-04 13:46:03 +00:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* 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).
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005-08-07 14:59:56 +00:00
|
|
|
* Too many changes to describe. Look at ChangeLog for more details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004-04-04 13:46:03 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2002-12-27 14:14:06 +00:00
|
|
|
New in 0.7:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Problems in cross-compiling PUPA are fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002-12-28 07:16:30 +00:00
|
|
|
* 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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003-01-02 23:46:21 +00:00
|
|
|
* New utility, ``pupa-setup''. This sets up PUPA to make it bootable
|
|
|
|
|
from a real disk.
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 02:52:05 +00:00
|
|
|
* Linux support is added. Initrd is not support yet.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003-01-31 03:26:56 +00:00
|
|
|
* 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 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.
|
