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2012-06-27 20:28:32 +00:00
New in 2.00:
* Appearence:
* 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.
* Ntldr/bootmgr (Windows bootloader).
* chainloader --bpb support.
* 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
* grub-fstest recursive directory compare for quickly check that directory is
read correctly.
* 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:
* Lazy scanning for improved performance.
* Use CPU cache when accessing video memory.
* Search hints for better performance.
* Internationalisation:
* Updated to Unicode 6.0.
* $"..." syntax for translation in grub script. This allows easy
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
on runtime.
* $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.
* grub-mkdevicemap removed. Now all devices are detected on runtime.
New in 1.99:
* 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'.
* New `lsefisystab', `lssal', and `lsefimmap' commands on EFI platforms.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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).
* ZFS support.
* 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.
* Unify `grub-mkimage', `grub-setup', and `grub-install' source code
across platforms.
* 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',
`until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', `shift',
multi-line quoted strings, positional parameters with `setparams',
`return', filename wildcard expansion, and `!'.
* 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.
New in 1.98 - 2010-03-06:
* Multiboot on EFI support.
* 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.
* Add grub-probe support for GNU/Hurd.
2009-11-23 20:47:25 +00:00
* Add support for gettext.
New in 1.97:
* Add support for loading XNU (MacOS X kernel).
* ACPI override support.
* Integrated gptsync.
* Password protection support.
* Partition manipulation tool.
* Add `keystatus' command.
* Unicode fonts are now used by default.
* 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.
* update-grub is replaced by grub-mkconfig.
* When booting from PXE, PXE can be used to load files.
* High resolution timer support.
* Image loaders now support IO buffering.
* Add `crc' command.
* Add Cygwin support.
* Add x86_64 EFI support.
* Use LZMA compression instead of LZO.
* 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.
* grub-mkconfig supports os-prober to add operating systems to the
boot menu.
* The ATA driver supports devices bigger than 2 TiB.
2008-08-07 22:55:50 +00:00
* Add support for the UDF, AFS and EXT4 filesystems.
2008-08-07 22:55:50 +00:00
* The ISO9660 filesystem supports the Joliet extension
* Add support for loading kernels of FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.
* Add new command `sleep'.
* Support for direct access to AT keyboards.
* New utility `grub-fstest'.
New in 1.96 - 2008-02-03:
2007-07-22 Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> Migrate to GNU General Public License Version 3. * COPYING: Replaced with the plain text version of GPLv3. * config.guess: Updated from gnulib. * config.sub: Likewise. * geninit.sh: Output a GPLv3 copyright notice. * geninitheader.sh: Likewise. * genmodsrc.sh: Likewise. * gensymlist.sh.in: Likewise. * boot/i386/pc/boot.S: Upgraded to GPLv3. * boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S: Likewise. * boot/i386/pc/pxeboot.S: Likewise. * commands/blocklist.c: Likewise. * commands/boot.c: Likewise. * commands/cat.c: Likewise. * commands/cmp.c: Likewise. * commands/configfile.c: Likewise. * commands/echo.c: Likewise. * commands/help.c: Likewise. * commands/ls.c: Likewise. * commands/search.c: Likewise. * commands/terminal.c: Likewise. * commands/test.c: Likewise. * commands/videotest.c: Likewise. * commands/i386/cpuid.c: Likewise. * commands/i386/pc/halt.c: Likewise. * commands/i386/pc/play.c: Likewise. * commands/i386/pc/reboot.c: Likewise. * commands/i386/pc/vbeinfo.c: Likewise. * commands/i386/pc/vbetest.c: Likewise. * commands/ieee1275/halt.c: Likewise. * commands/ieee1275/reboot.c: Likewise. * commands/ieee1275/suspend.c: Likewise. * disk/loopback.c: Likewise. * disk/lvm.c: Likewise. * disk/raid.c: Likewise. * disk/efi/efidisk.c: Likewise. * disk/i386/pc/biosdisk.c: Likewise. * disk/ieee1275/ofdisk.c: Likewise. * font/manager.c: Likewise. * fs/affs.c: Likewise. * fs/ext2.c: Likewise. * fs/fat.c: Likewise. * fs/fshelp.c: Likewise. * fs/hfs.c: Likewise. * fs/hfsplus.c: Likewise. * fs/iso9660.c: Likewise. * fs/jfs.c: Likewise. * fs/minix.c: Likewise. * fs/sfs.c: Likewise. * fs/ufs.c: Likewise. * fs/xfs.c: Likewise. * hello/hello.c: Likewise. * include/grub/acorn_filecore.h: Likewise. * include/grub/arg.h: Likewise. * include/grub/bitmap.h: Likewise. * include/grub/boot.h: Likewise. * include/grub/cache.h: Likewise. * include/grub/device.h: Likewise. * include/grub/disk.h: Likewise. * include/grub/dl.h: Likewise. * include/grub/elfload.h: Likewise. * include/grub/env.h: Likewise. * include/grub/err.h: Likewise. * include/grub/file.h: Likewise. * include/grub/font.h: Likewise. * include/grub/fs.h: Likewise. * include/grub/fshelp.h: Likewise. * include/grub/gzio.h: Likewise. * include/grub/hfs.h: Likewise. * include/grub/kernel.h: Likewise. * include/grub/loader.h: Likewise. * include/grub/lvm.h: Likewise. * include/grub/misc.h: Likewise. * include/grub/mm.h: Likewise. * include/grub/net.h: Likewise. * include/grub/normal.h: Likewise. * include/grub/parser.h: Likewise. * include/grub/partition.h: Likewise. * include/grub/pc_partition.h: Likewise. * include/grub/raid.h: Likewise. * include/grub/rescue.h: Likewise. * include/grub/script.h: Likewise. * include/grub/setjmp.h: Likewise. * include/grub/symbol.h: Likewise. * include/grub/term.h: Likewise. * include/grub/terminfo.h: Likewise. * include/grub/tparm.h: Likewise. * include/grub/types.h: Likewise. * include/grub/video.h: Likewise. * include/grub/efi/api.h: Likewise. * include/grub/efi/chainloader.h: Likewise. * include/grub/efi/console.h: Likewise. * include/grub/efi/console_control.h: Likewise. * include/grub/efi/disk.h: Likewise. * include/grub/efi/efi.h: Likewise. * include/grub/efi/pe32.h: Likewise. * include/grub/efi/time.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/linux.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/setjmp.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/types.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/efi/kernel.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/efi/loader.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/efi/time.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/biosdisk.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/boot.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/chainloader.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/console.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/init.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/kernel.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/loader.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/memory.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/multiboot.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/serial.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/time.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/vbe.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/vbeblit.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/vbefill.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/vbeutil.h: Likewise. * include/grub/i386/pc/vga.h: Likewise. * include/grub/ieee1275/ieee1275.h: Likewise. * include/grub/ieee1275/ofdisk.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/libgcc.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/setjmp.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/types.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/biosdisk.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/console.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/ieee1275.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/kernel.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/loader.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/multiboot.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/time.h: Likewise. * include/grub/powerpc/ieee1275/util/biosdisk.h: Likewise. * include/grub/sparc64/libgcc.h: Likewise. * include/grub/sparc64/setjmp.h: Likewise. * include/grub/sparc64/types.h: Likewise. * include/grub/sparc64/ieee1275/console.h: Likewise. * include/grub/sparc64/ieee1275/ieee1275.h: Likewise. * include/grub/sparc64/ieee1275/kernel.h: Likewise. * include/grub/sparc64/ieee1275/time.h: Likewise. * include/grub/util/biosdisk.h: Likewise. * include/grub/util/getroot.h: Likewise. * include/grub/util/lvm.h: Likewise. * include/grub/util/misc.h: Likewise. * include/grub/util/raid.h: Likewise. * include/grub/util/resolve.h: Likewise. * io/gzio.c: Likewise. * kern/device.c: Likewise. * kern/disk.c: Likewise. * kern/dl.c: Likewise. * kern/elf.c: Likewise. * kern/env.c: Likewise. * kern/err.c: Likewise. * kern/file.c: Likewise. * kern/fs.c: Likewise. * kern/loader.c: Likewise. * kern/main.c: Likewise. * kern/misc.c: Likewise. * kern/mm.c: Likewise. * kern/parser.c: Likewise. * kern/partition.c: Likewise. * kern/rescue.c: Likewise. * kern/term.c: Likewise. * kern/efi/efi.c: Likewise. * kern/efi/init.c: Likewise. * kern/efi/mm.c: Likewise. * kern/i386/dl.c: Likewise. * kern/i386/efi/init.c: Likewise. * kern/i386/efi/startup.S: Likewise. * kern/i386/pc/init.c: Likewise. * kern/i386/pc/lzo1x.S: Likewise. * kern/i386/pc/startup.S: Likewise. * kern/ieee1275/ieee1275.c: Likewise. * kern/powerpc/cache.S: Likewise. * kern/powerpc/dl.c: Likewise. * kern/powerpc/ieee1275/cmain.c: Likewise. * kern/powerpc/ieee1275/crt0.S: Likewise. * kern/powerpc/ieee1275/init.c: Likewise. * kern/powerpc/ieee1275/openfw.c: Likewise. * kern/sparc64/cache.S: Likewise. * kern/sparc64/dl.c: Likewise. * kern/sparc64/ieee1275/init.c: Likewise. * kern/sparc64/ieee1275/openfw.c: Likewise. * loader/efi/chainloader.c: Likewise. * loader/efi/chainloader_normal.c: Likewise. * loader/i386/efi/linux.c: Likewise. * loader/i386/efi/linux_normal.c: Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/chainloader.c: Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/chainloader_normal.c: Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/linux.c: Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/linux_normal.c: Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/multiboot.c: Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/multiboot_normal.c: Likewise. * loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux.c: Likewise. * loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux_normal.c: Likewise. * normal/arg.c: Likewise. * normal/cmdline.c: Likewise. * normal/command.c: Likewise. * normal/completion.c: Likewise. * normal/execute.c: Likewise. * normal/function.c: Likewise. * normal/lexer.c: Likewise. * normal/main.c: Likewise. * normal/menu.c: Likewise. * normal/menu_entry.c: Likewise. * normal/misc.c: Likewise. * normal/parser.y: Likewise. * normal/script.c: Likewise. * normal/i386/setjmp.S: Likewise. * normal/powerpc/setjmp.S: Likewise. * normal/sparc64/setjmp.S: Likewise. * partmap/acorn.c: Likewise. * partmap/amiga.c: Likewise. * partmap/apple.c: Likewise. * partmap/gpt.c: Likewise. * partmap/pc.c: Likewise. * partmap/sun.c: Likewise. * term/gfxterm.c: Likewise. * term/terminfo.c: Likewise. * term/efi/console.c: Likewise. * term/i386/pc/console.c: Likewise. * term/i386/pc/serial.c: Likewise. * term/i386/pc/vesafb.c: Likewise. * term/i386/pc/vga.c: Likewise. * term/ieee1275/ofconsole.c: Likewise. * util/biosdisk.c: Likewise. * util/console.c: Likewise. * util/genmoddep.c: Likewise. * util/getroot.c: Likewise. * util/grub-emu.c: Likewise. * util/grub-mkdevicemap.c: Likewise. * util/grub-probe.c: Likewise. * util/lvm.c: Likewise. * util/misc.c: Likewise. * util/raid.c: Likewise. * util/resolve.c: Likewise. * util/update-grub.in: Likewise. * util/update-grub_lib.in: Likewise. * util/grub.d/00_header.in: Likewise. * util/grub.d/10_hurd.in: Likewise. * util/grub.d/10_linux.in: Likewise. * util/i386/efi/grub-install.in: Likewise. * util/i386/efi/grub-mkimage.c: Likewise. * util/i386/pc/grub-install.in: Likewise. * util/i386/pc/grub-mkimage.c: Likewise. * util/i386/pc/grub-mkrescue.in: Likewise. * util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c: Likewise. * util/i386/pc/misc.c: Likewise. * util/powerpc/ieee1275/grub-install.in: Likewise. * util/powerpc/ieee1275/grub-mkimage.c: Likewise. * util/powerpc/ieee1275/misc.c: Likewise. * video/bitmap.c: Likewise. * video/video.c: Likewise. * video/i386/pc/vbe.c: Likewise. * video/i386/pc/vbeblit.c: Likewise. * video/i386/pc/vbefill.c: Likewise. * video/i386/pc/vbeutil.c: Likewise. * video/readers/tga.c: Likewise.
2007-07-21 23:32:33 +00:00
* The license term is changed to GNU General Public License Version 3.
* 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.
* Add support for the NTFS, cpio/tar and Reiserfs filesystems.
* Add support for ATA/ATAPI.
* 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).
New in 1.95 - 2006-10-15:
2006-06-05 Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> Count partitions from 1 instead of 0 in the string representation of partitions. Still use 0-based internally. * partmap/sun.c (grub_sun_is_valid): A cosmetic change. (sun_partition_map_iterate): Use grub_partition_t instead of struct grub_partition *. Cast DESC->START_CYLINDER to grub_uint64_t after converting the endian. (sun_partition_map_probe): Subtract 1 for PARTNUM. (sun_partition_map_get_name): Add 1 to P->INDEX. * partmap/pc.c (grub_partition_parse): Subtract 1 for PCDATA->DOS_PART. (pc_partition_map_get_name): Add 1 into PCDATA->DOS_PART. * partmap/gpt.c (gpt_partition_map_iterate): Initialize PARTNO to zero instead of one. (gpt_partition_map_probe): Subtract 1 for PARTNUM. (gpt_partition_map_get_name): Add 1 into P->INDEX. * partmap/apple.c (apple_partition_map_iterate): Change the type of POS to unsigned. (apple_partition_map_probe): Subtract 1 for PARTNUM. (apple_partition_map_get_name): Add 1 into P->INDEX. * partmap/amiga.c (amiga_partition_map_iterate): Change the type of POS to unsigned. (amiga_partition_map_iterate): Cast NEXT to grub_off_t to calculate the offset of a partition. (amiga_partition_map_probe): Subtract 1 for PARTNUM. (amiga_partition_map_get_name): Add 1 into P->INDEX. * partmap/acorn.c (acorn_partition_map_find): Change the type of SECTOR to grub_disk_addr_t. (acorn_partition_map_iterate): Likewise. (acorn_partition_map_probe): Subtract 1 for PARTNUM. Change the type of SECTOR to grub_disk_addr_t. Declare P on the top. (acorn_partition_map_get_name): Add 1 into P->INDEX. * kern/i386/pc/init.c (make_install_device): Add 1 into GRUB_INSTALL_DOS_PART. * fs/iso9660.c (grub_iso9660_mount): Fixed a reversed conditional.
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.
New in 1.94 - 2006-06-04:
* 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.
New in 1.93 - 2006-03-10:
* Add support for the HFS+ wrapper.
* Major improvements to scripting support.
* Menu entries are now scriptable.
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.
* Add support for Apple HFS+ filesystems.
2005-12-25 14:45:14 +00:00
2005-12-25 16:01:29 +00:00
New in 1.91 - 2005-10-15:
* Add support for LZO version 2.
2005-08-18 Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> * normal/misc.c: New file. * DISTLIST: Added normal/misc.c. * partmap/amiga.c (amiga_partition_map_iterate): Add an argument DISK to HOOK. Call HOOK with DISK. * partmap/apple.c (apple_partition_map_iterate): Likewise. * partmap/pc.c (pc_partition_map_iterate): Likewise. * partmap/sun.c (sun_partition_map_iterate): Likewise. * normal/menu_entry.c (struct screen): Added a new member "completion_shown". (completion_buffer): New global variable. (make_screen): Set SCREEN->COMPLETION_SHOWN to zero. (store_completion): New function. (complete): Likewise. (clear_completions): Likewise. (grub_menu_entry_run): If SCREEN->COMPLETION_SHOWN is non-zero, call clear_completions and reset SCREEN->COMPLETION_SHOWN. If C is a tab, call complete. * normal/completion.c (disk_dev): Removed. (print_simple_completion): Likewise. (print_partition_completion): Likewise. (print_func): New global variable. (add_completion): Do not take the arguments WHAT or PRINT any longer. Added a new argument TYPE. Instead of printing directly, call PRINT_FUNC if not NULL. All callers changed. (complete_device): Use a local variable DEV instead of DISK_DEV. Do not move CURRENT_WORD to the end of a device name. (grub_normal_do_completion): Take a new argument HOOK. Do not initialize DISK_DEV. Initialize PRINT_FUNC to HOOK. If RET is an empty string, return NULL instead. All callers changed. * normal/cmdline.c (print_completion): New function. * kern/partition.c (grub_partition_iterate): Add an argument DISK to HOOK. All callers changed. * kern/disk.c (grub_print_partinfo): Removed. * include/grub/partition.h (struct grub_partition_map): Add a new argument DISK into HOOK of ITERATE. (grub_partition_iterate): Add a new argument DISK to HOOK. * include/grub/normal.h (enum grub_completion_type): New enum. (grub_completion_type_t): New type. (GRUB_COMPLETION_TYPE_COMMAND): New constant. (GRUB_COMPLETION_TYPE_DEVICE): Likewise. (GRUB_COMPLETION_TYPE_PARTITION): Likewise. (GRUB_COMPLETION_TYPE_FILE): Likewise. (grub_normal_do_completion): Added a new argument HOOK. (grub_normal_print_device_info): New prototype. * include/grub/disk.h (grub_print_partinfo): Removed. * conf/i386-pc.rmk (grub_emu_SOURCES): Added normal/misc.c. (normal_mod_SOURCES): Likewise. * conf/powerpc-ieee1275.rmk (grub_emu_SOURCES): Likewise. (normal_mod_SOURCES): Likewise. * commands/ls.c (grub_ls_list_disks): Use grub_normal_print_device_info instead of grub_print_partinfo. Free PNAME. (grub_ls_list_files): Use grub_normal_print_device_info instead of duplicating the code.
2005-08-18 03:14:39 +00:00
* Support completion in the entry editor.
* Add VBE support.
* New commands, "search", "vbetest" and "vbeinfo".
* The option BOOT_IMAGE is passed to Linux.
* 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 Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> * normal/misc.c: New file. * DISTLIST: Added normal/misc.c. * partmap/amiga.c (amiga_partition_map_iterate): Add an argument DISK to HOOK. Call HOOK with DISK. * partmap/apple.c (apple_partition_map_iterate): Likewise. * partmap/pc.c (pc_partition_map_iterate): Likewise. * partmap/sun.c (sun_partition_map_iterate): Likewise. * normal/menu_entry.c (struct screen): Added a new member "completion_shown". (completion_buffer): New global variable. (make_screen): Set SCREEN->COMPLETION_SHOWN to zero. (store_completion): New function. (complete): Likewise. (clear_completions): Likewise. (grub_menu_entry_run): If SCREEN->COMPLETION_SHOWN is non-zero, call clear_completions and reset SCREEN->COMPLETION_SHOWN. If C is a tab, call complete. * normal/completion.c (disk_dev): Removed. (print_simple_completion): Likewise. (print_partition_completion): Likewise. (print_func): New global variable. (add_completion): Do not take the arguments WHAT or PRINT any longer. Added a new argument TYPE. Instead of printing directly, call PRINT_FUNC if not NULL. All callers changed. (complete_device): Use a local variable DEV instead of DISK_DEV. Do not move CURRENT_WORD to the end of a device name. (grub_normal_do_completion): Take a new argument HOOK. Do not initialize DISK_DEV. Initialize PRINT_FUNC to HOOK. If RET is an empty string, return NULL instead. All callers changed. * normal/cmdline.c (print_completion): New function. * kern/partition.c (grub_partition_iterate): Add an argument DISK to HOOK. All callers changed. * kern/disk.c (grub_print_partinfo): Removed. * include/grub/partition.h (struct grub_partition_map): Add a new argument DISK into HOOK of ITERATE. (grub_partition_iterate): Add a new argument DISK to HOOK. * include/grub/normal.h (enum grub_completion_type): New enum. (grub_completion_type_t): New type. (GRUB_COMPLETION_TYPE_COMMAND): New constant. (GRUB_COMPLETION_TYPE_DEVICE): Likewise. (GRUB_COMPLETION_TYPE_PARTITION): Likewise. (GRUB_COMPLETION_TYPE_FILE): Likewise. (grub_normal_do_completion): Added a new argument HOOK. (grub_normal_print_device_info): New prototype. * include/grub/disk.h (grub_print_partinfo): Removed. * conf/i386-pc.rmk (grub_emu_SOURCES): Added normal/misc.c. (normal_mod_SOURCES): Likewise. * conf/powerpc-ieee1275.rmk (grub_emu_SOURCES): Likewise. (normal_mod_SOURCES): Likewise. * commands/ls.c (grub_ls_list_disks): Use grub_normal_print_device_info instead of grub_print_partinfo. Free PNAME. (grub_ls_list_files): Use grub_normal_print_device_info instead of duplicating the code.
2005-08-18 03:14:39 +00:00
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.