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* NEWS: Add few missing entries. Correct existing ones.

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2013-12-30 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
* NEWS: Add few missing entries. Correct existing ones.
2013-12-28 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
Don't abort() on unavailable coreboot tables if not running on coreboot.

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@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ New in 2.02:
* Improve FreeDOS direct loading support compatibility.
* Enable `linux16' on all x86 platforms, not just BIOS.
* New TrueCrypt ISO loader.
* multiboot2 boot-services EFI specification.
* multiboot2 full-file specfication.
* New/improved network support:
* New variables `net_default_*' containing properties of the default
@ -44,11 +46,17 @@ New in 2.02:
* Parse `nd' disk names in GRUB Legacy configuration files.
* Issue separate DNS queries for IPv4 and IPv6.
* Coreboot improvements:
* CBFS support both in on-disk images (loopback) and flash.
* Ability to launch another payload from flash or disk
* Coreboot framebuffer
* CBMEMC support (both logging and inspecting logs)
* Inspecting coreboot timestamps.
* Inspecting coreboot tables.
* New/improved platform support:
* New `efifwsetup' and `lsefi' commands on EFI platforms.
* New `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.
@ -68,6 +76,7 @@ New in 2.02:
grub-install.
* Support Yeeloong 3A.
* Add `cpuid --pae' option to detect Physical Address Extension on x86.
* Support for USB debug dongles.
* Security:
* Add optional facility to enforce that all files read by the core image
@ -78,6 +87,7 @@ New in 2.02:
* New boot time analysis framework (`./configure --enable-boot-time').
* Initialise USB ports in parallel.
* New `testspeed' command to test file read speed.
* Speed-up gfxterm by storing intermediate results in more compact format.
* Scripting:
* New `eval' and `tr' commands.
@ -95,6 +105,7 @@ New in 2.02:
* grub-install, grub-mknetdir, grub-mkrescue, and grub-mkstandalone
rewritten in C. They should now work in supported non-Unix-like
environments.
* Native mingw support, including ability to install on EFI under windows.
* 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
@ -107,12 +118,19 @@ New in 2.02:
executable stack.
* Fix documentation build with Texinfo >= 5.1.
* More robust and documented cross-compiling support.
* Partial clang support for some platforms.
* Partial clang support for some platforms (experimental).
* Partial mingw64 x86_64-efi compile support (highly experimental).
* Partial mingw32 i386-* (other than already present i386-pc)
compile support (highly experimental).
* Eliminate the use of AutoGen. This allowed some performance
improvements to the build system.
* Remove variable length arrays.
* OpenBSD compile and tools support (NetBSD and FreeBSD were already supported).
* Fix build with FreeType >= 2.5.1.
* Make gentpl.py compatible with Python 3. It now requires at least
Python 2.6.
* modinfo.sh contains build information now.
* Added many new tests to improve robustness.
* Revision control moved to git.
@ -142,7 +160,6 @@ New in 2.00:
* 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.
@ -166,7 +183,7 @@ New in 2.00:
* multidevice, mirrored and raidz(2,3) ZFS support.
* RAID LVM (internal RAIDing) support.
* ZFS crypto support.
* ZLE and GZIP on ZFS support.
* ZLE, LZ4 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.