* NEWS: First draft of 2.02 entry.
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2013-12-27 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
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* NEWS: First draft of 2.02 entry.
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2013-12-27 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
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* INSTALL (Cross-compiling the GRUB): Fix some spelling mistakes.
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New in 2.02:
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* New/improved filesystem and disk support:
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* Big-endian UFS1.
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* Experimental 64-bit ext2 support.
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* Various fixes for non-512-byte sector devices.
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* New `proc' filesystem framework, used by LUKS disks.
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* Fix DM-RAID partition handling.
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* New `nativedisk' command to switch from firmware to native disk drivers.
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* Compressed HFS+.
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* DragonFly BSD labels.
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* CBFS (coreboot).
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* Handle partitioned LVM properly.
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* Use LVM UUIDs whenever possible.
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* GPT PReP.
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* New `progress' module that shows progress information while reading
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files.
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* New/improved terminal and video support:
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* Monochrome text (matching `hercules' in GRUB Legacy).
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* Morse code output using system speaker.
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* `spkmodem' output (simple data protocol using system speaker).
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* Handle Japanese special keys.
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* coreboot framebuffer.
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* Serial on ARC.
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* Native vt100 handling for grub-emu, replacing the use of the curses
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library.
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* New gfxmenu options for terminal window positioning, theme background
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image handling, and scrollbar padding, plus `item_pixmap_style' and
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`highlight_overlay'.
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* Support several more image types (paletted and greyscale).
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* Boot protocol improvements:
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* Support Apple FAT binaries on non-Apple platforms.
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* Improve FreeDOS direct loading support compatibility.
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* Enable `linux16' on all x86 platforms, not just BIOS.
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* New TrueCrypt ISO loader.
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* New/improved network support:
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* New variables `net_default_*' containing properties of the default
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interface.
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* Autoload `http' and `tftp' modules if necessary.
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* Improve TFTP robustness.
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* Parse `nd' disk names in GRUB Legacy configuration files.
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* Issue separate DNS queries for IPv4 and IPv6.
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* New/improved platform support:
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* New `efifwsetup' and `lsefi' commands on EFI platforms.
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* New `cmosclean', `cmosdump', and `cmosset' commands on platforms with
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CMOS support.
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* New `cbmemc', `coreboot_boottime', and `lscoreboot' commands on
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coreboot.
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* Improve opcode parsing in ACPI halt implementation.
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* Use the TSC as a possible time source on i386-ieee1275.
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* Merge PowerPC grub-mkrescue implementation with the common one.
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* Support grub-mkrescue on i386-ieee1275, sparc64, bootinfo machines such
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as pSeries, and mips-arc.
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* Make grub-mkrescue better support Apple Intel Macs on CD.
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* Enable GRUB Legacy configuration file parsing on EFI.
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* Support halt for Loongson 2E.
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* ARM U-Boot and EFI ports.
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* Reorganise platform-dependent code in utilities to avoid #ifdef mess.
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* AROS and Haiku support for userspace utilities.
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* Xen PV port.
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* Fix EFI stack alignment.
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* ARM64 EFI port.
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* On Linux, read partition start offsets from sysfs if possible.
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* New grub-macbless utility, and better integration with Mac firmware in
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grub-install.
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* Support Yeeloong 3A.
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* Add `cpuid --pae' option to detect Physical Address Extension on x86.
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* Security:
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* Add optional facility to enforce that all files read by the core image
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from disk have a valid detached digital signature.
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* Performance:
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* Avoid costly division operations in many places.
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* New boot time analysis framework (`./configure --enable-boot-time').
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* Initialise USB ports in parallel.
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* New `testspeed' command to test file read speed.
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* Scripting:
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* New `eval' and `tr' commands.
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* grub-script-check fails on scripts containing no commands.
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* Installation and other utility improvements:
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* Add option to compress files on installation or image creation.
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* Using grub-reboot no longer requires setting `GRUB_DEFAULT=saved'.
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* Support probing EFI System Partition (requires os-prober >= 1.58).
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* Fix inconsistent use of `GRUB_CRYPTODISK_ENABLE' and
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`GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK'; the latter is now used consistently.
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* grub-mount handles symbolic links to directories.
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* Support disabling submenus with `GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU' configuration key
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for grub-mkconfig.
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* grub-install, grub-mknetdir, grub-mkrescue, and grub-mkstandalone
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rewritten in C. They should now work in supported non-Unix-like
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environments.
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* Reorganise timeout handling using new `timeout_style' environment
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variable and `GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE' configuration key for grub-mkconfig.
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Menu hotkeys pressed during a hidden timeout now boot the corresponding
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menu entry immediately.
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* New `file' command and grub-file utility to check file types.
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* New syslinux configuration file parser.
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* Build system:
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* Remove all uses of nested functions; GRUB no longer requires an
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executable stack.
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* Fix documentation build with Texinfo >= 5.1.
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* More robust and documented cross-compiling support.
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* Partial clang support for some platforms.
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* Eliminate the use of AutoGen. This allowed some performance
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improvements to the build system.
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* Fix build with FreeType >= 2.5.1.
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* Make gentpl.py compatible with Python 3. It now requires at least
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Python 2.6.
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* Revision control moved to git.
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New in 2.00:
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* Appearance:
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