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Also-By: Robert Elliott <elliott@hpe.com>
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Andrei Borzenkov 2015-12-15 10:41:01 +03:00
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@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ New in 2.02:
* Command for inspecting coreboot tables (`lscoreboot'). * Command for inspecting coreboot tables (`lscoreboot').
* New target default_payload.elf. * New target default_payload.elf.
* Increased maximal core size. * Increased maximal core size.
* Prefer pmtimer for TSC calibration.
* New/improved platform support: * New/improved platform support:
* New `efifwsetup' and `lsefi' commands on EFI platforms. * New `efifwsetup' and `lsefi' commands on EFI platforms.
@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ New in 2.02:
* New platform `none' which builds only user level utilities. This is now * New platform `none' which builds only user level utilities. This is now
default if target CPU is not supported. default if target CPU is not supported.
* Support for booting little-endian Linux kernel on powerpc. * Support for booting little-endian Linux kernel on powerpc.
* Support network boot with Oracle sun4v vnet devices.
* Added SAS disks to the IEEE 1275 Open Firmware device list.
* Try multiple methods for TSC (timestamp counter) calibration - PIT, pmtimer,
EFI Stall. If everything fails, use hardcoded frequency 800MHz.
* Support Hyper-V Gen2 platforms which lack PIT for TSC calibration.
* Map UEFI Persistent Memory to E820 persistent memory.
* Security: * Security:
* Add optional facility to enforce that all files read by the core image * Add optional facility to enforce that all files read by the core image
@ -152,6 +159,7 @@ New in 2.02:
system. system.
* emu libusb support removed (was broken and unmaintained). * emu libusb support removed (was broken and unmaintained).
* powerpc64le compile support. * powerpc64le compile support.
* Use fixed timestamp when generating GRUB image for reproducible builds.
* Revision control moved to git. * Revision control moved to git.