* autogen.sh: Workaround Automake requirement for NEWS and README.
We really should have them, but in practice we never had. This
ought not be considered a regression.
* docs/multiboot.texi: Misc editorial changes:
Avoid using `commercial' as a synonym for `non-free'
(see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Commercial).
Make a clear distinction between kernels and Operating Systems
(Linux is a kernel, FreeBSD and NetBSD are Operating Systems, Mach
is a microkernel, VSTa is something in-between).
Use 64-bit types to describe 64-bit datum (instead of splitting in
two 32-bit fields). Little endianess assumption applies (as per
Terminology section).
Update status of GNU GRUB relative to version 2.
* docs/multiboot.h: Replace with include/multiboot.h from GRUB 2 Bazaar
trunk.
* docs/kernel.c (cmain): Update name references for new multiboot.h
header.
* docs/boot.S (ASM): Rename to ...
(ASM_FILE): ... this.
* docs/multiboot.h: Check for `ASM_FILE' instead of `ASM'.
* docs/multiboot.h (EXT_C, STACK_SIZE): Moved from here ...
* docs/boot.S (EXT_C, STACK_SIZE): ... to here.
Prevent generation of .note.gnu.build-id which drastically increases
memory requirements of example kernel.
* docs/Makefile.am (kernel_LDFLAGS): Add '-Wl,--build-id=none'.
Remove everything not related to Multiboot. A huge number of files
was removed (too many to list them here). The following files were
modified:
* AUTHORS: Remove GRUB-specific bits.
* Makefile.am: Likewise.
* THANKS: Likewise.
* autogen.sh: Likewise.
* configure.ac: Likewise.
* docs/Makefile.am: Likewise.
Based on patch from Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
* docs/multiboot.texi: Fix some spelling.
* docs/internals.texi: Likewise.
* docs/grub.texi: Likewise.
Surpass 1 TiB disk addressing limit. Note: there are no plans to handle
the 2 TiB disk limit in GRUB Legacy, since that would need considerable
rework. If you have >2TiB disks, use GRUB 2 instead.
* grub/asmstub.c (biosdisk): Add unsigned qualifier to `sector'.
* stage2/bios.c (biosdisk): Likewise.
* stage2/disk_io.c (rawread, devread, rawwrite, devwrite): Likewise.
* stage2/shared.h (rawread, devread, rawwrite, devwrite): Likewise.
* lib/device.c (get_drive_geometry): Replace BLKGETSIZE with
BLKGETSIZE64.
linker and add it to LDFLAGS if possible. Build ID causes
objcopy to generate huge binary files.
* aclocal.m4 (grub_PROG_OBJCOPY_ABSOLUTE): Use LDFLAGS when
linking, so that build ID doesn't break the test.
* stage1/Makefile.am: Preserve LDFLAGS, use stage1_exec_LDFLAGS.
* docs/grub.texi: Changed the license term to the GNU Free
Documentation License 1.2.
* docs/multiboot.texi: Reformatted to show the license term
and the version number explicitly.
* docs/fdl.texi: New file.
* docs/Makefile.am (grub_TEXINFOS): Added fdl.texi.
* grub/asmstub.c (get_diskinfo): Toggle "kern.geom.debugflags" sysctl
before opening a device for writing.
* util/grub-install.in: Devices don't have this "r" prefix anymore.
* stage2/builtins.c (setup_func): Specify the size of DEVICE to
grub_strncat instead of a strange number 256. Reported by Vitaly
Fertman <vitaly@namesys.com>.
