From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Watson Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 03:05:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * NEWS: First draft of 2.02 entry. --- ChangeLog | 4 +++ NEWS | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 123 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index bbb0f31532d..82dc61d24c9 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2013-12-27 Colin Watson + + * NEWS: First draft of 2.02 entry. + 2013-12-27 Colin Watson * INSTALL (Cross-compiling the GRUB): Fix some spelling mistakes. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4bb5f98010d..577d9fd7323 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,122 @@ +New in 2.02: + +* New/improved filesystem and disk support: + * Big-endian UFS1. + * Experimental 64-bit ext2 support. + * Various fixes for non-512-byte sector devices. + * New `proc' filesystem framework, used by LUKS disks. + * Fix DM-RAID partition handling. + * New `nativedisk' command to switch from firmware to native disk drivers. + * Compressed HFS+. + * DragonFly BSD labels. + * CBFS (coreboot). + * Handle partitioned LVM properly. + * Use LVM UUIDs whenever possible. + * GPT PReP. + * New `progress' module that shows progress information while reading + files. + +* New/improved terminal and video support: + * Monochrome text (matching `hercules' in GRUB Legacy). + * Morse code output using system speaker. + * `spkmodem' output (simple data protocol using system speaker). + * Handle Japanese special keys. + * coreboot framebuffer. + * Serial on ARC. + * Native vt100 handling for grub-emu, replacing the use of the curses + library. + * New gfxmenu options for terminal window positioning, theme background + image handling, and scrollbar padding, plus `item_pixmap_style' and + `highlight_overlay'. + * Support several more image types (paletted and greyscale). + +* Boot protocol improvements: + * Support Apple FAT binaries on non-Apple platforms. + * Improve FreeDOS direct loading support compatibility. + * Enable `linux16' on all x86 platforms, not just BIOS. + * New TrueCrypt ISO loader. + +* New/improved network support: + * New variables `net_default_*' containing properties of the default + interface. + * Autoload `http' and `tftp' modules if necessary. + * Improve TFTP robustness. + * Parse `nd' disk names in GRUB Legacy configuration files. + * Issue separate DNS queries for IPv4 and IPv6. + +* New/improved platform support: + * New `efifwsetup' and `lsefi' commands on EFI platforms. + * New `cmosclean', `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. + * Support grub-mkrescue on i386-ieee1275, sparc64, bootinfo machines such + as pSeries, and mips-arc. + * Make grub-mkrescue better support Apple Intel Macs on CD. + * Enable GRUB Legacy configuration file parsing on EFI. + * Support halt for Loongson 2E. + * ARM U-Boot and EFI ports. + * Reorganise platform-dependent code in utilities to avoid #ifdef mess. + * AROS and Haiku support for userspace utilities. + * Xen PV port. + * Fix EFI stack alignment. + * ARM64 EFI port. + * On Linux, read partition start offsets from sysfs if possible. + * New grub-macbless utility, and better integration with Mac firmware in + grub-install. + * Support Yeeloong 3A. + * Add `cpuid --pae' option to detect Physical Address Extension on x86. + +* Security: + * Add optional facility to enforce that all files read by the core image + from disk have a valid detached digital signature. + +* Performance: + * Avoid costly division operations in many places. + * New boot time analysis framework (`./configure --enable-boot-time'). + * Initialise USB ports in parallel. + * New `testspeed' command to test file read speed. + +* Scripting: + * New `eval' and `tr' commands. + * grub-script-check fails on scripts containing no commands. + +* Installation and other utility improvements: + * Add option to compress files on installation or image creation. + * Using grub-reboot no longer requires setting `GRUB_DEFAULT=saved'. + * Support probing EFI System Partition (requires os-prober >= 1.58). + * Fix inconsistent use of `GRUB_CRYPTODISK_ENABLE' and + `GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK'; the latter is now used consistently. + * grub-mount handles symbolic links to directories. + * Support disabling submenus with `GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU' configuration key + for grub-mkconfig. + * grub-install, grub-mknetdir, grub-mkrescue, and grub-mkstandalone + rewritten in C. They should now work in supported non-Unix-like + environments. + * 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 + menu entry immediately. + * New `file' command and grub-file utility to check file types. + * New syslinux configuration file parser. + +* Build system: + * Remove all uses of nested functions; GRUB no longer requires an + executable stack. + * Fix documentation build with Texinfo >= 5.1. + * More robust and documented cross-compiling support. + * Partial clang support for some platforms. + * Eliminate the use of AutoGen. This allowed some performance + improvements to the build system. + * Fix build with FreeType >= 2.5.1. + * Make gentpl.py compatible with Python 3. It now requires at least + Python 2.6. + +* Revision control moved to git. + New in 2.00: * Appearance: