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215dd471 RM |
1 | New in 1.99: |
2 | ||
f9cefc4e CW |
3 | * New relocator. Allows for more kernel support and more |
4 | straightforward loader writing. | |
5 | ||
6 | * Handle USB pendrives exposed as floppies. | |
7 | ||
8 | * New Automake-based build system. | |
9 | ||
10 | * Add `sendkey' command (i386-pc only). | |
11 | ||
215dd471 RM |
12 | * ZFS support in `grub-install' and `grub-mkconfig'. Note: complete |
13 | functionality requires external ZFS implementation (available from | |
14 | grub-extras). | |
15 | ||
f9cefc4e CW |
16 | * Support 1.x versions of mdadm metadata. |
17 | ||
18 | * Fix corruption when reading Reiserfs directory entries. | |
19 | ||
20 | * Bidirectional text and diacritics support. | |
21 | ||
22 | * Skip LVM snapshots. | |
23 | ||
24 | * MIPS Yeeloong firmware port. | |
25 | ||
26 | * Change grub-mkdevicemap to emit /dev/disk/by-id/ names where possible | |
27 | on GNU/Linux. | |
28 | ||
29 | * Add `grub-mkconfig' support for Xen with Linux. | |
30 | ||
31 | * Add `grub-mkconfig' support for initrd images on Fedora 13. | |
32 | ||
33 | * Support >3GiB and <16MiB RAM in i386-qemu. | |
34 | ||
35 | * Add support for Cirrus 5446 and Bochs video cards. | |
36 | ||
37 | * Load more appropriate video drivers automatically in `grub-mkconfig'. | |
38 | ||
39 | * USB improvements, including hotplugging/hotunplugging, hub support, | |
40 | and USB serial support. | |
41 | ||
42 | * AMD Geode CS5536 support. | |
43 | ||
44 | * Extensive updates to the Texinfo documentation. | |
45 | ||
46 | * Add `grub-probe' support for the btrfs filesystem, permitting / to | |
47 | reside on btrfs as long as /boot is on a filesystem natively supported | |
48 | by GRUB. | |
49 | ||
50 | * Handle symbolic links under /dev/mapper on GNU/Linux. | |
51 | ||
52 | * Handle installation across multiple partition table types. | |
53 | ||
54 | * Add `cmostest' command (i386/x86_64 only). | |
55 | ||
56 | * Add support for DM-RAID disk devices on GNU/Linux. | |
57 | ||
58 | * Remove `grub-mkisofs'. `grub-mkrescue' now uses GNU xorriso to build | |
59 | CD images. | |
60 | ||
61 | * `grub-mkrescue' support for EFI, coreboot, and QEMU platforms. | |
62 | ||
63 | * Unify `grub-mkimage' source code across platforms. | |
64 | ||
65 | * Fix VGA (as opposed to VBE) video driver, formerly a terminal driver. | |
66 | ||
67 | * Add menu hotkey support. | |
68 | ||
69 | * Add support for the nilfs2 filesystem. | |
70 | ||
71 | * `grub-probe' and `grub-mkconfig' support for NetBSD. | |
72 | ||
73 | * Support setting a background image in `grub-mkconfig'. | |
74 | ||
75 | * Support multiple terminals in `grub-mkconfig'. | |
76 | ||
77 | * Regexp support. | |
78 | ||
79 | * MIPS multiboot2 support. | |
80 | ||
81 | * Multiboot2 tag support. | |
82 | ||
83 | * sunpc partition table support. | |
84 | ||
85 | * Add a number of new language features to GRUB script: `for', `while', | |
86 | `until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', and | |
87 | `shift'. | |
88 | ||
89 | * Support nested partition tables. GRUB now prefers to name partitions | |
90 | in the form `(hd0,msdos1,bsd1)' rather than `(hd0,1,a)'. | |
91 | ||
92 | * Speed up consecutive hostdisk operations on the same device. | |
93 | ||
94 | * Compile parts of `grub-emu' as modules. | |
95 | ||
fce5d8ff | 96 | New in 1.98 - 2010-03-06: |
1fbc5e66 | 97 | |
fcee14ed VS |
98 | * Multiboot on EFI support. |
99 | ||
c98d2a13 CW |
100 | * Graphical menu support. |
101 | ||
102 | * MIPS support. | |
103 | ||
104 | * Saved default menu entry support, with new utilities `grub-reboot' and | |
105 | `grub-set-default'. | |
106 | ||
107 | * Unit testing framework. | |
108 | ||
109 | * Support for multiple terminals. | |
110 | ||
111 | * Encrypted password support, with a new utility `grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2'. | |
112 | ||
113 | * `grub-mkfloppy' removed; use `grub-mkrescue' to create floppy images. | |
114 | ||
7922f68b RM |
115 | * Add grub-probe support for GNU/Hurd. |
116 | ||
3db5183c CPE |
117 | * Add support for gettext. |
118 | ||
537ce47f RM |
119 | New in 1.97: |
120 | ||
d2b6b7fc | 121 | * Add support for loading XNU (MacOS X kernel). |
421bd7ac | 122 | |
123 | * ACPI override support. | |
124 | ||
125 | * Integrated gptsync. | |
126 | ||
127 | * Password protection support. | |
128 | ||
129 | * Partition manipulation tool. | |
130 | ||
70ba68ce | 131 | * Add `keystatus' command. |
132 | ||
133 | * Unicode fonts are now used by default. | |
134 | ||
fd8c967c | 135 | * Add `hdparm' command. |
136 | ||
137 | * Add support for getting the current date and time from CMOS as variables. | |
138 | ||
139 | * Add `drivemap' command. | |
140 | ||
141 | * Add support for RAID levels 4,6 and 10. | |
142 | ||
d2b6b7fc | 143 | * update-grub is replaced by grub-mkconfig. |
6d994591 | 144 | |
1fbc5e66 | 145 | * When booting from PXE, PXE can be used to load files. |
146 | ||
147 | * High resolution timer support. | |
148 | ||
149 | * Image loaders now support IO buffering. | |
150 | ||
151 | * Add `crc' command. | |
152 | ||
54d83746 | 153 | * Add Cygwin support. |
154 | ||
1fbc5e66 | 155 | * Add x86_64 EFI support. |
156 | ||
5680109e | 157 | * Use LZMA compression instead of LZO. |
1fbc5e66 | 158 | |
159 | * Support for saving the environment from and loading the environment | |
160 | from a file. | |
161 | ||
162 | * Allow the UUID to be used as device name. | |
163 | ||
164 | * The `search' command can use UUIDs now. | |
165 | ||
166 | * Add support for IEEE 1275 on i386. | |
167 | ||
168 | * Create partmap.lst and use it to automatically load partition map | |
169 | modules. | |
170 | ||
6d994591 | 171 | * grub-mkconfig supports os-prober to add operating systems to the |
54d83746 | 172 | boot menu. |
1fbc5e66 | 173 | |
d2b6b7fc | 174 | * The ATA driver supports devices bigger than 2 TiB. |
1fbc5e66 | 175 | |
2fc96ba3 | 176 | * Add support for the UDF, AFS and EXT4 filesystems. |
1fbc5e66 | 177 | |
2fc96ba3 | 178 | * The ISO9660 filesystem supports the Joliet extension |
1fbc5e66 | 179 | |
d2b6b7fc | 180 | * Add support for loading kernels of FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. |
1fbc5e66 | 181 | |
182 | * Add new command `sleep'. | |
183 | ||
184 | * Support for direct access to AT keyboards. | |
185 | ||
186 | * New utility `grub-fstest'. | |
187 | ||
f2a76e1d | 188 | New in 1.96 - 2008-02-03: |
5a79f472 | 189 | |
190 | * The license term is changed to GNU General Public License Version 3. | |
191 | ||
352466bf | 192 | * grub-emu is made optional. Now you have to use |
193 | `--enable-grub-emu' to enable it. | |
194 | ||
195 | * Add Multiboot2 support. | |
196 | ||
197 | * grub-emu can access the host filesystem now. | |
198 | ||
2216b101 | 199 | * Add support for the NTFS, cpio/tar and Reiserfs filesystems. |
352466bf | 200 | |
e911ecc1 | 201 | * Add support for ATA/ATAPI. |
202 | ||
2216b101 | 203 | * Add update-grub script to generate grub.cfg. |
204 | ||
205 | * Add grub-mkrescue script to generate floppy or ElTorito images | |
206 | (i386-pc only). | |
207 | ||
208 | * Add support for background images in gfxterm (background_image command). | |
209 | ||
210 | * Add support for detection of 64-bit support in CPU (cpuid command). | |
211 | ||
212 | * GPT is now enabled in i386-pc target. | |
213 | ||
214 | * Add grub-install for EFI. | |
215 | ||
216 | * Ported to the following new platforms: Efika, coreboot (a.k.a. LinuxBIOS), | |
217 | OLPC XO. | |
218 | ||
219 | * Add support for colored menu (menu_color_normal and menu_color_highlight | |
220 | variables). | |
221 | ||
222 | * Fix support for loading Linux zImages (such as memtest86). | |
223 | ||
5d74d927 | 224 | New in 1.95 - 2006-10-15: |
deae281b | 225 | |
226 | * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first | |
227 | partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0". | |
228 | ||
df247e5e | 229 | * grub-probefs is renamed to grub-probe, and supports printing a |
230 | guessed OS device name and a GRUB drive name. | |
231 | ||
232 | * RAID and LVM support is added. | |
233 | ||
234 | * New command, echo. | |
235 | ||
236 | * The disk API is changed to support 64-bit addressing. | |
237 | ||
238 | * A TGA loader is added for the video API. | |
239 | ||
53af98ad | 240 | New in 1.94 - 2006-06-04: |
118f4fb3 | 241 | |
242 | * Fix several serious bugs in HFS+. | |
243 | ||
244 | * Add experimental EFI support. Chainloading and Linux loading are | |
245 | supported at the moment. | |
246 | ||
247 | * Add a new command "blocklist" to show a block list. | |
248 | ||
249 | * Use --with-platform to specify a boot environment. For now, efi, | |
250 | ieee1275 and pc are supported. | |
251 | ||
252 | * Use the filename "kernel.elf" instead of "grubof" on ieee1275. | |
253 | ||
254 | * Install GRUB into pkglibdir instead of pkgdatadir. | |
255 | ||
256 | * Support environmental variables. You can export variables by the | |
257 | command "export". | |
258 | ||
259 | * Remove the commands "default" and "timeout". They are now variables. | |
260 | ||
261 | * Add the commands "source" and "." to include a file. | |
262 | ||
263 | * Implement experimental Video API and a new terminal "gfxterm" based | |
264 | on the Video API. | |
265 | ||
266 | ||
5f97350b | 267 | New in 1.93 - 2006-03-10: |
268 | ||
269 | * Add support for the HFS+ wrapper. | |
270 | ||
271 | * Major improvements to scripting support. | |
272 | ||
273 | * Menu entries are now scriptable. | |
274 | ||
c9a86192 | 275 | |
3bbfa267 | 276 | New in 1.92 - 2005-12-25: |
277 | ||
278 | * Add support for GPT partition table format. | |
279 | ||
280 | * Add a new command "play" to play an audio file on PC. | |
281 | ||
282 | * Add support for Linux/ADFS partition table format. | |
283 | ||
284 | * Add support for BASH-like scripting. | |
285 | ||
50214199 | 286 | * Add support for Apple HFS+ filesystems. |
3bbfa267 | 287 | |
b5179ea0 | 288 | |
4801580b | 289 | New in 1.91 - 2005-10-15: |
4ac9bd04 | 290 | |
291 | * Add support for LZO version 2. | |
292 | ||
992ffbbe | 293 | * Support completion in the entry editor. |
294 | ||
295 | * Add VBE support. | |
296 | ||
6a85ce79 | 297 | * New commands, "search", "vbetest" and "vbeinfo". |
298 | ||
16ccb8b1 | 299 | * The option BOOT_IMAGE is passed to Linux. |
300 | ||
d9864ee1 | 301 | * Add support for automatic decompression for gzip. |
302 | ||
5d7396f5 | 303 | * Add support for terminfo and serial. |
304 | ||
5c177389 | 305 | * Add support for x86_64. |
306 | ||
307 | * GRUB itself is a Multiboot-compliant kernel. | |
308 | ||
309 | * Add new filesystems: XFS, SFS, and AFFS. | |
310 | ||
992ffbbe | 311 | |
4ac9bd04 | 312 | New in 1.90 - 2005-08-07: |
4b13b216 | 313 | |
314 | * Rename the project name PUPA to GRUB. Now this version is the | |
315 | developmental version of GRUB officially. | |
316 | ||
317 | * The GRUB emulator ``grub-emu'' is added. | |
318 | ||
319 | * Add support for newworld Mac. This should work with other | |
320 | PowerPC-based machines as well, if they use IEEE 1275 | |
321 | (Open Firmware). | |
322 | ||
0e143073 | 323 | * Too many changes to describe. Look at ChangeLog for more details. |
324 | ||
4b13b216 | 325 | |
9962ed99 | 326 | New in 0.7: |
327 | ||
328 | * Problems in cross-compiling PUPA are fixed. | |
329 | ||
62ddcc8f | 330 | * Use -mrtd and -mregparm=3 to reduce the generated code sizes. This |
331 | means that any missing prototypes could be fatal. Also, you must take | |
332 | care when writing assembly code. See the comments at the beginning of | |
333 | startup.S, for more details. | |
334 | ||
012d7999 | 335 | * New utility, ``pupa-setup''. This sets up PUPA to make it bootable |
336 | from a real disk. | |
337 | ||
a5ffe966 | 338 | * New commands, "prefix", "insmod", "rmmod" and "lsmod" are added into |
339 | the rescue mode to manipulate PUPA modules. | |
340 | ||
c04da074 | 341 | * Linux support is added. Initrd is not support yet. |
342 | ||
1f5ab428 | 343 | * Reduce the size of a core image significantly by compressing a large |
344 | part of the core image and decompressing itself at boot time. The | |
345 | currently used algorithm is LZO (more precisely, LZO1X-999). So you | |
346 | have to install LZO to build PUPA. See | |
347 | <http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/>, for more information. | |
348 | ||
a5ffe966 | 349 | |
6a161fa9 | 350 | New in 0.6 - 2002-12-27, Yoshinori K. Okuji: |
351 | ||
352 | * The chainloader and the FAT filesystem are modularized. | |
353 | ||
354 | * The structure of the source tree is a bit changed. | |
355 | ||
356 | * Support for building loadable modules is added. | |
357 | ||
358 | * Some generic parts of pupa-mkimage are segregated. | |
359 | ||
360 | * Some documentation files are added, according to the GNU Coding | |
361 | Standards. |