3 * New relocator. Allows for more kernel support and more
4 straightforward loader writing.
6 * Handle USB pendrives exposed as floppies.
8 * New Automake-based build system.
10 * Add `sendkey' command (i386-pc only).
12 * ZFS support in `grub-install' and `grub-mkconfig'. Note: complete
13 functionality requires external ZFS implementation (available from
16 * Support 1.x versions of mdadm metadata.
18 * Fix corruption when reading Reiserfs directory entries.
20 * Bidirectional text and diacritics support.
24 * MIPS Yeeloong firmware port.
26 * Change grub-mkdevicemap to emit /dev/disk/by-id/ names where possible
29 * Add `grub-mkconfig' support for Xen with Linux.
31 * Add `grub-mkconfig' support for initrd images on Fedora 13.
33 * Support >3GiB and <16MiB RAM in i386-qemu.
35 * Add support for Cirrus 5446 and Bochs video cards.
37 * Load more appropriate video drivers automatically in `grub-mkconfig'.
39 * USB improvements, including hotplugging/hotunplugging, hub support,
40 and USB serial support.
42 * AMD Geode CS5536 support.
44 * Extensive updates to the Texinfo documentation.
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
50 * Handle symbolic links under /dev/mapper on GNU/Linux.
52 * Handle installation across multiple partition table types.
54 * Add `cmostest' command (i386/x86_64 only).
56 * Add support for DM-RAID disk devices on GNU/Linux.
58 * Remove `grub-mkisofs'. `grub-mkrescue' now uses GNU xorriso to build
61 * `grub-mkrescue' support for EFI, coreboot, and QEMU platforms.
63 * Unify `grub-mkimage' source code across platforms.
65 * Fix VGA (as opposed to VBE) video driver, formerly a terminal driver.
67 * Add menu hotkey support.
69 * Add support for the nilfs2 filesystem.
71 * `grub-probe' and `grub-mkconfig' support for NetBSD.
73 * Support setting a background image in `grub-mkconfig'.
75 * Support multiple terminals in `grub-mkconfig'.
79 * MIPS multiboot2 support.
81 * Multiboot2 tag support.
83 * sunpc partition table support.
85 * Add a number of new language features to GRUB script: `for', `while',
86 `until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', and
89 * Support nested partition tables. GRUB now prefers to name partitions
90 in the form `(hd0,msdos1,bsd1)' rather than `(hd0,1,a)'.
92 * Speed up consecutive hostdisk operations on the same device.
94 * Compile parts of `grub-emu' as modules.
96 New in 1.98 - 2010-03-06:
98 * Multiboot on EFI support.
100 * Graphical menu support.
104 * Saved default menu entry support, with new utilities `grub-reboot' and
107 * Unit testing framework.
109 * Support for multiple terminals.
111 * Encrypted password support, with a new utility `grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2'.
113 * `grub-mkfloppy' removed; use `grub-mkrescue' to create floppy images.
115 * Add grub-probe support for GNU/Hurd.
117 * Add support for gettext.
121 * Add support for loading XNU (MacOS X kernel).
123 * ACPI override support.
125 * Integrated gptsync.
127 * Password protection support.
129 * Partition manipulation tool.
131 * Add `keystatus' command.
133 * Unicode fonts are now used by default.
135 * Add `hdparm' command.
137 * Add support for getting the current date and time from CMOS as variables.
139 * Add `drivemap' command.
141 * Add support for RAID levels 4,6 and 10.
143 * update-grub is replaced by grub-mkconfig.
145 * When booting from PXE, PXE can be used to load files.
147 * High resolution timer support.
149 * Image loaders now support IO buffering.
153 * Add Cygwin support.
155 * Add x86_64 EFI support.
157 * Use LZMA compression instead of LZO.
159 * Support for saving the environment from and loading the environment
162 * Allow the UUID to be used as device name.
164 * The `search' command can use UUIDs now.
166 * Add support for IEEE 1275 on i386.
168 * Create partmap.lst and use it to automatically load partition map
171 * grub-mkconfig supports os-prober to add operating systems to the
174 * The ATA driver supports devices bigger than 2 TiB.
176 * Add support for the UDF, AFS and EXT4 filesystems.
178 * The ISO9660 filesystem supports the Joliet extension
180 * Add support for loading kernels of FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.
182 * Add new command `sleep'.
184 * Support for direct access to AT keyboards.
186 * New utility `grub-fstest'.
188 New in 1.96 - 2008-02-03:
190 * The license term is changed to GNU General Public License Version 3.
192 * grub-emu is made optional. Now you have to use
193 `--enable-grub-emu' to enable it.
195 * Add Multiboot2 support.
197 * grub-emu can access the host filesystem now.
199 * Add support for the NTFS, cpio/tar and Reiserfs filesystems.
201 * Add support for ATA/ATAPI.
203 * Add update-grub script to generate grub.cfg.
205 * Add grub-mkrescue script to generate floppy or ElTorito images
208 * Add support for background images in gfxterm (background_image command).
210 * Add support for detection of 64-bit support in CPU (cpuid command).
212 * GPT is now enabled in i386-pc target.
214 * Add grub-install for EFI.
216 * Ported to the following new platforms: Efika, coreboot (a.k.a. LinuxBIOS),
219 * Add support for colored menu (menu_color_normal and menu_color_highlight
222 * Fix support for loading Linux zImages (such as memtest86).
224 New in 1.95 - 2006-10-15:
226 * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first
227 partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0".
229 * grub-probefs is renamed to grub-probe, and supports printing a
230 guessed OS device name and a GRUB drive name.
232 * RAID and LVM support is added.
236 * The disk API is changed to support 64-bit addressing.
238 * A TGA loader is added for the video API.
240 New in 1.94 - 2006-06-04:
242 * Fix several serious bugs in HFS+.
244 * Add experimental EFI support. Chainloading and Linux loading are
245 supported at the moment.
247 * Add a new command "blocklist" to show a block list.
249 * Use --with-platform to specify a boot environment. For now, efi,
250 ieee1275 and pc are supported.
252 * Use the filename "kernel.elf" instead of "grubof" on ieee1275.
254 * Install GRUB into pkglibdir instead of pkgdatadir.
256 * Support environmental variables. You can export variables by the
259 * Remove the commands "default" and "timeout". They are now variables.
261 * Add the commands "source" and "." to include a file.
263 * Implement experimental Video API and a new terminal "gfxterm" based
267 New in 1.93 - 2006-03-10:
269 * Add support for the HFS+ wrapper.
271 * Major improvements to scripting support.
273 * Menu entries are now scriptable.
276 New in 1.92 - 2005-12-25:
278 * Add support for GPT partition table format.
280 * Add a new command "play" to play an audio file on PC.
282 * Add support for Linux/ADFS partition table format.
284 * Add support for BASH-like scripting.
286 * Add support for Apple HFS+ filesystems.
289 New in 1.91 - 2005-10-15:
291 * Add support for LZO version 2.
293 * Support completion in the entry editor.
297 * New commands, "search", "vbetest" and "vbeinfo".
299 * The option BOOT_IMAGE is passed to Linux.
301 * Add support for automatic decompression for gzip.
303 * Add support for terminfo and serial.
305 * Add support for x86_64.
307 * GRUB itself is a Multiboot-compliant kernel.
309 * Add new filesystems: XFS, SFS, and AFFS.
312 New in 1.90 - 2005-08-07:
314 * Rename the project name PUPA to GRUB. Now this version is the
315 developmental version of GRUB officially.
317 * The GRUB emulator ``grub-emu'' is added.
319 * Add support for newworld Mac. This should work with other
320 PowerPC-based machines as well, if they use IEEE 1275
323 * Too many changes to describe. Look at ChangeLog for more details.
328 * Problems in cross-compiling PUPA are fixed.
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.
335 * New utility, ``pupa-setup''. This sets up PUPA to make it bootable
338 * New commands, "prefix", "insmod", "rmmod" and "lsmod" are added into
339 the rescue mode to manipulate PUPA modules.
341 * Linux support is added. Initrd is not support yet.
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.
350 New in 0.6 - 2002-12-27, Yoshinori K. Okuji:
352 * The chainloader and the FAT filesystem are modularized.
354 * The structure of the source tree is a bit changed.
356 * Support for building loadable modules is added.
358 * Some generic parts of pupa-mkimage are segregated.
360 * Some documentation files are added, according to the GNU Coding