code.delx.au - refind/blob - NEWS.txt

   1 0.2.5 (4/9/2012):
   2 -----------------
   3
   4 - Fixed bug that caused an inability to associate initial RAM disks with
   5   Linux kernels stored in a volume's root directory.
   6
   7 - Volume badges (that override default badges) are now stored in
   8   .VolumeBadge.icns. Although undocumented, rEFInd formerly loaded custom
   9   volume badges from .VolumeIcon.icns. This carryover from rEFIt was a
  10   confusing name, given the next (new) feature, so I've changed and
  11   documented the name....
  12
  13 - Added ability to set a default icon for a loader stored in the root
  14   directory of a volume: The icon is stored in .VolumeIcon.icns. This icon
  15   is also used for Mac OS X volumes booted from the standard location.
  16
  17 - Fixed bug that caused icons to drop back to generic icons when rEFInd
  18   was launched in certain ways (such as from an EFI shell in rEFInd's
  19   directory) on certain systems.
  20
  21 - Fixed bug that caused "unknown disable flag" to be shown (very briefly)
  22   instead of "unknown hideui flag" when an improper hideui flag was set.
  23
  24 0.2.4 (4/5/2012):
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  26
  27 - Created new refind.conf entry: "showtools". This entry takes options of
  28   "shell", "gptsync", "about", "exit", "reboot", and "shutdown". This
  29   option is in some respects an affirmative version of portions of the old
  30   "disable" and "hideui" options; however, it enables users to specify the
  31   order in which these options appear on the screen. Also, the "exit"
  32   option is new; it terminates the program. The effect is usually to return
  33   to whatever tool launched it or to launch a default OS; however, this is
  34   somewhat unpredictable. The default therefore omits the "exit" option, as
  35   well as "gptsync", which has always been dangerous (but necessary on most
  36   MacOS/Windows dual-boot setups on Macs). As part of this reconfiguration,
  37   I've eliminated the "rescue Linux" option, which always seemed pointless
  38   to me.
  39
  40 - Folded "disable" and "hideui" refind.conf entries into one ("disable"),
  41   and reduced the number of options to six: "banner", "label",
  42   "singleuser", "hwtest", "arrows", and "all". ("arrows" is new and
  43   disables the scroll arrows when a system has too many tags to display
  44   simultaneously.)
  45
  46 - Added max_tags option to the refind.conf file, enabling users to reduce
  47   the maximum number of OS loader tags that can be displayed at once.
  48
  49 - Updated rEFIt icon, based on the 128x128 volume label from the rEFIt CD
  50   image.
  51
  52 - Added x86 and x86-64 EFI shells to the CD image version of the binary,
  53   but NOT to the binary zip file. The logic is that the CD image is more
  54   likely to be used directly as an emergency disc and so may need this
  55   feature, even though the source isn't part of the rEFInd project. (The
  56   source is readily available from the TianoCore project.)
  57
  58 - EFI shells may now be stored at /shellx64.efi for x86-64 systems or at
  59   /shellia32.efi for x86 systems. The /EFI/tools/shell.efi name is also
  60   recognized; however, if both files are present, two EFI shell icons will
  61   appear on the main menu. The /efi/{refind-path/apps/shell.efi filename,
  62   which was never officially documented but worked as a carryover from
  63   rEFIt, is no longer valid.
  64
  65 0.2.3 (3/26/2012):
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  67
  68 - Fixed (maybe) a bug that caused hangs when launching a second program
  69   after returning from a first. There are some weird system-to-system
  70   differences, though, and this fix causes (apparently harmless) error
  71   messages about "(re)opening our installation volume" on at least one
  72   system (a 32-bit Mac Mini). I'm committing this change because, imperfect
  73   though it is, it's preferable to the earlier version, at least on my
  74   small sample of computers.
  75
  76 - Because of news that the Linux kernel developers are planning to use the
  77   filename linux.conf to hold Linux kernel configuration data for EFI
  78   booting, I'm transitioning rEFInd away from that name and to
  79   refind_linux.conf to avoid a conflict. This version can use either name,
  80   with refind_linux.conf taking precedence if both are present.
  81
  82 - Added logo for Arch Linux.
  83
  84 0.2.2 (3/23/2012):
  85 ------------------
  86
  87 - Fixed bug that caused program failure when Linux kernels with EFI stub
  88   support were detected with no associated version numbers. rEFInd now
  89   permits automatic linking of *ONE* versionless kernel to *ONE*
  90   versionless initrd file.
  91
  92 - Fixed bug that caused program hangs when a boot loader filename or label
  93   was too long. Such names are now properly truncated and program execution
  94   continues.
  95
  96 - Fixed bug that caused no text to appear in submenus on UEFI systems with
  97   small screens (800x600). NOTE: Problem still occurs on screens smaller
  98   than this, but such systems are very rare.
  99
 100 0.2.1 (3/19/2012):
 101 ------------------
 102
 103 - Added ability to set a "default_selection" that's a title or a substring
 104   of one -- the name given to a stanza in a "menuentry" or the boot
 105   loader's filename, in most cases, although "Mac OS X", "Windows XP
 106   (XoM)", and "Microsoft EFI boot" are also titles.
 107
 108 - Added support for semi-automatic scans of Linux kernels with EFI stub
 109   loader support. The program auto-detects matching initial RAM disk files
 110   and loads additional options from the "linux.conf" file in the same
 111   directory as the kernel.
 112
 113 - Added support for "submenuentry" keyword and associated sub-stanza
 114   entries in refind.conf file.
 115
 116 - Renamed icons/os_mint.icns to icons/os_linuxmint.icns to match the
 117   filename Linux Mint ACTUALLY uses for its ESP boot loader directory.
 118
 119
 120 0.2.0 (3/14/2012):
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 122
 123 - Initial public release