X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/refind/blobdiff_plain/349ce35386aee70fdc9d323514228e529d9c1816..107d80e5276d89f8b0763f6aa208e60d540ca06b:/NEWS.txt diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt index d9d52da..61ae509 100644 --- a/NEWS.txt +++ b/NEWS.txt @@ -1,4 +1,33 @@ -0.8.1 (5/??/2014): +0.8.2 (6/8/2014): +----------------- + +- Changed behavior when default_selection is not set: It now boots the + previously-booted loader, assuming it's still available; if not, rEFInd + boots the first loader (as it does now). Behavior is unchanged if + default_selection is set. Note that this behavior depends on the ability + of rEFInd to store an EFI variable in NVRAM. It therefore fails on + systems with flaky NVRAM storage. You can view the previously-booted + loader in the + /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/PreviousBoot-36d08fa7-cf0b-42f5-8f14-68df73ed3740 + variable under Linux. + +- Added icon for Mageia Linux (os_mageia.png). + +- Fixed bug that could misidentify a not-quite-GUID as a GUID in a + manual boot stanza's "volume" line. + +- I've updated my personal build system, and therefore the rEFInd Makefiles + and related files, to use TianoCore UDK2014 rather than UDK2010. + +- Added "deep_uefi_legacy_scan" token. When not set (the default), rEFInd + does not modify EFI NVRAM settings when scanning for BIOS-mode boot + loaders on UEFI-based (non-Mac) computers. Some computers require + uncommenting this setting for rEFInd to reliably detect some BIOS-mode + boot devices. Passing "0", "off", or "false" as an option resets it to + the default value (useful in a loaded secondary configuration file to + override a setting in the main file). + +0.8.1 (5/15/2014): ------------------ - Fixed bug that could cause rEFInd to fail to detect boot loaders stored @@ -14,7 +43,7 @@ - Improved centering of legacy boot option descriptions on some systems' screens. -- Fixed bug that could cause a BIOS-mode boot to launch an inappropriate +- Fixed bug that could cause a BIOS-mode boot to boot from an inappropriate device if that device had an innately high boot priority (as set by the firmware).