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+10/9/2016, referencing rEFInd 0.10.4

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0.8. Developing a better solution to that problem is a high priority. -
  • The support for booting legacy (BIOS) OSes on UEFI-based PCs - currently has a number of limitations. Most importantly, it works - off of the list of boot devices stored in the computer's NVRAM. I'd - prefer to have it scan disks and partitions, as the Mac's legacy - boot support does. Also, the UEFI legacy boot code presents empty - optical drives and uses generic icons rather than OS-specific - icons.
    • -
  • rEFInd's Makefiles and, to a lesser extent, C code, support x86, x86-64, and ARM64 CPUs. EFI is also available for Itanium (IA-64) and ARM32 CPUs, so I'd like to add @@ -224,6 +216,16 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    probably require identifying unique features of each version's boot loader files or boot sector code.
    • +
  • The support for booting legacy (BIOS) OSes on UEFI-based PCs + currently has a number of limitations. Most importantly, it works + off of the list of boot devices stored in the computer's NVRAM. I'd + prefer to have it scan disks and partitions, as the Mac's legacy + boot support does. Also, the UEFI legacy boot code presents empty + optical drives and uses generic icons rather than OS-specific icons. + This said, BIOS support is becoming increasingly unimportant as the + transition from BIOS to EFI continues, so I'm unlikely to put effort + into this issue myself.
    • +
  • Known bugs that need squashing: @@ -238,6 +240,19 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    removing rEFInd's drivers has caused the problem to go into remission.
    • +
  • Another Mac-specific display problem relates to "retina" displays: + Some users report that rEFInd comes up in a lower resolution than + the screen supports, and that this setting persists into the running + OS X instance, and can't be adjusted using the usual OS X means. + Unfortunately, I lack the hardware necessary to experiment and find + a solution to this problem within rEFInd. Thus, a fix will have to + wait for me to get my hands on such hardware (which is not on my + immediate purchase list) or until somebody with such hardware and + the necessary skills submits a fix. (Note that a fix could + conceivably involve passing options to the OS X boot loader or + something else that would require trivial or no changes to + rEFInd.)
    • +
  • Some EFIs have bugs that cause the allegedly case-insensitive StriCmp() function to perform a case-sensitive comparison. This causes any number of bugs in file matching. For instance: @@ -336,10 +351,6 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    debugging, especially when dealing with problem reports from users.
    • -
  • There's currently no way to create a manual boot stanza for a - BIOS-booted OS. This isn't a big priority for me personally, but I - can see how it could be for some people.
    • -
  • I'd like to find a way to enable users to enter customizations for boot options and then save them to the refind.conf file. One possible way to implement this would be to have manual boot @@ -350,9 +361,11 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    detected boot programs and create a set of manual boot stanzas for them, so that they can be modified manually.
    • -
  • Support for touchscreens and/or configurable buttons for rEFInd's - actions would enable use of rEFInd on tablet computers that lack - complete keyboards.
    • +
  • Better support for touchscreens and/or configurable buttons for + rEFInd's actions would enable use of rEFInd on tablet computers that + lack complete keyboards. (Version 0.10.4 supports some + touchscreens, but this feature relies on support in the firmware, + which is not universally present.)
  • The ability to rotate the display for users who rotate their monitors or who use tablets would be helpful.
    • @@ -391,6 +404,10 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    to visually impaired users when rEFInd is ready to accept input would be helpful. +
  • There's currently no way to create a manual boot stanza for a + BIOS-booted OS. This isn't a big priority for me personally, but I + can see how it could be for some people.
    • +
  • Improvements to the EFI drivers: