X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/refind/blobdiff_plain/c88af30fa999cda624f7e9b77b3108e139457dd3..7d3dcb8b4f3e617d60b753757e97f16325b77f4b:/NEWS.txt diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt index 5c89c5e..1a4d568 100644 --- a/NEWS.txt +++ b/NEWS.txt @@ -1,3 +1,172 @@ +0.5.0 (12/?/2012): +------------------ + +- Added the ability to include quote marks ('"') in refind.conf and + refind_linux.conf tokens by doubling them up, as in: + "ro root=/dev/sda4 some_value=""this is it""" + This example results in the following string being passed as an + option: + ro root=/dev/sda4 some_value="this is it" + +- Changed refind.conf-sample to uncomment the scan_all_linux_kernels + option by default. If this option is deleted or commented out, the + program default remains to not scan all Linux kernels; but with + increasing numbers of distributions shipping with kernels that include + EFI stub loader support, setting the configuration file default to scan + for them makes sense. + +- Modified the "resolution" token so that it affects text mode as well + as graphics mode. On my systems, though, the actual text area is still + restricted to an 80x25 area. (This seems to be a firmware limitation; my + EFI shells are also so limited.) + +- Fixed a bug that caused the options line editor to blank out lines that + were not actually edited. + +- Added support for using Matthew Garrett's Shim program and its Machine + Owner Keys (MOKs) to extend Secure Boot capabilities. If rEFInd is + launched from Shim on a computer with Secure Boot active, rEFInd will + launch programs signed with either a standard UEFI Secure Boot key or a + MOK. For the moment, this feature works only on x86-64 systems. + +- Added new "dont_scan_files" (aka "don't_scan_files") token for + refind.conf. The effect is similar to dont_scan_dirs, but it creates a + blacklist of filenames within directories rather than directory names. + I'm initially using it to place shim.efi and MokManager.efi in the + blacklist to keep these programs out of the OS list. (MokManager.efi is + scanned separately as a tool; see below.) I've moved checks for + ebounce.efi, GraphicsConsole.efi, and TextMode.efi to this list. (These + three had previously been blacklisted by hard-coding in ScanLoaderDir().) + +- Added the directory from which rEFInd launched to dont_scan_dirs. This + works around a bug in which rEFInd would show itself as a bogus Windows + entry if it's installed as EFI/Microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi. + +- Added support for launching MokManager.efi for managing the Machine Owner + Keys (MOKs) maintained by the shim boot loader developed by Fedora and + SUSE. This program is scanned and presented as a second-row tool. + +- Added support for Apple's Recovery HD partition: If it's detected, a new + icon appears on the second row. This icon can be removed by explicitly + setting the "showtools" option in refind.conf and excluding the + "apple_recovery" option from that line. + +- Fixed bug that caused text-mode ("textonly" refind.conf option enabled) + menu entries to be right-aligned rather than left-aligned when rEFInd was + compiled with the TianoCore EDK2. + +- Added "--usedefault {devicename}" and "--drivers" options to the + install.sh script and changed the "esp" option to "--esp". + +0.4.7 (11/6/2012): +------------------ + +- Added an icon for gummiboot. + +- Added a boot option editor: Pressing the Insert or F2 key from a boot + tag's options menu opens a simple text-mode line editor on which the boot + options may be edited for a one-time boot with altered options. + +- Modified the "scan_delay" feature to delay and then perform a re-scan, + which may work better than the first attempt at this feature (which I'm + told isn't working as planned). + +- Modified rEFInd to add a space after the command-line options only when + launching Mac OS X. On some early Macs, the extra space (which had been + present by default, as a carryover from rEFIt) causes problems when + booting Linux kernels from FAT partitions. + +0.4.6 (10/6/2012): +------------------ + +- Fixed some minor memory management issues. + +- Added new "scan_delay" feature to impose a delay before scanning + for disks. + +- Changed default "scanfor" option from internal-external-optical to either + internal-external-optical-manual (for non-Macs) or + internal-hdbios-external-biosexternal-optical-cd-manual (for Macs). I've + done this for two reasons: + - Many Mac users have been confused by the fact that rEFInd needs + reconfiguration to detect Windows (or Linux installed in BIOS mode), + since rEFIt scans BIOS devices by default. Adding the BIOS options as + default for them should help them. + - Adding the "manual" option enables users to simply add manual boot + stanzas and have them work, which is more intuitive. Adding the + "manual" option will have no effect unless manual stanzas are created + or uncommented, so this part of the change won't affect users' working + default configurations. + +- Added new legacy (BIOS) boot support for UEFI-based PCs. + +0.4.5 (8/12/2012): +------------------ + +- Fixed bug that caused a failure to boot BIOS-based OSes on Macs. + +- Fixed bug in install.sh that caused it to fail to detect rEFItBlesser. + +0.4.4 (6/23/2012): +------------------ + +- Fixed bug that caused filesystem labels to be corrupted by rEFInd on + 32-bit systems. + +- Fixed bug that caused filesystem labels to be truncated in the drivers + on 32-bit systems. + +- Fixed bug in use_graphics_for option parsing that caused most options + to set graphics mode for OS X and/or Linux but not other boot + loaders/OSes. + +- Tweaked install script to better isolate the ESP under OS X. + +0.4.3 (6/21/2012): +------------------ + +- rEFInd now supports compilation using the TianoCore UDK2010/EDK2 + development kit in addition to GNU-EFI. + +- Added new "use_graphics_for" option to control which OSes to boot in + graphics mode. (This effect lasts for a fraction of a second on most + systems, since the boot loader that rEFInd launches is likely to set + graphics or text mode itself.) + +- Graphics-mode booting now clears the screen to the current rEFInd + background color (rather than black) and does NOT display boot messages. + The intent is for a smoother transition when booting OS X, or perhaps + other OSes that don't display boot loader messages. In practice, this + effect will be tiny for many OSes, since the boot loader generally clears + the screen within a fraction of a second of being launched; but the + "flicker" of a rEFInd message in that time can sometimes be distracting. + +- Filesystem drivers now work on EFI 1.x systems, such as Macs. + +- Removed "linux.conf" as a valid alternative name for "refind_linux.conf" + for holding Linux kernel options. The kernel developers plan to use + "linux.conf" themselves. + +0.4.2 (6/3/2012): +----------------- + +- Added a message to install.sh when run on Macs to remind users to update + the "scanfor" line in refind.conf if they need to boot BIOS-based OSes + via rEFInd. + +- Modified install.sh script to be smarter about running efibootmgr on + Linux. It now uses the whole path to the rEFInd binary as a key to + determine whether an existing entry exists, rather than just the filename + portion. If an entry exists and is the first entry in the boot order, the + script does nothing to the NVRAM entries. If such an entry exists but is + not the default, the script deletes that entry and creates a new one + (implicitly making it the first in the boot order). If such an entry does + not exist, the script creates a new one (again, making it the first in + the boot order). + +- Added "dont_scan_dirs" configuration file option, which adds directories + to a "blacklist" of directories that are NOT scanned for boot loaders. + 0.4.1 (5/25/2012): ------------------