X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/refind/blobdiff_plain/f9672fe29af6b6b20434ad8600773b04ce1f1ded..b72a91c9b51a3c6761db777f3e2818d240adf62e:/NEWS.txt diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt index d14ebed..68e771c 100644 --- a/NEWS.txt +++ b/NEWS.txt @@ -1,11 +1,142 @@ -0.6.5 (1/??/2013): +0.6.10 (?/??/2013): +------------------- + +- Added icon for ChromeOS (os_chrome.icns in the icons subdirectory). + ChromeOS reportedly boots using the fallback filename, but if a user + wants to install rEFInd on a ChromeBook, renaming the original EFI/BOOT + directory to EFI/chrome and then installing rEFInd in the fallback + filename will bring up this new icon for ChromeOS. + +- Added new option to reboot the computer into the firmware's user + interface. This option is active by default, or can be set via the + "firmware" option to the "showtools" token in refind.conf. It works + on only some computers, though; older computers lack this feature, and + when rEFInd is told to use this feature on such computers, the directive + is quietly ignored. + +- Upgraded LodePNG library from version 20121216 to 20130415 and + restructured rEFInd-specific modifications to simplify future upgrades. + +- Replaced hexadecimal error code with description if an error is + encountered when saving a screen shot. + +- Enable multiple screen shots: Rather than naming all screen shots + "screenshot.bmp", the name is now "screenshot_###.bmp", where "###" is a + sequence number, starting with "001". + +0.6.9 (4/25/2013): +------------------ + +- Modified default banner to include the new rEFInd icon, provided by Erik + Kemperman. + +- Worked around a suspected firmware bug that caused rEFInd 0.6.6 to 0.6.8 + to hang at startup on some systems (DUET and some Macs). + +- Modified rEFInd to search for gptsync under the names gptsync.efi and + gptsync_{arch}.efi, where {arch} is ia32 or x64. (Previous versions + searched only for gptsync.efi.) + +- Added gptsync program from rEFIt project, but with some changes to + improve flexibility and make it less likely that UEFI users will + accidentally trash their systems. + +- Changed timeout code so that the timeout continues if the keyboard is + disconnected. This can help in booting a headless server or a system with + a bluetooth or other keyboard that's not recognized by the EFI. + +0.6.8 (3/18/2013): ------------------ +- Added workaround for presumed EFI bug that was causing "Invalid + Parameter" errors when scanning for boot loaders on some computers. + +- Added search for an EFI shell called shell.efi in the root directory + (previously this name was only accepted in EFI\tools). + +- Fixed bug in install.sh that caused it to fail on some systems (Fedora + 18, for instance) because of a problem identifying the ESP. + +- Fixed bug that caused icons named after boot loaders to not be used. + +0.6.7 (2/3/2013): +----------------- + +- Added a more explicit error message summarizing options when a launch of + a program results in a Secure Boot failure. + +- Changed MOK tool detection to scan all volumes, not just the rEFInd + home volume. This is desirable because the Linux Foundation's HashTool + can only scan its own volume, making it desirable to place copies of this + program on every volume that holds EFI boot loader binaries. + +- Added support for launching the Linux Foundation HashTool as a means of + managing MOKs (or MOK hashes, at any rate). + +- Fixed bug that caused rEFInd to present an entry for itself as a + Microsoft OS if it was launched as EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi. + +- Fixed bug that caused dont_scan_volumes option to be added to + also_scan_dirs list. + +- Fixed dont_scan_volumes so that it works with OS X boot loaders. + +- Fixed broken mixing of PNG and ICNS icons when using a user-specified + icons directory -- previously, an ICNS file in the default directory + would override a PNG file in the user-specified directory. + +0.6.6 (1/26/2013): +------------------ + +- rEFInd now ignores the fallback boot loader (EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi or + EFI/BOOT/bootia32.efi) if it's identical to another boot loader on + the same volume. This is intended to help unclutter the display on + systems that run Windows, since Windows tends to duplicate its own boot + loader under the fallback name. + +- Added new "font" token to refind.conf, which enables specifying a font in + the form of a PNG file. This file must contain monospace glyphs for the + 95 characters from ASCII 32 to 126 (space through tilde), inclusive, plus + a glyph to be displayed for characters outside of this range, for a total + of 96 glyphs. + +- Replaced the old font (inherited from rEFInd) with an anti-aliased + version of Luxi Mono Regular 14 point. + +- Fixed bug that caused rEFInd to ignore manual boot stanzas in files + included via the "include" token in refind.conf. + +- Fixed bug that caused ASSERT error on some systems (and conceivably a + crash on startup on some) when default_selection line in refind.conf was + commented out or empty. + +- Fixed bug that caused "Binary is whitelisted" message to persist on + screen after loading MOK-signed drivers in Secure Boot mode. + +- Fixed bug that caused rEFInd to ignore the "icon" token in refind.conf + manual boot stanzas. + +- Fixed bug in install.sh that caused the script to fail to update + drivers when rEFInd was installed in EFI/BOOT/. + +0.6.5 (1/16/2013): +------------------ + +- Improved text color support: rEFInd now uses black text against light + backgrounds and white text against dark backgrounds. + +- Added support for PNGs as banners, icons, and selectors. + +- Added icon for ALT Linux. + - Added "safemode" option to "hideui" token, to hide option to boot into safe mode for OS X ("-v -x" option to boot.efi). - Added icon for Haiku (os_haiku.icns). +- Enable transparency of icons & main-menu text when the banner icon is + sized to cover these areas. + - Fixed bug that could cause rEFInd to crash if fed a banner image that's too big. Note that "too big" can be substantially smaller than the screen resolution!