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ae94b97b DK |
1 | New in 2.06: |
2 | ||
3 | * GCC 10 support. | |
4 | * clang 10 support. | |
5 | * SBAT support. | |
6 | * LUKS2 support. | |
7 | * Drop small MBR gap support. | |
8 | * Xen Security Modules (XSM/FLASK) support. | |
9 | * The lockdown mechanism similar to the Linux kernel one. | |
10 | * Disable the os-prober by default. | |
11 | * Many backports of GRUB distros specific patches. | |
12 | * BootHole and BootHole2 fixes. | |
13 | * ...and tons of other fixes and cleanups... | |
14 | ||
2a2e10c1 DK |
15 | New in 2.04: |
16 | ||
17 | * GCC 8 and 9 support. | |
18 | * Gnulib integration overhaul. | |
19 | * RISC-V support. | |
20 | * Xen PVH support. | |
21 | * Native UEFI secure boot support. | |
22 | * UEFI TPM driver. | |
23 | * New IEEE 1275 obdisk driver. | |
24 | * Btrfs RAID 5 and RIAD 6 support. | |
25 | * PARTUUID support. | |
26 | * VLAN support. | |
27 | * Native DHCP support. | |
28 | * Many ARM and ARM64 fixes. | |
29 | * Many SPARC fixes. | |
30 | * Many IEEE 1275 fixes. | |
31 | * ...and tons of other fixes and cleanups... | |
32 | ||
30a33846 CW |
33 | New in 2.02: |
34 | ||
35 | * New/improved filesystem and disk support: | |
36 | * Big-endian UFS1. | |
37 | * Experimental 64-bit ext2 support. | |
38 | * Various fixes for non-512-byte sector devices. | |
39 | * New `proc' filesystem framework, used by LUKS disks. | |
40 | * Fix DM-RAID partition handling. | |
41 | * New `nativedisk' command to switch from firmware to native disk drivers. | |
42 | * Compressed HFS+. | |
43 | * DragonFly BSD labels. | |
44 | * CBFS (coreboot). | |
45 | * Handle partitioned LVM properly. | |
46 | * Use LVM UUIDs whenever possible. | |
47 | * GPT PReP. | |
48 | * New `progress' module that shows progress information while reading | |
49 | files. | |
5acc8020 VS |
50 | * ZFS features support. |
51 | * ZFS LZ4 support. | |
df2aaf94 | 52 | * XFS V5 format support. |
d017ea8e | 53 | * LVM RAID1 support. |
30a33846 CW |
54 | |
55 | * New/improved terminal and video support: | |
56 | * Monochrome text (matching `hercules' in GRUB Legacy). | |
57 | * Morse code output using system speaker. | |
58 | * `spkmodem' output (simple data protocol using system speaker). | |
59 | * Handle Japanese special keys. | |
60 | * coreboot framebuffer. | |
61 | * Serial on ARC. | |
62 | * Native vt100 handling for grub-emu, replacing the use of the curses | |
63 | library. | |
64 | * New gfxmenu options for terminal window positioning, theme background | |
65 | image handling, and scrollbar padding, plus `item_pixmap_style' and | |
66 | `highlight_overlay'. | |
67 | * Support several more image types (paletted and greyscale). | |
68 | ||
69 | * Boot protocol improvements: | |
70 | * Support Apple FAT binaries on non-Apple platforms. | |
71 | * Improve FreeDOS direct loading support compatibility. | |
72 | * Enable `linux16' on all x86 platforms, not just BIOS. | |
73 | * New TrueCrypt ISO loader. | |
0e309454 | 74 | * multiboot2 boot-services EFI specification. |
5acc8020 | 75 | * multiboot2 EFI memory map specification. |
0e309454 | 76 | * multiboot2 full-file specfication. |
30a33846 CW |
77 | |
78 | * New/improved network support: | |
79 | * New variables `net_default_*' containing properties of the default | |
80 | interface. | |
81 | * Autoload `http' and `tftp' modules if necessary. | |
82 | * Improve TFTP robustness. | |
83 | * Parse `nd' disk names in GRUB Legacy configuration files. | |
84 | * Issue separate DNS queries for IPv4 and IPv6. | |
d017ea8e | 85 | * Support IPv6 Router Advertisement to configure default router. |
c9a8d037 AB |
86 | * New variable net_<interface>_next_server containing next server |
87 | from BOOTP reply. | |
30a33846 | 88 | |
0e309454 VS |
89 | * Coreboot improvements: |
90 | * CBFS support both in on-disk images (loopback) and flash. | |
91 | * Ability to launch another payload from flash or disk | |
92 | * Coreboot framebuffer | |
93 | * CBMEMC support (both logging and inspecting logs) | |
5acc8020 VS |
94 | * Command for inspecting coreboot timestamps (`coreboot_boottime'). |
95 | * Command for inspecting coreboot tables (`lscoreboot'). | |
96 | * New target default_payload.elf. | |
97 | * Increased maximal core size. | |
ff5726b8 | 98 | * Prefer pmtimer for TSC calibration. |
0e309454 | 99 | |
30a33846 CW |
100 | * New/improved platform support: |
101 | * New `efifwsetup' and `lsefi' commands on EFI platforms. | |
8442d3e9 | 102 | * New `cmosdump' and `cmosset' commands on platforms with CMOS support. |
5acc8020 | 103 | * New command `pcidump' for PCI platforms. |
30a33846 CW |
104 | * Improve opcode parsing in ACPI halt implementation. |
105 | * Use the TSC as a possible time source on i386-ieee1275. | |
106 | * Merge PowerPC grub-mkrescue implementation with the common one. | |
107 | * Support grub-mkrescue on i386-ieee1275, sparc64, bootinfo machines such | |
108 | as pSeries, and mips-arc. | |
109 | * Make grub-mkrescue better support Apple Intel Macs on CD. | |
110 | * Enable GRUB Legacy configuration file parsing on EFI. | |
111 | * Support halt for Loongson 2E. | |
112 | * ARM U-Boot and EFI ports. | |
113 | * Reorganise platform-dependent code in utilities to avoid #ifdef mess. | |
114 | * AROS and Haiku support for userspace utilities. | |
115 | * Xen PV port. | |
116 | * Fix EFI stack alignment. | |
117 | * ARM64 EFI port. | |
118 | * On Linux, read partition start offsets from sysfs if possible. | |
119 | * New grub-macbless utility, and better integration with Mac firmware in | |
120 | grub-install. | |
121 | * Support Yeeloong 3A. | |
122 | * Add `cpuid --pae' option to detect Physical Address Extension on x86. | |
0e309454 | 123 | * Support for USB debug dongles. |
5acc8020 VS |
124 | * Support for *-emu on all platforms (previously only i386/x86_64 worked). |
125 | * Support *-emu on Windows. | |
1a4e4787 | 126 | * New platform `none' which builds only user level utilities. This is now |
edf2db97 | 127 | default if target CPU is not supported. |
33b1103e | 128 | * Support for booting little-endian Linux kernel on powerpc. |
ff5726b8 AB |
129 | * Support network boot with Oracle sun4v vnet devices. |
130 | * Added SAS disks to the IEEE 1275 Open Firmware device list. | |
131 | * Try multiple methods for TSC (timestamp counter) calibration - PIT, pmtimer, | |
132 | EFI Stall. If everything fails, use hardcoded frequency 800MHz. | |
133 | * Support Hyper-V Gen2 platforms which lack PIT for TSC calibration. | |
134 | * Map UEFI Persistent Memory to E820 persistent memory. | |
d017ea8e AB |
135 | * New Xen loader on ARM64. |
136 | * Respect alignment requirement for block device IO buffers on EFI. | |
30a33846 CW |
137 | |
138 | * Security: | |
139 | * Add optional facility to enforce that all files read by the core image | |
140 | from disk have a valid detached digital signature. | |
141 | ||
142 | * Performance: | |
143 | * Avoid costly division operations in many places. | |
144 | * New boot time analysis framework (`./configure --enable-boot-time'). | |
145 | * Initialise USB ports in parallel. | |
146 | * New `testspeed' command to test file read speed. | |
0e309454 | 147 | * Speed-up gfxterm by storing intermediate results in more compact format. |
5acc8020 VS |
148 | * Lazy LVM/mdraid scan. |
149 | * Disk hints. | |
30a33846 CW |
150 | |
151 | * Scripting: | |
152 | * New `eval' and `tr' commands. | |
153 | * grub-script-check fails on scripts containing no commands. | |
154 | ||
155 | * Installation and other utility improvements: | |
156 | * Add option to compress files on installation or image creation. | |
157 | * Using grub-reboot no longer requires setting `GRUB_DEFAULT=saved'. | |
158 | * Support probing EFI System Partition (requires os-prober >= 1.58). | |
159 | * Fix inconsistent use of `GRUB_CRYPTODISK_ENABLE' and | |
160 | `GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK'; the latter is now used consistently. | |
161 | * grub-mount handles symbolic links to directories. | |
162 | * Support disabling submenus with `GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU' configuration key | |
163 | for grub-mkconfig. | |
164 | * grub-install, grub-mknetdir, grub-mkrescue, and grub-mkstandalone | |
165 | rewritten in C. They should now work in supported non-Unix-like | |
166 | environments. | |
5acc8020 VS |
167 | * Native mingw support. |
168 | * Ability to install on EFI under windows. | |
30a33846 CW |
169 | * Reorganise timeout handling using new `timeout_style' environment |
170 | variable and `GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE' configuration key for grub-mkconfig. | |
171 | Menu hotkeys pressed during a hidden timeout now boot the corresponding | |
172 | menu entry immediately. | |
173 | * New `file' command and grub-file utility to check file types. | |
174 | * New syslinux configuration file parser. | |
d017ea8e AB |
175 | * Set menu entry class to primary OS name returned by os-prober to display |
176 | OS specific icon. | |
177 | * On Linux x86 detect EFI word size in grub-install and automatically select | |
178 | correct platform (x86_64-efi or i386-efi) to install. Requires Linux kernel | |
179 | 4.0 or higher. | |
30a33846 CW |
180 | |
181 | * Build system: | |
182 | * Remove all uses of nested functions; GRUB no longer requires an | |
183 | executable stack. | |
184 | * Fix documentation build with Texinfo >= 5.1. | |
185 | * More robust and documented cross-compiling support. | |
0e309454 VS |
186 | * Partial clang support for some platforms (experimental). |
187 | * Partial mingw64 x86_64-efi compile support (highly experimental). | |
188 | * Partial mingw32 i386-* (other than already present i386-pc) | |
189 | compile support (highly experimental). | |
5acc8020 | 190 | * Support for grub-mkpasswd on Windows. |
30a33846 CW |
191 | * Eliminate the use of AutoGen. This allowed some performance |
192 | improvements to the build system. | |
0e309454 VS |
193 | * Remove variable length arrays. |
194 | * OpenBSD compile and tools support (NetBSD and FreeBSD were already supported). | |
30a33846 CW |
195 | * Fix build with FreeType >= 2.5.1. |
196 | * Make gentpl.py compatible with Python 3. It now requires at least | |
197 | Python 2.6. | |
0e309454 VS |
198 | * modinfo.sh contains build information now. |
199 | * Added many new tests to improve robustness. | |
b27af387 AB |
200 | * Target is built without libgcc now. Necessary builtins are reimplemented |
201 | directly. This removes requirement for target-specific runtime on build | |
202 | system. | |
72ccf92c | 203 | * emu libusb support removed (was broken and unmaintained). |
33b1103e | 204 | * powerpc64le compile support. |
ff5726b8 | 205 | * Use fixed timestamp when generating GRUB image for reproducible builds. |
d017ea8e AB |
206 | * Verify at build time that modules contain only supported relocations and their |
207 | structure matches what boot-time module loader expects. | |
c9a8d037 | 208 | * Do not require fonts on powerpc-ieee1275. |
30a33846 CW |
209 | |
210 | * Revision control moved to git. | |
211 | ||
d22029ba VS |
212 | New in 2.00: |
213 | ||
f0f55752 | 214 | * Appearance: |
d22029ba VS |
215 | * Official theme for gfxmenu (starfield) |
216 | * Menu is organised with submenus. | |
217 | * Better default video mode selection using EDID. | |
218 | ||
219 | * New platforms: | |
220 | * Itanium port. | |
221 | * Fuloong2F support (including GRUB as firmware) | |
222 | * Fuloong2E support (except GRUB as firmware) | |
223 | * ARCS (SGI machines) port. | |
224 | * qemu -M mips port. | |
225 | ||
226 | * grub-mount to mount filesystems using GRUB FS drivers and FUSE. | |
227 | ||
228 | * Changed security default so entries are locked by default if any superuser is | |
229 | defined. | |
230 | ||
231 | * New drivers: | |
232 | * EHCI. | |
233 | * AHCI. | |
234 | * ESCC serial. | |
235 | * IEEE1275 serial. | |
236 | * EFI serial. | |
237 | * Network stack for BIOS, IEEE1275, EMU and EFI, including TFTP, HTTP and DNS. | |
d22029ba VS |
238 | |
239 | * New filesystem, filters and disks formats: | |
240 | * DVH partition map. | |
241 | * Plan9 partition map. | |
242 | * Big-endian mdraid. | |
243 | * Big-endian cpio. | |
244 | * ODC and NEWC cpio. | |
245 | * ExFAT. | |
246 | * Minix3fs. | |
247 | * Big-endian minixfs. | |
248 | * RomFS. | |
249 | * Squash4. | |
250 | * Support non-512B disk blocks. | |
251 | * LUKS and GELI support. | |
252 | * LDM read support (no install yet). | |
253 | * LZOP. | |
254 | ||
255 | * Improved filesystem and disks formats support: | |
256 | * HFS+ label support. | |
257 | * Improved reiserfs support. | |
258 | * multidevice, mirrored and raidz(2,3) ZFS support. | |
259 | * RAID LVM (internal RAIDing) support. | |
260 | * ZFS crypto support. | |
0e309454 | 261 | * ZLE, LZ4 and GZIP on ZFS support. |
d22029ba VS |
262 | * Support ZFS up to 33. |
263 | * HFS string is now treated like mac-roman and not UTF-8 | |
264 | * HFS mtime support. | |
265 | * Improved AFFS and SFS support. | |
266 | * LZO-compressed btrfs support. | |
267 | * cpio and tar symlinks support. | |
268 | * Better FS detection to reduce false positives. | |
269 | ||
270 | * New boot protocols: | |
271 | * Ability to load another coreboot payload when on coreboot. | |
272 | * Plan9. | |
273 | * Freedos. | |
0c4f85f6 VS |
274 | * Ntldr/bootmgr (to load Windows bootloader). |
275 | * chainloader --bpb support to patch FAT or NTFS BPB in memory to correct | |
276 | wrong partition offset. | |
d22029ba VS |
277 | * PXE chainloading support. |
278 | * Darwin 11 (Mac OS X Lion) protocol support. | |
279 | ||
280 | * Boot protocol improvements: | |
281 | * Multiple initrd support. | |
282 | * Basic illumos and xnu autoconfig. | |
283 | ||
284 | * Testing and debugging: | |
285 | * New grub-fstest commands: cat, zfsinfo, testload xnu_uuid | |
0c4f85f6 VS |
286 | * grub-fstest recursive directory compare for quickly checking that |
287 | a directory is read correctly. | |
d22029ba VS |
288 | * Backtace on crash (if gdb module is loaded, x86 only) |
289 | * Disk cache statistics gathering. | |
290 | * GDB stub and GDB support script. | |
291 | * "make check" and "make bootcheck" expanded to almost all platforms | |
292 | (except i386-ieee1275, mips-arc, sparc64-ieee1275, ia64-efi and emu) | |
293 | * New `time' command. | |
294 | ||
295 | * Performance: | |
0c4f85f6 VS |
296 | * Lazy scanning to avoid accessing devices which aren't really used. |
297 | This avoids boot delay due to slow device scanning. | |
d22029ba | 298 | * Use CPU cache when accessing video memory. |
0c4f85f6 VS |
299 | * Search hints to first try the most likely device when searching for a |
300 | device with given UUID. This avoids slow scanning in most cases. | |
d22029ba VS |
301 | |
302 | * Internationalisation: | |
303 | * Updated to Unicode 6.0. | |
0c4f85f6 | 304 | * $"..." syntax for translation in grub scripting language. This allows easy |
d22029ba VS |
305 | translation of grub.cfg at runtime. |
306 | * Translations to many languages included in official distribution. | |
307 | ||
308 | * Scripting: | |
309 | * $grub_cpu and $grub_platform variables for conditioning grub.cfg on platform | |
0c4f85f6 | 310 | at runtime. |
d22029ba VS |
311 | * $feature_* variables to condition scripts on available features. |
312 | * Use of ids to identify menu entries. | |
313 | * all_video module which is empty but depends on all video modules thus | |
314 | allowing easy loading of all of them. | |
315 | ||
316 | * Installation: | |
317 | * grub-mknetdir script for easy creation of netbootable GRUB directory. | |
318 | * Itanium and mips support in grub-mkrescue. | |
319 | * grub-install support for all platforms except emu. | |
320 | * PreP partition install support. | |
321 | * No files conflict between flavours (except grub-mkrescue for ppc). This | |
322 | allows easy install of GRUB for several platforms. | |
323 | * grub-mkstandalone script for easy creating of image including all modules | |
324 | for platforms with generous limit on image size. | |
325 | * program-transform-name now functions according to usual conventions. | |
326 | Use --grubdir and --bootdir to get old behaviour. | |
327 | ||
328 | * ADLER32 and CRC64 support (for XZ and hashsum). | |
329 | ||
330 | * ofconsole renamed to console | |
331 | ||
332 | * Experimental support for compiling with Apple toolchain. | |
333 | ||
0c4f85f6 VS |
334 | * grub-mkdevicemap removed. Now all devices are detected on invocation of |
335 | any grub utility. | |
d22029ba | 336 | |
215dd471 RM |
337 | New in 1.99: |
338 | ||
61c874c5 CW |
339 | * Keyboard layouts support. |
340 | ||
341 | * New `lsapm' command (i386-pc only). | |
342 | ||
343 | * Parser for GRUB Legacy configuration files. | |
344 | ||
345 | * Support RAID on virtio devices. | |
346 | ||
347 | * Remove deprecated `root' command. | |
348 | ||
349 | * New `euro.pf2' font which supports most European languages. | |
350 | ||
351 | * Avoid opening the same device twice on Open Firmware platforms. | |
352 | ||
353 | * Extend `vbeinfo' and `vbetest' commands to non-VBE graphics, as | |
354 | `videoinfo' and `videotest'. | |
355 | ||
40901acd | 356 | * New `lsefisystab', `lssal', and `lsefimmap' commands on EFI platforms. |
61c874c5 CW |
357 | |
358 | * Support explicit user claim that a device is BIOS-visible. Devices | |
359 | listed in device.map will be assumed to be readable using only BIOS | |
360 | facilities, rather than anything more complex such as LVM or RAID. | |
361 | ||
362 | * New bash-completion script for GRUB utilities. | |
363 | ||
364 | * Use ACPI to shut down if possible. | |
365 | ||
366 | * New `lsacpi' command. | |
367 | ||
ec9f5e0d | 368 | * Btrfs support. |
61c874c5 CW |
369 | |
370 | * New `--boot-directory' option to `grub-install', `grub-reboot', and | |
371 | `grub-set-default', with clearer semantics than the previous | |
372 | `--root-directory' option. | |
373 | ||
374 | * Rename CD-ROM device to "cd" on BIOS platforms. | |
375 | ||
376 | * Transparent decompression filters. | |
377 | ||
378 | * Simpler PXE image generation. New `grub-mknetdir' utility to generate | |
379 | netboot directory trees. | |
380 | ||
f9cefc4e CW |
381 | * New relocator. Allows for more kernel support and more |
382 | straightforward loader writing. | |
383 | ||
384 | * Handle USB pendrives exposed as floppies. | |
385 | ||
386 | * New Automake-based build system. | |
387 | ||
388 | * Add `sendkey' command (i386-pc only). | |
389 | ||
a94a6671 | 390 | * ZFS support. |
215dd471 | 391 | |
f9cefc4e CW |
392 | * Support 1.x versions of mdadm metadata. |
393 | ||
394 | * Fix corruption when reading Reiserfs directory entries. | |
395 | ||
396 | * Bidirectional text and diacritics support. | |
397 | ||
398 | * Skip LVM snapshots. | |
399 | ||
400 | * MIPS Yeeloong firmware port. | |
401 | ||
402 | * Change grub-mkdevicemap to emit /dev/disk/by-id/ names where possible | |
403 | on GNU/Linux. | |
404 | ||
405 | * Add `grub-mkconfig' support for Xen with Linux. | |
406 | ||
407 | * Add `grub-mkconfig' support for initrd images on Fedora 13. | |
408 | ||
409 | * Support >3GiB and <16MiB RAM in i386-qemu. | |
410 | ||
411 | * Add support for Cirrus 5446 and Bochs video cards. | |
412 | ||
413 | * Load more appropriate video drivers automatically in `grub-mkconfig'. | |
414 | ||
415 | * USB improvements, including hotplugging/hotunplugging, hub support, | |
416 | and USB serial support. | |
417 | ||
418 | * AMD Geode CS5536 support. | |
419 | ||
420 | * Extensive updates to the Texinfo documentation. | |
421 | ||
f9cefc4e CW |
422 | * Handle symbolic links under /dev/mapper on GNU/Linux. |
423 | ||
424 | * Handle installation across multiple partition table types. | |
425 | ||
426 | * Add `cmostest' command (i386/x86_64 only). | |
427 | ||
428 | * Add support for DM-RAID disk devices on GNU/Linux. | |
429 | ||
430 | * Remove `grub-mkisofs'. `grub-mkrescue' now uses GNU xorriso to build | |
431 | CD images. | |
432 | ||
433 | * `grub-mkrescue' support for EFI, coreboot, and QEMU platforms. | |
434 | ||
61c874c5 CW |
435 | * Unify `grub-mkimage', `grub-setup', and `grub-install' source code |
436 | across platforms. | |
f9cefc4e CW |
437 | |
438 | * Fix VGA (as opposed to VBE) video driver, formerly a terminal driver. | |
439 | ||
440 | * Add menu hotkey support. | |
441 | ||
442 | * Add support for the nilfs2 filesystem. | |
443 | ||
444 | * `grub-probe' and `grub-mkconfig' support for NetBSD. | |
445 | ||
446 | * Support setting a background image in `grub-mkconfig'. | |
447 | ||
448 | * Support multiple terminals in `grub-mkconfig'. | |
449 | ||
450 | * Regexp support. | |
451 | ||
452 | * MIPS multiboot2 support. | |
453 | ||
454 | * Multiboot2 tag support. | |
455 | ||
456 | * sunpc partition table support. | |
457 | ||
458 | * Add a number of new language features to GRUB script: `for', `while', | |
61c874c5 CW |
459 | `until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', `shift', |
460 | multi-line quoted strings, positional parameters with `setparams', | |
461 | `return', filename wildcard expansion, and `!'. | |
f9cefc4e CW |
462 | |
463 | * Support nested partition tables. GRUB now prefers to name partitions | |
464 | in the form `(hd0,msdos1,bsd1)' rather than `(hd0,1,a)'. | |
465 | ||
466 | * Speed up consecutive hostdisk operations on the same device. | |
467 | ||
468 | * Compile parts of `grub-emu' as modules. | |
469 | ||
fce5d8ff | 470 | New in 1.98 - 2010-03-06: |
1fbc5e66 | 471 | |
fcee14ed VS |
472 | * Multiboot on EFI support. |
473 | ||
c98d2a13 CW |
474 | * Graphical menu support. |
475 | ||
476 | * MIPS support. | |
477 | ||
478 | * Saved default menu entry support, with new utilities `grub-reboot' and | |
479 | `grub-set-default'. | |
480 | ||
481 | * Unit testing framework. | |
482 | ||
483 | * Support for multiple terminals. | |
484 | ||
485 | * Encrypted password support, with a new utility `grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2'. | |
486 | ||
487 | * `grub-mkfloppy' removed; use `grub-mkrescue' to create floppy images. | |
488 | ||
7922f68b RM |
489 | * Add grub-probe support for GNU/Hurd. |
490 | ||
3db5183c CPE |
491 | * Add support for gettext. |
492 | ||
537ce47f RM |
493 | New in 1.97: |
494 | ||
d2b6b7fc | 495 | * Add support for loading XNU (MacOS X kernel). |
421bd7ac | 496 | |
497 | * ACPI override support. | |
498 | ||
499 | * Integrated gptsync. | |
500 | ||
501 | * Password protection support. | |
502 | ||
503 | * Partition manipulation tool. | |
504 | ||
70ba68ce | 505 | * Add `keystatus' command. |
506 | ||
507 | * Unicode fonts are now used by default. | |
508 | ||
fd8c967c | 509 | * Add `hdparm' command. |
510 | ||
511 | * Add support for getting the current date and time from CMOS as variables. | |
512 | ||
513 | * Add `drivemap' command. | |
514 | ||
515 | * Add support for RAID levels 4,6 and 10. | |
516 | ||
d2b6b7fc | 517 | * update-grub is replaced by grub-mkconfig. |
6d994591 | 518 | |
1fbc5e66 | 519 | * When booting from PXE, PXE can be used to load files. |
520 | ||
521 | * High resolution timer support. | |
522 | ||
523 | * Image loaders now support IO buffering. | |
524 | ||
525 | * Add `crc' command. | |
526 | ||
54d83746 | 527 | * Add Cygwin support. |
528 | ||
1fbc5e66 | 529 | * Add x86_64 EFI support. |
530 | ||
5680109e | 531 | * Use LZMA compression instead of LZO. |
1fbc5e66 | 532 | |
533 | * Support for saving the environment from and loading the environment | |
534 | from a file. | |
535 | ||
536 | * Allow the UUID to be used as device name. | |
537 | ||
538 | * The `search' command can use UUIDs now. | |
539 | ||
540 | * Add support for IEEE 1275 on i386. | |
541 | ||
542 | * Create partmap.lst and use it to automatically load partition map | |
543 | modules. | |
544 | ||
6d994591 | 545 | * grub-mkconfig supports os-prober to add operating systems to the |
54d83746 | 546 | boot menu. |
1fbc5e66 | 547 | |
d2b6b7fc | 548 | * The ATA driver supports devices bigger than 2 TiB. |
1fbc5e66 | 549 | |
2fc96ba3 | 550 | * Add support for the UDF, AFS and EXT4 filesystems. |
1fbc5e66 | 551 | |
2fc96ba3 | 552 | * The ISO9660 filesystem supports the Joliet extension |
1fbc5e66 | 553 | |
d2b6b7fc | 554 | * Add support for loading kernels of FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. |
1fbc5e66 | 555 | |
556 | * Add new command `sleep'. | |
557 | ||
558 | * Support for direct access to AT keyboards. | |
559 | ||
560 | * New utility `grub-fstest'. | |
561 | ||
f2a76e1d | 562 | New in 1.96 - 2008-02-03: |
5a79f472 | 563 | |
564 | * The license term is changed to GNU General Public License Version 3. | |
565 | ||
352466bf | 566 | * grub-emu is made optional. Now you have to use |
567 | `--enable-grub-emu' to enable it. | |
568 | ||
569 | * Add Multiboot2 support. | |
570 | ||
571 | * grub-emu can access the host filesystem now. | |
572 | ||
2216b101 | 573 | * Add support for the NTFS, cpio/tar and Reiserfs filesystems. |
352466bf | 574 | |
e911ecc1 | 575 | * Add support for ATA/ATAPI. |
576 | ||
2216b101 | 577 | * Add update-grub script to generate grub.cfg. |
578 | ||
579 | * Add grub-mkrescue script to generate floppy or ElTorito images | |
580 | (i386-pc only). | |
581 | ||
582 | * Add support for background images in gfxterm (background_image command). | |
583 | ||
584 | * Add support for detection of 64-bit support in CPU (cpuid command). | |
585 | ||
586 | * GPT is now enabled in i386-pc target. | |
587 | ||
588 | * Add grub-install for EFI. | |
589 | ||
590 | * Ported to the following new platforms: Efika, coreboot (a.k.a. LinuxBIOS), | |
591 | OLPC XO. | |
592 | ||
593 | * Add support for colored menu (menu_color_normal and menu_color_highlight | |
594 | variables). | |
595 | ||
596 | * Fix support for loading Linux zImages (such as memtest86). | |
597 | ||
5d74d927 | 598 | New in 1.95 - 2006-10-15: |
deae281b | 599 | |
600 | * Number partitions from 1 instead of 0. For instance, the first | |
601 | partition of "hd0" is now "hd0,1" but not "hd0,0". | |
602 | ||
df247e5e | 603 | * grub-probefs is renamed to grub-probe, and supports printing a |
604 | guessed OS device name and a GRUB drive name. | |
605 | ||
606 | * RAID and LVM support is added. | |
607 | ||
608 | * New command, echo. | |
609 | ||
610 | * The disk API is changed to support 64-bit addressing. | |
611 | ||
612 | * A TGA loader is added for the video API. | |
613 | ||
53af98ad | 614 | New in 1.94 - 2006-06-04: |
118f4fb3 | 615 | |
616 | * Fix several serious bugs in HFS+. | |
617 | ||
618 | * Add experimental EFI support. Chainloading and Linux loading are | |
619 | supported at the moment. | |
620 | ||
621 | * Add a new command "blocklist" to show a block list. | |
622 | ||
623 | * Use --with-platform to specify a boot environment. For now, efi, | |
624 | ieee1275 and pc are supported. | |
625 | ||
626 | * Use the filename "kernel.elf" instead of "grubof" on ieee1275. | |
627 | ||
628 | * Install GRUB into pkglibdir instead of pkgdatadir. | |
629 | ||
630 | * Support environmental variables. You can export variables by the | |
631 | command "export". | |
632 | ||
633 | * Remove the commands "default" and "timeout". They are now variables. | |
634 | ||
635 | * Add the commands "source" and "." to include a file. | |
636 | ||
637 | * Implement experimental Video API and a new terminal "gfxterm" based | |
638 | on the Video API. | |
639 | ||
640 | ||
5f97350b | 641 | New in 1.93 - 2006-03-10: |
642 | ||
643 | * Add support for the HFS+ wrapper. | |
644 | ||
645 | * Major improvements to scripting support. | |
646 | ||
647 | * Menu entries are now scriptable. | |
648 | ||
c9a86192 | 649 | |
3bbfa267 | 650 | New in 1.92 - 2005-12-25: |
651 | ||
652 | * Add support for GPT partition table format. | |
653 | ||
654 | * Add a new command "play" to play an audio file on PC. | |
655 | ||
656 | * Add support for Linux/ADFS partition table format. | |
657 | ||
658 | * Add support for BASH-like scripting. | |
659 | ||
50214199 | 660 | * Add support for Apple HFS+ filesystems. |
3bbfa267 | 661 | |
b5179ea0 | 662 | |
4801580b | 663 | New in 1.91 - 2005-10-15: |
4ac9bd04 | 664 | |
665 | * Add support for LZO version 2. | |
666 | ||
992ffbbe | 667 | * Support completion in the entry editor. |
668 | ||
669 | * Add VBE support. | |
670 | ||
6a85ce79 | 671 | * New commands, "search", "vbetest" and "vbeinfo". |
672 | ||
16ccb8b1 | 673 | * The option BOOT_IMAGE is passed to Linux. |
674 | ||
d9864ee1 | 675 | * Add support for automatic decompression for gzip. |
676 | ||
5d7396f5 | 677 | * Add support for terminfo and serial. |
678 | ||
5c177389 | 679 | * Add support for x86_64. |
680 | ||
681 | * GRUB itself is a Multiboot-compliant kernel. | |
682 | ||
683 | * Add new filesystems: XFS, SFS, and AFFS. | |
684 | ||
992ffbbe | 685 | |
4ac9bd04 | 686 | New in 1.90 - 2005-08-07: |
4b13b216 | 687 | |
688 | * Rename the project name PUPA to GRUB. Now this version is the | |
689 | developmental version of GRUB officially. | |
690 | ||
691 | * The GRUB emulator ``grub-emu'' is added. | |
692 | ||
693 | * Add support for newworld Mac. This should work with other | |
694 | PowerPC-based machines as well, if they use IEEE 1275 | |
695 | (Open Firmware). | |
696 | ||
0e143073 | 697 | * Too many changes to describe. Look at ChangeLog for more details. |
698 | ||
4b13b216 | 699 | |
9962ed99 | 700 | New in 0.7: |
701 | ||
702 | * Problems in cross-compiling PUPA are fixed. | |
703 | ||
62ddcc8f | 704 | * Use -mrtd and -mregparm=3 to reduce the generated code sizes. This |
705 | means that any missing prototypes could be fatal. Also, you must take | |
706 | care when writing assembly code. See the comments at the beginning of | |
707 | startup.S, for more details. | |
708 | ||
012d7999 | 709 | * New utility, ``pupa-setup''. This sets up PUPA to make it bootable |
710 | from a real disk. | |
711 | ||
a5ffe966 | 712 | * New commands, "prefix", "insmod", "rmmod" and "lsmod" are added into |
713 | the rescue mode to manipulate PUPA modules. | |
714 | ||
c04da074 | 715 | * Linux support is added. Initrd is not support yet. |
716 | ||
1f5ab428 | 717 | * Reduce the size of a core image significantly by compressing a large |
718 | part of the core image and decompressing itself at boot time. The | |
719 | currently used algorithm is LZO (more precisely, LZO1X-999). So you | |
720 | have to install LZO to build PUPA. See | |
721 | <http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/>, for more information. | |
722 | ||
a5ffe966 | 723 | |
6a161fa9 | 724 | New in 0.6 - 2002-12-27, Yoshinori K. Okuji: |
725 | ||
726 | * The chainloader and the FAT filesystem are modularized. | |
727 | ||
728 | * The structure of the source tree is a bit changed. | |
729 | ||
730 | * Support for building loadable modules is added. | |
731 | ||
732 | * Some generic parts of pupa-mkimage are segregated. | |
733 | ||
734 | * Some documentation files are added, according to the GNU Coding | |
735 | Standards. |