* .bzrignore: Add grub-core/gnulib/sys, widthspec.bin, and

widthspec.h.
* docs/grub.texi (Shell-like scripting): Document `!'.
(Network): Simplify using new i386-pc-pxe format.  Mention
grub-mknetdir.
* NEWS: Update.

diff --git a/.bzrignore b/.bzrignore
index 3c1e294f5cb8d1fa337c8b17115d3e935df0a5c8..06dd94341fdc69a34f26ab999e14e12812c06039 100644 (file)
--- a/.bzrignore
+++ b/.bzrignore
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ grub-core/gnulib/stdio.h
 grub-core/gnulib/stdlib.h
 grub-core/gnulib/string.h
 grub-core/gnulib/strings.h
+grub-core/gnulib/sys
 grub-core/gnulib/unistd.h
 grub-core/gnulib/warn-on-use.h
 grub-core/gnulib/wchar.h
 grub-core/gnulib/wctype.h
+widthspec.bin
+widthspec.h

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c9e62f5007f04099a139b139ac016c76a2968b04..4688c50144069c79ba770d6614444782dc235051 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2010-09-20  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+       * .bzrignore: Add grub-core/gnulib/sys, widthspec.bin, and
+       widthspec.h.
+
+       * docs/grub.texi (Shell-like scripting): Document `!'.
+       (Network): Simplify using new i386-pc-pxe format.  Mention
+       grub-mknetdir.
+
+       * NEWS: Update.
+
 2010-09-20  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
        * Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Restore "."; it's important to force

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bb6b8df3fb767043f61b042fcde4af6867334eeb..b8cec570e4376b9a537974272fc083efd08b8289 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,47 @@
 New in 1.99:
 
+* Keyboard layouts support.
+
+* New `lsapm' command (i386-pc only).
+
+* Parser for GRUB Legacy configuration files.
+
+* Support RAID on virtio devices.
+
+* Remove deprecated `root' command.
+
+* New `euro.pf2' font which supports most European languages.
+
+* Avoid opening the same device twice on Open Firmware platforms.
+
+* Extend `vbeinfo' and `vbetest' commands to non-VBE graphics, as
+  `videoinfo' and `videotest'.
+
+* New `lsefisystab' and `lssal' commands on EFI platforms.
+
+* Support explicit user claim that a device is BIOS-visible.  Devices
+  listed in device.map will be assumed to be readable using only BIOS
+  facilities, rather than anything more complex such as LVM or RAID.
+
+* New bash-completion script for GRUB utilities.
+
+* Use ACPI to shut down if possible.
+
+* New `lsacpi' command.
+
+* Basic btrfs support (detection and UUID).
+
+* New `--boot-directory' option to `grub-install', `grub-reboot', and
+  `grub-set-default', with clearer semantics than the previous
+  `--root-directory' option.
+
+* Rename CD-ROM device to "cd" on BIOS platforms.
+
+* Transparent decompression filters.
+
+* Simpler PXE image generation.  New `grub-mknetdir' utility to generate
+  netboot directory trees.
+
 * New relocator.  Allows for more kernel support and more
   straightforward loader writing.
 
@@ -60,7 +102,8 @@ New in 1.99:
 
 * `grub-mkrescue' support for EFI, coreboot, and QEMU platforms.
 
-* Unify `grub-mkimage' source code across platforms.
+* Unify `grub-mkimage', `grub-setup', and `grub-install' source code
+  across platforms.
 
 * Fix VGA (as opposed to VBE) video driver, formerly a terminal driver.
 
@@ -83,8 +126,9 @@ New in 1.99:
 * sunpc partition table support.
 
 * Add a number of new language features to GRUB script: `for', `while',
-  `until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', and
-  `shift'.
+  `until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', `shift',
+  multi-line quoted strings, positional parameters with `setparams',
+  `return', filename wildcard expansion, and `!'.
 
 * Support nested partition tables.  GRUB now prefers to name partitions
   in the form `(hd0,msdos1,bsd1)' rather than `(hd0,1,a)'.

diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi
index 076adfd6c5fe2ddf1c299beb4e7574058b9651c0..3a72bbacb958b3edebc8cbb2b533f02a11f01de3 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/grub.texi
+++ b/docs/grub.texi
@@ -1264,7 +1264,9 @@ and terminated by a semicolon or a newline.  The first word specifies the
 command to be executed.  The remaining words are passed as arguments to the
 invoked command.
 
-The return value of a simple command is its exit status.
+The return value of a simple command is its exit status.  If the reserved
+word @code{!} precedes the command, then the return value is instead the
+logical negation of the command's exit status.
 
 @heading Compound commands
 
@@ -1796,8 +1798,7 @@ To generate a PXE boot image, run:
 
 @example
 @group
-grub-mkimage --format=i386-pc --output=core.img --prefix='(pxe)/boot/grub' pxe pxecmd
-cat /boot/grub/pxeboot.img core.img >grub.pxe
+grub-mkimage --format=i386-pc-pxe --output=grub.pxe --prefix='(pxe)/boot/grub' pxe pxecmd
 @end group
 @end example
 
@@ -1807,6 +1808,9 @@ accessible via the @file{/boot/grub/} path from the TFTP server root.  Set
 the DHCP server configuration to offer @file{grub.pxe} as the boot file (the
 @samp{filename} option in ISC dhcpd).
 
+You can also use the @command{grub-mknetdir} utility to generate an image
+and a GRUB directory tree, rather than copying files around manually.
+
 After GRUB has started, files on the TFTP server will be accessible via the
 @samp{(pxe)} device.