From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 15:50:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update NEWS for recent PRs
X-Git-Tag: v257-rc1~6
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=66d044b5606ddfe75c741d243a24947cebed2405;p=thirdparty%2Fsystemd.git

Update NEWS for recent PRs
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9ffc8ba23b3..4c600358200 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -384,6 +384,16 @@ CHANGES WITH 257 in spe:
           reset one, and so on – which only differ in kernel command line, but
           nothing else).
 
+        * New .dtbauto and .hwids sections are now documented and supported in
+          systemd-measure, ukify, systemd-stub, and systemd-boot. A single UKI
+          can contain multiple .dtbauto sections, and the 'compatible' string
+          therein will be compared with the equivalent field in the DTB
+          provided by the firmware, if present. If absent, SMBIOS will be used
+          to calculate hardware IDs and compare them with the content of
+          .hwids. This allows including multiple DTBs in a single UKI, with
+          the bootloader automatically selecting the correct one for the
+          current hardware.
+
         * ukify gained an --extend switch to import an existing UKI to
           be extended, and a --measure-base= switch to support measurement
           of multi-profile UKIs.
@@ -646,6 +656,9 @@ CHANGES WITH 257 in spe:
         * systemd-tmpfiles --purge switch now requires specification of at
           least one tmpfiles.d/ drop-in file.
 
+        * tmpfiles.d gained a new '?' specifier for the 'L' type to create a
+          symlink only if the source exists, and gracefully skip otherwise.
+
         * The new Linux mseal(), listmount(), statmount() syscalls have been
           added to relevant system call groups.