code.delx.au - refind/blob - NEWS.txt

   1 0.2.5 (?/??/2012):
   2 ------------------
   3
   4 - Fixed bug that caused icons to drop back to generic icons when rEFInd
   5   was launched in certain ways (such as from an EFI shell in rEFInd's
   6   directory) on certain systems.
   7
   8 - Fixed bug that caused "unknown disable flag" to be shown (very briefly)
   9   instead of "unknown hideui flag" when an improper hideui flag was set.
  10
  11 0.2.4 (4/5/2012):
  12 -----------------
  13
  14 - Created new refind.conf entry: "showtools". This entry takes options of
  15   "shell", "gptsync", "about", "exit", "reboot", and "shutdown". This
  16   option is in some respects an affirmative version of portions of the old
  17   "disable" and "hideui" options; however, it enables users to specify the
  18   order in which these options appear on the screen. Also, the "exit"
  19   option is new; it terminates the program. The effect is usually to return
  20   to whatever tool launched it or to launch a default OS; however, this is
  21   somewhat unpredictable. The default therefore omits the "exit" option, as
  22   well as "gptsync", which has always been dangerous (but necessary on most
  23   MacOS/Windows dual-boot setups on Macs). As part of this reconfiguration,
  24   I've eliminated the "rescue Linux" option, which always seemed pointless
  25   to me.
  26
  27 - Folded "disable" and "hideui" refind.conf entries into one ("disable"),
  28   and reduced the number of options to six: "banner", "label",
  29   "singleuser", "hwtest", "arrows", and "all". ("arrows" is new and
  30   disables the scroll arrows when a system has too many tags to display
  31   simultaneously.)
  32
  33 - Added max_tags option to the refind.conf file, enabling users to reduce
  34   the maximum number of OS loader tags that can be displayed at once.
  35
  36 - Updated rEFIt icon, based on the 128x128 volume label from the rEFIt CD
  37   image.
  38
  39 - Added x86 and x86-64 EFI shells to the CD image version of the binary,
  40   but NOT to the binary zip file. The logic is that the CD image is more
  41   likely to be used directly as an emergency disc and so may need this
  42   feature, even though the source isn't part of the rEFInd project. (The
  43   source is readily available from the TianoCore project.)
  44
  45 - EFI shells may now be stored at /shellx64.efi for x86-64 systems or at
  46   /shellia32.efi for x86 systems. The /EFI/tools/shell.efi name is also
  47   recognized; however, if both files are present, two EFI shell icons will
  48   appear on the main menu. The /efi/{refind-path/apps/shell.efi filename,
  49   which was never officially documented but worked as a carryover from
  50   rEFIt, is no longer valid.
  51
  52 0.2.3 (3/26/2012):
  53 ------------------
  54
  55 - Fixed (maybe) a bug that caused hangs when launching a second program
  56   after returning from a first. There are some weird system-to-system
  57   differences, though, and this fix causes (apparently harmless) error
  58   messages about "(re)opening our installation volume" on at least one
  59   system (a 32-bit Mac Mini). I'm committing this change because, imperfect
  60   though it is, it's preferable to the earlier version, at least on my
  61   small sample of computers.
  62
  63 - Because of news that the Linux kernel developers are planning to use the
  64   filename linux.conf to hold Linux kernel configuration data for EFI
  65   booting, I'm transitioning rEFInd away from that name and to
  66   refind_linux.conf to avoid a conflict. This version can use either name,
  67   with refind_linux.conf taking precedence if both are present.
  68
  69 - Added logo for Arch Linux.
  70
  71 0.2.2 (3/23/2012):
  72 ------------------
  73
  74 - Fixed bug that caused program failure when Linux kernels with EFI stub
  75   support were detected with no associated version numbers. rEFInd now
  76   permits automatic linking of *ONE* versionless kernel to *ONE*
  77   versionless initrd file.
  78
  79 - Fixed bug that caused program hangs when a boot loader filename or label
  80   was too long. Such names are now properly truncated and program execution
  81   continues.
  82
  83 - Fixed bug that caused no text to appear in submenus on UEFI systems with
  84   small screens (800x600). NOTE: Problem still occurs on screens smaller
  85   than this, but such systems are very rare.
  86
  87 0.2.1 (3/19/2012):
  88 ------------------
  89
  90 - Added ability to set a "default_selection" that's a title or a substring
  91   of one -- the name given to a stanza in a "menuentry" or the boot
  92   loader's filename, in most cases, although "Mac OS X", "Windows XP
  93   (XoM)", and "Microsoft EFI boot" are also titles.
  94
  95 - Added support for semi-automatic scans of Linux kernels with EFI stub
  96   loader support. The program auto-detects matching initial RAM disk files
  97   and loads additional options from the "linux.conf" file in the same
  98   directory as the kernel.
  99
 100 - Added support for "submenuentry" keyword and associated sub-stanza
 101   entries in refind.conf file.
 102
 103 - Renamed icons/os_mint.icns to icons/os_linuxmint.icns to match the
 104   filename Linux Mint ACTUALLY uses for its ESP boot loader directory.
 105
 106
 107 0.2.0 (3/14/2012):
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 109
 110 - Initial public release