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

   1 0.2.4 (?/??/2012):
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   3
   4 - Added max_tags option to the refind.conf file, enabling users to reduce
   5   the maximum number of OS loader tags that can be displayed at once.
   6
   7 - Updated rEFIt icon, based on the 128x128 volume label from the rEFIt CD
   8   image.
   9
  10 - Added x86 and x86-64 EFI shells to the CD image version of the binary,
  11   but NOT to the binary zip file. The logic is that the CD image is more
  12   likely to be used directly as an emergency disc and so may need this
  13   feature, even though the source isn't part of the rEFInd project. (The
  14   source is readily available from the TianoCore project.)
  15
  16 - EFI shells may now be stored at /shellx64.efi for x86-64 systems or at
  17   /shellia32.efi for x86 systems. The /EFI/tools/shell.efi name is also
  18   recognized; however, if both files are present, two EFI shell icons will
  19   appear on the main menu. The /efi/{refind-path/apps/shell.efi filename,
  20   which was never officially documented but worked as a carryover from
  21   rEFIt, is no longer valid.
  22
  23 0.2.3 (3/26/2012):
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  25
  26 - Fixed (maybe) a bug that caused hangs when launching a second program
  27   after returning from a first. There are some weird system-to-system
  28   differences, though, and this fix causes (apparently harmless) error
  29   messages about "(re)opening our installation volume" on at least one
  30   system (a 32-bit Mac Mini). I'm committing this change because, imperfect
  31   though it is, it's preferable to the earlier version, at least on my
  32   small sample of computers.
  33
  34 - Because of news that the Linux kernel developers are planning to use the
  35   filename linux.conf to hold Linux kernel configuration data for EFI
  36   booting, I'm transitioning rEFInd away from that name and to
  37   refind_linux.conf to avoid a conflict. This version can use either name,
  38   with refind_linux.conf taking precedence if both are present.
  39
  40 - Added logo for Arch Linux.
  41
  42 0.2.2 (3/23/2012):
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  44
  45 - Fixed bug that caused program failure when Linux kernels with EFI stub
  46   support were detected with no associated version numbers. rEFInd now
  47   permits automatic linking of *ONE* versionless kernel to *ONE*
  48   versionless initrd file.
  49
  50 - Fixed bug that caused program hangs when a boot loader filename or label
  51   was too long. Such names are now properly truncated and program execution
  52   continues.
  53
  54 - Fixed bug that caused no text to appear in submenus on UEFI systems with
  55   small screens (800x600). NOTE: Problem still occurs on screens smaller
  56   than this, but such systems are very rare.
  57
  58 0.2.1 (3/19/2012):
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  60
  61 - Added ability to set a "default_selection" that's a title or a substring
  62   of one -- the name given to a stanza in a "menuentry" or the boot
  63   loader's filename, in most cases, although "Mac OS X", "Windows XP
  64   (XoM)", and "Microsoft EFI boot" are also titles.
  65
  66 - Added support for semi-automatic scans of Linux kernels with EFI stub
  67   loader support. The program auto-detects matching initial RAM disk files
  68   and loads additional options from the "linux.conf" file in the same
  69   directory as the kernel.
  70
  71 - Added support for "submenuentry" keyword and associated sub-stanza
  72   entries in refind.conf file.
  73
  74 - Renamed icons/os_mint.icns to icons/os_linuxmint.icns to match the
  75   filename Linux Mint ACTUALLY uses for its ESP boot loader directory.
  76
  77
  78 0.2.0 (3/14/2012):
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  80
  81 - Initial public release