X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/refind/blobdiff_plain/6ef8bde9b1d4e01507fe8a3ee6441b3266625145..0189958c722bdd4e7f323d59f81e25579bb0aad2:/NEWS.txt diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt index 163936c..e2485d4 100644 --- a/NEWS.txt +++ b/NEWS.txt @@ -1,6 +1,47 @@ -0.7.6 (12/??/2013): +0.7.7 (12/??/2013): ------------------- +- Can now specify complete paths, optionally including volumes, in + dont_scan_files. + +- Added shimx64.efi to the default dont_scan_files list. + +- Added windows_recovery_files token, to specify what program(s) launch a + Windows recovery utility; and the "windows_recovery" option to + "showtools," to control whether or not to display the Windows recovery + utility on the second row of icons. + +- The use_graphics_for, also_scan_dirs, dont_scan_dirs, dont_scan_files, + and scan_driver_dirs tokens in refind.conf now support "+" as the first + option, which causes the remaining options to be added to the default + value rather than replacing that value. (This has no practical effect for + scan_driver_dirs, though, since it has a null default value.) + +- Added support for specifying the configuration file at program launch, + via the "-c" parameter, as in "refind_x64.efi -c foo.conf" to use the + foo.conf file as the main configuration file. + +- Scans of ext2/3/4fs and ReiserFS partitions now omit partitions with + duplicate filesystem UUIDs. These are likely parts of RAID arrays and so + would have the same boot loaders or kernels as the first one with a given + UUID. + +- Added feature in install.sh: Script now tries to locate and mount an ESP + in Linux, if it's currently unmounted. + +- Fixed bug in mkrlconf.sh and install.sh that caused a stray line break + and PARTUUID= specification to appear in generated refind_linux.conf file + under some circumstances. + +0.7.6 (12/15/2013): +------------------- + +- Added support for multiple "default_selection" targets. These MUST be + comma-separated AND enclosed in quotes, as in: + default_selection "fred,ginger" + This example will launch "fred" by default if it's available; and if + it's not, rEFInd will attempt to launch "ginger" as the default. + - Added support for time-sensitive "default_selection" setting. This token may now have either one or three options. If one, it's interpreted as it has been in the past, as setting a default that's independent of times. @@ -19,10 +60,6 @@ unless you hit a key soon after rEFInd starts. Once you hit a key, the screensaver will be disabled. -- Modified install.sh and mkrlconf.sh to create a new Linux kernel - option set: "Boot without EFI storage paranoia," which passes the - efi_no_storage_paranoia option to the kernel. - - Added --ownhfs {target} option to install.sh. This option causes rEFInd to install to an HFS+ partition in a way that's more consistent with the way the Mac's native boot loader is installed. Note that you should NOT