X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/refind/blobdiff_plain/b7734df2ccc0b0e943a8ce2c1f6d25e76e78e6f8..65eb839a6d8d68a439056473a0d3728dfd39d2c4:/NEWS.txt diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt index 173d904..82cd1be 100644 --- a/NEWS.txt +++ b/NEWS.txt @@ -1,6 +1,91 @@ -0.3.2 (?/??/2012): +0.3.6 (5/20/2012): ------------------ +- Inclusion of drivers for ISO-9660, HFS+, ReiserFS, and ext2fs. Most of + these drivers originated with rEFIt, although the HFS+ driver seems to + have come from Oracle's VirtualBox, with some files from Apple. I hadn't + included these drivers previously because the build process proved + challenging. As it is, they don't work on my Mac Mini, I suspect because + the build process with the UDK2010 development kit may not work with the + EFI 1.x that Apple uses. + +- Addition of support for drivers in the "drivers_{arch}" subdirectory of + the main rEFInd binary directory (e.g., "drivers_x64" or "drivers_ia32"). + Drivers may continue to be placed in the "drivers" subdirectory. + +- Added new feature to eject CDs (and other removable media): Press F12 to + eject all such media. This function works only on some Macs, though (it + relies on an Apple-specific EFI extension, and this extension isn't even + implemented on all Macs, much less on UEFI-based PCs). + +- Fixed a problem that could cause GRUB 2 to fail to read its configuration + file when launched from rEFInd. + +0.3.5 (5/15/2012): +------------------ + +- Removed the GRUB 2 detection "reciped" added with 0.3.2, since I've + received reports that it's not working as intended. + +- Added re-scan feature: Press the Esc key to have rEFInd re-read its + configuration file, tell the EFI to scan for new filesystems, and re-scan + those filesystems for boot loaders. The main purpose is to enable + scanning a new removable medium that you insert after launching rEFInd; + however, it can also be used to immediately implement changes to the + configuration file or new drivers you load from an EFI shell. + +- Fixed a bug that could cause the scroll-right arrow to be replaced by the + scroll-left arrow under some circumstances. + +0.3.4 (5/9/2012): +----------------- + +- Added new configuration file option: "icons_dir", which sets the name + of the subdirectory in which icons are found. See the documentation or + sample configuration file for a full description. + +- Modified Makefile to generate rEFInd binary that includes architecture + code -- refind_ia32.efi or refind_x64.efi, rather than the generic + refind.efi. This is done mainly to help the install.sh script. The + program can be named anything you like on the disk. (The generic name + refind.efi is used on unknown architectures.) + +- Improved install.sh script: Fixed bug on OS X 10.7 and enable it to be + used after building from source code (or via new "make install" Makefile + target). + +- Improved screen redraws to produce less flicker when moving among the + second-row tags or to the last tag on the first row. + +0.3.3 (5/6/2012): +----------------- + +- Improved menu navigation: + - In graphics mode, left & right arrow keys move left & right, while up & + down arrows move between rows. + - Page Up and Page Down now move through chunks of visible tags (in both + text & graphics modes), jumping from one row to another only when at + the edge of the row. In text mode, the "rows" are broken down as in + graphics mode, but they aren't visibly distinguished on the screen. + +- Improved text-mode use: rEFInd now displays the proper number of entries + when first started in text mode and scrolling is done sensibly when too + many entries exist to fit on the screen. + +0.3.2 (5/4/2012): +----------------- + +- Added the install.sh script to install rEFInd on Linux and Mac OS X + systems. This script must be run as root (or via sudo). It requires + no options, but on Mac OS X, passing it the "esp" option causes it + to install rEFInd on the computer's ESP rather than the default of the + currently OS X boot partition. (Under Linux, the default is to install to + the ESP.) Note that there may be some unusual cases in which this script + will fail to work. + +- Does a better job of clearing the screen when launching OSes in text + mode. + - Added detection "recipe" for GRUB 2's BIOS Boot Partition. - Fixed bogus detection of ESPs created by Linux's mkdosfs utility or