X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/refind/blobdiff_plain/e99aa7a04054658c8d5d4595717b9b10e848564d..a0bab7e95672ae7438f7fdb806b9b167a5b04e07:/NEWS.txt diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt index 18712e8..e9c8f1e 100644 --- a/NEWS.txt +++ b/NEWS.txt @@ -1,4 +1,59 @@ -0.5.2 (12/??/2012): +0.6.2 (12/??/2012): +------------------- + +- Fixed bug that prevented Secure Boot launches from working when rEFInd + was built with GNU-EFI rather than the TianoCore EDK2. + +- Substantial reworking of Secure Boot code, based on James Bottomley's + PreLoader program. This new code eliminates the limitation of launching + just one driver in Secure Boot mode and is likely to be more reliable + with future or obscure boot loaders. The basic features are the same as + before, though -- rEFInd relies on shim for authentication functions and + will launch programs that are signed by Secure Boot keys, shim keys, or + MOKs. + +- Altered default for "textmode" option to not adjust the text mode + at all. (Prior versions set it to mode 0 by default.) + +0.6.1 (12/21/2012): +------------------- + +- Added "--root" option to install.sh, to enable installation of rEFInd + to something other than the currently-running OS. This is intended for + use on emergency discs. + +- Thanks to Stefan Agner, the ext4fs driver now supports the "meta_bg" + filesystem feature, which distributes metadata throughout the disk. This + feature isn't used by default, but can be set at filesystem creation time + by passing the "-O meta_bg,^resize_inode" option to mke2fs. (Using + "^resize_inode" is necessary because meta_bg is incompatible with + resize_inode, which IS used by default.) This feature can be used on + ext3fs and ext2fs as well as on ext4fs, so the ext4fs driver can now + handle some ext3fs and ext2fs partitions that the ext2fs driver can't + handle. + +- Fixed some screen resolution-setting bugs. + +- Added the "words" that make up a filesystem's label (delimited by spaces, + dashes, or underscores) to the list of bases used to search for OS icons. + For instance, if the filesystem's label is "Arch", rEFInd searches for + os_Arch.icns; if it's "Fedora 17", it searches for os_Fedora.icns and + os_17.icns; and if it's "NEW_GENTOO", it searches for os_NEW.icns and + os_GENTOO.icns. + +- Refined hints displays to be more context-sensitive, particularly in text + mode. + +- Instead of displaying a blank filesystem label when a filesystem has + none, rEFInd now displays the size and/or type of the filesystem, as in + "boot EFI\foo\bar.efi from 200 MiB ext3 volume" rather than "boot + EFI\foo\bar.efi from". + +- Fixed a bug that caused the screen to clear after displaying an error + message but before displaying the "Hit any key to continue" message when + a boot loader launch failed. + +0.6.0 (12/16/2012): ------------------- - Fixed a memory allocation bug that could cause a program crash when