+0.8.3 (?/??/2014):
+------------------
+
+- Fixed bug that caused rEFInd to unload drivers immediately after loading
+ them. This didn't affect rEFInd's own drivers because they didn't include
+ the unload hooks, but it did affect some other drivers.
+
+- Changed default scan_all_linux_kernels setting from "false" to "true",
+ and commented the option out in refind.conf-sample. This should not
+ affect most people, since refind.conf-sample had this option commented
+ out, and most rEFInd users either use it that way or don't have Linux
+ kernels installed at all. I've made this change because I want rEFInd to
+ "do the right thing" by default in as many cases as possible. For a while
+ now, rEFInd has been excluding non-bootable files from its menu, and most
+ kernels "in the wild" now include the EFI stub. Thus, enabling this
+ support by default seems worthwhile. If you prefer to not scan Linux
+ kernels by default, simply uncomment the "scan_all_linux_kernels" line
+ and ensure it's set to "false".
+
+0.8.2.1 (6/8/2014):
+-------------------
+
+- Removed stray bit of debugging code that caused a prompt to press a
+ key to appear at rEFInd startup.
+
0.8.2 (6/8/2014):
-----------------
-refind (0.8.2-0ppa1) trusty; urgency=medium
+refind (0.8.2-0ppa3) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+ * Removed stray debugging code that caused pause during startup
+
+ -- Rod Smith <rodsmith@rodsbooks.com> Sun, 08 Jun 2014 16:48:48 -0400
+
+refind (0.8.2-0ppa2) trusty; urgency=medium
* Version bump
- -- Rod Smith <rodsmith@vbu1404> Sun, 08 Jun 2014 12:32:48 -0400
+ -- Rod Smith <rodsmith@rodsbooks.com> Sun, 08 Jun 2014 12:32:48 -0400
refind (0.8.1-0ppa2) trusty; urgency=medium
users with this problem.</li>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.2/refind-0.8.2-1.x86_64.rpm/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.2/refind-0.8.2-2.x86_64.rpm/download">A
binary RPM file</a></b>—If you use an RPM-based <i>x</i>86-64
Linux system such as Fedora or openSUSE, you can install the binary RPM
package rather than use the binary zip file. (I don't provide an
rEFInd</a> page) as part of the installation process. Distribution
maintainers can examine the <tt>refind.spec</tt> file in the source
package and tweak it to their needs. The <a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.2/refind-0.8.2-1.src.rpm/download">source
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.2/refind-0.8.2-2.src.rpm/download">source
RPM file</a> might or might not build on your system as-is; it relies
on assumptions about the locations of the GNU-EFI development
files.</li>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.2/refind_0.8.2-1_amd64.deb/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.2/refind_0.8.2-2_amd64.deb/download">A
binary Debian package</a></b>—If you use an <i>x</i>86-64 version
of Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, or another Debian-based distribution, you can
install from this package, which was converted from the binary RPM
href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
<p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-6/8/2014, referencing rEFInd 0.8.2</p>
+6/23/2014, referencing rEFInd 0.8.2</p>
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<li class="tight"><a href="#clearing">Clearing the NVRAM Entries</a></li>
+ <li class="tight"><a href="#wakeprobs">Fixing Wake Problems</a></li>
+
</ul></li>
<li class="tight"><a href="#uninstalling">Uninstalling rEFInd</a></li>
<p>I've seen links to other versions of these tools from time to time on the Web, so if you try one of these programs and it crashes or behaves strangely, try performing a Web search; you may turn up something that works better for you than the one to which I've linked.</p>
<a name="sluggish">
-<h2>Fixing a Sluggish Macintosh Boot</h2>
+<h2>Fixing Macintosh Boot Problems</h2>
</a>
-<p>I've received a few reports of a sluggish boot process (a delay of about 30 seconds before starting rEFInd) on some Macs after installing rEFInd. I've been unable to replicate this problem myself, and its true cause remains mysterious to me. I have found three possible solutions, though: <a href="#moving">moving rEFInd to an HFS+ volume,</a> <a href="#fallback">using the fallback filename,</a> and <a href="#clearing">clearing NVRAM entries.</a></p>
+<p>I've received a few reports of a sluggish boot process (a delay of about 30 seconds before starting rEFInd) on some Macs after installing rEFInd
, as well as some other Mac-specific peculiarities. I've been unable to replicate this problem myself, and its true cause remains mysterious to me. I have found three possible solutions, though: <a href="#moving">moving rEFInd to an HFS+ volume,</a> <a href="#fallback">using the fallback filename,</a> and <a href="#clearing">clearing NVRAM entries.</a></p>
<a name="moving">
<h3>Moving rEFInd to an HFS+ Volume</h3>
<p>Some sources suggest that delayed launches of rEFInd on Macs are more common when installing rEFInd to the ESP, so if you've done this, you could try re-installing it to your OS X boot partition.</p>
+<a name="wakeprobs">
+<h3>Fixing Wake Problems</h3>
+</a>
+
+<p>Some people have reported that installing rEFInd causes problems with resuming from a suspended OS X session. I know of two workarounds to such problems:</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>Install rEFInd to an HFS+ volume using the <tt>--ownhfs</tt> option to <tt>install.sh</tt>. Unfortunately, this solution requires either creating a small HFS+ volume for rEFInd or using an already-existing non-bootable HFS+ volume (if you've got one for data storage, for example).</li>
+
+<li>Type <tt class="userinput">sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0</tt> in a Terminal window. This solution is likely to work if sleep operations work normally up to a point, but fail after about three hours.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p>Unfortunately, I lack a recent Mac and so can't investigate these issues myself, so I'm dependent upon others (mostly non-programmers) to offer workarounds. This is the type of problem that really requires hands-on interactive debugging sessions with the code to stand any chance of finding a better solution.</p>
+
<a name="uninstalling">
<h2>Uninstalling rEFInd</h2>
</a>
# "false" resets to the default value. This token has no effect on Macs or
# when no BIOS-mode options are set via scanfor.
# Default is unset (or "uefi_deep_legacy_scan true")
+#
#uefi_deep_legacy_scan
# Delay for the specified number of seconds before scanning disks.
# useful for better integration with Linux distributions that provide
# kernels with EFI stub loaders but that don't give those kernels filenames
# that end in ".efi", particularly if the kernels are stored on a
-# filesystem that the EFI can read. When uncommented, this option causes
-# all files in scanned directories with names that begin with "vmlinuz"
-# or "bzImage" to be included as loaders, even if they lack ".efi"
-# extensions. The drawback to this option is that it can pick up kernels
-# that lack EFI stub loader support and other files. Passing this option
-# a "0" value causes kernels without ".efi" extensions to NOT be scanned;
-# passing it alone or with any other value causes all kernels to be scanned.
-# Default is to NOT scan for kernels without ".efi" extensions.
+# filesystem that the EFI can read. When set to "1", "true", or "on", this
+# option causes all files in scanned directories with names that begin with
+# "vmlinuz" or "bzImage" to be included as loaders, even if they lack ".efi"
+# extensions. Passing this option a "0", "false", or "off" value causes
+# kernels without ".efi" extensions to NOT be scanned.
+# Default is "true" -- to scan for kernels without ".efi" extensions.
#
-scan_all_linux_kernels
+#scan_all_linux_kernels false
# Set the maximum number of tags that can be displayed on the screen at
# any time. If more loaders are discovered than this value, rEFInd shows
Summary: EFI boot manager software
Name: refind
Version: 0.8.2
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
Summary: EFI boot manager software
License: GPLv3
URL: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
*Target = StrDuplicate(TokenList[1]);
} // if/else
} // if
- PauseForKey();
} // static VOID HandleString()
// Handle a parameter with a series of string arguments, to replace or be added to a
} else if (StriCmp(TokenList[0], L"scan_all_linux_kernels") == 0) {
GlobalConfig.ScanAllLinux = HandleBoolean(TokenList, TokenCount);
-// if ((TokenCount >= 2) && (StriCmp(TokenList[1], L"0") == 0)) {
-// GlobalConfig.ScanAllLinux = FALSE;
-// } else {
-// GlobalConfig.ScanAllLinux = TRUE;
-// }
} else if (StriCmp(TokenList[0], L"max_tags") == 0) {
HandleInt(TokenList, TokenCount, &(GlobalConfig.MaxTags));
// Directories to search for memtest86....
#define MEMTEST_LOCATIONS L"EFI\\tools,EFI\\tools\\memtest86,EFI\\tools\\memtest,EFI\\memtest86,EFI\\memtest"
// Files that may be Windows recovery files
-#define WINDOWS_RECOVERY_FILES L"EFI\\Microsoft\\Boot\\LrsBootmgr.efi"
+#define WINDOWS_RECOVERY_FILES L"EFI\\Microsoft\\Boot\\LrsBootmgr.efi,Recovery:\\EFI\\BOOT\\bootx64.efi,Recovery:\\EFI\\BOOT\\bootia32.efi"
#define NULL_GUID_VALUE { 0x00000000, 0x0000, 0x0000, {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00} };
#define REFIND_GUID_VALUE { 0x36D08FA7, 0xCF0B, 0x42F5, {0x8F, 0x14, 0x68, 0xDF, 0x73, 0xED, 0x37, 0x40} };
L"Insert or F2 for more options; Esc to refresh" };
static REFIT_MENU_SCREEN AboutMenu = { L"About", NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, L"Press Enter to return to main menu", L"" };
-REFIT_CONFIG GlobalConfig = { FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, 0, 0, 0, DONT_CHANGE_TEXT_MODE, 20, 0, 0, GRAPHICS_FOR_OSX, LEGACY_TYPE_MAC, 0, 0,
+REFIT_CONFIG GlobalConfig = { FALSE, TRUE, FALSE, 0, 0, 0, DONT_CHANGE_TEXT_MODE, 20, 0, 0, GRAPHICS_FOR_OSX, LEGACY_TYPE_MAC, 0, 0,
{ DEFAULT_BIG_ICON_SIZE / 4, DEFAULT_SMALL_ICON_SIZE, DEFAULT_BIG_ICON_SIZE }, BANNER_NOSCALE,
NULL, NULL, CONFIG_FILE_NAME, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
{ TAG_SHELL, TAG_MEMTEST, TAG_GDISK, TAG_APPLE_RECOVERY, TAG_WINDOWS_RECOVERY, TAG_MOK_TOOL,
if (AboutMenu.EntryCount == 0) {
AboutMenu.TitleImage = BuiltinIcon(BUILTIN_ICON_FUNC_ABOUT);
- AddMenuInfoLine(&AboutMenu, L"rEFInd Version 0.8.2");
+ AddMenuInfoLine(&AboutMenu, L"rEFInd Version 0.8.2.3");
AddMenuInfoLine(&AboutMenu, L"");
AddMenuInfoLine(&AboutMenu, L"Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Christoph Pfisterer");
AddMenuInfoLine(&AboutMenu, L"Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Roderick W. Smith");
IN CHAR16 *LoadOptions, IN UINTN LoaderType,
IN CHAR16 *ImageTitle, IN CHAR8 OSType,
OUT UINTN *ErrorInStep,
- IN BOOLEAN Verbose)
+ IN BOOLEAN Verbose,
+ IN BOOLEAN IsDriver)
{
EFI_STATUS Status, ReturnStatus;
EFI_HANDLE ChildImageHandle;
bailout_unload:
// unload the image, we don't care if it works or not...
- Status = refit_call1_wrapper(BS->UnloadImage, ChildImageHandle);
+ if (!IsDriver)
+ Status = refit_call1_wrapper(BS->UnloadImage, ChildImageHandle);
bailout:
MyFreePool(FullLoadOptions);
IN CHAR16 *LoadOptions, IN UINTN LoaderType,
IN CHAR16 *ImageTitle, IN CHAR8 OSType,
OUT UINTN *ErrorInStep,
- IN BOOLEAN Verbose)
+ IN BOOLEAN Verbose,
+ IN BOOLEAN IsDriver
+ )
{
EFI_DEVICE_PATH *DevicePaths[2];
DevicePaths[0] = DevicePath;
DevicePaths[1] = NULL;
- return StartEFIImageList(DevicePaths, LoadOptions, LoaderType, ImageTitle, OSType, ErrorInStep, Verbose);
+ return StartEFIImageList(DevicePaths, LoadOptions, LoaderType, ImageTitle, OSType, ErrorInStep, Verbose, IsDriver);
} /* static EFI_STATUS StartEFIImage() */
// From gummiboot: Reboot the computer into its built-in user interface
BeginExternalScreen(Entry->UseGraphicsMode, L"Booting OS");
StoreLoaderName(SelectionName);
StartEFIImage(Entry->DevicePath, Entry->LoadOptions, TYPE_EFI,
- Basename(Entry->LoaderPath), Entry->OSType, &ErrorInStep, !Entry->UseGraphicsMode);
+ Basename(Entry->LoaderPath), Entry->OSType, &ErrorInStep, !Entry->UseGraphicsMode, FALSE);
FinishExternalScreen();
}
ExtractLegacyLoaderPaths(DiscoveredPathList, MAX_DISCOVERED_PATHS, LegacyLoaderList);
StoreLoaderName(SelectionName);
- Status = StartEFIImageList(DiscoveredPathList, Entry->LoadOptions, TYPE_LEGACY, L"legacy loader", 0, &ErrorInStep, TRUE);
+ Status = StartEFIImageList(DiscoveredPathList, Entry->LoadOptions, TYPE_LEGACY, L"legacy loader", 0, &ErrorInStep, TRUE, FALSE);
if (Status == EFI_NOT_FOUND) {
if (ErrorInStep == 1) {
Print(L"\nPlease make sure that you have the latest firmware update installed.\n");
BeginExternalScreen(Entry->UseGraphicsMode, Entry->me.Title + 6); // assumes "Start <title>" as assigned below
StoreLoaderName(Entry->me.Title);
StartEFIImage(Entry->DevicePath, Entry->LoadOptions, TYPE_EFI,
- Basename(Entry->LoaderPath), Entry->OSType, NULL, TRUE);
+ Basename(Entry->LoaderPath), Entry->OSType, NULL, TRUE, FALSE);
FinishExternalScreen();
} /* static VOID StartTool() */
SPrint(FileName, 255, L"%s\\%s", Path, DirEntry->FileName);
NumFound++;
Status = StartEFIImage(FileDevicePath(SelfLoadedImage->DeviceHandle, FileName),
- L"", TYPE_EFI, DirEntry->FileName, 0, NULL, FALSE);
+ L"", TYPE_EFI, DirEntry->FileName, 0, NULL, FALSE, TRUE);
}
Status = DirIterClose(&DirIter);
if (Status != EFI_NOT_FOUND) {