From cc569e417727dfb70b3f1271d1fa4454f8753716 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Bunton Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:48:36 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated NEWS and docs for 0.10.6 --- NEWS.txt | 10 ++++++++++ docs/refind/linux.html | 11 +++++++---- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt index dd77964..7800880 100644 --- a/NEWS.txt +++ b/NEWS.txt @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +0.10.6 (??/??/2017): +------------------ + +- Two more improvements to initrd detection for Linux kernels: + - Do not choose an initrd that has no matching version characters with + the kernel version string. + - In order to support Arch Linux kernel naming the strings "linux" + and "linux-lts". So "vmlinuz-linux-lts" has version "linux-lts", + which matches "initramfs-linux-lts.img". + 0.10.5 (3/4/2017): ------------------ diff --git a/docs/refind/linux.html b/docs/refind/linux.html index 72d861f..3f24002 100644 --- a/docs/refind/linux.html +++ b/docs/refind/linux.html @@ -376,10 +376,13 @@ extends it as follows:

initramfs-3.19.0.bz; and vmlinuz-4.2.5-300.fc23.x86_64's version string is 4.2.5-300.fc23.x86_64, which matches - initrd-4.2.5-300.fc23.x86_64.img. Many other matches are - possible. If an initial RAM disk is identified, rEFInd passes a suitable - initrd= option to the kernel when it boots. There are two - variants on this rule: + initrd-4.2.5-300.fc23.x86_64.img. In order to support Arch Linux + kernel naming the strings linux and linux-lts are + treated as digits. So vmlinuz-linux-lts has version + linux-lts, which matches initramfs-linux-lts.img. + Many other matches are possible. If an initial RAM disk is identified, + rEFInd passes a suitable initrd= option to the kernel when it + boots. There are two variants on this rule: