From 990b8a55e4adbf26763df3c42320e7891cbd599e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 03:05:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 004/198] * NEWS: First draft of 2.02 entry.
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ChangeLog | 4 +++
NEWS | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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2013-12-27 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+ * NEWS: First draft of 2.02 entry.
+
+2013-12-27 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
* INSTALL (Cross-compiling the GRUB): Fix some spelling mistakes.
* docs/grub.texi (Getting the source code): Likewise.
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+New in 2.02:
+
+* New/improved filesystem and disk support:
+ * Big-endian UFS1.
+ * Experimental 64-bit ext2 support.
+ * Various fixes for non-512-byte sector devices.
+ * New `proc' filesystem framework, used by LUKS disks.
+ * Fix DM-RAID partition handling.
+ * New `nativedisk' command to switch from firmware to native disk drivers.
+ * Compressed HFS+.
+ * DragonFly BSD labels.
+ * CBFS (coreboot).
+ * Handle partitioned LVM properly.
+ * Use LVM UUIDs whenever possible.
+ * GPT PReP.
+ * New `progress' module that shows progress information while reading
+ files.
+
+* New/improved terminal and video support:
+ * Monochrome text (matching `hercules' in GRUB Legacy).
+ * Morse code output using system speaker.
+ * `spkmodem' output (simple data protocol using system speaker).
+ * Handle Japanese special keys.
+ * coreboot framebuffer.
+ * Serial on ARC.
+ * Native vt100 handling for grub-emu, replacing the use of the curses
+ library.
+ * New gfxmenu options for terminal window positioning, theme background
+ image handling, and scrollbar padding, plus `item_pixmap_style' and
+ `highlight_overlay'.
+ * Support several more image types (paletted and greyscale).
+
+* Boot protocol improvements:
+ * Support Apple FAT binaries on non-Apple platforms.
+ * Improve FreeDOS direct loading support compatibility.
+ * Enable `linux16' on all x86 platforms, not just BIOS.
+ * New TrueCrypt ISO loader.
+
+* New/improved network support:
+ * New variables `net_default_*' containing properties of the default
+ interface.
+ * Autoload `http' and `tftp' modules if necessary.
+ * Improve TFTP robustness.
+ * Parse `nd' disk names in GRUB Legacy configuration files.
+ * Issue separate DNS queries for IPv4 and IPv6.
+
+* New/improved platform support:
+ * New `efifwsetup' and `lsefi' commands on EFI platforms.
+ * New `cmosclean', `cmosdump', and `cmosset' commands on platforms with
+ CMOS support.
+ * New `cbmemc', `coreboot_boottime', and `lscoreboot' commands on
+ coreboot.
+ * Improve opcode parsing in ACPI halt implementation.
+ * Use the TSC as a possible time source on i386-ieee1275.
+ * Merge PowerPC grub-mkrescue implementation with the common one.
+ * Support grub-mkrescue on i386-ieee1275, sparc64, bootinfo machines such
+ as pSeries, and mips-arc.
+ * Make grub-mkrescue better support Apple Intel Macs on CD.
+ * Enable GRUB Legacy configuration file parsing on EFI.
+ * Support halt for Loongson 2E.
+ * ARM U-Boot and EFI ports.
+ * Reorganise platform-dependent code in utilities to avoid #ifdef mess.
+ * AROS and Haiku support for userspace utilities.
+ * Xen PV port.
+ * Fix EFI stack alignment.
+ * ARM64 EFI port.
+ * On Linux, read partition start offsets from sysfs if possible.
+ * New grub-macbless utility, and better integration with Mac firmware in
+ grub-install.
+ * Support Yeeloong 3A.
+ * Add `cpuid --pae' option to detect Physical Address Extension on x86.
+
+* Security:
+ * Add optional facility to enforce that all files read by the core image
+ from disk have a valid detached digital signature.
+
+* Performance:
+ * Avoid costly division operations in many places.
+ * New boot time analysis framework (`./configure --enable-boot-time').
+ * Initialise USB ports in parallel.
+ * New `testspeed' command to test file read speed.
+
+* Scripting:
+ * New `eval' and `tr' commands.
+ * grub-script-check fails on scripts containing no commands.
+
+* Installation and other utility improvements:
+ * Add option to compress files on installation or image creation.
+ * Using grub-reboot no longer requires setting `GRUB_DEFAULT=saved'.
+ * Support probing EFI System Partition (requires os-prober >= 1.58).
+ * Fix inconsistent use of `GRUB_CRYPTODISK_ENABLE' and
+ `GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK'; the latter is now used consistently.
+ * grub-mount handles symbolic links to directories.
+ * Support disabling submenus with `GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU' configuration key
+ for grub-mkconfig.
+ * grub-install, grub-mknetdir, grub-mkrescue, and grub-mkstandalone
+ rewritten in C. They should now work in supported non-Unix-like
+ environments.
+ * Reorganise timeout handling using new `timeout_style' environment
+ variable and `GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE' configuration key for grub-mkconfig.
+ Menu hotkeys pressed during a hidden timeout now boot the corresponding
+ menu entry immediately.
+ * New `file' command and grub-file utility to check file types.
+ * New syslinux configuration file parser.
+
+* Build system:
+ * Remove all uses of nested functions; GRUB no longer requires an
+ executable stack.
+ * Fix documentation build with Texinfo >= 5.1.
+ * More robust and documented cross-compiling support.
+ * Partial clang support for some platforms.
+ * Eliminate the use of AutoGen. This allowed some performance
+ improvements to the build system.
+ * Fix build with FreeType >= 2.5.1.
+ * Make gentpl.py compatible with Python 3. It now requires at least
+ Python 2.6.
+
+* Revision control moved to git.
+
New in 2.00:
* Appearance:
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