From c0e2febef52139e0e580e52f553bf3aa521e390c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>

Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 03:05:38 +0000

Subject: [PATCH 004/143] * NEWS: First draft of 2.02 entry.

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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.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS

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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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