1 Changes for version 23.2 (09-Apr-2011) - Joachim Wiedorn
5 - Optimize documentation generation and information.
6 - Reformatting mkrescue.8 manpage. (thanks to Martin E. Schauer)
7 - Update of lilo.conf.5 manpage and remove of OS/2 information.
11 - Remove obsolete BIOS workaround from 2002 (src/second.S)
12 - Add information about -H option. (src/lilo.c)
13 - Save errno for second command. (src/device.c)
14 - Fix missleading error message. (src/geometry.c)
15 - Remove obsolete OS/2 code. (src/boot.c, src/temp.c)
16 - Enlarge maximum number of sectors (MAX_SETUPSECS) for
17 kernel setup code to 63. (src/bootsect.S, src/lilo.h)
18 - Fix for many small flaws in source code. (Many thanks to
19 Solar Designer and Vasiliy Kulikov of the openwall project).
23 - Remove obsolete OS/2 code. (make.vars, src/Makefile)
24 - Optimize Makefile and src/Makefile for use of $(MAKE).
25 - Use mktemp utility for floppy image generation in mkrescue.
26 (Many thanks to Solar Designer and Vasiliy Kulikov of the
28 - Add new scripts with Makefile (already used for Debian):
29 * liloconfig (for creating new lilo.conf)
30 * lilo-uuid-diskid (convert device names to UUID/DiskID)
33 Changes for version 23.1 (04-Nov-2010) - Joachim Wiedorn
37 - 'make clean' delete all created documentation files.
38 - many small typos in manpages.
39 - Remove obsolete ifpdf definition.
43 - Optimize and update menue header line. (src/crt.S)
44 - Fix some typos in sources. (src/bsect.c, src/raid.c)
45 - LVM volume as root device. (src/bsect.c)
46 - Remove patch for inaccessible disks (src/geometry.c)
47 and add remarks in README file.
48 - Better computing size of uncompressed kernel. (src/boot.c)
49 - Working on degraded RAID device. (src/raid.c)
50 (thanks to Christian Schöninger)
51 - Use for MD RAID newer 1.0 specification. (src/geometry.c)
52 (thanks to Robert de Bath) (src/raid.c)
56 - Use better 'checkit' for newer gcc. (checkit)
57 - Remove very old scripts. (mkbdist,mksdist,QuickInst)
58 - Create new makefile-based script QuickInst.
59 - Create new hook scripts for kernel and initramfs.
60 - Add new target 'uninstall' for src, man, hooks.
61 - Recreate and add background images as uuencoded files and
62 move images + config files into new 'image' directory.
63 - Add new file TOOLS listing needed tools / packages.
64 - Remove all unneeded stuff with old /boot/boot-* files.
65 - Add new example file for lilo.conf for newer lilo.
68 Changes for version 23.0 (28-June-2010) - Joachim Wiedorn
72 - Move very old file INCOMPAT into readme/.
73 - Update file COPYING with copyrights and license.
74 - Update copyrights in some file headers.
75 - Add new files README, TODO, NEWS.
76 - Fix for some typos in manpages.
77 - Update some old files in readme/ and docs/.
78 - Move to creating pdf instead of ps in /docs.
79 - Add found old manpage man/keytab-lilo.pl.
80 - Update additional informations (lilo.lsm, sample/README).
81 - Set static manpage path to /usr/share/man (make.vars).
82 - Update of the program command logging header.
86 - Fix error messages. (script checkit)
87 - Allow spaces in boot menu. (bsect.c)
88 - Workaround for buggy Bios. (probe.c)
89 - Check for user root. (script mkrescue)
90 - Use better temporary fifo's (script mkrescue)
91 - Check for needed floppy space (script mkrescue)
92 - devmapper should use major/minor. (geometry.c)
93 - Bios workarounds. (second.S)
94 - Suppress error message if device does not exist. (geometry.c)
95 - Change 'map' to 'kmap'. (keytab-lilo.pl)
96 - Add warnings for inaccessible disk (device.c, geometry.c)
97 - Modify script mkrescue for use of spaces in files.
98 - Speedup for geometry (geometry.c)
99 - Add 'define' for lvm partition (lilo.h, partition.c)
100 - Don't scan '.udev' directory (device.c)
101 - Use default size 'hdsize' (script mkrescue)
102 - Move macro 'S' into 'SA' (crt.S, lilo.c, lilo.h, probe.c, second.S)
103 - Update min. versions of bcc and gcc. (script checkit)
104 - Add new option 'small-memory' (cfg.c)
105 - Differentiate small-memory/large-memory (bsect.c, boot.c)
106 - Optimize standard logging (bsect.c)
107 - Update install paths and names for some binaries. (src/Makefile)
108 - Move the environment variable ROOT to DESTDIR. (src/Makefile)
109 - Deactivate very old scripts (mkbdist, mksdist, QuickInst)
113 - Remove link 'COPYRIGHT' to file COPYING.
114 - Move alle README files into new directory 'readme'.
115 - Move all source code files into new directory 'src'.
116 - Split file CHANGES into CHANGELOG and CHANGELOG_old.
117 - Better check for tool 'mkfs.msdos', for with you must be root.
119 - Create new main Makefile.
120 - Move target 'spotless' to 'distclean' in concerned files.
121 - Move src/Makefile header into extra file make.vars.
122 - Remove old comments in src/Makefile.
123 - Displacement from src/Makefile into new man/Makefile.
124 - Displacement from src/Makefile into dos/Makefile.
125 - Delete displaced make commands in src/Makefile.
126 - Update script paths in src/Makefile.
127 - Update path to bdata.h in files of directoy diagnose.
129 - Move more variables into make.vars.
130 - Move target 'test' into main Makefile.
131 - Update paths in dos/Makefile.
132 - Displace floppy targets in main and src Makefiles.
133 - Update paths to files in directory diagnose.
134 - Better checks in diagnose/Makefile.
135 - Remove old program 'activate'.
137 - Use correct path for script mkrescue.
138 - Target 'all' now without run of 'diagnostic' and 'dosexe'.
139 - Optimize warnings while running target 'diagnostic'.
140 - Renumber the pseudo targets.
141 - Move commands for target 'diagnostic' into src/Makefile.
144 Changes from version 22.7.3 to 22.8 (16-Feb-2007) John Coffman
148 - Move configuration information (-X) to a separate procedure.
150 - Fix type decl problem in LVM _IOR/RW macros. (geometry.c)
151 - Add DEV_DISK_DIR and edit source to use it. (config.h,
152 device.c, geometry.c)
153 - Change handling of 'device-mapper' depending upon DEVMAPPER
154 option. (device.c, geometry.c)
155 - Modify 'scan_dir' to stay out of hidden directories. (device.c)
156 - Add 'nodevcache' option to configuration file. (cfg.c, lilo.c)
157 - Add sync() before boot sector write to compensate for 2.6 kernel
158 bug in partition buffering code. (bsect.c)
159 - Allow 'root="UUID=xyz"' syntax. (bsect.c)
163 - Add compilation switch 'NOVGA' to the Makefile.
166 Changes from version 22.7.2 to 22.7.3 (11-Aug-2006) John Coffman
170 - Make with changed compile-time options does not affect source
171 checksums. (Makefile)
172 - Remove device 253 from max_partitions[]. (device.c, 22.7.2.1)
173 - Install device-mapper patches. (geometry.c, Makefile)
174 - Correct setting of the VIRTUAL & NOKBD flags. (bsect.c)
177 Changes from version 22.7.1 to 22.7.2 (05-Jul-2006) John Coffman
181 - Add "noraid" keyword to suppress automatic marking of members
182 of a full-disk RAID array as "inaccessible".
183 - Add '-H' switch to override abort on RAID1 install to a failed
184 array. (raid.c, lilo.c, common.c, common.h)
185 - Add check for DM_RAID (aka ATA_RAID); warn about manual marking
186 of disk drives as "inaccessible". (device.c)
187 - Add 'geo_query_dev' support for 31-partition devices. (geometry.c)
188 - Add "Warning:'s" counter. (common.c, common.h, & *.c)
189 - Disable 'nowarn' when verbose >= 3. (lilo.c)
190 - Davide BIOS bug (sectors [1..63] -> [1..64]) (probe.c)
191 - Add keywords 'nokbdefault' & 'nokbdisable' on compilation switch
192 based upon input from Alberto Mardegan <mardy@users.sourceforge.net>.
193 (cfg.c, bsect.c, lilo.h)
194 - Add second stage flags: VIRTUAL & NOKBD whenever any 'virtual' or
195 'nokeyboard' keyword is used. (lilo.h, bsect.c)
199 - Davide BIOS bug (sectors [1..63] -> [1..64]) (first.S, read.S)
200 - Implement 'nokbdefault' & 'nokbdisable' (second.S)
201 - Add cli/sti to keyboard detection code (second.S)
202 - Fix timeout bug if 'ONE_SHOT' compile option is omitted. (second.S)
203 - Add marker (space) between initrd/kernel loading dots. (second.S)
204 - Observe second stage flags: VIRTUAL & NOKBD. Do not touch hardware
205 unless corresponding flag is set. (second.S)
206 - Allow DEBUG_NEW version to compile READONLY. (read.S)
207 - Increase kernel command line to 512 bytes. (bsect.c, probe.c, lilo.h,
212 - Add check of FS register to Diagnostic 2 (diagnose/test4.c)
213 - Change 'master' determination for --iso; log config file
214 with --debug (mkrescue)
215 - Create 'checkit' script to check for versions of gcc, as86,
216 ld86, and bcc. (checkit)
217 - Davide BIOS bug (sectors [1..63] -> [1..64]) (disk.S, test4.c)
220 Changes from version 22.7 to 22.7.1 (17-Sep-2005) John Coffman
224 - Add check that "vmdefault" image does exist. (bsect.c, lilo.c)
225 - Use 512/4095 major devices (up from 255). (geometry.c, device.c,
230 - Fix "vmdefault=" bug in MENU and BITMAP interfaces. (second.S)
231 - Allow any keyboard strike (not just Shift) to escape from
232 command line, or to display boot menu. (second.S)
236 - Apply security patch for temp files to mkrescue & QuickInst
237 - Compensate for missing <msdos/stat.h> in BCC
240 Changes from version 22.6.1 to 22.7 (12-Apr-2005) John Coffman
244 - Fix reporting of NULL stored default boot command. (lilo.c)
245 - Allow "unsafe" on partitions specified by "other=". (boot.c)
246 - Handle RAID-1 arrays with a failed disk. (raid.c, geometry.c)
250 - Rearrange code in first.S to shorten by 3 (to 0x1B2). (first.S)
251 - Fix "lock" bug on default image. (second.S)
252 - Descriptor selection (find_image) based on partial command
253 line. (second.S, crt.S, bitmap.S)
254 - Improve "unattended": no selection on partial command; CR can't
255 stop timeout. (second.S)
259 - New DOS utility: LILO.COM implements -q -R -V (-C -m) switches.
262 Changes from version 22.6 to 22.6.1 (17-Nov-2004) John Coffman
266 - Check command line options for CL_LENGTH max (256). (bsect.c)
267 - Get '-I' switch to recognize 'addappend='. (identify.c)
268 - Add 'R' flag to '-I' switch to get root. (identify.c)
272 - Enable read-ahead on EDD drives that support the function.
273 Now a Makefile switch (READAHEAD) (volume.S, Makefile)
274 - Support BUG_SI_EBDA bugfix for SI controllers that don't properly
275 allocate the EBDA that they use. (Makefile, second.S, chain.S)
276 - Correct El-Torito CD emulation termination to use HD/FD device
281 - Update diagnostic 2.2.4 to 2.3; check EDD fn 4Eh subfunctions.
283 - Update 'mkrescue' (2.5) to get root filesystem from /etc/fstab.
284 - Update 'mkrescue --iso --size HD' to create a bootable El Torito
285 format using hard disk emulation. (mkrescue 3.0)
286 - Add --image option to mkrescue. (mkrescue 3.0)
289 Changes from version 22.5.9 to 22.6 (01-Sep-2004) John Coffman
293 - Correct check of "append=" substring coincidence. (bsect.c/
295 - add keyword "unattended" to alter timeout operation. (cfg.c,
297 - allow 'timeout' & 'delay' to be specified in 's', 'm', or 'h'.
299 - change #include <asm/unistd.h> to <linux/unistd.h> (partition.c)
300 - alter 'new_serial' to seed from time & /dev/urandom (device.c)
301 - address compilation issues with 2.6 kernels (2.6.6) and glibc
302 versions 2.0 and 2.1++ (2.3.3). (config.h, partition.h,
304 - fix "long" -> "int" for compilation on 64-bit systems. (*.h, *.c)
305 - use "mkloader" so compilation does not depend on NASM. (temp.c)
306 - add new block devices: emd, sata, scsi9-15. (lilo.h, geometry.c)
307 - Check 'other=' for a file that is really an image. (boot.c)
308 - Allow 'root = "LABEL=label"' in config file. (bsect.c)
309 - Allow -P parameter to contain '='. (lilo.c)
310 - Add 'addappend=' specification of local kernel parameters
311 to 'image=' sections. (bsect.c, cfg.c)
312 - Automatically treat disks beyond the 16th as INACCESSIBLE.
317 - Modify first-stage loader for BIOS that clobbers BX. (first.S)
321 - Update diagnostic 2.2.4 to to check int 13, fn 8, for register
322 clobbers. (diagnose/test4.c)
323 - Change regular expression in 'keytab-lilo.pl' (Debian patch)