1 Changes for version 24.2 (22-November-2015) - Joachim Wiedorn
5 - Remove compile date and time in binary to support reproducible
6 builds (thanks to Dmitry Bogatov).
7 - Remove obsolete hints to /boot/boot.b and other files in README.
8 - Use system derived types to make code safe for both the 32-bit and
9 the 64-bit compilation environment. (thanks to TAMUKI Shoichi)
13 - Update sample config file lilo.example.conf and config element
15 - Upgrade of script liloconfig:
16 * three steps of tests with three-state exit code
17 to give the admin more information about failure.
18 - Update manpage pod files and its manpages.
21 Changes for version 24.1 (17-October-2014) - Joachim Wiedorn
25 - Add more information about -R option (one-time command-line).
29 - Only warn if founded bad partition (src/partition.c).
30 - Install the .dat files of images, too (images/Makefile).
31 - Fix target 'all' in main Makefile.
32 - Install lilo.static, too, if existing.
33 - Add CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS everywhere needed
34 (useful e.g. for hardening in Debian).
35 - Add many major device numbers, especially for MMC cards and XVD
36 disks. Remove obsolete numbers (src/lilo.h, src/geometry.c).
40 - Use 'lilo -H' in hook scripts to ignore error on degraded mdadm
41 RAID1 systems (thanks to M. Schnalke).
42 - Small update of script lilo-uuid-diskid.
43 - Large upgrade of script liloconfig:
44 * solve some bugs (see: Debian, Ubuntu)
45 * now with update function
46 * now with more tolerant file names of initram
47 * now with use of kernel links as fallback
48 - Update example config in lilo.example.conf.
49 - Update manpage of liloconfig and lilo-uuid-diskid.
50 - Add hooks for chattr, if vmlinuz files are on xfs filesystems.
53 Changes for version 24.0 (07-June-2013) - Joachim Wiedorn
57 - Update of lilo.conf.5 manpage with some corrections.
58 - Add new manpages as pod files (sources):
59 * liloconfig.pod (from Debian)
60 * lilo-uuid-diskid.pod (from Debian)
61 * lilo.pod (converted from lilo.8)
62 - Add script man/pod2manpages for converting pod files.
63 - Create manpages from pod files.
64 - Deactivate Makefile for docs. Don't generate html/pdf.
65 - Add complete html documentation for history (v21.5).
69 - Support for kernel images on GPT hard disks in the first 15
70 partitions, otherwise set comments (src/geometry.c, src/lilo.h)
71 - Update src/Makefile to always stripping lilo and lilo.static.
75 - Fix abort problem in script mkrescue. (thanks to S. R. Wright)
76 - Update script liloconf to find kernel versions 3.x, too.
77 - Remove some more hints to obsolete OS/2 (source, doc).
78 - Fix to be compatible to gcc 4.8 and higher (use -ffreestanding)
81 Changes for version 23.2 (09-Apr-2011) - Joachim Wiedorn
85 - Optimize documentation generation and information.
86 - Reformatting mkrescue.8 manpage. (thanks to Martin E. Schauer)
87 - Update of lilo.conf.5 manpage and remove of OS/2 information.
91 - Remove obsolete BIOS workaround from 2002 (src/second.S)
92 - Add information about -H option. (src/lilo.c)
93 - Save errno for second command. (src/device.c)
94 - Fix missleading error message. (src/geometry.c)
95 - Remove obsolete OS/2 code. (src/boot.c, src/temp.c)
96 - Enlarge maximum number of sectors (MAX_SETUPSECS) for
97 kernel setup code to 63. (src/bootsect.S, src/lilo.h)
98 - Fix for many small flaws in source code. (Many thanks to
99 Solar Designer and Vasiliy Kulikov of the openwall project).
103 - Remove obsolete OS/2 code. (make.vars, src/Makefile)
104 - Optimize Makefile and src/Makefile for use of $(MAKE).
105 - Use mktemp utility for floppy image generation in mkrescue.
106 (Many thanks to Solar Designer and Vasiliy Kulikov of the
108 - Add new scripts with Makefile (already used for Debian):
109 * liloconfig (for creating new lilo.conf)
110 * lilo-uuid-diskid (convert device names to UUID/DiskID)
113 Changes for version 23.1 (04-Nov-2010) - Joachim Wiedorn
117 - 'make clean' delete all created documentation files.
118 - many small typos in manpages.
119 - Remove obsolete ifpdf definition.
123 - Optimize and update menue header line. (src/crt.S)
124 - Fix some typos in sources. (src/bsect.c, src/raid.c)
125 - LVM volume as root device. (src/bsect.c)
126 - Remove patch for inaccessible disks (src/geometry.c)
127 and add remarks in README file.
128 - Better computing size of uncompressed kernel. (src/boot.c)
129 - Working on degraded RAID device. (src/raid.c)
130 (thanks to Christian Schöninger)
131 - Use for MD RAID newer 1.0 specification. (src/geometry.c)
132 (thanks to Robert de Bath) (src/raid.c)
136 - Use better 'checkit' for newer gcc. (checkit)
137 - Remove very old scripts. (mkbdist,mksdist,QuickInst)
138 - Create new makefile-based script QuickInst.
139 - Create new hook scripts for kernel and initramfs.
140 - Add new target 'uninstall' for src, man, hooks.
141 - Recreate and add background images as uuencoded files and
142 move images + config files into new 'image' directory.
143 - Add new file TOOLS listing needed tools / packages.
144 - Remove all unneeded stuff with old /boot/boot-* files.
145 - Add new example file for lilo.conf for newer lilo.
148 Changes for version 23.0 (28-June-2010) - Joachim Wiedorn
152 - Move very old file INCOMPAT into readme/.
153 - Update file COPYING with copyrights and license.
154 - Update copyrights in some file headers.
155 - Add new files README, TODO, NEWS.
156 - Fix for some typos in manpages.
157 - Update some old files in readme/ and docs/.
158 - Move to creating pdf instead of ps in /docs.
159 - Add found old manpage man/keytab-lilo.pl.
160 - Update additional informations (lilo.lsm, sample/README).
161 - Set static manpage path to /usr/share/man (make.vars).
162 - Update of the program command logging header.
166 - Fix error messages. (script checkit)
167 - Allow spaces in boot menu. (bsect.c)
168 - Workaround for buggy Bios. (probe.c)
169 - Check for user root. (script mkrescue)
170 - Use better temporary fifo's (script mkrescue)
171 - Check for needed floppy space (script mkrescue)
172 - devmapper should use major/minor. (geometry.c)
173 - Bios workarounds. (second.S)
174 - Suppress error message if device does not exist. (geometry.c)
175 - Change 'map' to 'kmap'. (keytab-lilo.pl)
176 - Add warnings for inaccessible disk (device.c, geometry.c)
177 - Modify script mkrescue for use of spaces in files.
178 - Speedup for geometry (geometry.c)
179 - Add 'define' for lvm partition (lilo.h, partition.c)
180 - Don't scan '.udev' directory (device.c)
181 - Use default size 'hdsize' (script mkrescue)
182 - Move macro 'S' into 'SA' (crt.S, lilo.c, lilo.h, probe.c, second.S)
183 - Update min. versions of bcc and gcc. (script checkit)
184 - Add new option 'small-memory' (cfg.c)
185 - Differentiate small-memory/large-memory (bsect.c, boot.c)
186 - Optimize standard logging (bsect.c)
187 - Update install paths and names for some binaries. (src/Makefile)
188 - Move the environment variable ROOT to DESTDIR. (src/Makefile)
189 - Deactivate very old scripts (mkbdist, mksdist, QuickInst)
193 - Remove link 'COPYRIGHT' to file COPYING.
194 - Move alle README files into new directory 'readme'.
195 - Move all source code files into new directory 'src'.
196 - Split file CHANGES into CHANGELOG and CHANGELOG_old.
197 - Better check for tool 'mkfs.msdos', for with you must be root.
199 - Create new main Makefile.
200 - Move target 'spotless' to 'distclean' in concerned files.
201 - Move src/Makefile header into extra file make.vars.
202 - Remove old comments in src/Makefile.
203 - Displacement from src/Makefile into new man/Makefile.
204 - Displacement from src/Makefile into dos/Makefile.
205 - Delete displaced make commands in src/Makefile.
206 - Update script paths in src/Makefile.
207 - Update path to bdata.h in files of directoy diagnose.
209 - Move more variables into make.vars.
210 - Move target 'test' into main Makefile.
211 - Update paths in dos/Makefile.
212 - Displace floppy targets in main and src Makefiles.
213 - Update paths to files in directory diagnose.
214 - Better checks in diagnose/Makefile.
215 - Remove old program 'activate'.
217 - Use correct path for script mkrescue.
218 - Target 'all' now without run of 'diagnostic' and 'dosexe'.
219 - Optimize warnings while running target 'diagnostic'.
220 - Renumber the pseudo targets.
221 - Move commands for target 'diagnostic' into src/Makefile.
224 Changes from version 22.7.3 to 22.8 (16-Feb-2007) John Coffman
228 - Move configuration information (-X) to a separate procedure.
230 - Fix type decl problem in LVM _IOR/RW macros. (geometry.c)
231 - Add DEV_DISK_DIR and edit source to use it. (config.h,
232 device.c, geometry.c)
233 - Change handling of 'device-mapper' depending upon DEVMAPPER
234 option. (device.c, geometry.c)
235 - Modify 'scan_dir' to stay out of hidden directories. (device.c)
236 - Add 'nodevcache' option to configuration file. (cfg.c, lilo.c)
237 - Add sync() before boot sector write to compensate for 2.6 kernel
238 bug in partition buffering code. (bsect.c)
239 - Allow 'root="UUID=xyz"' syntax. (bsect.c)
243 - Add compilation switch 'NOVGA' to the Makefile.
246 Changes from version 22.7.2 to 22.7.3 (11-Aug-2006) John Coffman
250 - Make with changed compile-time options does not affect source
251 checksums. (Makefile)
252 - Remove device 253 from max_partitions[]. (device.c, 22.7.2.1)
253 - Install device-mapper patches. (geometry.c, Makefile)
254 - Correct setting of the VIRTUAL & NOKBD flags. (bsect.c)
257 Changes from version 22.7.1 to 22.7.2 (05-Jul-2006) John Coffman
261 - Add "noraid" keyword to suppress automatic marking of members
262 of a full-disk RAID array as "inaccessible".
263 - Add '-H' switch to override abort on RAID1 install to a failed
264 array. (raid.c, lilo.c, common.c, common.h)
265 - Add check for DM_RAID (aka ATA_RAID); warn about manual marking
266 of disk drives as "inaccessible". (device.c)
267 - Add 'geo_query_dev' support for 31-partition devices. (geometry.c)
268 - Add "Warning:'s" counter. (common.c, common.h, & *.c)
269 - Disable 'nowarn' when verbose >= 3. (lilo.c)
270 - Davide BIOS bug (sectors [1..63] -> [1..64]) (probe.c)
271 - Add keywords 'nokbdefault' & 'nokbdisable' on compilation switch
272 based upon input from Alberto Mardegan <mardy@users.sourceforge.net>.
273 (cfg.c, bsect.c, lilo.h)
274 - Add second stage flags: VIRTUAL & NOKBD whenever any 'virtual' or
275 'nokeyboard' keyword is used. (lilo.h, bsect.c)
279 - Davide BIOS bug (sectors [1..63] -> [1..64]) (first.S, read.S)
280 - Implement 'nokbdefault' & 'nokbdisable' (second.S)
281 - Add cli/sti to keyboard detection code (second.S)
282 - Fix timeout bug if 'ONE_SHOT' compile option is omitted. (second.S)
283 - Add marker (space) between initrd/kernel loading dots. (second.S)
284 - Observe second stage flags: VIRTUAL & NOKBD. Do not touch hardware
285 unless corresponding flag is set. (second.S)
286 - Allow DEBUG_NEW version to compile READONLY. (read.S)
287 - Increase kernel command line to 512 bytes. (bsect.c, probe.c, lilo.h,
292 - Add check of FS register to Diagnostic 2 (diagnose/test4.c)
293 - Change 'master' determination for --iso; log config file
294 with --debug (mkrescue)
295 - Create 'checkit' script to check for versions of gcc, as86,
296 ld86, and bcc. (checkit)
297 - Davide BIOS bug (sectors [1..63] -> [1..64]) (disk.S, test4.c)
300 Changes from version 22.7 to 22.7.1 (17-Sep-2005) John Coffman
304 - Add check that "vmdefault" image does exist. (bsect.c, lilo.c)
305 - Use 512/4095 major devices (up from 255). (geometry.c, device.c,
310 - Fix "vmdefault=" bug in MENU and BITMAP interfaces. (second.S)
311 - Allow any keyboard strike (not just Shift) to escape from
312 command line, or to display boot menu. (second.S)
316 - Apply security patch for temp files to mkrescue & QuickInst
317 - Compensate for missing <msdos/stat.h> in BCC
320 Changes from version 22.6.1 to 22.7 (12-Apr-2005) John Coffman
324 - Fix reporting of NULL stored default boot command. (lilo.c)
325 - Allow "unsafe" on partitions specified by "other=". (boot.c)
326 - Handle RAID-1 arrays with a failed disk. (raid.c, geometry.c)
330 - Rearrange code in first.S to shorten by 3 (to 0x1B2). (first.S)
331 - Fix "lock" bug on default image. (second.S)
332 - Descriptor selection (find_image) based on partial command
333 line. (second.S, crt.S, bitmap.S)
334 - Improve "unattended": no selection on partial command; CR can't
335 stop timeout. (second.S)
339 - New DOS utility: LILO.COM implements -q -R -V (-C -m) switches.
342 Changes from version 22.6 to 22.6.1 (17-Nov-2004) John Coffman
346 - Check command line options for CL_LENGTH max (256). (bsect.c)
347 - Get '-I' switch to recognize 'addappend='. (identify.c)
348 - Add 'R' flag to '-I' switch to get root. (identify.c)
352 - Enable read-ahead on EDD drives that support the function.
353 Now a Makefile switch (READAHEAD) (volume.S, Makefile)
354 - Support BUG_SI_EBDA bugfix for SI controllers that don't properly
355 allocate the EBDA that they use. (Makefile, second.S, chain.S)
356 - Correct El-Torito CD emulation termination to use HD/FD device
361 - Update diagnostic 2.2.4 to 2.3; check EDD fn 4Eh subfunctions.
363 - Update 'mkrescue' (2.5) to get root filesystem from /etc/fstab.
364 - Update 'mkrescue --iso --size HD' to create a bootable El Torito
365 format using hard disk emulation. (mkrescue 3.0)
366 - Add --image option to mkrescue. (mkrescue 3.0)
369 Changes from version 22.5.9 to 22.6 (01-Sep-2004) John Coffman
373 - Correct check of "append=" substring coincidence. (bsect.c/
375 - add keyword "unattended" to alter timeout operation. (cfg.c,
377 - allow 'timeout' & 'delay' to be specified in 's', 'm', or 'h'.
379 - change #include <asm/unistd.h> to <linux/unistd.h> (partition.c)
380 - alter 'new_serial' to seed from time & /dev/urandom (device.c)
381 - address compilation issues with 2.6 kernels (2.6.6) and glibc
382 versions 2.0 and 2.1++ (2.3.3). (config.h, partition.h,
384 - fix "long" -> "int" for compilation on 64-bit systems. (*.h, *.c)
385 - use "mkloader" so compilation does not depend on NASM. (temp.c)
386 - add new block devices: emd, sata, scsi9-15. (lilo.h, geometry.c)
387 - Check 'other=' for a file that is really an image. (boot.c)
388 - Allow 'root = "LABEL=label"' in config file. (bsect.c)
389 - Allow -P parameter to contain '='. (lilo.c)
390 - Add 'addappend=' specification of local kernel parameters
391 to 'image=' sections. (bsect.c, cfg.c)
392 - Automatically treat disks beyond the 16th as INACCESSIBLE.
397 - Modify first-stage loader for BIOS that clobbers BX. (first.S)
401 - Update diagnostic 2.2.4 to to check int 13, fn 8, for register
402 clobbers. (diagnose/test4.c)
403 - Change regular expression in 'keytab-lilo.pl' (Debian patch)