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