grub-savannah-mirror/ChangeLog

2010-11-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/multiboot.texi (BIOS drive): Replace ambigious "first" byte with
	"most significant" byte.
	Reported by: Mike Kasick.

2010-10-22  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/Makefile.am (kernel_LDFLAGS): Add -m32.
	(kernel_CFLAGS): Changed from this ...
	(kernel_CPPFLAGS): ... to this.

2010-10-22  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/multiboot.h (multiboot_apm_info): Use multiboot and not GRUB
	integer types.

2010-09-20  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/multiboot.h: Stylistic improvements. Add APM declarations.

2010-09-20  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/multiboot.texi: Add new memory type for badram.

2010-09-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/multiboot.texi: Clarify command line format.

2010-09-03  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	Reimport mbchk.

	* util/Makefile.am: New file.
	* util/mbchk.c: Likewise.
	* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Add util.
	* configure.ac: New options --enable-mbchk. Check for HELP2MAN.
	(CFLAGS): Don't alter.
	(COND_MAN_PAGES): New conditional.
	(AC_CONFIG_FILES): Add util/Makefile.
	* doc/Makefile.am (kernel_CFLAGS): Add -m32 and -nostdlib.
	* doc/multiboot.texi (Invoking mbchk): New chapter.

2010-03-14  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/kernel.c (cmain): Use padding to properly display 64-bit
	quantities.
	(printf): Add padding support.
	Reported by: Soeren D. Schulze.

2010-02-09  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/multiboot.texi: Fix a typo.
	Reported by: Trond

2010-01-20  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/multiboot.texi: Define NVS and ACPI memory types.
	* doc/multiboot.h (MULTIBOOT_MEMORY_ACPI_RECLAIMABLE): New definition.
	(MULTIBOOT_MEMORY_NVS): Likewise.

2010-01-15  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* doc/boot.S: Slight adjustment to make makeinfo happy.
	* doc/kernel.c: Likewise.

2010-01-15  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/kernel.c (cmain): Handle EGA text video information.
	* doc/multiboot.h (MULTIBOOT_FRAMEBUFFER_TYPE_EGA_TEXT): New const.

2010-01-14  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* COPYING: Replace with GPLv3 text.
	* doc/boot.S: Update to GPL version 3 or later.
	* doc/kernel.c: Likewise.

2010-01-12  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
2010-01-12  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	Video mode amendment by Vladimir Serbinenko.  See NEWS file for
	details.

	* NEWS: Document video mode amendment.
	* doc/multiboot.texi: Video mode ammendment.
	* doc/multiboot.h (MULTIBOOT_INFO_VIDEO_INFO): Remove macro.
	(MULTIBOOT_INFO_VBE_INFO, MULTIBOOT_INFO_FRAMEBUFFER_INFO): New macros.
	(multiboot_uint8_t): New type.
	(struct multiboot_color): New structure.
	(struct multiboot_info): Add new video mode fields.
	(MULTIBOOT_FRAMEBUFFER_TYPE_INDEXED)
	(MULTIBOOT_FRAMEBUFFER_TYPE_RGB): New macros.

	* doc/boot.S (MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS): Add `MULTIBOOT_VIDEO_MODE'.
	(multiboot_header): Include video mode information.
	* doc/kernel.c (cmain): Draw a blue diagonal line when video mode
	information is provided.

2010-01-07  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* doc/multiboot.h (MULTIBOOT_UNSUPPORTED): Remove macro (moved to
	GRUB).

2010-01-03  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	Install multiboot.h system-wide.

	* doc/Makefile.am (pkginclude_HEADERS): New variable.

2010-01-03  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* doc/boot.S (MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS): Redefine using macros.

2010-01-03  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* Makefile.am (web-manual): Add `all' as dependency.

2010-01-02  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* doc/kernel.c (cmain): Add missing cast.

2010-01-01  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* autogen.sh: Use `gnulib-tool' to install gendocs.sh.
	* Makefile.am (web-manual): New target.  Builds a web manual using
	gendocs.sh.
	* configure.ac (AC_PREREQ): Require Autoconf 2.59 or later.

2010-01-01  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	Use more standard `doc' directory.

	* docs: Rename to ...
	* doc: ... this.  Update all users.

	* doc/multiboot.texi: Fix an obsolete reference to `docs' directory
	in GRUB distribution.

2010-01-01  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	Make ia32 libc unnecessary on amd64.

	* configure.ac (CFLAGS): Move down after the basic gcc tests are
	done.  Add `-nostdlib'.

2009-12-24  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* configure.ac: Bump version to 0.6.96.
	* docs/multiboot.texi: Include `version.texi' instead of hardcoding
	version number.

2009-12-24  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* docs/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove `menu.lst'.

2009-12-24  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* autogen.sh: Workaround Automake requirement for NEWS and README.
	We really should have them, but in practice we never had.  This
	ought not be considered a regression.

2009-12-24  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* BUGS: Remove.
	* INSTALL: Remove.
	* NEWS: Remove.
	* README: Remove.
	* autogen.sh: Adjust automake flags to add generic files such
	as `INSTALL', `depcomp', `install-sh' and `missing'.

2009-12-24  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* docs/multiboot.texi: Bump version number to 0.6.96.

2009-12-24  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* docs/multiboot.texi: Misc editorial changes:

	Avoid using `commercial' as a synonym for `non-free'
	(see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Commercial).

	Make a clear distinction between kernels and Operating Systems
	(Linux is a kernel, FreeBSD and NetBSD are Operating Systems, Mach
	is a microkernel, VSTa is something in-between).

	Use 64-bit types to describe 64-bit datum (instead of splitting in
	two 32-bit fields).  Little endianess assumption applies (as per
	Terminology section).

	Update status of GNU GRUB relative to version 2.

2009-12-24  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* docs/multiboot.h: Replace with include/multiboot.h from GRUB 2 Bazaar
	trunk.
	* docs/kernel.c (cmain): Update name references for new multiboot.h
	header.

2009-12-24  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* docs/multiboot.h (MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS): Moved from here ...
	* docs/boot.S (MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS): ... to here.

2009-12-24  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* docs/boot.S (ASM): Rename to ...
	(ASM_FILE): ... this.
	* docs/multiboot.h: Check for `ASM_FILE' instead of `ASM'.

	* docs/multiboot.h (EXT_C, STACK_SIZE): Moved from here ...
	* docs/boot.S (EXT_C, STACK_SIZE): ... to here.

2009-12-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* docs/fdl.texi: Remove. It's not used.

2009-12-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	Prevent generation of .note.gnu.build-id which drastically increases
	memory requirements of example kernel.

	* docs/Makefile.am (kernel_LDFLAGS): Add '-Wl,--build-id=none'.

2009-12-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* BUGS: New file.

2009-12-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* docs/kernel.c.texi: Removed. It's autogenerated.
	* docs/multiboot.h.texi: Likewise.
	* docs/version.texi: Likewise.

2009-12-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* docs/Makefile.am: Remove HELP2MAN.
	* docs/help2man: Remove.

2009-12-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* configure.ac: Remove non-multiboot stuff.

2009-12-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* NEWS: Emptied. It contained no multiboot information.
	* README: Likewise.

2009-12-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>

	* ChangeLog: Remove non-multiboot entries.

2009-11-13  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	* autogen.sh: New file.

2009-11-13  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>

	Remove everything not related to Multiboot.  A huge number of files
	was removed (too many to list them here).  The following files were
	modified:

	* AUTHORS: Remove GRUB-specific bits.
	* Makefile.am: Likewise.
	* autogen.sh: Likewise.
	* configure.ac: Likewise.
	* docs/Makefile.am: Likewise.

2009-07-02  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>

	* docs/boot.S: Fix missing newline at the end.
	* docs/boot.S.texi: Regenerate.

2008-09-03  Felix Zielcke  <fzielcke@z-51.de>

	Based on patch from Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
	* docs/multiboot.texi: Fix some spelling.

2008-04-10  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>

	* configure.ac: Always use "_cv_" in cache variables for
	compatibility with Autoconf 2.62.

2007-10-29  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>

	* configure.ac: Test if '--build-id=none' is supported by the
	linker and add it to LDFLAGS if possible.  Build ID causes
	objcopy to generate huge binary files.

2006-06-24  Yoshinori K. Okuji  <okuji@enbug.org>

	* docs/multiboot.texi: Reformatted to show the license term
	and the version number explicitly.

2006-04-16  Yoshinori K. Okuji  <okuji@enbug.org>

	* docs/multiboot.texi: Correct the offset of address
	fields. Reported by Jeroen Dekkers.

2005-09-29  Yoshinori K. Okuji  <okuji@enbug.org>

	* docs/multiboot.texi: Fix a bug in the byte order of
	boot_device. I hope this won't affect any OS image.
	Increased the version number to 0.6.94.

2004-10-11 Jason Thomas <jason@staff.pnc.com.au>

	Patch from Stefanus Du Toit  <sjdutoit@uwaterloo.ca>
	* docs/kernel.c.texi (cmain): Incremement mod by one, instead of
	sizeof(module_t), since it's already a pointer of type module_t.
	* docs/kernel.c (cmain): Do the same.

2004-04-22  Jeroen Dekkers  <jeroen@dekkers.cx>

	* Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Add "gnu".
	* configure.ac: Update to work with automake 1.8, quote all
	AC_DEFUN's correctly and provide descriptions for AC_DEFINE's.

2003-10-19  Yoshinori K. Okuji  <okuji@enbug.org>

	Migrated to newer autotools.

	* configure.in: Removed.
	* configure.ac: New file. Mostly derived from configure.in.

2002-07-01  Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org>

	* Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): New variable. Specify the
	required Automake version explicitly.

2002-05-23  Yoshinori K. Okuji  <okuji@enbug.org>

	Define the behavior of the boot loader when the load end address
	and the bss end address are zero in the Multiboot Specification,
	and add the support into GRUB. I've modified a patch from Yuri
	Zaporogets <yuriz@ukr.net>.

	* docs/multiboot.texi (The address fields of Multiboot header):
	Added descriptions about the behavior of the boot loader when
	LOAD_END_ADDR is zero and BSS_END_ADDR is zero.

2001-03-03  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	* docs/multiboot.texi (History): Written.

2001-01-27  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	* docs/multiboot.texi: Start reorganizing Multiboot
	Specification.

2001-01-12  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	* docs/multiboot.h [__ELF__] (MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS): Defined
	as 0x00000003 instead of 0x00010003.
	* docs/boot.S (multiboot_header) [__ELF__]: Don't define a.out
	kludge information.

	* docs/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): New variable.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (noinst_DATA): Removed.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (noinst_PROGRAMS): Changed to kernel.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel_exec_SOURCES): Renamed to ...
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel_SOURCES): ... this.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel_exec_CFLAGS): Renamed to ...
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel_CFLAGS): ... this.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel_exec_LDFLAGS): Renamed to ...
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel_LDFLAGS): ... this.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel): Removed.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (boot.o): New dependency.
	(CLEANFILES): New variable.

2001-01-11  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	* docs/Makefile.am [BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (noinst_DATA): New
	variable.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (noinst_PROGRAMS): Likewise.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel_exec_SOURCES): Likewise.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel_exec_CFLAGS): Likewise.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel_exec_LDFLAGS): Likewise.
	[BUILD_EXAMPLE_KERNEL] (kernel): New target.
	* configure.in (--enable-example-kernel): New option.

	* docs/kernel.c (cmain): Cast unsigned long variables to
	unsigned explicitly, to suppress GCC warnings.

2000-10-23  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	* docs/multiboot.texi: Upgraded to 0.6.92.
	(Boot information format): Re-designed the graphics table.

2000-10-20  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	APM BIOS table support is added, based on a patch by Matt Yourst
	<yourst@mit.edu>.

	* docs/multiboot.texi (Boot information format): Added the
	definition of APM table format.

2000-10-16  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	Some of the new Multiboot features are supported. APM support
	and VESA support are not strictly defined or implemented yet.

	* docs/multiboot.texi (Top): Increase the version number.
	(Boot information format): Changed the drive information format,
	because it was not straightforward.

2000-02-11  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	From Per Lundberg <plundis@byggdok.se>:
	* docs/multiboot.texi: Added graphics support.

2000-02-10  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	* docs/multiboot.texi (Top): Downgrade the version to 0.6.90,
	since we need more work to release it as 0.7.

2000-01-03  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	* docs/multiboot.texi (Boot information format): Added the
	descriptions about the fields "config_table" and
	"boot_loader_name".

1999-12-31  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>

	* docs/src2texi: Added an extra space into the first line, for
	the portability issue.

1999-11-05  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>

	* docs/multiboot.texi (Boot information format): Add the members
	`drives_addr' and `drives_count' into the Multiboot information
	structure, and added the descriptions.

1999-10-27  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>

	* docs/help2man: Upgraded to 1.016.

1999-10-20  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>

	* docs/Makefile.am (%.c.texi): Use $(SHELL) instead of /bin/sh.
	(%.h.texi): Likewise.
	(%.S.texi): Likewise.

1999-10-17  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>

	* docs/Makefile.am (.texi): Canceled because the dependecies can
	be circulated.

1999-10-16  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>

	* docs/multiboot.texi: Include the example source files of a
	Multiboot kernel.
	* docs/src2texi: New file.
	* docs/boot.S: Likewise.
	* docs/multiboot.h: Likewise.
	* docs/kernel.c: Likewise.
	* docs/boot.S.texi: Likewise.
	* docs/multiboot.h.texi: Likewise.
	* docs/kernel.c.texi: Likewise.
	* docs/Makefile.am (EXAMPLES): New varilable.
	(multiboot_TEXINFOS): Likewise.
	(SRC2TEXI): Likewise.
	(noinst_SCRIPTS): Added $(SRC2TEXI).
	(EXTRA_DIST): Added $(EXAMPLES) and $(multiboot_TEXINFOS).
	(%.c.texi): New target.
	(%.h.texi): Likewise.
	(%.S.texi): Likewise.

1999-09-13  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>

	* configure.in (--enable-maintainer-mode): Do not use our own
	rule, but use AM_MAINTAINER_MODE instead. If the maintainer mode
	is enabled, then check for perl, and if it is not found, print
	an error message and abort.
	* docs/Makefile.am (grub.8): Regenerated if MAINTAINER_MODE is
	defined, instead of GRUB_MAINT. Use the variable PERL rather
	than running help2man directly.

1999-06-21  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>

	* docs/Makefile.am (html): Deleted.
	(txt): Likewise.
	(EXTRA_DIST): $(txt) and $(html) are removed.
	* docs/boot-proposal.html: Removed.
	* docs/errors.html: Likewise.
	* docs/faq.html: Likewise.
	* docs/grub.html: Likewise.
	* docs/install.html: Likewise.
	* docs/mem64mb.html: Likewise.
	* docs/technical.html: Likewise.
	* docs/using.html: Likewise.
	* docs/PC_partitioning.txt: Likewise.
	* docs/bios_mapping.txt: Likewise.
	* docs/commands.txt: Likewise.
	* docs/embedded_data.txt: Likewise.
	* docs/filesystem.txt: Likewise.

1999-05-14  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>

	* docs/Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Added multiboot.texi.
	* docs/multiboot.texi: New file. From Kunihiro Ishiguro.