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1- Added displaying source device and partition number for file read operations.
2- Increased boot2's maximum size from 383.5k to 447.5k.
3 Updated stage 1 loaders for handling the new size limit.
4- Added alternate format for setting the default partition. The user can specify the selected
5 volume UUID for the "Default Partition" key.
6- Implemented SPD memory automatic detection and injection,seems to work really great ...
7- Factorized code to prepare a dynamic memory detection algorithm ...
8- Optimized smbios table address search
9- Optimized cursor spinout in textmode if no verbose mode is set
10- Added ram table structures definitions
11- Added getSmbios() a param permitting to select between orig and new smbios entries
12- Changed "Default Partition" behaviour to accept only native system volumes or foreign partitions.
13- Added NVIDIA new NVCAP customization support and support for ION gfx cards from aserebln
14- Added ATI new framebuffers support and new cards from PCEFI10.6
15- improved ACPI file search algo by implementing a cache.
16- Nvidia injection fix
17- pciroot would not always return correct uuid in autodection mode
18- Fixed the hibernation problem in boot2/resume.c
19- Fixed all new booter versions with SystemType would override the facp value even if correct,
20 now keeps the facp value if correct and no override has been done, implemented a best effort algo.
21 for maximizing the chance to get the most correct value before we decide to use a fixed value (1=desktop)
22- Fixed display cosmetics of UUID, now a convert.c file contains all
23 conversions api, to be completed by function that we should reuse.
24
25- Fixed SystemType would be always forced to a value, now optionally changed
26 only if ovveriden
27- Kept SystemID as the only option to change manually the system-id
28 For theses reasons, SystemId from bootConfig and SMUUID from smbiosConfig aer now DEPRECATED.
29
30- Integrated JrCs fadt patch (kept for RC5 the existing DSDT.aml retry algo that disapeared in his patch, should be more discussed for RC6)
31- Added JrCs modified convention name change to coding_standards
32- Now malloc (ex. MALLOC in Asere patch) is renamed malloc(size) and is an alias
33 to safe_malloc(size, file, line) with _FILE_ and _LINE_ prerocessor definitions
34- Added a new 'Rename Partition Feature', now permitting to rename partition
35 like 'System reserved' to a more meaningful name
36- Added SystemID option permitting to change the System UUID to a fixed value.
37- Added the PciRoot autodetection feature imported from pcefi10.5
38- Added automatic "system-id" injection from dmi bios, also compatible
39 with SystemID boot option and former SMUUID from smbios,plist
40- Added "system-type' automatic injection (1=Desktop) plus override possibility
41 with the new system-type option in bootConfig
42- Added SMserial and SMproductname new options for smbios.plist
43- Merged with asere patch, while keeping my fake_efi.c changes, and adding a new
44 stringForKey() API, also changed the DT__XXXX() set of functions
45 to handle const char * values instead of char*.
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