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1- security and stability fixes
2- Improved Xcode4.3+ and clang compatibility
3- Fixed a bug in device_inject.c
4- Updated uthash, utarrey, etc ... to v1.9.6
5- Replaced arc4random by the freebsd version (found in darwin's libc)
6(also Removed others random generators since the pseudo-random generator now work perfectly )
7- Implemented gettimeofday taken from libpayload
8- finaly back to safe_malloc
9- Sync'd the cpu legacy method to the trunk
10
11- Implemented the Runtime Bundles Modules
12- Updated nvidia and ati device id
13- Small security fixes
14
15- Stability fixes
16- Added mountain lion auto_installer compatibility
17- Changed md5c.c to the Xnu's md5.c
18
19- Added a dirty workaround to selectBootVolume (still need more investigations to find out what happening exactly during the bvchain construction, and how the h... the loop can stop with gcc)
20
21- Improved Xcode4.3+ support
22
23- Sync'd LoginToLion with the last Enzo's update (want more about LoginToLion ? please follow or participate to this thread : http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,2125.0.html)
24- fixed some bugs
25- Added an option to change the acpi detection method (only for acpi 64 users)
26- Updated amlsgn with more cocoa
27
28- Many security and bug fixes and improvements
29- Added a workaround for some machines that was unable to enter to the startup options during the countdown
30- Implemented a new environment platform
31- Added mountain lion support
32- Improved Xcode4 support (GUI still work only with Xcode3)
33
34- Added mountain lion icons for the default themes and LogintoLion (credit to Blackosx)
35- Added cpu_intel_amd.c (not by default, you need to edit the makefile in the libsaio directory to compile it)
36- Implemented a stack_protector (seems to work)
37- Sync'd libsa with Xnu
38- Removed lcc_kext dependency from the make file
39- Fixed some bugs
40
41- Updated the default theme to v 1.1 (credit to blackosx)
42- Updated LogintoLion with he haiku device logo (credit to blackosx)
43- Update for the gui
44- Chameleon can now boot the Lion Auto-Installer partition (additionally, on a GPT disk this enable the option "Localize my Mac" of iCloud)
45- Added a first version of amlsgn (NOTE: This tool can can sign an aml file for your machine (with the UUID) or for your machine model, this can be useful
46 with multiple machines w/o an identical model, combined with acpicodec and the option "LoadSignedAmlOnly", you can make sure that Chameleon will load the
47 good aml files for your machine (even if you have for example about 50 dsdt files named differently in your Acpi directory and each one for a different machine) )
48- Applied Guerrero's patch on gui.c (http://forge.voodooprojects.org/p/chameleon/issues/view/attachment/152/gui.diff)
49- Added a theme compatible with the OS detection/Volume feature (credit to Enzo for LoginToLion, see http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php?topic=2125.0 for more.)
50- Fixed a mistake with the smbios.plist loading process
51- Reworked the OS detection/Volume (NOTE: now embedded into the core and executed much earlier )
52
53
54- Added Haiku support (credit to scorpius)
55- Added EXFAT (FAT64) support (credit to dmazar)
56- Added JrCs fixes (see trunk v1716 v1719)
57- Gui can now detect the darwin version of each volumes
58- Applied some underthehood fixes and enhancements
59
60- Added an option to the check Oem revision of aml files, can be useful with multiple machines (a command line tool able to patch the aml files will be available soon)
61- Improved smbios support for some Intel Xeon models
62- BETA : Sync'd ati engine with the trunk
63
64- Small security fixes
65- Added a mechanism to strip the madt table
66- Ported the serial number randomizer to smbiosgetters,
67 Warning: smbiosgetters (and also the Gui module) still don't work when built with Xcode4.
68
69- Implemented a serial number randomizer in smbiospatcher
70(can be useful for icloud registration problems, especially when the serial number is already used by another machine,
71
72DISCLAIMER: Please read the iCloud License (http://www.apple.com/legal/icloud/ww/) carefully before using this option.
73By using this option, you are agreeing to be bound by
74the terms of the iCloud License (http://www.apple.com/legal/icloud/ww/). If you do not or cannot agree to the terms
75of the icloud License (http://www.apple.com/legal/icloud/ww/), please do not use this option.
76
77THE CHAMELEON ( OR VOODOO ) TEAM CAN NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ABUSE.)
78
79- Chameleon (or at least this branch) can now boot OSX on Parallels Desktop 7, with full acpi and smbios support
80 (note: you will need to embed at least acpicodec and smbiosgetters since virtual machines don't like our module system),
81 see this vid ;-) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvSgwIE6D4o&feature=channel_video_title
82- Added a mechanism to boot the real Lion installer partition (with baseSystem.dmg as root device), you will just need to edit the kernelcache
83 for you platform, step 2 of the installation process (booting from the kernelcache in the "Mac OS X Install Data" folder) is still in progress
84
85- Added a simple mechanism to embed a module into the core of the bootloader (useful for virtual machines
86 or for modules not yet compatible with xcode4), see internal_modules.h for more info.
87- Added JrCs's Keylayout support in Keymapper
88- Fixed an issue in AcpiCodec where the highest cpu frequency may not be added in the pstate package on some configurations
89- Improved detection of nb of core(s) and thread(s) for AMD processors
90- Updated keymapper ...
91- Applied scorpius's patch (to get an unstretched boot screen for nVidia cards on DVI) in boot0.s , disabled by default,
92 see - http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/topic,2158.msg10345/boardseen.html#new - for more info.
93- Applied Vladimir Zidar's hibernate patch on hibernateEnabler.
94- Applied "Intel HD Graphics 3000" patch to gma.c (credit: ???) ,
95 found at - http://www.darwinx86.net/forum/61-section-francaise-/1880-espace-de-discussion-anval?limit=10&start=60#6247 -
96- Added AMD support (most of the code is derived from the trunk, MUST BE ENABLED BY HAND IN CPU.C) see - http://forge.voodooprojects.org/p/chameleon/issues/163/ -
97- Improved Core Ix support in AcpiCodec
98- Improved c-states support in AcpiCodec
99
100- Sync'd nvidia.c and gma.c (see GraphicEnabler module) to the trunk
101- Improved compatibility with xcode4 (afaik only the modules gui and smbiosgetters will not work with xcode4, even if they are built without any errors)
102- Applied JrCs's path for more protection against buffer overflow in some case (trunk v1449)
103- Added a mechanism to detect extra mkexts/kexts before loading the kernelCache
104- Moved smp code to Erich Boleyn's smp-imps (not fully implemented yet)
105- Added the UseKernelCache option only for compatibility with the trunk ("Yes" have no effect, since it's the default),
106 the Flag "-F" which do the same things is still valid
107- Re-worked SSDT generation, and merged with the Bits's code
108- Removed aml_generator from AcpiCodec, now use acpicode.c to generate aml file
109- Added YellowIconFixer module
110- Merged fsb detection with Bits's code in cpu.c (slightly faster)
111- Fixed a bug related to ACPI in AcpiCodec (thanck to StephN666 for testing)
112- Fixed a bug related to ACPI and the machine with a rsd table revision > 0 (acpi_tools.c) (thanck to StephN666 for testing)
113
114- Applied Andy Vandijck's Nehalem (i5/i9) spoof to kernelpatcher
115- Fixed an issue with kernelPatcher, it seems that kernelPatcher is unable to patch the kernelCache
116- Applied some fixes from the trunk
117- Applied many under the hood fixes
118- Added Andy Vandijck's Server spoof
119- Added a Patch from Andy Vandijck in SMBiosPatcher and SMBiosGetters
120- Added a Patch from Netkas in GraphicEnabler (ati.c)
121- Fixed an issue where the GUI module couldn't find the themes directory
122- Fixed an issue where the GUI module failed to display the GUI
123- Added AcpiCodec module
124- Re-wrote ACPI code in fake_efi.c
125- Fixed a bug with AcpiPatcher when built with xcode4
126- Optimized AcpiPatcher code
127- Minor change of SMBIOS code in fake_efi.c
128- Applied some changes to the CPU detection
129- Fixed Pict-FailedBoot allocation
130- Board-id fix is now handled by the smbios modules
131
132- Added boot-args in the device tree
133- Added BootCLUT and Pict-FailedBoot
134- Added Board-id spoof
135- Fixed kernelcache loading with 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7
136- Added Lion Compatibility
137
138- Re-enabled Ignore Boot File Flag option , now "-B"
139- Fixed a bug in get_PM_Profile(), where the function return the profile 0 = 'Unspecified' when the facp is incorrect or not found, and so, override the
140 PM type set by the cpu features
141- Added new drop acpi table mechanism, now it's really able to drop any tables
142- BootHelp is not anymore embed by default in the bootloader core, if you need the help at boot time, just install your BootHelp.txt in /Extra/ (for now GUI module still embed it)
143- Fixed the HelloWorld module (broken since i have increased module hook arguments number)
144
145- "-F" now mean do not use prelinked kernel
146- Fixed embedtheme resolution, random theme chooser now also include embedtheme in the list (if the GUI is compiled with the embedtheme option),
147 also fixed a potential memory leak in randomTheme()
148- Fixed a bug in modules.c introduced in the previous versions, the booloader should now load correctly
149 with or without modules
150- Boot helper support (raid) is now an option (992 bytes saved)
151- Fixed an issue where the prelinked kernel can't be found (the bootloader should now be fully compatible with the kextcache command line tool).
152 (Also merged both adler32 function previously located in drivers.c and boot.c into one (adler32) located in boot.c)
153- returned to malloc by default, instead of safe_malloc, safe_malloc(+1280 bytes) is now an option (as in revolution 616+)
154- APM support is now optional (704 bytes saved)
155- Fixed add_symbol function
156- Increased module hook arguments number to 6
157- Added Kabyl's pci subsystem id patch
158- Added Kabyl's smbios implemention (SMBiosGetters, see Kabyl's branch.) as a module (legacy smbios implementation (SMBiosPatcher) have been also rewritten as a module)
159- Added valv's experimental amd support in CPUFreq module (untested)
160- Added Slice's smbios_patcher fix
161- Increased Booter Log size according to the chameleon trunck (thanck to Azimutz)
162
163- Added BSD (OpenBSD and FreeBSD) support (Credits to: nawcom, valv)
164- moved hibernation and ramdisk into modules
165- Added a keyboard mapper module
166- Added CPUFreq module (Credits to: valv, cparm)
167- Added a random theme chooser in the GUI module
168- Added Slice's mobile detection fix
169- Added mozodojo's coreI fix in acpi patcher
170- Applied many fixes and optimizations to the core
171- Moved to meklort's core architecture
172- Added Andy Vandijck's Full ACPI tables override and ACPI V1 to V4 conversion patch
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174
175- Added Booter Log Dump Tool
176- Added Booter message Logging (":/boot-log" ioreg property)
177- Removed obsolete -f option, use -x instead
178- Removed -x32 option, use arch=i386 instead
179- Added automatic SMBusspeed detection for lga1156 core i5/7 cpus
180- Added new iMac11,1 sbios default model for lga1156 core i5/17 mobos
181- md0 code. Notified xnu when an md ramdisk is specified
182- Added rollover image support for selected device icons.
183 Use device_<type>_o.png in theme folder. Credits goes to Blackosx.
184- Revisited theme resource embedding. Using the device_<type> icons are optional with
185 the exception of device_generic.
186- Optimized memory detection speed
187- Added displaying source device and partition number for file read operations.
188- Increased boot2's maximum size from 383.5k to 447.5k.
189 Updated stage 1 loaders for handling the new size limit.
190- Added alternate format for setting the default partition. The user can specify the selected
191 volume UUID for the "Default Partition" key.
192- Implemented SPD memory automatic detection and injection,seems to work really great ...
193- Factorized code to prepare a dynamic memory detection algorithm ...
194- Optimized smbios table address search
195- Optimized cursor spinout in textmode if no verbose mode is set
196- Added ram table structures definitions
197- Added getSmbios() a param permitting to select between orig and new smbios entries
198- Changed "Default Partition" behaviour to accept only native system volumes or foreign partitions.
199- Added NVIDIA new NVCAP customization support and support for ION gfx cards from aserebln
200- Added ATI new framebuffers support and new cards from PCEFI10.6
201- improved ACPI file search algo by implementing a cache.
202- Nvidia injection fix
203- pciroot would not always return correct uuid in autodection mode
204- Fixed the hibernation problem in boot2/resume.c
205- Fixed all new booter versions with SystemType would override the facp value even if correct,
206 now keeps the facp value if correct and no override has been done, implemented a best effort algo.
207 for maximizing the chance to get the most correct value before we decide to use a fixed value (1=desktop)
208- Fixed display cosmetics of UUID, now a convert.c file contains all
209 conversions api, to be completed by function that we should reuse.
210
211- Fixed SystemType would be always forced to a value, now optionally changed
212 only if ovveriden
213- Kept SystemID as the only option to change manually the system-id
214 For theses reasons, SystemId from bootConfig and SMUUID from smbiosConfig aer now DEPRECATED.
215
216- Integrated JrCs fadt patch (kept for RC5 the existing DSDT.aml retry algo that disapeared in his patch, should be more discussed for RC6)
217- Added JrCs modified convention name change to coding_standards
218- Now malloc (ex. MALLOC in Asere patch) is renamed malloc(size) and is an alias
219 to safe_malloc(size, file, line) with _FILE_ and _LINE_ prerocessor definitions
220- Added a new 'Rename Partition Feature', now permitting to rename partition
221 like 'System reserved' to a more meaningful name
222- Added SystemID option permitting to change the System UUID to a fixed value.
223- Added the PciRoot autodetection feature imported from pcefi10.5
224- Added automatic "system-id" injection from dmi bios, also compatible
225 with SystemID boot option and former SMUUID from smbios,plist
226- Added "system-type' automatic injection (1=Desktop) plus override possibility
227 with the new system-type option in bootConfig
228- Added SMserial and SMproductname new options for smbios.plist
229- Merged with asere patch, while keeping my fake_efi.c changes, and adding a new
230 stringForKey() API, also changed the DT__XXXX() set of functions
231 to handle const char * values instead of char*.
232

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