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$NetBSD: version,v 1.16 2013/08/30 16:43:33 jmcneill Exp $
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2012-01-09 15:07:58 +01:00
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NOTE ANY CHANGES YOU MAKE TO THE BOOTBLOCKS HERE. The format of this
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file is important - make sure the entries are appended on end, last item
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is taken as the current.
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2.0: Change over to Matthias Drochner's two-stage boot system.
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All code is completely new.
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2.1: New welcoming banner.
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2.2: Use common menu / parsing functions with other bootloaders.
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New framework to pass information to the kernel.
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2.3: Switch to new NetBSD MBR partition ID.
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2.4: Support BIOS Int13-Extensions.
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2.5: Support ustarfs boot.
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2.6: Support ELF boot.
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2.7: Support on-the-fly switching of console devices.
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2.8: Support verbose/quiet boot.
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2.9: Recognize PS/2 L40 at runtime and use appropriate gate A20
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initialization (rather than using a compile flag).
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Recognize ESDI disks and identify them as ed(4) for COMPAT_OLDBOOT.
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2.10: g/c COMPAT_OLDBOOT.
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2.11: loadfile() update: ELF symbols no longer need backward seeks.
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2.12: loadfile() update to avoid backwards seeks for ELF Program Headers.
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2.13: Support boot from 1.44MB floppies in 2.88MB floppy drives.
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2.14: Add a quirk for BIOSes which report extended memory size
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in slightly nonstandard way in int15, function 0xE801.
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2.15: Use int15/0xc7 to get memory information on machines which support
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it, like later IBM PS/2 machines.
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2.16: Move 16bit %ss to allow >64k for code, data and stack.
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Default partition to that passed in by mbr code.
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Support limited filename globbing in 'ls' command.
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Use .code16 and .code32 directives
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3.0: Separate out into bootxx and boot
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3.1: Rename to /usr/mdec/boot.
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Leave space in bootxx for FAT32 BPB and MBR partition table.
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Keep MBR's existing BPB and partition table when installing bootxx.
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3.2: Add support for passing boot wedge information to the kernel.
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3.3: Add support for cd9660 file system.
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5.0: Support for boot menu, modules.
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5.1: Change boot messages to replace build date with kernel version.
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5.2: Support for multiboot.
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5.3: Autoload kernel module for root file system.
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5.4: The VESA VBE mode number is now passed to the kernel so it can be
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restored on ACPI resume.
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5.5: Adjust stack and heap areas to not overlap.
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5.6: GUID Partition Table support.
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5.7: Recognize 64-bit LBA from bootxx.
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5.8: Support for splash images.
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5.9: VESA VBE/DDC EDID support.
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5.10: Support for using raw file-system images as memory disks.
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