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authorMatt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>2013-01-29 14:01:07 +0000
committerMatt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>2013-01-29 15:11:28 +0000
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parenta2d79191b501276026a0a16ec2fa664630a20476 (diff)
downloadsyslinux-bf20364b582c383b4927f898de213b1cc0981a80.tar.gz
Merge tag 'syslinux-5.01' into firmwaresyslinux-6.00-pre4
Conflicts: Makefile NEWS com32/cmenu/Makefile com32/elflink/ldlinux/Makefile com32/gfxboot/Makefile com32/gpllib/Makefile com32/include/sys/module.h com32/lib/Makefile com32/lib/sys/module/elf_module.c com32/menu/Makefile com32/rosh/Makefile com32/samples/Makefile core/init.c mk/elf.mk Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
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@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ to all derivatives.
Changes in 6.00:
* Add support for booting from EFI.
+Changes in 5.01:
+ * txt/: A new AsciiDoc documentation set (work-in-progress)
+ (Gene Cumm).
+ * core: Fix a bug in the realloc() implementation that caused
+ machines to appear to run out of free memory.
+ * ldlinux: Fix multiple buffer overflows in cmdline parsing
+ code that resulted in files failing to run and cmdlines
+ being truncated.
+ * core: Fix debug build by tagging __bad_SEG() with __export.
+ * com32: Restrict library filenames to 8.3 format.
+ * EXTLINUX: Fix installation and subdirectory patching.
+ * ISOLINUX: Fix booting isohybrid images that are over 32K.
+ * com32: Strip modules to reduce their size.
+ * XFS: Implement directory block cache and fix
+ shortform-directory lookup (Paulo Alcantara).
+
Changes in 5.00:
* com32: Switched from the COM32 object format to ELF as it is
a much more powerful format that allows undefined symbols to