I think it is good time to update to 2.02 so it can get more testing.
Although internal changes are pretty extensive, externally it should be
pretty much the same. The main user visible changes are
- autogen is not used anymore, so we can finally simplify patches
and recreate files during RPM build. So generated files need not be
patched and shipped any more.
- GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is deprecated, we should use GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE
instead. This will need perl-Bootloader and YaST changes. Old config
is still accpepted so nothing should be broken.
- native pvgrub2 support for Xen PV guests.
- ARM support (32 and 64 bit), although it has rough edges. (forwarded request 212604 from arvidjaar)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/212884
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/grub2?expand=0&rev=79
- new upstream version 2.02~beta3
* highlights of user visible changes not yet present in openSUSE package
- arm-uboot now generates position independent self relocating image, so
single binary should run on all supported systems
- loader for Xen on aarch64. grub-mkconfig support was not in time for
beta3 yet.
- improved ZFS support (extensible_dataset, large_blocks, embedded_data,
hole_birth features)
- support for IPv6 Router Advertisements
- support for persistent memory (we do not overwrite it and pass correct
information to OS)
- try to display more specific icons for os-prober generated menu entries
- grub-install detects EFI bit size and selects correct platform (x86_64-efi
or i386-efi) independent of OS bit size; needs kernel 4.0 or higher.
- LVM RAID1 support
- xnu loader fixes which should make OS X menu entry generated by os-prober
work again
- ... and lot of fixes over entire tree
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/362771
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Base:System/grub2?expand=0&rev=205
I think it is good time to update to 2.02 so it can get more testing.
Although internal changes are pretty extensive, externally it should be
pretty much the same. The main user visible changes are
- autogen is not used anymore, so we can finally simplify patches
and recreate files during RPM build. So generated files need not be
patched and shipped any more.
- GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is deprecated, we should use GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE
instead. This will need perl-Bootloader and YaST changes. Old config
is still accpepted so nothing should be broken.
- native pvgrub2 support for Xen PV guests.
- ARM support (32 and 64 bit), although it has rough edges.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/212604
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Base:System/grub2?expand=0&rev=62
