The 1.9.0 version of SeaBIOS has now been released. For more
information on the release, please see:
http://seabios.org/Releases
New in this release:
* The default boot menu key is now the ESC key (instead of F12)
* Initial support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware and BIOS calls
* Initial support for chain loading SeaBIOS from Grub (via multiboot
support)
* Initial support for booting from SD cards on real hardware
* virtio 1.0 device support
* The build will no longer include the build hostname or build time on
"clean" builds. This makes the build binaries more "reproducible".
* Basic support for running SeaBIOS on Baytrail Chromebooks
* SeaVGABIOS improvements:
* Improved support for old versions of x86emu (the "leal"
instruction is now emulated)
* Several bug fixes and code cleanups
For information on obtaining SeaBIOS, please see:
http://seabios.org/Download
= git shortlog -n rel-1.8.0..rel-1.9.0 =
Kevin O'Connor (126):
docs: add page for SeaVGABIOS
docs: Add page describing the patch contribution process
docs: Add page on available CBFS/fw_cfg runtime config files
docs: Prefer triple backticks to multiple lines with single backticks
smp: Fix smp race introduced in 0673b787
docs: Note release date of 1.8.1
vgabios: On bda_save_restore() the saved vbe_mode also has flags in it
vgabios: Don't use extra stack if it appears a modern OS is in use
docs: Clarify that pci-optionrom-exec doesn't apply to roms in cbfs
checkstack: Replace function information tuple with class
checkstack: Simplify yield calculations
checkstack: Prefer passing "function" class instead of function address
smbios: Use integer signature instead of string signature
vgabios: Don't use "smsww" instruction - it confuses x86emu
vgabios: Add config option for assembler fixups
vgabios: Emulate "leal" instruction
checkstack: Minor - continue if not a regular asm line
Don't forward declare functions with "inline" in headers
build: Support "make VERSION=xyz" to override the default build version
tcg: Use seabios setup()/prepboot() calling convention for tcg
build: CONFIG_VGA_FIXUP_ASM should depend on CONFIG_BUILD_VGABIOS
bootorder: Update "extra pci root" buses bootorder format to match qemu
Make sure all code checks for malloc failures
docs: Note release date of 1.8.2
block: Split process_op() command dispatch up into multiple functions
block: Introduce default_process_op() with common command handling codes
block: Route scsi style commands through 'struct disk_op_s'
blockcmd: Introduce scsi_fill_cmd()
ata: Handle ATA ATAPI drives directly via 'struct disk_op_s' requests
ahci: Handle AHCI ATAPI drives directly via 'struct disk_op_s' requests
usb-msc: Handle USB drives directly via 'struct disk_op_s' requests
usb-uas: Handle USB drives directly via 'struct disk_op_s' requests
lsi-scsi: Handle LSI drives directly via 'struct disk_op_s' requests
esp-scsi: Handle ESP drives directly via 'struct disk_op_s' requests
megasas: Handle Megasas drives directly via 'struct disk_op_s' requests
virtio-scsi: Handle virtio drives directly via 'struct disk_op_s' requests
pvscsi: Move pvscsi_fill_req() code into pvscsi_cmd()
pvscsi: Handle pvscsi drives directly via 'struct disk_op_s' requests
blockcmd: Remove unused scsi_process_op() and cdb_cmd_data()
blockcmd: Convert cdb_is_read() to scsi_is_read()
block: Rename process_XXX_op() functions to XXX_process_op()
coreboot: Try to auto-detect if the CBFS anchor pointer is a relative
pointer
ps2: Support mode for polling the PS2 port instead of using irqs
ata: Make sure "chanid" is relative to PCI device for bootorder file
Don't enable interrupts prior to IVT and PIC setup
ps2: Don't wait 100ms to discard possible extra reset receive byte
timer: Delay timestamp counter init until after pmtimer is probed
timer: Add CONFIG_TSC_TIMER build option to disable the CPU TSC timer
ramdisk: Allow ramdisk support (CONFIG_FLASH_FLOPPY) under QEMU
Minor - move declaration of CDRom_locks to code that uses it
smm: ignore bits 16,18-31 of SMM revision ID at runtime too
vgafb: Minor - move gfx_common() variables outside of switch statement
sdcard: Check if card is present before sending commands to card
sdcard: Implement controller frequency setting according to sdhci spec
sdcard: Make sure controller support 3.3V before enabling it
sdcard: Set timeout control register during init (to max allowed timeout)
sdcard: Improve SD card initialization command sequence
sdcard: Add proper delays during card power up
mptable: Don't create mptable if it is very large
optionroms: Don't run option rom on PCI bar if CBFS/fw_cfg version exists