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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2007-12-14 15:12:41 -0800
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2007-12-14 15:12:41 -0800
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Document ADV and its stuff
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@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ Starting with 1.47, changes marked with SYSLINUX/PXELINUX/ISOLINUX
apply to that specific program only; other changes apply to all of
them.
+Changes in 3.60:
+ * Support for "auxilliary data vector", a small amount of
+ writable storage. Currently only supported for EXTLINUX,
+ but the infrastructure is there for the other derivatives,
+ assuming a suitable storage location can be found.
+ * EXTLINUX: boot-once support (--once, --clear-once, and
+ --reset-adv).
+ * A command is now required to the EXTLINUX installer, i.e. at
+ least one of --install, --update, --once, --clear-once, or
+ --reset-adv.
+
Changes in 3.55:
* PXELINUX: as per RFC 5071, PXELINUX no longer requires the
use of the magic cookie option (208) for unencapsulated