util/nvramtool/ChangeLog

Tue Sep 23 19:14:27 CEST 2008  Stefan Reinauer (stepan@coresystems.de)

	Version 2.1

	* Fix a number of off by one errors when accessing arrays

	* Add support for reading/writing strings from/to CMOS.

Mon Jan 23 16:00:00 PST 2006  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 2.0.1

	* Postpone most sanity checking of CMOS layout information until right
	  before a CMOS read or write operation is attempted.  This fixes a
	  problem discovered by Stefan Reinauer in which lxbios was failing on
	  Opteron due to the existence of a "user_data" parameter that is 256
	  bits long.  In general, postponing the sanity checks will make
	  lxbios more adaptable to changes in how LinuxBIOS stores CMOS
	  parameters.

	* Merge fix from Stefan Reinauer that makes hex dumps look a bit
	  nicer.

	* Merge fix from Stefan Reinauer that allows lxbios to access CMOS
	  memory beyond the first 128 bytes.

Fri Dec 16 14:30:00 PST 2005  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 2.0.0

	* Added the following options:

	      -Y
		  Write CMOS layout information to standard output.

	      -b OUTPUT_FILE
		  Write the contents of CMOS memory to a binary file.

	      -B INPUT_FILE
		  Read binary data from file and write it to CMOS memory.

	      -x
		  Show a hex dump of all CMOS data.

	      -X DUMPFILE
		  Read binary data from a CMOS dumpfile and show a hex dump of
		  the data.

	  Thanks to Stefan Reinauer for suggesting the ideas for the "-Y",
	  "-b OUTPUT_FILE", and "-B INPUT_FILE" options.

	* Added support for reading/writing CMOS parameters between 1 and 64
	  bits in size that are not necessarily aligned on byte boundaries.

	* Reworked much of the code, cleaning up some ugly parts.

	* Made a number of minor improvements.

Wed Nov 30 16:30:00 PST 2005  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 1.4.0

	* Merge patch from Stefan Reinauer <stepan@openbios.org> that makes
	  lxbios recognize the LB_TAG_OPTION_CHECKSUM entry placed in the
	  coreboot table by newer versions of LinuxBIOS.

	* Tweak formatting of code to facilitate merging future patches.

	* Minor code cleanup.

Fri Jun 25 18:30:00 PDT 2004  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 1.3.2.

	* Changed default_is_printable_fn to avoid problems displaying hex
	  dumps.

Thu Jun 10 14:00:00 PDT 2004  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 1.3.1.

	* Minor code cleanup.

Fri Mar  7 18:00:00 PST 2003  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 1.3.0.

	* Added -y option that tells lxbios to get CMOS layout information
	  from a file instead of from the CMOS option table.

	* Modified command syntax so that -r flag is required for reading a
	  single CMOS parameter.

	* Fixed bug where CMOS checksum was being displayed with bytes
	  reversed.

Thu Dec  5 14:30:00 PST 2002  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 1.2.3.

	* Fixed bug where checksum was not being updated after changing CMOS
	  parameter values.

	* Added code to verify checksum when reading CMOS parameters.

	* Modified program so that check_sum parameter is treated differently
	  from other CMOS parameters.  Now, -c option must be used to
	  read/write check_sum parameter.

Thu Nov 14 15:15:00 PST 2002  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 1.2.2.

	* Shortened output of usage message.

Mon Nov 11 18:00:00 PST 2002  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 1.2.1.

	* Fixed typo in man page.

Mon Nov 11 10:00:00 PST 2002  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 1.2.0.

	* Added hex dump stuff.

Fri Nov  8 17:00:00 PST 2002  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 1.1.0.

	* Added -l option for displaying entries from coreboot table.

	* Added -d option for low-level dump of coreboot table.

	* Improved code that searches for coreboot table.

Wed Nov  6 09:30:00 PST 2002  David S. Peterson (dsp@llnl.gov)

	Version 1.0.0.