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@dakanji dakanji released this 04 Jun 06:09
v0.14.1.AA
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  • Synced with Upstream v0.14.1
  • Adds SyncTrust Feature
    • The boot Chain of Trust may be broken on booting with 3rd-party tools on T2/TPM chipped units
    • When this happens, the unit refuses to boot the selected item and may even become unresponsive
    • This feature provides a workaround by triggering a trusted native reboot to the selected item
    • This feature can be enabled by activating a new sync_trust configuration token
  • Adds LegacySync Feature
    • RefindPlus previously assumed all Macs were capable of legacy BIOS boot
      • This was from code that went in upstream in 2012 when this was a reasonable working assumption
        • However, Macs later became UEFI certified and the last Intel Macs appear to be UEFI Class 3+
        • UEFI Class 3/3+ devices do not support legacy BIOS boot
      • This feature attempts to categorise Macs and allow/disallow legacy BIOS boot accordingly
    • Enabled by default but can be disabled using a new disable_legacy_sync configuration token
      • Disabling might be needed if a Mac is mis-categorised and legacy BIOS boot wrongly prevented
  • Adds HelpSize Feature
    • Provides option to force non-standard or otherwise unsupported screen resolutions
      • This can help work around issues where pre-boot configuration screen are not displayed
      • The issues are typically EDID related or the auto-selection of incorrect/incompatible resolutions
      • This aspect of the HelpSize feature requires booting into systems that fully support the graphics
    • An ExDPI category for screens with resolutions of 6400 x 4000 or more was created
      • UI elements are scaled up by four (4) on such screens when UI element scaling is active
      • UI elements on other HiDPI screens are still scaled up by two (2) with UI scaling active
    • Enabled by default but can be disabled using a new decline_help_size configuration token
      • The new token sets RefindPlus to only apply up to 2x UI element scaling
  • Fixes Legacy BIOS Boot on Certified UEFI Class 2 Macs
    • Optimisations for speed had potentially disabled legacy BIOS boot on some Macs
    • This bug was introduced in v0.13.3.AB (Commit 66dbed0)
  • Fixes Potential Memory Conflict
    • Some constants were passed to a function that reallocates memory
    • This bug was introduced in v0.14.0.AA (Commit 3fc36f5)
    • Extended in v0.14.0.AB (Commit 5cb1ed9)
  • Fixes Display Resolution Handling
    • User defined resolutions were not being properly handled
      • Only the default, max, resolution was considered
      • This meant that instances with defined resolutions were not properly displayed
    • Separately, the selected resolution when seeking max was not always the actual maximum
    • Additionally, a HelpSize Feature, documented separately, was introduced
  • Fixes DirectBoot Handling
    • Was not functional
  • Fixes HelpScan Handling
    • Rationalises implementation
      • Could be applied, when disabled, to some items that should be excluded
  • Improves SystemdVars Handling
  • Improves GraphicsFor Handling
    • Users can now set none under the use_graphics_for token to disable graphic mode boot
    • Users can now set everything to activate this for all boots
      • The previous option of setting use_graphics_for alone has also been fixed and remains
  • Improves HiddenTags Handling
    • Shows volumes names along with GUID where only the GUID would have previously been shown
      • Allows human friendly instance identification when viewing the Restore Entries screen
    • Breaks backward compatibility with upstream when tags are hidden in RefindPlus
      • Tags hidden upstream remain forward compatible with RefindPlus
    • Fixes situation where some loaders in ESP locations were not hidden when selected on-screen (minus key)
      • Was also the case when full paths were used in dont_scan_files
  • Improves License Presentation
    • Rationalises presentation to make clear it is on GPLv3/Later
  • Improves MemTest Handling
    • Updated exclusion from loaders (Row 1 Items)
    • Updated to handle memtest+{ARCH}.efi and memtest86+{ARCH}.efi files as per upstream
  • Improves ProtectNvram Handling
    • Now also blocks the CurrentPolicy and CurrentActivePolicy variables
  • Improves SyncNVram Handling
    • Now also clears the opencore-version variable, if present, when booting into macOS directly
      • This variable is effectively an OpenCore Present flag that is checked by the macOS kernel
      • This variable removal only applies when RefindPlus is NOT chain-loaded via OpenCore
      • This variable removal also applies to macOS installers
    • Separately, the implementation of the base feature was not functional on macOS boots and was fixed
  • Improves HelpIcon Handling
    • The following OS Icons are now cached on first load and reused as required afterwards when this feature is active
      • List is "os_mac", "os_win", "os_win8", "os_linux", "os_legacy", "os_clover", "os_opencore", "os_unknown", and "dummy image"
      • List is stored in TableBuiltinIconOS
    • Supplements the existing caching of items covered by BuiltinIconTable
      • The BuiltinIconTable item caching always happens with or without the HelpIcon feature
  • Improves CleanNvram Handling
    • Now clears CurrentPolicy and CurrentActivePolicy variables on Apple firmware
  • Improves Misc Handling
    • Restructured config file into four (4) sections
    • Completed LodePNG 20230410 update started in v0.14.0.AC
    • Renames the cd item under the scanfor config token as cdbios
      • Provides clarity that this is a BIOS scan option
      • Maintains compatibility with existing settings including upstream
    • The TimeoutSeconds item in REFIT_MENU_SCREEN was changed to INTN
      • Follow on from fix to Timeout item in REFIT_CONFIG previously changed to INTN
      • The original fix for SilentBoot/DirectBoot was incomplete (Commit 78d6138 in v0.13.2.AH)
    • Applied misc micro optimisation for speed
      • Restructured search pattern for config tokens
      • Optimised LoadDrivers function
    • Misc fixes for running in TextOnly mode
    • Adjusted AppleFramebuffer handling to eliminate unneeded cycles
  • Renames Misc Configuration Tokens
    • disable_amfi to disable_check_amfi
    • disable_compat_check to disable_check_compat
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