Intel® Binary Modification Program
Binary Modification Program Release Notes


May 23, 2008

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Revision History


 

Date

Revision

Version Number

Platform

Draft/Changes

May 23, 2008

14.x Production Version

2.66

Intel® 830M/MG/MP, 845G,855GM/GML, 865G, 915G, 915GM/GMS, 910GML, 945G, 945GM, G965/Q965/Q963  GM965/PM965 Express Chipset Families, Intel Bearlake B Chipsets

Fixed an issue where BMP throwing error when loading data /SSF file.

 

Feb 27, 2006

14.x Production Version

2.65

Intel® 830M/MG/MP, 845G,855GM/GML, 865G, 915G, 915GM/GMS, 910GML, 945G, 945GM, G965/Q965/Q963  GM965/PM965 Express Chipset Families, Intel Bearlake B Chipsets

Fixed an issue where VBT Should not to use/save bad VBT data /SSF.

 

*we identified the improvement in displaying the error messages. Right now all the description

of error comes at yellow window bar. User need to hover mouse cursor to see the detail of error.
It might be risky to show detail error message directly at control (field) because of

limited window sizes of control.

Sept 27, 2006

14.x Production Version

2.63

Intel® 830M/MG/MP, 845G,855GM/GML, 865G, 915G, 915GM/GMS, 910GML, 945G, 945GM, G965/Q965/Q963  GM965/PM965 Express Chipset Families, Intel Bearlake B Chipsets

Fixed issue with a corrupt table element when loading specific MBI files.

June 2, 2006

14.x Production Version

2.62

Intel® 830M/MG/MP, 845G,855GM/GML, 865G, 915G, 915GM/GMS, 910GML, 945G, 945GM, Intel® G965/Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family, Intel Crestline Chipsets

Added Crestline to this documentation.  No changes to the executable.

January 18, 2006

14.x Production Version

2.62

Intel® 830M/MG/MP, 845G,855GM/GML, 865G, 915G, 915GM/GMS, 910GML, 945G, 945GM, Intel® G965/Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family

Added Broadwater chipset to this documentation.  No changes to the executable.

September 29, 2005

14.x Production Version

2.62

Intel® 830M/MG/MP, 845G,855GM/GML, 865G, 915G, 915GM/GMS, 910GML, 945G, 945GM Chipset

Updates/Changes outlined below

October 28, 2004

14.x Production Version

2.5

Intel® 830M/MG/MP, 845G,855GM/GML, 865G, 915G, 915GM/GMS, 910GML Chipset

Updates/Changes outlined below

September 7, 2001

10.0 Production Version

1.5

Intel® 830M/MG/MP, 845G,MGM Chipset

Baseline

 

14.x Production Version

Features Added In 2.66 Binary Modification Program

 

 

N/A

BMP

None.

N/A

 

14.x Production Version

Resolved Issues In 2.66 Binary Modification Program

 

 

N/A

BMP

Applying SSF file to 1604+ VBIOS using BMP 2.65e causes errors

N/A

 

14.x Production Version

Resolved Issues In 2.65 Binary Modification Program

 

RCR

ID 957809

N/A

BMP

Fixed an issue where VBT Should not to use/save bad VBT data /SSF

N/A

 

14.x Production Version

Features Added In 2.63 Binary Modification Program

 

 

N/A

BMP

None.

N/A

 

14.x Production Version

Resolved Issues In 2.63 Binary Modification Program

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Fixed an issue where a table would fail to load if that table was the absolute last data structure in the binary file.  Customer issue visible when an MBI file was loaded as a .DAT file.

N/A

 

14.x Production Version

Open Issues In 2.63 Binary Modification Program

 

 

N/A

BMP

Memory leak in TableFeature.  Enabled workaround to prevent application from crashing.  Will be addressed in a later release.

N/A

 

14.x Production Version

Features Added In 2.62 Binary Modification Program

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Provide ability to modify .ROM files with new checksum routine.

N/A

 

14.x Production Version

Resolved Issues In 2.62 Binary Modification Program

 

 

N/A

BMP

Changed ACC "trigger" from all zeros to all "EOF's”

N/A

 

 

N/A

BMP

HTML help fully updated with new checksum diagrams and information about the new ACC algorithm

 

 

 

N/A

BMP

Updated splash & about dialogs with build type

 

 

 

N/A

BMP

Fixed syntax errors with EditNum feature page

 

 

 

N/A

BMP

Added topic for "TitleB" feature

 

 

 

N/A

BMP

Help file now updated to reflect 2.5 changes

N/A

 

14.x Production Version

Open Issues In 2.62 Binary Modification Program

 

 

N/A

BMP

File Info menu item may show incorrect data if the user changes the binary file and does not change to a new page

N/A

 

 

N/A

BMP

Page view pane "flashes" when applying BIOS Settings file

N/A

 

 

N/A

BMP

Some changed data highlighting has been specifically disabled in table views. 

N/A

 

 

N/A

BMP

Tree control may indicate data update by changing icons when no data has changed in the binary

N/A

 

14.x Production Version

Features Added In 2.5 Binary Modification Program

 

 

N/A

BMP

Help window shows a scroll bar if help text is too large to fit into the window

N/A

 

 

N/A

BMP

Highlight the options that have been changed from the default values

N/A

 

 

N/A

BMP

Help file now updated to reflect 2.5 changes

N/A

 

10.0 Production Version

Features Added In 1.5 Binary Modification Program

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Added a Find_Ptr_Ref command that searches the data file for a number or a string and then adds the location to the pointer variables

N/A

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Added a string table that has a single size with multiple null-terminated strings

N/A

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Added functional directive statements which can be used throughout the script file

N/A

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Added HTML help file

N/A

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Added leading zeros on hex and binary numbers and forced all hex numbers to be uppercase

N/A

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Added save and apply selected settings functionality

N/A

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Added the EOF keyword to the checksum

N/A

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Added the version number to the title bar and made it accept either integers or strings

N/A

 

RCR

N/A

BMP

Made all features capable of being pointers or static

N/A

 

10.0 Production Version

Resolved Issues In 1.5 Binary Modification Program

 

Tibet Bug

N/A

 

 

 

 

10.0 Production Version

Open Issues In 1.5 Binary Modification Program

Tibet Bug

N/A

BMP

After save, the focus returns to the first control on the page instead of the one that last had control

N/A

Tibet Bug

N/A

BMP

A table of size 0 still comes up a row

N/A

Tibet Bug

N/A

BMP

BMP does not support drag and drop

N/A

Tibet Bug

N/A

BMP

If a file fails to load, it still gets put in the recent file list

N/A

Tibet Bug

N/A

BMP

The position of columns and rows in the tables are not saved when the table is redrawn

N/A