[Qemu-devel] QEMU 0.5.3 release

[Fabrice Bellard <fabrice@bellard.org>]

Hi,

QEMU 0.5.3 is available at http://bellard.org/qemu/.

Changelog:

version 0.5.3:

   - added Bochs VESA VBE support
   - VGA memory map mode 3 access fix (OS/2 install fix)
   - IDE fixes (Jens Axboe)
   - CPU interrupt fixes
   - fixed various TLB invalidation cases (NT install)
   - fixed cr0.WP semantics (XP install)
   - direct chaining support for SPARC and PowerPC (faster)
   - ARM NWFPE support (initial patch by Ulrich Hecht)
   - added specific x86 to x86 translator (close to native performance
     in qemu-i386 and qemu-fast)
   - shm syscalls support (Paul McKerras)
   - added accurate CR0.MP/ME/TS emulation
   - fixed DMA memory write access (Win95 boot floppy fix)
   - graphical x86 linux loader
   - command line monitor
   - generic removable device support
   - support of CD-ROM change
   - multiple network interface support
   - initial x86-64 host support (Gwenole Beauchesne)
   - lret to outer priviledge fix (OS/2 install fix)
   - task switch fixes (SkyOS boot)
   - VM save/restore commands
   - new timer API
   - more precise RTC emulation (periodic timers + time updates)
   - Win32 port (initial patch by Kazu)

Fabrice.