Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-kmod-2.6.31.5

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> On 26.10.2009, at 18:26, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> 
>> This package contains the kvm external modules, using the sources from
>> latest stable Linux release 2.6.31.5. It can be used to update the
>> kernel-side support of kvm without upgrading the host kernel.
>>
>> This release has been tested on x86 down to host kernel 2.6.27 and
>> builds down to 2.6.24. Building against older kernels is expected to be
>> broken, but if anyone provides patches to fix it, I'm open to merge them.
> 
> Aww - I'm missing the awesome changelogs :-).
> 

Your wish is my command:

Major KVM changes since kvm-kmod-2.6.30.1:
 - MSI-X support
 - MCE support
 - SVM: Reworked&fixed IRQ injection, added NMI injection
 - Host security: Limit lapic periodic timer frequency
 - Guest security: CPL check on hypercalls and debug register access
 - x86 emulator: lcall and soft INT support, interrupt shadow handling
 - Guest migration fixes
(I probably missed some more important stuff)

Major kvm-kmod changes:
 - Reanimated support down to 2.6.24 hosts
 - Fixed building against out-of-tree kernel builds / split kernels
 - udev script with auto-modprobe on boot
 - Installation fixes (DESTDIR)

Wanted to attach this information to the tarball as well, but
sourceforge's FRS is still in a almost completely broken state. Sigh.

Jan

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