From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Kiszka Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-kmod-2.6.31.5 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:25:51 +0100 Message-ID: <4AE6AE8F.40006@siemens.com> References: <4AE5DBB5.9050306@siemens.com> <65C6A4A7-3E6D-4BA0-BAFE-9045AD5621C7@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm To: Alexander Graf Return-path: Received: from goliath.siemens.de ([192.35.17.28]:15615 "EHLO goliath.siemens.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756487AbZJ0IZt (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:25:49 -0400 In-Reply-To: <65C6A4A7-3E6D-4BA0-BAFE-9045AD5621C7@suse.de> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT SE 2 Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux