From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-46 release Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:28:24 +0200 Message-ID: <470C8D28.2060408@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-devel Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org We've now switched to allocating guest memory in userspace rather than in the kernel. This is important if you have a mainframe, but also if you want to share memory between guests and implement nice features like swapping. Changes since kvm-45: - fix host oops on bad guest ioapic accesses - handle NMIs before enabling host interrupts - add general guest memory accessors (Izik Eidus) - allow user control over shadow cache size (Izik Eidus) - auto tune shadow cache size with guest memory (Izik Eidus) - allocate guest memory in userspace instead of in kernel (Izik Eidus) - code style fixes (Mike Day, Anthony Liguori) - lapic cleanups (Rusty Russell) - fix acpi interrupt reporting for FreeBSD - fix color problems on certain displays - Red Hat 7.1 support - vmmouse support (Dan Kenigsberg) - fix sdl window caption when keyboard is captured (Dan Kenigsberg) - improve libkvm configure script (Jerone Young) - improve bios compilation support on x86_64 hosts (Laurent Vivier) - fix acpi processor reporting for Windows 2000 with the ACPI HAL (Sheng Yang) Notes: If you use the modules bundled with kvm-46, you can use any version of Linux from 2.6.9 upwards. If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.20, you need to use kvm-12. If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.21, you need to use kvm-17. Modules from Linux 2.6.22 and up will work with any kvm version from kvm-22. Some features may only be available in newer releases. For best performance, use Linux 2.6.23-rc2 or later as the host. http://kvm.qumranet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/