From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-56 release Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:32:46 +0200 Message-ID: <4761347E.9090806@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 This restores live migration support which has been broken for a couple of releases. Also, if you had Java problems please test kvm-56, as it has some nx related permission fixes. Changes from kvm-55: - Generalize exception handling mechanism - fix x86 emulator eflags handling - avoid exit to userspace on cr8 write if using kernel lapic on Intel - fix stack instructions emulation in 64-bit mode - fixes Vista x86 - except on Woodcrests - trap cr8 access on amd - mmu simplification - fix setting nx bit on shadow pte - fix inherited mmu permissions - more portability work (Hollis Blanchard, Xiantao Zhang) - add cr8 to 'mov cr' instruction emulation (Joerg Roedel) - exit to userspace on cr8 write if not kernel apic on amd (Joerg Roedel) - atomically set accessed and dirty bit on guest ptes (Marcelo Tosatti) - use ->fault() vma op instead of ->nopage() - remove abi 10 libkvm compatibility - add some x86 emulator tests - add many mmu access tests - fix rpm build on Fedora 8 (Dan Kenigsberg) - fix 'make sync' on debian and derivatives (Ryan Harper) - fix live migration (Uri Lublin, Izik Eidus) - initial ia64 userspace (Xiantao Zhang) Notes: If you use the modules bundled with kvm-56, 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace