From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-57 release Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:15:07 +0200 Message-ID: <4767F20B.7040602@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 The major focus for this release is a qemu-cvs merge, which brings many new features, some introduced by kvm developers. Examples are improved usb support and the new -drive qemu option. While we've tested this carefully, this is a big merge so please handle this release with care and report any problems. Changes from kvm-56: - warn when emulating preempt notifiers - add pio port 0x80 access test to testsuite - merge qemu-cvs - add rtc emulation for ia64 (Xiantao Zhang) - fix qemu memory allocation off-by-one - new kernel source layout (virt/kvm/, arch/x86/kvm/) - coalesce remote tlb flushes when write-protecting guest pages (Eddie Dong) - lapic debug compile fix (Joerg Roedel) - fix smp mmu shadow instatiation race (Marcelo Tosatti) - atomic cmpxchg8b on i386 (Marcelo Tosatti) - throttle vmx_intr_assist() printk (Ryan Harper) - portability (Xiantao Zhang) Notes: If you use the modules bundled with kvm-57, you can use any version of Linux from 2.6.17 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