From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-64 release Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:34:58 +0200 Message-ID: <47EBB092.3040408@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@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Major changes: PCI hotplug; improved PIT accuracy; paravirt mmu. Changes from kvm-63: - kvm clock fixes (Glauber Costa) - kvm clock enable/disable bit (Glauber Costa) - in kernel pit model (Sheng Yang) - improves timing accuracy for certain guests - fix bad tss handling causing ioperm() to fail on the host - paravirt mmu support (Marcelo Tosatti, Anthony Liguori, me) - set accessed bit on non-speculative shadow ptes - minor performance improvement - fix init_rmode_tss() locking (Marcelo Tosatti) - fix dirty bit being lost when write permissions are removed from a page (Izik Eidus) - code cleanups - module option for disabling flexpriority - fix apic access page memory leak - hardware task switching support (Izik Eidus) - for freedos and similar guests - fix extboot failures under certain conditions (Anthony Liguori) - export vcpu thread ID via qemu monitor (Glauber Costa) - can be used to implement vcpu->cpu pinning - pci hotplug (Marcelo Tosatti) - can now add and remove nics and drives dynamically - fix virtio memory region sizing (Marcelo Tosatti) - fix segfault on disabled virtio nic (Dor Laor) - fix sci interrupt on pmtimer wraparound (Dor Laor, Yaniv Kamay) - fix qemu exit on pci hotplug failure (Ryan Harper) - fix 'make clean' destroying configuration (Ryota OZAKI) - ppc userspace updates (Jerone Young) - improve IDE and SCSI DMA speed Notes: If you use the modules bundled with kvm-64, 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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