[ANNOUNCE] kvm-88 release

[Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>]

kvm-87 wasn't so hot due to networking not working with rtl8139 and 
e1000.  So kvm-88 fixes that and brings a bunch of new features 
(resizable sdl windows, multiboot, x2apic, and more).  Enjoy.

Changes from kvm-87:
- merge upstream qemu.git
   - virtio indirect ring entries
     - improves block performance for newer Linux guests
   - -net tap,sndbuf=... option for improving udp performance
   - msi-x support
   - sdl window resize
   - more flexible -net user configuration
   - -cpu host to pass through all host cpu features
   - multiboot support for -kernel
- fix KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID feature usage (Andre Przywara)
- fix register contents after SIPI (Gleb Natapov)
- re-enable device assignment (Markus Armbruster)
- fix ia64 build (Markus Armbruster)
- fix migration for virtio-net version > 7 (Michael S. Tsirkin)
- merge more code with upstream (Glauber Costa)
- fix vnet_hdr checks (Mark McLoughlin)
   - fixes broken tap networking with rtl8139 and e1000
- move extboot to standard optionrom location (Jan Kiszka)
- emulate 32-bit syscall/sysenter instructions on 64-bit guests
   (Andre Przywara)
   - allows cross-vendor live migration with 32-bit userspace on 64-bit 
kernel
- fix s390 memslot initialization for userspace_addr != 0
   (Christian Borntraeger)
- allow s390 stfle instruction to be executed by guest (Christian 
Borntraeger)
- prepare memory slot data structures for multiple large page sizes
   (Joerg Roedel)
- correct missing locking in PIT/IRQCHIP/SET_BSP_CPU ioctl paths
   (Marcelo Tosatti)
- do not allow invalid mtrr/pat settings (Marcelo Tosatti)
- ignore some more AMD system configuration msrs (Andre Przywara)
- introduce module parameter for ignoring unknown msrs (Andre Przywara)
- fix ftrace build when kvm is built into the kernel
- convert powerpc marker probes to tracepoints (Marcelo Tosatti)
- drop old kvmtrace code (Marcelo Tosatti)
- document kvm_io_device locking (Michael S. Tsirkin)
- switch coalesced mmio, PIT creation, io bus to slots_lock
   (Michael S. Tsirkin)
- fix locking imbalance (Jiri Slaby)
- irq tracing
- mmio tracing
- irqfd deassign (Gregory Haskins)
- x2apic support (Gleb Natapov)
- avoid redelivery of edge triggered interrupt before next edge (Gleb 
Natapov)
   - fixes keyboard issues running Windows XP x64 smp installer
- avoid pit division by zero (Marcelo Tosatti)
- fix KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST user memory corruption (Jan Kiszka)
- drop old cr3 checks in favor of new checks (Jan Kiszka)
- mmu tracing
- basic API documentation
- ignore msi requests if level = 0 (Michael S. Tsirkin)
- ioapic/pic/msi tracing (Gleb Natapov)
- don't kick vcpu if not in guest mode (Gleb Natapov)


Notes:
     If you use the modules bundled with kvm-88, you can use any version
of Linux from 2.6.16 upwards.  You may also use kvm-88 userspace with
the kvm modules provided by Linux 2.6.25 or above.  Some features may
only be available in newer releases.


http://www.linux-kvm.org

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