From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Kiszka Subject: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-kmod-2.6.33-rc6 Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:40:12 +0100 Message-ID: <4B6460EC.3020801@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigC1EF469D43AFFD8DA52DD38B" To: kvm Return-path: Received: from fmmailgate02.web.de ([217.72.192.227]:45944 "EHLO fmmailgate02.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752731Ab0A3Qke (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:40:34 -0500 Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate02.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DF5314CDB519 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:40:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from [88.65.46.217] (helo=[192.168.1.10]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (WEB.DE 4.110 #314) id 1NbGMr-0001jT-00 for kvm@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:40:17 +0100 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigC1EF469D43AFFD8DA52DD38B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The update queue for 2.6.33 is empty, so it's time to role out the first kvm-kmod -rc package for this upcoming kernel. Find the list of KVM enhancements below, but also the two feature reductions of kvm-kmod that this step required. However, they are not expected to cause any pain for the vast majority of users. The download is available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/kvm/files/kvm-kmod/2.6.33-rc6/kvm-kmod-2= =2E6.33-rc6.tar.bz2/download Major KVM changes since kvm-kmod-2.6.32.7: - improved kernel context switching speed - better interoperation with other users of virtualization extensions - improved irq scaling - nested SVM improvements - improved cpufreq integration - spin loop detection on newer hardware - adjustable paravirtual clock - Xen PV-on-HVM guest support - paravitual MMU is no longer advertised - further improvements of x86 emulator kvm-kmod changes: - Drop workaround for !CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS for >=3D 2.6.33 (due to technical conflict, but upcoming distro kernels are likely shipping with CONFIG_KVM=3Dm which enables them) - Disable ioeventfd and irqfd for host kernels < 2.6.33 (no users expected + there is an unfixable race in older kernels) Jan --------------enigC1EF469D43AFFD8DA52DD38B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktkYPAACgkQitSsb3rl5xQPjwCfWVIse0OBoJjRSjIXjl1Dkfez bU8AnjJrtia3HiA1reYWFAkluFHBVsQ1 =vsF4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigC1EF469D43AFFD8DA52DD38B--