From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Kiszka Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] qemu-kvm-1.2.0 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:02:58 +0200 Message-ID: <504DBAD2.30700@siemens.com> References: <504DB87F.6070209@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm To: Avi Kivity Return-path: Received: from david.siemens.de ([192.35.17.14]:19270 "EHLO david.siemens.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751315Ab2IJKDE (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:03:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: <504DB87F.6070209@redhat.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2012-09-10 11:53, Avi Kivity wrote: > qemu-kvm-1.2.0 is now available. This release is based on the upstream > qemu 1.2.0, plus kvm-specific enhancements. Please see the > original QEMU 1.2.0 release announcement [1] for details. To be more precise about the kvm-specific enhancements: The only major difference is now PCI passthrough. Beyond that, there are smaller differences like old special command-line switches (for which upstream equivalents exist), some adjustments that allow migration from older qemu-kvm versions (cannot be merged upstream), and the test device for kvm unit tests. That's it. IOW: Anyone who can reboot his/her guests for an upgrade and doesn't depend on PCI passthrough can safely use upstream QEMU 1.2. Jan > > This release can be used with the kvm kernel modules provided by your > distribution kernel, or by the modules in the kvm-kmod package, such > as kvm-kmod-3.5. > > http://www.linux-kvm.org > > [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-09/msg00506.html -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RTC ITP SDP-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux