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From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
To: kvm-devel <kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-30 release
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:55:13 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <469F5F31.2030809@qumranet.com> (raw)

This kvm release introduces guest smp.  I've tested 4-way Linux (64-bit 
and 32-bit) and 2-way Windows XP.  A kernel build on 2-way 64-bit Linux 
is 40% faster that on a uniprocessor guest.  Expect performance to 
improve as the in-kernel apic work is merged and as we tune kvm for smp.

Changes from kvm-29:
- minor fixes and cleanups  (Jeff Dike, Rusty Russell, me)
- kernel pio string write (Eddie Dong)
- guest smp kernel fixes
- rdmsr and wrmsr real mode emulation
- fix real mode shadow pages aliasing nx large page shadows
- enable guest smp in qemu
- fix external module installer
- revert ide enable changes that caused an I/O regression

Notes:
    If you use the modules from kvm-30, you can use any version of Linux
from 2.6.9 upwards.
    If you use the modules from Linux 2.6.20, you need to use kvm-12.
    If you use the modules from 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.

http://kvm.qumranet.com



             reply	other threads:[~2007-07-19 12:55 UTC|newest]

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2007-07-19 12:55 Avi Kivity [this message]
2007-07-19 17:09 ` [kvm-devel] [ANNOUNCE] kvm-30 release Luca

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