On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 06:46:14 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote: > There are some features/improvements/bug fixes I've either > contributed or reviewed/merged. Document them for upcoming > release. > > Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > NEWS.rst | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst > index 17335b3f6e..1a320c5442 100644 > --- a/NEWS.rst > +++ b/NEWS.rst > @@ -28,8 +28,42 @@ v10.6.0 (unreleased) > > * **Improvements** > > + * qemu: Set 'passt' net backend if 'default' is unsupported > + > + If QEMU is compiled without SLIRP support, and if domain XML allows it, > + starting from this release libvirt will use passt as the default backend > + instead. Also, supported backends are now reported in the domain > + capabilities XML. > + > + * qemu: Require QEMU-5.2.0 or newer > + > + The minimal required version of QEMU was bumped to 5.2.0. I'd argue that this entry belongs under "Removed features" > + > + * qemu: add a monitor to /proc/$pid when killing times out > + > + In cases when a QEMU process takes longer to be killed, libvirt might have > + skipped cleaning up after it. But now a /proc/$pid watch is installed so > + this does not happen ever again. > + > * **Bug fixes** > > + * virt-aa-helper: Allow RO access to /usr/share/edk2-ovmf > + > + When binary version of edk2 is distributed, the files reside under > + /usr/share/edk2-ovmf. Allow virt-aa-helper to generate paths under that > + directory. > + > + * virt-host-validate: Allow longer list of CPU flags > + > + During its run, virt-host-validate parses /proc/cpuinfo to learn about CPU > + flags. But due to a bug it parsed only the first 1024 bytes worth of CPU > + flags leading to unexpected results. The file is now parsed properly. > + > + * capabilities: Be more forgiving when decoding OEM strings > + > + On some systems, OEM strings are scattered in multiple sections. This > + confused libvirt when generating capabilities XML. Not anymore. > + Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>
