RE: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-73 release

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Hi, Avi 
   Since ia64 has supported userspace's build, could we include ia64
bits in next release?  
Thanks
Xiantao

Avi Kivity wrote:
> The big change is of course full swapping support, finally delivering
> the full range of Linux memory management operations to kvm.  You will
> need a 2.6.27 host to use this functionality, however.
> 
> Other noteworthy changes: speedups of both virtio-net and qcow2 with
> cache=off.  Two important works-in-progress: device assignment (not
> usable yet, as dma support is still missing) and the real-mode
> emulation framework.
> 
> Changes from kvm-72:
> - merge qemu-svn
>    - improve qcow2 performance with cache=off
>    - ide fixes
> - ia64 external module (Xiantao Zhang)
> - external module compatibility with 2.6.27 hosts
> - fix sysenter msrs save/restore (Alexander Graf)
> - fix 2.6.26 host support (Nikola Ciprich)
> - fix linux-user build (Philippe Gerum)
> - virtio-net speedup (Mark McLoughlin)
> - fix ./configure with multiple arguments
> - support Windows hibernation on non-FlexPriority hosts
> - fix makefile dependencies (Sheng Yang)
> - fix compiler warnings (Jan Kiszka)
> - work around dhclient checksum offload brokenness (Anthony Liguori)
> - full swapping support (Andrea Arcangeli)
>    - needs 2.6.27 hosts
> - internal irq ack notification api
>    (Marcelo Tosatti, Amit Shah, Ben-Ami Yassour, me)
> - fix pit timer interrupt injection logic (Marcelo Tosatti)
> - paravirt guest: query tsc frequency from host (Glauber Costa)
> - pci device assignment (Amit Shah, Ben-Ami Yassour, Weidong Han)
>    - still lacking dma
> - fix large page crash on z10 mainframes (Christian Borntraeger)
> - stack usage reduction (Dave Hansen, Sheng Yang)
> - code cleanup (Sheng Yang)
> - fix debug register corruption on Intel hosts (Marcelo Tosatti)
> - fix -no-kvm-irqchip
> - fix irq acking on pic reset (Marcelo Tosatti)
> - ignore spurious timer interrupt acks
> - limit device assignment to privileged user (Amit Shah)
> - big real mode emulation framework (Mohammed Gamal)
> - simpify irq injection (Amit Shah)
> - dummy irq ack notifier for ia64 (Xiantao Zhang)
> 
> 
> Notes:
>      If you use the modules bundled with kvm-73, you can use any
> version of Linux from 2.6.16 upwards.  You may also use kvm-73
> userspace with the kvm modules provided by Linux 2.6.22 or above. 
> Some features may only be available in newer releases.
> 
> http://kvm.qumranet.com
> 
> 
> --
> error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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