kvm-87 wasn't so hot due to networking not working with rtl8139 and
e1000. So kvm-88 fixes that and brings a bunch of new features
(resizable sdl windows, multiboot, x2apic, and more). Enjoy.
Changes from kvm-87:
- merge upstream qemu.git
- virtio indirect ring entries
- improves block performance for newer Linux guests
- -net tap,sndbuf=... option for improving udp performance
- msi-x support
- sdl window resize
- more flexible -net user configuration
- -cpu host to pass through all host cpu features
- multiboot support for -kernel
- fix KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID feature usage (Andre Przywara)
- fix register contents after SIPI (Gleb Natapov)
- re-enable device assignment (Markus Armbruster)
- fix ia64 build (Markus Armbruster)
- fix migration for virtio-net version > 7 (Michael S. Tsirkin)
- merge more code with upstream (Glauber Costa)
- fix vnet_hdr checks (Mark McLoughlin)
- fixes broken tap networking with rtl8139 and e1000
- move extboot to standard optionrom location (Jan Kiszka)
- emulate 32-bit syscall/sysenter instructions on 64-bit guests
(Andre Przywara)
- allows cross-vendor live migration with 32-bit userspace on 64-bit
kernel
- fix s390 memslot initialization for userspace_addr != 0
(Christian Borntraeger)
- allow s390 stfle instruction to be executed by guest (Christian
Borntraeger)
- prepare memory slot data structures for multiple large page sizes
(Joerg Roedel)
- correct missing locking in PIT/IRQCHIP/SET_BSP_CPU ioctl paths
(Marcelo Tosatti)
- do not allow invalid mtrr/pat settings (Marcelo Tosatti)
- ignore some more AMD system configuration msrs (Andre Przywara)
- introduce module parameter for ignoring unknown msrs (Andre Przywara)
- fix ftrace build when kvm is built into the kernel
- convert powerpc marker probes to tracepoints (Marcelo Tosatti)
- drop old kvmtrace code (Marcelo Tosatti)
- document kvm_io_device locking (Michael S. Tsirkin)
- switch coalesced mmio, PIT creation, io bus to slots_lock
(Michael S. Tsirkin)
- fix locking imbalance (Jiri Slaby)
- irq tracing
- mmio tracing
- irqfd deassign (Gregory Haskins)
- x2apic support (Gleb Natapov)
- avoid redelivery of edge triggered interrupt before next edge (Gleb
Natapov)
- fixes keyboard issues running Windows XP x64 smp installer
- avoid pit division by zero (Marcelo Tosatti)
- fix KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST user memory corruption (Jan Kiszka)
- drop old cr3 checks in favor of new checks (Jan Kiszka)
- mmu tracing
- basic API documentation
- ignore msi requests if level = 0 (Michael S. Tsirkin)
- ioapic/pic/msi tracing (Gleb Natapov)
- don't kick vcpu if not in guest mode (Gleb Natapov)
Notes:
If you use the modules bundled with kvm-88, you can use any version
of Linux from 2.6.16 upwards. You may also use kvm-88 userspace with
the kvm modules provided by Linux 2.6.25 or above. Some features may
only be available in newer releases.
http://www.linux-kvm.org
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