diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index 8ef9da78b7..76d11040bd 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -45,8 +45,40 @@ sparseness. + + + I/O APIC type can be specified for QEMU/KVM domains + + + The ioapic tag was added to domain + features, so the type of the I/O APIC can now + be specified (e.g. putting it in userspace for KVM domains). + + + + + The reason for VM shutdown is reported, if known + + + QEMU 2.10 will be able to report the reason for shutting + down (whether that was caused by the guest or not), and + libvirt is prepared for that and reports that information in + its shutdown event as well, if it is known. + +
+ + + Repository now has new README.md file + + + The new file uses markdown syntax, so it looks better on + github and possibly other web pages, but it has also more + useful information. The old README is now symlink to the + new file. + + qemu: Use GICv2 by default for aarch64/virt TCG guests @@ -69,6 +101,89 @@ fc_remote_port sub-capability to SCSI target devices. + + + Node devices now report Mediated device capabilities + + + Endpoint devices support new mdev capability + and their parents now report the supported types in new + mdev_types capability. + + + + + Capabilities now report information about host caches + + + If supported in the kernel, host capabilities will now list + L3 caches. The code for other levels was added as well, but + only L3 caches are reported currently. + + + + + POWER9 CPU model was added + + + It is now properly reported in host capabilities. + + + + + libxl: NUMA sibling distances are now reported in host capabilities + + + + + VMDK version 3 files are now properly detected + + + + + Interrupt remapping and Extended interrupt mode for IOMMU devices + + + These two new features can now be controlled with new + <driver intremap='on/off' eim='on/off'/> + tag for iommu devices. + + + + + Graphics in libxl domains now have default addresses + + + Even though there were default addresses before this change, + they were not saved in the XML. It is now possible to see + and control the listen addresses properly. + + + + + Default USB controllers are now added for devices in libxl domains + + + Even though they were added automatically when USB device + was attached, they could've been missing in some other + cases. The logic is now fixed so there are always USB + controllers, even if there was none of them in the specified + XML. + + + + + Limits for RPC messages were increased + + + Hitting the RPC limits we have is easier every day, so they + were increased once again and some guessing logic was + improved as well. It is now possible to get more stats than + ever using the virConnectGetAllDomainStats() + call and push through even bigger requests and replies for + all APIs. + +
@@ -80,6 +195,52 @@ they don't exist. We've missed this one. + + + PCIe 4.0 cards now report proper link speeds + + + It could happen that the link speed for PCIe devices was not + properly reported or the nodedev-dumpxml just failed. That + was due to mistake in the field width, but should now work + properly. + + + + + qemu: Do not report errors on shutdown + + + For some users, in some rare cases, it could happen that + there was an error message "internal error: End of file from + qemu monitor" in the logs even though no problem happened. + The detection of these false positives was improved and such + errors should not show any more. + + + + + User-specified UNIX socket paths for virtio channels should not be reset + + + It could happen, in some cases, that libvirt would mistake a + user-specified path for its own generated one and thus + remove it from the XML. The detection of such addresses was + improved now. + + + + + Fix address reservation during RNG hot-plug + + + When error occurred in a specific point in time during the + hot-plug of an RNG device, it could happen that an address + was released even though another device was already using + it, making it possible to hot-plug another device with that + address, effectively having duplicated addresses in the XML. + +