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+  * qemu: Add poll-weight support for iothreads
+
+    The qemu driver now supports the iothread poll-weight property,
+    which controls the weight of the most recent event interval in the
+    adaptive polling duration calculation.
+
 * **Improvements**
 
 * **Bug fixes**