- Update to version 9.0.0:
Full changelog here:
https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/9.0
Highlights include:
* block: virtio-blk now supports multiqueue where different queues of a
single disk can be processed by different I/O threads
* gdbstub: various improvements such as catching syscalls in user-mode,
support for fork-follow modes, and support for siginfo:read
* memory: preallocation of memory backends can now be handled
concurrently using multiple threads in some cases
* migration: support for "mapped-ram" capability allowing for more
efficient VM snapshots, improved support for zero-page detection, and
checkpoint-restart support for VFIO
* ARM: architectural feature support for ECV (Enhanced Counter Virtualization),
NV (Nested Virtualization), and NV2 (Enhanced Nested
Virtualization)
* ARM: board support for B-L475E-IOT01A IoT node, mp3-an536 (MPS3 dev board
+ AN536 firmware), and raspi4b (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B)
* ARM: additional IO/disk/USB/SPI/ethernet controller and timer support for
Freescale i.MX6, Allwinner R40, Banana Pi, npcm7xxx, and virt boards
* HPPA: numerous bug fixes and SeaBIOS-hppa firmware updated to version 16
* LoongArch: KVM acceleration support, including LSX/LASX vector
extensions
* RISC-V: ISA/extension support for Zacas, amocas, RVA22 profiles,
Zaamo, Zalrsc, Ztso, and more
* RISC-V: SMBIOS support for RISC-V virt machine, ACPI support for
SRAT, SLIT, AIA, PLIC and updated RHCT table support, and numerous fixes
* s390x: Emulation support for CVDG, CVB, CVBY and CVBG instructions,
and fixes for LAE (Load Address Extended) emulation
* and lots more...
- Update to version 8.2.4. Full changelog/backports here:
https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1715632914.382233.1013785.nullmailer@tls.msk.ru/
Some of the upstream backports are:
target/sh4: Fix SUBV opcode
target/sh4: Fix ADDV opcode
hw/arm/npcm7xx: Store derivative OTP fuse key in little endian
hw/dmax/xlnx_dpdma: fix handling of address_extension descriptor fields
hw/ufs: Fix buffer overflow bug
tests/avocado: update sunxi kernel from armbian to 6.6.16
target/loongarch/cpu.c: typo fix: expection
backends/cryptodev-builtin: Fix local_error leaks
nbd/server: Mark negotiation functions as coroutine_fn
nbd/server: do not poll within a coroutine context
linux-user: do_setsockopt: fix SOL_ALG.ALG_SET_KEY
target/riscv/kvm: change timer regs size to u64
target/riscv/kvm: change KVM_REG_RISCV_FP_D to u64
target/riscv/kvm: change KVM_REG_RISCV_FP_F to u32
...
- Fixes:
* [openSUSE][RPM] Prioritize PA over PipeWire in SLE (bsc#1222218)
* [openSUSE][RPM] Hostname normalization (for repr. build ) done properly (boo#1084909)