- Update to v5.0.0: See http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/5.0
Take note that ongoing feature deprecation is tracked at both
http://wiki.qemu-project.org/Features/LegacyRemoval and in
the deprecated.html file installed with the qemu package
Some noteworthy changes:
* x86: EPYC-Rome vcpu model
* x86: vcpu model fixes for EPYC, Denverton, and Icelake-Server
* s390: (as previously mentioned) Protected Virtualization support:
start and control guest in secure mode (bsc#1167075 jsc#SLE-7407)
* s390: support for Adapter Interrupt Suppression while running in
KVM mode
* PowerPC: pseries: NVDIMMs with file backend supported
* PowerPC: powernv: KVM guests now runnable under TCG emulation
* PowerPC: powernv: Basic POWER10 support
* ARM: new boards: tacoma-bmc, Netduindo Plus 2, Orangepi PC
* ARM: 'virt' machine now supports vTPM and virtio-iommu devices
* ARM:Cortex-M7 CPU support
* ARM: Lots of architecture features now emulated
* ARM: TPM supported
* ARM: Timekeeping improvements
* ARM: LOTS more - refer to upstream changelog
* virtio-iommu
* VNC compatibility with noVNC improved
* Support for using memory backends for main/"built-in" guest RAM
* hostmem backends can now specify prealloc thread count
* Better Azure compatibility of VHD images
* Ceph namespaces supported
* Compress block filter driver can create compressed backup images
* virtiofsd availble for host filesystem passthrough
* Improved html based documentation is provided with this release
* Live migration support for external processes running on QEMU D-Bus
* Patches dropped (upstream unless otherwise noted):
i386-Add-MSR-feature-bit-for-MDS-NO.patch
i386-Add-macro-for-stibp.patch
i386-Add-new-CPU-model-Cooperlake.patch
arm-arm-powerctl-set-NSACR.-CP11-CP10-bi.patch
iotests-Skip-test-060-if-it-is-not-possi.patch
iotests-Skip-test-079-if-it-is-not-possi.patch
Revert-qemu-options.hx-Update-for-reboot.patch
iotests-Provide-a-function-for-checking-.patch
Fix-double-free-issue-in-qemu_set_log_fi.patch
iotests-Fix-IMGOPTSSYNTAX-for-nbd.patch
virtio-blk-fix-out-of-bounds-access-to-b.patch
block-Activate-recursively-even-for-alre.patch
i386-Resolve-CPU-models-to-v1-by-default.patch
numa-properly-check-if-numa-is-supported.patch
vhost-user-gpu-Drop-trailing-json-comma.patch
display-bochs-display-fix-memory-leak.patch
hw-arm-smmuv3-Apply-address-mask-to-line.patch
hw-arm-smmuv3-Correct-SMMU_BASE_ADDR_MAS.patch
hw-arm-smmuv3-Check-stream-IDs-against-a.patch
hw-arm-smmuv3-Align-stream-table-base-ad.patch
hw-arm-smmuv3-Use-correct-bit-positions-.patch
hw-arm-smmuv3-Report-F_STE_FETCH-fault-a.patch
block-Add-bdrv_qapi_perm_to_blk_perm.patch
blkdebug-Allow-taking-unsharing-permissi.patch
virtio-add-ability-to-delete-vq-through-.patch
virtio-update-queue-size-on-guest-write.patch
virtio-don-t-enable-notifications-during.patch
numa-Extend-CLI-to-provide-initiator-inf.patch
numa-Extend-CLI-to-provide-memory-latenc.patch
numa-Extend-CLI-to-provide-memory-side-c.patch
hmat-acpi-Build-Memory-Proximity-Domain-.patch
hmat-acpi-Build-System-Locality-Latency-.patch
hmat-acpi-Build-Memory-Side-Cache-Inform.patch
tests-numa-Add-case-for-QMP-build-HMAT.patch
qcow2-bitmaps-fix-qcow2_can_store_new_di.patch
backup-top-Begin-drain-earlier.patch
virtio-mmio-update-queue-size-on-guest-w.patch
virtio-net-delete-also-control-queue-whe.patch
intel_iommu-a-fix-to-vtd_find_as_from_bu.patch
target-i386-Add-new-bit-definitions-of-M.patch
target-i386-Add-missed-features-to-Coope.patch
hw-i386-pc-fix-regression-in-parsing-vga.patch
migration-test-ppc64-fix-FORTH-test-prog.patch
target-arm-Return-correct-IL-bit-in-merg.patch
target-arm-Set-ISSIs16Bit-in-make_issinf.patch
runstate-ignore-finishmigrate-prelaunch-.patch
migration-Rate-limit-inside-host-pages.patch
m68k-Fix-regression-causing-Single-Step-.patch
Revert-vnc-allow-fall-back-to-RAW-encodi.patch
vnc-prioritize-ZRLE-compression-over-ZLI.patch
target-i386-kvm-initialize-feature-MSRs-.patch
s390x-adapter-routes-error-handling.patch
iscsi-Cap-block-count-from-GET-LBA-STATU.patch
block-backup-fix-memory-leak-in-bdrv_bac.patch
tpm-ppi-page-align-PPI-RAM.patch
hw-intc-arm_gicv3_kvm-Stop-wrongly-progr.patch
target-arm-fix-TCG-leak-for-fcvt-half-do.patch
block-fix-memleaks-in-bdrv_refresh_filen.patch
block-backup-top-fix-failure-path.patch
iotests-add-test-for-backup-top-failure-.patch
audio-oss-fix-buffer-pos-calculation.patch
target-arm-monitor-query-cpu-model-expan.patch
block-fix-crash-on-zero-length-unaligned.patch
block-Fix-VM-size-field-width-in-snapsho.patch
target-arm-Correct-definition-of-PMCRDP.patch
block-nbd-extract-the-common-cleanup-cod.patch
block-nbd-fix-memory-leak-in-nbd_open.patch
virtio-crypto-do-delete-ctrl_vq-in-virti.patch
virtio-pmem-do-delete-rq_vq-in-virtio_pm.patch
vhost-user-blk-delete-virtioqueues-in-un.patch
hw-arm-cubieboard-use-ARM-Cortex-A8-as-t.patch
pc-bios-s390x-Save-iplb-location-in-lowc.patch
iotests-Fix-nonportable-use-of-od-endian.patch
block-qcow2-threads-fix-qcow2_decompress.patch
job-refactor-progress-to-separate-object.patch
block-block-copy-fix-progress-calculatio.patch
block-io-fix-bdrv_co_do_copy_on_readv.patch
scsi-qemu-pr-helper-Fix-out-of-bounds-ac.patch
target-ppc-Fix-rlwinm-on-ppc64.patch
compat-disable-edid-on-correct-virtio-gp.patch
ppc-ppc405_boards-Remove-unnecessary-NUL.patch
block-Avoid-memleak-on-qcow2-image-info-.patch
block-bdrv_set_backing_bs-fix-use-after-.patch
hmp-vnc-Fix-info-vnc-list-leak.patch
migration-colo-fix-use-after-free-of-loc.patch
migration-ram-fix-use-after-free-of-loca.patch
qcow2-List-autoclear-bit-names-in-header.patch
sheepdog-Consistently-set-bdrv_has_zero_.patch
target-arm-Fix-PAuth-sbox-functions.patch
tcg-i386-Fix-INDEX_op_dup2_vec.patch
net-tulip-check-frame-size-and-r-w-data-.patch
target-i386-do-not-set-unsupported-VMX-s.patch
spapr-Fix-failure-path-for-attempting-to.patch
ati-vga-Fix-checks-in-ati_2d_blt-to-avoi.patch
xen-block-Fix-double-qlist-remove-and-re.patch
vpc-Don-t-round-up-already-aligned-BAT-s.patch
target-xtensa-fix-pasto-in-pfwait.r-opco.patch
aio-wait-delegate-polling-of-main-AioCon.patch
async-use-explicit-memory-barriers.patch
tcg-mips-mips-sync-encode-error.patch
vhost-user-gpu-Release-memory-returned-b.patch
vga-Raise-VRAM-to-16-MiB-for-pc-0.15-and.patch (no pc-0.15)
hw-i386-disable-smbus-migration-for-xenf.patch
s390x-Don-t-do-a-normal-reset-on-the-ini.patch
s390x-Move-reset-normal-to-shared-reset-.patch
s390x-Move-initial-reset.patch
s390x-Move-clear-reset.patch
s390x-kvm-Make-kvm_sclp_service_call-voi.patch
s390x-ipl-Consolidate-iplb-validity-chec.patch
s390x-Beautify-diag308-handling.patch
s390x-Add-missing-vcpu-reset-functions.patch
s390-sclp-improve-special-wait-psw-logic.patch
vhost-correctly-turn-on-VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_P.patch
util-add-slirp_fmt-helpers.patch
slirp-use-correct-size-while-emulating-I.patch
tcp_emu-Fix-oob-access.patch
slirp-use-correct-size-while-emulating-c.patch
tcp_emu-fix-unsafe-snprintf-usages.patch
- For SLE builds, leverage the html documentation by adding a link
to the SUSE specific support documentation (the *.txt support doc
was slightly tweaked to be acceptable as reStructuredText for
conversion to html)
docs-add-SUSE-support-statements-to-html.patch
-Fix potential DoS in ATI VGA emulation (CVE-2020-11869
bsc#1170537)
ati-vga-Fix-checks-in-ati_2d_blt-to-avoi.patch