- Update to v5.1.0: See http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/5.1
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:
* s390: Protected virtualization (secure execute) is fully merged
upstream
* s390: vfio-ccw devices no longer require setting the allow
prefetch bit in the ORB, but is still dependent on host kernel
support
* s390: vfio-ccw now has basic support for relaying path state
changes to the guest
* PowerPC: pseries: NVDIMMs require label-size property
* PowerPC: pseries: POWER10 support
* PowerPC: added interface to inject POWER style NMIs
* ARM: new board: sonorapass-bmc
* ARM: new emulated features: ARMv8.2-TTSUXN, ARMv8.5-MemTag
* ARM: Raspberry Pi boards now support a USB controller
* ARM: virt board now supports hot-remove memory
* RISC-V lots of improvements
* qemu-img resize now requires -shrink to shrinking raw images
* The mem parameter of the -numa option is no longer recognized
starting with 5.1 machine types - instead use the memdev parameter
* The ACPI WAET table is now exposed to guests
* The max blocksize for virtual storage device is now 2 MiB
* NVMe improvements
* Crypto subsystem improvements
* Block backends and tools: Numerous improvements and fixes
* Firmware updates: SeaBIOS (essentially v1.14.0), OpenBIOS, SLOF
(20200717), OpenSBI (v0.7)
* Patches dropped (upstream unless otherwise noted):
ati-vga-check-mm_index-before-recursive-.patch
audio-fix-wavcapture-segfault.patch
es1370-check-total-frame-count-against-c.patch
exec-set-map-length-to-zero-when-returni.patch
gcc10-maybe-uninitialized.patch
hw-vfio-pci-quirks-Fix-broken-legacy-IGD.patch
megasas-use-unsigned-type-for-reply_queu.patch
nbd-server-Avoid-long-error-message-asse.patch
ppc-spapr_caps-Don-t-disable-cap_cfpc-on.patch
s390x-Add-SIDA-memory-ops.patch
s390x-Add-unpack-facility-feature-to-GA1.patch
s390x-Move-diagnose-308-subcodes-and-rcs.patch
s390x-protvirt-Add-migration-blocker.patch
s390x-protvirt-Disable-address-checks-fo.patch
s390x-protvirt-Handle-SIGP-store-status-.patch
s390x-protvirt-Inhibit-balloon-when-swit.patch
s390x-protvirt-KVM-intercept-changes.patch
s390x-protvirt-Move-diag-308-data-over-S.patch
s390x-protvirt-Move-IO-control-structure.patch
s390x-protvirt-Move-STSI-data-over-SIDAD.patch
s390x-protvirt-SCLP-interpretation.patch
s390x-protvirt-Set-guest-IPL-PSW.patch
s390x-protvirt-Support-unpack-facility.patch
s390x-s390-virtio-ccw-Fix-build-on-syste.patch
Sync-pv.patch
tests-Disable-some-block-tests-for-now.patch (no longer needed)
vga-fix-cirrus-bios.patch
virtiofsd-add-rlimit-nofile-NUM-option.patch
virtiofsd-stay-below-fs.file-max-sysctl-.patch
* Patches renamed:
build-Do-not-apply-WORKAROUND_CFLAGS-for.patch
-> Do-not-apply-WORKAROUND_CFLAGS-for-host-.patch
build-Fix-s-directive-argument-is-null-e.patch
-> Fix-s-directive-argument-is-null-error.patch
* Patches added:
hw-hyperv-vmbus-Fix-32bit-compilation.patch
- New subpackages, due to modularization: qemu-chardev-baum,
qemu-hw-display-qxl, qemu-hw-usb-redirect, qemu-hw-usb-smartcard
- Configure to use "system" libslirp and libdaxctl (libnvdimm)
when available
- Don't disable cap_cfpc on POWER8 by default (bsc#1174374)
ppc-spapr_caps-Don-t-disable-cap_cfpc-on.patch