QEMU 10.1.0
14 days ago
- #ReleaseNotes
- #SystemEmulation
- #QEMU
- Release schedule for QEMU 10.1 is in the planning phase.
- System emulation updates include removed features, deprecated options, and new CPU architectural features for Arm (FEAT_SME2, FEAT_SME2p1, etc.).
- New board models introduced: 'max78000fthr', 'ast2700fc', 'catalina-bmc', 'gb200-bmc'.
- Arm 'virt' board now supports KVM nested virtualization, ACPI PCI hotplug, and acpi-index for PCI devices.
- RISC-V updates include new ISA extensions, machine improvements, and fixes for PMP, migration, and exception handling.
- s390x updates include QOM retrieval of control program identification data and removal of deprecated machine types.
- x86 updates include TDX support in KVM and vendor-specific CPUID bit handling.
- Device emulation updates cover ACPI, network devices (passt backend), PCI/PCIe, VFIO, and virtio enhancements.
- Audio, GUI, and I/O subsystem updates include ALSA defaults, Spice/DBus support, and TCP keepalive configuration.
- Migration improvements include RDMA IPv6 support, postcopy preempt mode optimization, and VFIO multifd fixes.
- QMP and HMP updates introduce new flags for blockdev-mirror and blockdev-backup operations.
- User-mode emulation documentation updates and Rust support now requires version 1.77.
- Build and dependency updates include dropping Debian bullseye support and requiring Ninja 1.9.
- Known issues include linker errors for specific configurations and Windows-related problems.