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Virtualization Package Versions
Package F9 Release F9 Updates (20081003) Rawhide F10 Release Rel Notes
kvm 65-1 65-9 74-4 http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/ChangeLog
libvirt 0.4.2-1 0.4.6-2 0.4.6-3 http://www.libvirt.org/news.html
python-virtinst 0.300.3-5 0.300.3-7 0.400.0-1
virt-df n/a 2.1.1-8 2.1.3-2 http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/
virt-manager 0.5.4-3 0.5.4-4 0.6.0-1 http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/download.html
virt-mem n/a n/a 0.6.0-1 http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-mem/faq.html alpha qaulity - 32bit QEMU and KVM only
virt-top 0.4.1.1-1 1.0.1-4 1.0.1-2 http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top/ChangeLog.txt
virt-viewer 0.0.3-1 n/a 0.0.3-3
xen 3.2.0-10 3.2.0-15 3.3.0-1 http://www.xen.org/download/
xenner 0.29-2 0.41-1 0.46-1 http://cvs.bytesex.org/xenner.html

Other Improvements

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libvirt Updated to 0.4.6
Xen Updated to 3.3.0

This is a major new release with a host of new features including:

  • Power management (P & C states) in the hypervisor
  • HVM emulation domains ('qemu-on-minios') for better scalability, performance and security
  • PVGrub: boot PV kernels using real GRUB inside the PV domain
  • Better PV performance: domain lock removed from pagetable-update paths
  • Shadow3: optimisations to make this the best shadow pagetable algorithm yet, making HVM performance better than ever
  • Hardware Assisted Paging enhancements: 2MB page support for better TLB locality
  • CPUID feature levelling: allows safe domain migration across systems with different CPU models.
  • PVSCSI drivers for SCSI access direct into PV guests
  • HVM framebuffer optimisations: scan for framebuffer updates more efficiently
  • Device passthrough enhancements
  • Full x86 real-mode emulation for HVM guests on Intel VT: supports a much wider range of legacy guest OSes
  • New qemu merge with upstream development
  • Many other changes in both x86 and IA64 ports

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