From 40c63dcf5e2a77c52b92db126adc5bdf7125b30d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Bradford Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:59:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] build: Update for 0.14.0 release Signed-off-by: Rob Bradford --- Cargo.toml | 2 +- release-notes.md | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml index e831799e8..83c8420de 100644 --- a/Cargo.toml +++ b/Cargo.toml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ [package] name = "cloud-hypervisor" -version = "0.13.0" +version = "0.14.0" authors = ["The Cloud Hypervisor Authors"] edition = "2018" default-run = "cloud-hypervisor" diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md index f098e5c04..89977ed31 100644 --- a/release-notes.md +++ b/release-notes.md @@ -1,17 +1,26 @@ +- [v0.14.0](#v0140) + - [Structured event monitoring](#structured-event-monitoring) + - [MSHV improvements](#mshv-improvements) + - [Improved aarch64 platform](#improved-aarch64-platform) + - [Updated hotplug documentation](#updated-hotplug-documentation) + - [PTY control for serial and `virtio-console`](#pty-control-for-serial-and-virtio-console) + - [Block device rate limiting](#block-device-rate-limiting) + - [Deprecations](#deprecations) + - [Contributors](#contributors) - [v0.13.0](#v0130) - [Wider VFIO device support](#wider-vfio-device-support) - - [Improve huge page support](#improve-huge-page-support) + - [Improved huge page support](#improved-huge-page-support) - [MACvTAP support](#macvtap-support) - [VHD disk image support](#vhd-disk-image-support) - [Improved Virtio device threading](#improved-virtio-device-threading) - [Clean shutdown support via synthetic power button](#clean-shutdown-support-via-synthetic-power-button) - - [Contributors](#contributors) + - [Contributors](#contributors-1) - [v0.12.0](#v0120) - [ARM64 enhancements](#arm64-enhancements) - [Removal of `vhost-user-net` and `vhost-user-block` self spawning](#removal-of-vhost-user-net-and-vhost-user-block-self-spawning) - [Migration of `vhost-user-fs` backend](#migration-of-vhost-user-fs-backend) - [Enhanced "info" API](#enhanced-info-api) - - [Contributors](#contributors-1) + - [Contributors](#contributors-2) - [v0.11.0](#v0110) - [`io_uring` support by default for `virtio-block`](#io_uring-support-by-default-for-virtio-block) - [Windows Guest Support](#windows-guest-support) @@ -24,14 +33,14 @@ - [New `--balloon` Parameter Added](#new---balloon-parameter-added) - [Experimental `virtio-watchdog` Support](#experimental-virtio-watchdog-support) - [Notable Bug Fixes](#notable-bug-fixes) - - [Contributors](#contributors-2) + - [Contributors](#contributors-3) - [v0.10.0](#v0100) - [`virtio-block` Support for Multiple Descriptors](#virtio-block-support-for-multiple-descriptors) - [Memory Zones](#memory-zones) - [`Seccomp` Sandbox Improvements](#seccomp-sandbox-improvements) - [Preliminary KVM HyperV Emulation Control](#preliminary-kvm-hyperv-emulation-control) - [Notable Bug Fixes](#notable-bug-fixes-1) - - [Contributors](#contributors-3) + - [Contributors](#contributors-4) - [v0.9.0](#v090) - [`io_uring` Based Block Device Support](#io_uring-based-block-device-support) - [Block and Network Device Statistics](#block-and-network-device-statistics) @@ -45,7 +54,7 @@ - [Intel SGX Support](#intel-sgx-support) - [`Seccomp` Sandbox Improvements](#seccomp-sandbox-improvements-1) - [Notable Bug Fixes](#notable-bug-fixes-2) - - [Contributors](#contributors-4) + - [Contributors](#contributors-5) - [v0.8.0](#v080) - [Experimental Snapshot and Restore Support](#experimental-snapshot-and-restore-support) - [Experimental ARM64 Support](#experimental-arm64-support) @@ -54,7 +63,7 @@ - [`vhost_user_fs` Improvements](#vhost_user_fs-improvements) - [Notable Bug Fixes](#notable-bug-fixes-3) - [Command Line and API Changes](#command-line-and-api-changes) - - [Contributors](#contributors-5) + - [Contributors](#contributors-6) - [v0.7.0](#v070) - [Block, Network, Persistent Memory (PMEM), VirtioFS and Vsock hotplug](#block-network-persistent-memory-pmem-virtiofs-and-vsock-hotplug) - [Alternative `libc` Support](#alternative-libc-support) @@ -64,14 +73,14 @@ - [`Seccomp` Sandboxing](#seccomp-sandboxing) - [Updated Distribution Support](#updated-distribution-support) - [Command Line and API Changes](#command-line-and-api-changes-1) - - [Contributors](#contributors-6) + - [Contributors](#contributors-7) - [v0.6.0](#v060) - [Directly Assigned Devices Hotplug](#directly-assigned-devices-hotplug) - [Shared Filesystem Improvements](#shared-filesystem-improvements) - [Block and Networking IO Self Offloading](#block-and-networking-io-self-offloading) - [Command Line Interface](#command-line-interface) - [PVH Boot](#pvh-boot) - - [Contributors](#contributors-7) + - [Contributors](#contributors-8) - [v0.5.1](#v051) - [v0.5.0](#v050) - [Virtual Machine Dynamic Resizing](#virtual-machine-dynamic-resizing) @@ -79,7 +88,7 @@ - [New Interrupt Management Framework](#new-interrupt-management-framework) - [Development Tools](#development-tools) - [Kata Containers Integration](#kata-containers-integration) - - [Contributors](#contributors-8) + - [Contributors](#contributors-9) - [v0.4.0](#v040) - [Dynamic virtual CPUs addition](#dynamic-virtual-cpus-addition) - [Programmatic firmware tables generation](#programmatic-firmware-tables-generation) @@ -88,7 +97,7 @@ - [Userspace IOAPIC by default](#userspace-ioapic-by-default) - [PCI BAR reprogramming](#pci-bar-reprogramming) - [New `cloud-hypervisor` organization](#new-cloud-hypervisor-organization) - - [Contributors](#contributors-9) + - [Contributors](#contributors-10) - [v0.3.0](#v030) - [Block device offloading](#block-device-offloading) - [Network device backend](#network-device-backend) @@ -115,6 +124,78 @@ - [Unit testing](#unit-testing) - [Integration tests parallelization](#integration-tests-parallelization) +# v0.14.0 + +This release has been tracked through the [0.14.0 project](https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor/projects/17). + +Highlights for `cloud-hypervisor` version 0.14.0 include: + +### Structured event monitoring + +A new option was added to the VMM `--event-monitor` which reports structured +events (JSON) over a file or file descriptor at key events in the lifecycle of +the VM. The list of events is limited at the moment but will be further +extended over subsequent releases. The events exposed form part of the Cloud +Hypervisor API surface. + +### MSHV improvements + +Basic support has been added for running Windows guests atop the MSHV +hypervisor as an alternative to KVM and further improvements have been made to +the MSHV support. + +### Improved aarch64 platform + +The aarch64 platform has been enhanced with more devices exposed to the running +VM including an enhanced serial UART. + +### Updated hotplug documentation + +The documentation for the hotplug support has been updated to reflect the use +of the `ch-remote` tool and to include details of `virtio-mem` based hotplug as +well as documenting hotplug of paravirtualised and VFIO devices. + +### PTY control for serial and `virtio-console` + +The `--serial` and `--console` parameters can now direct the console to a PTY +allowing programmatic control of the console from another process through the +PTY subsystem. + +### Block device rate limiting + +The block device performance can now be constrained as part of the VM +configuration allowing rate limiting. Full details of the controls are in the +[IO throttling doumentation.](docs/io_throttling.md) + + +### Deprecations + +Deprecated features will be removed in a subsequent release and users should plan to use alternatives + +* Support for booting with the "LinuxBoot" protocol for ELF and `bzImage` + binaries has been deprecated. When using direct boot users should configure + their kernel with `CONFIG_PVH=y`. + + +### Contributors + +Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to our 0.14.0 release including +some new faces. + +Bo Chen +Henry Wang +Iggy Jackson +Jiachen Zhang +Michael Zhao +Muminul Islam +Penny Zheng +Rob Bradford +Sebastien Boeuf +Vineeth Pillai +Wei Liu +William Douglas +Zide Chen + # v0.13.0 This release has been tracked through the [0.13.0 project](https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor/projects/16). @@ -128,7 +209,7 @@ devices that do not support MSI or MSI-X and instead rely on INTx interrupts. Most notably this widens the support to most NVIDIA cards with the proprietary drivers. -### Improve huge page support +### Improved huge page support Through the addition of `hugepage_size` on `--memory` it is now possible to specify the desired size of the huge pages used when allocating the guest