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< html xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > < head > < meta http-equiv = "Content-Type" content = "text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" / > < link rel = "stylesheet" type = "text/css" href = "libvirt.css" / > < link rel = "SHORTCUT ICON" href = "/32favicon.png" / > < title > Releases< / title > < / head > < body > < div id = "container" > < div id = "intro" > < div id = "adjustments" > < / div > < div id = "pageHeader" > < / div > < div id = "content2" > < h1 class = "style1" > Releases< / h1 > < p > Here is the list of official releases, however since it is early on in the
development of libvirt, it is preferable when possible to just use the < a href = "downloads.html" > CVS version or snapshot< / a > , contact the mailing list
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and check the < a href = "ChangeLog.html" > ChangeLog< / a > to gauge progresses.< / p > < h3 > 0.2.3: Jun 8 2007< / h3 > < ul > < li > Documentation: documentation for upcoming remote access (Richard Jones),
virConnectNumOfDefinedDomains doc (Jan Michael), virsh help messages
for dumpxml and net-dumpxml (Chris Wright), < / li >
< li > Bug fixes: RelaxNG schemas regexp fix (Robin Green), RelaxNG arch bug
(Mark McLoughlin), large buffers bug fixes (Shigeki Sakamoto), error
on out of memory condition (Shigeki Sakamoto), virshStrdup fix, non-root
driver when using Xen bug (Richard Jones), use --strict-order when
running dnsmasq (Daniel Berrange), virbr0 weirdness on restart (Mark
McLoughlin), keep connection error messages (Richard Jones), increase
QEmu read buffer on help (Daniel Berrange), rpm dependance on
dnsmasq (Daniel Berrange), fix XML boot device syntax (Daniel Berrange),
QEmu memory bug (Daniel Berrange), memory leak fix (Masayuki Sunou),
fix compiler flags (Richard Jones), remove type ioemu on recent Xen
HVM for paravirt drivers (Saori Fukuta), uninitialized string bug
(Masayuki Sunou), allow init even if the daemon is not running,
XML to config fix (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > Improvements: add a special error class for the test module (Richard
Jones), virConnectGetCapabilities on proxy (Richard Jones), allow
network driver to decline usage (Richard Jones), extend error messages
for upcoming remote access (Richard Jones), on_reboot support for QEmu
(Daniel Berrange), save daemon output in a log file (Daniel Berrange),
xenXMDomainDefineXML can override guest config (Hugh Brock),
add attach-device and detach-device commands to virsh (Masayuki Sunou
and Mark McLoughlin and Richard Jones), make virGetVersion case
insensitive and Python bindings (Richard Jones), new scheduler API
(Atsushi SAKAI), localizations updates, add logging option for virsh
(Nobuhiro Itou), allow arguments to be passed to bootloader (Hugh Brock),
increase the test suite (Daniel Berrange and Hugh Brock)< / li >
< li > Cleanups: Remove VIR_DRV_OPEN_QUIET (Richard Jones), disable xm_internal.c
for Xen > 3.0.3 (Daniel Berrange), unused fields in _virDomain (Richard
Jones), export __virGetDomain and __virGetNetwork for libvirtd only
(Richard Jones), ignore old VNC config for HVM on recent Xen (Daniel
Berrange), various code cleanups, -Werror cleanup (Hugh Brock)< / li >
< / ul > < h3 > 0.2.2: Apr 17 2007< / h3 > < ul > < li > Documentation: fix errors due to Amaya (with Simon Hernandez),
2007-04-27 15:39:20 +00:00
virsh uses kB not bytes (Atsushi SAKAI), add command line help to
qemud (Richard Jones), xenUnifiedRegister docs (Atsushi SAKAI),
strings typos (Nikolay Sivov), ilocalization probalem raised by
Thomas Canniot< / li >
< li > Bug fixes: virsh memory values test (Masayuki Sunou), operations without
libvirt_qemud (Atsushi SAKAI), fix spec file (Florian La Roche, Jeremy
Katz, Michael Schwendt),
direct hypervisor call (Atsushi SAKAI), buffer overflow on qemu
networking command (Daniel Berrange), buffer overflow in quemud (Daniel
Berrange), virsh vcpupin bug (Masayuki Sunou), host PAE detections
and strcuctures size (Richard Jones), Xen PAE flag handling (Daniel
Berrange), bridged config configuration (Daniel Berrange), erroneous
XEN_V2_OP_SETMAXMEM value (Masayuki Sunou), memory free error (Mark
McLoughlin), set VIR_CONNECT_RO on read-only connections (S.Sakamoto),
avoid memory explosion bug (Daniel Berrange), integer overflow
for qemu CPU time (Daniel Berrange), QEMU binary path check (Daniel
Berrange)< / li >
< li > Cleanups: remove some global variables (Jim Meyering), printf-style
functions checks (Jim Meyering), better virsh error messages, increase
compiler checkings and security (Daniel Berrange), virBufferGrow usage
and docs, use calloc instead of malloc/memset, replace all sprintf by
snprintf, avoid configure clobbering user's CTAGS (Jim Meyering),
signal handler error cleanup (Richard Jones), iptables internal code
claenup (Mark McLoughlin), unified Xen driver (Richard Jones),
cleanup XPath libxml2 calls, IPTables rules tightening (Daniel
Berrange), < / li >
< li > Improvements: more regression tests on XML (Daniel Berrange), Python
bindings now generate exception in error cases (Richard Jones),
Python bindings for vir*GetAutoStart (Daniel Berrange),
handling of CD-Rom device without device name (Nobuhiro Itou),
fix hypervisor call to work with Xen 3.0.5 (Daniel Berrange),
DomainGetOSType for inactive domains (Daniel Berrange), multiple boot
devices for HVM (Daniel Berrange),
< / li >
< / ul > < h3 > 0.2.1: Mar 16 2007< / h3 > < ul > < li > Various internal cleanups (Richard Jones,Daniel Berrange,Mark McLoughlin)< / li >
< li > Bug fixes: libvirt_qemud daemon path (Daniel Berrange), libvirt
config directory (Daniel Berrange and Mark McLoughlin), memory leak
in qemud (Mark), various fixes on network support (Mark), avoid Xen
domain zombies on device hotplug errors (Daniel Berrange), various
fixes on qemud (Mark), args parsing (Richard Jones), virsh -t argument
(Saori Fukuta), avoid virsh crash on TAB key (Daniel Berrange), detect
xend operation failures (Kazuki Mizushima), don't listen on null socket
(Rich Jones), read-only socket cleanup (Rich Jones), use of vnc port 5900
(Nobuhiro Itou), assorted networking fixes (Daniel Berrange), shutoff and
shutdown mismatches (Kazuki Mizushima), unlimited memory handling
(Atsushi SAKAI), python binding fixes (Tatsuro Enokura)< / li >
< li > Build and portability fixes: IA64 fixes (Atsushi SAKAI), dependancies
and build (Daniel Berrange), fix xend port detection (Daniel
Berrange), icompile time warnings (Mark), avoid const related
compiler warnings (Daniel Berrange), automated builds (Daniel
Berrange), pointer/int mismatch (Richard Jones), configure time
selection of drivers, libvirt spec hacking (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > Add support for network autostart and init scripts (Mark McLoughlin)< / li >
< li > New API virConnectGetCapabilities() to detect the virtualization
capabilities of a host (Richard Jones)< / li >
< li > Minor improvements: qemud signal handling (Mark), don't shutdown or reboot
domain0 (Kazuki Mizushima), QEmu version autodetection (Daniel Berrange),
network UUIDs (Mark), speed up UUID domain lookups (Tatsuro Enokura and
Daniel Berrange), support for paused QEmu CPU (Daniel Berrange), keymap
VNC attribute support (Takahashi Tomohiro and Daniel Berrange), maximum
number of virtual CPU (Masayuki Sunou), virtsh --readonly option (Rich
Jones), python bindings for new functions (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > Documentation updates especially on the XML formats< / li >
< / ul > < h3 > 0.2.0: Feb 14 2007< / h3 > < ul > < li > Various internal cleanups (Mark McLoughlin, Richard Jones,
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Daniel Berrange, Karel Zak)< / li >
< li > Bug fixes: avoid a crash in connect (Daniel Berrange), virsh args
parsing (Richard Jones)< / li >
2007-02-14 18:08:45 +00:00
< li > Add support for QEmu and KVM virtualization (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > Add support for network configuration (Mark McLoughlin)< / li >
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< li > Minor improvements: regression testing (Daniel Berrange),
localization string updates< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.11: Jan 22 2007< / h3 > < ul > < li > Finish XML < -> XM config files support< / li >
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< li > Remove memory leak when freeing virConf objects< / li >
< li > Finishing inactive domain support (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > Added a Relax-NG schemas to check XML instances< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.10: Dec 20 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > more localizations< / li >
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< li > bug fixes: VCPU info breakages on xen 3.0.3, xenDaemonListDomains buffer overflow (Daniel Berrange), reference count bug when creating Xen domains (Daniel Berrange).< / li >
< li > improvements: support graphic framebuffer for Xen paravirt (Daniel Berrange), VNC listen IP range support (Daniel Berrange), support for default Xen config files and inactive domains of 3.0.4 (Daniel Berrange).< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.9: Nov 29 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > python bindings: release interpeter lock when calling C (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
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< li > don't raise HTTP error when looking informations for a domain< / li >
< li > some refactoring to use the driver for all entry points< / li >
< li > better error reporting (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > fix OS reporting when running as non-root< / li >
< li > provide XML parsing errors< / li >
< li > extension of the test framework (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > fix the reconnect regression test< / li >
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< li > python bindings: Domain instances now link to the Connect to avoid garbage collection and disconnect< / li >
< li > separate the notion of maximum memory and current use at the XML level< / li >
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< li > Fix a memory leak (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > add support for shareable drives< / li >
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< li > add support for non-bridge style networking configs for guests(Daniel Berrange)< / li >
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< li > python bindings: fix unsigned long marshalling (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
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< li > new config APIs virConfNew() and virConfSetValue() to build configs from scratch< / li >
2006-11-29 13:03:24 +00:00
< li > hot plug device support based on Michel Ponceau patch< / li >
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< li > added support for inactive domains, new APIs, various associated cleanup (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
2006-11-29 13:03:24 +00:00
< li > special device model for HVM guests (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > add API to dump core of domains (but requires a patched xend)< / li >
< li > pygrub bootloader informations take over < os> informations< / li >
< li > updated the localization strings< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.8: Oct 16 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > Bug for system with page size != 4k< / li >
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< li > vcpu number initialization (Philippe Berthault)< / li >
< li > don't label crashed domains as shut off (Peter Vetere)< / li >
< li > fix virsh man page (Noriko Mizumoto)< / li >
< li > blktapdd support for alternate drivers like blktap (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > memory leak fixes (xend interface and XML parsing) (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > compile fix< / li >
< li > mlock/munlock size fixes (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > improve error reporting< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.7: Sep 29 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > fix a memory bug on getting vcpu informations from xend (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
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< li > fix another problem in the hypercalls change in Xen changeset
86d26e6ec89b when getting domain informations (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.6: Sep 22 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > Support for localization of strings using gettext (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
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< li > Support for new Xen-3.0.3 cdrom and disk configuration (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > Support for setting VNC port when creating domains with new
xend config files (Daniel Berrange) < / li >
2006-09-22 09:58:17 +00:00
< li > Fix bug when running against xen-3.0.2 hypercalls (Jim Fehlig)< / li >
< li > Fix reconnection problem when talking directly to http xend< / li >
2007-04-18 09:58:35 +00:00
< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.5: Sep 5 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > Support for new hypercalls change in Xen changeset 86d26e6ec89b< / li >
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< li > bug fixes: virParseUUID() was wrong, netwoking for paravirt guestsi
(Daniel Berrange), virsh on non-existent domains (Daniel Berrange),
string cast bug when handling error in python (Pete Vetere), HTTP
500 xend error code handling (Pete Vetere and Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > improvements: test suite for SEXPR < -> XML format conversions (Daniel
Berrange), virsh output regression suite (Daniel Berrange), new environ
variable VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI for the default URI when connecting
(Daniel Berrange), graphical console support for paravirt guests
(Jeremy Katz), parsing of simple Xen config files (with Daniel Berrange),
early work on defined (not running) domains (Daniel Berrange),
virsh output improvement (Daniel Berrange< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.4: Aug 16 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > bug fixes: spec file fix (Mark McLoughlin), error report problem (with
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Hugh Brock), long integer in Python bindings (with Daniel Berrange), XML
generation bug for CDRom (Daniel Berrange), bug whem using number() XPath
function (Mark McLoughlin), fix python detection code, remove duplicate
initialization errors (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > improvements: UUID in XML description (Peter Vetere), proxy code
cleanup, virtual CPU and affinity support + virsh support (Michel
Ponceau, Philippe Berthault, Daniel Berrange), port and tty informations
for console in XML (Daniel Berrange), added XML dump to driver and proxy
support (Daniel Berrange), extention of boot options with support for
floppy and cdrom (Daniel Berrange), features block in XML to report/ask
PAE, ACPI, APIC for HVM domains (Daniel Berrange), fail saide-effect
operations when using read-only connection, large improvements to test
driver (Daniel Berrange) < / li >
2006-08-16 17:58:23 +00:00
< li > documentation: spelling (Daniel Berrange), test driver examples.< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.3: Jul 11 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > bugfixes: build as non-root, fix xend access when root, handling of
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empty XML elements (Mark McLoughlin), XML serialization and parsing fixes
(Mark McLoughlin), allow to create domains without disk (Mark
McLoughlin),< / li >
< li > improvement: xenDaemonLookupByID from O(n^2) to O(n) (Daniel Berrange),
support for fully virtualized guest (Jim Fehlig, DV, Mark McLoughlin)< / li >
2006-07-11 16:57:03 +00:00
< li > documentation: augmented to cover hvm domains< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.2: Jul 3 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > headers include paths fixup< / li >
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< li > proxy mechanism for unpriviledged read-only access by httpu< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.1: Jun 21 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > building fixes: ncurses fallback (Jim Fehlig), VPATH builds (Daniel P.
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Berrange)< / li >
< li > driver cleanups: new entry points, cleanup of libvirt.c (with Daniel P.
Berrange)< / li >
2006-07-10 13:13:39 +00:00
< li > Cope with API change introduced in Xen changeset 10277< / li >
< li > new test driver for regression checks (Daniel P. Berrange)< / li >
2007-03-22 15:17:31 +00:00
< li > improvements: added UUID to XML serialization, buffer usage (Karel
Zak), --connect argument to virsh (Daniel P. Berrange),< / li >
< li > bug fixes: uninitialized memory access in error reporting, S-Expr
parsing (Jim Fehlig, Jeremy Katz), virConnectOpen bug, remove a TODO in
xs_internal.c< / li >
< li > documentation: Python examples (David Lutterkort), new Perl binding
URL, man page update (Karel Zak)< / li >
2007-04-18 09:58:35 +00:00
< / ul > < h3 > 0.1.0: Apr 10 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > building fixes: --with-xen-distdir option (Ronald Aigner), out of tree
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build and pkginfo cflag fix (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > enhancement and fixes of the XML description format (David Lutterkort
and Jim Fehlig)< / li >
2006-04-10 14:15:33 +00:00
< li > new APIs: for Node information and Reboot< / li >
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< li > internal code cleanup: refactoring internals into a driver model, more
error handling, structure sharing, thread safety and ref counting< / li >
< li > bug fixes: error message (Jim Meyering), error allocation in virsh (Jim
Meyering), virDomainLookupByID (Jim Fehlig),< / li >
< li > documentation: updates on architecture, and format, typo fix (Jim
Meyering)< / li >
< li > bindings: exception handling in examples (Jim Meyering), perl ones out
of tree (Daniel Berrange)< / li >
< li > virsh: more options, create, nodeinfo (Karel Zak), renaming of some
options (Karel Zak), use stderr only for errors (Karel Zak), man page
(Andrew Puch)< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.0.6: Feb 28 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > add UUID lookup and extract API< / li >
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< li > add error handling APIs both synchronous and asynchronous< / li >
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< li > added minimal hook for error handling at the python level, improved the
python bindings< / li >
2006-02-28 14:22:33 +00:00
< li > augment the documentation and tests to cover error handling< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.0.5: Feb 23 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > Added XML description parsing, dependance to libxml2, implemented the
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creation API virDomainCreateLinux()< / li >
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< li > new APIs to lookup and name domain by UUID< / li >
< li > fixed the XML dump when using the Xend access< / li >
< li > Fixed a few more problem related to the name change< / li >
< li > Adding regression tests in python and examples in C< / li >
2007-03-22 15:17:31 +00:00
< li > web site improvement, extended the documentation to cover the XML
format and Python API< / li >
2006-02-23 10:42:29 +00:00
< li > Added devhelp help for Gnome/Gtk programmers< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.0.4: Feb 10 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > Fix various bugs introduced in the name change< / li >
< / ul > < h3 > 0.0.3: Feb 9 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > Switch name from from 'libvir' to libvirt< / li >
2006-02-10 08:43:31 +00:00
< li > Starting infrastructure to add code examples< / li >
< li > Update of python bindings for completeness< / li >
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< / ul > < h3 > 0.0.2: Jan 29 2006< / h3 > < ul > < li > Update of the documentation, web site redesign (Diana Fong)< / li >
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< li > integration of HTTP xend RPC based on libxend by Anthony Liquori for
most operations< / li >
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< li > Adding Save and Restore APIs< / li >
< li > extended the virsh command line tool (Karel Zak)< / li >
< li > remove xenstore transactions (Anthony Liguori)< / li >
< li > fix the Python bindings bug when domain and connections where freed< / li >
2007-04-18 09:58:35 +00:00
< / ul > < h3 > 0.0.1: Dec 19 2005< / h3 > < ul > < li > First release< / li >
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< li > Basic management of existing Xen domains< / li >
< li > Minimal autogenerated Python bindings< / li >
2007-06-29 12:44:57 +00:00
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