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4	<para>
5	<sect1>
6	<title>Version 4.0.0 (2010-xx-xx)</title>
7
8	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
9	were added:</para>
10
11	<itemizedlist>
12
13	<listitem>
14	<para>Language bindings: implemented uniform Java bindings for both local
15	(COM/XPCOM) and remote (SOAP) invocation APIs</para>
16	</listitem>
17
18	<listitem>
19	<para>Open Virtualization Format Archive (OVA) support</para>
20	</listitem>
21
22	<listitem>
23	<para>VMM: Support more than 1.5/2 GB guest RAM on 32-bit hosts</para>
24	</listitem>
25
26	<listitem>
27	<para>Windows Additions: Support for automatic updating Guest Additions
28	(only already installed Windows Guest Additions 4.0 and later)</para>
29	</listitem>
30
31	<listitem>
32	<para>Guest Additions: Support for copying files from host to the guest</para>
33	</listitem>
34
35	</itemizedlist>
36
37	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
38
39	<itemizedlist>
40
41	<listitem>
42	<para>VMM: Enable large page support by default on 64-bit hosts
43	(applies to nested paging only)</para>
44	</listitem>
45
46	<listitem>
47	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when running Minix (VT-x only; bug #6557)</para>
48	</listitem>
49
50	<listitem>
51	<para>Settings: Deleting a machine now automatically deletes all
52	snapshots and saved states as well, it is no longer necessary
53	to manually delete snapshots first; VBoxManage unregistervm --delete
54	can do the same now</para>
55	</listitem>
56
57	<listitem>
58	<para>Snapshots: Implement deleting the last remaining snapshot while
59	the VM is running.</para>
60	</listitem>
61
62	<listitem>
63	<para>Guest Additions: Shared Folders now can be marked as being auto-mounted
64	on Windows, Linux and Solaris guests</para>
65	</listitem>
66
67	<listitem>
68	<para>Windows Additions: automatic logon on Windows Vista/Windows 7 is now able
69	to handle renamed user accounts; added various bugfixes</para>
70	</listitem>
71
72	<listitem>
73	<para>3D support: allow use of <emphasis>CR_SYSTEM_GL_PATH</emphasis>
74	again (bug #6864)</para>
75	</listitem>
76
77	<listitem>
78	<para>3D support: fix host assertion for some mt guest apps (bug #5236)</para>
79	</listitem>
80
81	<listitem>
82	<para>3D support: fixed host crashes with nvidia drivers on wddm startup</para>
83	</listitem>
84
85	<listitem>
86	<para>3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 32bit apps under 64bit Windows guests</para>
87	</listitem>
88
89	<listitem>
90	<para>3D support: fixed various clipping/visibility issues (bugs #5659,
91	#5794, #5848, #6018, #6187, #6570)</para>
92	</listitem>
93
94	<listitem>
95	<para>3D support: guest application stack corruption when using
96	glGetVertexAttrib[ifd]v (bug #7395)</para>
97	</listitem>
98
99	<listitem>
100	<para>3D support: fixed broken 3D support when switching to
101	fullscreen/seamless modes (bug #7314)</para>
102	</listitem>
103
104	<listitem>
105	<para>SATA: allow to attach CD/DVD-ROM drives including passthrough
106	(bug #7058)</para>
107	</listitem>
108
109	<listitem>
110	<para>Hard disks: fix auto-reset of immutable disk at VM startup
111	(bug #6832)</para>
112	</listitem>
113
114	<listitem>
115	<para>Floppy: support readonly image files, taking this as the
116	criteria for making the medium readonly (bug #5651)</para>
117	</listitem>
118
119	<listitem>
120	<para>Audio: the DirectSound backend now allows VMs to be audible when
121	another DirectSound application is active, including another VM (bug
122	#5578)
123	</para>
124	</listitem>
125
126	<listitem>
127	<para>EFI: support for SATA disks and CDROMs</para>
128	</listitem>
129
130	<listitem>
131	<para>OVF: creation of the manifest file on export is optional now</para>
132	</listitem>
133
134	<listitem>
135	<para>OVF: allow overwriting the target disk format on import</para>
136	</listitem>
137
138	</itemizedlist>
139
140	</sect1>
141
142	<sect1>
143	<title>Version 3.2.2 (2010-06-02)</title>
144
145	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
146	added:</para>
147
148	<itemizedlist>
149
150	<listitem>
151	<para>VMM: fixed rare invalid guest state guru meditation (VT-x only)</para>
152	</listitem>
153
154	<listitem>
155	<para>VMM: fixed poor performance with nested paging and unrestricted
156	guest execution (VT-x only; bug #6716)</para>
157	</listitem>
158
159	<listitem>
160	<para>VMM: fixed occasional guru meditation during Windows 7 bootup (bug #6728)</para>
161	</listitem>
162
163	<listitem>
164	<para>GUI: keep the status for remote control in sync with the actual
165	state</para>
166	</listitem>
167
168	<listitem>
169	<para>GUI: don't exit after a successful refresh of an invalid VM configuration</para>
170	</listitem>
171
172	<listitem>
173	<para>GUI: fixed keyboard capturing bug under metacity (bug #6727)</para>
174	</listitem>
175
176	<listitem>
177	<para>GUI: fixed crash during VM termination if a modal dialog is open</para>
178	</listitem>
179
180	<listitem>
181	<para>GUI: default controllers names of New VM Wizard are synchronized with VM settings</para>
182	</listitem>
183
184	<listitem>
185	<para>GUI: fixed superfluous resize-event on powering-on VM for X11</para>
186	</listitem>
187
188	<listitem>
189	<para>GUI: fixed regression - missed USB item's tool-tip of USB devices menu</para>
190	</listitem>
191
192	<listitem>
193	<para>GUI: Activate VM window on mouse-hovering for multi-monitor VMs</para>
194	</listitem>
195
196	<listitem>
197	<para>VBoxSDL/Linux hosts: automated keyboard type detection (bug #5764)</para>
198	</listitem>
199
200	<listitem>
201	<para>SATA: fixed crash during VM suspend under rare circumstances</para>
202	</listitem>
203
204	<listitem>
205	<para>SATA: fixed crash during VM reset after a snapshot was taken</para>
206	</listitem>
207
208	<listitem>
209	<para>Storage: fixed sporadic hang of SMP guests using SATA or
210	LSI Logic SCSI and asynchronous I/O</para>
211	</listitem>
212
213	<listitem>
214	<para>Virtio-net: fix for guests with more than about 4GB RAM
215	(bug #6784)</para>
216	</listitem>
217
218	<listitem>
219	<para>Page Fusion: fixed VBoxService crash with enabled Page Fusion on Win64 guests</para>
220	</listitem>
221
222	<listitem>
223	<para>Page Fusion: added kernel module sharing</para>
224	</listitem>
225
226	<listitem>
227	<para>HGCM: fixed memory leak which showed up if the Guest Additions were
228	accessing a non-existing HGCM service</para>
229	</listitem>
230
231	<listitem>
232	<para>Teleportation: several fixes</para>
233	</listitem>
234
235	<listitem>
236	<para>Floppy: don't disable the host I/O cache by default</para>
237	</listitem>
238
239	<listitem>
240	<para>USB: fixed 3.1 regression with certain devices (e.g. iPhone); Windows
241	host only</para>
242	</listitem>
243
244	<listitem>
245	<para>Serial: updated the guest device emulation to 16550A and reduced the
246	probability for lossing bytes during transmission (bug #1548)</para>
247	</listitem>
248
249	<listitem>
250	<para>NAT: re-fetch the name server parameters from the host on guest DHCP
251	requests to handle host network switches more gracefully (bug #3847)</para>
252	</listitem>
253
254	<listitem>
255	<para>NAT: fixed parsing of IPv4 addresses in CIDR notation (bug #6797)</para>
256	</listitem>
257
258	<listitem>
259	<para>NAT: limit the number of name servers passed to the guest to four
260	(non-Windows hosts only; bug #4098)</para>
261	</listitem>
262
263	<listitem>
264	<para>NAT: fixed DNS transaction id mismatch (bug #6833)</para>
265	</listitem>
266
267	<listitem>
268	<para>VDE: fixed changing the attachment during runtime</para>
269	</listitem>
270
271	<listitem>
272	<para>Bridged Networking: fixed memory leak in the Bridged Networking
273	driver for Windows hosts (bug #6824)</para>
274	</listitem>
275
276	<listitem>
277	<para>Windows Additions: fix for NT4 guests (bug #6748)</para>
278	</listitem>
279
280	<listitem>
281	<para>Windows Additions: re-introduced system preparation feature</para>
282	</listitem>
283
284	<listitem>
285	<para>Linux guests: enable PAE for RedHat guests by default</para>
286	</listitem>
287
288	<listitem>
289	<para>Linux guests: fix support for disabling mouse integration
290	(bug #6714)</para>
291	</listitem>
292
293	<listitem>
294	<para>Webservice: fixed a rare crash when calling IGuest methods from the webservice.</para>
295	</listitem>
296
297	<listitem>
298	<para>OVF: fixed wrong hard disk UUIDs on export (bug #6802)</para>
299	</listitem>
300
301	<listitem>
302	<para>OVF: fixed 3.2.0 regression importing legacy OVF 0.9 files</para>
303	</listitem>
304
305	<listitem>
306	<para>3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 64bit apps on windows guests</para>
307	</listitem>
308
309	<listitem>
310	<para>3D support: fixed various host crashes (#2954, #5713, #6443)</para>
311	</listitem>
312
313	</itemizedlist>
314
315	</sect1>
316
317	<sect1>
318	<title>Version 3.2.0 (2010-05-18)</title>
319
320	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
321	were added:</para>
322
323	<itemizedlist>
324
325	<listitem>
326	<para>Following the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation,
327	the product is now called "Oracle VM VirtualBox" and all references
328	were changed without impacting compatibility</para>
329	</listitem>
330
331	<listitem>
332	<para>Experimental support for Mac OS X Server guests (see <xref linkend="intro-macosxguests" />)</para>
333	</listitem>
334
335	<listitem>
336	<para>Memory ballooning to dynamically in- or decrease the
337	amount of RAM used by a VM (64-bit hosts only) (see <xref linkend="guestadd-balloon" />)</para>
338	</listitem>
339
340	<listitem>
341	<para>Page Fusion automatically de-duplicates RAM when running similar VMs thereby
342	increasing capacity. Currently supported for Windows guests on 64-bit hosts
343	(see <xref linkend="guestadd-pagefusion" />)</para>
344	</listitem>
345
346	<listitem>
347	<para>CPU hot-plugging for Linux (hot-add and hot-remove)
348	and certain Windows guests (hot-add only) (see <xref linkend="cpuhotplug" />)</para>
349	</listitem>
350
351	<listitem>
352	<para>New Hypervisor features: with both VT-x/AMD-V on 64-bit hosts, using large pages can improve performance
353	(see <xref linkend="nestedpaging"/>);
354	also, on VT-x, unrestricted guest execution is now supported (if nested paging
355	is enabled with VT-x, real mode and protected mode without paging code runs faster,
356	which mainly speeds up guest OS booting)</para>
357	</listitem>
358
359	<listitem>
360	<para>Support for deleting snapshots while the VM is running</para>
361	</listitem>
362
363	<listitem>
364	<para>Support for multi-monitor guest setups in the GUI for Windows
365	guests (see <xref linkend="settings-display" />)</para>
366	</listitem>
367
368	<listitem>
369	<para>USB tablet/keyboard emulation for improved user experience
370	if no Guest Additions are available (see <xref linkend="settings-motherboard" />)</para>
371	</listitem>
372
373	<listitem>
374	<para>LsiLogic SAS controller emulation (see <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />)</para>
375	</listitem>
376
377	<listitem>
378	<para>RDP video acceleration (see <xref linkend="vrdp-videochannel"/>)</para>
379	</listitem>
380
381	<listitem>
382	<para>NAT engine configuration via API and VBoxManage</para>
383	</listitem>
384
385	<listitem>
386	<para>Use of host I/O cache is now configurable (see <xref linkend="iocaching" />)</para>
387	</listitem>
388
389	<listitem>
390	<para>Guest Additions: added support for executing guest applications
391	from the host system (replaces the automatic system preparation feature; see
392	<xref linkend="guestadd-guestcontrol" />)</para>
393	</listitem>
394
395	<listitem>
396	<para>OVF: enhanced OVF support with custom namespace to preserve settings
397	that are not part of the base OVF standard</para>
398	</listitem>
399
400	</itemizedlist>
401
402	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
403
404	<itemizedlist>
405
406	<listitem>
407	<para>VMM: fixed Windows 2000 guest crash when configured with a large
408	amount of RAM (bug #5800) </para>
409	</listitem>
410
411	<listitem>
412	<para>Linux/Solaris guests: PAM module for automatic logons added</para>
413	</listitem>
414
415	<listitem>
416	<para>GUI: guess the OS type from the OS name when creating a new
417	VM</para>
418	</listitem>
419
420	<listitem>
421	<para>GUI: added VM setting for passing the time in UTC instead of
422	passing the local host time to the guest (bug #1310)</para>
423	</listitem>
424
425	<listitem>
426	<para>GUI: fixed seamless mode on secondary monitors (bugs #1322 and
427	#1669)</para>
428	</listitem>
429
430	<listitem>
431	<para>GUI: offer to download the user manual in the OSE version (bug
432	#6442)</para>
433	</listitem>
434
435	<listitem>
436	<para>GUI: allow to set an empty host key to disallow any host key
437	combination (bug #684)</para>
438	</listitem>
439
440	<listitem>
441	<para>GUI: allow to restrict the possible actions when shutting down
442	the VM from the GUI</para>
443	</listitem>
444
445	<listitem>
446	<para>Main: allow to start a VM even if a virtual DVD or floppy
447	medium is not accessible</para>
448	</listitem>
449
450	<listitem>
451	<para>Settings: be more robust when saving the XML settings files</para>
452	</listitem>
453
454	<listitem>
455	<para>Mac OS X: rewrite of the CoreAudio driver and added support for
456	audio input (bug #5869)</para>
457	</listitem>
458
459	<listitem>
460	<para>Mac OS X: external VRDP authentication module support (bug
461	#3106)</para>
462	</listitem>
463
464	<listitem>
465	<para>Mac OS X: moved the realtime dock preview settings to the VM
466	settings (no global option anymore). Use the dock menu to configure
467	it</para>
468	</listitem>
469
470	<listitem>
471	<para>Mac OS X: added the VM menu to the dock menu</para>
472	</listitem>
473
474	<listitem>
475	<para>3D support: fixed corrupted surface rendering (bug #5695)</para>
476	</listitem>
477
478	<listitem>
479	<para>3D support: fixed VM crashes when using
480	<emphasis>ARB_IMAGING</emphasis> (bug #6014)</para>
481	</listitem>
482
483	<listitem>
484	<para>3D support: fixed assertion when guest applications uses several
485	windows with single OpenGL context (bug #4598)</para>
486	</listitem>
487
488	<listitem>
489	<para>3D support: added GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object support</para>
490	</listitem>
491
492	<listitem>
493	<para>3D support: added OpenGL 2.1 support</para>
494	</listitem>
495
496	<listitem>
497	<para>3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the
498	screen (Mac OS X only) (bug #4653)</para>
499	</listitem>
500
501	<listitem>
502	<para>3D support: fixed blank screen after loading snapshot of VM with enabled Compiz</para>
503	</listitem>
504
505	<listitem>
506	<para>Added support for <emphasis>Virtual Distributed Ethernet</emphasis> (VDE)
507	(Linux hosts only; see <xref linkend="networkingmodes" />)</para>
508	</listitem>
509
510	<listitem>
511	<para>Added support for virtual high precision event timer (HPET)</para>
512	</listitem>
513
514	<listitem>
515	<para>OVF: fixed mapping between two IDE channels in OVF and the one IDE controller
516	in VirtualBox</para>
517	</listitem>
518
519	<listitem>
520	<para>OVF: fix VMDK format string identifiers and sort XML elements from rasd: namespace
521	alphabetically as prescribed by standard</para>
522	</listitem>
523
524	<listitem>
525	<para>VBoxShell: interactive Python shell extended to be fully functional TUI for
526	VirtualBox</para>
527	</listitem>
528
529	<listitem>
530	<para>Linux Additions: support Fedora 13 (bug #6370)</para>
531	</listitem>
532
533	<listitem>
534	<para>VBoxManage: fixed overly strict checks when creating a raw partition
535	VMDK (bugs #688, #4438)</para>
536	</listitem>
537
538	</itemizedlist>
539	</sect1>
540
541	<sect1>
542	<title>Version 3.1.8 (2010-05-10)</title>
543
544	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
545	added:</para>
546
547	<itemizedlist>
548
549	<listitem>
550	<para>VMM: fixed crash with the OpenSUSE 11.3 milestone kernel during
551	early boot (software virtualization only)</para>
552	</listitem>
553
554	<listitem>
555	<para>VMM: fixed invalid state during teleportation</para>
556	</listitem>
557
558	<listitem>
559	<para>VMM: fixed OS/2 guest crash with nested paging enabled</para>
560	</listitem>
561
562	<listitem>
563	<para>VMM: fixed massive display performance loss (AMD-V with nested paging
564	only) </para>
565	</listitem>
566
567	<listitem>
568	<para>GUI: fixed off-by-one bug when passing absolute mouse coordinates
569	to the guest (3.1.6 regression)</para>
570	</listitem>
571
572	<listitem>
573	<para>GUI: show the real version of the Guest Additions, not the
574	interface version</para>
575	</listitem>
576
577	<listitem>
578	<para>GUI: when adding a DVD or floppy slot in the VM mass storage
579	settings dialog, don't attach a random medium but just leave the
580	slot empty</para>
581	</listitem>
582
583	<listitem>
584	<para>GUI: added <computeroutput>--seamless</computeroutput> and
585	<computeroutput>--fullscreen</computeroutput> command line switches
586	(bug #4220)</para>
587	</listitem>
588
589	<listitem>
590	<para>GUI: fixed a SEGFAULT under rare circumstances</para>
591	</listitem>
592
593	<listitem>
594	<para>2D Video acceleration: fixed display issues when working with
595	non 32-bit modes (bugs #6094 & #6208)</para>
596	</listitem>
597
598	<listitem>
599	<para>LsiLogic: fixed detection of hard disks attached to port 0 when
600	using the drivers from LSI</para>
601	</listitem>
602
603	<listitem>
604	<para>ATA: fixed sporadic crash with Linux guests when having a hard
605	disk and DVD drive on the same channel (bug #6079)</para>
606	</listitem>
607
608	<listitem>
609	<para>Network: allow to start a VM even if not all network adapters are
610	attached</para>
611	</listitem>
612
613	<listitem>
614	<para>Network: promiscuous mode support for e1000 and paravirtualized
615	adapters (bug #6519)</para>
616	</listitem>
617
618	<listitem>
619	<para>NAT: fixed ICMP latency (non-Windows hosts only; bug #6427)</para>
620	</listitem>
621
622	<listitem>
623	<para>SCSI: fixed guest crashes under certain circumstances when
624	booting from SCSI devices</para>
625	</listitem>
626
627	<listitem>
628	<para>VBoxManage: fixed several bugs in cloning of images (one of them
629	is bug #6408)</para>
630	</listitem>
631
632	<listitem>
633	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>modifyvm --natnet default</emphasis></para>
634	</listitem>
635
636	<listitem>
637	<para>Solaris Hosts: fixed a kernel panic when bridged networking might
638	fail to initialize</para>
639	</listitem>
640
641	<listitem>
642	<para>Solaris Hosts: fixed priority tagged VLAN packets in bridged networking</para>
643	</listitem>
644
645	<listitem>
646	<para>Shared Folders: fixed issue with copying read-only files
647	(Linux guests only; bug #4890)</para>
648	</listitem>
649
650	<listitem>
651	<para>Shared Folders: renamed the guest kernel module from <emphasis>vboxvfs</emphasis>
652	to <emphasis>vboxsf</emphasis> to make it load on demand by the Linux kernel.
653	Fixes mounting from /etc/fstab in Ubuntu 10.04</para>
654	</listitem>
655
656	<listitem>
657	<para>Shared Folders: fixed setuid file permissions (Solaris guests only)</para>
658	</listitem>
659
660	<listitem>
661	<para>Shared Folders: fixed deleting directories recursively
662	(Solaris guests only; bug #6513)</para>
663	</listitem>
664
665	<listitem>
666	<para>Guest Additions: support seamless and dynamic resizing on certain
667	older X11 guests (bug #5840)</para>
668	</listitem>
669
670	<listitem>
671	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed OpenGL library dependencies
672	(bug #6435)</para>
673	</listitem>
674
675	<listitem>
676	<para>Keyboard/Mouse emulation: fixed handling of simultaneous
677	mouse/keyboard events under certain circumstances (bug #5375)</para>
678	</listitem>
679
680	<listitem>
681	<para>Mouse emulation: never switch straight back from Explorer to
682	IntelliMouse mode as it confuses the FreeBSD mouse driver
683	(bug #6488)</para>
684	</listitem>
685
686	<listitem>
687	<para>SDK: fixed memory leak in
688	<emphasis>IDisplay::takeScreenShotSlow()</emphasis> (bug #6549)</para>
689	</listitem>
690
691	<listitem>
692	<para>3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the
693	screen (Mac OS X only) (bug #4653)</para>
694	</listitem>
695
696	<listitem>
697	<para>VRDP: allow to bind to localhost only on Mac OS X (bug
698	#5227)</para>
699	</listitem>
700
701	<listitem>
702	<para>Linux hosts: add host USB support for Ubuntu 10.04 and other
703	hosts without the hal daemon or usbfs (bug #6343)</para>
704	</listitem>
705
706	<listitem>
707	<para>webservice: more structs and array fixes in PHP bindings</para>
708	</listitem>
709
710	<listitem>
711	<para>Windows hosts: make the bridged networking driver notify dll
712	be correctly unregistred on uninstall (bug #5780)</para>
713	</listitem>
714
715	</itemizedlist>
716	</sect1>
717
718	<sect1>
719	<title>Version 3.1.6 (2010-03-25)</title>
720
721	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
722	added:</para>
723
724	<itemizedlist>
725
726	<listitem>
727	<para>Linux hosts: fixed timing issue on hosts with Linux kernels
728	2.6.31 or later with certain CPUs (asynchronous timer mode; bug #6250)</para>
729	</listitem>
730
731	<listitem>
732	<para>Linux hosts: properly handle host suspend/resume events on
733	Linux kernels 2.6.30 or later (bug #5562)</para>
734	</listitem>
735
736	<listitem>
737	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed VBoxSVC crash while enumerating the host network
738	interfaces under certain circumstances</para>
739	</listitem>
740
741	<listitem>
742	<para>Snapshots: fixed image corruption after snapshot merge under certain
743	circumstances (bug #6023)</para>
744	</listitem>
745
746	<listitem>
747	<para>Snapshots: fixed crash with VBoxHeadless / OSE</para>
748	</listitem>
749
750	<listitem>
751	<para>VMM: fixed reference counting guru meditation (bug #4940)</para>
752	</listitem>
753
754	<listitem>
755	<para>VMM: improved guest SMP stability</para>
756	</listitem>
757
758	<listitem>
759	<para>VMM: fixed VT-x hardware debug issues (bugs #477 & #5792)</para>
760	</listitem>
761
762	<listitem>
763	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>PGMDynMapHCPage</emphasis> guru meditation
764	(Mac OS X; VT-x only; bug #6095)</para>
765	</listitem>
766
767	<listitem>
768	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>pgmPoolTrackFlushGCPhysPTInt</emphasis> guru meditations
769	(Mac OS X; VT-x only; bugs #6095 & #6125)</para>
770	</listitem>
771
772	<listitem>
773	<para>VMM: fixed host crash when running PAE guests in VT-X
774	mode (Mac OS X only; bug #5771)</para>
775	</listitem>
776
777	<listitem>
778	<para>GUI: fix displaying of error message (bug #4345)</para>
779	</listitem>
780
781	<listitem>
782	<para>GUI: fix inability to enter seamless mode (bugs #6185, #6188)</para>
783	</listitem>
784
785	<listitem>
786	<para>3D support: fixed assertion and flickering when guest application uses several
787	windows with a single OpenGL context (bug #4598)</para>
788	</listitem>
789
790	<listitem>
791	<para>3D support: fixed host crashes when using
792	<emphasis>GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array</emphasis> and array element
793	calls (bug #6165)</para>
794	</listitem>
795
796	<listitem>
797	<para>3D support: fixed runtime linker errors with OpenGL guest libs
798	(bug #5297)</para>
799	</listitem>
800
801	<listitem>
802	<para>3D support: fixed OpenGL extension viewer crash on startup
803	(bug #4962)</para>
804	</listitem>
805
806	<listitem>
807	<para>NAT: fixed a 3.1.4 regression on Windows hosts where graceful
808	connection termination was broken (bug #6237)</para>
809	</listitem>
810
811	<listitem>
812	<para>NAT: alternative network setting was not stored persistent
813	(bug #6176)</para>
814	</listitem>
815
816	<listitem>
817	<para>NAT: fixed memory corruption during ICMP traffic under
818	certain circumstances</para>
819	</listitem>
820
821	<listitem>
822	<para>Network: allow to switch the host interface or the internal
823	network while a VM is running (bug #5781)</para>
824	</listitem>
825
826	<listitem>
827	<para>VHD: fix for images with a block size different than 2MB</para>
828	</listitem>
829
830	<listitem>
831	<para>USB: fixed filtered device attach regression (bug #6251)</para>
832	</listitem>
833
834	<listitem>
835	<para>USB: fixed crash in OHCI under rare circumstances
836	(bug #3571)</para>
837	</listitem>
838
839	<listitem>
840	<para>VRDP: fixed hang under rare circumstances when attaching USB
841	devices</para>
842	</listitem>
843
844	<listitem>
845	<para>ACPI: prevent guest freezes when accessing /proc/acpi for
846	determining the state of the host battery and the AC adapter
847	(Linux hosts only; bug #2836)</para>
848	</listitem>
849
850	<listitem>
851	<para>PulseAudio: fixed guest freezes under certain conditions
852	(3.1.4 regression; bug #6224)</para>
853	</listitem>
854
855	<listitem>
856	<para>BIOS: increased space for DMI strings</para>
857	</listitem>
858
859	<listitem>
860	<para>BIOS: fixed interrupt routing problem for certain configurations
861	(I/O-APIC enabled, ACPI not used; bug #6098)</para>
862	</listitem>
863
864	<listitem>
865	<para>iSCSI: be more robust when handling the <emphasis>INQUIRY</emphasis>
866	response</para>
867	</listitem>
868
869	<listitem>
870	<para>iSCSI: be more robust when handling sense data</para>
871	</listitem>
872
873	<listitem>
874	<para>BusLogic: fixed FreeBSD guests</para>
875	</listitem>
876
877	<listitem>
878	<para>webservice: vboxwebsrv is now multithreaded</para>
879	</listitem>
880
881	<listitem>
882	<para>webservice: fixed handling of structs and arrays in PHP bindings</para>
883	</listitem>
884
885	<listitem>
886	<para>Solaris Installer: fixed netmask to stay persistent across reboots for
887	Host-only interface (bug #4590)</para>
888	</listitem>
889
890	<listitem>
891	<para>Linux installer: removed external dependency to libpng12.so (bug #6243)</para>
892	</listitem>
893
894	<listitem>
895	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed superfluous kernel logging (bug #6181)</para>
896	</listitem>
897
898	<listitem>
899	<para>Linux Additions: fixed hang when starting the X server in Fedora12
900	guests and in guests with Linux 2.6.33 or later (bug #6198)</para>
901	</listitem>
902
903	<listitem>
904	<para>Linux Additions: support Mandriva speedboot runlevel (bug #5484)</para>
905	</listitem>
906
907	<listitem>
908	<para>Linux Additions: fixed SELinux security context of mount.vboxsf (bug #6362)</para>
909	</listitem>
910
911	<listitem>
912	<para>Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 10.04 (bug #5737)</para>
913	</listitem>
914
915	<listitem>
916	<para>Web service: update PHP bindings to fix problems with enums and collections</para>
917	</listitem>
918
919	</itemizedlist>
920	</sect1>
921
922	<sect1>
923	<title>Version 3.1.4 (2010-02-12)</title>
924
925	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
926	added:</para>
927
928	<itemizedlist>
929
930	<listitem>
931	<para>VMM: SMP stability fixes</para>
932	</listitem>
933
934	<listitem>
935	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation in certain rare cases (bug #5968)</para>
936	</listitem>
937
938	<listitem>
939	<para>VMM: activate NXE for PAE enabled guests (VT-x and AMD-V on 32 bits
940	hosts only; bug #3578)</para>
941	</listitem>
942
943	<listitem>
944	<para>VMM: added workaround for broken BIOSes that make VirtualBox think
945	AMD-V is in use (for details see bug #5639)</para>
946	</listitem>
947
948	<listitem>
949	<para>VMM: fixed rare host reboot when restoring a saved state
950	(bug #3945)</para>
951	</listitem>
952
953	<listitem>
954	<para>VMM: fixed incompatibility with 2.6.32 Linux kernels
955	(software virtualization only; bug #6100)</para>
956	</listitem>
957
958	<listitem>
959	<para>VMM: turn on nested paging by default for new VMs (if available; VT-x
960	and AMD-V only) </para>
961	</listitem>
962
963	<listitem>
964	<para>VMM: turn on VPID by default for new VMs (if available; VT-x only) </para>
965	</listitem>
966
967	<listitem>
968	<para>VMM: perform strict CPUID compatibility checks when
969	teleporting; to get the old behavior set
970	"VBoxInternal/CPUM/StrictCpuIdChecks" to 0</para>
971	</listitem>
972
973	<listitem>
974	<para>VMM: fixed VM crash with certain 16 bits Windows applications (software
975	virtualization only; bug #5399) </para>
976	</listitem>
977
978	<listitem>
979	<para>Snapshots: fixed a 3.1 regression that broke deletion of snapshots when
980	a machine had immutable or writethrough storage attached (bug #5727)</para>
981	</listitem>
982
983	<listitem>
984	<para>Saved state: fixed <emphasis>VERR_SSM_LOADED_TOO_MUCH</emphasis>
985	error when loading <emphasis>DisplayScreenshot</emphasis>(bug #6162)</para>
986	</listitem>
987
988	<listitem>
989	<para>VBoxManage: add <emphasis>restorecurrent</emphasis> operation to
990	snapshots command</para>
991	</listitem>
992
993	<listitem>
994	<para>VBoxManage: fixed broken snapshot lookup by name (bug #6070</para>
995	</listitem>
996
997	<listitem>
998	<para>GUI: fixed the broken "Reload" button that reloads the machine
999	XML when a machine is inaccessible</para>
1000	</listitem>
1001
1002	<listitem>
1003	<para>GUI: fixed guest fullscreen mode after reboot (bug #5372)</para>
1004	</listitem>
1005
1006	<listitem>
1007	<para>GUI: handle Ctrl+Break properly on X11 hosts (bug #6122)</para>
1008	</listitem>
1009
1010	<listitem>
1011	<para>GUI: fixed status LEDs for storage devices</para>
1012	</listitem>
1013
1014	<listitem>
1015	<para>GUI: workaround for disabling the seamless mode on KDE hosts
1016	(KWin bug)</para>
1017	</listitem>
1018
1019	<listitem>
1020	<para>3D support: fixed SELinux warning saying VBoxOGL.so requires text
1021	relocation (bug #5690)</para>
1022	</listitem>
1023
1024	<listitem>
1025	<para>3D support: fixed Corrupted surface rendering (bug #5695)</para>
1026	</listitem>
1027
1028	<listitem>
1029	<para>3D support: free textures on guest application termination (bug #5206)</para>
1030	</listitem>
1031
1032	<listitem>
1033	<para>3D support: fixed <emphasis>ubigraph_server</emphasis> crashes (bug #4674)</para>
1034	</listitem>
1035
1036	<listitem>
1037	<para>3D support: fixes for 64-bit Solaris guests</para>
1038	</listitem>
1039
1040	<listitem>
1041	<para>Seamless: disable seamless mode when guest changes screen
1042	resolution (bug #5655)</para>
1043	</listitem>
1044
1045	<listitem>
1046	<para>NAT: fixed high CPU load under certain circumstances (Windows hosts only;
1047	bug #5787)</para>
1048	</listitem>
1049
1050	<listitem>
1051	<para>NAT: fixed handling of the <emphasis>broadcast</emphasis> flag in
1052	DHCP requests</para>
1053	</listitem>
1054
1055	<listitem>
1056	<para>NAT: fixed rare crash due to an assertion in the ICMP code
1057	(bug #3217)</para>
1058	</listitem>
1059
1060	<listitem>
1061	<para>Virtio-net: don't crash when ports accessed beyond the valid
1062	range (bug #5923)</para>
1063	</listitem>
1064
1065	<listitem>
1066	<para>LsiLogic: fix for Windows 7 guests</para>
1067	</listitem>
1068
1069	<listitem>
1070	<para>ATA: fix for guru meditation when installing Solaris 8 guests (bug #5972)</para>
1071	</listitem>
1072
1073	<listitem>
1074	<para>VHD: fixed an incompatibility with Virtual PC (bug #5990)</para>
1075	</listitem>
1076
1077	<listitem>
1078	<para>VHD: update the footer backup after setting a new UUID (bug #5004)</para>
1079	</listitem>
1080
1081	<listitem>
1082	<para>Host DVD: really fixed loading "passthrough" setting from configuration
1083	file (bug #5681)</para>
1084	</listitem>
1085
1086	<listitem>
1087	<para>Shared Folders: fixed resolving of symlink target on Linux
1088	(3.1.2 regression)</para>
1089	</listitem>
1090
1091	<listitem>
1092	<para>VRDP: fixed <emphasis>VERR_NET_ADDRESS_IN_USE</emphasis>
1093	error when restarting a VM (3.1 regression; bug #5902)</para>
1094	</listitem>
1095
1096	<listitem>
1097	<para>VRDP: fixed crash on Mac OS X when 3D is enabled (3.1
1098	regression)</para>
1099	</listitem>
1100
1101	<listitem>
1102	<para>PulseAudio: fixed recording (bug #4302)</para>
1103	</listitem>
1104
1105	<listitem>
1106	<para>USB: fixed a shutdown blue screen (Windows hosts only; bug #5885)</para>
1107	</listitem>
1108
1109	<listitem>
1110	<para>BIOS: fixed attribute during text scroll (bug #3407)</para>
1111	</listitem>
1112
1113	<listitem>
1114	<para>OVF: fix strange error messages on disk import errors</para>
1115	</listitem>
1116
1117	<listitem>
1118	<para>OVF: do not require write access to the .ovf file during import
1119	(3.1 regression; bug #5762)</para>
1120	</listitem>
1121
1122	<listitem>
1123	<para>iSCSI: fix taking snapshots of a running VM (bug #5849)</para>
1124	</listitem>
1125
1126	<listitem>
1127	<para>Solaris hosts: several USB fixes (including support for Apple iPod; bug #5873)</para>
1128	</listitem>
1129
1130	<listitem>
1131	<para>Solaris installer: fixed USB module removal and Solaris 10 "id" binary incompatibility</para>
1132	</listitem>
1133
1134	<listitem>
1135	<para>Guest Additions: fixed wrong guest time adjustment if the guest
1136	clock is ahead (3.1 regression; non-Windows guests only)</para>
1137	</listitem>
1138
1139	<listitem>
1140	<para>Linux Additions: fixed shared folders for Linux 2.6.32 guests (bug #5891)</para>
1141	</listitem>
1142
1143	<listitem>
1144	<para>Linux Additions: make the mouse driver work on Debian 5.0.3 guests
1145	again (3.1.2 regression, bug #5832)</para>
1146	</listitem>
1147
1148	<listitem>
1149	<para>Windows Additions: fixed malfunctioning VBoxService that broke time-sync (bug #5872)</para>
1150	</listitem>
1151
1152	<listitem>
1153	<para>Windows Additions: fixed uninstallation issues on 64-bit guests</para>
1154	</listitem>
1155
1156	<listitem>
1157	<para>Windows Additions: fixed some sysprep execution issues</para>
1158	</listitem>
1159
1160	<listitem>
1161	<para>X.Org Additions: never reject the saved video mode as invalid
1162	(bug #5731)</para>
1163	</listitem>
1164
1165	<listitem>
1166	<para>XFree86 Additions: accept video mode hints for the initial mode
1167	again</para>
1168	</listitem>
1169
1170	</itemizedlist>
1171
1172	</sect1>
1173
1174	<sect1>
1175	<title>Version 3.1.2 (2009-12-17)</title>
1176
1177	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1178	added:</para>
1179
1180	<itemizedlist>
1181
1182	<listitem>
1183	<para>VMM: fixed SMP stability regression</para>
1184	</listitem>
1185
1186	<listitem>
1187	<para>USB: fixed USB related host crashes on 64 bits Windows hosts (bug #5237)</para>
1188	</listitem>
1189
1190	<listitem>
1191	<para>Main: wrong default HWVirtExExclusive value for new VMs (bug #5664)</para>
1192	</listitem>
1193
1194	<listitem>
1195	<para>Main: DVD passthrough setting was lost (bug #5681)</para>
1196	</listitem>
1197
1198	<listitem>
1199	<para>VBoxManage: iSCSI disks do not support adding a comment (bug #4460)</para>
1200	</listitem>
1201
1202	<listitem>
1203	<para>VBoxManage: added missing <emphasis>--cpus</emphasis> and
1204	<emphasis>--memory</emphasis> options to OVF <emphasis>--import</emphasis></para>
1205	</listitem>
1206
1207	<listitem>
1208	<para>GUI: fixed VBox URL in update dialog for German and Dutch languages</para>
1209	</listitem>
1210
1211	<listitem>
1212	<para>GUI: NLS updates</para>
1213	</listitem>
1214
1215	<listitem>
1216	<para>OVF: fixed export of non standard storage controller names (bug #5643)</para>
1217	</listitem>
1218
1219	<listitem>
1220	<para>Solaris hosts: several USB fixes (including support for Apple iPhone)</para>
1221	</listitem>
1222
1223	<listitem>
1224	<para>Mac OS X hosts: several fixes for the 3D support</para>
1225	</listitem>
1226
1227	<listitem>
1228	<para>Mac OS X hosts: re-enabled CMD+Key combinations, even if the
1229	Host-Key isn't CMD (bug #5684)</para>
1230	</listitem>
1231
1232	<listitem>
1233	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed to fast scrolling if the mouse wheel is
1234	used inside the guest (bug #5672)</para>
1235	</listitem>
1236
1237	<listitem>
1238	<para>Mac OS X hosts: dock & menubar don't disappear in
1239	fullscreen when the VM is not running on the primary display (bug
1240	#1762)</para>
1241	</listitem>
1242
1243	<listitem>
1244	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added an option for enabling "Auto show Dock &
1245	Menubar in fullscreen" (bug #5636)</para>
1246	</listitem>
1247
1248	<listitem>
1249	<para>Windows host installer: fixed starting VBox with wrong privileges
1250	right after installation (bug #4162)</para>
1251	</listitem>
1252
1253	<listitem>
1254	<para>Host interface and host-only networking: prevent driver from unloading
1255	while a VM is still active (Windows host only)</para>
1256	</listitem>
1257
1258	<listitem>
1259	<para>Host-only networking: fixed host-only interface creation (Windows host only) (bug #5708)</para>
1260	</listitem>
1261
1262	<listitem>
1263	<para>Virtio-net: don't crash without an attached network</para>
1264	</listitem>
1265
1266	<listitem>
1267	<para>Virtio-net: fixed the issue with intermittent network in VM with
1268	several virtual CPU cores.</para>
1269	</listitem>
1270
1271	<listitem>
1272	<para>NAT: fixed port-forwarding regressions (bug #5666)</para>
1273	</listitem>
1274
1275	<listitem>
1276	<para>NAT: fixed crash under certain conditions (bug #5427)</para>
1277	</listitem>
1278
1279	<listitem>
1280	<para>NAT: fixed resolving of names containing a slash or underscore
1281	when using the host resolver DNS proxy (bug #5698)</para>
1282	</listitem>
1283
1284	<listitem>
1285	<para>ATA: fixed sporadic crash when resuming after a VM was forcefully
1286	paused (e.g. due to iSCSI target being unavailable)</para>
1287	</listitem>
1288
1289	<listitem>
1290	<para>SATA: fixed raw vmdk disks (bug #5724)</para>
1291	</listitem>
1292
1293	<listitem>
1294	<para>Linux guests: increased the default memory for Redhat and Fedora
1295	guests</para>
1296	</listitem>
1297
1298	<listitem>
1299	<para>Linux Guest Additions: fixed installation on RHEL 3.9 guests
1300	and on some 64bit guests</para>
1301	</listitem>
1302
1303	<listitem>
1304	<para>Linux Guest Additions: prevent SELinux warnings concerning
1305	text relocations in VBoxOGL.so (bug #5690)</para>
1306	</listitem>
1307
1308	<listitem>
1309	<para>X11 guests: fixed mouse support for some Xorg 1.4 guests
1310	(openSUSE 11.0)</para>
1311	</listitem>
1312
1313	<listitem>
1314	<para>X11 guests: fixed xorg.conf modification for some older Xorg
1315	releases (openSUSE 11.1)</para>
1316	</listitem>
1317
1318	<listitem>
1319	<para>Windows guests: fixed some VBoxService shutdown issues</para>
1320	</listitem>
1321
1322	<listitem>
1323	<para>Windows guests: fixed VBoxVideo spinlock issues on NT4</para>
1324	</listitem>
1325
1326	<listitem>
1327	<para>Windows Guest Additions: fixed uninstallation issues of NT4</para>
1328	</listitem>
1329
1330	<listitem>
1331	<para>Shared Folders: fixed resolving of symlink target (bug #5631)</para>
1332	</listitem>
1333
1334	<listitem>
1335	<para>2D Video acceleration: delay loading of OpenGL dlls for Windows hosts to avoid
1336	GUI crashes on misconfigured systems</para>
1337	</listitem>
1338
1339	<listitem>
1340	<para>2D Video acceleration: fixed issues with video picture not displayed on playback</para>
1341	</listitem>
1342
1343	</itemizedlist>
1344
1345	</sect1>
1346
1347	<sect1>
1348	<title>Version 3.1.0 (2009-11-30)</title>
1349
1350	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
1351	were added:</para>
1352
1353	<itemizedlist>
1354
1355	<listitem>
1356	<para>Teleportation (aka live migration); migrate a live VM session
1357	from one host to another (see <xref linkend="teleporting" />)</para>
1358	</listitem>
1359
1360	<listitem>
1361	<para>VM states can now be restored from arbitrary snapshots instead of only
1362	the last one, and new snapshots can be taken from other snapshots as well
1363	("branched snapshots"; see <xref linkend="snapshots" />)</para>
1364	</listitem>
1365
1366	<listitem>
1367	<para>2D video acceleration for Windows guests; use the host video
1368	hardware for overlay stretching and color conversion
1369	(see <xref linkend="guestadd-2d" />)</para>
1370	</listitem>
1371
1372	<listitem>
1373	<para>More flexible storage attachments: CD/DVD drives can be attached to
1374	arbitrary storage controllers, and there can be more than one such drive
1375	(<xref linkend="storage" />)</para>
1376	</listitem>
1377
1378	<listitem>
1379	<para>The network attachment type can be changed while a VM is
1380	running</para>
1381	</listitem>
1382
1383	<listitem>
1384	<para>Complete rewrite of experimental USB support for OpenSolaris hosts
1385	making use of the latest USB enhancements in Solaris Nevada 124 and higher</para>
1386	</listitem>
1387
1388	<listitem>
1389	<para>Significant performance improvements for PAE and AMD64 guests
1390	(VT-x and AMD-V only; normal (non-nested) paging) </para>
1391	</listitem>
1392
1393	<listitem>
1394	<para>Experimental support for EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface;
1395	see <xref linkend="efi" />)</para>
1396	</listitem>
1397
1398	<listitem>
1399	<para>Support for paravirtualized network adapters (virtio-net;
1400	see <xref linkend="nichardware" />)</para>
1401	</listitem>
1402
1403	</itemizedlist>
1404
1405	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
1406
1407	<itemizedlist>
1408
1409	<listitem>
1410	<para>VMM: guest SMP fixes for certain rare cases</para>
1411	</listitem>
1412
1413	<listitem>
1414	<para>GUI: snapshots include a screenshot</para>
1415	</listitem>
1416
1417	<listitem>
1418	<para>GUI: locked storage media can be unmounted by force</para>
1419	</listitem>
1420
1421	<listitem>
1422	<para>GUI: the log window grabbed all key events from other GUI windows
1423	(bug #5291)</para>
1424	</listitem>
1425
1426	<listitem>
1427	<para>GUI: allow to disable USB filters (bug #5426)</para>
1428	</listitem>
1429
1430	<listitem>
1431	<para>GUI: improved memory slider in the VM settings</para>
1432	</listitem>
1433
1434	<listitem>
1435	<para>3D support: major performance improvement in VBO processing</para>
1436	</listitem>
1437
1438	<listitem>
1439	<para>3D support: added <emphasis>GL_EXT_framebuffer_object</emphasis>,
1440	<emphasis>GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array</emphasis> support</para>
1441	</listitem>
1442
1443	<listitem>
1444	<para>3D support: fixed crashes in FarCry, SecondLife, Call of Duty,
1445	Unreal Tournament, Eve Online (bugs #2801, #2791)</para>
1446	</listitem>
1447
1448	<listitem>
1449	<para>3D support: fixed graphics corruption in World of Warcraft (bug #2816)</para>
1450	</listitem>
1451
1452	<listitem>
1453	<para>3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen (bug #4653)</para>
1454	</listitem>
1455
1456	<listitem>
1457	<para>3D support: fixed incorrect rendering of non ARGB textures under compiz</para>
1458	</listitem>
1459
1460	<listitem>
1461	<para>iSCSI: support iSCSI targets with more than 2TiB capacity</para>
1462	</listitem>
1463
1464	<listitem>
1465	<para>VRDP: fixed occasional VRDP server crash (bug #5424)</para>
1466	</listitem>
1467
1468	<listitem>
1469	<para>Network: fixed the E1000 emulation for QNX
1470	(and probably other) guests (bug #3206)</para>
1471	</listitem>
1472
1473	<listitem>
1474	<para>NAT: added host resolver DNS proxy
1475	(see <xref linkend="nat_host_resolver_proxy" />)</para>
1476	</listitem>
1477
1478	<listitem>
1479	<para>VMDK: fixed incorrectly rejected big images split into 2G pieces
1480	(bug #5523, #2787)</para>
1481	</listitem>
1482
1483	<listitem>
1484	<para>VMDK: fixed compatibility issue with fixed or raw disk VMDK files
1485	(bug #2723)</para>
1486	</listitem>
1487
1488	<listitem>
1489	<para>VHD: fixed incompatibility with Hyper-V</para>
1490	</listitem>
1491
1492	<listitem>
1493	<para>Support for Parallels version 2 disk image (HDD) files;
1494	see <xref linkend="vdidetails" /></para>
1495	</listitem>
1496
1497	<listitem>
1498	<para>OVF: create manifest files on export and verify the content of an
1499	optional manifest file on import</para>
1500	</listitem>
1501
1502	<listitem>
1503	<para>OVF: fixed memory setting during import (bug #4188)</para>
1504	</listitem>
1505
1506	<listitem>
1507	<para>Mouse device: now five buttons are passed to the guest
1508	(bug #3773)</para>
1509	</listitem>
1510
1511	<listitem>
1512	<para>VBoxHeadless: fixed loss of saved state when VM fails to start</para>
1513	</listitem>
1514
1515	<listitem>
1516	<para>VBoxSDL: fixed crash during shutdown (Windows hosts only)</para>
1517	</listitem>
1518
1519	<listitem>
1520	<para>X11 based hosts: allow the user to specify their own scan code
1521	layout (bug #2302)</para>
1522	</listitem>
1523
1524	<listitem>
1525	<para>Mac OS X hosts: don't auto show the menu and dock in fullscreen
1526	(bug #4866)</para>
1527	</listitem>
1528
1529	<listitem>
1530	<para>Mac OS X hosts (64 bit): don't interpret mouse wheel events as
1531	left click (bug #5049)</para>
1532	</listitem>
1533
1534	<listitem>
1535	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a VM abort during shutdown under
1536	certain conditions</para>
1537	</listitem>
1538
1539	<listitem>
1540	<para>Solaris hosts: combined the kernel interface package into the VirtualBox main package</para>
1541	</listitem>
1542
1543	<listitem>
1544	<para>Solaris hosts: support for OpenSolaris Boomer architecture (with OSS audio backend).</para>
1545	</listitem>
1546
1547	<listitem>
1548	<para>Shared Folders: VBOXSVR is visible in Network folder (Windows guests, bug #4842)</para>
1549	</listitem>
1550
1551	<listitem>
1552	<para>Shared Folders: performance improvements (Windows guests, bug #1728)</para>
1553	</listitem>
1554
1555	<listitem>
1556	<para>Windows, Linux and Solaris Additions: added balloon tip notifier if VirtualBox host version
1557	was updated and Additions are out of date</para>
1558	</listitem>
1559
1560	<listitem>
1561	<para>Solaris guests: fixed keyboard emulation (bug #1589)</para>
1562	</listitem>
1563
1564	<listitem>
1565	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed <emphasis>as_pagelock()</emphasis> failed errors affecting guest
1566	properties (bug #5337)</para>
1567	</listitem>
1568
1569	<listitem>
1570	<para>Windows Additions: added automatic logon support for Windows Vista and Windows 7</para>
1571	</listitem>
1572
1573	<listitem>
1574	<para>Windows Additions: improved file version lookup for guest OS information</para>
1575	</listitem>
1576
1577	<listitem>
1578	<para>Windows Additions: fixed runtime OS detection on Windows 7 for session information</para>
1579	</listitem>
1580
1581	<listitem>
1582	<para>Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo)</para>
1583	</listitem>
1584
1585	<listitem>
1586	<para>Linux Additions: added support for uninstalling the Linux Guest
1587	Additions (bug #4039)</para>
1588	</listitem>
1589
1590	<listitem>
1591	<para>Linux guest shared folders: allow mounting a shared folder if a
1592	file of the same name as the folder exists in the current directory
1593	(bug #928)</para>
1594	</listitem>
1595
1596	<listitem>
1597	<para>SDK: added object-oriented web service bindings for PHP5</para>
1598	</listitem>
1599
1600	</itemizedlist>
1601
1602	</sect1>
1603
1604	<sect1>
1605	<title>Version 3.0.12 (2009-11-10)</title>
1606
1607	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1608	added:</para>
1609
1610	<itemizedlist>
1611
1612	<listitem>
1613	<para>VMM: reduced IO-APIC overhead for 32 bits Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
1614	guests; requires 64 bits support (VT-x only; bug #4392) </para>
1615	</listitem>
1616
1617	<listitem>
1618	<para>VMM: fixed double timer interrupt delivery on old Linux kernels
1619	using IO-APIC (caused guest time to run at double speed; bug #3135)</para>
1620	</listitem>
1621
1622	<listitem>
1623	<para>VMM: re-initizalize VT-x and AMD-V after host suspend or hibernate; some BIOSes
1624	forget this (Windows hosts only; bug #5421)</para>
1625	</listitem>
1626
1627	<listitem>
1628	<para>VMM: fixed loading of saved state when RAM preallocation is
1629	enabled</para>
1630	</listitem>
1631
1632	<listitem>
1633	<para>BIOS: ignore unknown shutdown codes instead of causing a guru
1634	meditation (bug #5389)</para>
1635	</listitem>
1636
1637	<listitem>
1638	<para>GUI: never start a VM on a single click into the selector window
1639	(bug #2676)</para>
1640	</listitem>
1641
1642	<listitem>
1643	<para>Serial: reduce the probability of lost bytes if the host end
1644	is connected to a raw file</para>
1645	</listitem>
1646
1647	<listitem>
1648	<para>VMDK: fixed handling of split image variants and fix a 3.0.10 regression
1649	(bug #5355)</para>
1650	</listitem>
1651
1652	<listitem>
1653	<para>VRDP: fixed occasional VRDP server crash</para>
1654	</listitem>
1655
1656	<listitem>
1657	<para>Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, some
1658	guests were able to send / receive packets (E1000; bug #5366)</para>
1659	</listitem>
1660
1661	<listitem>
1662	<para>Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, the
1663	PCNet card received some spurious packets which might confuse the
1664	guest (bug #4496)</para>
1665	</listitem>
1666
1667	<listitem>
1668	<para>Shared Folders: fixed changing case of file names (bug #2520)</para>
1669	</listitem>
1670
1671	<listitem>
1672	<para>Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo)</para>
1673	</listitem>
1674
1675	<listitem>
1676	<para>Linux Additions: fixed writing to files opened in
1677	<emphasis>O_APPEND</emphasis> mode (bug #3805)</para>
1678	</listitem>
1679
1680	<listitem>
1681	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed regression in Guest Additions driver which
1682	among other things caused lost guest property updates and
1683	periodic error messages being written to the system log</para>
1684	</listitem>
1685
1686	</itemizedlist>
1687
1688	</sect1>
1689
1690	<sect1>
1691	<title>Version 3.0.10 (2009-10-29)</title>
1692
1693	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1694	added:</para>
1695
1696	<itemizedlist>
1697
1698	<listitem>
1699	<para>VMM: guest SMP stability fixes </para>
1700	</listitem>
1701
1702	<listitem>
1703	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation with nested paging and SMP guests (bug #5222) </para>
1704	</listitem>
1705
1706	<listitem>
1707	<para>VMM: changed VT-x/AMD-V usage to detect other active hypervisors;
1708	necessary for e.g. Windows 7 XP compatibility mode
1709	(Windows & Mac OS X hosts only; bug #4239) </para>
1710	</listitem>
1711
1712	<listitem>
1713	<para>VMM: guru meditation during SCO OpenServer installation and reboot
1714	(VT-x only; bug #5164)</para>
1715	</listitem>
1716
1717	<listitem>
1718	<para>VMM: fixed accessed bit handling in certain cases (bug #5248)</para>
1719	</listitem>
1720
1721	<listitem>
1722	<para>VMM: fixed VPID flushing (VT-x only)</para>
1723	</listitem>
1724
1725	<listitem>
1726	<para>VMM: fixed broken nested paging for 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts (AMD-V only; bug #5285)</para>
1727	</listitem>
1728
1729	<listitem>
1730	<para>VMM: fixed loading of old saved states/snapshots (bug #3984)</para>
1731	</listitem>
1732
1733	<listitem>
1734	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed memory leaks (bug #5084)</para>
1735	</listitem>
1736
1737	<listitem>
1738	<para>Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed redraw problem in a dual
1739	screen setup (bug #4942)</para>
1740	</listitem>
1741
1742	<listitem>
1743	<para>Windows hosts: installer updates for Windows 7</para>
1744	</listitem>
1745
1746	<listitem>
1747	<para>Solaris hosts: out of memory handled incorrectly (bug #5241)</para>
1748	</listitem>
1749
1750	<listitem>
1751	<para>Solaris hosts: the previous fix for #5077 broke the DVD host support
1752	on Solaris 10 (VBox 3.0.8 regression)</para>
1753	</listitem>
1754
1755	<listitem>
1756	<para>Linux hosts: fixed module compilation against Linux 2.6.32rc4 and later</para>
1757	</listitem>
1758
1759	<listitem>
1760	<para>Guest Additions: fixed possible guest OS kernel memory
1761	exhaustion</para>
1762	</listitem>
1763
1764	<listitem>
1765	<para>Guest Additions: fixed stability issues with SMP guests</para>
1766	</listitem>
1767
1768	<listitem>
1769	<para>Windows Additions: fixed color depth issue with low resolution hosts,
1770	netbooks, etc. (bug #4935)</para>
1771	</listitem>
1772
1773	<listitem>
1774	<para>Windows Additions: fixed NO_MORE_FILES error when saving to shared
1775	folders (bug #4106)</para>
1776	</listitem>
1777
1778	<listitem>
1779	<para>Windows Additions: fixed subdirectory creation on shared
1780	folders (bug #4299)</para>
1781	</listitem>
1782
1783	<listitem>
1784	<para>Linux Additions: <emphasis>sendfile()</emphasis> returned
1785	<emphasis>-EOVERFLOW</emphasis> when executed on a shared folder
1786	(bug #2921)</para>
1787	</listitem>
1788
1789	<listitem>
1790	<para>Linux Additions: fixed incorrect disk usage value (non-Windows
1791	hosts only)</para>
1792	</listitem>
1793
1794	<listitem>
1795	<para>Linux installer: register the module sources at DKMS even if the
1796	package provides proper modules for the current running kernel</para>
1797	</listitem>
1798
1799	<listitem>
1800	<para>3D support: removed invalid OpenGL assertion (bug #5158)</para>
1801	</listitem>
1802
1803	<listitem>
1804	<para>Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for QNX
1805	(and probably other) guests (bug #3206)</para>
1806	</listitem>
1807
1808	<listitem>
1809	<para>VMDK: fix handling of split image variants</para>
1810	</listitem>
1811
1812	<listitem>
1813	<para>VHD: do not delay updating the footer when expanding the image to prevent
1814	image inconsistency </para>
1815	</listitem>
1816
1817	<listitem>
1818	<para>USB: stability fix for some USB 2.0 devices</para>
1819	</listitem>
1820
1821	<listitem>
1822	<para>GUI: added a search index to the .chm help file</para>
1823	</listitem>
1824
1825	<listitem>
1826	<para>GUI/Windows hosts: fixed CapsLock handling on French keyboards
1827	(bug #2025)</para>
1828	</listitem>
1829
1830	<listitem>
1831	<para>Shared clipboard/X11 hosts: fixed a crash when clipboard
1832	initialisation failed (bug #4987)</para>
1833	</listitem>
1834
1835	</itemizedlist>
1836
1837	</sect1>
1838
1839	<sect1>
1840	<title>Version 3.0.8 (2009-10-02)</title>
1841
1842	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1843	added:</para>
1844
1845	<itemizedlist>
1846
1847	<listitem>
1848	<para>VMM: fixed 64 bits guest on 32 bits host regression in 3.0.6
1849	(VT-x only; bug #4947)</para>
1850	</listitem>
1851
1852	<listitem>
1853	<para>VMM: fixed a recompiler triple fault guru meditation (VT-x &
1854	AMD-V only; bug #5058) </para>
1855	</listitem>
1856
1857	<listitem>
1858	<para>VMM: fixed hang after guest state restore (AMD-V, 32 bits Windows
1859	guest and IO-APIC enabled only; bug #5059) </para>
1860	</listitem>
1861
1862	<listitem>
1863	<para>VMM: fixed paging issue with OS/2 guests </para>
1864	</listitem>
1865
1866	<listitem>
1867	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation in rare cases (2.0 regression;
1868	software virtualization only) </para>
1869	</listitem>
1870
1871	<listitem>
1872	<para>VMM: fixed release assertion during state restore when using the
1873	Sound Blaster 16 emulation (bug #5042) </para>
1874	</listitem>
1875
1876	<listitem>
1877	<para>Security: fixed vulnerability that allowed to execute commands
1878	with root privileges</para>
1879	</listitem>
1880
1881	<listitem>
1882	<para>Linux hosts: fixed runtime assertion in semaphore implementation
1883	which was triggered under certain conditions (bug #616)</para>
1884	</listitem>
1885
1886	<listitem>
1887	<para>Linux hosts: change the default USB access mode on certain
1888	distributions (bugs #3394 and #4291)</para>
1889	</listitem>
1890
1891	<listitem>
1892	<para>Linux hosts: on hardened Gentoo, the VBoxSVC daemon crashed by
1893	opening the VM network settings (bug #3732)</para>
1894	</listitem>
1895
1896	<listitem>
1897	<para>Linux hosts, Solaris hosts: pass the XAUTHORITY variable along the
1898	DISPLAY variable when starting a VM from VBoxManage or from the VM
1899	selector (bug #5063)</para>
1900	</listitem>
1901
1902	<listitem>
1903	<para>Linux hosts: use sysfs to enumerate host drives if hal is not
1904	available</para>
1905	</listitem>
1906
1907	<listitem>
1908	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a bug which would hang the host sporadically as
1909	interrupts were not re-enabled every time</para>
1910	</listitem>
1911
1912	<listitem>
1913	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a kernel panic with bridged and host-only
1914	networking (bug #4775)</para>
1915	</listitem>
1916
1917	<listitem>
1918	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed incorrectly persistent CD/DVD-ROMs when
1919	changing them (bug #5077)</para>
1920	</listitem>
1921
1922	<listitem>
1923	<para>X11-based hosts: support additional function keys on Sun keyboards
1924	(bug #4907)</para>
1925	</listitem>
1926
1927	<listitem>
1928	<para>Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed problem starting headless
1929	VMs without a graphical session (bug #5002)</para>
1930	</listitem>
1931
1932	<listitem>
1933	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed problem listing host-only adapter names
1934	with trailing garbage (attached VMs won't start)</para>
1935	</listitem>
1936
1937	<listitem>
1938	<para>Windows Additions: now work with Vista 64-bit Home editions (bug #3865)</para>
1939	</listitem>
1940
1941	<listitem>
1942	<para>Windows Additions: fixed screen corruption with ZoomText Magnifier</para>
1943	</listitem>
1944
1945	<listitem>
1946	<para>Windows Additions: fixed NPGetUniversalName failure (bug #4853)</para>
1947	</listitem>
1948
1949	<listitem>
1950	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows NT regression (bug #4946)</para>
1951	</listitem>
1952
1953	<listitem>
1954	<para>Windows Additions: fixed VBoxService not running if no Shared Folders
1955	are installed</para>
1956	</listitem>
1957
1958	<listitem>
1959	<para>Linux Additions: implemented <emphasis>ftrunctate</emphasis>
1960	(bug #4771)</para>
1961	</listitem>
1962
1963	<listitem>
1964	<para>VRDP: start VM even if configured VRDP port is in use</para>
1965	</listitem>
1966
1967	<listitem>
1968	<para>Networking: the PCnet network device stopped receiving under
1969	rare conditions (bug #4870)</para>
1970	</listitem>
1971
1972	<listitem>
1973	<para>VBoxManage: implemented <computeroutput>controlvm vrdpport</computeroutput>
1974	command</para>
1975	</listitem>
1976
1977	<listitem>
1978	<para>iSCSI: fixed issue with NetApp targets (bug #5072)</para>
1979	</listitem>
1980
1981	<listitem>
1982	<para>SCSI: add support for virtual disks larger than 2TB </para>
1983	</listitem>
1984
1985	<listitem>
1986	<para>USB: fixed potential crash when unplugging USB2 devices
1987	(bug #5089)</para>
1988	</listitem>
1989
1990	<listitem>
1991	<para>NAT: IPSEC did not properly work with Linux guests (bug #4801)</para>
1992	</listitem>
1993
1994	</itemizedlist>
1995
1996	</sect1>
1997
1998	<sect1>
1999	<title>Version 3.0.6 (2009-09-09)</title>
2000
2001	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2002	added:</para>
2003
2004	<itemizedlist>
2005
2006	<listitem>
2007	<para>VMM: fixed IO-APIC overhead for 32 bits Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003 guests
2008	(AMD-V only; bug #4392)</para>
2009	</listitem>
2010
2011	<listitem>
2012	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru meditation under certain circumstances when enabling
2013	a disabled device (bug #4510)</para>
2014	</listitem>
2015
2016	<listitem>
2017	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru meditation when booting certain Arch Linux guests
2018	(software virtualization only; bug #2149)</para>
2019	</listitem>
2020
2021	<listitem>
2022	<para>VMM: fixed hangs with 64 bits Solaris & OpenSolaris
2023	guests (bug #2258)</para>
2024	</listitem>
2025
2026	<listitem>
2027	<para>VMM: fixed decreasing <emphasis>rdtsc</emphasis> values
2028	(AMD-V & VT-x only; bug #2869)</para>
2029	</listitem>
2030
2031	<listitem>
2032	<para>VMM: small Solaris/OpenSolaris performance improvements (VT-x only) </para>
2033	</listitem>
2034
2035	<listitem>
2036	<para>VMM: <emphasis>cpuid</emphasis> change to correct reported virtual CPU id in Linux </para>
2037	</listitem>
2038
2039	<listitem>
2040	<para>VMM: NetBSD 5.0.1 CD hangs during boot (VT-x only; bug #3947) </para>
2041	</listitem>
2042
2043	<listitem>
2044	<para>Solaris hosts: worked around an issue that caused the host to hang (bug #4486)</para>
2045	</listitem>
2046
2047	<listitem>
2048	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a rare host system deadlock when using bridged networking</para>
2049	</listitem>
2050
2051	<listitem>
2052	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a potential host system deadlock when CPUs were
2053	onlined or offlined</para>
2054	</listitem>
2055
2056	<listitem>
2057	<para>Solaris hosts installer: added missing dependency for UTF-8 package (bug #4899)</para>
2058	</listitem>
2059
2060	<listitem>
2061	<para>Linux hosts: don't crash on Linux PAE kernels < 2.6.11 (in particular
2062	RHEL/CentOS 4); disable VT-x on Linux kernels < 2.6.13 (bug #1842)</para>
2063	</listitem>
2064
2065	<listitem>
2066	<para>Linux/Solaris hosts: correctly detect keyboards with fewer keys
2067	than usual (bug #4799)</para>
2068	</listitem>
2069
2070	<listitem>
2071	<para>Mac OS X hosts: prevent password dialogs in 32 bits Snow Leopard</para>
2072	</listitem>
2073
2074	<listitem>
2075	<para>Python WS: fixed issue with certain enumerations constants having
2076	wrong values in Python webservices bindings</para>
2077	</listitem>
2078
2079	<listitem>
2080	<para>Python API: several threading and platform issues fixed</para>
2081	</listitem>
2082
2083	<listitem>
2084	<para>Python shell: added <emphasis>exportVM</emphasis> command</para>
2085	</listitem>
2086
2087	<listitem>
2088	<para>Python shell: various improvements and bugfixes</para>
2089	</listitem>
2090
2091	<listitem>
2092	<para>Python shell: corrected detection of home directory in remote case</para>
2093	</listitem>
2094
2095	<listitem>
2096	<para>OVF: fixed XML comment handling that could lead to parser errors</para>
2097	</listitem>
2098
2099	<listitem>
2100	<para>Main: fixed a rare parsing problem with port numbers of USB device
2101	filters in machine settings XML</para>
2102	</listitem>
2103
2104	<listitem>
2105	<para>Main: restrict guest RAM size to 1.5 GB (32 bits Windows hosts only)</para>
2106	</listitem>
2107
2108	<listitem>
2109	<para>Main: fixed possible hang during guest reboot (bug #3792)</para>
2110	</listitem>
2111
2112	<listitem>
2113	<para>GUI: fixed rare crash when removing the last disk from the media manager (bug #4795)</para>
2114	</listitem>
2115
2116	<listitem>
2117	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <computeroutput>guestproperty</computeroutput>
2118	for Mac OS X hosts (bug #3806)</para>
2119	</listitem>
2120
2121	<listitem>
2122	<para>VBoxManage: fixed setting guest properties with
2123	<emphasis>--flags</emphasis> or <emphasis>-flags</emphasis></para>
2124	</listitem>
2125
2126	<listitem>
2127	<para>Webservice: fixed a severe memory leak, at least on platforms using XPCOM</para>
2128	</listitem>
2129
2130	<listitem>
2131	<para>Serial: fixed host mode (Solaris, Linux and Mac OS X hosts; bug #4672)</para>
2132	</listitem>
2133
2134	<listitem>
2135	<para>VRDP: Remote USB Protocol version 3</para>
2136	</listitem>
2137
2138	<listitem>
2139	<para>SATA: fixed hangs and BSODs introduced with 3.0.4 (bugs #4695, #4739, #4710)</para>
2140	</listitem>
2141
2142	<listitem>
2143	<para>SATA: fixed a bug which prevented Windows 7 from detecting more than one hard disk</para>
2144	</listitem>
2145
2146	<listitem>
2147	<para>SATA/SCSI: fixed rare random guest crashes and hangs </para>
2148	</listitem>
2149
2150	<listitem>
2151	<para>SCSI: fixed problem with Fedora 11 refusing to boot after kernel update</para>
2152	</listitem>
2153
2154	<listitem>
2155	<para>iSCSI: fix logging out when the target has dropped the connection,
2156	fix negotiation of parameters, fix command resend when the connection
2157	was dropped, fix processing SCSI status for targets which do not use
2158	phase collapse</para>
2159	</listitem>
2160
2161	<listitem>
2162	<para>BIOS: fixed a bug that caused the OS/2 boot manager to fail
2163	(2.1.0 regression, bug #3911)</para>
2164	</listitem>
2165
2166	<listitem>
2167	<para>PulseAudio: don't hang during VM termination if the connection
2168	to the server was unexpectedly terminated (bug #3100)</para>
2169	</listitem>
2170
2171	<listitem>
2172	<para>Mouse: fixed weird mouse behaviour with SMP (Solaris) guests (bug #4538)</para>
2173	</listitem>
2174
2175	<listitem>
2176	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed failure in
2177	<emphasis>CreateHostOnlyNetworkInterface()</emphasis> on Linux (no GUID)</para>
2178	</listitem>
2179
2180	<listitem>
2181	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed wrong DHCP server startup while hostonly
2182	interface bringup on Linux</para>
2183	</listitem>
2184
2185	<listitem>
2186	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed incorrect factory and default MAC address on Solaris</para>
2187	</listitem>
2188
2189	<listitem>
2190	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed the problem with listing host-only
2191	interfaces on Mac OS X when all physical interfaces are down (bugs
2192	#4698, #4790)</para>
2193	</listitem>
2194
2195	<listitem>
2196	<para>DHCP: fixed a bug in the DHCP server where it allocated one IP address
2197	less than the configured range</para>
2198	</listitem>
2199
2200	<listitem>
2201	<para>E1000: fixed receiving of multicast packets</para>
2202	</listitem>
2203
2204	<listitem>
2205	<para>E1000: fixed up/down link notification after resuming a VM</para>
2206	</listitem>
2207
2208	<listitem>
2209	<para>NAT: fixed ethernet address corruptions (bug #4839)</para>
2210	</listitem>
2211
2212	<listitem>
2213	<para>NAT: fixed hangs, dropped packets and retransmission problems (bug #4343)</para>
2214	</listitem>
2215
2216	<listitem>
2217	<para>Bridged Network: fixed packet queue issue which might cause
2218	DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE BSOD for Windows hosts (bug #4821)</para>
2219	</listitem>
2220
2221	<listitem>
2222	<para>Windows Additions: fixed a bug in VBoxGINA which prevented selecting
2223	the right domain when logging in the first time</para>
2224	</listitem>
2225
2226	<listitem>
2227	<para>Windows host installer: should now also work on unicode systems
2228	(like Korean, bug #3707)</para>
2229	</listitem>
2230
2231	<listitem>
2232	<para>Windows host installer: check for sufficient disk space</para>
2233	</listitem>
2234
2235	<listitem>
2236	<para>Shared clipboard: do not send zero-terminated text to X11 guests
2237	and hosts (bug #4712)</para>
2238	</listitem>
2239
2240	<listitem>
2241	<para>Shared clipboard: use a less CPU intensive way of checking for
2242	new data on X11 guests and hosts (bug #4092)</para>
2243	</listitem>
2244
2245	<listitem>
2246	<para>Guest Additions: do not hide the host mouse cursor when restoring
2247	a saved state (bug #4700)</para>
2248	</listitem>
2249
2250	<listitem>
2251	<para>Windows guests: fixed issues with the display of the mouse
2252	cursor image (bugs #2603, #2660 and #4817)</para>
2253	</listitem>
2254
2255	<listitem>
2256	<para>SUSE 11 guests: fixed Guest Additions installation (bug #4506)</para>
2257	</listitem>
2258
2259	<listitem>
2260	<para>Guest Additions: support Fedora 12 Alpha guests (bugs #4731, #4733 and #4734)</para>
2261	</listitem>
2262
2263	</itemizedlist>
2264
2265	</sect1>
2266
2267	<sect1>
2268	<title>Version 3.0.4 (2009-08-04)</title>
2269
2270	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2271	added:</para>
2272
2273	<itemizedlist>
2274
2275	<listitem>
2276	<para>VMM: 64 bits guest stability fixes (AMD-V only; bugs #3923 & #3666)</para>
2277	</listitem>
2278
2279	<listitem>
2280	<para>VMM: SMP stability fixes (AMD-V only)</para>
2281	</listitem>
2282
2283	<listitem>
2284	<para>VMM: SMP performance improvement (esp. for Solaris guests)</para>
2285	</listitem>
2286
2287	<listitem>
2288	<para>VMM: eliminated several bugs which could lead to a host reboot</para>
2289	</listitem>
2290
2291	<listitem>
2292	<para>VMM: fixed OS/2 ACP2 boot floppy hang (VT-x only)</para>
2293	</listitem>
2294
2295	<listitem>
2296	<para>VMM: small performance improvement for OpenSolaris guests (AMD-V only)</para>
2297	</listitem>
2298
2299	<listitem>
2300	<para>VMM: fixed CentOS/Xen reboot (software virtualization only; bug #4509)</para>
2301	</listitem>
2302
2303	<listitem>
2304	<para>SATA: fixed hangs / BSOD during Windows XP installation (bug #4342)</para>
2305	</listitem>
2306
2307	<listitem>
2308	<para>SATA: mark the ports as non hotpluggable (bug #3920)</para>
2309	</listitem>
2310
2311	<listitem>
2312	<para>3D support: fix deadlocks and context/window tracking for
2313	multithreaded applications (bug #3922)</para>
2314	</listitem>
2315
2316	<listitem>
2317	<para>3D support: fix memory leaks when terminating OpenGL guest applications</para>
2318	</listitem>
2319
2320	<listitem>
2321	<para>3D support: fix crash in Call of Duty</para>
2322	</listitem>
2323
2324	<listitem>
2325	<para>NAT: using two or more NAT adapters in one VM was broken (3.0.0 regression)</para>
2326	</listitem>
2327
2328	<listitem>
2329	<para>NAT: fixed network communication corruptions (bugs #4499, #4540, #4591, #4604)</para>
2330	</listitem>
2331
2332	<listitem>
2333	<para>NAT: fixed passive ftp access to host server (bug #4427)</para>
2334	</listitem>
2335
2336	<listitem>
2337	<para>iSCSI: fixed cloning to/from iSCSI disks</para>
2338	</listitem>
2339
2340	<listitem>
2341	<para>GUI: fixed path separator handling for the OVF export on
2342	Windows (bug #4354)</para>
2343	</listitem>
2344
2345	<listitem>
2346	<para>GUI: the mini toolbar was only shown on the first host display
2347	(bug #4654)</para>
2348	</listitem>
2349
2350	<listitem>
2351	<para>GUI: added a VM option to display the mini toolbar on top</para>
2352	</listitem>
2353
2354	<listitem>
2355	<para>GUI: don't crash when adding plus configuring host-only network
2356	interfaces</para>
2357	</listitem>
2358
2359	<listitem>
2360	<para>Shared Folders: fixed selection of a drive root directory as a shared folder host path
2361	in VirtualBox (Windows host only)</para>
2362	</listitem>
2363
2364	<listitem>
2365	<para>USB: fixed a bug that may have rendered USB device filter settings
2366	inactive (3.0.2 regression, bug #4668)</para>
2367	</listitem>
2368
2369	<listitem>
2370	<para>Guest Additions: report the Guest Additions version to the guest
2371	properties (bug #3415)</para>
2372	</listitem>
2373
2374	<listitem>
2375	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fix creation of VMDK files giving raw partition access
2376	(bug #1461)</para>
2377	</listitem>
2378
2379	<listitem>
2380	<para>Mac OS X hosts: improved support for Snow Leopard </para>
2381	</listitem>
2382
2383	<listitem>
2384	<para>Linux hosts: fixed problems leading to wrong colors or
2385	transparency in host windows with some graphics drivers (bug #3095)</para>
2386	</listitem>
2387
2388	<listitem>
2389	<para>Linux hosts: hardware detection fallbacks if the hal service
2390	fails to find any DVD drives.</para>
2391	</listitem>
2392
2393	<listitem>
2394	<para>Linux and Solaris hosts: Work around color handling problems in
2395	Qt (bug #4353)</para>
2396	</listitem>
2397
2398	<listitem>
2399	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed memory leaks in host-only networking</para>
2400	</listitem>
2401
2402	<listitem>
2403	<para>Solaris Installer: fixed incorrect netmask for Host-only interface (bug #4590)</para>
2404	</listitem>
2405
2406	<listitem>
2407	<para>Solaris Installer: added package dependency for Python and Python-devel (bug #4570)</para>
2408	</listitem>
2409
2410	<listitem>
2411	<para>X11 guests: prevent windows from being skipped in
2412	seamless mode KDE guests (bugs #1681 and #3574)</para>
2413	</listitem>
2414
2415	<listitem>
2416	<para>X11 guests: fixed screen corruption in X11 guests when large
2417	amounts of video RAM were allocated (bug #4430)</para>
2418	</listitem>
2419
2420	<listitem>
2421	<para>X11 guests: some fixes when switching between host and
2422	guest-drawn mouse pointers.</para>
2423	</listitem>
2424
2425	<listitem>
2426	<para>X11 guests: fixed an issue which caused seamless mode to stop
2427	working as it should (the main issue listed in bug #2238).</para>
2428	</listitem>
2429
2430	</itemizedlist>
2431
2432	</sect1>
2433	<sect1>
2434	<title>Version 3.0.2 (2009-07-10)</title>
2435
2436	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2437	added:</para>
2438
2439	<itemizedlist>
2440
2441	<listitem>
2442	<para>VMM: fixed network regressions (guest hangs during network IO) (bug #4343)</para>
2443	</listitem>
2444
2445	<listitem>
2446	<para>VMM: guest SMP performance improvements</para>
2447	</listitem>
2448
2449	<listitem>
2450	<para>VMM: fixed hangs and poor performance with Kaspersky Internet Security
2451	(VT-x/AMD-V only; bug #1778)</para>
2452	</listitem>
2453
2454	<listitem>
2455	<para>VMM: fixed crashes when executing certain Linux guests (software
2456	virtualization only; bugs #2696 & #3868)</para>
2457	</listitem>
2458
2459	<listitem>
2460	<para>ACPI: fixed Windows 2000 kernel hangs with IO-APIC enabled (bug #4348)</para>
2461	</listitem>
2462
2463	<listitem>
2464	<para>APIC: fixed high idle load for certain Linux guests (3.0 regression)</para>
2465	</listitem>
2466
2467	<listitem>
2468	<para>BIOS: properly handle Ctrl-Alt-Del in real mode</para>
2469	</listitem>
2470
2471	<listitem>
2472	<para>iSCSI: fixed configuration parsing (bug #4236)</para>
2473	</listitem>
2474
2475	<listitem>
2476	<para>OVF: fix potential confusion when exporting networks</para>
2477	</listitem>
2478
2479	<listitem>
2480	<para>OVF: compatibility fix (bug #4452)</para>
2481	</listitem>
2482
2483	<listitem>
2484	<para>OVF: accept ovf:/disk/ specifiers with a single slash in addition to ovf://disk/ (bug #4452) </para>
2485	</listitem>
2486
2487	<listitem>
2488	<para>NAT: fixed crashes under certain circumstances (bug #4330)</para>
2489	</listitem>
2490
2491	<listitem>
2492	<para>3D support: fixed dynamic linking on Solaris/OpenSolaris guests (bug #4399)</para>
2493	</listitem>
2494
2495	<listitem>
2496	<para>3D support: fixed incorrect context/window tracking for multithreaded apps</para>
2497	</listitem>
2498
2499	<listitem>
2500	<para>Shared Folders: fixed loading from saved state (bug #1595)</para>
2501	</listitem>
2502
2503	<listitem>
2504	<para>Shared Folders: host file permissions set to 0400 with Windows
2505	guest (bug #4381)</para>
2506	</listitem>
2507
2508	<listitem>
2509	<para>X11 host and guest clipboard: fixed a number of issues, including bug #4380 and #4344</para>
2510	</listitem>
2511
2512	<listitem>
2513	<para>X11 Additions: fixed some issues with seamless windows in X11 guests (bug #3727)</para>
2514	</listitem>
2515
2516	<listitem>
2517	<para>Windows Additions: added VBoxServiceNT for NT4 guests
2518	(for time synchronization and guest properties)</para>
2519	</listitem>
2520
2521	<listitem>
2522	<para>Windows Additions: fixed version lookup</para>
2523	</listitem>
2524
2525	<listitem>
2526	<para>Linux Installer: support Pardus Linux</para>
2527	</listitem>
2528
2529	<listitem>
2530	<para>Linux hosts: workaround for buggy graphics drivers showing a
2531	black VM window on recent distributions (bug #4335)</para>
2532	</listitem>
2533
2534	<listitem>
2535	<para>Linux hosts: fixed typo in kernel module startup script (bug #4388)</para>
2536	</listitem>
2537
2538	<listitem>
2539	<para>Solaris hosts: several installer fixes</para>
2540	</listitem>
2541
2542	<listitem>
2543	<para>Solaris host: fixed a preemption issue causing VMs to never start on Solaris 10 (bug #4328).</para>
2544	</listitem>
2545
2546	<listitem>
2547	<para>Solaris guest: fixed mouse integration for OpenSolaris 2009.06 (bug #4365) </para>
2548	</listitem>
2549
2550	<listitem>
2551	<para>Windows hosts: fixed high CPU usage after resuming the host (bug #2978)</para>
2552	</listitem>
2553
2554	<listitem>
2555	<para>Fixed a settings file conversion bug which sometimes caused hardware acceleration to be enabled for virtual machines that had no explicit configuration in the XML.</para>
2556	</listitem>
2557
2558	</itemizedlist>
2559
2560	</sect1>
2561
2562	<sect1>
2563	<title>Version 3.0.0 (2009-06-30)</title>
2564
2565	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
2566	were added:</para>
2567
2568	<itemizedlist>
2569
2570	<listitem>
2571	<para>Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only; see <xref linkend="settings-processor" />)</para>
2572	</listitem>
2573
2574	<listitem>
2575	<para>Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications / games
2576	(experimental; see <xref linkend="guestadd-3d" />)</para>
2577	</listitem>
2578
2579	<listitem>
2580	<para>Support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests</para>
2581	</listitem>
2582
2583	</itemizedlist>
2584
2585	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
2586
2587	<itemizedlist>
2588
2589	<listitem>
2590	<para>Solaris hosts: allow suspend/resume on the host when a VM is running (bug #3826)</para>
2591	</listitem>
2592
2593	<listitem>
2594	<para>Solaris hosts: loosen the restriction for contiguous physical memory under
2595	certain conditions</para>
2596	</listitem>
2597
2598	<listitem>
2599	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed guest PAE</para>
2600	</listitem>
2601
2602	<listitem>
2603	<para>Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.31 (bug #4264)</para>
2604	</listitem>
2605
2606	<listitem>
2607	<para>VMM: fixed occasional guru meditation when loading a saved state (VT-x only)</para>
2608	</listitem>
2609
2610	<listitem>
2611	<para>VMM: eliminated IO-APIC overhead with 32 bits guests (VT-x only, some Intel CPUs don't support
2612	this feature (most do); bug #638)</para>
2613	</listitem>
2614
2615	<listitem>
2616	<para>VMM: fixed 64 bits CentOS guest hangs during early boot (AMD-V only; bug #3927)</para>
2617	</listitem>
2618
2619	<listitem>
2620	<para>VMM: performance improvements for certain PAE guests (e.g. Linux 2.6.29+ kernels) </para>
2621	</listitem>
2622
2623	<listitem>
2624	<para>VMM: some Windows guests detected a completely wrong CPU frequency (bug #2227)</para>
2625	</listitem>
2626
2627	<listitem>
2628	<para>VMM: fixed hanging and unkillable VM processes (bug #4040)</para>
2629	</listitem>
2630
2631	<listitem>
2632	<para>VMM: fixed random infrequent guest crashes due XMM state corruption (Win64 hosts only)</para>
2633	</listitem>
2634
2635	<listitem>
2636	<para>VMM: performance improvements for network I/O (VT-x/AMD-V only)</para>
2637	</listitem>
2638
2639	<listitem>
2640	<para>GUI: added mini toolbar for fullscreen and seamless mode (Thanks to Huihong Luo)</para>
2641	</listitem>
2642
2643	<listitem>
2644	<para>GUI: redesigned settings dialogs</para>
2645	</listitem>
2646
2647	<listitem>
2648	<para>GUI: allow to create/remove more than one host-only network adapters
2649	(non Windows hosts)</para>
2650	</listitem>
2651
2652	<listitem>
2653	<para>GUI: display estimated time for long running operations (e.g. OVF import/export)</para>
2654	</listitem>
2655
2656	<listitem>
2657	<para>GUI: fixed rare hangs when open the OVF import/export wizards (bug #4157)</para>
2658	</listitem>
2659
2660	<listitem>
2661	<para>3D support: fixed VM crashes for client applications using incorrect OpenGL states</para>
2662	</listitem>
2663
2664	<listitem>
2665	<para>3D support: fixed memory corruption when querying for supported texture compression formats</para>
2666	</listitem>
2667
2668	<listitem>
2669	<para>3D support: fixed incorrect rendering of glDrawRangeElements</para>
2670	</listitem>
2671
2672	<listitem>
2673	<para>3D support: fixed memory leak when using VBOs</para>
2674	</listitem>
2675
2676	<listitem>
2677	<para>3D support: fixed glew library detection</para>
2678	</listitem>
2679
2680	<listitem>
2681	<para>3D support: fixed random textures corruption</para>
2682	</listitem>
2683
2684	<listitem>
2685	<para>VRDP: support Windows 7 RDP client</para>
2686	</listitem>
2687
2688	<listitem>
2689	<para>Networking: fixed another problem with TX checksum offloading
2690	with Linux kernels up to version 2.6.18</para>
2691	</listitem>
2692
2693	<listitem>
2694	<para>NAT: fixed "open ports on virtual router 10.0.2.2 - 513, 514" (forum)</para>
2695	</listitem>
2696
2697	<listitem>
2698	<para>NAT: allow to configure socket and internal parameters</para>
2699	</listitem>
2700
2701	<listitem>
2702	<para>NAT: allow to bind sockets to specific interface</para>
2703	</listitem>
2704
2705	<listitem>
2706	<para>PXE boot: significant performance increase (VT-x/AMD-V only)</para>
2707	</listitem>
2708
2709	<listitem>
2710	<para>VHD: properly write empty sectors when cloning of VHD images (bug #4080)</para>
2711	</listitem>
2712
2713	<listitem>
2714	<para>VHD: fixed crash when discarding snapshots of a VHD image</para>
2715	</listitem>
2716
2717	<listitem>
2718	<para>VHD: fixed access beyond the block bitmap which could lead to arbitrary crashes</para>
2719	</listitem>
2720
2721	<listitem>
2722	<para>VBoxManage: fixed incorrect partition table processing when
2723	creating VMDK files giving raw partition access (bug #3510)</para>
2724	</listitem>
2725
2726	<listitem>
2727	<para>VBoxManage: support cloning to existing image file</para>
2728	</listitem>
2729
2730	<listitem>
2731	<para>OVF: several OVF 1.0 compatibility fixes</para>
2732	</listitem>
2733
2734	<listitem>
2735	<para>OVF: fixed exporting of disk images when multiple virtual machines are exported at once</para>
2736	</listitem>
2737
2738	<listitem>
2739	<para>Virtual mouse device: eliminated micro-movements of the
2740	virtual mouse which were confusing some applications (bug #3782)</para>
2741	</listitem>
2742
2743	<listitem>
2744	<para>Shared Folders: sometimes a file was created using the wrong permissions
2745	(2.2.0 regression; bug #3785)</para>
2746	</listitem>
2747
2748	<listitem>
2749	<para>Shared Folders: allow to change file attributes from Linux guests and use the
2750	correct file mode when creating files</para>
2751	</listitem>
2752
2753	<listitem>
2754	<para>Shared Folders: some content was incorrectly written under certain
2755	conditions (bug #1187)</para>
2756	</listitem>
2757
2758	<listitem>
2759	<para>Shared Folders: fixed incorrect file timestamps, when using Windows guest
2760	on a Linux host (bug #3404)</para>
2761	</listitem>
2762
2763	<listitem>
2764	<para>X11 clipboard: fix duplicate end of lines (bug #4270)</para>
2765	</listitem>
2766
2767	<listitem>
2768	<para>X11 guests: a number of shared clipboard fixes</para>
2769	</listitem>
2770
2771	<listitem>
2772	<para>Linux guests: Guest Additions support for SUSE Linux
2773	Enterprise Desktop 11</para>
2774	</listitem>
2775
2776	<listitem>
2777	<para>Linux guests: new daemon vboxadd-service to handle time synchronization and
2778	guest property lookup</para>
2779	</listitem>
2780
2781	<listitem>
2782	<para>Linux guests: implemented guest properties (OS info, logged in users,
2783	basic network information)</para>
2784	</listitem>
2785
2786	<listitem>
2787	<para>Windows host installer: VirtualBox Python API can now be installed automatically
2788	(requires Python and Win32 Extensions installed)</para>
2789	</listitem>
2790
2791	<listitem>
2792	<para>USB: Support for high-speed isochronous endpoints has been
2793	added. In addition, read-ahead buffering is performed for input
2794	endpoints (currently Linux hosts only). This should allow additional
2795	devices to work, notably webcams (bug #242).</para>
2796	</listitem>
2797
2798	<listitem>
2799	<para>USB: fixed error handling for some USB dongles</para>
2800	</listitem>
2801
2802	<listitem>
2803	<para>Web service: fixed inability to handle NULL pointers for object arguments, which
2804	are valid values for a lot of APIs, in both the raw and the object-oriented
2805	web service.</para>
2806	</listitem>
2807
2808	<listitem>
2809	<para>Web service: object-oriented bindings for JAX-WS did not exhibit interface
2810	inheritance correctly, fixed</para>
2811	</listitem>
2812
2813	<listitem>
2814	<para>Web service: added support for IDisplay and IGuest interfaces, which were previously
2815	unavailable</para>
2816	</listitem>
2817
2818	<listitem>
2819	<para>Registration dialog uses Sun Online accounts now</para>
2820	</listitem>
2821
2822	</itemizedlist>
2823	</sect1>
2824
2825	<sect1>
2826	<title>Version 2.2.4 (2009-05-29)</title>
2827
2828	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2829	added:</para>
2830
2831	<itemizedlist>
2832
2833	<listitem>
2834	<para>Windows Installer: fixed a potential hang during
2835	installation</para>
2836	</listitem>
2837
2838	<listitem>
2839	<para>Windows Installer: fixed several problems (bug #3892)</para>
2840	</listitem>
2841
2842	<listitem>
2843	<para>Solaris hosts: make it work with Solaris build 114 or
2844	later (bug #3981)</para>
2845	</listitem>
2846
2847	<listitem>
2848	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a bug serial port character handling found during
2849	loopback (bug #3120)</para>
2850	</listitem>
2851
2852	<listitem>
2853	<para>Linux hosts: adapted vboxdrv.sh to the latest changes in
2854	<computeroutput>VBoxManage list runningvms</computeroutput>
2855	(bug #4034)
2856	</para>
2857	</listitem>
2858
2859	<listitem>
2860	<para>Windows hosts: fixed a crash caused by host-only/bridged
2861	networking</para>
2862	</listitem>
2863
2864	<listitem>
2865	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed access to host DVD with passthrough
2866	disabled (bug #4077)</para>
2867	</listitem>
2868
2869	<listitem>
2870	<para>Guest Additions: fixed problems with KDE 4 not recognizing mouse
2871	clicks</para>
2872	</listitem>
2873
2874	<listitem>
2875	<para>Windows Additions: fixed incorrect 8-bit guest color depth in
2876	Windows 7 guests</para>
2877	</listitem>
2878
2879	<listitem>
2880	<para>GUI: warn if VT-x/AMD-V could not be enabled for guests
2881	that require this setting (bug #4055)</para>
2882	</listitem>
2883
2884	<listitem>
2885	<para>VMM: fixed occasional crash due to insufficient memory</para>
2886	</listitem>
2887
2888	<listitem>
2889	<para>VMM: fixed hanging 64 bits Solaris guests</para>
2890	</listitem>
2891
2892	<listitem>
2893	<para>VMM: restore from a saved state occasionally failed
2894	(bugs #3984 and #2742)</para>
2895	</listitem>
2896
2897	<listitem>
2898	<para>Clipboard: fixed a deadlock while shutting down the shared
2899	clipboard on X11 hosts (bug #4020)</para>
2900	</listitem>
2901
2902	<listitem>
2903	<para>OVF: fixed potential hang during import</para>
2904	</listitem>
2905
2906	<listitem>
2907	<para>OVF: fixed potential crashes during import/export on Win64 hosts</para>
2908	</listitem>
2909
2910	<listitem>
2911	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>modifyhd --compact</computeroutput>:
2912	fixed bug which could lead to crashes and image corruption
2913	(bug #3864)</para>
2914	</listitem>
2915
2916	<listitem>
2917	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>metrics collect</computeroutput>:
2918	now flushes the output stream</para>
2919	</listitem>
2920
2921	<listitem>
2922	<para>VHD: made <computeroutput>VBoxManage internalcommands
2923	sethduuid</computeroutput> work for .vhd files (bug #3443)</para>
2924	</listitem>
2925
2926	<listitem>
2927	<para>VHD: some .vhd files could not be cloned (bug #4080)</para>
2928	</listitem>
2929
2930	<listitem>
2931	<para>NAT: improvement of TCP connection establishment (bug #2987)</para>
2932	</listitem>
2933
2934	<listitem>
2935	<para>NAT: fixed order of DNS servers in DHCP lease (bug #4091)</para>
2936	</listitem>
2937
2938	<listitem>
2939	<para>NAT: fixed DHCP lease for multiple name servers (bug #3692)</para>
2940	</listitem>
2941
2942	<listitem>
2943	<para>NAT: fixed a potential segfault if the host lost its connectivity
2944	(bug #3964)</para>
2945	</listitem>
2946
2947	<listitem>
2948	<para>Shared Folders: deny access to parent directories on Windows
2949	hosts (bug #4090)</para>
2950	</listitem>
2951
2952	<listitem>
2953	<para>Shared Folders: make rm/rmdir work with Solaris guests on Windows
2954	hosts</para>
2955	</listitem>
2956
2957	<listitem>
2958	<para>Networking: fixed the problem with blocked receiving thread when
2959	a broadcast packet arrives too early to be handled by uninitialized
2960	e1000 adapter</para>
2961	</listitem>
2962
2963	<listitem>
2964	<para>Networking: fixed the problem that caused host freezes/crashes
2965	when using bridged mode with host's interface having RX checksum
2966	offloading on (bug #3926 and related). Fixes problems with TX
2967	offloading as well (bug #3870)</para>
2968	</listitem>
2969
2970	<listitem>
2971	<para>PXE boot: Added support for PRO/1000 MT Server adapter</para>
2972	</listitem>
2973
2974	<listitem>
2975	<para>Python bindings: fixed keyword conflict</para>
2976	</listitem>
2977
2978	<listitem>
2979	<para>SCSI: fixed occasional crashes on Win64</para>
2980	</listitem>
2981
2982	<listitem>
2983	<para>Serial: allow to redirect the serial port to a raw
2984	file (bug #1023)</para>
2985	</listitem>
2986
2987	<listitem>
2988	<para>VRDP: fixed a rare incorrect screen update</para>
2989	</listitem>
2990
2991	<listitem>
2992	<para>VMDK: fixed creating snapshots</para>
2993	</listitem>
2994
2995	</itemizedlist>
2996	</sect1>
2997
2998	<sect1>
2999	<title>Version 2.2.2 (2009-04-27)</title>
3000
3001	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3002	added:</para>
3003
3004	<itemizedlist>
3005
3006	<listitem>
3007	<para>Host and guest clipboard: fixed a number of issues affecting
3008	hosts and guests running the X window system</para>
3009	</listitem>
3010
3011	<listitem>
3012	<para>Guest Additions: make sure the virtual mouse autodetection works
3013	on first reboot after installing the Additions on X.Org server 1.5
3014	and later</para>
3015	</listitem>
3016
3017	<listitem>
3018	<para>Guest Additions: properly report process identity number of
3019	running services</para>
3020	</listitem>
3021
3022	<listitem>
3023	<para>Guest Additions: clean up properly if the X Window server
3024	terminates</para>
3025	</listitem>
3026
3027	<listitem>
3028	<para>Linux Additions: fixed installation path for OpenGL libraries
3029	in some 64-bit guests (bug #3693)</para>
3030	</listitem>
3031
3032	<listitem>
3033	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed installation to work when X.Org is not
3034	installed on the guest</para>
3035	</listitem>
3036
3037	<listitem>
3038	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed a bug that could panic the guest when
3039	unmounting a busy shared folder</para>
3040	</listitem>
3041
3042	<listitem>
3043	<para>Windows Additions: fixed mouse pointer integration of some
3044	Windows guests (2.2.0 regression, bug #3734)</para>
3045	</listitem>
3046
3047	<listitem>
3048	<para>Windows Additions: fixed installation on Windows Server 2008 Core
3049	(bug #2628)</para>
3050	</listitem>
3051
3052	<listitem>
3053	<para>Main: do not try to use older versions of D-Bus (Linux
3054	hosts only, bug #3732)</para>
3055	</listitem>
3056
3057	<listitem>
3058	<para>VMM: fixed out-of-memory conditions on Windows hosts
3059	(bug #3657)</para>
3060	</listitem>
3061
3062	<listitem>
3063	<para>VMM: fixed occasional hangs when attaching USB
3064	devices during VM startup (2.2.0 regression; bugs #3787)</para>
3065	</listitem>
3066
3067	<listitem>
3068	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation related to memory management (software
3069	virtualization only)
3070	</para>
3071	</listitem>
3072
3073	<listitem>
3074	<para>Virtual disks: fix possible data corruption when writing to diff
3075	images, incorrect detection of redundant writes</para>
3076	</listitem>
3077
3078	<listitem>
3079	<para>GUI: reworked network settings dialog</para>
3080	</listitem>
3081
3082	<listitem>
3083	<para>GUI: properly show the detailed settings dialog of NAT
3084	networks (bug #3702)</para>
3085	</listitem>
3086
3087	<listitem>
3088	<para>GUI: HostKey could not be changed (2.2.0 regression,
3089	bug #3689)</para>
3090	</listitem>
3091
3092	<listitem>
3093	<para>GUI: fixed memory textfield size (Windows hosts only;
3094	bug #3679)</para>
3095	</listitem>
3096
3097	<listitem>
3098	<para>GUI: fixed crash when selecting a shared folder path (Windows hosts only;
3099	bugs #3694, #3751, #3756)</para>
3100	</listitem>
3101
3102	<listitem>
3103	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>modifyhd --compact</computeroutput>:
3104	implemented again for VDI files, and now supports relative paths
3105	(bug #2180, #2833)</para>
3106	</listitem>
3107
3108	<listitem>
3109	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>snapshot discard</computeroutput>:
3110	made it work again (2.1.0 regression; bug #3714)</para>
3111	</listitem>
3112
3113	<listitem>
3114	<para>NAT: on some Windows hosts, the guest didn't receive a DHCP
3115	lease (bug #3655)</para>
3116	</listitem>
3117
3118	<listitem>
3119	<para>NAT: fixed release assertion during <emphasis>poll()</emphasis>
3120	(bug #3667)</para>
3121	</listitem>
3122
3123	<listitem>
3124	<para>Networking: fixed a deadlock caused by the PCnet network device
3125	emulation (2.2.0 regression, bug #3676)</para>
3126	</listitem>
3127
3128	<listitem>
3129	<para>Clipboard: fixed random crashes (X11 hosts only, bug #3723)</para>
3130	</listitem>
3131
3132	<listitem>
3133	<para>Shared Folders: fixed incorrect permissions for Solaris guests</para>
3134	</listitem>
3135
3136	<listitem>
3137	<para>Shared Folders: fixed wrong file sizes with Solaris guests</para>
3138	</listitem>
3139
3140	<listitem>
3141	<para>CBindings: fixed possible memory leak while releasing the IVirtualBox and ISession Objects</para>
3142	</listitem>
3143
3144	<listitem>
3145	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed host-only network interface incompatibility with nwam/dhcpagent (bug #3754)</para>
3146	</listitem>
3147
3148	<listitem>
3149	<para>Windows installer: fixed several install and uninstall issues (bugs #3659, #3686, #1730, #3711, #3373, #3382, #3701, #3685, #3710)</para>
3150	</listitem>
3151
3152	<listitem>
3153	<para>Mac OS X hosts: preliminary support for Snow Leopard</para>
3154	</listitem>
3155
3156	</itemizedlist>
3157	</sect1>
3158
3159	<sect1>
3160	<title>Version 2.2.0 (2009-04-08)</title>
3161
3162	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
3163	were added:</para>
3164
3165	<itemizedlist>
3166
3167	<listitem>
3168	<para>OVF (Open Virtualization Format) appliance import and export (see <xref linkend="ovf" />) </para>
3169	</listitem>
3170
3171	<listitem>
3172	<para>Host-only networking mode (see <xref linkend="network_hostonly" />) </para>
3173	</listitem>
3174
3175	<listitem>
3176	<para>Hypervisor optimizations with significant performance gains for high context switching rates</para>
3177	</listitem>
3178
3179	<listitem>
3180	<para>Raised the memory limit for VMs on 64-bit hosts to 16GB</para>
3181	</listitem>
3182
3183	<listitem>
3184	<para>VT-x/AMD-V are enabled by default for newly created virtual machines</para>
3185	</listitem>
3186
3187	<listitem>
3188	<para>USB (OHCI & EHCI) is enabled by default for newly created virtual machines (Qt GUI only)</para>
3189	</listitem>
3190
3191	<listitem>
3192	<para>Experimental USB support for OpenSolaris hosts</para>
3193	</listitem>
3194
3195	<listitem>
3196	<para>Shared Folders for Solaris and OpenSolaris guests</para>
3197	</listitem>
3198
3199	<listitem>
3200	<para>OpenGL 3D acceleration for Linux and Solaris guests (see <xref linkend="guestadd-3d" />)</para>
3201	</listitem>
3202
3203	<listitem>
3204	<para>Added C API in addition to C++, Java, Python and Web Services</para>
3205	</listitem>
3206
3207	</itemizedlist>
3208
3209	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
3210
3211	<itemizedlist>
3212
3213	<listitem>
3214	<para>VMM: FreeBSD guest related fix for V86 flags (bug #2342) </para>
3215	</listitem>
3216
3217	<listitem>
3218	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when booting an AsteriskNow Linux VM (bug #2342) </para>
3219	</listitem>
3220
3221	<listitem>
3222	<para>VMM: fixed PGMPOOLKIND_FREE guru meditation (bugs #3356, #3431) </para>
3223	</listitem>
3224
3225	<listitem>
3226	<para>VMM: fixed Windows XP boot hang (guest PAE + nested paging only) </para>
3227	</listitem>
3228
3229	<listitem>
3230	<para>VMM: allow mixing of VT-x/AMD-V and software virtualization </para>
3231	</listitem>
3232
3233	<listitem>
3234	<para>VMM: fixed extremely slow safe mode booting in e.g. Windows 2008 (VT-x/AMD-V only) </para>
3235	</listitem>
3236
3237	<listitem>
3238	<para>VMM: significant speedup of certain GRUB boot loaders (e.g. Solaris) (VT-x/AMD-V only) </para>
3239	</listitem>
3240
3241	<listitem>
3242	<para>VMM: real-mode IOPL fix for DOS guests (VT-x only) </para>
3243	</listitem>
3244
3245	<listitem>
3246	<para>VMM: fixed VT-x detection with certain BIOSes that enable VT-x,
3247	but don't set the lock bit in MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL </para>
3248	</listitem>
3249
3250	<listitem>
3251	<para>VMM: fixed hibernation issues on Windows XP hosts (VT-x only; bug #1794) </para>
3252	</listitem>
3253
3254	<listitem>
3255	<para>VMM: properly emulate <emphasis>RDMSR</emphasis> from the
3256	TSC MSR, should fix some NetBSD guests</para>
3257	</listitem>
3258
3259	<listitem>
3260	<para>VMM: emulate <emphasis>RDPMC</emphasis>; fixes Windows guests crashes
3261	when using the Kaspersky virus scanner (bug #1778) </para>
3262	</listitem>
3263
3264	<listitem>
3265	<para>NAT: fixed truncated downloads (FTP) (bug #3257)</para>
3266	</listitem>
3267
3268	<listitem>
3269	<para>NAT: blocked UDP packets caused a crash (bug #3426)</para>
3270	</listitem>
3271
3272	<listitem>
3273	<para>NAT: allow to configure the <emphasis>next server</emphasis>
3274	and the <emphasis>boot file</emphasis> via VBoxManage (bug #2759)</para>
3275	</listitem>
3276
3277	<listitem>
3278	<para>IDE: fixed hard disk upgrade from XML-1.2 settings (bug #1518)</para>
3279	</listitem>
3280
3281	<listitem>
3282	<para>Hard disk: support more VMDK file variants (including fixed-size
3283	ESX server images)</para>
3284	</listitem>
3285
3286	<listitem>
3287	<para>Hard disks: refuse to start the VM if a disk image is not
3288	writable</para>
3289	</listitem>
3290
3291	<listitem>
3292	<para>USB: further reduced host CPU utilization for OHCI and
3293	EHCI; the "VBoxInternal/Devices/usb-ohci/0/Config/FrameRate" CFG key
3294	is no longer necessary and no longer supported</para>
3295	</listitem>
3296
3297	<listitem>
3298	<para>USB: fixed BSOD on the host with certain USB devices
3299	(Windows hosts only; bug #1654)</para>
3300	</listitem>
3301
3302	<listitem>
3303	<para>E1000: properly handle cable disconnects (bug #3421)</para>
3304	</listitem>
3305
3306	<listitem>
3307	<para>VRDP: fixed hangs when VRDP server is enabled or disabled in runtime</para>
3308	</listitem>
3309
3310	<listitem>
3311	<para>Shared Folders: respect umask settings on Linux, OSX and Solaris
3312	hosts when creating files</para>
3313	</listitem>
3314
3315	<listitem>
3316	<para>X11 guests: prevented setting the locale in vboxmouse, as
3317	this caused problems with Turkish locales (bug #3563)</para>
3318	</listitem>
3319
3320	<listitem>
3321	<para>X11 guests: show the guest mouse pointer at the right position
3322	if the virtual desktop is larger than the guest resolution (bug
3323	#2306)</para>
3324	</listitem>
3325
3326	<listitem>
3327	<para>Linux Additions: fixed typo when detecting Xorg 1.6
3328	(bug #3555)</para>
3329	</listitem>
3330
3331	<listitem>
3332	<para>Solaris guests: added xpg4/xcu4 dependency to the Guest Additions
3333	installer (bug #3524)</para>
3334	</listitem>
3335
3336	<listitem>
3337	<para>Windows guests: bind the VBoxMouse.sys filter driver to the
3338	correct guest pointing device (bug #1324)</para>
3339	</listitem>
3340
3341	<listitem>
3342	<para>Windows hosts: fixed BSOD when starting a VM with enabled host
3343	interface (bug #3414)</para>
3344	</listitem>
3345
3346	<listitem>
3347	<para>Linux hosts: do proper reference counting to prevent unloading
3348	the vboxnetflt module as long as this code is in use (bug #3104)</para>
3349	</listitem>
3350
3351	<listitem>
3352	<para>Linux hosts: do not leave zombies of VBoxSysInfo.sh
3353	(bug #3586)</para>
3354	</listitem>
3355
3356	<listitem>
3357	<para>Linux installers: fixes for Slackware, Arch Linux and Linux
3358	from Scratch systems</para>
3359	</listitem>
3360
3361	<listitem>
3362	<para>Windows installers: combined installer executable which contains
3363	both (32- and 64-bit) architectures</para>
3364	</listitem>
3365
3366	<listitem>
3367	<para>VBoxManage: less cryptic command-line error messages</para>
3368	</listitem>
3369
3370	<listitem>
3371	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>list vms</computeroutput> commands now
3372	default to compact format</para>
3373	</listitem>
3374
3375	<listitem>
3376	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>controlvm dvdattach</computeroutput>
3377	did not work if the image was attached before</para>
3378	</listitem>
3379
3380	<listitem>
3381	<para>VBoxManage: allow creation of all supported disk image variants</para>
3382	</listitem>
3383
3384	<listitem>
3385	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>showvminfo</computeroutput>:
3386	don't spam the release log if the Guest Additions don't support
3387	statistics information (bug #3457)</para>
3388	</listitem>
3389
3390	<listitem>
3391	<para>VBoxManage: big command line processing cleanup, the legacy
3392	single-dash options are deprecated and will be removed in the
3393	next major release, so switch to the new options now</para>
3394	</listitem>
3395
3396	<listitem>
3397	<para>Hard disks: improved immutable disk support to auto-reset diff file at
3398	VM startup (related to bug #2772)</para>
3399	</listitem>
3400
3401	<listitem>
3402	<para>GUI: enable the audio adapter by default for new VMs</para>
3403	</listitem>
3404
3405	<listitem>
3406	<para>GUI: warn if VT-x/AMD-V is not operational when starting a 64-bit guest</para>
3407	</listitem>
3408
3409	<listitem>
3410	<para>GUI: deactivate 64-bit guest support when the host CPU does not support VT-x/AMD-V</para>
3411	</listitem>
3412
3413	<listitem>
3414	<para>GUI: removed floppy icon from the status bar</para>
3415	</listitem>
3416
3417	<listitem>
3418	<para>GUI: show build revision in about dialog</para>
3419	</listitem>
3420
3421	<listitem>
3422	<para>GUI: fixed sticky status bar text</para>
3423	</listitem>
3424
3425	<listitem>
3426	<para>GUI: improved error dialogs</para>
3427	</listitem>
3428
3429	<listitem>
3430	<para>GUI: fail with an appropriate error message when trying to boot
3431	a read-only disk image (bug #1745)</para>
3432	</listitem>
3433
3434	<listitem>
3435	<para>GUI/Mac OS X: fixed disabled close button</para>
3436	</listitem>
3437
3438	<listitem>
3439	<para>GUI/Windows: re-enabled support for copy and paste (Windows hosts 2.0
3440	regression; bug #2065)</para>
3441	</listitem>
3442
3443	<listitem>
3444	<para>3D support: added OpenGL select/feedback support (bug #2920)</para>
3445	</listitem>
3446
3447	<listitem>
3448	<para>3D support: close OpenGL subsystem for terminated guest applications (bug #3243)</para>
3449	</listitem>
3450
3451	<listitem>
3452	<para>3D support: fixed VM hangs when starting guests with 3D acceleration enabled (bug #3437)</para>
3453	</listitem>
3454
3455	<listitem>
3456	<para>PXE: fixed boot hangs when hardware virtualization is used (bug
3457	#2536)</para>
3458	</listitem>
3459
3460	<listitem>
3461	<para>LsiLogic: fixed problems with Solaris guests</para>
3462	</listitem>
3463
3464	<listitem>
3465	<para>Main API: close machine settings XML file when unregistering machine
3466	(bug #3548)</para>
3467	</listitem>
3468
3469	</itemizedlist>
3470	</sect1>
3471
3472	<sect1>
3473	<title>Version 2.1.4 (2009-02-16)</title>
3474
3475	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3476	added:</para>
3477
3478	<itemizedlist>
3479
3480	<listitem>
3481	<para>Windows hosts: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems
3482	when running Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763)</para>
3483	</listitem>
3484
3485	<listitem>
3486	<para>Windows hosts: fixed network component BSOD issue (bugs #3168, #2916)</para>
3487	</listitem>
3488
3489	<listitem>
3490	<para>Windows hosts: fixed installation issues (bugs #2517, #1730, #3130)</para>
3491	</listitem>
3492
3493	<listitem>
3494	<para>Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556)</para>
3495	</listitem>
3496
3497	<listitem>
3498	<para>Linux hosts: fixed module dependency for shipped modules
3499	(bug #3115)</para>
3500	</listitem>
3501
3502	<listitem>
3503	<para>Linux hosts: moved the udev rules for USB forward so that they
3504	don't override existing system rules (bug #3143)</para>
3505	</listitem>
3506
3507	<listitem>
3508	<para>Linux hosts: fixed the issue with guest not being able to
3509	communicate with each other when attached via TAP interfaces
3510	(bug #3215)</para>
3511	</listitem>
3512
3513	<listitem>
3514	<para>Linux hosts: give up probing for USB gracefully if DBus or hal
3515	are not available (bug #3136)</para>
3516	</listitem>
3517
3518	<listitem>
3519	<para>Linux hosts: fixed warnings in installer when SELinux was
3520	disabled (bug #3098)</para>
3521	</listitem>
3522
3523	<listitem>
3524	<para>Linux hosts: VirtualBox sometimes failed to start if it had
3525	been started using sudo previously (bug #3270)</para>
3526	</listitem>
3527
3528	<listitem>
3529	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests
3530	in parallel</para>
3531	</listitem>
3532
3533	<listitem>
3534	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs</para>
3535	</listitem>
3536
3537	<listitem>
3538	<para>VMM: fixed performance regression for Windows guests (bug #3172) </para>
3539	</listitem>
3540
3541	<listitem>
3542	<para>VMM: ignore CPU stepping when restoring a saved state/snapshot</para>
3543	</listitem>
3544
3545	<listitem>
3546	<para>REM: fixed inability to use gdb to debug programs in Linux guests with
3547	software virtualization (bug #3245)</para>
3548	</listitem>
3549
3550	<listitem>
3551	<para>GUI: fixed dead key handling on Solaris hosts (bug #3256)</para>
3552	</listitem>
3553
3554	<listitem>
3555	<para>GUI: in the shutdown dialog, disable the action <emphasis>send the
3556	shutdown signal</emphasis> if the guest is currently not using ACPI</para>
3557	</listitem>
3558
3559	<listitem>
3560	<para>GUI: suppress additional key release events sent by X11 hosts
3561	when keys are auto-repeated (bug #1296)</para>
3562	</listitem>
3563
3564	<listitem>
3565	<para>API: restore case insensitive OS type name lookup (bug #3087)</para>
3566	</listitem>
3567
3568	<listitem>
3569	<para>VBoxHeadless: really don't start X11 services (clipboard service,
3570	3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199)</para>
3571	</listitem>
3572
3573	<listitem>
3574	<para>NAT: fixed occasional crashes when the guest is doing
3575	traceroute (non-Windows hosts; bug #3200)</para>
3576	</listitem>
3577
3578	<listitem>
3579	<para>NAT: fixed crashes under high load (bug #3110)</para>
3580	</listitem>
3581
3582	<listitem>
3583	<para>NAT: fixed truncated downloads (Windows hosts only, bug #3257)</para>
3584	</listitem>
3585
3586	<listitem>
3587	<para>NAT: don't intercept TFTP packages with a destination address
3588	different from the builtin TFTP server (bug #3112)</para>
3589	</listitem>
3590
3591	<listitem>
3592	<para>USB: several fixes for USB passthrough on Linux hosts</para>
3593	</listitem>
3594
3595	<listitem>
3596	<para>USB: reduced host CPU utilization if EHCI is active</para>
3597	</listitem>
3598
3599	<listitem>
3600	<para>VRDP: fixed VRDP server black screen after a client reconnect (bug #1989)</para>
3601	</listitem>
3602
3603	<listitem>
3604	<para>VRDP: modified rdesktop client (rdesktop-vrdp) now uses NumLock state
3605	synchronization (bug #3253)</para>
3606	</listitem>
3607
3608	<listitem>
3609	<para>LsiLogic: make FreeBSD guests work (bug #3174)</para>
3610	</listitem>
3611
3612	<listitem>
3613	<para>ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the
3614	virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable)</para>
3615	</listitem>
3616
3617	<listitem>
3618	<para>iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM</para>
3619	</listitem>
3620
3621	<listitem>
3622	<para>3D support: added missing GL_MAX_TEXTURE_COORDS_ARB (bug #3246)</para>
3623	</listitem>
3624
3625	<listitem>
3626	<para>Windows Additions: fixed <emphasis>ERROR (e0000101)</emphasis>
3627	error during installation (bug #1923)</para>
3628	</listitem>
3629
3630	<listitem>
3631	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows Explorer hang when browsing shared folders
3632	with 64 bit guests (bug #2225)</para>
3633	</listitem>
3634
3635	<listitem>
3636	<para>Windows Additions: fixed guest screen distortions during a video mode change</para>
3637	</listitem>
3638
3639	<listitem>
3640	<para>Windows Additions: fixed the <emphasis>Network drive not connected</emphasis>
3641	message for mapped shared folders drives after the guest startup (bug #3157)</para>
3642	</listitem>
3643
3644	<listitem>
3645	<para>Linux Additions: fixed occasional file corruption when writing files
3646	in <emphasis>O_APPEND</emphasis> mode to a shared folder (bug #2844)</para>
3647	</listitem>
3648
3649	<listitem>
3650	<para>Linux Additions: the mouse driver was not properly set up
3651	on X.Org release candidates (bug #3212)</para>
3652	</listitem>
3653
3654	<listitem>
3655	<para>Linux Additions: fixed installer to work with openSUSE 11.1
3656	(bug #3213)</para>
3657	</listitem>
3658
3659	<listitem>
3660	<para>Linux Additions: disable dynamic resizing if the X server is
3661	configured for fixed resolutions</para>
3662	</listitem>
3663
3664	<listitem>
3665	<para>Linux/Solaris Additions: handle virtual resolutions properly which are
3666	larger than the actual guest resolution (bug #3096)</para>
3667	</listitem>
3668
3669	</itemizedlist>
3670	</sect1>
3671
3672	<sect1>
3673	<title>Version 2.1.2 (2009-01-21)</title>
3674
3675	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3676	added:</para>
3677
3678	<itemizedlist>
3679
3680	<listitem>
3681	<para>USB: Linux host support fixes (bug #3136)</para>
3682	</listitem>
3683
3684	<listitem>
3685	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (AMD-V)</para>
3686	</listitem>
3687
3688	<listitem>
3689	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation on Mac OS X hosts when using VT-x</para>
3690	</listitem>
3691
3692	<listitem>
3693	<para>VMM: allow running up to 1023 VMs on 64-bit hosts (used to be 127)</para>
3694	</listitem>
3695
3696	<listitem>
3697	<para>VMM: several FreeBSD guest related fixes (bugs #2342, #2341, #2761) </para>
3698	</listitem>
3699
3700	<listitem>
3701	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when installing Suse Enterprise Server 10U2 (VT-x only; bug #3039)</para>
3702	</listitem>
3703
3704	<listitem>
3705	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when booting Novell Netware 4.11 (VT-x only; bug #2898) </para>
3706	</listitem>
3707
3708	<listitem>
3709	<para>VMM: fixed VERR_ADDRESS_TOO_BIG error on some Mac OS X systems when starting a VM </para>
3710	</listitem>
3711
3712	<listitem>
3713	<para>VMM: clear MSR_K6_EFER_SVME after probing for AMD-V (bug #3058) </para>
3714	</listitem>
3715
3716	<listitem>
3717	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation during Windows 7 boot with more than 2 GB guest RAM (VT-x, nested paging only) </para>
3718	</listitem>
3719
3720	<listitem>
3721	<para>VMM: fixed hang during OS/2 MCP2 boot (AMD-V and VT-x only) </para>
3722	</listitem>
3723
3724	<listitem>
3725	<para>VMM: fixed loop during OpenBSD 4.0 boot (VT-x only) </para>
3726	</listitem>
3727
3728	<listitem>
3729	<para>VMM: fixed random crashes related to FPU/XMM with 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts </para>
3730	</listitem>
3731
3732	<listitem>
3733	<para>VMM: fixed occasional XMM state corruption with 64 bits guests </para>
3734	</listitem>
3735
3736	<listitem>
3737	<para>GUI: raised the RAM limit for new VMs to 75% of the host memory</para>
3738	</listitem>
3739
3740	<listitem>
3741	<para>GUI: added Windows 7 as operating system type</para>
3742	</listitem>
3743
3744	<listitem>
3745	<para>VBoxSDL: fixed <computeroutput>-fixed fixedmode</computeroutput> parameter
3746	(bug #3067)</para>
3747	</listitem>
3748
3749	<listitem>
3750	<para>Clipboard: stability fixes (Linux and Solaris hosts only,
3751	bug #2675 and #3003)</para>
3752	</listitem>
3753
3754	<listitem>
3755	<para>3D support: fixed VM crashes for certain guest applications
3756	(bugs #2781, #2797, #2972, #3089)</para>
3757	</listitem>
3758
3759	<listitem>
3760	<para>LsiLogic: improved support for Windows guests (still experimental)</para>
3761	</listitem>
3762
3763	<listitem>
3764	<para>VGA: fixed a 2.1.0 regression where guest screen resize
3765	events were not properly handled (bug #2783)</para>
3766	</listitem>
3767
3768	<listitem>
3769	<para>VGA: significant performance improvements when using VT-x/AMD-V
3770	on Mac OS X hosts</para>
3771	</listitem>
3772
3773	<listitem>
3774	<para>VGA: better handling for VRAM offset changes (fixes GRUB2 and Dos DOOM display issues)</para>
3775	</listitem>
3776
3777	<listitem>
3778	<para>VGA: custom VESA modes with invalid widths are now rounded up
3779	to correct ones (bug #2895)</para>
3780	</listitem>
3781
3782	<listitem>
3783	<para>IDE: fixed ATAPI passthrough support (Linux hosts only; bug #2795)</para>
3784	</listitem>
3785
3786	<listitem>
3787	<para>Networking: fixed kernel panics due to NULL pointer dereference
3788	in Linux kernels < 2.6.20 (Linux hosts only; bug #2827)</para>
3789	</listitem>
3790
3791	<listitem>
3792	<para>Networking: fixed intermittent BSODs when using the new host
3793	interface (Windows hosts only; bugs #2832, #2937, #2929)</para>
3794	</listitem>
3795
3796	<listitem>
3797	<para>Networking: fixed several issues with displaying hostif NICs
3798	in the GUI (Windows hosts only; bugs 2814, #2842)
3799	</para>
3800	</listitem>
3801
3802	<listitem>
3803	<para>Networking: fixed the issue with displaying hostif NICs
3804	without assigned IP addresses (Linux hosts only; bug #2780)
3805	</para>
3806	</listitem>
3807
3808	<listitem>
3809	<para>Networking: fixed the issue with sent packets coming back to
3810	internal network when using hostif (Linux hosts only; bug #3056).
3811	</para>
3812	</listitem>
3813
3814	<listitem>
3815	<para>NAT: fixed port forwarding (Windows hosts only; bug #2808)</para>
3816	</listitem>
3817
3818	<listitem>
3819	<para>NAT: fixed booting from the builtin TFTP server (bug #1959)</para>
3820	</listitem>
3821
3822	<listitem>
3823	<para>NAT: fixed occasional crashes (bug #2709)</para>
3824	</listitem>
3825
3826	<listitem>
3827	<para>SATA: vendor product data (VPD) is now configurable</para>
3828	</listitem>
3829
3830	<listitem>
3831	<para>SATA: raw disk partitions were not recognized
3832	(2.1.0 regression, Windows host only, bug #2778)</para>
3833	</listitem>
3834
3835	<listitem>
3836	<para>SATA: fixed timeouts in the guest when using raw VMDK files
3837	(Linux host only, bug #2796)</para>
3838	</listitem>
3839
3840	<listitem>
3841	<para>SATA: huge speed up during certain I/O operations like
3842	formatting a drive</para>
3843	</listitem>
3844
3845	<listitem>
3846	<para>SATA/IDE: fixed possible crash/errors during VM shutdown</para>
3847	</listitem>
3848
3849	<listitem>
3850	<para>VRDP: fixed loading of <computeroutput>libpam.so.1</computeroutput>
3851	from the host (Solaris hosts only)</para>
3852	</listitem>
3853
3854	<listitem>
3855	<para>VRDP: fixed RDP client disconnects</para>
3856	</listitem>
3857
3858	<listitem>
3859	<para>VRDP: fixed VRDP server misbehavior after a broken client connection</para>
3860	</listitem>
3861
3862	<listitem>
3863	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>showvminfo</computeroutput>:
3864	fixed assertion for running VMs (bug #2773)</para>
3865	</listitem>
3866
3867	<listitem>
3868	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>convertfromraw</computeroutput>: added
3869	parameter checking and made it default to creating VDI files;
3870	fixed and documented format parameter (bug #2776)</para>
3871	</listitem>
3872
3873	<listitem>
3874	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>clonehd</computeroutput>: fixed
3875	garbled output image when creating VDI files (bug #2813)</para>
3876	</listitem>
3877
3878	<listitem>
3879	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>guestproperty</computeroutput>: fixed
3880	property enumeration (incorrect parameters/exception)</para>
3881	</listitem>
3882
3883	<listitem>
3884	<para>VHD: fixed error when attaching certain container files
3885	(bug #2768)</para>
3886	</listitem>
3887
3888	<listitem>
3889	<para>Solaris hosts: added support for serial ports (bug #1849)</para>
3890	</listitem>
3891
3892	<listitem>
3893	<para>Solaris hosts: fix for Japanese keyboards (bug #2847)</para>
3894	</listitem>
3895
3896	<listitem>
3897	<para>Solaris hosts: 32-bit and 64-bit versions now available as a
3898	single, unified package</para>
3899	</listitem>
3900
3901	<listitem>
3902	<para>Linux hosts: don't depend on <computeroutput>libcap1</computeroutput>
3903	anymore (bug #2859)</para>
3904	</listitem>
3905
3906	<listitem>
3907	<para>Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.29-rc1</para>
3908	</listitem>
3909
3910	<listitem>
3911	<para>Linux hosts: don't drop any capability if the VM was started
3912	by root (2.1.0 regression)</para>
3913	</listitem>
3914
3915	<listitem>
3916	<para>Mac OS X hosts: save the state of running or paused VMs when the
3917	host machine's battery reaches critical level</para>
3918	</listitem>
3919
3920	<listitem>
3921	<para>Mac OS X hosts: improved window resizing of the VM window</para>
3922	</listitem>
3923
3924	<listitem>
3925	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added GUI option to disable the dock icon realtime
3926	preview in the GUI to decrease the host CPU load when the guest is
3927	doing 3D</para>
3928	</listitem>
3929
3930	<listitem>
3931	<para>Mac OS X hosts: polished realtime preview dock icon</para>
3932	</listitem>
3933
3934	<listitem>
3935	<para>Windows Additions: fixed guest property and logging OS type
3936	detection for Windows 2008 and Windows 7 Beta</para>
3937	</listitem>
3938
3939	<listitem>
3940	<para>Windows Additions: added support for Windows 7 Beta (bugs #2995, #3015)</para>
3941	</listitem>
3942
3943	<listitem>
3944	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 guest freeze when accessing
3945	files on shared folders (bug #2764)</para>
3946	</listitem>
3947
3948	<listitem>
3949	<para>Windows Additions: fixed CTRL-ALT-DEL handling when using VBoxGINA</para>
3950	</listitem>
3951
3952	<listitem>
3953	<para>Windows Additions Installer: added /extract switch to only extract
3954	(not install) the files to a directory (can be specified with /D=path)</para>
3955	</listitem>
3956
3957	<listitem>
3958	<para>Linux installer and Additions: added support for the Linux
3959	From Scratch distribution (bug #1587) and recent Gentoo versions
3960	(bug #2938)</para>
3961	</listitem>
3962
3963	<listitem>
3964	<para>Additions: added experimental support for X.Org Server 1.6 RC on
3965	Linux guests</para>
3966	</listitem>
3967
3968	<listitem>
3969	<para>Linux Additions: fixed bug which prevented to properly set
3970	<computeroutput>fmode</computeroutput> on mapped shared folders
3971	(bug #1776)</para>
3972	</listitem>
3973
3974	<listitem>
3975	<para>Linux Additions: fixed appending of files on shared folders
3976	(bug #1612)</para>
3977	</listitem>
3978
3979	<listitem>
3980	<para>Linux Additions: ignore <computeroutput>noauto</computeroutput>
3981	option when mounting a shared folder (bug #2498)</para>
3982	</listitem>
3983
3984	<listitem>
3985	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a driver issue preventing X11 from
3986	compiling keymaps (bug #2793 and #2905)</para>
3987	</listitem>
3988
3989	<listitem>
3990	<para>X11 Additions: workaround in the mouse driver for a server
3991	crash when the driver is loaded manually (bug #2397)</para>
3992	</listitem>
3993
3994	</itemizedlist>
3995	</sect1>
3996
3997	<sect1>
3998	<title>Version 2.1.0 (2008-12-17)</title>
3999
4000	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
4001	were added:</para>
4002
4003	<itemizedlist>
4004	<listitem>
4005	<para>Support for hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V) on Mac OS X hosts</para>
4006	</listitem>
4007
4008	<listitem>
4009	<para>Support for 64-bit guests on 32-bit host operating systems (experimental; see <xref linkend="intro-64bitguests" />)</para>
4010	</listitem>
4011
4012	<listitem>
4013	<para>Added support for Intel Nehalem virtualization enhancements (EPT and VPID; see <xref linkend="hwvirt" />)</para>
4014	</listitem>
4015
4016	<listitem>
4017	<para>Experimental 3D acceleration via OpenGL (see <xref linkend="guestadd-3d" />)</para>
4018	</listitem>
4019
4020	<listitem>
4021	<para>Experimental LsiLogic and BusLogic SCSI controllers (see <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />)</para>
4022	</listitem>
4023
4024	<listitem>
4025	<para>Full VMDK/VHD support including snapshots (see <xref linkend="vdidetails" />)</para>
4026	</listitem>
4027
4028	<listitem>
4029	<para>New NAT engine with significantly better performance, reliability and ICMP echo
4030	(ping) support (bugs #1046, #2438, #2223, #1247)</para>
4031	</listitem>
4032
4033	<listitem>
4034	<para>New Host Interface Networking implementations for Windows and
4035	Linux hosts with easier setup (replaces TUN/TAP on Linux and manual bridging on Windows)</para>
4036	</listitem>
4037
4038	</itemizedlist>
4039
4040	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
4041
4042	<itemizedlist>
4043	<listitem>
4044	<para>VMM: significant performance improvements for VT-x (real mode execution) </para>
4045	</listitem>
4046
4047	<listitem>
4048	<para>VMM: support for hardware breakpoints (VT-x and AMD-V only; bug #477)</para>
4049	</listitem>
4050
4051	<listitem>
4052	<para>VMM: VGA performance improvements for VT-x and AMD-V </para>
4053	</listitem>
4054
4055	<listitem>
4056	<para>VMM: Solaris and OpenSolaris guest performance improvements for AMD-V (Barcelona family CPUs only) </para>
4057	</listitem>
4058
4059	<listitem>
4060	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation while running the Dr. Web virus scanner
4061	(software virtualization only; bug #1439)</para>
4062	</listitem>
4063
4064	<listitem>
4065	<para>VMM: deactivate VT-x and AMD-V when the host machine goes into suspend mode; reactivate
4066	when the host machine resumes (Windows, Mac OS X & Linux hosts; bug #1660)</para>
4067	</listitem>
4068
4069	<listitem>
4070	<para>VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved states/snapshots </para>
4071	</listitem>
4072
4073	<listitem>
4074	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when executing a one byte debug
4075	instruction (VT-x only; bug #2617)</para>
4076	</listitem>
4077
4078	<listitem>
4079	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (VT-x) </para>
4080	</listitem>
4081
4082	<listitem>
4083	<para>VMM: disallow mixing of software and hardware virtualization execution in general (bug #2404)</para>
4084	</listitem>
4085
4086	<listitem>
4087	<para>VMM: fixed black screen when booting OS/2 1.x (AMD-V only) </para>
4088	</listitem>
4089
4090	<listitem>
4091	<para>GUI: pause running VMs when the host machine goes into suspend mode (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)</para>
4092	</listitem>
4093
4094	<listitem>
4095	<para>GUI: resume previously paused VMs when the host machine resumes after suspend (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)</para>
4096	</listitem>
4097
4098	<listitem>
4099	<para>GUI: save the state of running or paused VMs when the host machine's
4100	battery reaches critical level (Windows hosts)</para>
4101	</listitem>
4102
4103	<listitem>
4104	<para>GUI: properly restore the position of the selector window when running on
4105	the compiz window manager</para>
4106	</listitem>
4107
4108	<listitem>
4109	<para>GUI: properly restore the VM in seamless mode (2.0 regression)</para>
4110	</listitem>
4111
4112	<listitem>
4113	<para>GUI: warn user about non optimal memory settings</para>
4114	</listitem>
4115
4116	<listitem>
4117	<para>GUI: structure operating system list according to family and version for improved usability</para>
4118	</listitem>
4119
4120	<listitem>
4121	<para>GUI: predefined settings for QNX guests</para>
4122	</listitem>
4123
4124	<listitem>
4125	<para>IDE: improved ATAPI passthrough support</para>
4126	</listitem>
4127
4128	<listitem>
4129	<para>Networking: added support for up to 8 Ethernet adapters per VM</para>
4130	</listitem>
4131
4132	<listitem>
4133	<para>Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after a reboot</para>
4134	</listitem>
4135
4136	<listitem>
4137	<para>iSCSI: allow snapshot/diff creation using local VDI file</para>
4138	</listitem>
4139
4140	<listitem>
4141	<para>iSCSI: improved interoperability with iSCSI targets</para>
4142	</listitem>
4143
4144	<listitem>
4145	<para>Graphics: fixed handling of a guest video memory which is not a power
4146	of two (bug #2724)</para>
4147	</listitem>
4148
4149	<listitem>
4150	<para>VBoxManage: fixed bug which prevented setting up the serial port
4151	for direct device access</para>
4152	</listitem>
4153
4154	<listitem>
4155	<para>VBoxManage: added support for VMDK and VHD image creation</para>
4156	</listitem>
4157
4158	<listitem>
4159	<para>VBoxManage: added support for image conversion (VDI/VMDK/VHD/RAW)</para>
4160	</listitem>
4161
4162	<listitem>
4163	<para>Solaris hosts: added IPv6 support between host and guest when using host interface networking</para>
4164	</listitem>
4165
4166	<listitem>
4167	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added ACPI host power status reporting</para>
4168	</listitem>
4169
4170	<listitem>
4171	<para>API: redesigned storage model with better generalization</para>
4172	</listitem>
4173
4174	<listitem>
4175	<para>API: allow attaching a hard disk to more than one VM at a time</para>
4176	</listitem>
4177
4178	<listitem>
4179	<para>API: added methods to return network configuration information of the host system</para>
4180	</listitem>
4181
4182	<listitem>
4183	<para>Shared Folders: performance and stability fixes for Windows guests (Microsoft Office Applications)</para>
4184	</listitem>
4185
4186	</itemizedlist>
4187	</sect1>
4188
4189	<sect1>
4190	<title>Version 2.0.8 (2009-03-10)</title>
4191
4192	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4193	added:</para>
4194
4195	<itemizedlist>
4196
4197	<listitem>
4198	<para>VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved
4199	states/snapshots</para>
4200	</listitem>
4201
4202	<listitem>
4203	<para>VMM: fixed memory allocation issues which can cause VM start
4204	failures with VERR_PGM_MAPPING_CONFLICT error</para>
4205	</listitem>
4206
4207	<listitem>
4208	<para>VMM: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems
4209	when running Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763)</para>
4210	</listitem>
4211
4212	<listitem>
4213	<para>XPCOM/Main: fixed synchronization bug caused by SYSV semaphore key
4214	collisions</para>
4215	</listitem>
4216
4217	<listitem>
4218	<para>ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the
4219	virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable)</para>
4220	</listitem>
4221
4222	<listitem>
4223	<para>iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM</para>
4224	</listitem>
4225
4226	<listitem>
4227	<para>iSCSI: fix PDU validity checking and detect final PDU
4228	reliably</para>
4229	</listitem>
4230
4231	<listitem>
4232	<para>VBoxHeadless: really don't start X11 services (clipboard service,
4233	3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199)</para>
4234	</listitem>
4235
4236	<listitem>
4237	<para>Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after
4238	a reboot</para>
4239	</listitem>
4240
4241	<listitem>
4242	<para>Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556)</para>
4243	</listitem>
4244
4245	<listitem>
4246	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests
4247	in parallel</para>
4248	</listitem>
4249
4250	<listitem>
4251	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs</para>
4252	</listitem>
4253
4254	<listitem>
4255	<para>Solaris/Web services: fixed SMF script to set home directory
4256	correctly</para>
4257	</listitem>
4258
4259	<listitem>
4260	<para>Linux Additions: fixed occasional file corruption when writing files
4261	in <emphasis>O_APPEND</emphasis> mode to a shared folder (bug #2844)</para>
4262	</listitem>
4263
4264	</itemizedlist>
4265	</sect1>
4266
4267	<sect1>
4268	<title>Version 2.0.6 (2008-11-21)</title>
4269
4270	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4271	added:</para>
4272
4273	<itemizedlist>
4274
4275	<listitem>
4276	<para>VMM: fixed Guru meditation when running 64 bits Windows guests
4277	(bug #2220)</para>
4278	</listitem>
4279
4280	<listitem>
4281	<para>VMM: fixed Solaris 10U6 boot hangs (VT-x and AMD-V) bug #2565)</para>
4282	</listitem>
4283
4284	<listitem>
4285	<para>VMM: fixed Solaris 10U6 reboot hangs (AMD-V only; bug #2565)</para>
4286	</listitem>
4287
4288	<listitem>
4289	<para>GUI: the host key was sometimes not properly displayed (Windows
4290	hosts only, bug #1996)</para>
4291	</listitem>
4292
4293	<listitem>
4294	<para>GUI: the keyboard focus was lost after minimizing and restoring
4295	the VM window via the Windows taskbar (bugs #784)</para>
4296	</listitem>
4297
4298	<listitem>
4299	<para>VBoxManage: properly show SATA disks when showing the VM information
4300	(bug #2624)</para>
4301	</listitem>
4302
4303	<listitem>
4304	<para>SATA: fixed access if the buffer size is not sector-aligned
4305	(bug #2024)</para>
4306	</listitem>
4307
4308	<listitem>
4309	<para>SATA: improved performance</para>
4310	</listitem>
4311
4312	<listitem>
4313	<para>SATA: fixed snapshot function with ports>1 (bug #2510)</para>
4314	</listitem>
4315
4316	<listitem>
4317	<para>E1000: fixed crash under rare circumstances</para>
4318	</listitem>
4319
4320	<listitem>
4321	<para>USB: fixed support for iPhone and Nokia devices (Linux host:
4322	bugs #470 & #491)</para>
4323	</listitem>
4324
4325	<listitem>
4326	<para>Windows host installer: added proper handling of open VirtualBox
4327	applications when updating the installation</para>
4328	</listitem>
4329
4330	<listitem>
4331	<para>Windows host installer: fixed default installation directory on
4332	64-bit on new installations (bug #2501)</para>
4333	</listitem>
4334
4335	<listitem>
4336	<para>Linux/Solaris/Darwin hosts: verify permissions
4337	in <computeroutput>/tmp/vbox-$USER-ipc</computeroutput></para>
4338	</listitem>
4339
4340	<listitem>
4341	<para>Linux hosts: fixed assertion on high network load (AMD64 hosts,
4342	fix for Linux distributions with glibc 2.6 and newer (bug #616)</para>
4343	</listitem>
4344
4345	<listitem>
4346	<para>Linux hosts: don't crash during shutdown with serial ports
4347	connected to a host device</para>
4348	</listitem>
4349
4350	<listitem>
4351	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed incompatibility between IPSEC and host interface networking</para>
4352	</listitem>
4353
4354	<listitem>
4355	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a rare race condition while powering off VMs with host interface networking</para>
4356	</listitem>
4357
4358	<listitem>
4359	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed VBoxSDL on Solaris 10 by shipping the required SDL library (bug #2475)</para>
4360	</listitem>
4361
4362	<listitem>
4363	<para>Windows Additions: fixed logged in users reporting via guest properties
4364	when using native RDP connections</para>
4365	</listitem>
4366
4367	<listitem>
4368	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Vista crashes when accessing shared
4369	folders under certain circumstances (bug #2461)</para>
4370	</listitem>
4371
4372	<listitem>
4373	<para>Windows Additions: fixed shared folders access with MS-Office
4374	(bug #2591)</para>
4375	</listitem>
4376
4377	<listitem>
4378	<para>Linux Additions: fixed compilation of vboxvfs.ko for 64-bit
4379	guests (bug #2550)</para>
4380	</listitem>
4381
4382	<listitem>
4383	<para>SDK: added JAX-WS port caching to speedup connections</para>
4384	</listitem>
4385
4386	</itemizedlist>
4387	</sect1>
4388
4389	<sect1>
4390	<title>Version 2.0.4 (2008-10-24)</title>
4391
4392	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4393	added:</para>
4394
4395	<itemizedlist>
4396	<listitem>
4397	<para>VMM: better error reporting for VT-x failures</para>
4398	</listitem>
4399
4400	<listitem>
4401	<para>VMM: don't overflow the release log with PATM messages (bug #1775)</para>
4402	</listitem>
4403
4404	<listitem>
4405	<para>VMM: fixed save state restore in real mode (software virtualization only)</para>
4406	</listitem>
4407
4408	<listitem>
4409	<para>GUI: work around a Qt bug on Mac OS X (bug #2321)</para>
4410	</listitem>
4411
4412	<listitem>
4413	<para>GUI: properly install the Qt4 accessible plugin (bug #629)</para>
4414	</listitem>
4415
4416	<listitem>
4417	<para>SATA: error message when starting a VM with a VMDK connected to a SATA port (bug #2182)</para>
4418	</listitem>
4419
4420	<listitem>
4421	<para>SATA: fixed Guru mediation when booting OpenSolaris/64; most
4422	likely applies to other guests as well (bug #2292)</para>
4423	</listitem>
4424
4425	<listitem>
4426	<para>Network: don't crash when changing the adapter link state if no
4427	host driver is attached (bug #2333)</para>
4428	</listitem>
4429
4430	<listitem>
4431	<para>VHD: fixed bug which prevents booting from VHD images bigger than 4GB (bug #2085)</para>
4432	</listitem>
4433
4434	<listitem>
4435	<para>VRDP: fixed a repaint problem when the guest resolution was not
4436	equal to the client resolution</para>
4437	</listitem>
4438
4439	<listitem>
4440	<para>Clipboard: don't crash when host service initialization takes
4441	longer than expected (Linux hosts only; bug #2001)</para>
4442	</listitem>
4443
4444	<listitem>
4445	<para>Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe crash (bug #2212)</para>
4446	</listitem>
4447
4448	<listitem>
4449	<para>Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe memory leak due to a Windows WMI memory leak (Vista only) (bug #2242)</para>
4450	</listitem>
4451
4452	<listitem>
4453	<para>Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe delays GUI startup</para>
4454	</listitem>
4455
4456	<listitem>
4457	<para>Linux hosts: handle jiffies counter overflow (VM stuck after 300
4458	seconds of host uptime; bug #2247)</para>
4459	</listitem>
4460
4461	<listitem>
4462	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed host or guest side networking going stale while using host interface
4463	networking (bug #2474)</para>
4464	</listitem>
4465
4466	<listitem>
4467	<para>Solaris hosts: added support for using unplumbed network interfaces and Crossbow Virtual
4468	Network Interfaces (VNICs) with host interface networking</para>
4469	</listitem>
4470
4471	<listitem>
4472	<para>Solaris hosts: reworked threading model improves performance for host interface networking</para>
4473	</listitem>
4474
4475	<listitem>
4476	<para>Windows Additions: fixed crash when accessing deep directory structures in a shared folder</para>
4477	</listitem>
4478
4479	<listitem>
4480	<para>Windows Additions: improved shared folder name resolving (bug #1728)</para>
4481	</listitem>
4482
4483	<listitem>
4484	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 shutdown crash (bug #2254)</para>
4485	</listitem>
4486
4487	<listitem>
4488	<para>Windows Additions: fixed error code for
4489	<computeroutput>MoveFile()</computeroutput> if the target exists (bug #2350)</para>
4490	</listitem>
4491
4492	<listitem>
4493	<para>Linux Additions: fixed <computeroutput>seek()</computeroutput>
4494	for files bigger than 2GB (bug #2379)</para>
4495	</listitem>
4496
4497	<listitem>
4498	<para>Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 8.10</para>
4499	</listitem>
4500
4501	<listitem>
4502	<para>Linux Additions: clipboard fixes (bug #2015)</para>
4503	</listitem>
4504
4505	<listitem>
4506	<para>Web services: improved documentation and fixed example (bug #1642)</para>
4507	</listitem>
4508
4509	</itemizedlist>
4510
4511	</sect1>
4512
4513	<sect1>
4514	<title>Version 2.0.2 (2008-09-12)</title>
4515
4516	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4517	added:</para>
4518
4519	<itemizedlist>
4520
4521	<listitem>
4522	<para>VMM: fixed inability to run more than one VM in parallel (AMD-V on
4523	CPUs with erratum 170 only; bug #2167)</para>
4524	</listitem>
4525
4526	<listitem>
4527	<para>VMM: VT-x stability fixes (bug #2179 and others)</para>
4528	</listitem>
4529
4530	<listitem>
4531	<para>VMM: fixed Linux 2.6.26+ kernel crashes (used by Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha,
4532	Fedora 10 Alpha; bug #1875) </para>
4533	</listitem>
4534
4535	<listitem>
4536	<para>VMM: fixed 64 bits Linux 2.6.26 kernel crashes (Debian) </para>
4537	</listitem>
4538
4539	<listitem>
4540	<para>VMM: fixed Vista (32 bits) guest crash during boot when PAE and
4541	NX are enabled (applied to 64 bits hosts with VT-x enabled only) </para>
4542	</listitem>
4543
4544	<listitem>
4545	<para>VMM: fixed OS/2 guest crashes during boot (AMD-V; bug #2132) </para>
4546	</listitem>
4547
4548	<listitem>
4549	<para>GUI: fixed crash when trying to release an inaccessible image in
4550	the virtual disk manager</para>
4551	</listitem>
4552
4553	<listitem>
4554	<para>GUI: fixed invalid error message for a changed snapshot path even
4555	if that path wasn't changed (bug #2064)</para>
4556	</listitem>
4557
4558	<listitem>
4559	<para>GUI: fixed crash when creating a new hard disk image (bug #2060)</para>
4560	</listitem>
4561
4562	<listitem>
4563	<para>GUI: fixed crash when adding a hard disk in the VM settings (bug #2081)</para>
4564	</listitem>
4565
4566	<listitem>
4567	<para>GUI: fixed a bug where VirtualBox isn't working with the new
4568	QGtkStyle plugin (bug #2066)</para>
4569	</listitem>
4570
4571	<listitem>
4572	<para>GUI: fixed VM close dialog in seamless mode (Mac OS X hosts only;
4573	bug #2067)</para>
4574	</listitem>
4575
4576	<listitem>
4577	<para>GUI: fixed standard menu entries for NLS versions (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
4578	</listitem>
4579
4580	<listitem>
4581	<para>GUI: disable the VT-x/AMD-V setting when it's not supported by
4582	the CPU (or on Mac OS X hosts) </para>
4583	</listitem>
4584
4585	<listitem>
4586	<para>VBoxManage: fixed crash during
4587	<computeroutput>internalcommands createrawvmdk</computeroutput>
4588	(bug #2184)</para>
4589	</listitem>
4590
4591	<listitem>
4592	<para>VBoxManage: fixed output of
4593	<computeroutput>snapshot showvminfo</computeroutput> (bug #698)</para>
4594	</listitem>
4595
4596	<listitem>
4597	<para>Guest properties: added information about guest network interfaces
4598	(Windows guests only)</para>
4599	</listitem>
4600
4601	<listitem>
4602	<para>Shared Folders: fixed regression that caused Windows guest crashes</para>
4603	</listitem>
4604
4605	<listitem>
4606	<para>API: fixed number of installed CPUs (Solaris hosts only)</para>
4607	</listitem>
4608
4609	<listitem>
4610	<para>VRDP: allow a client to reconnect to an existing session on the VRDP server by dropping the existing connection
4611	(configurable and disabled by default; only relevant when multiconnection mode is disabled) </para>
4612	</listitem>
4613
4614	<listitem>
4615	<para>VRDP: fixed an image repaint problem</para>
4616	</listitem>
4617
4618	<listitem>
4619	<para>Linux hosts: fixed bug in vboxdrv.ko that could corrupt kernel
4620	memory and panic the kernel (bug #2078)
4621	</para>
4622	</listitem>
4623
4624	<listitem>
4625	<para>Linux hosts: compile fixes for kernel module on Linux 2.6.27</para>
4626	</listitem>
4627
4628	<listitem>
4629	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added Python support</para>
4630	</listitem>
4631
4632	<listitem>
4633	<para>Additions: fixed a possible hang in HGCM communication after
4634	a VM reboot</para>
4635	</listitem>
4636
4637	<listitem>
4638	<para>Windows Additions: added support for Windows XP 64 bits (bug #2117)</para>
4639	</listitem>
4640
4641	<listitem>
4642	<para>Linux Additions: deactivate dynamic resizing on Linux guests with
4643	buggy X servers</para>
4644	</listitem>
4645
4646	<listitem>
4647	<para>Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 8.10 guests and Fedora 9 guests
4648	(dynamic resizing disabled for the latter)</para>
4649	</listitem>
4650
4651	<listitem>
4652	<para>Linux Additions: added installer check for the system architecture</para>
4653	</listitem>
4654
4655	<listitem>
4656	<para>Linux Additions: fixed Xorg modules path for some Linux distributions
4657	(bug #2128)</para>
4658	</listitem>
4659
4660	<listitem>
4661	<para>VMDK: be more liberal with ambiguous parts of the format
4662	specification and accept more format variants (bug #2062)</para>
4663	</listitem>
4664
4665	<listitem>
4666	<para>VHD: fixed a bug in the VHD backend which resulted in reading
4667	the wrong data (bug #2085)</para>
4668	</listitem>
4669
4670	<listitem>
4671	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed kernel panic on certain machines when
4672	starting VMs with host interface networking (bug #2183)</para>
4673	</listitem>
4674
4675	<listitem>
4676	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed inability to access NFS shares on the
4677	host when host interface networking was enabled</para>
4678	</listitem>
4679
4680	<listitem>
4681	<para>Solaris hosts: installer now detects and reports when
4682	installing under the wrong architecture</para>
4683	</listitem>
4684
4685	<listitem>
4686	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed security hardening that prevented
4687	starting VMs from non-global zones even as root (bug #1948)</para>
4688	</listitem>
4689
4690	<listitem>
4691	<para>Solaris Additions: combined the 32 bit and 64 bit Additions
4692	installer into a single package</para>
4693	</listitem>
4694
4695	<listitem>
4696	<para>Mac OS X hosts: experimental support for attaching a real serial
4697	port to the guest
4698	</para>
4699	</listitem>
4700
4701	</itemizedlist>
4702
4703	</sect1>
4704
4705	<sect1>
4706	<title>Version 2.0.0 (2008-09-04)</title>
4707
4708	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
4709	were added:<itemizedlist>
4710
4711	<listitem>
4712	<para>64 bits guest support (64 bits host only) </para>
4713	</listitem>
4714
4715	<listitem>
4716	<para>New native Leopard user interface on Mac OS X hosts</para>
4717	</listitem>
4718
4719	<listitem>
4720	<para>The GUI was converted from Qt3 to Qt4 with many visual improvements</para>
4721	</listitem>
4722
4723	<listitem>
4724	<para>New-version notifier</para>
4725	</listitem>
4726
4727	<listitem>
4728	<para>Guest property information interface</para>
4729	</listitem>
4730
4731	<listitem>
4732	<para>Host Interface Networking on Mac OS X hosts</para>
4733	</listitem>
4734
4735	<listitem>
4736	<para>New Host Interface Networking on Solaris hosts</para>
4737	</listitem>
4738
4739	<listitem>
4740	<para>Support for Nested Paging on modern AMD CPUs (major performance gain)</para>
4741	</listitem>
4742
4743	<listitem>
4744	<para>Framework for collecting performance and resource usage data (metrics)</para>
4745	</listitem>
4746
4747	<listitem>
4748	<para>Added SATA asynchronous IO (NCQ: Native Command Queuing) when accessing raw
4749	disks/partitions (major performance gain)</para>
4750	</listitem>
4751
4752	<listitem>
4753	<para>Clipboard integration for OS/2 Guests</para>
4754	</listitem>
4755
4756	<listitem>
4757	<para>Created separate SDK component featuring a new Python programming interface on Linux and Solaris hosts</para>
4758	</listitem>
4759
4760	<listitem>
4761	<para>Support for VHD disk images</para>
4762	</listitem>
4763
4764	</itemizedlist></para>
4765
4766	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
4767
4768	<itemizedlist>
4769
4770	<listitem>
4771	<para>VMM: VT-x fixes</para>
4772	</listitem>
4773
4774	<listitem>
4775	<para>AHCI: improved performance</para>
4776	</listitem>
4777
4778	<listitem>
4779	<para>GUI: keyboard fixes</para>
4780	</listitem>
4781
4782	<listitem>
4783	<para>Linux installer: properly uninstall the package even if
4784	unregistering the DKMS module fails</para>
4785	</listitem>
4786
4787	<listitem>
4788	<para>Linux Additions: the guest screen resolution is properly
4789	restored</para>
4790	</listitem>
4791
4792	<listitem>
4793	<para>Network: added support for jumbo frames (> 1536 bytes)</para>
4794	</listitem>
4795
4796	<listitem>
4797	<para>Shared Folders: fixed guest crash with Windows Media Player 11</para>
4798	</listitem>
4799
4800	<listitem>
4801	<para>Mac OS X: Ctrl+Left mouse click doesn't simulate a right mouse click in the guest anymore. Use Hostkey+Left for a right mouse click emulation. (bug #1766)</para>
4802	</listitem>
4803
4804	</itemizedlist>
4805
4806	</sect1>
4807
4808	<para>In VirtualBox 3.2, changelog information for versions before 2.0 were removed in order to save space.
4809	To access this information, please consult the user manual of VirtualBox 3.1 or earlier.</para>
4810
4811	</para>

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