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2
3	<sect1>
4	<title>Version 5.0.0 Beta xx (2015-xx-xx)</title>
5
6	<para>This is a major update. The following major new features
7	were added:</para>
8
9	<itemizedlist>
10
11	<listitem>
12	<para>Paravirtualization support for Windows and Linux guests to improve
13	time-keeping accuracy and performance (see <xref linkend="gimproviders" />)</para>
14	</listitem>
15
16	<listitem>
17	<para>Make more instruction set extensions available to the guest when
18	running with hardware-assisted virtualization and nested paging. Among
19	others this includes: SSE 4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX-2, AES-NI,
20	<emphasis>POPCNT</emphasis>, <emphasis>RDRAND</emphasis> and
21	<emphasis>RDSEED</emphasis></para>
22	</listitem>
23
24	<listitem>
25	<para>xHCI Controller to support USB 3 devices
26	(see <xref linkend="settings-usb" />)</para>
27	</listitem>
28
29	<listitem>
30	<para>Drag and drop support (bidirectional) for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests</para>
31	</listitem>
32
33	<listitem>
34	<para>Disk image encryption (see <xref linkend="diskencryption" />)</para>
35	</listitem>
36
37	<listitem>
38	<para>VMs can now be started in <emphasis>separate mode</emphasis>. The VM
39	process is started headless while the frontend runs as a separate process
40	which can be terminated without stopping the VM.</para>
41	</listitem>
42
43	<listitem>
44	<para>GUI: VM guest-content scaling support (including 3D acceleration)</para>
45	</listitem>
46
47	<listitem>
48	<para>GUI: New User Interface settings page for customizing status-bar,
49	menu-bar and guest-content scaling</para>
50	</listitem>
51
52	<listitem>
53	<para>GUI: New Encryption settings tab for customizing encryption options for
54	disk images</para>
55	</listitem>
56
57	<listitem>
58	<para>GUI: HiDPI support including application icons and optional unscaled HiDPI
59	output on Mac OS X (including 3D acceleration)</para>
60	</listitem>
61
62	<listitem>
63	<para>GUI: Hotplugging support for SATA disks</para>
64	</listitem>
65
66	<listitem>
67	<para>New, modular audio architecture for providing a better abstraction of the host
68	audio backends</para>
69	</listitem>
70
71	<listitem>
72	<para>Support for the NDIS6 networking framework on Windows (default on Vista
73	and later)</para>
74	</listitem>
75
76	</itemizedlist>
77
78	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
79
80	<itemizedlist>
81
82	<listitem>
83	<para>VMM: improved timing on Solaris hosts with older VT-x hosts
84	without preemption timers</para>
85	</listitem>
86
87	<listitem>
88	<para>VMM: further improvements for TSC frequency measurements and
89	guest timekeeping</para>
90	</listitem>
91
92	<listitem>
93	<para>GUI: improved HID LEDs synchronization for Mac and Windows hosts.
94	The physical LEDs state now restored together with the VM state.</para>
95	</listitem>
96
97	<listitem>
98	<para>GUI: take the guest screen aspect ratio into account for the
99	preview window</para>
100	</listitem>
101
102	<listitem>
103	<para>GUI: provide direct access to storage media in the VM selector</para>
104	</listitem>
105
106	<listitem>
107	<para>VBoxManage: when exporting an appliance, support the suppression
108	of MAC addresses, which means they will be always recreated on
109	import, avoiding duplicate MAC addresses for VMs which are imported
110	several times</para>
111	</listitem>
112
113	<listitem>
114	<para>Guest Control: major overhaul, for example fixing wrong parameter quoting
115	(bug #13157)</para>
116	</listitem>
117
118	<listitem>
119	<para>USB: added USB traffic capturing (see <xref linkend="usbtrafficcapturing" />)</para>
120	</listitem>
121
122	<listitem>
123	<para>Made resizing X11 guests work more reliably</para>
124	</listitem>
125
126	<listitem>
127	<para>API: block the removal of the current snapshot if it has child
128	snapshots (only relevant for VMs without snapshottable hard disks,
129	their presence always prevented removal), which resulted in VM
130	config corruption</para>
131	</listitem>
132
133	<listitem>
134	<para>API: mark VM configs with snapshots but without current snapshot
135	as inaccessible, as this combination is nonsense</para>
136	</listitem>
137
138	<listitem>
139	<para>API: fix information for some automatically generated events
140	(only with XPCOM, Windows host was not affected), which caused
141	errors when getting some of the attributes over the webservice
142	(bug #12379)</para>
143	</listitem>
144
145	<listitem>
146	<para>API: fix crashes in Java API clients using the XPCOM binding,
147	happened with output parameters only (bug #11232)</para>
148	</listitem>
149
150	<listitem>
151	<para>API: a number of settings (e.g. network settings) can now also
152	be changed when the VM is in saved state</para>
153	</listitem>
154
155	<listitem>
156	<para>Main/Properties: properly drop transient guest properties when
157	the VM is powered off</para>
158	</listitem>
159
160	<listitem>
161	<para>3D: fix potential race in which might cause a crash on VM
162	termination</para>
163	</listitem>
164
165	<listitem>
166	<para>3D: fixed a possible memory leak in the host service</para>
167	</listitem>
168
169	<listitem>
170	<para>Serial: new TCP/IP backend (see <xref linkend="serialports"/>)</para>
171	</listitem>
172
173	<listitem>
174	<para>Storage: added USB mass storage device class
175	(see <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers"/>)</para>
176	</listitem>
177
178	<listitem>
179	<para>Storage: added vbox-img standalone tool for direct manipulation
180	of virtual hard disk images without VBoxManage</para>
181	</listitem>
182
183	<listitem>
184	<para>ICH9: fixed the interrupt disable logic for MSI interrupts; should
185	fix old Linux guests with AHCI</para>
186	</listitem>
187
188	<listitem>
189	<para>BIOS: fix for booting from SCSI CD/DVD media</para>
190	</listitem>
191
192	<listitem>
193	<para>BIOS: fix for reads partially beyond end of disk (bug #14021)</para>
194	</listitem>
195
196	<listitem>
197	<para>VRDP: fixed listening for IPv6 on some systems (bug #14038)</para>
198	</listitem>
199
200	<listitem>
201	<para>rdesktop-vrdp: upgraded to version 1.8.3</para>
202	</listitem>
203
204	<listitem>
205	<para>Guest Additions: added a heartbeat service
206	(see <xref linkend="heartbeatservice" />)</para>
207	</listitem>
208
209	<listitem>
210	<para>Windows Additions/WDDM: improved video memory utilization and
211	allow more/bigger guest screens with large resolutions (including HiDPI)
212	</para>
213	</listitem>
214
215	</itemizedlist>
216
217	</sect1>
218
219	<sect1>
220	<title>Version 4.3.26 (2015-03-16)</title>
221
222	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
223	added:</para>
224
225	<itemizedlist>
226
227	<listitem>
228	<para>GUI: in the snapshots pane, protect the age of snapshots against
229	wrong host time (bug #13955)</para>
230	</listitem>
231
232	<listitem>
233	<para>NAT Network: fixed a bug which prevented to propagate any DNS
234	name server / domain / search string information to the NAT network
235	(4.3.24 regression; bugs #13915, #13918)</para>
236	</listitem>
237
238	<listitem>
239	<para>NAT Network: don't delay the shutdown of VBoxSVC on
240	Windows hosts</para>
241	</listitem>
242
243	<listitem>
244	<para>Mouse support: the mouse could not be moved under rare
245	conditions if no Guest Additions are installed (4.3.24 regression;
246	bug #13935)</para>
247	</listitem>
248
249	<listitem>
250	<para>Storage: if the guest ejects a virtual CD/DVD medium, make the
251	change permanent (bugs #9858, #12885)</para>
252	</listitem>
253
254	<listitem>
255	<para>VGA: made saving secondary screen sizes possible in X11 guests</para>
256	</listitem>
257
258	<listitem>
259	<para>SDK: fixed the VirtualBox.tlb file (4.3.20 regression; bug #13943)</para>
260	</listitem>
261
262	<listitem>
263	<para>rdesktop-vrdp: make it work with USB devices again
264	(4.3.14 regression; bug #13901)</para>
265	</listitem>
266
267	<listitem>
268	<para>USB: fixed a possible BSOD on Windows hosts under rare conditions</para>
269	</listitem>
270
271	<listitem>
272	<para>iPXE: enable the HTTP download protocol on non-Linux hosts (bug #13628)</para>
273	</listitem>
274
275	<listitem>
276	<para>Mac OS X hosts: don't panic on hosts with activated SMAP (Broadwell
277	and later; bug #13951)</para>
278	</listitem>
279
280	<listitem>
281	<para>Linux hosts: don't crash Linux 4.0 hosts (bug #13835)</para>
282	</listitem>
283
284	</itemizedlist>
285	</sect1>
286
287	<sect1>
288	<title>Version 4.3.24 (2015-03-02)</title>
289
290	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
291	added:</para>
292
293	<itemizedlist>
294
295	<listitem>
296	<para>VMM: emulation fix for the <emphasis>ENTER</emphasis> instruction
297	under certain conditions; fixes Solaris 10 guests (VT-x without
298	unrestricted guest execution)</para>
299	</listitem>
300
301	<listitem>
302	<para>VMM: fix for handling NMIs on Linux hosts with X2APIC enabled</para>
303	</listitem>
304
305	<listitem>
306	<para>NAT/NAT Network: fix connection drops when the host's DHCP lease
307	was renewed (4.3.22 regression; Windows hosts only; bug #13839)</para>
308	</listitem>
309
310	<listitem>
311	<para>NAT: don't crash on an empty domain list when switching the
312	DNS host configuration (4.3.22 regression; Mac OS X hosts only;
313	bug #13874)</para>
314	</listitem>
315
316	<listitem>
317	<para>PXE: re-enable it on Windows hosts (4.3.22 regression; Windows hosts
318	only; bug #13842)
319	</para>
320	</listitem>
321
322	<listitem>
323	<para>Shared Folders: fixed a problem with Windows guests (4.3.22 regression;
324	bug #13786)</para>
325	</listitem>
326
327	<listitem>
328	<para>Audio: improved record quality when using the DirectSound audio
329	backend</para>
330	</listitem>
331
332	<listitem>
333	<para>VBoxManage: when executing the <emphasis>controlvm</emphasis> command
334	take care that the corresponding VM runtime changes are saved permanently
335	(bug #13892)</para>
336	</listitem>
337
338	<listitem>
339	<para>Windows Installer: properly install the 32-bit version of VBoxRes.dll
340	on 32-bit hosts (bug #13876)</para>
341	</listitem>
342
343	<listitem>
344	<para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.0 fixes (bug #13835)</para>
345	</listitem>
346
347	<listitem>
348	<para>OS/2 Additions: fixed mouse integration (4.3.22 regression;
349	bug #13825)</para>
350	</listitem>
351
352	</itemizedlist>
353	</sect1>
354
355	<sect1>
356	<title>Version 4.3.22 (2015-02-12)</title>
357
358	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
359	added:</para>
360
361	<itemizedlist>
362
363	<listitem>
364	<para>VMM: refined measurement of TSC frequency on the host, improves
365	timekeeping for guests</para>
366	</listitem>
367
368	<listitem>
369	<para>VMM: decreased CPU load resulting from guest MMIO writes to the
370	virtual APIC</para>
371	</listitem>
372
373	<listitem>
374	<para>VMM: fixed interception of debug exceptions, observed while using
375	the dbx debugger on Solaris guests (VT-x only)</para>
376	</listitem>
377
378	<listitem>
379	<para>GUI: 3D overlay window positioning code improved, fixed potential
380	misplacement of 3D accelerated guest graphics content</para>
381	</listitem>
382
383	<listitem>
384	<para>GUI: fixed accident SSL authentication failures during update
385	check on Windows hosts (bug #12969)</para>
386	</listitem>
387
388	<listitem>
389	<para>GUI: never send the "ACPI power" keyboard scancode to the guest,
390	we have the ACPI power button for that</para>
391	</listitem>
392
393	<listitem>
394	<para>GUI: was unable to properly restore seamless mode VM from
395	snapshot/saved-state under some circumstances</para>
396	</listitem>
397
398	<listitem>
399	<para>VBoxHeadless: don't crash if 3D is enabled in the VM settings
400	(bug #10250)</para>
401	</listitem>
402
403	<listitem>
404	<para>ATA: fixed several passthrough issues (bugs #12310, #1360)</para>
405	</listitem>
406
407	<listitem>
408	<para>Audio: fixed DirectSound failure when the the host has no audio
409	input device (Windows hosts only; bug #9205)</para>
410	</listitem>
411
412	<listitem>
413	<para>SB16: fixed compatibility issue (bug #13769)</para>
414	</listitem>
415
416	<listitem>
417	<para>Storage: fixed broken CD/DVD passthrough when using the
418	IDE controller (bug #12310)</para>
419	</listitem>
420
421	<listitem>
422	<para>NAT: new ping proxy for Windows hosts (bug #11871)</para>
423	</listitem>
424
425	<listitem>
426	<para>NAT: Properly report outbound connect(2) failures to
427	guest with TCP RST or ICMP (bug #10525)</para>
428	</listitem>
429
430	<listitem>
431	<para>NAT Network: no need for frequent wakeups in VBoxNetDHCP
432	and VBoxNetNAT (bug #11681)</para>
433	</listitem>
434
435	<listitem>
436	<para>Host-only adapter: prevent Windows from creating an "Unidentified
437	network" (bug #9688)</para>
438	</listitem>
439
440	<listitem>
441	<para>Bridged Networking: don't leak host-to-guest traffic to
442	the wireless network when bridging to a wireless interface
443	(bug #13714)</para>
444	</listitem>
445
446	<listitem>
447	<para>Main: fixed a possible race when changing the medium leading
448	to a deadlock under rare conditions (bug #13722)</para>
449	</listitem>
450
451	<listitem>
452	<para>VBoxManage: fixed return code if starting a VM failed
453	(bug #13773)</para>
454	</listitem>
455
456	<listitem>
457	<para>Settings: on Windows host, do not use environment variable HOME
458	at all, the settings location is derived from the user profile
459	directory (bug #7689)</para>
460	</listitem>
461
462	<listitem>
463	<para>API: fixed 2 deadlock opportunities related to medium handling
464	(bugs #13789, #13801, thank you Alexander Urakov)</para>
465	</listitem>
466
467	<listitem>
468	<para>API: fixed bug in XPCOM which created too few worker threads,
469	sporadically resulting in a deadlock (bug #13802, thank you Alexander
470	Urakov)</para>
471	</listitem>
472
473	<listitem>
474	<para>SDK: fixed a garbage collection leak in the Python VirtualBox
475	webservice API binding (bug #13817)</para>
476	</listitem>
477
478	<listitem>
479	<para>Linux hosts: fixes for activated SMAP (Broadwell and later,
480	bug #13820)</para>
481	</listitem>
482
483	<listitem>
484	<para>X11 guests: prevent unwanted hiding of guest screens
485	on multi-monitor guests (bug #13287)</para>
486	</listitem>
487
488	<listitem>
489	<para>X11 guests: added support for X.Org Server 1.17</para>
490	</listitem>
491
492	<listitem>
493	<para>X11 Additions: fixed a memory leak in VBoxService if libdbus
494	is available but dbus-daemon isn't running (bug #13770)</para>
495	</listitem>
496
497	<listitem>
498	<para>Windows Additions: prevent VBox WDDM driver from loading if host
499	reports weak OpenGL capabilities. 3D content now can be shown over
500	Remote Desktop connection.</para>
501	</listitem>
502
503	<listitem>
504	<para>Winodws Additions: some fixes for recent Windows 10 Previews</para>
505	</listitem>
506
507	<listitem>
508	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a compatibility issue with 64-bit
509	Linux 2.4 kernels</para>
510	</listitem>
511
512	<listitem>
513	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a potential use-after-free when unloading
514	the VBoxGuest module</para>
515	</listitem>
516
517	<listitem>
518	<para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.19 fixes (bug #13741)</para>
519	</listitem>
520
521	</itemizedlist>
522	</sect1>
523
524	<sect1>
525	<title>Version 4.3.20 (2014-11-21)</title>
526
527	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
528	added:</para>
529
530	<itemizedlist>
531
532	<listitem>
533	<para>VMM: fixed reboot hang of 32-bit Windows SMP guests (bugs #13319,
534	#13462)</para>
535	</listitem>
536
537	<listitem>
538	<para>VMM: proper <emphasis>Math Fault</emphasis> handling with certain
539	legacy guests (bug #9042, AMD hosts)</para>
540	</listitem>
541
542	<listitem>
543	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VINF_EM_TRIPLE_FAULT</emphasis>
544	on older CPUs that don't support MSR-bitmaps (VT-x only;
545	bugs #13034, #13125, #13311, #13425, #13426, #13463, #13585)</para>
546	</listitem>
547
548	<listitem>
549	<para>GUI: fix 3D overlay window reparenting issue when VM goes to
550	fullscreen mode on X11 hosts.</para>
551	</listitem>
552
553	<listitem>
554	<para>GUI: fix occasional loss of focus in full-screen mode on X11
555	host systems (4.3.16 regression)</para>
556	</listitem>
557
558	<listitem>
559	<para>GUI: Mac OS X: wizards should have Cancel button
560	(bug #12541)</para>
561	</listitem>
562
563	<listitem>
564	<para>GUI: added a global option to prevent automatic raising of the
565	new window by mouse move with multi-screen guests (bug #8878)</para>
566	</listitem>
567
568	<listitem>
569	<para>API: accept remote display port 0 as the default RDP port
570	(bug #8534)</para>
571	</listitem>
572
573	<listitem>
574	<para>VBoxManage: fixed crash when executing <emphasis>showvminfo</emphasis>
575	command under certain circumstances (bug #13190)</para>
576	</listitem>
577
578	<listitem>
579	<para>ACPI: fixed occassional Guru Meditations in ACPI timer code
580	(4.3.18 regression; bug #13521)</para>
581	</listitem>
582
583	<listitem>
584	<para>EFI: improved performance of IDE disk access</para>
585	</listitem>
586
587	<listitem>
588	<para>EFI: fixed a bug in the EFI video driver which prevented
589	Windows to boot in UEFI mode (bug #12022)</para>
590	</listitem>
591
592	<listitem>
593	<para>EFI: properly announce the amount of RAM for big VMs
594	(bugs #11103 and #13211)</para>
595	</listitem>
596
597	<listitem>
598	<para>Storage: fixed a crash under certain cicrumstances when a medium
599	was ejected from a drive attached to the SATA controller without
600	inserting a new medium before pausing or closing the VM
601	(4.3.16 regression) </para>
602	</listitem>
603
604	<listitem>
605	<para>Storage: fixed an interrupt acknowledge issue causing hanging guests
606	or slower I/O (4.3.18 regression)</para>
607	</listitem>
608
609	<listitem>
610	<para>Storage: fixed broken resume after the VM was suspended due to
611	a full disk if host I/O caching is used</para>
612	</listitem>
613
614	<listitem>
615	<para>Storage: fixed a Guru Meditation under certain conditions when
616	using the DevLsiLogic controller with VMs running in raw mode
617	(4.3 regression; bugs #12254, #12655, #12709, #12774, #12886)</para>
618	</listitem>
619
620	<listitem>
621	<para>Guest Control: fixed a bug which might lead to a crash during
622	recursive copy</para>
623	</listitem>
624
625	<listitem>
626	<para>SDK: Java COM bindings fixes</para>
627	</listitem>
628
629	<listitem>
630	<para>iPXE: enable the HTTP download protocol (bug #13628)</para>
631	</listitem>
632
633	<listitem>
634	<para>Runtime: do not use a fixed stack size creating temporary threads
635	during initialization (bug #13038)</para>
636	</listitem>
637
638	<listitem>
639	<para>Windows hosts: fixed more startup problems on certain Windows hosts due
640	to conflicts with anti-virus software; better error reporting
641	(4.3.14 regression; bug #13187)</para>
642	</listitem>
643
644	<listitem>
645	<para>Windows hosts: fixed DirectSound host audio failure under certain conditions
646	(bug #13418)</para>
647	</listitem>
648
649	<listitem>
650	<para>Windows hosts: fixed additional cases of 4.3.14 regression
651	whereby AltGr stopped working for some people (bug #13216)</para>
652	</listitem>
653
654	<listitem>
655	<para>Windows Additions: preserve guest monitor layout when resizing
656	Windows 7 or newer guests</para>
657	</listitem>
658
659	<listitem>
660	<para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.18 compile fixes (bug #13515)</para>
661	</listitem>
662
663	</itemizedlist>
664	</sect1>
665
666	<sect1>
667	<title>Version 4.3.18 (2014-10-10)</title>
668
669	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
670	added:</para>
671
672	<itemizedlist>
673
674	<listitem>
675	<para>VMM: fixed a potential misbehavior after restoring the A20 state
676	from a saved state</para>
677	</listitem>
678
679	<listitem>
680	<para>GUI: fixed full-screen mode mini-toolbar related regressions
681	for different platforms and window managers (bug #13369)</para>
682	</listitem>
683
684	<listitem>
685	<para>GUI: X11: fixed full-screen mode Unity panels quirk caused by
686	mini-toolbar code changes in last release (bug #13365)</para>
687	</listitem>
688
689	<listitem>
690	<para>GUI: X11: added possibility to use legacy full-screen mode
691	as the new one can cause multi-screen issues under Unity, see
692	<xref linkend="legacy-fullscreen-mode" xreflabel="here"/> (bug #13365)</para>
693	</listitem>
694
695	<listitem>
696	<para>GUI: Mac OS X: fixed full-screen mode artifact causing black screen
697	when 3D acceleration was enabled on 10.10 Yosemite hosts (bug #13448)</para>
698	</listitem>
699
700	<listitem>
701	<para>GUI: Mac OS X: fixed regression in user-space swiping from/to
702	VBox in full-screen mode</para>
703	</listitem>
704
705	<listitem>
706	<para>GUI: Mac OS X: fixed issue with switching to VBox in full-screen
707	mode through Alt+Tab and Mission Control</para>
708	</listitem>
709
710	<listitem>
711	<para>Storage: fixed data corruption when resizing huge VHD images under
712	certain circumstances (bug #11960)</para>
713	</listitem>
714
715	<listitem>
716	<para>Storage: fixed a rare hang during startup when the BIOS enumerates the
717	storage devices attached to the SATA controller</para>
718	</listitem>
719
720	<listitem>
721	<para>Storage: follow the spec with AHCI interrupt acknowledge (bug #13474)</para>
722	</listitem>
723
724	<listitem>
725	<para>Storage: fixed broken iSCSI authentication (4.3.14 regression; bugs #13386,
726	#13435)</para>
727	</listitem>
728
729	<listitem>
730	<para>NAT Network: properly parse port forwarding rules to allow UDP
731	rules</para>
732	</listitem>
733
734	<listitem>
735	<para>USB: fixed a crash on Linux hosts with older Linux kernels (bug #13400) and
736	several other fixes</para>
737	</listitem>
738
739	<listitem>
740	<para>ACPI: fixed ACPI timer anomalies (bug #12076)</para>
741	</listitem>
742
743	<listitem>
744	<para>Guest Control: fixed a memory leak (bug #13434)</para>
745	</listitem>
746
747	<listitem>
748	<para>Main: when removing a VM, do also remove the VBoxStartup.log file
749	which might exist on Windows hosts (bug #13478)</para>
750	</listitem>
751
752	<listitem>
753	<para>Windows hosts: fixed more startup problems on certain Windows hosts due
754	to conflicts with anti-virus software; better error reporting
755	(4.3.14 regression; bug #13187)</para>
756	</listitem>
757
758	<listitem>
759	<para>Windows hosts: propagate the process startup information to the child
760	process (4.3.14 regression; bug #13243)</para>
761	</listitem>
762
763	<listitem>
764	<para>Mac OS X hosts: don't force using the discrete GPU (bug #11111)</para>
765	</listitem>
766
767	<listitem>
768	<para>Windows Additions: some Windows 10 tweaks</para>
769	</listitem>
770
771	<listitem>
772	<para>X11 guests: fix a bug handling video driver display properties
773	which prevented GNOME Shell on Fedora 21 from starting</para>
774	</listitem>
775
776	<listitem>
777	<para>Linux hosts / guests: fixed a few remaining warnings in the kernel
778	log if memory allocation fails (bug #11171)</para>
779	</listitem>
780
781	</itemizedlist>
782	</sect1>
783
784	<sect1>
785	<title>Version 4.3.16 (2014-09-09)</title>
786
787	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
788	added:</para>
789
790	<itemizedlist>
791
792	<listitem>
793	<para>VMM: fixed restoring 32-bit FPU state on 64-bit capable VMs
794	and restoring guest FPU in raw-mode VMs (bug #12646; 4.3 regression)</para>
795	</listitem>
796
797	<listitem>
798	<para>GUI: properly restore normal/scale mode guest-screen size
799	after exiting full-screen/seamless mode</para>
800	</listitem>
801
802	<listitem>
803	<para>GUI: mini-toolbar should provoke less artifacts/conflicts with
804	3D guest rendering</para>
805	</listitem>
806
807	<listitem>
808	<para>GUI: Mac OS X: Native full-screen multi-screen transition
809	was able to blackout host-screens for nearly minute</para>
810	</listitem>
811
812	<listitem>
813	<para>GUI: X11: Modern window managers should now use native full-screen
814	multi-screen mapping API</para>
815	</listitem>
816
817	<listitem>
818	<para>GUI: added extradata item for configuring the mouse capture
819	behavior, see <xref linkend="mouse-capture" xreflabel="here"/>
820	(bug #3506)</para>
821	</listitem>
822
823	<listitem>
824	<para>Storage: fixed a VBoxSVC crash when querying an iSCSI target with
825	authentication configured (4.3.14 regression)</para>
826	</listitem>
827
828	<listitem>
829	<para>Storage: fixed a rare data corruption during reads if another
830	allocating write is running concurrently and accesses the same range</para>
831	</listitem>
832
833	<listitem>
834	<para>Storage: fixed a rare crash for certain VHD images from other products</para>
835	</listitem>
836
837	<listitem>
838	<para>Storage: fixed a rare release assertion when using the AHCI controller</para>
839	</listitem>
840
841	<listitem>
842	<para>Floppy: fixed read errors and guest memory corruption when running
843	under control of QEMM</para>
844	</listitem>
845
846	<listitem>
847	<para>3D: added experimental support for rendering on offline GPUs for Mac OS X host</para>
848	</listitem>
849
850	<listitem>
851	<para>3D: fixed white window appearing on entering FullScreen mode on Mac OS X host</para>
852	</listitem>
853
854	<listitem>
855	<para>3D: fixed video recording support for 3D data regression (bug #13073)</para>
856	</listitem>
857
858	<listitem>
859	<para>3D: fixes for MS Office 2013 support</para>
860	</listitem>
861
862	<listitem>
863	<para>3D: several fixes</para>
864	</listitem>
865
866	<listitem>
867	<para>Bridged Networking: improved IPv6 support when bridging
868	to a wireless interface</para>
869	</listitem>
870
871	<listitem>
872	<para>NAT: prevent internal DNS service from stuck in host-resolver mode
873	when host was switched from one network to another one while host was
874	sleeping (Mac OS X hosts)</para>
875	</listitem>
876
877	<listitem>
878	<para>NAT: preserve DF (if possible) and TOS when proxying
879	outbound UDP datagrams (bugs #9440, #12309)</para>
880	</listitem>
881
882	<listitem>
883	<para>NAT: don't let multicast datagrams out (bug #7338)</para>
884	</listitem>
885
886	<listitem>
887	<para>NAT: fixed handling of large incoming UDP datagrams on
888	Windows hosts (bug #12136)</para>
889	</listitem>
890
891	<listitem>
892	<para>NAT: fixed handling of the RFC 1533 DHCP PAD option</para>
893	</listitem>
894
895	<listitem>
896	<para>NAT Network: fixed inbound half-close on Windows hosts</para>
897	</listitem>
898
899	<listitem>
900	<para>NAT Network: preserve IPv4 DF (if possible), TTL, TOS
901	and IPv6 Hop Limit when proxying outbound UDP
902	datagrams</para>
903	</listitem>
904
905	<listitem>
906	<para>VRDP: fixed a rare crash when using remote audio input</para>
907	</listitem>
908
909	<listitem>
910	<para>USB: fixed several regressions from 4.3.14 (bug #13320)</para>
911	</listitem>
912
913	<listitem>
914	<para>Audio: made the HDA sound emulation work with certain Mac OS X guests
915	(e.g. Mountain Lion)</para>
916	</listitem>
917
918	<listitem>
919	<para>Windows hosts: fixed startup problems on certain Windows hosts due
920	to conflicts with anti-virus software (4.3.14 regression; bug #13187)</para>
921	</listitem>
922
923	<listitem>
924	<para>Windows hosts: fixed 4.3.14 regression whereby AltGr stopped
925	working for some people (bug #13216)</para>
926	</listitem>
927
928	<listitem>
929	<para>X11 hosts: made the extra key on Brazilian Thinkpads work
930	(bug #8745)</para>
931	</listitem>
932
933	<listitem>
934	<para>X11 hosts: fixed a problem of input focus cycles and immediately
935	released key presses in full screen mode (bug #13238)</para>
936	</listitem>
937
938	<listitem>
939	<para>Linux hosts: fixed flooding the kernel log with USB related messages
940	when passing through certain USB devices to a VM (bug #13085)</para>
941	</listitem>
942
943	<listitem>
944	<para>Linux guests: stop applications crashing when <emphasis>drm_wait_vblank</emphasis>
945	is called (bug #13265)</para>
946	</listitem>
947
948	<listitem>
949	<para>Linux guests: fix a crash in gnome-session (bug #13335)</para>
950	</listitem>
951
952	<listitem>
953	<para>X11 guests: do not start VBoxClient over an SSH connection
954	(bug #13107)</para>
955	</listitem>
956
957	<listitem>
958	<para>X11 guests: added support for X.Org Server 1.16 (bug #13207)</para>
959	</listitem>
960
961	<listitem>
962	<para>X11 guests: fixed a wrong parameter in the video driver which
963	caused problems with full-screen X11 clients (bug #2748)</para>
964	</listitem>
965
966	<listitem>
967	<para>VirtualKD: introduced stub/loader device for speeding up Windows
968	kernel debugging, details see <ulink type=""
969	url="http://virtualkd.sysprogs.org/">http://virtualkd.sysprogs.org/</ulink></para>
970	</listitem>
971
972	</itemizedlist>
973	</sect1>
974
975	<sect1>
976	<title>Version 4.3.14 (2014-07-15)</title>
977
978	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
979	added:</para>
980
981	<itemizedlist>
982
983	<listitem>
984	<para>VMM: more fixes for MSR emulation on certain hardware (bugs
985	#12784, #12949, #13034)</para>
986	</listitem>
987
988	<listitem>
989	<para>VMM: improve MSI handling under rare circumstances (only
990	relevant for the ICH9 chipset)</para>
991	</listitem>
992
993	<listitem>
994	<para>VMM: fixed #UD exception for 64-bit guests with the EFER.SCE bit
995	and the <emphasis>SYSCALL</emphasis> instruction (VT-x only;
996	4.3 regression; bug #13008)</para>
997	</listitem>
998
999	<listitem>
1000	<para>VMM: fixed timekeeping after resuming SMP guests</para>
1001	</listitem>
1002
1003	<listitem>
1004	<para>VMM: properly wake up a halted VCPU on NMI/SMI</para>
1005	</listitem>
1006
1007	<listitem>
1008	<para>GUI: fixed a potential crash</para>
1009	</listitem>
1010
1011	<listitem>
1012	<para>GUI: fixed stuck AltGr key on Windows hosts (bug #2537)</para>
1013	</listitem>
1014
1015	<listitem>
1016	<para>GUI: fixed a potential error during the version check</para>
1017	</listitem>
1018
1019	<listitem>
1020	<para>GUI: shortcut change should not require Enter/Return (or other
1021	trigger) to confirm (bugs #12828, #12847, #12937, #13087)</para>
1022	</listitem>
1023
1024	<listitem>
1025	<para>GUI: fixed update check which was broken due to changing the
1026	location of the root certificates (bug #13096)</para>
1027	</listitem>
1028
1029	<listitem>
1030	<para>VBoxManage: fixed typo in <emphasis>showvminfo --machinereadable</emphasis>
1031	(bug #13176)</para>
1032	</listitem>
1033
1034	<listitem>
1035	<para>NAT: fixed inbound half-close (bug #13116)</para>
1036	</listitem>
1037
1038	<listitem>
1039	<para>NAT: fixed slow upload speed under certain conditions
1040	(bug #10034)</para>
1041	</listitem>
1042
1043	<listitem>
1044	<para>NAT Network: fixed potential loss of inbound TCP data</para>
1045	</listitem>
1046
1047	<listitem>
1048	<para>NAT Network: fixed potential infinite stalls of TCP
1049	connections over IPv6</para>
1050	</listitem>
1051
1052	<listitem>
1053	<para>NAT Network: fixed resets of TCP connections on Windows
1054	hosts</para>
1055	</listitem>
1056
1057	<listitem>
1058	<para>NAT Network: fixed inbound half-close on Mac OS X hosts</para>
1059	</listitem>
1060
1061	<listitem>
1062	<para>NAT Network: fixed socket leak on Solaris hosts</para>
1063	</listitem>
1064
1065	<listitem>
1066	<para>NAT Network: fixed ping of mapped host loopback on Mac OS X
1067	and Solaris hosts, fixed proxying of IMCP errors on Mac OS X</para>
1068	</listitem>
1069
1070	<listitem>
1071	<para>Host-Only Network: fixed SNMP <emphasis>ifConnectorPresent</emphasis>
1072	value on Windows (bug #13143)</para>
1073	</listitem>
1074
1075	<listitem>
1076	<para>Storage: fixed a possible crash with CD/DVD passthrough under
1077	certain circumstances</para>
1078	</listitem>
1079
1080	<listitem>
1081	<para>Storage: fixed a crash when trying to open an inaccessible QED
1082	or QCOW image (bug #12613)</para>
1083	</listitem>
1084
1085	<listitem>
1086	<para>Storage: fixed data corruption or read errors under rare
1087	circumstances</para>
1088	</listitem>
1089
1090	<listitem>
1091	<para>AHCI: fixed a crash under rare circumstances</para>
1092	</listitem>
1093
1094	<listitem>
1095	<para>USB: performance fixes</para>
1096	</listitem>
1097
1098	<listitem>
1099	<para>ICH9: properly reset MSI capability on reset</para>
1100	</listitem>
1101
1102	<listitem>
1103	<para>Keyboard: active modifier keys during suspend were stuck after
1104	resuming the host</para>
1105	</listitem>
1106
1107	<listitem>
1108	<para>3D: fixed misbehavior with huge guests (i.e. guest more than
1109	4GB guest memory</para>
1110	</listitem>
1111
1112	<listitem>
1113	<para>3D: several fixes</para>
1114	</listitem>
1115
1116	<listitem>
1117	<para>API: properly detect the Windows 8.1 guest OS type (bug #13090)</para>
1118	</listitem>
1119
1120	<listitem>
1121	<para>ExtPack: cleanup of dangling uninstallation directories</para>
1122	</listitem>
1123
1124	<listitem>
1125	<para>Linux hosts / guests: compile fix for EL7 (bug #12638)</para>
1126	</listitem>
1127
1128	<listitem>
1129	<para>Linux Additions: made 3D pass-through work with recent versions
1130	of Mesa in the guest (bug #12941)</para>
1131	</listitem>
1132
1133	<listitem>
1134	<para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.16 fixes (bug #13123)</para>
1135	</listitem>
1136
1137	<listitem>
1138	<para>Mac OS X hosts: when scanning for host CD/DVD devices also consider
1139	BlueRay devices</para>
1140	</listitem>
1141
1142	<listitem>
1143	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed host shutdown and reboot delay caused by running VBoxSVC
1144	process in some cases.</para>
1145	</listitem>
1146
1147	<listitem>
1148	<para>OS/2 Additions: fixed gengradd.dll library name (bug #12785)</para>
1149	</listitem>
1150
1151	<listitem>
1152	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed permissions of files and directories
1153	located on shared folders</para>
1154	</listitem>
1155
1156	<listitem>
1157	<para>Windows host installer: fixed the need for rebooting Windows after
1158	installation or upgrade, extended logging for NetFlt/NetAdp (un)installation</para>
1159	</listitem>
1160
1161	</itemizedlist>
1162
1163	</sect1>
1164
1165	<sect1>
1166	<title>Version 4.3.12 (2014-05-16)</title>
1167
1168	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1169	added:</para>
1170
1171	<itemizedlist>
1172
1173	<listitem>
1174	<para>VMM: fixed an occasional Guru Meditation (Mac OS X hosts only;
1175	bugs #12727, #12954)</para>
1176	</listitem>
1177
1178	<listitem>
1179	<para>VMM: fixed a rare condition that would fail to invalidate guest TLB
1180	entries or would invalidate them when not required (Windows hosts only)</para>
1181	</listitem>
1182
1183	<listitem>
1184	<para>VMM: fixed a <emphasis>VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED</emphasis> Guru Meditation
1185	seen with certain guests, e.g. OpenServer 5.0.7</para>
1186	</listitem>
1187
1188	<listitem>
1189	<para>VMM: more fixes for MSR emulation on certain hardware (bugs #12240,
1190	#12875)</para>
1191	</listitem>
1192
1193	<listitem>
1194	<para>GUI: fixed mouse positioning with mouse integration disabled and
1195	multiple guest screens (Windows hosts only; bug #9059)</para>
1196	</listitem>
1197
1198	<listitem>
1199	<para>GUI: fixed crash in VM manager (bug #12878)</para>
1200	</listitem>
1201
1202	<listitem>
1203	<para>GUI: fixed crash under rare conditions on entering/exiting
1204	full-screen/seamless mode</para>
1205	</listitem>
1206
1207	<listitem>
1208	<para>Shared Clipboard: don't stop working after taking a snapshot
1209	(bug #12700)</para>
1210	</listitem>
1211
1212	<listitem>
1213	<para>AHCI: fixed a crash under rare circumstances</para>
1214	</listitem>
1215
1216	<listitem>
1217	<para>API: fixed a hang during VM shutdown under rare conditions</para>
1218	</listitem>
1219
1220	<listitem>
1221	<para>NAT: fixed generation of malformed ICMP error datagrams (4.3.10 regression)</para>
1222	</listitem>
1223
1224	<listitem>
1225	<para>NAT: fixed potential crash in DNS proxy</para>
1226	</listitem>
1227
1228	<listitem>
1229	<para>NAT Network: don't drop port forwarding rules after some time</para>
1230	</listitem>
1231
1232	<listitem>
1233	<para>NAT: fixed ARP cache corruption and network loss in Windows guest caused
1234	by iSCSI service activity</para>
1235	</listitem>
1236
1237	<listitem>
1238	<para>USB: improved check if a storage device is currently mounted to the host
1239	when the device is about to be attached to the VM (Mac OS X hosts only; #11038)</para>
1240	</listitem>
1241
1242	<listitem>
1243	<para>3D support: several fixes, including better support for Ubuntu 14.04</para>
1244	</listitem>
1245
1246	<listitem>
1247	<para>VRDP: fixed a potential crash on client disconnect (bug #12858)</para>
1248	</listitem>
1249
1250	<listitem>
1251	<para>VBoxSVC: fixed a race when a new client is started a few seconds after
1252	the last client terminated (Windows hosts only; bugs #11309, #12509)</para>
1253	</listitem>
1254
1255	<listitem>
1256	<para>VBoxSVC: fixed VirtualBox.xml registry corruption after VM renaming</para>
1257	</listitem>
1258
1259	<listitem>
1260	<para>VBoxSVC: fixed a potential crash caused by incorrect USB device filter
1261	(Mac OS X hosts only; #11038)</para>
1262	</listitem>
1263
1264	<listitem>
1265	<para>Windows hosts: partly support 32-bit COM on 64-bit systems</para>
1266	</listitem>
1267
1268	<listitem>
1269	<para>Windows host installer: implemented merge module (msm) support</para>
1270	</listitem>
1271
1272	<listitem>
1273	<para>Linux hosts: fixed dependency of boot script on older Debian systems
1274	(bug #12262)</para>
1275	</listitem>
1276
1277	<listitem>
1278	<para>Linux guests: fix symbolic link to shared folder helper
1279	(bug #12879)</para>
1280	</listitem>
1281
1282	<listitem>
1283	<para>Linux Additions: don't crash VBoxService during guest execute for
1284	users without a password (bug #12994)</para>
1285	</listitem>
1286
1287	<listitem>
1288	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a bug in guest execution where the guest process
1289	terminated with <emphasis>VERR_INTERRUPTED</emphasis> to the host</para>
1290	</listitem>
1291
1292	</itemizedlist>
1293
1294	</sect1>
1295
1296	<sect1>
1297	<title>Version 4.3.10 (2014-03-26)</title>
1298
1299	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1300	added:</para>
1301
1302	<itemizedlist>
1303
1304	<listitem>
1305	<para>VMM: more work on improving the emulation of certain MSR registers
1306	on certain host CPUs (e.g. bugs #12734, #12736, #12744, #12748, #12686,
1307	#12770)</para>
1308	</listitem>
1309
1310	<listitem>
1311	<para>VMM: fixed single-stepping for real-mode guests (VT-x without
1312	unrestricted guest execution) and some I/O instructions (bug #12636)</para>
1313	</listitem>
1314
1315	<listitem>
1316	<para>VMM: fixed a potential problem with COW pages if nested paging is
1317	not available</para>
1318	</listitem>
1319
1320	<listitem>
1321	<para>GUI: Mac OS X: experimental native full screen support for
1322	Mountain Lion and Mavericks (bug #12292)</para>
1323	</listitem>
1324
1325	<listitem>
1326	<para>GUI: Mac OS X: removed the mini-toolbar minimize button which
1327	doesn't work under Mac OS X full screen mode anyway</para>
1328	</listitem>
1329
1330	<listitem>
1331	<para>GUI: experimental HID LEDs synchronization for Windows and Mac OS X hosts:
1332	fixed keyboard re-synchronization if the feature is disabled (as done by default;
1333	bug #12758)</para>
1334	</listitem>
1335
1336	<listitem>
1337	<para>GUI: fixed a potential crash when opening the preferences menu
1338	(bug #12862)</para>
1339	</listitem>
1340
1341	<listitem>
1342	<para>OVF: fixed a crash of the VirtualBox Manager when re-starting guest
1343	export (bug #12586)</para>
1344	</listitem>
1345
1346	<listitem>
1347	<para>3D support: several fixes</para>
1348	</listitem>
1349
1350	<listitem>
1351	<para>HGCM: fixed a problem with saved states which could cause several
1352	guest misbehavior after a VM was started from a saved state</para>
1353	</listitem>
1354
1355	<listitem>
1356	<para>Storage: fixed a bug preventing to compact differential snapshots
1357	under certain conditions</para>
1358	</listitem>
1359
1360	<listitem>
1361	<para>VBoxSVC: fixed a segmentation fault on Linux hosts if a very long path
1362	exists under /dev (bug #12760)</para>
1363	</listitem>
1364
1365	<listitem>
1366	<para>API: fixed guest misbehavior under certain conditions if a storage
1367	medium was attached or removed at VM runtime</para>
1368	</listitem>
1369
1370	<listitem>
1371	<para>Windows installer: make the <emphasis>--silent</emphasis>
1372	parameter work again (bug #12764)</para>
1373	</listitem>
1374
1375	<listitem>
1376	<para>Mac OS X Networking: prevent local traffic (VM-to/from-host) from
1377	leaking to wire (bug #12750)</para>
1378	</listitem>
1379
1380	<listitem>
1381	<para>Windows Additions: fixed the environment for guest processes
1382	(4.3.8 regression; bug #12782)</para>
1383	</listitem>
1384
1385	<listitem>
1386	<para>Windows Additions/WDDM: fixed divide by zero exception with
1387	multiple guest screens under certain conditions</para>
1388	</listitem>
1389
1390	<listitem>
1391	<para>Windows Additions/WDDM: fixed crashes with 2D video
1392	acceleration enabled (4.3.8 regression; bug #12745)</para>
1393	</listitem>
1394
1395	<listitem>
1396	<para>Linux Additions: install correctly on Ubuntu guest systems
1397	with a /usr/lib64 directory (bug #12513)</para>
1398	</listitem>
1399
1400	<listitem>
1401	<para>X11 Additions: fix for the VBoxClient process not exiting
1402	correctly (bug #12348) and consuming too much processor time</para>
1403	</listitem>
1404
1405	</itemizedlist>
1406	</sect1>
1407
1408	<sect1>
1409	<title>Version 4.3.8 (2014-02-25)</title>
1410
1411	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1412	added:</para>
1413
1414	<itemizedlist>
1415
1416	<listitem>
1417	<para>VMM: more work on improving the emulation of certain MSR registers
1418	(e.g. bugs #12224, #12544)</para>
1419	</listitem>
1420
1421	<listitem>
1422	<para>VMM: fixed a <emphasis>VERR_INVALID_RPL</emphasis> Guru Meditation
1423	when booting certain guests (bug #11350)</para>
1424	</listitem>
1425
1426	<listitem>
1427	<para>VMM: experimental support for SSE 4.1 / SSE 4.2 passthrough, see
1428	the user manual how to enable it (bug #8651)</para>
1429	</listitem>
1430
1431	<listitem>
1432	<para>VMM: fix for recent Linux kernels with software virtualization</para>
1433	</listitem>
1434
1435	<listitem>
1436	<para>GUI: experimental HID LEDs synchronization for Windows hosts, see
1437	<xref linkend="hidledssync" xreflabel="here"/></para>
1438	</listitem>
1439
1440	<listitem>
1441	<para>GUI: warn the user if the Oracle Extension Pack is not installed and
1442	the user tries to activate the remote display feature (bug #9104)</para>
1443	</listitem>
1444
1445	<listitem>
1446	<para>GUI: make sure that a minimized guest (using mini toolbar in
1447	full screen / seamless mode) keeps the minimized state (bug #12199)</para>
1448	</listitem>
1449
1450	<listitem>
1451	<para>GUI: popup banner's "do not show this message again" check-box
1452	replaced with corresponding button</para>
1453	</listitem>
1454
1455	<listitem>
1456	<para>GUI: network adapter cables can now be connected/disconnected directly through
1457	the running virtual machine Devices / Network menu a Network status-bar
1458	indicator</para>
1459	</listitem>
1460
1461	<listitem>
1462	<para>GUI: the new VM wizard now proposes 64-bit guests on 64-bit hosts
1463	by default; better distinction between 32-bit OS types 64-bit OS types
1464	(bug #12533)</para>
1465	</listitem>
1466
1467	<listitem>
1468	<para>GUI: better error message if appliance import fails
1469	(bug #12657)</para>
1470	</listitem>
1471
1472	<listitem>
1473	<para>GUI: allow to set host-combination to 'None' using the Global settings
1474	/ Input page (bug #12730)</para>
1475	</listitem>
1476
1477	<listitem>
1478	<para>GUI: don't switch the guest to a black screen during online snapshot
1479	merge (4.3 regression)</para>
1480	</listitem>
1481
1482	<listitem>
1483	<para>VBoxManage: when exporting an appliance, support the suppression
1484	of MAC addresses, which means they will be always recreated on
1485	import, avoiding duplicate MAC addresses for VMs which are imported
1486	several times</para>
1487	</listitem>
1488
1489	<listitem>
1490	<para>AHCI: fixed a VM hang during suspend under certain circumstances</para>
1491	</listitem>
1492
1493	<listitem>
1494	<para>AHCI: fixed a VM hang during online snapshot merge under certain
1495	circumstances</para>
1496	</listitem>
1497
1498	<listitem>
1499	<para>AHCI: fixed a bug which resulted in Windows XP guest hangs if a
1500	SATA CDROM is attached (bug #12417)</para>
1501	</listitem>
1502
1503	<listitem>
1504	<para>AHCI: fixed a Guru Meditation under certain conditions</para>
1505	</listitem>
1506
1507	<listitem>
1508	<para>AHCI: ejecting a CD/DVD medium failed under certain conditions</para>
1509	</listitem>
1510
1511	<listitem>
1512	<para>AHCI: disk hotplugging fixes</para>
1513	</listitem>
1514
1515	<listitem>
1516	<para>NAT: transparent handling of host sleep/resume and network configuration
1517	changes if the dnsproxy is enabled or if the hostresolver is used
1518	(bug #12441)</para>
1519	</listitem>
1520
1521	<listitem>
1522	<para>NAT: fixed crash and misbehaviour under some circumstances with
1523	ICMP packets having TTL=1</para>
1524	</listitem>
1525
1526	<listitem>
1527	<para>NAT Network: fixed IPv6 reassembly</para>
1528	</listitem>
1529
1530	<listitem>
1531	<para>NAT Network: ping proxy implemented</para>
1532	</listitem>
1533
1534	<listitem>
1535	<para>OVF: fixed reading of the OVF 0.9 section element
1536	(4.3 regression; bug #12345)</para>
1537	</listitem>
1538
1539	<listitem>
1540	<para>OVF: several fixes</para>
1541	</listitem>
1542
1543	<listitem>
1544	<para>3D support: several fixes, multiscreen fixes (e.g. bug #9124)</para>
1545	</listitem>
1546
1547	<listitem>
1548	<para>3D support: include 3D content in captured videos (bug #12666)</para>
1549	</listitem>
1550
1551	<listitem>
1552	<para>3D support: include 3D content in captured screenshot (bug #11758)</para>
1553	</listitem>
1554
1555	<listitem>
1556	<para>VGA: proper handling of legacy graphics modes if the Guest
1557	Additions are active (bug #6649)</para>
1558	</listitem>
1559
1560	<listitem>
1561	<para>USB: fixed crash during isochronous transfer under rare
1562	circumstances</para>
1563	</listitem>
1564
1565	<listitem>
1566	<para>BIOS: better disk geometry handling of SCSI drives</para>
1567	</listitem>
1568
1569	<listitem>
1570	<para>API: fix crashes in Java API clients using the XPCOM binding,
1571	happened with output parameters only (bug #11232)</para>
1572	</listitem>
1573
1574	<listitem>
1575	<para>VBoxSVC: documented the handling of host power management events
1576	(see <xref linkend="hostpowertweaks" xreflabel="here"/>) and
1577	added an extradata item for configuring the handling of the battery-low
1578	event (bug #9925)</para>
1579	</listitem>
1580
1581	<listitem>
1582	<para>VBoxSVC: fixed a bug which could trigger a crash if a VM snapshot
1583	was restored the second time and the VM has associated bandwidth groups
1584	(bug #12569)</para>
1585	</listitem>
1586
1587	<listitem>
1588	<para>VBoxSVC: properly detect ifconfig if located in <emphasis>/bin</emphasis>
1589	(bug #12713)</para>
1590	</listitem>
1591
1592	<listitem>
1593	<para>Shared Folders: fixed a failure to restore transient shared folders
1594	when starting a VM from a saved state (bug #12578)</para>
1595	</listitem>
1596
1597	<listitem>
1598	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed issue when the application icon was frozen in
1599	the dock if the bridging interface was not connected to a network
1600	(bug #12241)</para>
1601	</listitem>
1602
1603	<listitem>
1604	<para>Linux hosts: also consider the physical package ID when determining
1605	the number of physical CPU cores</para>
1606	</listitem>
1607
1608	<listitem>
1609	<para>Linux hosts / guests: don't warn in kernel log if memory allocation
1610	fails (bug #11171)</para>
1611	</listitem>
1612
1613	<listitem>
1614	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed the autostart SMF script (bug #11720)</para>
1615	</listitem>
1616
1617	<listitem>
1618	<para>Windows hosts: fixes for non-ANSI code page user names and similar
1619	environment contents (bug #12596)</para>
1620	</listitem>
1621
1622	<listitem>
1623	<para>Windows hosts / guests: fixed setting and using a guest user's process
1624	environment variables (relevant for Guest Control)</para>
1625	</listitem>
1626
1627	<listitem>
1628	<para>Windows Additions: fixed handle leaks in VBoxTray (bug #12563)</para>
1629	</listitem>
1630
1631	<listitem>
1632	<para>Windows Additions: fixed a crash while detecting active guest users</para>
1633	</listitem>
1634
1635	<listitem>
1636	<para>Windows Additions: fixed restoring backed up D3D files on
1637	XPDM -> WDDM upgrade</para>
1638	</listitem>
1639
1640	<listitem>
1641	<para>Guest Control: fixed setting and using a guest user's process
1642	environment variables</para>
1643	</listitem>
1644
1645	<listitem>
1646	<para>Linux Additions: support Enterprise Linux 6.5 kernels
1647	(bug #12505)</para>
1648	</listitem>
1649
1650	<listitem>
1651	<para>Linux Additions: fixed CPU hot-remove on newer Linux kernels</para>
1652	</listitem>
1653
1654	<listitem>
1655	<para>Linux / Solaris Additions: don't automount a shared folder which is already
1656	mounted</para>
1657	</listitem>
1658
1659	<listitem>
1660	<para>X11 Additions: support X.Org Server 1.15 (bug #12623)</para>
1661	</listitem>
1662
1663	</itemizedlist>
1664
1665	</sect1>
1666
1667	<sect1>
1668	<title>Version 4.3.6 (2013-12-18)</title>
1669
1670	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1671	added:</para>
1672
1673	<itemizedlist>
1674
1675	<listitem>
1676	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VINF_EM_TRIPLE_FAULT</emphasis>
1677	caused by VMCB caching with nested paging on certain AMD CPUs (bug #12451)</para>
1678	</listitem>
1679
1680	<listitem>
1681	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VERR_VMX_UNEXPECTED_INTERRUPTION_EXIT_TYPE</emphasis>
1682	while intercepting debug exceptions (VT-x only; bug #12410)</para>
1683	</listitem>
1684
1685	<listitem>
1686	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VERR_SVM_UNEXPECTED_EXIT</emphasis>
1687	while intercepting debug register accesses (AMD-V only; bug #12481)</para>
1688	</listitem>
1689
1690	<listitem>
1691	<para>VMM: fixed a <emphasis>VERR_SSM_STRUCTURE_MAGIC</emphasis> error when trying
1692	to load a saved state made with VBox 4.3.4 when VT-x/AMD-V is disabled. Unfortunately,
1693	VBox 4.3.4 produced broken saved states for this configuration so you have to discard
1694	these states (bug #12414)</para>
1695	</listitem>
1696
1697	<listitem>
1698	<para>VMM: added a few more MSRs to the whitelist required by certain guests
1699	(bug #12245)</para>
1700	</listitem>
1701
1702	<listitem>
1703	<para>GUI: fixed deleting of inaccessible VMs (4.3 regression; bug
1704	#12205)</para>
1705	</listitem>
1706
1707	<listitem>
1708	<para>GUI: fixed warnings in VM settings / number of guest processors
1709	(bug #12480)</para>
1710	</listitem>
1711
1712	<listitem>
1713	<para>Main: don't automatically enable 64-bit guests on 64-bit hosts if
1714	VT-x/AMD-V is not available (bug #12424)</para>
1715	</listitem>
1716
1717	<listitem>
1718	<para>Main: always expose the DMI memory information to Windows 2012 guests
1719	(bug #12017)</para>
1720	</listitem>
1721
1722	<listitem>
1723	<para>Main: fixed occasional crashes on guest display resolution change
1724	(bug #7063)</para>
1725	</listitem>
1726
1727	<listitem>
1728	<para>Main: fixed reporting back temporary name when calling
1729	<emphasis>IGuestSession::DirectoryCreateTemp()</emphasis> (bug #12498)</para>
1730	</listitem>
1731
1732	<listitem>
1733	<para>API: fix for a hang when launching a GUI VM through the API, which crashes
1734	due to GUI unavailability</para>
1735	</listitem>
1736
1737	<listitem>
1738	<para>Storage: fix for <emphasis>BLKCACHE_IOERR</emphasis> runtime errors under
1739	rare circumstances (bug #11030)</para>
1740	</listitem>
1741
1742	<listitem>
1743	<para>Network: allow to start more than 5 PCNet instances (bug #12426)</para>
1744	</listitem>
1745
1746	<listitem>
1747	<para>E1000: if the cable was disconnected before the guest initialized
1748	the device, the link status was not properly set to 'down' after the
1749	initialization completed despite the fact that there was no connection</para>
1750	</listitem>
1751
1752	<listitem>
1753	<para>3D support: fixed offset of guest 3D image elements (Mac OS X Retina
1754	hosts only; bug #11021)</para>
1755	</listitem>
1756
1757	<listitem>
1758	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed accessing the host driver from non-global zones
1759	(4.3 regression; bug #12271)</para>
1760	</listitem>
1761
1762	</itemizedlist>
1763
1764	</sect1>
1765
1766	<sect1>
1767	<title>Version 4.3.4 (2013-11-29)</title>
1768
1769	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1770	added:</para>
1771
1772	<itemizedlist>
1773
1774	<listitem>
1775	<para>VMM: fix for a bug in the Local APIC emulation causing a BSOD when
1776	booting certain guests (4.3.0 regression; bug #12240)</para>
1777	</listitem>
1778
1779	<listitem>
1780	<para>VMM: fixed loading of saved states if VT-x/AMD-V was disabled
1781	(4.3.2 regression; bug #12291)</para>
1782	</listitem>
1783
1784	<listitem>
1785	<para>VMM: fixed single-stepping inside the guest for certain
1786	instructions (VT-x only; bug #10947)</para>
1787	</listitem>
1788
1789	<listitem>
1790	<para>VMM: fixed a performance issue involving APIC accesses after rebooting
1791	a VM (4.3.0 regression; VT-x only; bug #12296)</para>
1792	</listitem>
1793
1794	<listitem>
1795	<para>VMM: fixed TPR patching to be enabled for 32-bit guests even when
1796	the chosen guest type is 64-bit (4.3.0 regression; AMD-V only)</para>
1797	</listitem>
1798
1799	<listitem>
1800	<para>VMM: fixed occasional <emphasis>VINF_EM_TRIPLE_FAULT</emphasis> errors on
1801	hosts without the unrestricted guest execution feature (bug #12198)</para>
1802	</listitem>
1803
1804	<listitem>
1805	<para>GUI: don't bother the user with the BPP warning if no
1806	Guest Additions are installed</para>
1807	</listitem>
1808
1809	<listitem>
1810	<para>GUI: fixed machine-window paint artifacts on VM reboot / guest-screen
1811	resize</para>
1812	</listitem>
1813
1814	<listitem>
1815	<para>GUI: make sure the assigned license and description are attached to
1816	the exported appliance</para>
1817	</listitem>
1818
1819	<listitem>
1820	<para>GUI: fixed bugs in close VM action restrictions handling (bug #12333)</para>
1821	</listitem>
1822
1823	<listitem>
1824	<para>GUI: fixed incorrect wizards text colors for some unusual
1825	look and feel styles (bug #11743)</para>
1826	</listitem>
1827
1828	<listitem>
1829	<para>GUI: should restore seamless mode as soon as possible after
1830	VM reboot or shutdown</para>
1831	</listitem>
1832
1833	<listitem>
1834	<para>GUI: fixes for medium enumeration</para>
1835	</listitem>
1836
1837	<listitem>
1838	<para>GUI: the OS X hot corners were not accessible while a VirtualBox VM
1839	is running (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #4139)</para>
1840	</listitem>
1841
1842	<listitem>
1843	<para>GUI: fixed an old bug which bared the host from cleanly shutdown / reboot
1844	if the VM selector window is open (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #8254)</para>
1845	</listitem>
1846
1847	<listitem>
1848	<para>Host-only Networking: fixed creating of host-only network interfaces
1849	(4.3.0 regression; bug #12182)</para>
1850	</listitem>
1851
1852	<listitem>
1853	<para>NAT: don't run into an infinite loop in case the host cannot
1854	access any DNS server (4.3.0 regression; bug #12300)</para>
1855	</listitem>
1856
1857	<listitem>
1858	<para>NAT: don't re-connect the cable if the DNS information changes
1859	and the cable was disconnected before (4.3.0 regression; bug #12225)</para>
1860	</listitem>
1861
1862	<listitem>
1863	<para>NAT: fixed several issues with automatically starting /
1864	terminating of NAT networks on VM start / stop and configuration
1865	changes</para>
1866	</listitem>
1867
1868	<listitem>
1869	<para>VBoxNetDHCP: don't block prevent VBoxSVC from terminating
1870	(bug #12264)</para>
1871	</listitem>
1872
1873	<listitem>
1874	<para>2D Video acceleration: fix crashes on presentation mode switches
1875	(bug #9194)</para>
1876	</listitem>
1877
1878	<listitem>
1879	<para>BusLogic: allow to run VMs with more than one BusLogic SCSI
1880	controller enabled</para>
1881	</listitem>
1882
1883	<listitem>
1884	<para>Keyboard: fixed a VM crash if a VM was resumed from a saved state
1885	where at least one key was pressed (bug #11289)</para>
1886	</listitem>
1887
1888	<listitem>
1889	<para>VBoxSVC: fixed a heap corruption under certain conditions (4.3.0
1890	regression)</para>
1891	</listitem>
1892
1893	<listitem>
1894	<para>VBoxSVC: fixed a race leading to a hang during initialization
1895	(bug #12349)</para>
1896	</listitem>
1897
1898	<listitem>
1899	<para>OVF: fixed import logic for OVF appliances containing multiple
1900	VMs</para>
1901	</listitem>
1902
1903	<listitem>
1904	<para>OVF: improved logic for finding an appropriate image format
1905	during OVF import</para>
1906	</listitem>
1907
1908	<listitem>
1909	<para>API: block the removal of the current snapshot if it has child
1910	snapshots (only relevant for VMs without snapshottable hard disks,
1911	their presence always prevented removal), which resulted in VM
1912	config corruption</para>
1913	</listitem>
1914
1915	<listitem>
1916	<para>API: mark VM configs with snapshots but without current snapshot
1917	as inaccessible, as this combination is nonsense</para>
1918	</listitem>
1919
1920	<listitem>
1921	<para>API: fixed information for some automatically generated events
1922	(only with XPCOM, Windows host was not affected), which caused
1923	errors when getting some of the attributes over the webservice
1924	(bug #12379)</para>
1925	</listitem>
1926
1927	<listitem>
1928	<para>SDK: extended the functionality coverage for the C bindings</para>
1929	</listitem>
1930
1931	<listitem>
1932	<para>Guest Control: various bugfixes and improved VBoxManage help
1933	(bugs #8072, #11044, #12336, #12338, #12346, #12371)</para>
1934	</listitem>
1935
1936	<listitem>
1937	<para>Windows hosts: another attempt to fix the massive DPC latency
1938	(bug #6242)</para>
1939	</listitem>
1940
1941	<listitem>
1942	<para>Windows host installer: make registering file extensions optional,
1943	contributed by Tal Aloni (bug #8009)</para>
1944	</listitem>
1945
1946	<listitem>
1947	<para>Mac OS X hosts: properly sign the kernel extensions for Mavericks
1948	hosts (bug #12256)</para>
1949	</listitem>
1950
1951	<listitem>
1952	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a bug where the VirtualBox dock icon was
1953	not properly removed from the dock after a VM terminated preventing
1954	Mavericks hosts from shutting down (bug #12241)</para>
1955	</listitem>
1956
1957	<listitem>
1958	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed minor installer issue (bug #12275)</para>
1959	</listitem>
1960
1961	<listitem>
1962	<para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.13 compile fixes (bug #12358)</para>
1963	</listitem>
1964
1965	<listitem>
1966	<para>Linux guests: build the vboxvideo kernel module correctly on
1967	OL/RHEL 6.1 guests (bug #11996)</para>
1968	</listitem>
1969
1970	<listitem>
1971	<para>Linux guests: make 3D work on Slackware 14.1
1972	(bug #12320 comments 3 and 4)</para>
1973	</listitem>
1974
1975	<listitem>
1976	<para>Guest Additions/3D: fixed an occasional dead-lock (bug #12319)</para>
1977	</listitem>
1978
1979	<listitem>
1980	<para>Windows Additions/3D: fixed possible memory leaking (bug #12228)</para>
1981	</listitem>
1982
1983	<listitem>
1984	<para>Windows Additions/XPDM: use separate tables containing valid video
1985	modes for each virtual monitor</para>
1986	</listitem>
1987
1988	<listitem>
1989	<para>Windows Additions: fixed automatic logins for Vista and newer Windows
1990	guests (bug #12332)</para>
1991	</listitem>
1992
1993	</itemizedlist>
1994	</sect1>
1995
1996	<sect1>
1997	<title>Version 4.3.2 (2013-11-01)</title>
1998
1999	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2000	added:</para>
2001
2002	<itemizedlist>
2003
2004	<listitem>
2005	<para>VMM: fixed restoring of the auxiliary TSC MSR in VT-x that caused host
2006	BSODs on Windows 8.1 hosts and unpredictable behavior on other hosts
2007	(bug #12237)</para>
2008	</listitem>
2009
2010	<listitem>
2011	<para>VMM: provide fake values for a couple of MSRs to make more guests happy on
2012	certain hosts</para>
2013	</listitem>
2014
2015	<listitem>
2016	<para>VMM: fixed detection of VT-x on certain machines where the BIOS would
2017	not set the VMX LOCK feature bit, which affected the VM settings in the GUI</para>
2018	</listitem>
2019
2020	<listitem>
2021	<para>VMM: fixed TPR threshold which caused BSODs on Windows XP guests
2022	that use the I/O APIC (VT-x only; bug #12227)</para>
2023	</listitem>
2024
2025	<listitem>
2026	<para>VMM: fixed PATM saved state incompatibility for software virtualized
2027	VMs (bug #12222)</para>
2028	</listitem>
2029
2030	<listitem>
2031	<para>VMM: don't fail if AMD-V isn't available if the VM is configured
2032	to use software virtualization</para>
2033	</listitem>
2034
2035	<listitem>
2036	<para>GUI: fixed guest resize breakage on visual representation mode change
2037	(when switching from normal to full screen etc)</para>
2038	</listitem>
2039
2040	<listitem>
2041	<para>GUI: make sure the guest screen is resized after restoring a VM from a
2042	saved state if the host screen size changed</para>
2043	</listitem>
2044
2045	<listitem>
2046	<para>GUI: disabled SCROLL LED sync from HID LEDs synchronization
2047	(Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
2048	</listitem>
2049
2050	<listitem>
2051	<para>Webcam passthrough improvements including GUI support (see
2052	<xref linkend="webcam-passthrough" />)</para>
2053	</listitem>
2054
2055	<listitem>
2056	<para>Guest Control: implemented more <computeroutput>IGuestSession</computeroutput>
2057	methods</para>
2058	</listitem>
2059
2060	<listitem>
2061	<para>Guest Control: added support for deleting and renaming guest files + directories in
2062	VBoxManage</para>
2063	</listitem>
2064
2065	<listitem>
2066	<para>Guest Control: various bugfixes</para>
2067	</listitem>
2068
2069	<listitem>
2070	<para>API: incorrect handling of hardware UUID default value, resulting
2071	in an all zero DMI/SMBIOS UUID, which leads to Windows requesting
2072	re-activation (4.3 regression; bug #12244)</para>
2073	</listitem>
2074
2075	<listitem>
2076	<para>3D support: fixed crash on shutdown if 2D video acceleration is enabled
2077	(Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
2078	</listitem>
2079
2080	<listitem>
2081	<para>3D support: miscellaneous fixes</para>
2082	</listitem>
2083
2084	<listitem>
2085	<para>Storage: fixed detection of CD/DVD media when switching from an empty
2086	to a host drive with passthrough enabled</para>
2087	</listitem>
2088
2089	<listitem>
2090	<para>Storage: fixed hang of the VM process when the disk is full under certain
2091	circumstances</para>
2092	</listitem>
2093
2094	<listitem>
2095	<para>NAT: listen for changes of NAT Network setting at runtime</para>
2096	</listitem>
2097
2098	<listitem>
2099	<para>NAT: NAT Network DHCP server now saves leases to a persistent
2100	storage</para>
2101	</listitem>
2102
2103	<listitem>
2104	<para>Main: monitor changes in host DNS configuration</para>
2105	</listitem>
2106
2107	<listitem>
2108	<para>Mac OS X host: reworked a mechanism of adding a VM desktop alias
2109	from the VM selector</para>
2110	</listitem>
2111
2112	<listitem>
2113	<para>Mac OS X installer: remove old kernel extensions during upgrade
2114	(bug #12258)</para>
2115	</listitem>
2116
2117	<listitem>
2118	<para>Linux Additions: correctly set umask before installing
2119	(bug #12166)</para>
2120	</listitem>
2121
2122	<listitem>
2123	<para>X11 Additions/3D: fix freezes starting 3D desktop (bug #11503,
2124	thank you Sam Spilsbury)</para>
2125	</listitem>
2126
2127	<listitem>
2128	<para>X11 Additions/3D: fix depth buffer support (bug #11905)</para>
2129	</listitem>
2130
2131	<listitem>
2132	<para>X11 Additions/3D: fix Age Of Empires 3 rendering (bug #11331)</para>
2133	</listitem>
2134
2135	<listitem>
2136	<para>Windows Additions/3D: fix Google Earth plugin rendering</para>
2137	</listitem>
2138
2139	<listitem>
2140	<para>Windows Additions/WDDM: autoresize fixes</para>
2141	</listitem>
2142
2143	</itemizedlist>
2144	</sect1>
2145
2146	<sect1>
2147	<title>Version 4.3.0 (2013-10-15)</title>
2148
2149	<para>This is a major update. The following major new features
2150	were added:</para>
2151
2152	<itemizedlist>
2153
2154	<listitem>
2155	<para>VMM: major rewrite of the VT-x code and the AMD-V code including
2156	many bug fixes and performance improvements (for example bug #9659)</para>
2157	</listitem>
2158
2159	<listitem>
2160	<para>VMM: introduced a lightweight instruction interpreter for
2161	situations not handled by hardware virtualization</para>
2162	</listitem>
2163
2164	<listitem>
2165	<para>GUI: extended messaging mechanism (new non-modal popup overlays
2166	used to show non-critical warnings and provide user with additional information)</para>
2167	</listitem>
2168
2169	<listitem>
2170	<para>GUI: keyboard shortcuts management (input page of global preferences
2171	extended with possibility to edit general keyboard shortcuts for
2172	VirtualBox Manager and Virtual Machine)</para>
2173	</listitem>
2174
2175	<listitem>
2176	<para>GUI: video capturing support (bug #4766)</para>
2177	</listitem>
2178
2179	<listitem>
2180	<para>Added USB touch device emulation</para>
2181	</listitem>
2182
2183	<listitem>
2184	<para>Added experimental support for webcam passthrough
2185	complementing USB passthrough (see <xref linkend="webcam-passthrough" />)</para>
2186	</listitem>
2187
2188	<listitem>
2189	<para>Added SCSI CD-ROM emulation, including boot support</para>
2190	</listitem>
2191
2192	<listitem>
2193	<para>VRDP: support for IPv6</para>
2194	</listitem>
2195
2196	<listitem>
2197	<para>Guest Control: guest sessions now are running in dedicated, impersonated
2198	session processes (needs at least Guest Additions 4.3 installed)</para>
2199	</listitem>
2200
2201	<listitem>
2202	<para>Guest Control: implemented <computeroutput>IGuestFile</computeroutput>
2203	support</para>
2204	</listitem>
2205
2206	<listitem>
2207	<para>NAT: experimental virtual router mode: several VMs are
2208	attached to the same internal network and share one NAT
2209	service (see <xref linkend="network_nat_service" />)
2210	</para>
2211	</listitem>
2212
2213	</itemizedlist>
2214
2215	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
2216
2217	<itemizedlist>
2218
2219	<listitem>
2220	<para>VMM: significantly improved performance of NetWare 5.x/6.x
2221	guests on host systems without nested paging support</para>
2222	</listitem>
2223
2224	<listitem>
2225	<para>VMM: fixed losing host NMIs while in VT-x guest-context</para>
2226	</listitem>
2227
2228	<listitem>
2229	<para>VMM: changed order of actions in emulated task switch
2230	(bug #10532)</para>
2231	</listitem>
2232
2233	<listitem>
2234	<para>VMM: allow to activate VT-x while in SMX mode and provide more
2235	information if that is not possible</para>
2236	</listitem>
2237
2238	<listitem>
2239	<para>GUI: update check uses https</para>
2240	</listitem>
2241
2242	<listitem>
2243	<para>GUI: numerous minor internal cleanups and bug fixes</para>
2244	</listitem>
2245
2246	<listitem>
2247	<para>GUI: HID LEDs synchronization when switching between guest window(s)
2248	and host (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
2249	</listitem>
2250
2251	<listitem>
2252	<para>GUI, VBoxManage: when unregistering a VM, also unregister the
2253	hard disk images which are used exclusively (bug #10311)</para>
2254	</listitem>
2255
2256	<listitem>
2257	<para>GUI: use the number of physical presented processor cores instead of
2258	the number of logical processor cores to check if the users assigned
2259	too many virtual CPUs to the guest</para>
2260	</listitem>
2261
2262	<listitem>
2263	<para>Snapshots: made live snapshots work again (bug #9255)</para>
2264	</listitem>
2265
2266	<listitem>
2267	<para>Teleportation: made it work again (bug #9455)</para>
2268	</listitem>
2269
2270	<listitem>
2271	<para>Storage: implemented AHA-154x compatibility mode in the
2272	emulated BusLogic SCSI HBA</para>
2273	</listitem>
2274
2275	<listitem>
2276	<para>Storage: significantly improved performance of large ATAPI PIO
2277	transfers (BeOS, Minix 3 guests affected)</para>
2278	</listitem>
2279
2280	<listitem>
2281	<para>Storage: added floppy formatting emulation (NB: cannot be used
2282	to change existing media geometry)
2283	</para>
2284	</listitem>
2285
2286	<listitem>
2287	<para>Settings: global and per-VM default frontend configuration,
2288	useful to select the use of alternative VM frontends</para>
2289	</listitem>
2290
2291	<listitem>
2292	<para>Settings: limit depth of snapshot tree to 250 levels, as more
2293	will lead to decreased performance and may trigger crashes</para>
2294	</listitem>
2295
2296	<listitem>
2297	<para>Settings: the per-VM hwvirtextexcl setting has been replaced
2298	by a global hwvirtexclusive property</para>
2299	</listitem>
2300
2301	<listitem>
2302	<para>Main: new event queue implementation which does not use the host's
2303	native event queue for processing VirtualBox events anymore</para>
2304	</listitem>
2305
2306	<listitem>
2307	<para>Main: eliminate the use of SysV semaphores on all host OSes
2308	other than Windows, namely Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X, with the
2309	consequence that no system reconfiguration is needed to run more
2310	than approximately 100 VMs</para>
2311	</listitem>
2312
2313	<listitem>
2314	<para>Main: use the XDG standard configuration folder instead of
2315	.VirtualBox on systems where it is appropriate (bug #5099)</para>
2316	</listitem>
2317
2318	<listitem>
2319	<para>Main: extension pack framework can now support loading HGCM
2320	modules, contributed by Jeff Westphal</para>
2321	</listitem>
2322
2323	<listitem>
2324	<para>VBoxManage: list more information about hard disk/DVD/floppy
2325	media, and support the <computeroutput>--long</computeroutput>
2326	option to show really all available details</para>
2327	</listitem>
2328
2329	<listitem>
2330	<para>VBoxManage: added support for optional command line parameters for
2331	the automatic Guest Additions update</para>
2332	</listitem>
2333
2334	<listitem>
2335	<para>VBoxManage: added support for listing active guest sessions, guest
2336	processes and/or guest files via
2337	<computeroutput>guestcontrol list <all\|sessions\|processes\|files></computeroutput>
2338	</para>
2339	</listitem>
2340
2341	<listitem>
2342	<para>VBoxManage: added support for closing active guest sessions via
2343	<computeroutput>guestcontrol session close --session-id <ID>\|
2344	--session-name <name or pattern>\|--all</computeroutput>
2345	</para>
2346	</listitem>
2347
2348	<listitem>
2349	<para>VBoxManage: added support for terminating active guest processes via
2350	<computeroutput>guestcontrol process kill\|close\|terminate --session-id <ID>\|
2351	--session-name <name or pattern> <PID> ... <PID n></computeroutput>
2352	or
2353	<computeroutput>guestcontrol [p[s]]kill --session-id <ID>\|
2354	--session-name <name or pattern> <PID> ... <PID n></computeroutput>
2355	</para>
2356	</listitem>
2357
2358	<listitem>
2359	<para>VBoxManage: added support for watching guest sessions via
2360	<computeroutput>guestcontrol watch</computeroutput>
2361	</para>
2362	</listitem>
2363
2364	<listitem>
2365	<para>VBoxManage: added <computeroutput>modifyvm --triplefaultreset</computeroutput>
2366	to make the VM reset on triple fault instead of triggering a Guru Meditation
2367	(see <xref linkend="vboxmanage-modifyvm"/>)</para>
2368	</listitem>
2369
2370	<listitem>
2371	<para>3D support: several fixes</para>
2372	</listitem>
2373
2374	<listitem>
2375	<para>3D support: several fixes for Mac OS X hosts</para>
2376	</listitem>
2377
2378	<listitem>
2379	<para>OVF: several fixes</para>
2380	</listitem>
2381
2382	<listitem>
2383	<para>Extpack Installer: make it work if the file is located in a folder with
2384	special characters</para>
2385	</listitem>
2386
2387	<listitem>
2388	<para>Keyboard: fix for reporting key sequences like Ctrl+Alt+Del
2389	for the USB keyboard emulation</para>
2390	</listitem>
2391
2392	<listitem>
2393	<para>Shared Clipboard/X11: support for BMP-format images, contributed
2394	by François Revol</para>
2395	</listitem>
2396
2397	<listitem>
2398	<para>Mac OS X hosts: limited support for Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)</para>
2399	</listitem>
2400
2401	<listitem>
2402	<para>Mac OS X hosts: use a launchd script instead of the deprecated
2403	StartupItem mechanism (bug #8940)</para>
2404	</listitem>
2405
2406	<listitem>
2407	<para>Windows hosts: don't cause massive DPC latency (only on certain
2408	hosts; still needs improving; bug #6242)</para>
2409	</listitem>
2410
2411	<listitem>
2412	<para>Windows hosts: consider symlinks when retrieving volume information
2413	(bug #11962)</para>
2414	</listitem>
2415
2416	<listitem>
2417	<para>Windows hosts: fixed an issue with USB2 devices being inaccessible
2418	when plugged into USB 3.0 ports</para>
2419	</listitem>
2420
2421	<listitem>
2422	<para>Windows Additions: fixed misbehavior with guest display
2423	power management (WDDM driver only; bug #11170)</para>
2424	</listitem>
2425
2426	<listitem>
2427	<para>Windows Additions: fixed memory leak caused by WTSQuerySessionInformation()
2428	on Windows 2000 guests (bug #12072)</para>
2429	</listitem>
2430
2431	<listitem>
2432	<para>Windows Additions: ability to track guest user idle times through
2433	the newly introduced event <emphasis>IGuestUserStateChangedEvent</emphasis></para>
2434	</listitem>
2435
2436	<listitem>
2437	<para>Linux Additions: fixed udev detection in the init script
2438	with Linux 3.x kernels</para>
2439	</listitem>
2440
2441	</itemizedlist>
2442
2443	</sect1>
2444
2445	<sect1>
2446	<title>Version 4.2.22 (2014-01-10)</title>
2447
2448	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2449	added:</para>
2450
2451	<itemizedlist>
2452
2453	<listitem>
2454	<para>GUI: Mac OS X host: introduced extradata option "GUI/HidLedsSync" aimed to enable
2455	HID LEDs synchronization (feature disabled by default)</para>
2456	</listitem>
2457
2458	<listitem>
2459	<para>GUI: Mac OS X host: fixed issue on MacBook Air/Pro hosts when GUI
2460	might freeze in attempt to synchronize HID LEDs</para>
2461	</listitem>
2462
2463	<listitem>
2464	<para>Main: always expose the DMI memory information to Windows 2012 guests
2465	(bug #12017)</para>
2466	</listitem>
2467
2468	<listitem>
2469	<para>HGCM: fixed crashes under certain conditions</para>
2470	</listitem>
2471
2472	<listitem>
2473	<para>Storage: fix for <emphasis>BLKCACHE_IOERR</emphasis> runtime errors under
2474	rare circumstances (bug #11030)</para>
2475	</listitem>
2476
2477	<listitem>
2478	<para>AHCI: fixed a bug which resulted in Windows XP guest hangs if a
2479	SATA CDROM is attached (bug #12417)</para>
2480	</listitem>
2481
2482	<listitem>
2483	<para>AHCI: fixed a Guru Meditation under certain conditions</para>
2484	</listitem>
2485
2486	<listitem>
2487	<para>E1000: if the cable was disconnected before the guest initialized
2488	the device, the link status was not properly set to 'down' after the
2489	initialization completed despite the fact that there was no connection</para>
2490	</listitem>
2491
2492	<listitem>
2493	<para>3D support: fixed offset of guest 3D image elements (Mac OS X Retina
2494	hosts only; bug #11021)</para>
2495	</listitem>
2496
2497	<listitem>
2498	<para>3D support: many fixes</para>
2499	</listitem>
2500
2501	<listitem>
2502	<para>Linux Additions: support Enterprise Linux 6.5 kernels
2503	(bug #12505)</para>
2504	</listitem>
2505
2506	<listitem>
2507	<para>Linux Additions: fixed CPU hot-remove on newer Linux kernels</para>
2508	</listitem>
2509
2510	<listitem>
2511	<para>Windows Additions: fixed guest crashes in in Shared Folders
2512	service under certain conditions</para>
2513	</listitem>
2514
2515	</itemizedlist>
2516
2517	</sect1>
2518
2519	<sect1>
2520	<title>Version 4.2.20 (2013-11-28)</title>
2521
2522	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2523	added:</para>
2524
2525	<itemizedlist>
2526
2527	<listitem>
2528	<para>GUI: always report recommended resolutions for all monitors
2529	(not always done since 4.2.12)</para>
2530	</listitem>
2531
2532	<listitem>
2533	<para>GUI: make sure the assigned license and description are attached to
2534	the exported appliance</para>
2535	</listitem>
2536
2537	<listitem>
2538	<para>GUI: the OS X hot corners were not accessible while a VirtualBox VM
2539	is running (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #4139)</para>
2540	</listitem>
2541
2542	<listitem>
2543	<para>NAT: don't run into an infinite loop in case the host cannot
2544	access any DNS server (4.3.0 regression; bug #12300)</para>
2545	</listitem>
2546
2547	<listitem>
2548	<para>NAT: don't re-connect the cable if the DNS information changes
2549	and the cable was disconnected before (4.3.0 regression; bug #12225)</para>
2550	</listitem>
2551
2552	<listitem>
2553	<para>Main: properly save the <emphasis>passthrough</emphasis> flag for DVD
2554	drives without an attached medium</para>
2555	</listitem>
2556
2557	<listitem>
2558	<para>Keyboard: fixed a VM crash if a VM was resumed from a saved state
2559	where at least one key was pressed (bug #11289)</para>
2560	</listitem>
2561
2562	<listitem>
2563	<para>2D Video acceleration: fix crashes on presentation mode switches
2564	(bug #9194)</para>
2565	</listitem>
2566
2567	<listitem>
2568	<para>Storage: fixed errors with snapshots when using QCOW or QED disk images
2569	(bug #12144)</para>
2570	</listitem>
2571
2572	<listitem>
2573	<para>Storage: fix for newer Linux kernels not detecting a hard disk as SSD
2574	when using the IDE or SATA controller (bug #12025)</para>
2575	</listitem>
2576
2577	<listitem>
2578	<para>Storage: fixed detection of CD/DVD media when switching from an empty
2579	to a host drive with passthrough enabled</para>
2580	</listitem>
2581
2582	<listitem>
2583	<para>Snapshots: fixed a bug which could result in lost medium attachments
2584	(4.2.18 regression; bug #11750)</para>
2585	</listitem>
2586
2587	<listitem>
2588	<para>Shared Clipboard: fixed potential SEGFAULT when
2589	working with UTF8 and UTF16 content (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
2590	</listitem>
2591
2592	<listitem>
2593	<para>OVF: fixed import logic for OVF appliances containing multiple
2594	VMs</para>
2595	</listitem>
2596
2597	<listitem>
2598	<para>Extpack Installer: make it work if the file is located in a folder with
2599	special characters</para>
2600	</listitem>
2601
2602	<listitem>
2603	<para>SDK: extended the functionality coverage for the C bindings</para>
2604	</listitem>
2605
2606	<listitem>
2607	<para>API: block the removal of the current snapshot if it has child
2608	snapshots (only relevant for VMs without snapshottable hard disks,
2609	their presence always prevented removal), which resulted in VM
2610	config corruption</para>
2611	</listitem>
2612
2613	<listitem>
2614	<para>API: mark VM configs with snapshots but without current snapshot
2615	as inaccessible, as this combination is nonsense</para>
2616	</listitem>
2617
2618	<listitem>
2619	<para>API: fixed information for some automatically generated events
2620	(only with XPCOM, Windows host was not affected), which caused
2621	errors when getting some of the attributes over the webservice
2622	(bug #12379)</para>
2623	</listitem>
2624
2625	<listitem>
2626	<para>Mac OS X hosts: support for Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)</para>
2627	</listitem>
2628
2629	<listitem>
2630	<para>Mac OS X hosts: properly sign the kernel extensions for
2631	Mavericks hosts (bug #12256)</para>
2632	</listitem>
2633
2634	<listitem>
2635	<para>Mac OS X hosts: use a launchd script instead of the deprecated
2636	StartupItem mechanism (bug #8940)</para>
2637	</listitem>
2638
2639	<listitem>
2640	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a bug where the VirtualBox dock icon was
2641	not properly removed from the dock after a VM terminated preventing
2642	Mavericks hosts from shutting (bug #12241)</para>
2643	</listitem>
2644
2645	<listitem>
2646	<para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.13 compile fix (bug #12358)</para>
2647	</listitem>
2648
2649	<listitem>
2650	<para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.12 compile fix (bug #12083)</para>
2651	</listitem>
2652
2653	<listitem>
2654	<para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.11 fix for shared folders (bugs #11946, #12128)</para>
2655	</listitem>
2656
2657	<listitem>
2658	<para>Linux Additions: compile fix for SLES11 SP3</para>
2659	</listitem>
2660
2661	<listitem>
2662	<para>Linux Additions: correctly set umask before installing
2663	(bug #12166)</para>
2664	</listitem>
2665
2666	<listitem>
2667	<para>Linux Additions: build the vboxvideo kernel module correctly on
2668	OL/RHEL 6.1 guests (bug #11996)</para>
2669	</listitem>
2670
2671	<listitem>
2672	<para>Linux Additions: make 3D work on Slackware 14.1
2673	(bug #12320 comments 3 and 4)</para>
2674	</listitem>
2675
2676	<listitem>
2677	<para>Windows Additions: fixed memory leak caused by
2678	<emphasis>WTSQuerySessionInformation()</emphasis>
2679	on Windows 2000 guests (bug #12072)</para>
2680	</listitem>
2681
2682	<listitem>
2683	<para>Windows Additions: multimonitor resize fixes</para>
2684	</listitem>
2685
2686	<listitem>
2687	<para>X11 Additions/3D: fix freezes starting 3D desktop (bug #11503,
2688	thank you Sam Spilsbury)</para>
2689	</listitem>
2690
2691	<listitem>
2692	<para>Guest additions/3D: fix an occasional dead-lock (bug #12319)
2693	</para>
2694	</listitem>
2695
2696	</itemizedlist>
2697	</sect1>
2698
2699	<sect1>
2700	<title>Version 4.2.18 (2013-09-06)</title>
2701
2702	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2703	added:</para>
2704
2705	<itemizedlist>
2706
2707	<listitem>
2708	<para>VMM: properly handle NMIs on Linux hosts with X2APIC
2709	enabled</para>
2710	</listitem>
2711
2712	<listitem>
2713	<para>VMM: fixed potential crashes with 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts
2714	(bug #11979)</para>
2715	</listitem>
2716
2717	<listitem>
2718	<para>GUI / seamless: properly handle mouse wheel scroll events</para>
2719	</listitem>
2720
2721	<listitem>
2722	<para>GUI, VBoxManage: when unregistering a VM, also unregister the
2723	hard disk images which are used exclusively (bug #10311)</para>
2724	</listitem>
2725
2726	<listitem>
2727	<para>GUI: prevent crashes under certain conditions on X11 hosts</para>
2728	</listitem>
2729
2730	<listitem>
2731	<para>3D support: multiscreen fixes (incorrect mouse position, flickets)</para>
2732	</listitem>
2733
2734	<listitem>
2735	<para>3D support: several fixes for the Windows WDDM video driver
2736	(multiscreen, seamless)</para>
2737	</listitem>
2738
2739	<listitem>
2740	<para>Snapshots: made live snapshots work again (bug #9255)</para>
2741	</listitem>
2742
2743	<listitem>
2744	<para>Teleportation: made it work again (bug #9455)</para>
2745	</listitem>
2746
2747	<listitem>
2748	<para>VBoxManage: on <emphasis>snapshot take</emphasis>, <emphasis>
2749	--pause</emphasis> is default and <emphasis>--live</emphasis>
2750	is for doing live snapshots</para>
2751	</listitem>
2752
2753	<listitem>
2754	<para>VBoxSVC: don't crash on systems with many VLAN interfaces
2755	(Solaris hosts only)</para>
2756	</listitem>
2757
2758	<listitem>
2759	<para>Network: after the host resumes from suspend, disconnect and
2760	reconnect the virtual network cables to force renewing the DHCP
2761	leases for the guests. So far only Mac OS X hosts and Windows hosts
2762	(bug #10063)</para>
2763	</listitem>
2764
2765	<listitem>
2766	<para>NAT: on name server changes force a reconnect of the virtual network
2767	cable to notify the guest (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
2768	</listitem>
2769
2770	<listitem>
2771	<para>Mac OS X installer: keep previously installed Extension Packs on
2772	VirtualBox upgrade</para>
2773	</listitem>
2774
2775	<listitem>
2776	<para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.11 fixes (bug #12001)</para>
2777	</listitem>
2778
2779	<listitem>
2780	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a potential kernel panic caused due to
2781	unexpected preemption due to logging</para>
2782	</listitem>
2783
2784	<listitem>
2785	<para>Windows hosts: fixed an issue with USB2 devices being inaccessible
2786	when plugged into USB3 ports</para>
2787	</listitem>
2788
2789	<listitem>
2790	<para>Linux Additions: added PCI device identifier to vboxvideo.ko fixing
2791	DRI initialization under certain conditions (bug #11957)</para>
2792	</listitem>
2793
2794	<listitem>
2795	<para>Linux Additions: fixed udev detection in the init script
2796	with Linux 3.x kernels</para>
2797	</listitem>
2798
2799	</itemizedlist>
2800	</sect1>
2801
2802	<sect1>
2803	<title>Version 4.2.16 (2013-07-04)</title>
2804
2805	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2806	added:</para>
2807
2808	<itemizedlist>
2809
2810	<listitem>
2811	<para>OVF/OVA: don't crash on import if no manifest is used (4.2.14 regression;
2812	bug #11895)</para>
2813	</listitem>
2814
2815	<listitem>
2816	<para>GUI: do not restore the current snapshot if we power-off
2817	after a Guru Mediation</para>
2818	</listitem>
2819
2820	<listitem>
2821	<para>Storage: fixed a crash when hotplugging an empty DVD drive to
2822	the VM</para>
2823	</listitem>
2824
2825	<listitem>
2826	<para>Storage: fixed a crash when a guest read from a DVD drive
2827	attached to the SATA controller under certain circumstances</para>
2828	</listitem>
2829
2830	<listitem>
2831	<para>EFI: don't fail with 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts (bug #11456)</para>
2832	</listitem>
2833
2834	<listitem>
2835	<para>Autostart: fixed VM startup on OS X</para>
2836	</listitem>
2837
2838	<listitem>
2839	<para>Windows hosts: native Windows 8 controls</para>
2840	</listitem>
2841
2842	<listitem>
2843	<para>Windows hosts: restore native style on Vista 32</para>
2844	</listitem>
2845
2846	<listitem>
2847	<para>Windows hosts / guests: Windows 8.1 adaptions (bug #11899)</para>
2848	</listitem>
2849
2850	<listitem>
2851	<para>Mac OS X hosts: after removing VirtualBox with
2852	<emphasis>VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool</emphasis>, remove it from the
2853	<emphasis>pkgutil --pkgs</emphasis> list as well</para>
2854	</listitem>
2855
2856	</itemizedlist>
2857	</sect1>
2858
2859	<sect1>
2860	<title>Version 4.2.14 (2013-06-21)</title>
2861
2862	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2863	added:</para>
2864
2865	<itemizedlist>
2866
2867	<listitem>
2868	<para>VMM: another TLB invalidation fix for non-present pages</para>
2869	</listitem>
2870
2871	<listitem>
2872	<para>VMM: fixed a performance regression (4.2.8 regression;
2873	bug #11674)</para>
2874	</listitem>
2875
2876	<listitem>
2877	<para>GUI: fixed a crash on shutdown</para>
2878	</listitem>
2879
2880	<listitem>
2881	<para>GUI: prevent stuck keys under certain conditions on Windows
2882	hosts (bugs #2613, #6171)</para>
2883	</listitem>
2884
2885	<listitem>
2886	<para>VRDP: fixed a rare crash on the guest screen resize</para>
2887	</listitem>
2888
2889	<listitem>
2890	<para>VRDP: allow to change VRDP parameters (including enabling/disabling the
2891	server) if the VM is paused</para>
2892	</listitem>
2893
2894	<listitem>
2895	<para>USB: fixed passing through devices on Mac OS X host to a VM
2896	with 2 or more virtual CPUs (bug #7462)</para>
2897	</listitem>
2898
2899	<listitem>
2900	<para>USB: fixed hang during isochronous transfer with certain
2901	devices (4.1 regression; Windows hosts only; bug #11839)</para>
2902	</listitem>
2903
2904	<listitem>
2905	<para>USB: properly handle orphaned URBs (bug #11207)</para>
2906	</listitem>
2907
2908	<listitem>
2909	<para>BIOS: fixed function for returning the PCI interrupt routing table
2910	(fixes NetWare 6.x guests)</para>
2911	</listitem>
2912
2913	<listitem>
2914	<para>BIOS: don't use the <emphasis>ENTER</emphasis> / <emphasis>LEAVE</emphasis>
2915	instructions in the BIOS as these don't work in the real mode as set up by
2916	certain guests (e.g. Plan 9 and QNX 4)</para>
2917	</listitem>
2918
2919	<listitem>
2920	<para>DMI: allow to configure <emphasis>DmiChassisType</emphasis>
2921	(bug #11832)</para>
2922	</listitem>
2923
2924	<listitem>
2925	<para>Storage: fixed lost writes if iSCSI is used with snapshots and
2926	asynchronous I/O (bug #11479)</para>
2927	</listitem>
2928
2929	<listitem>
2930	<para>Storage: fixed accessing certain VHDX images created by
2931	Windows 8 (bug #11502)</para>
2932	</listitem>
2933
2934	<listitem>
2935	<para>Storage: fixed hang when creating a snapshot using Parallels
2936	disk images (bug #9617)</para>
2937	</listitem>
2938
2939	<listitem>
2940	<para>3D support: seamless + 3D fixes (bug #11723)</para>
2941	</listitem>
2942
2943	<listitem>
2944	<para>3D support: version 4.2.12 was not able to read saved states of older
2945	versions under certain conditions (bug #11718)</para>
2946	</listitem>
2947
2948	<listitem>
2949	<para>Main/Properties: don't create a guest property for non-running
2950	VMs if the property does not exist and is about to be removed
2951	(bug #11765)</para>
2952	</listitem>
2953
2954	<listitem>
2955	<para>Main/Properties: don't forget to make new guest properties
2956	persistent after the VM was terminated (bug #11719)</para>
2957	</listitem>
2958
2959	<listitem>
2960	<para>Main/Display: don't lose seamless regions during screen resize</para>
2961	</listitem>
2962
2963	<listitem>
2964	<para>Main/OVF: don't crash during import if the client forgot to call
2965	<emphasis>Appliance::interpret()</emphasis> (bug #10845)</para>
2966	</listitem>
2967
2968	<listitem>
2969	<para>Main/OVF: don't create invalid appliances by stripping the file
2970	name if the VM name is very long (bug #11814)</para>
2971	</listitem>
2972
2973	<listitem>
2974	<para>Main/OVF: don't fail if the appliance contains multiple file references
2975	(bug #10689)</para>
2976	</listitem>
2977
2978	<listitem>
2979	<para>Main/Metrics: fixed Solaris file descriptor leak</para>
2980	</listitem>
2981
2982	<listitem>
2983	<para>Settings: limit depth of snapshot tree to 250 levels, as more
2984	will lead to decreased performance and may trigger crashes</para>
2985	</listitem>
2986
2987	<listitem>
2988	<para>VBoxManage: fixed setting the parent UUID on diff images using
2989	<emphasis>sethdparentuuid</emphasis></para>
2990	</listitem>
2991
2992	<listitem>
2993	<para>Linux hosts: work around for not crashing as a result of
2994	automatic NUMA balancing which was introduced in Linux 3.8
2995	(bug #11610)</para>
2996	</listitem>
2997
2998	<listitem>
2999	<para>Windows installer: force the installation of the public certificate
3000	in background (i.e. completely prevent user interaction) if the
3001	<emphasis>--silent</emphasis> command line option is specified</para>
3002	</listitem>
3003
3004	<listitem>
3005	<para>Windows Additions: fixed problems with partial install in the
3006	unattended case</para>
3007	</listitem>
3008
3009	<listitem>
3010	<para>Windows Additions: fixed display glitch with the Start button
3011	in seamless mode for some themes</para>
3012	</listitem>
3013
3014	<listitem>
3015	<para>Windows Additions: Seamless mode and auto-resize fixes</para>
3016	</listitem>
3017
3018	<listitem>
3019	<para>Windows Additions: fixed trying to to retrieve new auto-logon
3020	credentials if current ones were not processed yet</para>
3021	</listitem>
3022
3023	<listitem>
3024	<para>Windows Additions installer: added the <emphasis>/with_wddm</emphasis>
3025	switch to select the experimental WDDM driver by default</para>
3026	</listitem>
3027
3028	<listitem>
3029	<para>Linux Additions: fixed setting own timed out and aborted texts in
3030	information label of the lightdm greeter</para>
3031	</listitem>
3032
3033	<listitem>
3034	<para>Linux Additions: fixed compilation against Linux 3.2.0 Ubuntu
3035	kernels (4.2.12 regression as a side effect of the Debian kernel
3036	build fix; bug #11709)</para>
3037	</listitem>
3038
3039	<listitem>
3040	<para>X11 Additions: reduced the CPU load of VBoxClient in
3041	drag and drop mode</para>
3042	</listitem>
3043
3044	<listitem>
3045	<para>OS/2 Additions: made the mouse wheel work (bug #6793)</para>
3046	</listitem>
3047
3048	<listitem>
3049	<para>Guest Additions: fixed problems copying and pasting between two
3050	guests on an X11 host (bug #11792)</para>
3051	</listitem>
3052
3053	<listitem>
3054	<para>Guest Additions: fixed guest process timeout / kill handling</para>
3055	</listitem>
3056
3057	</itemizedlist>
3058	</sect1>
3059
3060	<sect1>
3061	<title>Version 4.2.12 (2013-04-12)</title>
3062
3063	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3064	added:</para>
3065
3066	<itemizedlist>
3067
3068	<listitem>
3069	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation on putting Linux guest CPU online if
3070	nested paging is disabled</para>
3071	</listitem>
3072
3073	<listitem>
3074	<para>VMM: invalidate TLB entries even for non-present pages</para>
3075	</listitem>
3076
3077	<listitem>
3078	<para>GUI: Multi-screen support: fixed a crash on visual-mode change</para>
3079	</listitem>
3080
3081	<listitem>
3082	<para>GUI: Multi-screen support: disabled guest-screens should now remain
3083	disabled on visual-mode change</para>
3084	</listitem>
3085
3086	<listitem>
3087	<para>GUI: Multi-screen support: handle host/guest screen plugging/unplugging
3088	in different visual-modes</para>
3089	</listitem>
3090
3091	<listitem>
3092	<para>GUI: Multi-screen support: seamless mode: fixed a bug when empty seamless
3093	screens were represented by full screen windows</para>
3094	</listitem>
3095
3096	<listitem>
3097	<para>GUI: Multi-screen support: each machine window in multi-screen
3098	configuration should have correct menu-bar now (Mac OS X hosts)</para>
3099	</listitem>
3100
3101	<listitem>
3102	<para>GUI: Multi-screen support: machine window View menu should
3103	have correct content in seamless / full screen mode now (Mac OS X hosts)</para>
3104	</listitem>
3105
3106	<listitem>
3107	<para>GUI: VM manager: vertical scroll-bars should be now updated on
3108	content/window resize</para>
3109	</listitem>
3110
3111	<listitem>
3112	<para>GUI: VM settings: fixed crash on machine state-change event</para>
3113	</listitem>
3114
3115	<listitem>
3116	<para>GUI: don't show warnings about enabled or disabled mouse integration
3117	if the VM was restored from a saved state</para>
3118	</listitem>
3119
3120	<listitem>
3121	<para>Virtio-net: properly announce that the guest has to handle
3122	partial TCP checksums (bug #9380)</para>
3123	</listitem>
3124
3125	<listitem>
3126	<para>Storage: Fixed incorrect alignment of VDI images causing disk size
3127	changes when using snapshots (bug #11597)</para>
3128	</listitem>
3129
3130	<listitem>
3131	<para>Audio: fixed broken ALSA & PulseAudio on some Linux hosts
3132	due to invalid symbol resolution (bug #11615)</para>
3133	</listitem>
3134
3135	<listitem>
3136	<para>PS/2 keyboard: re-apply keyboard repeat delay and rate
3137	after a VM was restored from a saved state (bug #10933)</para>
3138	</listitem>
3139
3140	<listitem>
3141	<para>BIOS: updated DMI processor information table (type 4):
3142	corrected L1 & L2 cache table handles</para>
3143	</listitem>
3144
3145	<listitem>
3146	<para>Timekeeping: fix several issues which can lead to incorrect
3147	time, Solaris guests sporadically showed time going briefly back
3148	to Jan 1 1970</para>
3149	</listitem>
3150
3151	<listitem>
3152	<para>Main/Metrics: disk metrics are collected properly when software
3153	RAID, symbolic links or rootfs are used on Linux hosts</para>
3154	</listitem>
3155
3156	<listitem>
3157	<para>VBoxManage: don't stay paused after a snapshot was created
3158	and the VM was running before</para>
3159	</listitem>
3160
3161	<listitem>
3162	<para>VBoxManage: introduced <emphasis>controlvm nicpromisc</emphasis>
3163	(bug #11423)</para>
3164	</listitem>
3165
3166	<listitem>
3167	<para>VBoxManage: don't crash on <emphasis>controlvm
3168	guestmemoryballoon</emphasis> of the VM isn't running (bug #11639)</para>
3169	</listitem>
3170
3171	<listitem>
3172	<para>VBoxHeadless: don't filter guest property events as this would
3173	affect all clients (bug #11644)</para>
3174	</listitem>
3175
3176	<listitem>
3177	<para>Guest control: prevent double CR in the output generated
3178	by guest commands and do NLS conversion</para>
3179	</listitem>
3180
3181	<listitem>
3182	<para>Linux hosts / guests: fixed build errors on Linux 3.5 and newer
3183	kernels if the <emphasis>CONFIG_UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS</emphasis>
3184	config option is enabled (bug #11664)</para>
3185	</listitem>
3186
3187	<listitem>
3188	<para>Linux Additions: handle fall-back to VESA driver on RedHat-based
3189	guests if vboxvideo cannot be loaded</para>
3190	</listitem>
3191
3192	<listitem>
3193	<para>Linux Additions: RHEL/OEL/CentOS 6.4 compile fix (bug #11586)</para>
3194	</listitem>
3195
3196	<listitem>
3197	<para>Linux Additions: Debian Linux kernel 3.2.0-4 (3.2.39) compile
3198	fix (bug #11634)</para>
3199	</listitem>
3200
3201	<listitem>
3202	<para>Linux Additions: added auto-logon support for Linux guests using
3203	LightDM as the display manager</para>
3204	</listitem>
3205
3206	<listitem>
3207	<para>Windows Additions: Support for multimonitor. Dynamic enable/disable
3208	of secondary virtual monitors. Support for XPDM/WDDM based guests
3209	(bug #6118)</para>
3210	</listitem>
3211
3212	<listitem>
3213	<para>X11 Additions: support X.Org Server 1.14 (bug #11609)</para>
3214	</listitem>
3215
3216	</itemizedlist>
3217
3218	</sect1>
3219
3220	<sect1>
3221	<title>Version 4.2.10 (2013-03-05)</title>
3222
3223	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3224	added:</para>
3225
3226	<itemizedlist>
3227
3228	<listitem>
3229	<para>GUI: fixed keyboard with XQuartz X server (bug #10664)</para>
3230	</listitem>
3231
3232	<listitem>
3233	<para>Main/Display: fixed a crash with multi-monitors under certain
3234	conditions (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
3235	</listitem>
3236
3237	<listitem>
3238	<para>Main/Properties: fixed a crash under certain conditions, for
3239	example after wakeup from host hibernate (bug #11444)</para>
3240	</listitem>
3241
3242	<listitem>
3243	<para>Settings: don't lose the internal network settings if they are not
3244	currently active</para>
3245	</listitem>
3246
3247	<listitem>
3248	<para>Storage: another incompatibility fix for VHD differencing images with
3249	Hyper-V (bug #5990)</para>
3250	</listitem>
3251
3252	<listitem>
3253	<para>VBoxManage: don't read beyond the end of the file specified
3254	with <emphasis>export --eulafile (bug #11528)</emphasis></para>
3255	</listitem>
3256
3257	<listitem>
3258	<para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.9-rc0 compile fixes</para>
3259	</listitem>
3260
3261	<listitem>
3262	<para>Linux Additions: fixed two warnings in the shared folders
3263	guest kernel module (bug #11390)</para>
3264	</listitem>
3265
3266	<listitem>
3267	<para>Linux Additions: don't crash VBoxService if libdbus is
3268	not available (bug #8638)</para>
3269	</listitem>
3270
3271	<listitem>
3272	<para>Windows Additions: fixed upgrading MultiMedia Redirection (MMR) support</para>
3273	</listitem>
3274
3275	</itemizedlist>
3276	</sect1>
3277
3278	<sect1>
3279	<title>Version 4.2.8 (2013-02-20)</title>
3280
3281	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3282	added:</para>
3283
3284	<itemizedlist>
3285
3286	<listitem>
3287	<para>VMM: fixed a guest crash with a huge amount of guest RAM on
3288	VT-x hosts (bug #11306)</para>
3289	</listitem>
3290
3291	<listitem>
3292	<para>GUI: fixed a layout bug in the Mac OS X clone VM dialog
3293	(bug #10982)</para>
3294	</listitem>
3295
3296	<listitem>
3297	<para>GUI: not all the translation tags were taken into account
3298	during the language switch (bug #11342)</para>
3299	</listitem>
3300
3301	<listitem>
3302	<para>GUI: the <emphasis>take guest screenshot</emphasis> dialog sometimes
3303	had no keyboard input available on Windows host</para>
3304	</listitem>
3305
3306	<listitem>
3307	<para>Main/Machine: fix the generation of a spurious event for inaccessible
3308	VMs which triggered an endless event generation loop in cooperation
3309	with the GUI which became unresponsive (4.2.6 regression; bug
3310	#11323)</para>
3311	</listitem>
3312
3313	<listitem>
3314	<para>Main/Display: fix for an access violation under certain
3315	conditions in multi-monitor configurations (bug #10539)</para>
3316	</listitem>
3317
3318	<listitem>
3319	<para>Main/Metrics: network metrics are now collected for
3320	active (up) interfaces only, the state of an interface being evaluated
3321	when the associated metric is enabled via <emphasis>setupMetrics</emphasis></para>
3322	</listitem>
3323
3324	<listitem>
3325	<para>Snapshots: reduce the time for merging snapshots under
3326	certain conditions</para>
3327	</listitem>
3328
3329	<listitem>
3330	<para>Storage: fixed data corruption after resizing a VDI image under
3331	certain circumstances (bug #11344)</para>
3332	</listitem>
3333
3334	<listitem>
3335	<para>Storage: fixed non working online merging of snapshots
3336	(4.2.6 regression; bug #11359)</para>
3337	</listitem>
3338
3339	<listitem>
3340	<para>Storage: fixed crash when connecting to certain QNAP iSCSI
3341	targets</para>
3342	</listitem>
3343
3344	<listitem>
3345	<para>Storage: fixed incompatibility of VHD differencing images with
3346	Hyper-V (bug #5990)</para>
3347	</listitem>
3348
3349	<listitem>
3350	<para>Bridged Networking: fixed TCP pseudo header checksum computation
3351	for IPv6 (bug #9380)</para>
3352	</listitem>
3353
3354	<listitem>
3355	<para>3D support: fix Battlefield 1942 game crashes (bug #11369)</para>
3356	</listitem>
3357
3358	<listitem>
3359	<para>Settings: really sanitise the name of VM folders and settings
3360	file, the code was disabled before (bug #10549)</para>
3361	</listitem>
3362
3363	<listitem>
3364	<para>Settings: allow to change VRDE settings for saved VMs</para>
3365	</listitem>
3366
3367	<listitem>
3368	<para>VBoxManage: don't crash during <emphasis>screenshotpng</emphasis>
3369	if there is no display (bug #11363)</para>
3370	</listitem>
3371
3372	<listitem>
3373	<para>Linux hosts: work around gcc bug 55940 which might lead to wrong
3374	kernel module code if gcc 4.7 is used to compile the 32-bit Linux
3375	host kernel (bug #11035)</para>
3376	</listitem>
3377
3378	<listitem>
3379	<para>Linux hosts: fixed inconsistent lock state and deadlock warnings on module
3380	load and VM startup when CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING is enabled (bug #11318)</para>
3381	</listitem>
3382
3383	<listitem>
3384	<para>Linux hosts: made "]" key work again on Japanese keyboards</para>
3385	</listitem>
3386
3387	<listitem>
3388	<para>Mac OS X hosts: don't crash the kernel during dtrace if the VBox
3389	kernel extensions are loaded (10.6 hosts only; bug #11273)</para>
3390	</listitem>
3391
3392	<listitem>
3393	<para>Solaris / Mac OS X hosts: machine CPU load metrics now report 100%
3394	when all cores are fully utilized (used to be a single core)</para>
3395	</listitem>
3396
3397	<listitem>
3398	<para>Solaris 11 host installer: wait for any services left over from
3399	a previous installation to be terminated to avoid confusing SMF.
3400	</para>
3401	</listitem>
3402
3403	<listitem>
3404	<para>Guest Additions: don't block signals for processes executed
3405	via guest control</para>
3406	</listitem>
3407
3408	<listitem>
3409	<para>Guest Additions: fixed a small memory leak in VBoxService
3410	(bug #10970)</para>
3411	</listitem>
3412
3413	<listitem>
3414	<para>Windows Additions: fixed shared folder issue with
3415	large reads/writes on 64 bit Windows guests (bug #11115)</para>
3416	</listitem>
3417
3418	<listitem>
3419	<para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.8 compile fixes (bug #11036)</para>
3420	</listitem>
3421
3422	<listitem>
3423	<para>X11 Additions: fixed blocked SIGALRM in 3D desktop sessions
3424	(bug #10987)</para>
3425	</listitem>
3426
3427	<listitem>
3428	<para>X11 Additions: fixed an unresolved reference in vboxvideo_drv
3429	for X.org 6.8 guests and before (e.g. RHEL4; 4.2.0 regression)</para>
3430	</listitem>
3431
3432	<listitem>
3433	<para>X11 Additions: fixed screen automatic resizing for guests with
3434	X.org 1.3 or older (4.2.0 regression)</para>
3435	</listitem>
3436
3437	</itemizedlist>
3438
3439	</sect1>
3440
3441	<sect1>
3442	<title>Version 4.2.6 (2012-12-19)</title>
3443
3444	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3445	added:</para>
3446
3447	<itemizedlist>
3448
3449	<listitem>
3450	<para>VMM: don't inject stale VT-x events to prevent crashes after VM reset
3451	(bug #11256)</para>
3452	</listitem>
3453
3454	<listitem>
3455	<para>VMM: workaround for buggy BIOSes which enable <emphasis>MONITOR</emphasis>
3456	only for certain CPUs (bug #9460)</para>
3457	</listitem>
3458
3459	<listitem>
3460	<para>GUI: fixed trimming of anti-aliased text in details-view element headers
3461	(4.2.0 regression)</para>
3462	</listitem>
3463
3464	<listitem>
3465	<para>GUI: fixed create-settings-file-alias functionality on Mac hosts
3466	(4.2.0 regression)</para>
3467	</listitem>
3468
3469	<listitem>
3470	<para>GUI: fixed take-guest-screenshot functionality on Windows hosts
3471	(bug #11095)</para>
3472	</listitem>
3473
3474	<listitem>
3475	<para>GUI: several minor fixes, including palette fixes (bug #11191)</para>
3476	</listitem>
3477
3478	<listitem>
3479	<para>GUI: fixed Windows 2012 OS type (bug #11206)</para>
3480	</listitem>
3481
3482	<listitem>
3483	<para>GUI: allow to terminate the VM even if VBoxSVC crashed</para>
3484	</listitem>
3485
3486	<listitem>
3487	<para>API: fixed cancelling of snapshots, previously this could lead
3488	to inconsistent VM configs (bug #6877)</para>
3489	</listitem>
3490
3491	<listitem>
3492	<para>API: fixed identifying disk images by UUID (bug #11209)</para>
3493	</listitem>
3494
3495	<listitem>
3496	<para>3D support: several fixes</para>
3497	</listitem>
3498
3499	<listitem>
3500	<para>VRDP: fixed occasional crash with external authentication
3501	(bug #11156)</para>
3502	</listitem>
3503
3504	<listitem>
3505	<para>VGA: fix for double scan text modes</para>
3506	</listitem>
3507
3508	<listitem>
3509	<para>USB: fixed invalid pending request count at the time of service
3510	of <emphasis>DEVICE POWER</emphasis> requests (Windows hosts only;
3511	bugs #10021, #11056)</para>
3512	</listitem>
3513
3514	<listitem>
3515	<para>USB keyboard: Korean keyboard workaround (bug #11150)</para>
3516	</listitem>
3517
3518	<listitem>
3519	<para>Storage: fixed hang with QCOW images and asynchronous I/O enabled</para>
3520	</listitem>
3521
3522	<listitem>
3523	<para>Storage: fixed hang with newer VHD images (bug #11279)</para>
3524	</listitem>
3525
3526	<listitem>
3527	<para>Storage: actually write the non-rotational flag to the VM
3528	settings (4.2.0 regression)</para>
3529	</listitem>
3530
3531	<listitem>
3532	<para>Virtio-net: fixed the problem with network statistics counters
3533	in Session Information dialog (GUI)</para>
3534	</listitem>
3535
3536	<listitem>
3537	<para>Metrics: introduced <emphasis>network rate</emphasis> and
3538	<emphasis>disk usage</emphasis> metrics</para>
3539	</listitem>
3540
3541	<listitem>
3542	<para>Metrics: fixed a crash under certain conditions on Solaris hosts</para>
3543	</listitem>
3544
3545	<listitem>
3546	<para>BIOS: fix for El Torito</para>
3547	</listitem>
3548
3549	<listitem>
3550	<para>Shared Folders: if the host folder of a shared folder mapping does
3551	not exist, keep it active but mark it as invalid to prevent
3552	inconsistent saved states (bug #11147)</para>
3553	</listitem>
3554
3555	<listitem>
3556	<para>VBoxManage: fixed converting disks from raw images</para>
3557	</listitem>
3558
3559	<listitem>
3560	<para>VBoxManage: show snapshot description in the VM or snapshot
3561	information</para>
3562	</listitem>
3563
3564	<listitem>
3565	<para>VBoxManage: make implicit opening of media consistent in all
3566	places dealing with media</para>
3567	</listitem>
3568
3569	<listitem>
3570	<para>VBoxManage: the iSCSI initiator name was not stored in the settings
3571	file when doing <emphasis>storageattach</emphasis> (bug #11212)</para>
3572	</listitem>
3573
3574	<listitem>
3575	<para>VBoxManage: <emphasis>metrics collect</emphasis> now properly handles
3576	<computeroutput>'CPU/MHz'</computeroutput> and
3577	<computeroutput>'Net/*/LinkSpeed'</computeroutput> metrics</para>
3578	</listitem>
3579
3580	<listitem>
3581	<para>VBoxManage: changing the image UUID or parent UUID as part of
3582	<emphasis>storageattach</emphasis> works now in all safe cases</para>
3583	</listitem>
3584
3585	<listitem>
3586	<para>VBoxManage: introduced <emphasis>storageattach --medium additions</emphasis>
3587	as a shortcut to mount the additions image (bug #11165)</para>
3588	</listitem>
3589
3590	<listitem>
3591	<para>OVF: fixed importing OVF files cerated by recent VMware
3592	products (bug #10905)</para>
3593	</listitem>
3594
3595	<listitem>
3596	<para>Linux hosts / Bridged Networking: fixed the problem with leaking
3597	connections in conntrack (bug #11178)</para>
3598	</listitem>
3599
3600	<listitem>
3601	<para>Linux Additions: added support for ConsoleKit sessions in the
3602	vminfo service of VBoxService</para>
3603	</listitem>
3604
3605	<listitem>
3606	<para>Linux Additions: don't crash during remount under certain
3607	conditions (bug #11291)</para>
3608	</listitem>
3609
3610	<listitem>
3611	<para>Linux/Solaris Additions: fixed guest memory metrics collection</para>
3612	</listitem>
3613
3614	<listitem>
3615	<para>Solaris hosts: added a dependency to ensure that the user directories
3616	are reachable when starting VBox services</para>
3617	</listitem>
3618
3619	<listitem>
3620	<para>Windows host installer: integrated user-contributed translations,
3621	thanks to all contributors!</para>
3622	</listitem>
3623
3624	<listitem>
3625	<para>Windows Additions: fixed auto-logon installation for Windows 8</para>
3626	</listitem>
3627
3628	<listitem>
3629	<para>Windows Additions: don't fail if the shared folders host service is not
3630	available</para>
3631	</listitem>
3632
3633	<listitem>
3634	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Guest Additions startup on Windows 2000
3635	guests (bug #11253)</para>
3636	</listitem>
3637
3638	<listitem>
3639	<para>Windows Additions: auto-resize fixes for Windows 8 guests</para>
3640	</listitem>
3641	</itemizedlist>
3642
3643	</sect1>
3644
3645	<sect1>
3646	<title>Version 4.2.4 (2012-10-26)</title>
3647
3648	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3649	added:</para>
3650
3651	<itemizedlist>
3652
3653	<listitem>
3654	<para>GUI: fixed validation warning on global settings / proxy page
3655	(4.2.2 regression; bug #11089)</para>
3656	</listitem>
3657
3658	<listitem>
3659	<para>GUI: fixed crash with multiple guest screens on certain
3660	conditions (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
3661	</listitem>
3662
3663	<listitem>
3664	<para>VBoxBalloonCtrl: fixed command line argument handling of
3665	ballooning module</para>
3666	</listitem>
3667
3668	<listitem>
3669	<para>VRDP: fixed occasional crash during a video playback in the
3670	guest (bug #11082)</para>
3671	</listitem>
3672
3673	<listitem>
3674	<para>BIOS: fixed broken DMI information (4.2 regression)</para>
3675	</listitem>
3676
3677	<listitem>
3678	<para>BIOS: workaround for booting from Windows 2000 floppy disks</para>
3679	</listitem>
3680
3681	<listitem>
3682	<para>EFI: fixed video mode selection loss on VM reboot (bug #10983)</para>
3683	</listitem>
3684
3685	<listitem>
3686	<para>Parallel: fixed parallel port printing failure/ paper queue empty
3687	error (Windows hosts only)</para>
3688	</listitem>
3689
3690	<listitem>
3691	<para>NAT: fixed crash on alias-less DNS responses when host-resolver is used</para>
3692	</listitem>
3693
3694	<listitem>
3695	<para>Storage: fixed hang under rare circumstances</para>
3696	</listitem>
3697
3698	</itemizedlist>
3699	</sect1>
3700
3701	<sect1>
3702	<title>Version 4.2.2 (2012-10-18)</title>
3703
3704	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3705	added:</para>
3706
3707	<itemizedlist>
3708
3709	<listitem>
3710	<para>VMM: adapted to changes in Mac OS X 10.8.2 (bug #10965)</para>
3711	</listitem>
3712
3713	<listitem>
3714	<para>GUI: restored VM item tool-tip functionality (4.2 regression)</para>
3715	</listitem>
3716
3717	<listitem>
3718	<para>GUI: added group item tool-tip functionality</para>
3719	</listitem>
3720
3721	<listitem>
3722	<para>GUI: fixed handling of the .ova/.ovf file name association
3723	(4.2 regression)</para>
3724	</listitem>
3725
3726	<listitem>
3727	<para>GUI: it was not possible to change any setting before the
3728	first VM was created (bug #10928)</para>
3729	</listitem>
3730
3731	<listitem>
3732	<para>GUI: disable grouping action if all the selected items are
3733	full children list of the same group already</para>
3734	</listitem>
3735
3736	<listitem>
3737	<para>GUI: added menu for runtime drag and drop option change</para>
3738	</listitem>
3739
3740	<listitem>
3741	<para>GUI: cleanup shared-clipboard menu on visual-mode change</para>
3742	</listitem>
3743
3744	<listitem>
3745	<para>GUI: make sure VM receives keyboard focus on entering full screen mode
3746	on Win host (bug #11051)</para>
3747	</listitem>
3748
3749	<listitem>
3750	<para>GUI: disable proxy authentication for security reasons</para>
3751	</listitem>
3752
3753	<listitem>
3754	<para>3D support: <emphasis>DrawIndexedPrimitiveUP</emphasis> implementation
3755	fixes for the Windows WDDM video driver (bug #10929) </para>
3756	</listitem>
3757
3758	<listitem>
3759	<para>Storage: fixed a release assertion in the AHCI emulation when requests
3760	where cancelled with asynchronous I/O disabled</para>
3761	</listitem>
3762
3763	<listitem>
3764	<para>Storage: fixed a hang during VM reset under certain circumstances
3765	(bug #10898)</para>
3766	</listitem>
3767
3768	<listitem>
3769	<para>NAT: fixed a crash under rare circumstances (Windows hosts only;
3770	bug #10128)</para>
3771	</listitem>
3772
3773	<listitem>
3774	<para>NAT: automatically use the host resolver if the host name server is
3775	set to some unusual loopback value (bug #10864)</para>
3776	</listitem>
3777
3778	<listitem>
3779	<para>E1000: fixed a VirtualBox crash during intensive network transfers
3780	(4.2 regression; bugs #10936, #10969, #10980)</para>
3781	</listitem>
3782
3783	<listitem>
3784	<para>ICH9: fixed PCI bridge initialization</para>
3785	</listitem>
3786
3787	<listitem>
3788	<para>USB mouse: ensure that the last mouse event doesn't get lost if no URBs
3789	are available</para>
3790	</listitem>
3791
3792	<listitem>
3793	<para>BIOS: certain legacy guests (e.g. Windows 95) didn't find the boot
3794	device after a warm reboot</para>
3795	</listitem>
3796
3797	<listitem>
3798	<para>BIOS: don't trash the palette in text modes when setting the border
3799	color</para>
3800	</listitem>
3801
3802	<listitem>
3803	<para>EFI: fixed OS X guest autoboot (4.2 regression)</para>
3804	</listitem>
3805
3806	<listitem>
3807	<para>VBoxManage: fixed output of <emphasis>showvminfo --machinereadable</emphasis>
3808	(bug #10973)</para>
3809	</listitem>
3810
3811	<listitem>
3812	<para>VBoxManage: fixed parsing of <emphasis>storageattach --discard</emphasis>
3813	(bug #11023)</para>
3814	</listitem>
3815
3816	<listitem>
3817	<para>VBoxManage: fixed wrong output of the HPET setting in <emphasis>showvminfo</emphasis>
3818	(bug #11065)</para>
3819	</listitem>
3820
3821	<listitem>
3822	<para>VBoxManage: fixed closing the guest session after executing a
3823	guest process via guest control</para>
3824	</listitem>
3825
3826	<listitem>
3827	<para>VBoxShell: adaptions to interface name changes</para>
3828	</listitem>
3829
3830	<listitem>
3831	<para>Guest Additions device: fixed a Guest Additions hang when a
3832	machine was reset after a crash</para>
3833	</listitem>
3834
3835	<listitem>
3836	<para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.7-rc1 fixes</para>
3837	</listitem>
3838
3839	<listitem>
3840	<para>Linux Additions: support X.Org Server 1.13</para>
3841	</listitem>
3842
3843	<listitem>
3844	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a hang when the X server was restarted with
3845	old guest kernels</para>
3846	</listitem>
3847
3848	<listitem>
3849	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a VBoxService crash during CPU hot remove
3850	(bug #10964)</para>
3851	</listitem>
3852
3853	<listitem>
3854	<para>Windows Additions: fixed automatic screen resize
3855	issue for NT4 guests</para>
3856	</listitem>
3857
3858	<listitem>
3859	<para>OS/2 Additions: fixed shutdown hang</para>
3860	</listitem>
3861
3862	<listitem>
3863	<para>OS/2 Additions: fixed mouse driver panic</para>
3864	</listitem>
3865
3866	<listitem>
3867	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed autostart service going into maintenance mode after
3868	all VMs started</para>
3869	</listitem>
3870
3871	<listitem>
3872	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed linking the host driver with the dtrace module</para>
3873	</listitem>
3874
3875	</itemizedlist>
3876
3877	</sect1>
3878
3879	<sect1>
3880
3881	<title>Version 4.2.0 (2012-09-13)</title>
3882
3883	<para>This is a major update. The following major new features
3884	were added:</para>
3885
3886	<itemizedlist>
3887
3888	<listitem>
3889	<para>Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes</para>
3890	</listitem>
3891
3892	<listitem>
3893	<para>GUI: VM groups (bug #288)</para>
3894	</listitem>
3895
3896	<listitem>
3897	<para>GUI: expert mode for wizards</para>
3898	</listitem>
3899
3900	<listitem>
3901	<para>GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime</para>
3902	</listitem>
3903
3904	<listitem>
3905	<para>Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an
3906	ICH9 chipset configuration (bug #8805)</para>
3907	</listitem>
3908
3909	<listitem>
3910	<para>Resource control: added support for limiting network IO
3911	bandwidth; see <xref linkend="network_bandwidth_limit" /> (bug #3653)</para>
3912	</listitem>
3913
3914	<listitem>
3915	<para>Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux,
3916	OS X and Solaris; see <xref linkend="autostart" /> (bug #950)</para>
3917	</listitem>
3918
3919	<listitem>
3920	<para>Added experimental support for drag and drop from the host to
3921	Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is
3922	planned. (bug #81)</para>
3923	</listitem>
3924
3925	<listitem>
3926	<para>Added support for parallel port passthrough on Windows hosts</para>
3927	</listitem>
3928
3929	<listitem>
3930	<para>Enhanced API for controlling the guest; please see the SDK reference and API
3931	documentation for more information</para>
3932	</listitem>
3933
3934	</itemizedlist>
3935
3936	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
3937
3938	<itemizedlist>
3939
3940	<listitem>
3941	<para>Mac OS X hosts: sign application and installer to avoid warnings
3942	on Mountain Lion</para>
3943	</listitem>
3944
3945	<listitem>
3946	<para>VMM: fixed a potential host crash triggered by shutting down a VM
3947	when another VM was running (only affected 32-bit hosts and 64-bit OS X hosts,
3948	4.1 regression; bug #9897)</para>
3949	</listitem>
3950
3951	<listitem>
3952	<para>VMM: fixed a potential host crash under a high guest memory pressure
3953	(seen with Windows 8 guests)</para>
3954	</listitem>
3955
3956	<listitem>
3957	<para>VMM: improved VM context switch performance for Intel CPUs using
3958	nested paging</para>
3959	</listitem>
3960
3961	<listitem>
3962	<para>VMM: added support for <emphasis>FlushByASID</emphasis> features of
3963	AMD CPUs (Bulldozer and newer)</para>
3964	</listitem>
3965
3966	<listitem>
3967	<para>VMM: fixed unreal mode handling on older CPUs with VT-x
3968	(gPXE, Solaris 7/8/9; bug #9941)</para>
3969	</listitem>
3970
3971	<listitem>
3972	<para>VMM: fixed MP tables fixes for I/O APIC interrupt routing relevant
3973	for ancient SMP guests (e.g. old OS/2 releases)</para>
3974	</listitem>
3975
3976	<listitem>
3977	<para>VMM: support recent VIA CPUs (bug #10005)</para>
3978	</listitem>
3979
3980	<listitem>
3981	<para>VMM: fixed handling of task gates if VT-x/AMD-V is disabled</para>
3982	</listitem>
3983
3984	<listitem>
3985	<para>VMM: page fusion fixes</para>
3986	</listitem>
3987
3988	<listitem>
3989	<para>GUI: network operations manager</para>
3990	</listitem>
3991
3992	<listitem>
3993	<para>GUI: allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content (bug #5561)</para>
3994	</listitem>
3995
3996	<listitem>
3997	<para>GUI: allow automatically sorting of the VM list</para>
3998	</listitem>
3999
4000	<listitem>
4001	<para>GUI: allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI</para>
4002	</listitem>
4003
4004	<listitem>
4005	<para>GUI: allow reset, shutdown and poweroff from the Manager window</para>
4006	</listitem>
4007
4008	<listitem>
4009	<para>GUI: allow to globally limit the maximum screen resolution for
4010	guests</para>
4011	</listitem>
4012
4013	<listitem>
4014	<para>GUI: show the full medium part on hovering the list of recently
4015	used ISO images</para>
4016	</listitem>
4017
4018	<listitem>
4019	<para>GUI: do not create additional folders when a new machine has a
4020	separator character in its name (bug #6541)</para>
4021	</listitem>
4022
4023	<listitem>
4024	<para>GUI: don't crash on terminate if the settings dialog is still open
4025	(bug #9973)</para>
4026	</listitem>
4027
4028	<listitem>
4029	<para>GUI: consider scaled DPI values when display fonts on Windows hosts
4030	(bug #9864)</para>
4031	</listitem>
4032
4033	<listitem>
4034	<para>GUI: if a bridged network interface cannot be found, don't
4035	refuse to start the VM but allow the user to change the setting
4036	immediately</para>
4037	</listitem>
4038
4039	<listitem>
4040	<para>Snapshots: fixed a crash when restoring an old
4041	snapshot when powering off a VM (bugs #9364, #9604, #10491)</para>
4042	</listitem>
4043
4044	<listitem>
4045	<para>Clipboard: disable the clipboard by default for new VMs
4046	(see <xref linkend="security_clipboard" />). It can be enabled at
4047	any time using the VM menu</para>
4048	</listitem>
4049
4050	<listitem>
4051	<para>Settings: sanitise the name of VM folders and settings file (bug #10549)</para>
4052	</listitem>
4053
4054	<listitem>
4055	<para>Settings: allow to store the iSCSI initiator secret encrypted</para>
4056	</listitem>
4057
4058	<listitem>
4059	<para>NAT: improvements for the built-in TFTP server (bugs #7385, #10286)</para>
4060	</listitem>
4061
4062	<listitem>
4063	<para>NAT: fixed memory leak when disabling the NAT engine (bug #10801)</para>
4064	</listitem>
4065
4066	<listitem>
4067	<para>E1000: 802.1q VLAN support (bug #10429)</para>
4068	</listitem>
4069
4070	<listitem>
4071	<para>Storage: implemented burning of audio CDs in passthrough mode</para>
4072	</listitem>
4073
4074	<listitem>
4075	<para>Storage: fixed audio CD passthrough for certain media players</para>
4076	</listitem>
4077
4078	<listitem>
4079	<para>Storage: implemented support for discarding unused image blocks
4080	through TRIM for SATA and IDE and UNMAP for SCSI when using VDI images</para>
4081	</listitem>
4082
4083	<listitem>
4084	<para>Storage: added support for QED images</para>
4085	</listitem>
4086
4087	<listitem>
4088	<para>Storage: added support for QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly
4089	support for v2 images)</para>
4090	</listitem>
4091
4092	<listitem>
4093	<para>Storage: added readonly support for VHDX images</para>
4094	</listitem>
4095
4096	<listitem>
4097	<para>USB: don't crash if a USB device is plugged or unplugged when
4098	saving or loading the VM state (SMP guests only)</para>
4099	</listitem>
4100
4101	<listitem>
4102	<para>Solaris additions: added support for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12</para>
4103	</listitem>
4104
4105	<listitem>
4106	<para>Solaris additions: switched to using an in-kernel mouse driver</para>
4107	</listitem>
4108
4109	<listitem>
4110	<para>Windows hosts: no need to recreate host-only adapters after a
4111	VirtualBox update</para>
4112	</listitem>
4113
4114	<listitem>
4115	<para>Windows hosts: updated toolchain; make the source code compatible
4116	to VC 2010 and enable some security-related compiler options</para>
4117	</listitem>
4118
4119	<listitem>
4120	<para>Windows Additions: fixed memory leak in VBoxTray (bug #10808)</para>
4121	</listitem>
4122
4123	</itemizedlist>
4124	</sect1>
4125
4126	<sect1>
4127	<title>Version 4.1.18 (2012-06-06)</title>
4128
4129	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4130	added:</para>
4131
4132	<itemizedlist>
4133
4134	<listitem>
4135	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_REM_VIRTUAL_CPU_ERROR</emphasis>
4136	under rare conditions after the guest has been reset (bug #5164
4137	and others)</para>
4138	</listitem>
4139
4140	<listitem>
4141	<para>VMM: fixed host freezes with 64-bit guests on 32-bit Linux
4142	hosts (bug #10528)</para>
4143	</listitem>
4144
4145	<listitem>
4146	<para>VRDP: added a workaround for rdesktop clients not properly
4147	updating the screen size when minimized</para>
4148	</listitem>
4149
4150	<listitem>
4151	<para>AHCI: fixed a rare bug which can cause a guest memory corruption
4152	after the guest storage controller has been reset</para>
4153	</listitem>
4154
4155	<listitem>
4156	<para>NAT: another attempt to fix crashes under rare conditions
4157	(Windows hosts only; bug #10513)</para>
4158	</listitem>
4159
4160	<listitem>
4161	<para>Mac OS X hosts: addressed issues running Leopard / Snow Leopard
4162	(bug #10631)</para>
4163	</listitem>
4164
4165	<listitem>
4166	<para>Linux hosts / Bridged Networking: fixed the problem with device driver
4167	unloading on kernels 3.2.18 and newer due to an invalid reference counter
4168	(bug #10624)</para>
4169	</listitem>
4170
4171	<listitem>
4172	<para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.5-rc1 fixes</para>
4173	</listitem>
4174
4175	<listitem>
4176	<para>Linux Additions: the guest content was sometimes not properly
4177	updated (bug #9887)</para>
4178	</listitem>
4179
4180	<listitem>
4181	<para>Solaris Additions: installer fix for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12</para>
4182	</listitem>
4183
4184	</itemizedlist>
4185	</sect1>
4186
4187	<sect1>
4188	<title>Version 4.1.16 (2012-05-22)</title>
4189
4190	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4191	added:</para>
4192
4193	<itemizedlist>
4194
4195	<listitem>
4196	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VERR_ACCESS_DENIED</emphasis>
4197	with certain guests (bugs #7589, #8247)</para>
4198	</listitem>
4199
4200	<listitem>
4201	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VERR_PAGE_TABLE_NOT_PRESENT</emphasis>
4202	with Ubuntu 32-bit guests with nested paging enabled on AMD CPUs (bug #10183)</para>
4203	</listitem>
4204
4205	<listitem>
4206	<para>VMM: preserve segment limits and attributes when switching to unreal mode
4207	required for some legacy guests to work properly (VT-x without unrestricted guest
4208	execution only; bug #9941)</para>
4209	</listitem>
4210
4211	<listitem>
4212	<para>VMM: fixed a VM hang after a resume from pause / savestate with SMP
4213	guests in rare cases</para>
4214	</listitem>
4215
4216	<listitem>
4217	<para>3D support: several fixes for the Windows WDDM video driver crash</para>
4218	</listitem>
4219
4220	<listitem>
4221	<para>NAT: fixed a crash on attempt to process ICMP datagram under some
4222	circumstances (bug #10527)</para>
4223	</listitem>
4224
4225	<listitem>
4226	<para>Host-only Networking: lifted the maximal number of interfaces to
4227	128 on Linux and Mac OS X hosts (there is no such limitation for
4228	Solaris and Windows hosts)</para>
4229	</listitem>
4230
4231	<listitem>
4232	<para>EFI: fixed wrong SEC/PEI Core entry point calculation (bug #10531)</para>
4233	</listitem>
4234
4235	<listitem>
4236	<para>VRDP: fixed a display update problem (bug #10503)</para>
4237	</listitem>
4238
4239	<listitem>
4240	<para>Main: set the proper VM state if savestate failed for some
4241	reason (bug #6189)</para>
4242	</listitem>
4243
4244	<listitem>
4245	<para>Main: more useful error message if a medium is inaccessible</para>
4246	</listitem>
4247
4248	<listitem>
4249	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>controlvm savestate</emphasis> if the VM is already
4250	paused</para>
4251	</listitem>
4252
4253	<listitem>
4254	<para>Mac OS X hosts: addressed issues running on Mountain Lion Preview 3
4255	(bug #10267)</para>
4256	</listitem>
4257
4258	<listitem>
4259	<para>Linux hosts: Linux 3.4 compile fixes</para>
4260	</listitem>
4261
4262	<listitem>
4263	<para>Linux hosts: fixed wrong help path in some rpm-based packages
4264	(bug #10418)</para>
4265	</listitem>
4266
4267	<listitem>
4268	<para>Guest Additions: fixed handling of custom environment variables
4269	during <computeroutput>VBoxManage guestcontrol execute</computeroutput>
4270	(bug #10581)</para>
4271	</listitem>
4272
4273	<listitem>
4274	<para>Windows Additions: fixed guest driver crash of VBoxSF in certain
4275	cases (4.1.10 regression; bug #10408)</para>
4276	</listitem>
4277
4278	<listitem>
4279	<para>Windows Additions: don't load the WDDM driver if 3D support is not available
4280	for Windows 8 guests to keep the guest maintainable in that case (still better
4281	to miss some features than providing a blank screen)</para>
4282	</listitem>
4283
4284	<listitem>
4285	<para>Solaris Additions: added support for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12</para>
4286	</listitem>
4287
4288	</itemizedlist>
4289
4290	</sect1>
4291
4292	<sect1>
4293	<title>Version 4.1.14 (2012-04-13)</title>
4294
4295	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4296	added:</para>
4297
4298	<itemizedlist>
4299
4300	<listitem>
4301	<para>Network: fixed the problem with packets larger than MTU-4 when
4302	PCnet or PRO/1000 was bridged to certain types of adapters on OS X hosts
4303	(bug #3783)</para>
4304	</listitem>
4305
4306	<listitem>
4307	<para>NAT: fixed a segfault under rare circumstances</para>
4308	</listitem>
4309
4310	<listitem>
4311	<para>3D support: fixed Windows WDDM video driver crash for SMP guests
4312	(bugs #10200, #10331)</para>
4313	</listitem>
4314
4315	<listitem>
4316	<para>Windows Additions, VRDP: fixed occasional corruption of vertical text</para>
4317	</listitem>
4318
4319	</itemizedlist>
4320
4321	</sect1>
4322
4323	<sect1>
4324	<title>Version 4.1.12 (2012-04-03)</title>
4325
4326	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4327	added:</para>
4328
4329	<itemizedlist>
4330
4331	<listitem>
4332	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED</emphasis> and
4333	<emphasis>VERR_RAW_MODE_INVALID_SMP</emphasis> guru meditation
4334	due to an invalid reschedule to raw mode (bug #10370)</para>
4335	</listitem>
4336
4337	<listitem>
4338	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>PDMCritSectLeave</emphasis> guru meditation
4339	under rare circumstances with SMP guests</para>
4340	</listitem>
4341
4342	<listitem>
4343	<para>VMM: proper <emphasis>Math Fault</emphasis> handling with certain
4344	legacy guests (bug #9042)</para>
4345	</listitem>
4346
4347	<listitem>
4348	<para>NAT: fixed a socket leak under certain conditions</para>
4349	</listitem>
4350
4351	<listitem>
4352	<para>Storage: better sanity check against reading beyond end-of-file</para>
4353	</listitem>
4354
4355	<listitem>
4356	<para>Audio: fixed a crash in the NUL audio backend (bug #10374;
4357	4.1.10 regression)</para>
4358	</listitem>
4359
4360	<listitem>
4361	<para>HGCM: fixed a crash during savestate under rare circumstances</para>
4362	</listitem>
4363
4364	<listitem>
4365	<para>Metrics: fixed an occasional crash during VM shutdown if host
4366	RAM/VMM metrics are enabled</para>
4367	</listitem>
4368
4369	<listitem>
4370	<para>VBoxSVC: several locking fixes</para>
4371	</listitem>
4372
4373	<listitem>
4374	<para>VBoxManage: return the correct error code if
4375	<emphasis>controlvm savestate</emphasis> failed (bug #10134)</para>
4376	</listitem>
4377
4378	<listitem>
4379	<para>Guest Additions: VBoxService should not crash on exit (bug #10326;
4380	4.1.10 regression)</para>
4381	</listitem>
4382
4383	<listitem>
4384	<para>Windows Additions: set the correct time stamp when a file is
4385	closed (bug #6473)</para>
4386	</listitem>
4387
4388	<listitem>
4389	<para>Windows Additions: better help if the DirectX backups are not
4390	properly installed</para>
4391	</listitem>
4392
4393	<listitem>
4394	<para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.4-rc1 compile fixes</para>
4395	</listitem>
4396
4397	</itemizedlist>
4398	</sect1>
4399
4400	<sect1>
4401	<title>Version 4.1.10 (2012-03-13)</title>
4402
4403	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4404	added:</para>
4405
4406	<itemizedlist>
4407
4408	<listitem>
4409	<para>GUI: if 3D support on the host is not available for some reason,
4410	do not only disable this VM setting but also uncheck the checkbox</para>
4411	</listitem>
4412
4413	<listitem>
4414	<para>VMM: fixed a potential problem causing to schedule interrupts during
4415	<emphasis>SYSEXIT</emphasis> right after <emphasis>STI</emphasis></para>
4416	</listitem>
4417
4418	<listitem>
4419	<para>VMM: fixed a potential guest memory corruption issue with page
4420	fusion</para>
4421	</listitem>
4422
4423	<listitem>
4424	<para>VMM: adjusted the module matching algorithm for page fusion a
4425	little, generally resulting in slightly more shared pages</para>
4426	</listitem>
4427
4428	<listitem>
4429	<para>Main: host interfaces no longer have "defaults" for IP address
4430	and network mask attributes</para>
4431	</listitem>
4432
4433	<listitem>
4434	<para>Main: don't depend on a password for certain guest control operations
4435	(bug #10030)</para>
4436	</listitem>
4437
4438	<listitem>
4439	<para>3D support: fixed Windows XP hosts support (4.1.8 regression;
4440	bugs #10071 and #10088</para>
4441	</listitem>
4442
4443	<listitem>
4444	<para>3D support: rendering fixes for Linux hosts with NVIDIA graphics</para>
4445	</listitem>
4446
4447	<listitem>
4448	<para>3D support: fixed saved state issues (4.1.8 regression; bug #10126)</para>
4449	</listitem>
4450
4451	<listitem>
4452	<para>3D support: WDDM driver: fixed powershell_ise crashes (bug #10167),
4453	make WPF-based apps work with Aero enabled, fixed additional possible WinSAT crashes</para>
4454	</listitem>
4455
4456	<listitem>
4457	<para>VRDP: fixed remote clipboard compatibility issues with some clients</para>
4458	</listitem>
4459
4460	<listitem>
4461	<para>Storage: fixed a possible data corruption when compacting VDI or VHD
4462	images with snapshots (32-bit hosts only)</para>
4463	</listitem>
4464
4465	<listitem>
4466	<para>iSCSI: fixed crash when using incorrect credentials
4467	when authenticating with a LIO target (bug #10173)</para>
4468	</listitem>
4469
4470	<listitem>
4471	<para>Serial: don't abort in host mode under rare error conditions
4472	(non-Windows hosts only)</para>
4473	</listitem>
4474
4475	<listitem>
4476	<para>SDK: actually ship current C bindings</para>
4477	</listitem>
4478
4479	<listitem>
4480	<para>SDK: fixed the Java glue code for JDK 1.7.0 (bug #9848)</para>
4481	</listitem>
4482
4483	<listitem>
4484	<para>SDK: added Python example</para>
4485	</listitem>
4486
4487	<listitem>
4488	<para>Metrics: make metrics collection more robust regarding blocked VMs</para>
4489	</listitem>
4490
4491	<listitem>
4492	<para>Web service: added SSL/TLS support</para>
4493	</listitem>
4494
4495	<listitem>
4496	<para>VBoxShell: fixed Guest Additions information lookup</para>
4497	</listitem>
4498
4499	<listitem>
4500	<para>Solaris installer: fixed dependency checking while installing VirtualBox
4501	in a zone</para>
4502	</listitem>
4503
4504	<listitem>
4505	<para>Linux hosts/guests: Linux 3.3-rc1 compile fixes</para>
4506	</listitem>
4507
4508	<listitem>
4509	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed debug kernel panics while opening module CTF data
4510	(bug #9651)</para>
4511	</listitem>
4512
4513	<listitem>
4514	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed Python support on Lion</para>
4515	</listitem>
4516
4517	<listitem>
4518	<para>Linux Additions: make 3D passthrough work on OL/RHEL 6.2 (bug
4519	#10010)</para>
4520	</listitem>
4521
4522	<listitem>
4523	<para>Linux Additions: fixed missing implementation when copying shared
4524	folder data through kernel high memory (bug #9878)</para>
4525	</listitem>
4526
4527	<listitem>
4528	<para>Linux Additions: make sure all data is written when closing a
4529	memory mapped file on a shared folder</para>
4530	</listitem>
4531
4532	<listitem>
4533	<para>Linux Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.12</para>
4534	</listitem>
4535
4536	<listitem>
4537	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed guest kernel driver to load properly
4538	on guest reboot (4.1.8 regression; bug #10113)</para>
4539	</listitem>
4540
4541	<listitem>
4542	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed missing 64-bit OpenGL library VBoxOGL.so
4543	(bug #10151)</para>
4544	</listitem>
4545
4546	<listitem>
4547	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed VBoxService import and start for Solaris 11
4548	guests</para>
4549	</listitem>
4550
4551	<listitem>
4552	<para>Windows Additions: some Windows 8 adaptions</para>
4553	</listitem>
4554
4555	<listitem>
4556	<para>Windows Additions: several fixes for shared folders (bug #9753)</para>
4557	</listitem>
4558
4559	<listitem>
4560	<para>Guest control: miscellaneous bugfixes</para>
4561	</listitem>
4562
4563	</itemizedlist>
4564	</sect1>
4565
4566	<sect1>
4567	<title>Version 4.1.8 (2011-12-19)</title>
4568
4569	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4570	added:</para>
4571
4572	<itemizedlist>
4573
4574	<listitem>
4575	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_MAP_FAILED</emphasis> during savestate
4576	under certain circumstances (bug #7929)</para>
4577	</listitem>
4578
4579	<listitem>
4580	<para>GUI: stop updating the VM status icons when the VM is paused (bug #8368)</para>
4581	</listitem>
4582
4583	<listitem>
4584	<para>VBoxManage: fixed wrong return code after <emphasis>startvm</emphasis>
4585	(bug #9642)</para>
4586	</listitem>
4587
4588	<listitem>
4589	<para>BIOS: fixed hang at launch of DOS applications generated by
4590	Clipper 5.3 (note that hardware virtualization may be required)
4591	</para>
4592	</listitem>
4593
4594	<listitem>
4595	<para>USB: fixed OS/2 boot hang when using recent USB drivers</para>
4596	</listitem>
4597
4598	<listitem>
4599	<para>NAT: increase maximum number of parallel connections making
4600	connections with port forwarding more robust (bug #8471)</para>
4601	</listitem>
4602
4603	<listitem>
4604	<para>Metrics: fixed potential problem with invalid access in guest
4605	metrics collection upon VM destruction</para>
4606	</listitem>
4607
4608	<listitem>
4609	<para>Main: don't crash if a medium is ejected twice (bug #9922)</para>
4610	</listitem>
4611
4612	<listitem>
4613	<para>VBoxSVC: fixed crash under rare circumstances (e.g. client crash)</para>
4614	</listitem>
4615
4616	<listitem>
4617	<para>VRDP: fixed screen freeze (bug #9620)</para>
4618	</listitem>
4619
4620	<listitem>
4621	<para>OVF/OVA: fixed broken disk images on import under rare
4622	circumstances</para>
4623	</listitem>
4624
4625	<listitem>
4626	<para>OVF/OVA: better error message when importing corrupted appliances</para>
4627	</listitem>
4628
4629	<listitem>
4630	<para>VMDK/VHD: fixed a possible corruption with host cache disabled
4631	when using snapshots under rare circumstances (bug #9749)</para>
4632	</listitem>
4633
4634	<listitem>
4635	<para>3D support: fixed full screen mode issues for ATI graphics (bug #9775),
4636	Windows Media Player rendering for XPDM-based Direct3D support (bug #8341).
4637	Multiple fixes to XPDM and WDDM - based 3D support for Windows Guests
4638	and for 3D support in general</para>
4639	</listitem>
4640
4641	<listitem>
4642	<para>Linux hosts: fixes for Fedoras Linux 2.6.41 (bug #9948)</para>
4643	</listitem>
4644
4645	<listitem>
4646	<para>Linux hosts/guests: fixes for Linux 3.2 (bug #9743)</para>
4647	</listitem>
4648
4649	<listitem>
4650	<para>Solaris Additions: various shared folder fixes (bugs #9856, #9862, #9917)</para>
4651	</listitem>
4652
4653	<listitem>
4654	<para>Windows Additions: various fixes for Direct3D support (un)installation, added
4655	detection of missing or wrong Direct3D system files</para>
4656	</listitem>
4657
4658	</itemizedlist>
4659	</sect1>
4660
4661	<sect1>
4662	<title>Version 4.1.6 (2011-11-04)</title>
4663
4664	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4665	added:</para>
4666
4667	<itemizedlist>
4668
4669	<listitem>
4670	<para>VRDP: fixed screen corruption</para>
4671	</listitem>
4672
4673	<listitem>
4674	<para>NAT: the interface stopped working after a lot of failed
4675	ICMP requests (bug #9371)</para>
4676	</listitem>
4677
4678	<listitem>
4679	<para>E1000: fixed rare Windows 7 guest hangs, either at boot time
4680	or when reconfiguring the network card in unusual setups (bug #6223)</para>
4681	</listitem>
4682
4683	<listitem>
4684	<para>ATA: fixed a possible crash during ATAPI passthrough with
4685	certain guests</para>
4686	</listitem>
4687
4688	<listitem>
4689	<para>ATA: improved compatibility with ancient Linux kernels</para>
4690	</listitem>
4691
4692	<listitem>
4693	<para>Main: fixed incorrect framebuffer information after leaving
4694	the full screen mode with X11 guests, this lead to a scrambled
4695	preview window in the GUI for example</para>
4696	</listitem>
4697
4698	<listitem>
4699	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed the problem with duplicate packets when
4700	bridged to a wireless interface (bug #9648)</para>
4701	</listitem>
4702
4703	<listitem>
4704	<para>Linux hosts: fix for 3D support on Fedora 15 (bug #9799)</para>
4705	</listitem>
4706
4707	<listitem>
4708	<para>Linux hosts: don't call <emphasis>del_timer_sync</emphasis>
4709	from an interrupt context (Fedora bug report 746331)</para>
4710	</listitem>
4711
4712	<listitem>
4713	<para>Windows Vista and 7 guests: more WDDM fixes</para>
4714	</listitem>
4715
4716	<listitem>
4717	<para>Linux Additions: fixed kernel module compilation failure on Redhat
4718	Enterprise Linux 4 (bug #9709)</para>
4719	</listitem>
4720
4721	<listitem>
4722	<para>Linux Additions: install the DRI driver correctly on Ubuntu 11.10
4723	guests</para>
4724	</listitem>
4725
4726	<listitem>
4727	<para>Solaris Additions: added read-only mmap support for shared
4728	folders</para>
4729	</listitem>
4730
4731	<listitem>
4732	<para>Solaris Additions: added directory, file mode and mask options for
4733	shared folders</para>
4734	</listitem>
4735
4736	<listitem>
4737	<para>Windows Additions: implemented faster detection of logged-in guest
4738	users and stale sessions</para>
4739	</listitem>
4740
4741	<listitem>
4742	<para>X.Org Additions: fixed graphical corruption when switching to a
4743	virtual terminal (bug #9490)</para>
4744	</listitem>
4745
4746	</itemizedlist>
4747	</sect1>
4748
4749	<sect1>
4750	<title>Version 4.1.4 (2011-10-03)</title>
4751
4752	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4753	added:</para>
4754
4755	<itemizedlist>
4756
4757	<listitem>
4758	<para>VMM: fixed PAE guests running on 32-bit hosts (4.0 regression;
4759	bug #9458)</para>
4760	</listitem>
4761
4762	<listitem>
4763	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>INVALID_PARAMETER</emphasis> guru meditation
4764	caused by insufficient memory conditions (4.1.0 regression; bug #9240)</para>
4765	</listitem>
4766
4767	<listitem>
4768	<para>VMM: fixed clobbered CPU registers during <emphasis>stos/lods/ins/outs</emphasis>
4769	emulation under rare circumstances</para>
4770	</listitem>
4771
4772	<listitem>
4773	<para>VMM: another fix for 64-bit guests on recent AMD CPUs</para>
4774	</listitem>
4775
4776	<listitem>
4777	<para>GUI: warn the user if he uses an outdated extension pack and allow
4778	to download and upgrade in that case (bug #8025)</para>
4779	</listitem>
4780
4781	<listitem>
4782	<para>GUI: fixed spurious LCtrl key events on some Windows hosts
4783	(4.0.6 regression; bug #373)</para>
4784	</listitem>
4785
4786	<listitem>
4787	<para>VBoxManage: another fix for <emphasis>extpack install --replace</emphasis>
4788	(bug #9308)</para>
4789	</listitem>
4790
4791	<listitem>
4792	<para>VBoxManage: allow to specify the UUID of the target image in
4793	<emphasis>convertfromraw</emphasis></para>
4794	</listitem>
4795
4796	<listitem>
4797	<para>VRDP: fixed a rare crash when two or more clients connect to the server
4798	(bug #9503)</para>
4799	</listitem>
4800
4801	<listitem>
4802	<para>VRDP: fixed a case when a client was not resized correctly
4803	(bug #9242)</para>
4804	</listitem>
4805
4806	<listitem>
4807	<para>USB: make device capturing work on Windows hosts with
4808	usbhub class filter drivers installed (bug #9298);
4809	bugfixes for Windows host USB support</para>
4810	</listitem>
4811
4812	<listitem>
4813	<para>VHD: fixed reads crossing block boundaries (bug #8532)</para>
4814	</listitem>
4815
4816	<listitem>
4817	<para>VMDK: fixed progress indicator when creating split VMDK
4818	images</para>
4819	</listitem>
4820
4821	<listitem>
4822	<para>Floppy: fixed medium size detection for physical mediums
4823	(Windows hosts only)</para>
4824	</listitem>
4825
4826	<listitem>
4827	<para>Main: fixed VM initialization if a shared folder does
4828	not exist (bug #7941)</para>
4829	</listitem>
4830
4831	<listitem>
4832	<para>Main: fixed possible deadlock between hard disk enumeration and
4833	resetting of immutable disks (bug #9549)</para>
4834	</listitem>
4835
4836	<listitem>
4837	<para>Main: fixed not detaching of virtual storage after a snapshot
4838	restore operation (bug #8296)</para>
4839	</listitem>
4840
4841	<listitem>
4842	<para>Main: always reset modified state after restoring a snapshot (bug
4843	#9387)</para>
4844	</listitem>
4845
4846	<listitem>
4847	<para>Main: fixed writing of changed VM settings to disk when using
4848	snapshots (bug #8932)</para>
4849	</listitem>
4850
4851	<listitem>
4852	<para>Main: fixed taking screen shots (e.g. the preview window) for
4853	headless VMs if the Guest Additions are active</para>
4854	</listitem>
4855
4856	<listitem>
4857	<para>Virtio-net: fixed the problem with UDP packets exceeding
4858	MTU (bug #9370)</para>
4859	</listitem>
4860
4861	<listitem>
4862	<para>3D support: fixed incorrect rendering and possible crashes when switching
4863	to/from full screen with enabled 2D acceleration</para>
4864	</listitem>
4865
4866	<listitem>
4867	<para>3D support: fixed compiz under ubuntu 9.10</para>
4868	</listitem>
4869
4870	<listitem>
4871	<para>Guest control: miscellaneous small bugfixes</para>
4872	</listitem>
4873
4874	<listitem>
4875	<para>Linux / Solaris hosts: don't use hard links in packages
4876	(4.1.2 regression; bug #9441)</para>
4877	</listitem>
4878
4879	<listitem>
4880	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fix installation issues when installed as root
4881	(bug #1578)</para>
4882	</listitem>
4883
4884	<listitem>
4885	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed packet capture issues with vboxnetX host-only
4886	interfaces (bug #8076)</para>
4887	</listitem>
4888
4889	<listitem>
4890	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed incoming multicast packets for Crossbow based
4891	bridged networking (bug #9532)</para>
4892	</listitem>
4893
4894	<listitem>
4895	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed starting EFI guests due to missing EFI ROM files
4896	(bug #9535)</para>
4897	</listitem>
4898
4899	<listitem>
4900	<para>Windows hosts installer: fixed <emphasis>ADDLOCAL</emphasis> usage
4901	on command line (4.1.0 regression; bug #9488)</para>
4902	</listitem>
4903
4904	<listitem>
4905	<para>Windows hosts installer: fixed dangling shortcut to the .chm
4906	help file (bug #9646)</para>
4907	</listitem>
4908
4909	<listitem>
4910	<para>Windows hosts installer: try to fix installation error 2869 which
4911	appeared under certain circumstances (bug #9664)</para>
4912	</listitem>
4913
4914	<listitem>
4915	<para>Windows hosts: VBoxHeadless should never open a separate
4916	console window (bug #3549)</para>
4917	</listitem>
4918
4919	<listitem>
4920	<para>Guest Additions: fixed hang while waiting for guest execution
4921	output (4.1.2 regression; bug #9446)</para>
4922	</listitem>
4923
4924	<listitem>
4925	<para>Linux Additions: add support for X.Org Server 1.11 (bug #9519)
4926	</para>
4927	</listitem>
4928
4929	<listitem>
4930	<para>Linux Additions: suppress an incorrect error message and allow
4931	a shared folder to be mounted in multiple places (bug #9627)
4932	</para>
4933	</listitem>
4934
4935	<listitem>
4936	<para>Linux Additions: start VBoxService correctly on openSUSE 12.1
4937	(bug #6229)
4938	</para>
4939	</listitem>
4940
4941	<listitem>
4942	<para>Linux Additions: properly finish the installation even if the
4943	compilation of the DRM module fails (which is not fatal)</para>
4944	</listitem>
4945
4946	<listitem>
4947	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed memory leaks and panics while mounting
4948	(from console) and unmounting shared folders</para>
4949	</listitem>
4950
4951	<listitem>
4952	<para>Windows Additions: fixed swapped mouse cursor hotspot coordinates
4953	(4.1.0 regression; bug #9447)</para>
4954	</listitem>
4955
4956	<listitem>
4957	<para>Windows Additions: fixed <emphasis>PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA</emphasis>
4958	BSOD in VBoxDisp.dll when running SnippingTool (bug #9508)</para>
4959	</listitem>
4960
4961	<listitem>
4962	<para>Windows Additions: make image viewer work correctly
4963	with Aero enabled (Vista and Windows 7)</para>
4964	</listitem>
4965
4966	<listitem>
4967	<para>Windows Additions: fixed incorrect window border blurs under Aero
4968	with ATI cards (Vista and Windows 7)</para>
4969	</listitem>
4970
4971	<listitem>
4972	<para>Windows Additions: fixed incorrect rendering when moving 3D applications
4973	outside guest desktop and back under Aero (Vista and Windows 7)</para>
4974	</listitem>
4975
4976	<listitem>
4977	<para>Windows Additions: fixed guest hangs when switching back from full screen
4978	text mode applications (bug #9636)</para>
4979	</listitem>
4980
4981	</itemizedlist>
4982	</sect1>
4983
4984	<sect1>
4985	<title>Version 4.1.2 (2011-08-15)</title>
4986
4987	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4988	added:</para>
4989
4990	<itemizedlist>
4991
4992	<listitem>
4993	<para>VMM: fixed 64-bit guests on AMD Fusion CPUs (bug #8824)</para>
4994	</listitem>
4995
4996	<listitem>
4997	<para>VMM: fixed handling of the <emphasis>sysenter/sysexit</emphasis>
4998	machine instructions in 64-bit guests on Intel hosts</para>
4999	</listitem>
5000
5001	<listitem>
5002	<para>GUI: added linked clone support</para>
5003	</listitem>
5004
5005	<listitem>
5006	<para>GUI: fixed error check when changing the VM controller settings
5007	(4.1.0 regression; bug #9246)</para>
5008	</listitem>
5009
5010	<listitem>
5011	<para>GUI: fixed the inclusion of additional information (license,
5012	vendor, ...) on OVF export</para>
5013	</listitem>
5014
5015	<listitem>
5016	<para>GUI: when taking a snapshot from the VM selector, don't do
5017	a live snapshot</para>
5018	</listitem>
5019
5020	<listitem>
5021	<para>GUI: fixed immediate crash during start on certain environments
5022	due to a library version conflict</para>
5023	</listitem>
5024
5025	<listitem>
5026	<para>Guest control execution: implemented copying single files from
5027	guest to the host (directories and filters not supported yet)</para>
5028	</listitem>
5029
5030	<listitem>
5031	<para>Guest control execution: limited to serve up to 5 guest processes
5032	at a time by default</para>
5033	</listitem>
5034
5035	<listitem>
5036	<para>Main: return the correct RDP default port fixing settings
5037	warnings in the GUI if the remote display was enabled at runtime (bug
5038	#9368)</para>
5039	</listitem>
5040
5041	<listitem>
5042	<para>VBoxSVC: made the path comparison OS independent when images are
5043	registered (bug #9303)</para>
5044	</listitem>
5045
5046	<listitem>
5047	<para>VBoxSVC: several fixes/performance improvements for cloning of
5048	VMs</para>
5049	</listitem>
5050
5051	<listitem>
5052	<para>Snapshots: fixed "Solid-State drive" flag survival on snapshot
5053	creation (bug #9379)</para>
5054	</listitem>
5055
5056	<listitem>
5057	<para>VBoxManage: implemented <emphasis>copyfrom</emphasis> and
5058	<emphasis>stat</emphasis> guest control tools to copy files from guest
5059	to host and to check for existence of files on the guest</para>
5060	</listitem>
5061
5062	<listitem>
5063	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>extpack install --replace</emphasis>
5064	(bug #9308)</para>
5065	</listitem>
5066
5067	<listitem>
5068	<para>VBoxManage: allow to start multiple VMs with
5069	<emphasis>startvm</emphasis></para>
5070	</listitem>
5071
5072	<listitem>
5073	<para>VBoxManage: experimental support for SATA CD/DVD hotplugging</para>
5074	</listitem>
5075
5076	<listitem>
5077	<para>Mouse support: fixed an off-by-one pointer position error
5078	affecting Windows guests (bugs #7566, #9321)</para>
5079	</listitem>
5080
5081	<listitem>
5082	<para>VRDP: fixed a case when the screen was not redrawn correctly
5083	(bug #9242)</para>
5084	</listitem>
5085
5086	<listitem>
5087	<para>NAT: changed TCP connection establishment according to Winsock API
5088	requirements (Windows hosts only; bug #8919)</para>
5089	</listitem>
5090
5091	<listitem>
5092	<para>USB: fixed device recognition issues (bugs #9299) and
5093	fixed several device capturing issues (Windows hosts; bug #9299)</para>
5094	</listitem>
5095
5096	<listitem>
5097	<para>USB: fixed issues with remote filters being applied to local
5098	USB devices</para>
5099	</listitem>
5100
5101	<listitem>
5102	<para>Guest Additions: keep logged in user count in out-of-memory situations
5103	and warn about it</para>
5104	</listitem>
5105
5106	<listitem>
5107	<para>OVA: fixed import of renamed OVA files (bug #9033)</para>
5108	</listitem>
5109
5110	<listitem>
5111	<para>Windows host: fixed icon for .VDI files (bug #9393)</para>
5112	</listitem>
5113
5114	<listitem>
5115	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a bug preventing parallel usage of multiple host NICs
5116	with Crossbow based bridged networking</para>
5117	</listitem>
5118
5119	<listitem>
5120	<para>Linux hosts: fixed random kernel panics on host suspend / shutdown
5121	(4.1.0 regression; bug #9305)</para>
5122	</listitem>
5123
5124	<listitem>
5125	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed shared folders due to missing symbols in the vboxfs
5126	module (4.0.12 / 4.1.0 regression; bug #9264)</para>
5127	</listitem>
5128
5129	<listitem>
5130	<para>Windows Additions: fixed file truncation on a shared folder with
5131	some applications (bugs #9276, #9315)</para>
5132	</listitem>
5133
5134	<listitem>
5135	<para>Windows Additions: fixed shared folder issues with antivirus software
5136	and 64 bit Windows guests (bug #9318)</para>
5137	</listitem>
5138
5139	<listitem>
5140	<para>Windows Vista and 7 guests: WDDM driver fixes and performance enhancements,
5141	fixed WinSAT crashes (bug #9267)</para>
5142	</listitem>
5143
5144	<listitem>
5145	<para>Linux Additions: fixed <emphasis>llseek</emphasis> for Linux kernels
5146	2.6.37 and above</para>
5147	</listitem>
5148
5149	</itemizedlist>
5150	</sect1>
5151
5152	<sect1>
5153	<title>Version 4.1.0 (2011-07-19)</title>
5154
5155	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
5156	were added:</para>
5157
5158	<itemizedlist>
5159
5160	<listitem>
5161	<para>Support for cloning of VMs (bug #5853, see
5162	<xref linkend="clone"/>): full clones can be created through the GUI
5163	and VBoxManage, linked clones only through VBoxManage</para>
5164	</listitem>
5165
5166	<listitem>
5167	<para>GUI: enhanced wizard for creating new virtual disks</para>
5168	</listitem>
5169
5170	<listitem>
5171	<para>GUI: new wizard for copying virtual disks</para>
5172	</listitem>
5173
5174	<listitem>
5175	<para>GUI: keep the aspect ratio in scale mode (Windows and Mac OS X hosts
5176	only; bug #7822)</para>
5177	</listitem>
5178
5179	<listitem>
5180	<para>VMM: raised the memory limit for 64-bit hosts to 1TB</para>
5181	</listitem>
5182
5183	<listitem>
5184	<para>Experimental support for PCI passthrough for Linux hosts, see
5185	<xref linkend="pcipassthrough"/></para>
5186	</listitem>
5187
5188	<listitem>
5189	<para>Windows guests: Experimental WDDM graphics driver, supporting
5190	Windows Aero (bug #4607) and providing Direct3D support using a
5191	cleaner approach (no need to install the guest drivers in Safe Mode
5192	anymore)</para>
5193	</listitem>
5194
5195	<listitem>
5196	<para>Guest Additions: status of modules and features can now be
5197	queried separately by the frontends</para>
5198	</listitem>
5199
5200	<listitem>
5201	<para>Networking: new network attachment mode "Generic Driver", which
5202	offers an open plugin architecture for arbitrary and separately
5203	distributable virtual network implementations</para>
5204	</listitem>
5205
5206	<listitem>
5207	<para>Host-only Networking: fixed host crash in kernels prior to 2.6.29
5208	</para>
5209	</listitem>
5210
5211	<listitem>
5212	<para>New Networking Mode <emphasis>UDP Tunnel</emphasis>: allows to
5213	interconnect VMs running on different hosts easily and transparently,
5214	see <xref linkend="networkingmodes" /></para>
5215	</listitem>
5216
5217	<listitem>
5218	<para>Experimental support for SATA hard disk hotplugging available
5219	with VBoxManage</para>
5220	</listitem>
5221
5222	<listitem>
5223	<para>Solaris hosts: New Crossbow based bridged networking driver for
5224	Solaris 11 build 159 and above</para>
5225	</listitem>
5226
5227
5228	</itemizedlist>
5229
5230	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
5231
5232	<itemizedlist>
5233
5234	<listitem>
5235	<para>VMM: more SMP timer fixes</para>
5236	</listitem>
5237
5238	<listitem>
5239	<para>VMM: fixed sporadic recompiler crashes with SMP guests</para>
5240	</listitem>
5241
5242	<listitem>
5243	<para>VMM: many small fixes</para>
5244	</listitem>
5245
5246	<listitem>
5247	<para>GUI: when restoring a snapshot, ask for taking a snapshot
5248	of the current state</para>
5249	</listitem>
5250
5251	<listitem>
5252	<para>GUI: added a <emphasis>View</emphasis> menu</para>
5253	</listitem>
5254
5255	<listitem>
5256	<para>GUI: added a setting for the promiscuous mode policy for
5257	internal networks, bridged networks and host-only networks</para>
5258	</listitem>
5259
5260	<listitem>
5261	<para>GUI: added slider for setting the CPU execution cap allowing to
5262	limit the amount of CPU time spent for the execution of the guest,
5263	see <xref linkend="settings-processor"/></para>
5264	</listitem>
5265
5266	<listitem>
5267	<para>GUI: the VM description is editable during the runtime of
5268	a VM (bug #1551)</para>
5269	</listitem>
5270
5271	<listitem>
5272	<para>GUI: added proxy settings (bug #2870)</para>
5273	</listitem>
5274
5275	<listitem>
5276	<para>GUI: made the number of SATA ports configurable</para>
5277	</listitem>
5278
5279	<listitem>
5280	<para>GUI: decrease time before showing the VM configuration
5281	dialog</para>
5282	</listitem>
5283
5284	<listitem>
5285	<para>VBoxManage: more convenient configuration of storage controller
5286	attachments by automatically determining the port or device parameter
5287	when a storage controller has only one port or device per port</para>
5288	</listitem>
5289
5290	<listitem>
5291	<para>VBoxManage: changed syntax of the <emphasis>guestcontrol</emphasis>
5292	command group, fixed various bugs, removed obsolete options</para>
5293	</listitem>
5294
5295	<listitem>
5296	<para>VBoxBalloonCtrl: new service for automatic dynamic adjustment
5297	of the balloon size for running VMs</para>
5298	</listitem>
5299
5300	<listitem>
5301	<para>Settings: machine names and snapshot names are not allowed to
5302	be a valid UUID</para>
5303	</listitem>
5304
5305	<listitem>
5306	<para>Settings: provide better diagnostics if a single medium is used
5307	twice in a VM configuration</para>
5308	</listitem>
5309
5310	<listitem>
5311	<para>Settings: provide better diagnostics for errors in medium
5312	create/merge/clone operations, and fix memory leaks in error
5313	cases</para>
5314	</listitem>
5315
5316	<listitem>
5317	<para>Storage: ATA/SATA drives can be marked as non-rotational, i.e.
5318	the guest OS will detect them as a SSD if supported, which can
5319	improve performance</para>
5320	</listitem>
5321
5322	<listitem>
5323	<para>Storage: virtual CD/DVD images will be detached if the guest
5324	ejects the medium, unless the drive is marked to handle ejects only
5325	on a temporary basis</para>
5326	</listitem>
5327
5328	<listitem>
5329	<para>Storage: the medium UUID can be changed again when attaching
5330	a medium for the first time, which allows using images which are
5331	exact duplicates including the UUID</para>
5332	</listitem>
5333
5334	<listitem>
5335	<para>Storage: fixed possible data corruption under certain circumstances
5336	with VHD and Parallels images (bug #9150)</para>
5337	</listitem>
5338
5339	<listitem>
5340	<para>Storage: fixed unnecessary expansion when cloning differential
5341	images in VDI format</para>
5342	</listitem>
5343
5344	<listitem>
5345	<para>Storage: fixed detection code to handle empty files for VDI and
5346	VMDK format</para>
5347	</listitem>
5348
5349	<listitem>
5350	<para>Storage: fixed access to CD/DVD images beyond 4GB when using the SATA
5351	controller (bug #8592)</para>
5352	</listitem>
5353
5354	<listitem>
5355	<para>Floppy: several bugs have been fixed</para>
5356	</listitem>
5357
5358	<listitem>
5359	<para>Floppy: make it possible to unmount a host floppy disk (bug #6651)</para>
5360	</listitem>
5361
5362	<listitem>
5363	<para>BIOS: disk-related structures are now checksummed correctly (bug #8739)</para>
5364	</listitem>
5365
5366	<listitem>
5367	<para>USB: many fixes for the Windows USB host driver</para>
5368	</listitem>
5369
5370	<listitem>
5371	<para>NAT: reduced memory footprint</para>
5372	</listitem>
5373
5374	<listitem>
5375	<para>Networking: fixed the problem with segmentation offloading
5376	when several VMs are transmitting in parallel</para>
5377	</listitem>
5378
5379	<listitem>
5380	<para>Networking: workaround for a bug in wireshark when operating
5381	directly on a capture file created by VirtualBox</para>
5382	</listitem>
5383
5384	<listitem>
5385	<para>Serial: announce the serial devices in the ACPI tables to make
5386	Windows guests find the virtual hardware (bug #7411)</para>
5387	</listitem>
5388
5389	<listitem>
5390	<para>VRDP: support for TLS connections (see
5391	<xref linkend="vrde-crypt"/>)</para>
5392	</listitem>
5393
5394	<listitem>
5395	<para>VRDP: support for multimonitor client configurations with MS
5396	RDP clients</para>
5397	</listitem>
5398
5399	<listitem>
5400	<para>VRDP: fixed a rare screen corruption</para>
5401	</listitem>
5402
5403	<listitem>
5404	<para>3D support: fixed <emphasis>GL_VERSION</emphasis> string for
5405	different locales (bug #8916)</para>
5406	</listitem>
5407
5408	<listitem>
5409	<para>Web service: fixed timeout handling with HTTP 1.1 keepalive, and
5410	be more robust when connections fail</para>
5411	</listitem>
5412
5413	<listitem>
5414	<para>VBoxSVC: fixed regression when several clients trigger autostart
5415	simultaneously</para>
5416	</listitem>
5417
5418	<listitem>
5419	<para>Main: fixed incorrect handling of the medium location for media
5420	which are not file based (e.g. iSCSI), which resulted in confusing
5421	location values in many places</para>
5422	</listitem>
5423
5424	<listitem>
5425	<para>JAX-WS client bindings: fixed resource leak</para>
5426	</listitem>
5427
5428	<listitem>
5429	<para>Sources: fixed USB 2.0 support using extension packs for non-official
5430	builds</para>
5431	</listitem>
5432
5433	<listitem>
5434	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed non-VT-x mode on Lion hosts</para>
5435	</listitem>
5436
5437	<listitem>
5438	<para>Windows hosts: fixed copy'n'paste in the GUI and for the VM
5439	window (bug #4491)</para>
5440	</listitem>
5441
5442	<listitem>
5443	<para>Windows hosts (64-bit only): enabled removing of all mediums when
5444	removing a VM</para>
5445	</listitem>
5446
5447	<listitem>
5448	<para>Windows hosts (64-bit only): enabled live snapshot deletion</para>
5449	</listitem>
5450
5451	<listitem>
5452	<para>Windows hosts: use native controls in the installer (bug #5520)</para>
5453	</listitem>
5454
5455	<listitem>
5456	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed preemption issue with Solaris 11 hosts (builds
5457	166 and above)</para>
5458	</listitem>
5459
5460	<listitem>
5461	<para>Solaris hosts: better control of USB device access on Solaris 11
5462	hosts</para>
5463	</listitem>
5464
5465	<listitem>
5466	<para>Guest Additions: improved driver installation on Windows guests</para>
5467	</listitem>
5468
5469	<listitem>
5470	<para>Guest Additions: fixed high CPU usage while executing guest programs
5471	from the host</para>
5472	</listitem>
5473
5474	<listitem>
5475	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed automounting of shared folders (bug #8014)</para>
5476	</listitem>
5477
5478	</itemizedlist>
5479
5480	</sect1>
5481
5482	<sect1>
5483	<title>Version 4.0.14 (2011-10-13)</title>
5484
5485	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
5486	added:</para>
5487
5488	<itemizedlist>
5489
5490	<listitem>
5491	<para>VMM: fixed 64bit guests on AMD Fusion CPUs (bug #8824)</para>
5492	</listitem>
5493
5494	<listitem>
5495	<para>VMM: fixed handling of the <emphasis>sysenter/sysexit</emphasis>
5496	machine instructions in 64-bit guests on Intel hosts</para>
5497	</listitem>
5498
5499	<listitem>
5500	<para>GUI: fixed the inclusion of additional information (license,
5501	vendor, ...) on OVF export</para>
5502	</listitem>
5503
5504	<listitem>
5505	<para>GUI: when taking a snapshot from the VM selector, don't do
5506	a live snapshot</para>
5507	</listitem>
5508
5509	<listitem>
5510	<para>GUI: fixed spurious LCtrl key events on some Windows hosts
5511	(4.0.6 regression; bug #5908)</para>
5512	</listitem>
5513
5514	<listitem>
5515	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>extpack install --replace</emphasis></para>
5516	</listitem>
5517
5518	<listitem>
5519	<para>VRDP: fixed a rare screen corruption</para>
5520	</listitem>
5521
5522	<listitem>
5523	<para>E1000: fixed rare Windows 7 guest hangs, either at boot time
5524	or when reconfiguring the network card in unusual setups (bug #6223)</para>
5525	</listitem>
5526
5527	<listitem>
5528	<para>Mouse support: fixed an off-by-one pointer position error
5529	affecting Windows guests (bugs #7566, #9321)</para>
5530	</listitem>
5531
5532	<listitem>
5533	<para>NAT: changed TCP connection establishment according to Winsock API
5534	requirements (Windows hosts only; bug #8919)</para>
5535	</listitem>
5536
5537	<listitem>
5538	<para>VHD: fixed reads crossing block boundaries (bug #8532)</para>
5539	</listitem>
5540
5541	<listitem>
5542	<para>VMDK: fixed progress indicator when creating split VMDK
5543	images</para>
5544	</listitem>
5545
5546	<listitem>
5547	<para>Floppy: fixed medium size detection for physical mediums
5548	(Windows hosts only)</para>
5549	</listitem>
5550	<listitem>
5551	<para>VBoxSVC: made the path comparison OS independent when images are
5552	registered (bug #9303)</para>
5553	</listitem>
5554
5555	<listitem>
5556	<para>Main: return the correct RDP default port fixing settings
5557	warnings in the GUI if the remote display was enabled at runtime (bug #9368)</para>
5558	</listitem>
5559
5560	<listitem>
5561	<para>Main: fix VM initialization if a shared folder does not exist (bug #7941)</para>
5562	</listitem>
5563
5564	<listitem>
5565	<para>Main: fixed taking screen shots (e.g. the preview window) for
5566	headless VMs if the Guest Additions are active</para>
5567	</listitem>
5568
5569	<listitem>
5570	<para>Main: fixed possible deadlock between hard disk enumeration and
5571	the resetting of immutable disks (bug #9549)</para>
5572	</listitem>
5573
5574	<listitem>
5575	<para>OVA: fixed import of renamed OVA files (bug #9033)</para>
5576	</listitem>
5577
5578	<listitem>
5579	<para>Virtio-net: fixed the problem with UDP packets exceeding MTU
5580	(bug #9370)</para>
5581	</listitem>
5582
5583	<listitem>
5584	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed starting EFI guests due to missing EFI ROM files
5585	(bug #9535)</para>
5586	</listitem>
5587
5588	<listitem>
5589	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fix installation issues when installed as root
5590	(bug #1578)</para>
5591	</listitem>
5592
5593	<listitem>
5594	<para>Windows Additions: fixed file truncation on a shared folder with
5595	some applications (bugs #9276, #9315)</para>
5596	</listitem>
5597
5598	<listitem>
5599	<para>Linux Additions: suppress an incorrect error message and allow
5600	a shared folder to be mounted in multiple places (bug #9627)
5601	</para>
5602	</listitem>
5603
5604	<listitem>
5605	<para>Linux Additions: add support for X.Org Server 1.11 (bug #9519)
5606	</para>
5607	</listitem>
5608
5609	<listitem>
5610	<para>Linux Additions: fixed <emphasis>llseek</emphasis> for Linux kernels
5611	2.6.37 and above</para>
5612	</listitem>
5613
5614	<listitem>
5615	<para>Linux Additions: start VBoxService correctly on openSUSE 12.1
5616	(bug #6229)</para>
5617	</listitem>
5618
5619	<listitem>
5620	<para>Linux Additions: properly finish the installation even if the
5621	compilation of the DRM module fails (which is not fatal)</para>
5622	</listitem>
5623
5624	</itemizedlist>
5625	</sect1>
5626
5627	<sect1>
5628	<title>Version 4.0.12 (2011-07-15)</title>
5629
5630	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
5631	added:</para>
5632
5633	<itemizedlist>
5634
5635	<listitem>
5636	<para>Mac OS X hosts: Lion fixes</para>
5637	</listitem>
5638
5639	<listitem>
5640	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed preemption issue with Solaris 11 hosts (builds
5641	166 and above)</para>
5642	</listitem>
5643
5644	<listitem>
5645	<para>VBoxManage: more convenient configuration of storage controller
5646	attachments by automatically determining the port or device parameter
5647	when a storage controller has only one port or device per port (bug #9188)</para>
5648	</listitem>
5649
5650	<listitem>
5651	<para>Storage: fixed possible data corruption under certain circumstances
5652	with VHD and Parallels images (bug #9150)</para>
5653	</listitem>
5654
5655	<listitem>
5656	<para>Storage: fixed access to CD/DVD images beyond 4GB when using the SATA
5657	controller (bug #8592)</para>
5658	</listitem>
5659
5660	<listitem>
5661	<para>Floppy: make it possible to unmount a host floppy disk (bug #6651)</para>
5662	</listitem>
5663
5664	<listitem>
5665	<para>Networking: fixed the problem with segmentation offloading
5666	when several VMs were transmitting at once</para>
5667	</listitem>
5668
5669	<listitem>
5670	<para>3D support: fixed <emphasis>GL_VERSION</emphasis> string for
5671	different locales (bug #8916)</para>
5672	</listitem>
5673
5674	<listitem>
5675	<para>Sources: fixed USB 2.0 support using extension packs for non-official
5676	builds</para>
5677	</listitem>
5678
5679	<listitem>
5680	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed automounting of shared folders (bug #8014)</para>
5681	</listitem>
5682
5683	</itemizedlist>
5684	</sect1>
5685	<sect1>
5686	<title>Version 4.0.10 (2011-06-22)</title>
5687
5688	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
5689	added:</para>
5690
5691	<itemizedlist>
5692
5693	<listitem>
5694	<para>GUI: fixed disappearing settings widgets on KDE hosts (bug #6809)</para>
5695	</listitem>
5696
5697	<listitem>
5698	<para>Storage: fixed hang under rare circumstances with flat VMDK images</para>
5699	</listitem>
5700
5701	<listitem>
5702	<para>Storage: a saved VM could not be restored under certain circumstances
5703	after the host kernel was updated (bug #8983)</para>
5704	</listitem>
5705
5706	<listitem>
5707	<para>Storage: refuse to create a medium with an invalid variant
5708	(for example Split2G with VDI; bug #7227)</para>
5709	</listitem>
5710
5711	<listitem>
5712	<para>iSCSI: pause the VM if a request times out</para>
5713	</listitem>
5714
5715	<listitem>
5716	<para>Snapshots: none of the hard disk attachments must be attached to
5717	another VM in normal mode when creating a snapshot</para>
5718	</listitem>
5719
5720	<listitem>
5721	<para>USB: fixed occasional VM hangs with SMP guests (bug #4580)</para>
5722	</listitem>
5723
5724	<listitem>
5725	<para>USB: proper device detection on RHEL/OEL/CentOS 5 guests
5726	(partial fix for bug #8978)</para>
5727	</listitem>
5728
5729	<listitem>
5730	<para>ACPI: force the ACPI timer to return monotonic values for improve behavior
5731	with SMP Linux guests (bug #8511 and others)</para>
5732	</listitem>
5733
5734	<listitem>
5735	<para>VRDP: fixed screen corruption under rare circumstances (bug #8977)</para>
5736	</listitem>
5737
5738	<listitem>
5739	<para>rdesktop-vrdp: updated to version 1.7.0</para>
5740	</listitem>
5741
5742	<listitem>
5743	<para>OVF: under rare circumstances some data at the end of a VMDK
5744	file was not written during export</para>
5745	</listitem>
5746
5747	<listitem>
5748	<para>Mac OS X hosts: Lion fixes</para>
5749	</listitem>
5750
5751	<listitem>
5752	<para>Mac OS X hosts: GNOME 3 fix</para>
5753	</listitem>
5754
5755	<listitem>
5756	<para>Linux hosts: fixed VT-x detection on Linux 3.0 hosts (bug #9071)</para>
5757	</listitem>
5758
5759	<listitem>
5760	<para>Linux hosts: fixed Python 2.7 bindings in the universal Linux
5761	binaries</para>
5762	</listitem>
5763
5764	<listitem>
5765	<para>Windows hosts: fixed leak of thread and process handles</para>
5766	</listitem>
5767
5768	<listitem>
5769	<para>Windows Additions: fixed bug when determining the extended version
5770	of the Guest Additions (4.0.8 regression; bug #8948)</para>
5771	</listitem>
5772
5773	<listitem>
5774	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed installation to 64-bit Solaris 10u9 guests
5775	(4.0.8 regression)</para>
5776	</listitem>
5777
5778	<listitem>
5779	<para>Linux Additions: RHEL6.1/OL6.1 compile fix</para>
5780	</listitem>
5781
5782	<listitem>
5783	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a memory leak during <computeroutput>VBoxManage
5784	guestcontrol execute</computeroutput> (bug #9068)</para>
5785	</listitem>
5786
5787	</itemizedlist>
5788	</sect1>
5789
5790	<sect1>
5791	<title>Version 4.0.8 (2011-05-16)</title>
5792
5793	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
5794	added:</para>
5795
5796	<itemizedlist>
5797
5798	<listitem>
5799	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed incompatibility with recent Mac OS X
5800	versions in 64-bit mode (bug #8474)</para>
5801	</listitem>
5802
5803	<listitem>
5804	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed incompatibility with hosts with more
5805	than 16 cores (bug #8389)</para>
5806	</listitem>
5807
5808	<listitem>
5809	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed painting corruptions on a second monitor in
5810	64-bit mode (bug #7606)</para>
5811	</listitem>
5812
5813	<listitem>
5814	<para>GUI: restored functionality to set an empty host key to disallow any
5815	host key combination (4.0.6 regression; bug #8793)</para>
5816	</listitem>
5817
5818	<listitem>
5819	<para>GUI: more expressive error messages for USB proxy permission
5820	problems (mainly Linux hosts; bug #8823)</para>
5821	</listitem>
5822
5823	<listitem>
5824	<para>VBoxManage: added <computeroutput>controlvm screenshotpng</computeroutput>
5825	subcommand for saving the screenshot of a running VM in PNG format</para>
5826	</listitem>
5827
5828	<listitem>
5829	<para>VBoxHeadless: fixed potential crash during shutdown
5830	(Windows hosts only)</para>
5831	</listitem>
5832
5833	<listitem>
5834	<para>NAT: built-in services use the correct Ethernet addresses in
5835	Ethernet header and in ARP requests</para>
5836	</listitem>
5837
5838	<listitem>
5839	<para>Host-only networking: fixed adapter reference counting</para>
5840	</listitem>
5841
5842	<listitem>
5843	<para>E1000: fixed rare guest crashes with Linux SMP guests (bug #8755)</para>
5844	</listitem>
5845
5846	<listitem>
5847	<para>SATA: fixed guest disk corruption under rare circumstances
5848	(only relevant for guests with more than 2GB RAM; bug #8826)</para>
5849	</listitem>
5850
5851	<listitem>
5852	<para>Storage: fixed data corruption after a snapshot was taken with
5853	asynchronous I/O enabled (bug #8498)</para>
5854	</listitem>
5855
5856	<listitem>
5857	<para>Floppy: several improvement</para>
5858	</listitem>
5859
5860	<listitem>
5861	<para>HPET: another fix for time jumps (bug #8707)</para>
5862	</listitem>
5863
5864	<listitem>
5865	<para>USB: use correct permissions when creating /dev/vboxusb
5866	(Linux hosts only)</para>
5867	</listitem>
5868
5869	<listitem>
5870	<para>USB: removed assumption that string descriptors are null-terminated
5871	(Windows hosts only)</para>
5872	</listitem>
5873
5874	<listitem>
5875	<para>3D support: fixed a potential crash when resizing the guest
5876	window</para>
5877	</listitem>
5878
5879	<listitem>
5880	<para>3D support: fixed GNOME 3 rendering under Ubuntu 11.04 and
5881	Fedora 15</para>
5882	</listitem>
5883
5884	<listitem>
5885	<para>Snapshots: fixed another bug which could lose entries in the media
5886	registry when restoring a snapshot (bug #8363)</para>
5887	</listitem>
5888
5889	<listitem>
5890	<para>Shared Folders: don't stop mounting the other valid folders if one
5891	host folder is inaccessible (4.0.6 regression)</para>
5892	</listitem>
5893
5894	<listitem>
5895	<para>Linux Additions: check whether gcc and make are installed before
5896	building kernel modules (bug #8795)</para>
5897	</listitem>
5898
5899	<listitem>
5900	<para>Solaris Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.10</para>
5901	</listitem>
5902
5903	<listitem>
5904	<para>Guest Additions: fixed inappropriate Guest Additions update
5905	notification when using vendor-specific version suffixes (bug #8844)</para>
5906	</listitem>
5907
5908	</itemizedlist>
5909	</sect1>
5910
5911	<sect1>
5912	<title>Version 4.0.6 (2011-04-21)</title>
5913
5914	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
5915	added:</para>
5916
5917	<itemizedlist>
5918
5919	<listitem>
5920	<para>VMM: fixed incorrect handling of ballooned pages when restoring
5921	a VMM from a saved state</para>
5922	</listitem>
5923
5924	<listitem>
5925	<para>VMM: don't crash on hosts with more than 64 cores / hyperthreads;
5926	implemented support for up to 256 host cores (except Windows hosts; bug #8489)</para>
5927	</listitem>
5928
5929	<listitem>
5930	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests running on hosts without PAE
5931	(bug #8006)</para>
5932	</listitem>
5933
5934	<listitem>
5935	<para>VMM: fixed slow Linux guests with raw mode and recent guest kernels
5936	(bug #8726)</para>
5937	</listitem>
5938
5939	<listitem>
5940	<para>GUI: support host key combinations (bug #979)</para>
5941	</listitem>
5942
5943	<listitem>
5944	<para>GUI: fixed progress indicator (bug #7814)</para>
5945	</listitem>
5946
5947	<listitem>
5948	<para>GUI: show the mouse pointer while the VM is paused if the USB
5949	tablet mouse emulation is used (bug #6799)</para>
5950	</listitem>
5951
5952	<listitem>
5953	<para>GUI: adapt the snapshot folder as well when renaming a VM
5954	(bug #8469)</para>
5955	</listitem>
5956
5957	<listitem>
5958	<para>GUI: persistently remember the last folders of the disk/DVD/floppy
5959	selectors</para>
5960	</listitem>
5961
5962	<listitem>
5963	<para>GUI: never allow to start a VM with USB-2.0 activated if the
5964	proper extension pack is missing (bug #8182)</para>
5965	</listitem>
5966
5967	<listitem>
5968	<para>GUI: fixed hang/crash when opening a file dialog in an non-existing
5969	folder (bug #8673)</para>
5970	</listitem>
5971
5972	<listitem>
5973	<para>Snapshots: fixed a bug which could lose entries in the media
5974	registry when restoring a snapshot (bug #8363)</para>
5975	</listitem>
5976
5977	<listitem>
5978	<para>Snapshots: allow snapshots to be stored in the VM directory</para>
5979	</listitem>
5980
5981	<listitem>
5982	<para>3D support: fixed a crash if a VM was forced to terminate
5983	(Windows hosts only; bug #7133)</para>
5984	</listitem>
5985
5986	<listitem>
5987	<para>Storage: fixed memory leak (4.0 regression; bug #7966)</para>
5988	</listitem>
5989
5990	<listitem>
5991	<para>Storage: fixed access to iSCSI targets over internal network</para>
5992	</listitem>
5993
5994	<listitem>
5995	<para>Storage: fixed reading from disks with more than one snapshot for
5996	VHD and VMDK images with disabled host cache (bug #8408)</para>
5997	</listitem>
5998
5999	<listitem>
6000	<para>Storage: fixed a possible hang during VM suspend after an
6001	I/O error occurred</para>
6002	</listitem>
6003
6004	<listitem>
6005	<para>Storage: fixed a possible hang during VM suspend / reset
6006	(bug #8276, #8294)</para>
6007	</listitem>
6008
6009	<listitem>
6010	<para>Storage: automatically create a diff image when attaching a
6011	streamOptimized VMDK image to a VM</para>
6012	</listitem>
6013
6014	<listitem>
6015	<para>ATA/SATA: fixed automounting of virtual CD/DVD mediums with recent
6016	Linux distributions by correctly reporting the current profile as 'none'
6017	if no medium is present</para>
6018	</listitem>
6019
6020	<listitem>
6021	<para>Buslogic: fixed emulation for certain guests (e.g. jRockit VE)</para>
6022	</listitem>
6023
6024	<listitem>
6025	<para>Host-Only Networking: fixed interface creation failure on Windows
6026	hosts (4.0.4 regression; bug #8362)</para>
6027	</listitem>
6028
6029	<listitem>
6030	<para>Host-Only & Bridged & Internal Networking: fix for processing
6031	promiscuous mode requests by VMs, defaulting to switch behaviour</para>
6032	</listitem>
6033
6034	<listitem>
6035	<para>Host-Only Networking: fixed connectivity issue after resuming the
6036	host from sleep (bug #3625)</para>
6037	</listitem>
6038
6039	<listitem>
6040	<para>Bridged Networking: support for interface bonding on Mac OS X hosts (bug #8731)</para>
6041	</listitem>
6042
6043	<listitem>
6044	<para>NAT: fixed processing of ARP announcements for guests with static
6045	assigned IPs (bug #8609)</para>
6046	</listitem>
6047
6048	<listitem>
6049	<para>VRDP: backward compatibility with VRDPAuth external authentication
6050	library (bug #8063)</para>
6051	</listitem>
6052
6053	<listitem>
6054	<para>Shared Folders: don't fail to start a VM if a path is not absolute,
6055	for example when importing an OVF from a different host (bug #7941)</para>
6056	</listitem>
6057
6058	<listitem>
6059	<para>Audio: fixed crash under certain conditions (bug #8527)</para>
6060	</listitem>
6061
6062	<listitem>
6063	<para>USB: fixed a crash when plugging certain USB devices (bug #8699)</para>
6064	</listitem>
6065
6066	<listitem>
6067	<para>HPET: fixed time jumps when reading the counter (bug #8707)</para>
6068	</listitem>
6069
6070	<listitem>
6071	<para>OVF/OVA: automatically adjust disk paths if the VM name is
6072	changed on import</para>
6073	</listitem>
6074
6075	<listitem>
6076	<para>OVF/OVA: fix export to slow medias</para>
6077	</listitem>
6078
6079	<listitem>
6080	<para>OVF/OVA: automatically repair inconsistent appliances with
6081	multiple disks (bug #8253)</para>
6082	</listitem>
6083
6084	<listitem>
6085	<para>rdesktop-vrdp: fixed an assertion triggered under certain conditions
6086	(bug #8593)</para>
6087	</listitem>
6088
6089	<listitem>
6090	<para>Windows hosts: fixed occasional hangs during VM shutdown because
6091	sometimes COM was not properly uninitialized</para>
6092	</listitem>
6093
6094	<listitem>
6095	<para>Mac OS X hosts: prevent the mouse from leaving the VM window while
6096	captured</para>
6097	</listitem>
6098
6099	<listitem>
6100	<para>Mac OS X hosts: keep aspect ratio while resizing in scale mode
6101	(shift for old behaviour) (part of bug #7822)</para>
6102	</listitem>
6103
6104	<listitem>
6105	<para>X11 hosts: fixed Yen key support (bug #8438)
6106	</para>
6107	</listitem>
6108
6109	<listitem>
6110	<para>X11 hosts: fixed a regression which caused Host+F1 to pop up
6111	help instead of sending Ctrl+Alt+F1</para>
6112	</listitem>
6113
6114	<listitem>
6115	<para>Linux hosts / Linux Additions: mangle IPRT symbols to allow installing
6116	VirtualBox inside a VM while the Guest Additions are active (bug #5686)</para>
6117	</listitem>
6118
6119	<listitem>
6120	<para>Linux hosts / Linux guests: workaround for a bug in GLIBC older than
6121	version 1.11 leading to crashes under certain conditions (signed/unsigned
6122	problem with memchr on 64-bit machines)</para>
6123	</listitem>
6124
6125	<listitem>
6126	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a deadlock in event semaphores that could lead
6127	to unkillable VM processes</para>
6128	</listitem>
6129
6130	<listitem>
6131	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Sysprep parameter handling</para>
6132	</listitem>
6133
6134	<listitem>
6135	<para>Windows Additions: fixed spontaneous guest reboots under certain
6136	circumstances (4.0.2 regression; bugs #8406, #8429)</para>
6137	</listitem>
6138
6139	<listitem>
6140	<para>Windows Additions: added auto logon support for locked workstations
6141	on legacy Windows versions</para>
6142	</listitem>
6143
6144	<listitem>
6145	<para>Windows Additions: fixed driver bugcheck error when handling PnP
6146	messages (4.0 regression; bug #8367)</para>
6147	</listitem>
6148
6149	<listitem>
6150	<para>Windows Additions: fixed memory leak in VBoxVideo</para>
6151	</listitem>
6152
6153	<listitem>
6154	<para>X11 Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.10 final</para>
6155	</listitem>
6156
6157	<listitem>
6158	<para>Linux Additions: Linux kernel 2.6.39-rc1 fixes</para>
6159	</listitem>
6160
6161	<listitem>
6162	<para>Linux Additions: improved auto-run support (bug #5509)</para>
6163	</listitem>
6164
6165	<listitem>
6166	<para>Linux Additions: fix mouse support on SUSE 11 SP 1 guests
6167	(bug #7946)</para>
6168	</listitem>
6169
6170	<listitem>
6171	<para>Solaris Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.9</para>
6172	</listitem>
6173
6174	<listitem>
6175	<para>Guest Additions: various bugfixes for guest control execution</para>
6176	</listitem>
6177
6178	<listitem>
6179	<para>Web service: use own log file, with log rotation to limit size</para>
6180	</listitem>
6181
6182	</itemizedlist>
6183
6184	</sect1>
6185
6186	<sect1>
6187	<title>Version 4.0.4 (2011-02-17)</title>
6188
6189	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
6190	added:</para>
6191
6192	<itemizedlist>
6193
6194	<listitem>
6195	<para>VMM: fixed recompiler crashes under certain conditions
6196	(bugs #8255, #8319 and further)</para>
6197	</listitem>
6198
6199	<listitem>
6200	<para>VMM: fixed running 64-bit guests on 32-bit host with nested paging
6201	enabled on AMD CPUs (4.0 regression; bug #7938)</para>
6202	</listitem>
6203
6204	<listitem>
6205	<para>VMM: fixed timing issues / hangs for certain guests using the
6206	programmable interval timer (bugs #8033 and #8062)</para>
6207	</listitem>
6208
6209	<listitem>
6210	<para>VMM: large page and monitoring fixes for live snapshots
6211	(bugs #7910, #8059, #8125)</para>
6212	</listitem>
6213
6214	<listitem>
6215	<para>GUI: fixed error message when trying to exceed the maximum
6216	number of host network interfaces</para>
6217	</listitem>
6218
6219	<listitem>
6220	<para>GUI: fixed saving of changes to the metadata of an existing
6221	snapshot (bug #8145)</para>
6222	</listitem>
6223
6224	<listitem>
6225	<para>GUI: fixed rare crash on X11 hosts (bug #8131)</para>
6226	</listitem>
6227
6228	<listitem>
6229	<para>GUI: when selecting a shared folder, start the file dialog in
6230	the users home directory (bug #8017)</para>
6231	</listitem>
6232
6233	<listitem>
6234	<para>ExtPack: enforce the correct permissions which might be restricted
6235	by umask when creating directories (non-Windows hosts only; bug #7878)</para>
6236	</listitem>
6237
6238	<listitem>
6239	<para>VBoxSDL: fixed crash when starting by specifying the VM UUID
6240	(4.0 regression; bug #8342)</para>
6241	</listitem>
6242
6243	<listitem>
6244	<para>VBoxManage: allow savestate even if the VM is already paused</para>
6245	</listitem>
6246
6247	<listitem>
6248	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>modifyvm --synthcpu</emphasis>
6249	(bug #6577)</para>
6250	</listitem>
6251
6252	<listitem>
6253	<para>VBoxManage: fixed hang when doing <emphasis>guestcontrol execute
6254	--wait-for exit</emphasis> and displaying process status on exit
6255	(bug #8235)</para>
6256	</listitem>
6257
6258	<listitem>
6259	<para>VBoxManage: decreased CPU load during <emphasis>guestcontrol execute
6260	--wait-for exit/stdout</emphasis> while waiting for the guest process
6261	to terminate (bug #7872)</para>
6262	</listitem>
6263
6264	<listitem>
6265	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>list hostdvds/hostfloppies</emphasis></para>
6266	</listitem>
6267
6268	<listitem>
6269	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>storageattach</emphasis> for host
6270	DVD drives and host floppy drives</para>
6271	</listitem>
6272
6273	<listitem>
6274	<para>Metrics: introduced <emphasis>RAM/VMM</emphasis> base metric</para>
6275	</listitem>
6276
6277	<listitem>
6278	<para>Main: improved sanity check when taking a VM screen shot
6279	(bug #7966)</para>
6280	</listitem>
6281
6282	<listitem>
6283	<para>Main: fixed a crash under rare circumstances if a VM failed to start</para>
6284	</listitem>
6285
6286	<listitem>
6287	<para>Main: fixed attaching of immutable disk images (bug #8105)</para>
6288	</listitem>
6289
6290	<listitem>
6291	<para>Main: fixed a crash at VM shutdown (bug #6443)</para>
6292	</listitem>
6293
6294	<listitem>
6295	<para>Main: fixed incorrect handling of cross-referenced medium
6296	attachments (bug #8129)</para>
6297	</listitem>
6298
6299	<listitem>
6300	<para>Settings: fixed truncating of big integer values (4.0 regression)</para>
6301	</listitem>
6302
6303	<listitem>
6304	<para>Settings: properly store the ICH9 chipset type (bug #8123)</para>
6305	</listitem>
6306
6307	<listitem>
6308	<para>Host-Only & Bridged Networking: fixed VBox DHCP server startup issue
6309	for Windows hosts (4.0 regression; bug #7905)</para>
6310	</listitem>
6311
6312	<listitem>
6313	<para>Host-Only Networking: re-create vboxnetX interfaces after
6314	vboxnetadp.ko module reload on Linux and Darwin (bugs #5934, #6341)</para>
6315	</listitem>
6316
6317	<listitem>
6318	<para>NAT: fixed an mbuf leak under rare circumstances (bug #7459)</para>
6319	</listitem>
6320
6321	<listitem>
6322	<para>ACPI: don't allow the guest to enter S4 by default and don't
6323	announce S1 and S4 in the ACPI tables if disabled (bug #8008)</para>
6324	</listitem>
6325
6326	<listitem>
6327	<para>Graphics card: made re-enabling disabled screens work correctly
6328	to prevent problems when X11 guests enter screen saving mode
6329	(bug #8122)</para>
6330	</listitem>
6331
6332	<listitem>
6333	<para>Storage: fixed write errors with snapshots if the host cache is
6334	disabled (4.0 regression; bug #8221)</para>
6335	</listitem>
6336
6337	<listitem>
6338	<para>ATA/SATA: fixed reset handling after ACPI suspend/resume</para>
6339	</listitem>
6340
6341	<listitem>
6342	<para>BusLogic: fixed hang with SMP VMs</para>
6343	</listitem>
6344
6345	<listitem>
6346	<para>Serial: another attempt to prevent lost characters during transmission
6347	(bug #1548)</para>
6348	</listitem>
6349
6350	<listitem>
6351	<para>Linux hosts/guests: Linux 2.6.38-rc1 compile fixes</para>
6352	</listitem>
6353
6354	<listitem>
6355	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed VBoxSVC crash when listing host interfaces
6356	without default gateway (64-bit hosts only; bug #7955)</para>
6357	</listitem>
6358
6359	<listitem>
6360	<para>Solaris/Darwin hosts: fixed VM CPU execution cap</para>
6361	</listitem>
6362
6363	<listitem>
6364	<para>X.Org guests: fixed a crash on X server restart
6365	(bug #8231)</para>
6366	</listitem>
6367
6368	<listitem>
6369	<para>X.Org guests: support X.Org Server 1.10 pre-release and Ubuntu
6370	11.04 Alpha</para>
6371	</listitem>
6372
6373	<listitem>
6374	<para>X.Org guests: Add EDID emulation in the graphics driver to
6375	prevent GNOME settings daemon changing the mode on login</para>
6376	</listitem>
6377
6378	<listitem>
6379	<para>X.Org guests: never send graphics modes to the host that older
6380	VirtualBox versions can't handle</para>
6381	</listitem>
6382
6383	<listitem>
6384	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a memory leak in the shared folders code if
6385	a host link is not readable (bug #8185)</para>
6386	</listitem>
6387
6388	<listitem>
6389	<para>Windows Additions: fixed handling of Security Attention Sequence (SAS)
6390	with VBoxGINA</para>
6391	</listitem>
6392
6393	</itemizedlist>
6394
6395	</sect1>
6396
6397	<sect1>
6398	<title>Version 4.0.2 (2011-01-18)</title>
6399
6400	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
6401	added:</para>
6402
6403	<itemizedlist>
6404
6405	<listitem>
6406	<para>GUI: don't crash if a removable host drive referenced from the VM
6407	settings vanished</para>
6408	</listitem>
6409
6410	<listitem>
6411	<para>GUI: fixed a crash when using the KDE4 Oxygen theme and clicked
6412	on the settings button (4.0 regression; bug #7875)</para>
6413	</listitem>
6414
6415	<listitem>
6416	<para>GUI: properly warn if the machine folder cannot be
6417	created (bug #8031)</para>
6418	</listitem>
6419
6420	<listitem>
6421	<para>GUI: several fixes for multimonitor X11 guests</para>
6422	</listitem>
6423
6424	<listitem>
6425	<para>ExtPack: don't make the installer helper application suid root
6426	(Linux .deb/.rpm packages only)</para>
6427	</listitem>
6428
6429	<listitem>
6430	<para>ExtPack: improved user experience on Vista / Windows 7 when installing
6431	an extension pack</para>
6432	</listitem>
6433
6434	<listitem>
6435	<para>ExtPack: fixed issue with non-ascii characters in the path name
6436	during installing an extension pack (bug #9717)</para>
6437	</listitem>
6438
6439	<listitem>
6440	<para>ExtPack: fixed SELinux issues on 32-bit Linux hosts</para>
6441	</listitem>
6442
6443	<listitem>
6444	<para>VBoxManage: Host-only interface creation and removal is now
6445	supported for all platforms except Solaris (bug #7741)</para>
6446	</listitem>
6447
6448	<listitem>
6449	<para>VBoxManage: fixed segmentation fault when removing non-existent
6450	host-only interface</para>
6451	</listitem>
6452
6453	<listitem>
6454	<para>Storage: fixed possible crashes with VMDK/VHD images with snapshots
6455	and asynchronous I/O (4.0 regression)</para>
6456	</listitem>
6457
6458	<listitem>
6459	<para>Storage: don't eject the physical medium if a DVD/CDROM/floppy drive is
6460	detached from a VM (bug #5825)</para>
6461	</listitem>
6462
6463	<listitem>
6464	<para>Storage: be more robust when a faulty guest sends ATA commands to an
6465	ATAPI device (bug #6597)</para>
6466	</listitem>
6467
6468	<listitem>
6469	<para>Parallels: fixed deletion of the image during suspend, pause or
6470	power off (4.0 regression)</para>
6471	</listitem>
6472
6473	<listitem>
6474	<para>Bridged networking: fixed host kernel panic when bridging
6475	to devices with no TX queue (4.0 regression; Linux hosts only; bug #7908)</para>
6476	</listitem>
6477
6478	<listitem>
6479	<para>NAT: port-forwarding rule registration respects protocol parameter (bug #8094)</para>
6480	</listitem>
6481
6482	<listitem>
6483	<para>E1000: fixed PXE boot issues with WDS (bug #6330)</para>
6484	</listitem>
6485
6486	<listitem>
6487	<para>Virtio-net: fixed the issue with TX performance in some Linux
6488	guests</para>
6489	</listitem>
6490
6491	<listitem>
6492	<para>ICH9: fixed VM crash (software virtualization only; bug #7885)</para>
6493	</listitem>
6494
6495	<listitem>
6496	<para>VGA: fixed VESA screen issue (4.0 regression; bug #7986)</para>
6497	</listitem>
6498
6499	<listitem>
6500	<para>Shared Folders: fixed parameter parsing when creating symbolic
6501	links, fixes 32-bit/64-bit bitness issue (bug #818)</para>
6502	</listitem>
6503
6504	<listitem>
6505	<para>Main: fixed crash under rare circumstances due to an invalid
6506	logging string (4.0 regression)</para>
6507	</listitem>
6508
6509	<listitem>
6510	<para>Main: improve error information propagation for errors preventing
6511	a VM start</para>
6512	</listitem>
6513
6514	<listitem>
6515	<para>Main: fixed problems with snapshots and non-ASCII characters in
6516	machine paths (bug #8024)</para>
6517	</listitem>
6518
6519	<listitem>
6520	<para>Web service: now listens to localhost by default as documented
6521	(bug #6067)</para>
6522	</listitem>
6523
6524	<listitem>
6525	<para>Settings: do not fail loading machine settings if removeable drive attachment (host drive or image)
6526	cannot be found; with 4.0 this is much more likely when machines are moved from one host to another</para>
6527	</listitem>
6528
6529	<listitem>
6530	<para>Settings: fixed issue that changing a snapshot name or description was
6531	not saved to machine XML</para>
6532	</listitem>
6533
6534	<listitem>
6535	<para>OVF/OVA: fixed import of files created by other OVF tools (bug
6536	#7983)</para>
6537	</listitem>
6538
6539	<listitem>
6540	<para>rdesktop-vrdp: fix a crash during USB device enumeration (bug
6541	#7981)</para>
6542	</listitem>
6543
6544	<listitem>
6545	<para>Linux hosts: fixed a crash during USB device enumeration</para>
6546	</listitem>
6547
6548	<listitem>
6549	<para>Linux hosts: try a bit harder to allocate memory (bug #8035; 4.0
6550	regression)</para>
6551	</listitem>
6552
6553	<listitem>
6554	<para>Guest Additions: fixed parsing of parameters for guest control in
6555	VBoxService (4.0 regression; bug #8010)</para>
6556	</listitem>
6557
6558	<listitem>
6559	<para>Windows Guest Additions: automatic logon on Windows Vista/Windows 7 now supports
6560	unlocking previously locked workstations</para>
6561	</listitem>
6562
6563	</itemizedlist>
6564
6565	</sect1>
6566
6567	<sect1>
6568	<title>Version 4.0.0 (2010-12-22)</title>
6569
6570	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
6571	were added:</para>
6572
6573	<itemizedlist>
6574
6575	<listitem>
6576	<para>Reorganization of VirtualBox into a base package and Extension Packs; see <xref linkend="intro-installing" /></para>
6577	</listitem>
6578
6579	<listitem>
6580	<para>New settings/disk file layout for VM portability; see <xref linkend="vboxconfigdata" /></para>
6581	</listitem>
6582
6583	<listitem>
6584	<para>Major rework of the GUI (now called "VirtualBox Manager"):
6585	<itemizedlist>
6586	<listitem>
6587	<para>Redesigned user interface with guest window preview (also for screenshots)</para>
6588	</listitem>
6589
6590	<listitem>
6591	<para>New "scale" display mode with scaled guest display; see <xref linkend="intro-resize-window" /></para>
6592	</listitem>
6593
6594	<listitem>
6595	<para>Support for creating and starting <computeroutput>.vbox</computeroutput> desktop shortcuts (bug #1889)</para>
6596	</listitem>
6597
6598	<listitem>
6599	<para>The VM list is now sortable</para>
6600	</listitem>
6601
6602	<listitem>
6603	<para>Machines can now be deleted easily without a trace including snapshots and saved
6604	states, and optionally including attached
6605	disk images (bug #5511; also, <computeroutput>VBoxManage unregistervm --delete</computeroutput>
6606	can do the same now)</para>
6607	</listitem>
6608
6609	<listitem>
6610	<para>Built-in creation of desktop file shortcuts to start VMs on double click (bug #2322)</para>
6611	</listitem>
6612
6613	</itemizedlist>
6614	</para>
6615	</listitem>
6616
6617	<listitem>
6618	<para>VMM: support more than 1.5/2 GB guest RAM on 32-bit hosts</para>
6619	</listitem>
6620
6621	<listitem>
6622	<para>New virtual hardware:
6623	<itemizedlist>
6624	<listitem>
6625	<para>Intel ICH9 chipset with three PCI buses, PCI Express and Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI);
6626	see <xref linkend="settings-motherboard" /></para>
6627	</listitem>
6628
6629	<listitem>
6630	<para>Intel HD Audio, for better support of modern guest operating systems
6631	(e.g. 64-bit Windows; bug #2785)</para>
6632	</listitem>
6633	</itemizedlist>
6634	</para>
6635	</listitem>
6636
6637	<listitem>
6638	<para>Improvements to OVF support (see <xref linkend="ovf" />):
6639	<itemizedlist>
6640	<listitem>
6641	<para>Open Virtualization Format Archive (OVA) support</para>
6642	</listitem>
6643
6644	<listitem>
6645	<para>Significant performance improvements during export and import
6646	</para>
6647	</listitem>
6648
6649	<listitem>
6650	<para>Creation of the manifest file on export is optional
6651	now</para>
6652	</listitem>
6653
6654	<listitem>
6655	<para>Imported disks can have formats other than VMDK</para>
6656	</listitem>
6657
6658	</itemizedlist>
6659	</para>
6660	</listitem>
6661
6662	<listitem>
6663	<para>Resource control: added support for limiting a VM's CPU time and IO
6664	bandwidth; see <xref linkend="storage-bandwidth-limit" /></para>
6665	</listitem>
6666
6667	<listitem>
6668	<para>Storage: support asynchronous I/O for iSCSI, VMDK, VHD and
6669	Parallels images</para>
6670	</listitem>
6671
6672	<listitem>
6673	<para>Storage: support for resizing VDI and VHD images; see <xref linkend="vboxmanage-modifyvdi" /></para>
6674	</listitem>
6675
6676	<listitem>
6677	<para>Guest Additions: support for multiple virtual screens in Linux
6678	and Solaris guests using X.Org server 1.3 and later</para>
6679	</listitem>
6680
6681	<listitem>
6682	<para>Language bindings: uniform Java bindings for both local
6683	(COM/XPCOM) and remote (SOAP) invocation APIs</para>
6684	</listitem>
6685
6686	</itemizedlist>
6687
6688	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
6689
6690	<itemizedlist>
6691
6692	<listitem>
6693	<para>VMM: Enable large page support by default on 64-bit hosts
6694	(applies to nested paging only)</para>
6695	</listitem>
6696
6697	<listitem>
6698	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when running Minix (VT-x only; bug #6557)</para>
6699	</listitem>
6700
6701	<listitem>
6702	<para>VMM: fixed crash under certain circumstances (Linux hosts only,
6703	non VT-x/AMD-V mode only; bugs #4529 and #7819)</para>
6704	</listitem>
6705
6706	<listitem>
6707	<para>GUI: add configuration dialog for port forwarding in NAT mode
6708	(bug #1657)</para>
6709	</listitem>
6710
6711	<listitem>
6712	<para>GUI: show the guest window content on save and restore</para>
6713	</listitem>
6714
6715	<listitem>
6716	<para>GUI: certain GUI warnings don't stop the VM output anymore</para>
6717	</listitem>
6718
6719	<listitem>
6720	<para>GUI: fixed black full screen minitoolbar on KDE4 hosts
6721	(Linux hosts only; bug #5449)</para>
6722	</listitem>
6723
6724	<listitem>
6725	<para>BIOS: implemented multi-sector reading to speed up booting of certain
6726	guests (e.g. Solaris)</para>
6727	</listitem>
6728
6729	<listitem>
6730	<para>Bridged networking: improved throughput by filtering out outgoing
6731	packets intended for the host before they reach the physical network
6732	(Linux hosts only; bug #7792)</para>
6733	</listitem>
6734
6735	<listitem>
6736	<para>3D support: allow use of <emphasis>CR_SYSTEM_GL_PATH</emphasis>
6737	again (bug #6864)</para>
6738	</listitem>
6739
6740	<listitem>
6741	<para>3D support: fixed various clipping/visibility issues (bugs #5659,
6742	#5794, #5848, #6018, #6187, #6570)</para>
6743	</listitem>
6744
6745	<listitem>
6746	<para>3D support: guest application stack corruption when using
6747	glGetVertexAttrib[ifd]v (bug #7395)</para>
6748	</listitem>
6749
6750	<listitem>
6751	<para>3D support: fixed OpenGL support for libMesa 7.9</para>
6752	</listitem>
6753
6754	<listitem>
6755	<para>3D support: fixed Unity/Compiz crashes on natty</para>
6756	</listitem>
6757
6758	<listitem>
6759	<para>2D Video acceleration: multimonitor support</para>
6760	</listitem>
6761
6762	<listitem>
6763	<para>VRDP: fixed rare crash in multimonitor configuration</para>
6764	</listitem>
6765
6766	<listitem>
6767	<para>VRDP: support for upstream audio</para>
6768	</listitem>
6769
6770	<listitem>
6771	<para>Display: fixed occasional guest resize crash</para>
6772	</listitem>
6773
6774	<listitem>
6775	<para>NAT: port forwarding rules can be applied at runtime</para>
6776	</listitem>
6777
6778	<listitem>
6779	<para>SATA: allow to attach CD/DVD-ROM drives including passthrough
6780	(bug #7058)</para>
6781	</listitem>
6782
6783	<listitem>
6784	<para>Floppy: support readonly image files, taking this as the
6785	criteria for making the medium readonly (bug #5651)</para>
6786	</listitem>
6787
6788	<listitem>
6789	<para>Audio: fixed memory corruption during playback under rare
6790	circumstances</para>
6791	</listitem>
6792
6793	<listitem>
6794	<para>Audio: the DirectSound backend now allows VMs to be audible when
6795	another DirectSound application is active, including another VM (bug
6796	#5578)
6797	</para>
6798	</listitem>
6799
6800	<listitem>
6801	<para>EFI: support for SATA disks and CDROMs</para>
6802	</listitem>
6803
6804	<listitem>
6805	<para>BIOS: reduce the stack usage of the VESA BIOS function
6806	<emphasis>#4F01</emphasis> (Quake fix)</para>
6807	</listitem>
6808
6809	<listitem>
6810	<para>OVF/OVA: fixed export of VMs with iSCSI disks</para>
6811	</listitem>
6812
6813	<listitem>
6814	<para>Storage: Apple DMG image support for the virtual CD/DVD (bug
6815	#6760)</para>
6816	</listitem>
6817
6818	<listitem>
6819	<para>Linux host USB support: introduced a less invasive way of
6820	accessing raw USB devices (bugs #1093, #5345, #7759)</para>
6821	</listitem>
6822
6823	<listitem>
6824	<para>Linux hosts: support recent Linux kernels with
6825	<emphasis>CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX</emphasis> set</para>
6826	</listitem>
6827
6828	<listitem>
6829	<para>Guest Additions: Shared Folders now can be marked as being auto-mounted
6830	on Windows, Linux and Solaris guests</para>
6831	</listitem>
6832
6833	<listitem>
6834	<para>Linux Additions: Shared Folders now support symbolic links (bug #818)</para>
6835	</listitem>
6836
6837	<listitem>
6838	<para>Linux Additions: combined 32-bit and 64-bit additions into one
6839	file</para>
6840	</listitem>
6841
6842	<listitem>
6843	<para>Windows Additions: automatic logon on Windows Vista/Windows 7 is now able
6844	to handle renamed user accounts; added various bugfixes</para>
6845	</listitem>
6846
6847	</itemizedlist>
6848
6849	</sect1>
6850
6851	<sect1>
6852	<title>Version 3.2.12 (2010-11-30)</title>
6853
6854	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
6855	added:</para>
6856
6857	<itemizedlist>
6858
6859	<listitem>
6860	<para>VMM: fixed rare host crash when running 64-bit guests on 32-bit
6861	hosts (bug #7577)</para>
6862	</listitem>
6863
6864	<listitem>
6865	<para>VMM: fixed host reboots under rare circumstances due to NMIs
6866	triggered by active performance counters (Linux hosts in
6867	non-VT-x/AMD-V mode only; bug #4529)</para>
6868	</listitem>
6869
6870	<listitem>
6871	<para>VMM: fixed out of memory guru meditation for large memory guests (bug #7586)</para>
6872	</listitem>
6873
6874	<listitem>
6875	<para>VMM: fixed a guru meditation related to large pages</para>
6876	</listitem>
6877
6878	<listitem>
6879	<para>VMM: use new VT-x feature to keep the guest from hogging the CPU</para>
6880	</listitem>
6881
6882	<listitem>
6883	<para>Snapshots: implemented deleting the last remaining snapshot while
6884	the VM is running</para>
6885	</listitem>
6886
6887	<listitem>
6888	<para>GUI: perform the checks for exceeding the size limit of the host file
6889	system and for broken asynchronous I/O on older Linux kernels with ext4 / xfs
6890	file systems not only when starting the VM from scratch but also when
6891	starting from a saved state</para>
6892	</listitem>
6893
6894	<listitem>
6895	<para>NAT: fixed memory leak (3.2.0 regression; bugs #6918, #7353)</para>
6896	</listitem>
6897
6898	<listitem>
6899	<para>NAT: fixed Linux NFS root issue (bugs #7299)</para>
6900	</listitem>
6901
6902	<listitem>
6903	<para>Networking: fixed VM reset handling in e1000</para>
6904	</listitem>
6905
6906	<listitem>
6907	<para>VRDP: fixed rare crash in multimonitor configuration</para>
6908	</listitem>
6909
6910	<listitem>
6911	<para>Display: fixed occasional guest resize crash</para>
6912	</listitem>
6913
6914	<listitem>
6915	<para>Mouse: don't send relative mouse events together with absolute
6916	mouse events (3.2.10 regression; bug #7571)</para>
6917	</listitem>
6918
6919	<listitem>
6920	<para>Keyboard: fixes for the USB keyboard emulation;
6921	fixes for Korean keyboards</para>
6922	</listitem>
6923
6924	<listitem>
6925	<para>Serial: don't hang if the host device would block during
6926	open (bugs #5756, #5380)</para>
6927	</listitem>
6928
6929	<listitem>
6930	<para>Serial: fixed modem status lines (Linux hosts only; bug #812)</para>
6931	</listitem>
6932
6933	<listitem>
6934	<para>Graphics: Horizontal resolutions are no longer restricted to a
6935	multiple of 8 pixels (bug #2047; requires Guest Additions update).
6936	</para>
6937	</listitem>
6938
6939	<listitem>
6940	<para>USB: fixed a crash with older Linux kernels and non-ASCII characters
6941	in device strings (Linux hosts only; bug #6983, #7158, #7733; version
6942	3.2.8 contained an incomplete fix)</para>
6943	</listitem>
6944
6945	<listitem>
6946	<para>USB: fixed a crash under rare circumstances (bug #7409; Windows hosts
6947	only)</para>
6948	</listitem>
6949
6950	<listitem>
6951	<para>"iSCSI: respond to NOP-In requests from the target immediately to avoid
6952	being disconnected if the guest is idle</para>
6953	</listitem>
6954
6955	<listitem>
6956	<para>3D support: fixed a crash under certain circumstances (bug #7659)</para>
6957	</listitem>
6958
6959	<listitem>
6960	<para>3D support: fixed crashes for GLUT based apps (bug #6848)</para>
6961	</listitem>
6962
6963	<listitem>
6964	<para>3D support: added missing GLX 1.3 functionality (bugs #7652, #7195)</para>
6965	</listitem>
6966
6967	<listitem>
6968	<para>2D Video acceleration: fixed potential deadlock when saving the VM
6969	state (bug #4124)</para>
6970	</listitem>
6971
6972	<listitem>
6973	<para>Windows hosts: another fix for BSODs under certain circumstances in
6974	VBoxNetFlt.sys (bug #7601)</para>
6975	</listitem>
6976
6977	<listitem>
6978	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed host USB DVD drive detection</para>
6979	</listitem>
6980
6981	<listitem>
6982	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed swapped keys for certain ISO keyboard types
6983	(bug #2996)</para>
6984	</listitem>
6985
6986	<listitem>
6987	<para>Linux hosts: added link state handling for TAP devices needed for proper
6988	operation with bridged networking on kernels 2.6.36 and above (bug #7649)</para>
6989	</listitem>
6990
6991	<listitem>
6992	<para>Linux hosts/guests: Linux 2.6.37 fixes</para>
6993	</listitem>
6994
6995	<listitem>
6996	<para>Linux Additions: properly compile the vboxvideo module if DKMS
6997	is not installed (bug #7572)</para>
6998	</listitem>
6999
7000	<listitem>
7001	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a memory leak when accessing non-existing
7002	files on a Shared Folders (bug #7705)</para>
7003	</listitem>
7004
7005	<listitem>
7006	<para>Windows Additions: skip none-mapped user accounts when enumerating
7007	user accounts for VM information</para>
7008	</listitem>
7009
7010	</itemizedlist>
7011
7012	</sect1>
7013
7014	<sect1>
7015	<title>Version 3.2.10 (2010-10-08)</title>
7016
7017	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
7018	added:</para>
7019
7020	<itemizedlist>
7021
7022	<listitem>
7023	<para>VMM: V8086 mode fix for legacy DOS/Windows guests with EMM386
7024	(3.2.8 regression)</para>
7025	</listitem>
7026
7027	<listitem>
7028	<para>VMM: stability fix (bug #7342)</para>
7029	</listitem>
7030
7031	<listitem>
7032	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru meditation related to large pages (bug #7300)</para>
7033	</listitem>
7034
7035	<listitem>
7036	<para>VMM: fixed support for large pages on Linux hosts</para>
7037	</listitem>
7038
7039	<listitem>
7040	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru meditation for large memory 64-bit guests on 32-bit
7041	hosts with nested paging (bug #7544)</para>
7042	</listitem>
7043
7044	<listitem>
7045	<para>VMM: performance improvements for VMs with more than
7046	2GB RAM (bug #6928)</para>
7047	</listitem>
7048
7049	<listitem>
7050	<para>GUI: fixed host key handling if the host key is set to Left Alt
7051	(Linux/Solaris hosts only; 3.2.0 regression; bug #6758)</para>
7052	</listitem>
7053
7054	<listitem>
7055	<para>GUI: the VM can be minimized from the mini toolbar
7056	(bug #4952)</para>
7057	</listitem>
7058
7059	<listitem>
7060	<para>GUI: handle Ctrl+Break properly on X11 hosts (3.2.0 regression;
7061	bug #6122)</para>
7062	</listitem>
7063
7064	<listitem>
7065	<para>GUI: fixed the case where the user aborted the media selector
7066	for selecting the boot hard disk from the VM wizard</para>
7067	</listitem>
7068
7069	<listitem>
7070	<para>GUI: added a check for Linux kernels 2.6.36 or later which are known
7071	to have the asynchronous I/O bug on ext4 / xfs file systems fixed
7072	(Linux hosts only)</para>
7073	</listitem>
7074
7075	<listitem>
7076	<para>OpenSolaris guests: use SATA controller by default</para>
7077	</listitem>
7078
7079	<listitem>
7080	<para>Storage: fixed I/O errors in the guest after compacting VDI
7081	images (3.2.6 regression; bug #7294)</para>
7082	</listitem>
7083
7084	<listitem>
7085	<para>Storage: automatically repair base disk images with non-zero
7086	parent UUID which made them inaccessible (bug #7289)</para>
7087	</listitem>
7088
7089	<listitem>
7090	<para>Storage: fixed corrupted images if a merge operation was
7091	canceled</para>
7092	</listitem>
7093
7094	<listitem>
7095	<para>IDE: added ATAPI passthrough support for audio CDs</para>
7096	</listitem>
7097
7098	<listitem>
7099	<para>SATA: fixed a potential hang during boot of recent Solaris guests</para>
7100	</listitem>
7101
7102	<listitem>
7103	<para>SATA: handle out of disk space and similar conditions better</para>
7104	</listitem>
7105
7106	<listitem>
7107	<para>iSCSI: fixed sporadic hangs when closing the connection</para>
7108	</listitem>
7109
7110	<listitem>
7111	<para>VGA: fixed missing redraw with multiple screens under certain
7112	circumstances (bug #7291)</para>
7113	</listitem>
7114
7115	<listitem>
7116	<para>VGA: several small fixes for legacy VGA graphics modes</para>
7117	</listitem>
7118
7119	<listitem>
7120	<para>Bridged networking: fixed occasional host freeze during VM shutdown
7121	(Linux hosts only)</para>
7122	</listitem>
7123
7124	<listitem>
7125	<para>NAT: don't check for the existence of the TFTP prefix when delivering
7126	a file via bootp (bug #7384)</para>
7127	</listitem>
7128
7129	<listitem>
7130	<para>NAT: fixed resolving of names at the host resolver (bug #7138)</para>
7131	</listitem>
7132
7133	<listitem>
7134	<para>NAT: under rare conditions the NAT engine consumed 100% CPU load
7135	(non-Windows hosts only)</para>
7136	</listitem>
7137
7138	<listitem>
7139	<para>VRDP: fixed memory leak under certain circumstances (bug #5966)</para>
7140	</listitem>
7141
7142	<listitem>
7143	<para>VRDP: fixed missing redraws with Windows guests under certain
7144	circumstances</para>
7145	</listitem>
7146
7147	<listitem>
7148	<para>USB: properly discard blocking outstanding bulk URBs, fixes some
7149	printers</para>
7150	</listitem>
7151
7152	<listitem>
7153	<para>USB: Blackberry fix (bug #6465)</para>
7154	</listitem>
7155
7156	<listitem>
7157	<para>VBoxHeadless: fixed event queue processing problems which led to
7158	hangs if the VM could not be started successfully</para>
7159	</listitem>
7160
7161	<listitem>
7162	<para>VBoxManage: don't crash if parameters with invalid characters
7163	are passed (bug #7388)</para>
7164	</listitem>
7165
7166	<listitem>
7167	<para>VBoxManage: <computeroutput>clonehd</computeroutput>: fixed a
7168	bug where the command aborted with an error message under rare
7169	circumstances</para>
7170	</listitem>
7171
7172	<listitem>
7173	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>metrics</computeroutput>: made it work
7174	for directly started VMs again (3.2.8 regression; bug #7482)</para>
7175	</listitem>
7176
7177	<listitem>
7178	<para>3D support: report <emphasis>GLX_ARB_get_proc_address</emphasis>
7179	as supported extension</para>
7180	</listitem>
7181
7182	<listitem>
7183	<para>3D support: guest application stack corruption when using
7184	<emphasis>glGetVertexAttrib[ifd]v</emphasis> (bug #7395)</para>
7185	</listitem>
7186
7187	<listitem>
7188	<para>3D support: fixed broken 3D support when switching to
7189	full screen / seamless modes (bug #7314)</para>
7190	</listitem>
7191
7192	<listitem>
7193	<para>3D support: fixed 32bit OpenGL apps under 64bit Windows XP/Vista (bug #7066)</para>
7194	</listitem>
7195
7196	<listitem>
7197	<para>OVF: fixed bug when exporting a VM with multiple attached disks
7198	(bug #7366)</para>
7199	</listitem>
7200
7201	<listitem>
7202	<para>OVF: fixed slow export for certain filesystems (bug #3719)</para>
7203	</listitem>
7204
7205	<listitem>
7206	<para>OVF: disabled manifest (.mf file) support; manifests are no
7207	longer verified on import nor written on export</para>
7208	</listitem>
7209
7210	<listitem>
7211	<para>Shared clipboard/Windows: improved the reliability of the shared
7212	clipboard on Windows hosts and guest (partial fix to bug #5266)</para>
7213	</listitem>
7214
7215	<listitem>
7216	<para>Shared Folders: don't show an empty directory if filenames with an
7217	invalid encoding exist on the host (bug #7349)</para>
7218	</listitem>
7219
7220	<listitem>
7221	<para>Shared Folders: return the proper error code when trying
7222	to list files for a non-existing wildcard (bug #7004)</para>
7223	</listitem>
7224
7225	<listitem>
7226	<para>Audio: fixed guest memory corruption when capturing from the
7227	NULL audio backend (bug #6911)</para>
7228	</listitem>
7229
7230	<listitem>
7231	<para>Audio: improved playback quality (less choppy)</para>
7232	</listitem>
7233
7234	<listitem>
7235	<para>Web service: avoid unnecessary creation of idle threads</para>
7236	</listitem>
7237
7238	<listitem>
7239	<para>Additions: fixed bug in the guest execution feature when passing
7240	more than one environment variable</para>
7241	</listitem>
7242
7243	<listitem>
7244	<para>Additions: refresh all guest properties written by VBoxService
7245	after the VM was restored from a saved state</para>
7246	</listitem>
7247
7248	<listitem>
7249	<para>Additions: fixed a <emphasis>division by zero</emphasis> crash of
7250	VBoxService under certain circumstances</para>
7251	</listitem>
7252
7253	<listitem>
7254	<para>Additions: immediately resynchronize the guest time with the host
7255	time after the VM was restored from a saved state (bug #4018)</para>
7256	</listitem>
7257
7258	<listitem>
7259	<para>Additions/Windows: fixed <emphasis>LsaEnumerate</emphasis> error when
7260	enumerating logged in users</para>
7261	</listitem>
7262
7263	<listitem>
7264	<para>Additions/X.Org: support X.Org Server 1.9 (bug #7306)</para>
7265	</listitem>
7266
7267	<listitem>
7268	<para>Additions/X.Org: don't crash VBoxClient during reboot</para>
7269	</listitem>
7270
7271	<listitem>
7272	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed host DVD drive enumeration on Solaris 10</para>
7273	</listitem>
7274
7275	<listitem>
7276	<para>Solaris hosts: added a custom core dumper to procure more data
7277	in the event of a VM crash</para>
7278	</listitem>
7279
7280	<listitem>
7281	<para>Solaris guests: fixed user idle detection</para>
7282	</listitem>
7283
7284	<listitem>
7285	<para>Solaris guests: fixed a possible panic in Shared Folders when using
7286	the wrong user or group IDs (bug #7295)</para>
7287	</listitem>
7288
7289	<listitem>
7290	<para>Solaris guests: fixed Shared Folders from truncating files to 2GB on
7291	32-bit guests (bug #7324)</para>
7292	</listitem>
7293
7294	<listitem>
7295	<para>Windows hosts: fixed a BSOD under certain circumstances in VBoxNetFlt.sys
7296	(bug #7448)</para>
7297	</listitem>
7298
7299	<listitem>
7300	<para>Linux hosts/guests: Linux 2.6.36 fixes</para>
7301	</listitem>
7302
7303	<listitem>
7304	<para>Linux hosts/guests: DKMS fixes (bug #5817)</para>
7305	</listitem>
7306
7307	<listitem>
7308	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed missing dock menu entries (bug #7392)</para>
7309	</listitem>
7310
7311	</itemizedlist>
7312
7313	</sect1>
7314
7315	<sect1>
7316	<title>Version 3.2.8 (2010-08-05)</title>
7317
7318	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
7319	added:</para>
7320
7321	<itemizedlist>
7322
7323	<listitem>
7324	<para>VMM: properly terminate the VM with an error if the guest is trying
7325	to switch to the PAE mode but PAE is disabled in the VM settings</para>
7326	</listitem>
7327
7328	<listitem>
7329	<para>GUI: switch to native file dialogs (Windows hosts only; bug #5459)</para>
7330	</listitem>
7331
7332	<listitem>
7333	<para>GUI: don't use native file dialogs on KDE hosts (Linux hosts only;
7334	bug #6809)</para>
7335	</listitem>
7336
7337	<listitem>
7338	<para>3D support: fixed <emphasis>GL_EXT_texture_sRGB</emphasis> support</para>
7339	</listitem>
7340
7341	<listitem>
7342	<para>PXE: fixed ZENworks PXE boot regression</para>
7343	</listitem>
7344
7345	<listitem>
7346	<para>OVF: fixed slower export and larger images under certain
7347	circumstances (3.2.6 regression; bug #7073)</para>
7348	</listitem>
7349
7350	<listitem>
7351	<para>USB: properly signal an interrupt if the port suspend status
7352	changes</para>
7353	</listitem>
7354
7355	<listitem>
7356	<para>USB: respect the remote-only filter</para>
7357	</listitem>
7358
7359	<listitem>
7360	<para>USB: avoid VM hang when changing the configuration of
7361	certain devices (Windows hosts only)</para>
7362	</listitem>
7363
7364	<listitem>
7365	<para>USB: fix a crash with older Linux kernels and non-ASCII characters
7366	in device strings (Linux hosts only; bug #6983)</para>
7367	</listitem>
7368
7369	<listitem>
7370	<para>PageFusion: fixed conflict with the guest execution feature</para>
7371	</listitem>
7372
7373	<listitem>
7374	<para>PageFusion: fixed stability issues with a large number of VMs</para>
7375	</listitem>
7376
7377	<listitem>
7378	<para>PageFusion: fixed host crashes with guest SMP and Win64 guests </para>
7379	</listitem>
7380
7381	<listitem>
7382	<para>Memory ballooning: fixed problems restoring VMs with pre-allocation enabled</para>
7383	</listitem>
7384
7385	<listitem>
7386	<para>Bridged networking: fixed performance issue with GRO enabled on
7387	bridged device (bug #7059)</para>
7388	</listitem>
7389
7390	<listitem>
7391	<para>Hostonly networking: fixed performance issue (3.2.6 regression; bug #7081)</para>
7392	</listitem>
7393
7394	<listitem>
7395	<para>Hard disks: fix auto-reset of immutable disk at VM startup
7396	(bug #6832)</para>
7397	</listitem>
7398
7399	<listitem>
7400	<para>BusLogic: several fixes for Windows NT/2000 and SCO OpenServer
7401	guests</para>
7402	</listitem>
7403
7404	<listitem>
7405	<para>LsiLogic: fixed I/O errors under rare circumstances</para>
7406	</listitem>
7407
7408	<listitem>
7409	<para>Sharing disks: support for attaching one disk to several VMs
7410	without external tools and tricks</para>
7411	</listitem>
7412
7413	<listitem>
7414	<para>Shared Folders: several fixes and performance enhancements
7415	for Solaris guests (bugs #4154 and #6512)</para>
7416	</listitem>
7417
7418	<listitem>
7419	<para>Solaris Installer: added support for remote installations</para>
7420	</listitem>
7421
7422	<listitem>
7423	<para>Guest Properties API: correctly support enumerating the properties
7424	of a running VM with an empty "patterns" field (bug #7171)</para>
7425	</listitem>
7426
7427	<listitem>
7428	<para>Guest properties: properly delete transient properties on
7429	shutdown</para>
7430	</listitem>
7431
7432	<listitem>
7433	<para>VRDP video redirection performance improvements and stability
7434	fixes</para>
7435	</listitem>
7436
7437	<listitem>
7438	<para>Settings: silently fix host audio driver when reading machine XML
7439	settings files or OVF written by VirtualBox on a different host OS, for
7440	example convert DirectSound to PulseAudio (bug #7209)
7441	</para>
7442	</listitem>
7443
7444	<listitem>
7445	<para>Settings: properly store the NAT network setting in XML
7446	settings file version 1.10 and later (bug #6176)</para>
7447	</listitem>
7448
7449	<listitem>
7450	<para>VBoxManage: handle differencing images with parent UUID correctly
7451	in subcommand <emphasis>openmedium disk</emphasis> (bug #6751)</para>
7452	</listitem>
7453
7454	<listitem>
7455	<para>Web service: enabled HTTP keepalive for much better performance
7456	</para>
7457	</listitem>
7458
7459	<listitem>
7460	<para>Web service: added timestamps to logging output</para>
7461	</listitem>
7462
7463	<listitem>
7464	<para>Web service: treat 8-bit strings as UTF-8 not ASCII</para>
7465	</listitem>
7466
7467	<listitem>
7468	<para>X11 Additions: fix for Xorg 6.8 guests (e.g. RHEL4)</para>
7469	</listitem>
7470
7471	</itemizedlist>
7472
7473	</sect1>
7474
7475	<sect1>
7476	<title>Version 3.2.6 (2010-06-25)</title>
7477
7478	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
7479	added:</para>
7480
7481	<itemizedlist>
7482
7483	<listitem>
7484	<para>VMM: fixed host crash when running 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts
7485	with certain Intel CPUs (VT-x only; bug #6166) </para>
7486	</listitem>
7487
7488	<listitem>
7489	<para>VMM: allow 64-bit SMP guests on 32-bit hosts (VT-x and AMD-V only;
7490	does not apply to Mac OS X, which already supports it) </para>
7491	</listitem>
7492
7493	<listitem>
7494	<para>VMM: fixed Guru mediation if guests with more than 2GB are booted
7495	with VT-x/AMD-V disabled (bug #5740)</para>
7496	</listitem>
7497
7498	<listitem>
7499	<para>VMM: fixed TR limit trashing (VT-x and 64-bit host only; bug #7052)</para>
7500	</listitem>
7501
7502	<listitem>
7503	<para>Page Fusion: several bug fixes for SMP guests (including bug #6964) </para>
7504	</listitem>
7505
7506	<listitem>
7507	<para>Teleportation: several fixes and improvements</para>
7508	</listitem>
7509
7510	<listitem>
7511	<para>Mac OS X server guests: compatibility fix</para>
7512	</listitem>
7513
7514	<listitem>
7515	<para>EFI: fixed memory detection for guests with 2GB or more RAM
7516	assigned</para>
7517	</listitem>
7518
7519	<listitem>
7520	<para>GUI: added a workaround for a Linux kernel bug which affecting
7521	asynchronous I/O on ext4 / xfs file systems (Linux hosts only)</para>
7522	</listitem>
7523
7524	<listitem>
7525	<para>GUI: added setting for multiple VRDP connections; useful if
7526	multiple screens are enabled</para>
7527	</listitem>
7528
7529	<listitem>
7530	<para>GUI: another fix for the keyboard capturing bug under metacity (bug #6727)</para>
7531	</listitem>
7532
7533	<listitem>
7534	<para>GUI: fixed quit dialog when used in seamless or full screen mode
7535	(Mac OS X hosts only; bug #6938)</para>
7536	</listitem>
7537
7538	<listitem>
7539	<para>GUI: handle the extra key on the Brazilian keyboard on X11 hosts
7540	again (bug #7022).
7541	</para>
7542	</listitem>
7543
7544	<listitem>
7545	<para>2D Video acceleration: fixed crashes when leaving the full screen mode
7546	(bug #6768)</para>
7547	</listitem>
7548
7549	<listitem>
7550	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>storageattach</emphasis> error handling
7551	(bug #6927)</para>
7552	</listitem>
7553
7554	<listitem>
7555	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>dhcpserver add</emphasis> (3.2.0 regression;
7556	bug #7031)</para>
7557	</listitem>
7558
7559	<listitem>
7560	<para>Storage: fixed hang with images located on filesystems which
7561	don't support asynchronous I/O (bug #6905)</para>
7562	</listitem>
7563
7564	<listitem>
7565	<para>Storage: fixed raw disks on Windows hosts (3.2.0 regression;
7566	bug #6987)</para>
7567	</listitem>
7568
7569	<listitem>
7570	<para>LsiLogic: fixed hang with older Linux guests</para>
7571	</listitem>
7572
7573	<listitem>
7574	<para>BusLogic: fixed hang during I/O</para>
7575	</listitem>
7576
7577	<listitem>
7578	<para>SATA: set initial number of ports to 1 as some guests can't handle
7579	30 ports (e.g. CentOS 4 and FreeBSD; bug #6984)</para>
7580	</listitem>
7581
7582	<listitem>
7583	<para>SATA: performance improvement</para>
7584	</listitem>
7585
7586	<listitem>
7587	<para>SCSI: fixed error when using the full format option during Windows
7588	installation (bug #5101)</para>
7589	</listitem>
7590
7591	<listitem>
7592	<para>iSCSI: fixed authentication (bug #4031)</para>
7593	</listitem>
7594
7595	<listitem>
7596	<para>Host-only/bridged networking: fixed excessive host kernel warnings
7597	under certain circumstances (Linux hosts only; 3.2.0 regression;
7598	bug #6872)</para>
7599	</listitem>
7600
7601	<listitem>
7602	<para>NAT: fixed potential memory leaks</para>
7603	</listitem>
7604
7605	<listitem>
7606	<para>NAT: increased the size of the memory pool for 16K Jumbo frames
7607	(performance tweak)</para>
7608	</listitem>
7609
7610	<listitem>
7611	<para>NAT: allow to link/unlink the network cable even if the VM
7612	is currently paused</para>
7613	</listitem>
7614
7615	<listitem>
7616	<para>E1000: disconnect cable was not properly handled if the NIC
7617	was not yet initialized by the guest</para>
7618	</listitem>
7619
7620	<listitem>
7621	<para>OVF: export performance optimization</para>
7622	</listitem>
7623
7624	<listitem>
7625	<para>OVF: upgraded OS type definitions to CIM 2.25.0 so that Windows 7
7626	and other OSes are now tagged correctly on export</para>
7627	</listitem>
7628
7629	<listitem>
7630	<para>Settings: the setting for disabling the host I/O cache was sometimes
7631	not properly saved</para>
7632	</listitem>
7633
7634	<listitem>
7635	<para>Settings: save machine state into XML correctly even when snapshot
7636	folder has been changed to a non-default location (bug #5656)</para>
7637	</listitem>
7638
7639	<listitem>
7640	<para>USB: allow the guest to disable an EHCI port</para>
7641	</listitem>
7642
7643	<listitem>
7644	<para>USB: find a valid language ID before querying strings (bug #7034)</para>
7645	</listitem>
7646
7647	<listitem>
7648	<para>POSIX hosts: fixed several memory leaks (3.2.0 regression)</para>
7649	</listitem>
7650
7651	<listitem>
7652	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed VDI access problem under certain circumstances
7653	(IDE/SATA; 3.2.0 regression)</para>
7654	</listitem>
7655
7656	<listitem>
7657	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed VM fails to start on 32-bit hosts (3.2.0 regression; bug #6899)</para>
7658	</listitem>
7659
7660	<listitem>
7661	<para>Windows hosts (32-bit): increase guest RAM limit if the host
7662	kernel allows for more virtual address space</para>
7663	</listitem>
7664
7665	<listitem>
7666	<para>Linux Additions: re-read a directory after a file was removed
7667	(bug #5251)</para>
7668	</listitem>
7669
7670	<listitem>
7671	<para>Linux Additions: install the DRI driver in the right location on
7672	ArchLinux guests (bug #6937)</para>
7673	</listitem>
7674
7675	<listitem>
7676	<para>X11 Additions: fixed spurious mouse movement events (bug #4260)</para>
7677	</listitem>
7678
7679	<listitem>
7680	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed guest execution feature</para>
7681	</listitem>
7682
7683	<listitem>
7684	<para>Windows Additions: automatic logon on Windows Vista/Windows 7 is now able
7685	to handle renamed and principal user accounts; added various bugfixes</para>
7686	</listitem>
7687
7688	<listitem>
7689	<para>Windows Additions: improved command line parsing of the installer</para>
7690	</listitem>
7691
7692	<listitem>
7693	<para>Windows Additions: fixed driver verifier bugcheck in VBoxMouse (bug #6453)</para>
7694	</listitem>
7695
7696	<listitem>
7697	<para>3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 32bit applications under 64bit Windows guests</para>
7698	</listitem>
7699
7700	</itemizedlist>
7701	</sect1>
7702
7703	<sect1>
7704	<title>Version 3.2.4 (2010-06-07)</title>
7705
7706	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
7707	added:</para>
7708
7709	<itemizedlist>
7710
7711	<listitem>
7712	<para>GUI: fixed superfluous resize-event on powering-on VM for X11
7713	(improvement for the 3.2.2 fix)</para>
7714	</listitem>
7715
7716	<listitem>
7717	<para>GUI: fixed keyboard capturing bug under metacity (bug #6727)</para>
7718	</listitem>
7719
7720	<listitem>
7721	<para>Host-only/bridged networking: fixed guest-to-guest communication
7722	over wireless (3.2.0 regression; bug #6855)</para>
7723	</listitem>
7724
7725	<listitem>
7726	<para>Storage: fixed a potential guest disk corruption with
7727	growing images (3.2.0 regression)</para>
7728	</listitem>
7729
7730	<listitem>
7731	<para>Page Fusion: fixed shared module detection for Win64 guests</para>
7732	</listitem>
7733
7734	<listitem>
7735	<para>3D support: allow use of <emphasis>CR_SYSTEM_GL_PATH</emphasis>
7736	again (bug #6864)</para>
7737	</listitem>
7738
7739	<listitem>
7740	<para>3D support: fixed a host assertion for some multi-threaded guest
7741	applications (bug #5236)</para>
7742	</listitem>
7743
7744	<listitem>
7745	<para>3D support: fixed host crashes with nVIDIA drivers on WDDM startup</para>
7746	</listitem>
7747
7748	<listitem>
7749	<para>OVF: fixed import of OVFs with a VM description (annotation)
7750	(3.2.2 regression; bug #6914)</para>
7751	</listitem>
7752
7753	<listitem>
7754	<para>VRDP: fixed issues with secondary monitors (bug #6759)</para>
7755	</listitem>
7756
7757	</itemizedlist>
7758
7759	</sect1>
7760
7761	<sect1>
7762	<title>Version 3.2.2 (2010-06-02)</title>
7763
7764	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
7765	added:</para>
7766
7767	<itemizedlist>
7768
7769	<listitem>
7770	<para>VMM: fixed rare invalid guest state guru meditation (VT-x only)</para>
7771	</listitem>
7772
7773	<listitem>
7774	<para>VMM: fixed poor performance with nested paging and unrestricted
7775	guest execution (VT-x only; bug #6716)</para>
7776	</listitem>
7777
7778	<listitem>
7779	<para>VMM: fixed occasional guru meditation during Windows 7 bootup (bug #6728)</para>
7780	</listitem>
7781
7782	<listitem>
7783	<para>GUI: keep the status for remote control in sync with the actual
7784	state</para>
7785	</listitem>
7786
7787	<listitem>
7788	<para>GUI: don't exit after a successful refresh of an invalid VM configuration</para>
7789	</listitem>
7790
7791	<listitem>
7792	<para>GUI: fixed keyboard capturing bug under metacity (bug #6727)</para>
7793	</listitem>
7794
7795	<listitem>
7796	<para>GUI: fixed crash during VM termination if a modal dialog is open</para>
7797	</listitem>
7798
7799	<listitem>
7800	<para>GUI: default controllers names of New VM Wizard are synchronized with VM settings</para>
7801	</listitem>
7802
7803	<listitem>
7804	<para>GUI: fixed superfluous resize-event on powering-on VM for X11</para>
7805	</listitem>
7806
7807	<listitem>
7808	<para>GUI: fixed regression - missed USB item's tool-tip of USB devices menu</para>
7809	</listitem>
7810
7811	<listitem>
7812	<para>GUI: Activate VM window on mouse-hovering for multi-monitor VMs</para>
7813	</listitem>
7814
7815	<listitem>
7816	<para>VBoxSDL/Linux hosts: automated keyboard type detection (bug #5764)</para>
7817	</listitem>
7818
7819	<listitem>
7820	<para>SATA: fixed crash during VM suspend under rare circumstances</para>
7821	</listitem>
7822
7823	<listitem>
7824	<para>SATA: fixed crash during VM reset after a snapshot was taken</para>
7825	</listitem>
7826
7827	<listitem>
7828	<para>Storage: fixed sporadic hang of SMP guests using SATA or
7829	LSI Logic SCSI and asynchronous I/O</para>
7830	</listitem>
7831
7832	<listitem>
7833	<para>Virtio-net: fix for guests with more than about 4GB RAM
7834	(bug #6784)</para>
7835	</listitem>
7836
7837	<listitem>
7838	<para>Page Fusion: fixed VBoxService crash with enabled Page Fusion on Win64 guests</para>
7839	</listitem>
7840
7841	<listitem>
7842	<para>Page Fusion: added kernel module sharing</para>
7843	</listitem>
7844
7845	<listitem>
7846	<para>HGCM: fixed memory leak which showed up if the Guest Additions were
7847	accessing a non-existing HGCM service</para>
7848	</listitem>
7849
7850	<listitem>
7851	<para>Teleportation: several fixes</para>
7852	</listitem>
7853
7854	<listitem>
7855	<para>Floppy: don't disable the host I/O cache by default</para>
7856	</listitem>
7857
7858	<listitem>
7859	<para>USB: fixed 3.1 regression with certain devices (e.g. iPhone); Windows
7860	host only</para>
7861	</listitem>
7862
7863	<listitem>
7864	<para>Serial: updated the guest device emulation to 16550A and reduced the
7865	probability for losing bytes during transmission (bug #1548)</para>
7866	</listitem>
7867
7868	<listitem>
7869	<para>NAT: re-fetch the name server parameters from the host on guest DHCP
7870	requests to handle host network switches more gracefully (bug #3847)</para>
7871	</listitem>
7872
7873	<listitem>
7874	<para>NAT: fixed parsing of IPv4 addresses in CIDR notation (bug #6797)</para>
7875	</listitem>
7876
7877	<listitem>
7878	<para>NAT: limit the number of name servers passed to the guest to four
7879	(non-Windows hosts only; bug #4098)</para>
7880	</listitem>
7881
7882	<listitem>
7883	<para>NAT: fixed DNS transaction ID mismatch (bug #6833)</para>
7884	</listitem>
7885
7886	<listitem>
7887	<para>VDE: fixed changing the attachment during runtime</para>
7888	</listitem>
7889
7890	<listitem>
7891	<para>Bridged networking: fixed memory leak in the Bridged Networking
7892	driver for Windows hosts (bug #6824)</para>
7893	</listitem>
7894
7895	<listitem>
7896	<para>Windows Additions: fix for NT4 guests (bug #6748)</para>
7897	</listitem>
7898
7899	<listitem>
7900	<para>Windows Additions: re-introduced system preparation feature</para>
7901	</listitem>
7902
7903	<listitem>
7904	<para>Linux guests: enable PAE for RedHat guests by default</para>
7905	</listitem>
7906
7907	<listitem>
7908	<para>Linux guests: fix support for disabling mouse integration
7909	(bug #6714)</para>
7910	</listitem>
7911
7912	<listitem>
7913	<para>Web service: fixed a rare crash when calling IGuest methods from the web service</para>
7914	</listitem>
7915
7916	<listitem>
7917	<para>OVF: fixed wrong hard disk UUIDs on export (bug #6802)</para>
7918	</listitem>
7919
7920	<listitem>
7921	<para>OVF: fixed 3.2.0 regression importing legacy OVF 0.9 files</para>
7922	</listitem>
7923
7924	<listitem>
7925	<para>3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 64bit applications on windows guests</para>
7926	</listitem>
7927
7928	<listitem>
7929	<para>3D support: fixed various host crashes (bugs #2954, #5713, #6443)</para>
7930	</listitem>
7931
7932	</itemizedlist>
7933
7934	</sect1>
7935
7936	<sect1>
7937	<title>Version 3.2.0 (2010-05-18)</title>
7938
7939	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
7940	were added:</para>
7941
7942	<itemizedlist>
7943
7944	<listitem>
7945	<para>Following the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation,
7946	the product is now called "Oracle VM VirtualBox" and all references
7947	were changed without impacting compatibility</para>
7948	</listitem>
7949
7950	<listitem>
7951	<para>Experimental support for Mac OS X Server guests (see <xref linkend="intro-macosxguests" />)</para>
7952	</listitem>
7953
7954	<listitem>
7955	<para>Memory ballooning to dynamically in- or decrease the
7956	amount of RAM used by a VM (64-bit hosts only) (see <xref linkend="guestadd-balloon" />)</para>
7957	</listitem>
7958
7959	<listitem>
7960	<para>Page Fusion automatically de-duplicates RAM when running similar VMs thereby
7961	increasing capacity. Currently supported for Windows guests on 64-bit hosts
7962	(see <xref linkend="guestadd-pagefusion" />)</para>
7963	</listitem>
7964
7965	<listitem>
7966	<para>CPU hot-plugging for Linux (hot-add and hot-remove)
7967	and certain Windows guests (hot-add only) (see <xref linkend="cpuhotplug" />)</para>
7968	</listitem>
7969
7970	<listitem>
7971	<para>New Hypervisor features: with both VT-x/AMD-V on 64-bit hosts, using large pages can improve performance
7972	(see <xref linkend="nestedpaging"/>);
7973	also, on VT-x, unrestricted guest execution is now supported (if nested paging
7974	is enabled with VT-x, real mode and protected mode without paging code runs faster,
7975	which mainly speeds up guest OS booting)</para>
7976	</listitem>
7977
7978	<listitem>
7979	<para>Support for deleting snapshots while the VM is running</para>
7980	</listitem>
7981
7982	<listitem>
7983	<para>Support for multi-monitor guest setups in the GUI for Windows
7984	guests (see <xref linkend="settings-display" />)</para>
7985	</listitem>
7986
7987	<listitem>
7988	<para>USB tablet/keyboard emulation for improved user experience
7989	if no Guest Additions are available (see <xref linkend="settings-motherboard" />)</para>
7990	</listitem>
7991
7992	<listitem>
7993	<para>LsiLogic SAS controller emulation (see <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />)</para>
7994	</listitem>
7995
7996	<listitem>
7997	<para>VRDP video acceleration (see <xref linkend="vrde-videochannel"/>)</para>
7998	</listitem>
7999
8000	<listitem>
8001	<para>NAT engine configuration via API and VBoxManage</para>
8002	</listitem>
8003
8004	<listitem>
8005	<para>Use of host I/O cache is now configurable (see <xref linkend="iocaching" />)</para>
8006	</listitem>
8007
8008	<listitem>
8009	<para>Guest Additions: added support for executing guest applications
8010	from the host system (replaces the automatic system preparation feature; see
8011	<xref linkend="guestadd-guestcontrol" />)</para>
8012	</listitem>
8013
8014	<listitem>
8015	<para>OVF: enhanced OVF support with custom namespace to preserve settings
8016	that are not part of the base OVF standard</para>
8017	</listitem>
8018
8019	</itemizedlist>
8020
8021	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
8022
8023	<itemizedlist>
8024
8025	<listitem>
8026	<para>VMM: fixed Windows 2000 guest crash when configured with a large
8027	amount of RAM (bug #5800) </para>
8028	</listitem>
8029
8030	<listitem>
8031	<para>Linux/Solaris guests: PAM module for automatic logons added</para>
8032	</listitem>
8033
8034	<listitem>
8035	<para>GUI: guess the OS type from the OS name when creating a new
8036	VM</para>
8037	</listitem>
8038
8039	<listitem>
8040	<para>GUI: added VM setting for passing the time in UTC instead of
8041	passing the local host time to the guest (bug #1310)</para>
8042	</listitem>
8043
8044	<listitem>
8045	<para>GUI: fixed seamless mode on secondary monitors (bugs #1322 and
8046	#1669)</para>
8047	</listitem>
8048
8049	<listitem>
8050	<para>GUI: offer to download the user manual in the OSE version (bug
8051	#6442)</para>
8052	</listitem>
8053
8054	<listitem>
8055	<para>GUI: allow to set an empty host key to disallow any host key
8056	combination (bug #684)</para>
8057	</listitem>
8058
8059	<listitem>
8060	<para>GUI: allow to restrict the possible actions when shutting down
8061	the VM from the GUI</para>
8062	</listitem>
8063
8064	<listitem>
8065	<para>Main: allow to start a VM even if a virtual DVD or floppy
8066	medium is not accessible</para>
8067	</listitem>
8068
8069	<listitem>
8070	<para>Settings: be more robust when saving the XML settings files</para>
8071	</listitem>
8072
8073	<listitem>
8074	<para>Mac OS X: rewrite of the CoreAudio driver and added support for
8075	audio input (bug #5869)</para>
8076	</listitem>
8077
8078	<listitem>
8079	<para>Mac OS X: external VRDP authentication module support (bug
8080	#3106)</para>
8081	</listitem>
8082
8083	<listitem>
8084	<para>Mac OS X: moved the realtime dock preview settings to the VM
8085	settings (no global option anymore). Use the dock menu to configure
8086	it</para>
8087	</listitem>
8088
8089	<listitem>
8090	<para>Mac OS X: added the VM menu to the dock menu</para>
8091	</listitem>
8092
8093	<listitem>
8094	<para>3D support: fixed corrupted surface rendering (bug #5695)</para>
8095	</listitem>
8096
8097	<listitem>
8098	<para>3D support: fixed VM crashes when using
8099	<emphasis>ARB_IMAGING</emphasis> (bug #6014)</para>
8100	</listitem>
8101
8102	<listitem>
8103	<para>3D support: fixed assertion when guest applications uses several
8104	windows with single OpenGL context (bug #4598)</para>
8105	</listitem>
8106
8107	<listitem>
8108	<para>3D support: added GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object support</para>
8109	</listitem>
8110
8111	<listitem>
8112	<para>3D support: added OpenGL 2.1 support</para>
8113	</listitem>
8114
8115	<listitem>
8116	<para>3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the
8117	screen (Mac OS X only) (bug #4653)</para>
8118	</listitem>
8119
8120	<listitem>
8121	<para>3D support: fixed blank screen after loading snapshot of VM with enabled Compiz</para>
8122	</listitem>
8123
8124	<listitem>
8125	<para>Added support for <emphasis>Virtual Distributed Ethernet</emphasis> (VDE)
8126	(Linux hosts only; see <xref linkend="networkingmodes" />)</para>
8127	</listitem>
8128
8129	<listitem>
8130	<para>Added support for virtual high precision event timer (HPET)</para>
8131	</listitem>
8132
8133	<listitem>
8134	<para>OVF: fixed mapping between two IDE channels in OVF and the one IDE controller
8135	in VirtualBox</para>
8136	</listitem>
8137
8138	<listitem>
8139	<para>OVF: fix VMDK format string identifiers and sort XML elements from rasd: namespace
8140	alphabetically as prescribed by standard</para>
8141	</listitem>
8142
8143	<listitem>
8144	<para>VBoxShell: interactive Python shell extended to be fully functional TUI for
8145	VirtualBox</para>
8146	</listitem>
8147
8148	<listitem>
8149	<para>Linux Additions: support Fedora 13 (bug #6370)</para>
8150	</listitem>
8151
8152	<listitem>
8153	<para>VBoxManage: fixed overly strict checks when creating a raw partition
8154	VMDK (bugs #688, #4438)</para>
8155	</listitem>
8156
8157	</itemizedlist>
8158	</sect1>
8159
8160	<sect1>
8161	<title>Version 3.1.8 (2010-05-10)</title>
8162
8163	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
8164	added:</para>
8165
8166	<itemizedlist>
8167
8168	<listitem>
8169	<para>VMM: fixed crash with the OpenSUSE 11.3 milestone kernel during
8170	early boot (software virtualization only)</para>
8171	</listitem>
8172
8173	<listitem>
8174	<para>VMM: fixed invalid state during teleportation</para>
8175	</listitem>
8176
8177	<listitem>
8178	<para>VMM: fixed OS/2 guest crash with nested paging enabled</para>
8179	</listitem>
8180
8181	<listitem>
8182	<para>VMM: fixed massive display performance loss (AMD-V with nested paging
8183	only) </para>
8184	</listitem>
8185
8186	<listitem>
8187	<para>GUI: fixed off-by-one bug when passing absolute mouse coordinates
8188	to the guest (3.1.6 regression)</para>
8189	</listitem>
8190
8191	<listitem>
8192	<para>GUI: show the real version of the Guest Additions, not the
8193	interface version</para>
8194	</listitem>
8195
8196	<listitem>
8197	<para>GUI: when adding a DVD or floppy slot in the VM mass storage
8198	settings dialog, don't attach a random medium but just leave the
8199	slot empty</para>
8200	</listitem>
8201
8202	<listitem>
8203	<para>GUI: added <computeroutput>--seamless</computeroutput> and
8204	<computeroutput>--fullscreen</computeroutput> command line switches
8205	(bug #4220)</para>
8206	</listitem>
8207
8208	<listitem>
8209	<para>GUI: fixed a SEGFAULT under rare circumstances</para>
8210	</listitem>
8211
8212	<listitem>
8213	<para>2D Video acceleration: fixed display issues when working with
8214	non 32-bit modes (bugs #6094 & #6208)</para>
8215	</listitem>
8216
8217	<listitem>
8218	<para>LsiLogic: fixed detection of hard disks attached to port 0 when
8219	using the drivers from LSI</para>
8220	</listitem>
8221
8222	<listitem>
8223	<para>ATA: fixed sporadic crash with Linux guests when having a hard
8224	disk and DVD drive on the same channel (bug #6079)</para>
8225	</listitem>
8226
8227	<listitem>
8228	<para>Network: allow to start a VM even if not all network adapters are
8229	attached</para>
8230	</listitem>
8231
8232	<listitem>
8233	<para>Network: promiscuous mode support for e1000 and paravirtualized
8234	adapters (bug #6519)</para>
8235	</listitem>
8236
8237	<listitem>
8238	<para>NAT: fixed ICMP latency (non-Windows hosts only; bug #6427)</para>
8239	</listitem>
8240
8241	<listitem>
8242	<para>SCSI: fixed guest crashes under certain circumstances when
8243	booting from SCSI devices</para>
8244	</listitem>
8245
8246	<listitem>
8247	<para>VBoxManage: fixed several bugs in cloning of images (one of them
8248	is bug #6408)</para>
8249	</listitem>
8250
8251	<listitem>
8252	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>modifyvm --natnet default</emphasis></para>
8253	</listitem>
8254
8255	<listitem>
8256	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a kernel panic when bridged networking might
8257	fail to initialize</para>
8258	</listitem>
8259
8260	<listitem>
8261	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed priority tagged VLAN packets in bridged networking</para>
8262	</listitem>
8263
8264	<listitem>
8265	<para>Shared Folders: fixed issue with copying read-only files
8266	(Linux guests only; bug #4890)</para>
8267	</listitem>
8268
8269	<listitem>
8270	<para>Shared Folders: renamed the guest kernel module from <emphasis>vboxvfs</emphasis>
8271	to <emphasis>vboxsf</emphasis> to make it load on demand by the Linux kernel.
8272	Fixes mounting from /etc/fstab in Ubuntu 10.04</para>
8273	</listitem>
8274
8275	<listitem>
8276	<para>Shared Folders: fixed setuid file permissions (Solaris guests only)</para>
8277	</listitem>
8278
8279	<listitem>
8280	<para>Shared Folders: fixed deleting directories recursively
8281	(Solaris guests only; bug #6513)</para>
8282	</listitem>
8283
8284	<listitem>
8285	<para>Guest Additions: support seamless and dynamic resizing on certain
8286	older X11 guests (bug #5840)</para>
8287	</listitem>
8288
8289	<listitem>
8290	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed OpenGL library dependencies
8291	(bug #6435)</para>
8292	</listitem>
8293
8294	<listitem>
8295	<para>Keyboard/Mouse emulation: fixed handling of simultaneous
8296	mouse/keyboard events under certain circumstances (bug #5375)</para>
8297	</listitem>
8298
8299	<listitem>
8300	<para>Mouse emulation: never switch straight back from Explorer to
8301	IntelliMouse mode as it confuses the FreeBSD mouse driver
8302	(bug #6488)</para>
8303	</listitem>
8304
8305	<listitem>
8306	<para>SDK: fixed memory leak in
8307	<emphasis>IDisplay::takeScreenShotSlow()</emphasis> (bug #6549)</para>
8308	</listitem>
8309
8310	<listitem>
8311	<para>3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the
8312	screen (Mac OS X only) (bug #4653)</para>
8313	</listitem>
8314
8315	<listitem>
8316	<para>VRDP: allow to bind to localhost only on Mac OS X (bug
8317	#5227)</para>
8318	</listitem>
8319
8320	<listitem>
8321	<para>Linux hosts: add host USB support for Ubuntu 10.04 and other
8322	hosts without the hal daemon or usbfs (bug #6343)</para>
8323	</listitem>
8324
8325	<listitem>
8326	<para>Web service: more structs and array fixes in PHP bindings</para>
8327	</listitem>
8328
8329	<listitem>
8330	<para>Windows hosts: make the bridged networking driver notify dll
8331	be correctly unregistred on uninstall (bug #5780)</para>
8332	</listitem>
8333
8334	</itemizedlist>
8335	</sect1>
8336
8337	<sect1>
8338	<title>Version 3.1.6 (2010-03-25)</title>
8339
8340	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
8341	added:</para>
8342
8343	<itemizedlist>
8344
8345	<listitem>
8346	<para>Linux hosts: fixed timing issue on hosts with Linux kernels
8347	2.6.31 or later with certain CPUs (asynchronous timer mode; bug #6250)</para>
8348	</listitem>
8349
8350	<listitem>
8351	<para>Linux hosts: properly handle host suspend/resume events on
8352	Linux kernels 2.6.30 or later (bug #5562)</para>
8353	</listitem>
8354
8355	<listitem>
8356	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed VBoxSVC crash while enumerating the host network
8357	interfaces under certain circumstances</para>
8358	</listitem>
8359
8360	<listitem>
8361	<para>Snapshots: fixed image corruption after snapshot merge under certain
8362	circumstances (bug #6023)</para>
8363	</listitem>
8364
8365	<listitem>
8366	<para>Snapshots: fixed crash with VBoxHeadless / OSE</para>
8367	</listitem>
8368
8369	<listitem>
8370	<para>VMM: fixed reference counting guru meditation (bug #4940)</para>
8371	</listitem>
8372
8373	<listitem>
8374	<para>VMM: improved guest SMP stability</para>
8375	</listitem>
8376
8377	<listitem>
8378	<para>VMM: fixed VT-x hardware debug issues (bugs #477 & #5792)</para>
8379	</listitem>
8380
8381	<listitem>
8382	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>PGMDynMapHCPage</emphasis> guru meditation
8383	(Mac OS X; VT-x only; bug #6095)</para>
8384	</listitem>
8385
8386	<listitem>
8387	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>pgmPoolTrackFlushGCPhysPTInt</emphasis> guru meditations
8388	(Mac OS X; VT-x only; bugs #6095 & #6125)</para>
8389	</listitem>
8390
8391	<listitem>
8392	<para>VMM: fixed host crash when running PAE guests in VT-X
8393	mode (Mac OS X only; bug #5771)</para>
8394	</listitem>
8395
8396	<listitem>
8397	<para>GUI: fix displaying of error message (bug #4345)</para>
8398	</listitem>
8399
8400	<listitem>
8401	<para>GUI: fix inability to enter seamless mode (bugs #6185, #6188)</para>
8402	</listitem>
8403
8404	<listitem>
8405	<para>3D support: fixed assertion and flickering when guest application uses several
8406	windows with a single OpenGL context (bug #4598)</para>
8407	</listitem>
8408
8409	<listitem>
8410	<para>3D support: fixed host crashes when using
8411	<emphasis>GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array</emphasis> and array element
8412	calls (bug #6165)</para>
8413	</listitem>
8414
8415	<listitem>
8416	<para>3D support: fixed runtime linker errors with OpenGL guest libs
8417	(bug #5297)</para>
8418	</listitem>
8419
8420	<listitem>
8421	<para>3D support: fixed OpenGL extension viewer crash on startup
8422	(bug #4962)</para>
8423	</listitem>
8424
8425	<listitem>
8426	<para>NAT: fixed a 3.1.4 regression on Windows hosts where graceful
8427	connection termination was broken (bug #6237)</para>
8428	</listitem>
8429
8430	<listitem>
8431	<para>NAT: alternative network setting was not stored persistent
8432	(bug #6176)</para>
8433	</listitem>
8434
8435	<listitem>
8436	<para>NAT: fixed memory corruption during ICMP traffic under
8437	certain circumstances</para>
8438	</listitem>
8439
8440	<listitem>
8441	<para>Network: allow to switch the host interface or the internal
8442	network while a VM is running (bug #5781)</para>
8443	</listitem>
8444
8445	<listitem>
8446	<para>VHD: fix for images with a block size different than 2MB</para>
8447	</listitem>
8448
8449	<listitem>
8450	<para>USB: fixed filtered device attach regression (bug #6251)</para>
8451	</listitem>
8452
8453	<listitem>
8454	<para>USB: fixed crash in OHCI under rare circumstances
8455	(bug #3571)</para>
8456	</listitem>
8457
8458	<listitem>
8459	<para>VRDP: fixed hang under rare circumstances when attaching USB
8460	devices</para>
8461	</listitem>
8462
8463	<listitem>
8464	<para>ACPI: prevent guest freezes when accessing /proc/acpi for
8465	determining the state of the host battery and the AC adapter
8466	(Linux hosts only; bug #2836)</para>
8467	</listitem>
8468
8469	<listitem>
8470	<para>PulseAudio: fixed guest freezes under certain conditions
8471	(3.1.4 regression; bug #6224)</para>
8472	</listitem>
8473
8474	<listitem>
8475	<para>BIOS: increased space for DMI strings</para>
8476	</listitem>
8477
8478	<listitem>
8479	<para>BIOS: fixed interrupt routing problem for certain configurations
8480	(I/O-APIC enabled, ACPI not used; bug #6098)</para>
8481	</listitem>
8482
8483	<listitem>
8484	<para>iSCSI: be more robust when handling the <emphasis>INQUIRY</emphasis>
8485	response</para>
8486	</listitem>
8487
8488	<listitem>
8489	<para>iSCSI: be more robust when handling sense data</para>
8490	</listitem>
8491
8492	<listitem>
8493	<para>BusLogic: fixed FreeBSD guests</para>
8494	</listitem>
8495
8496	<listitem>
8497	<para>Web service: vboxwebsrv is now multithreaded</para>
8498	</listitem>
8499
8500	<listitem>
8501	<para>Web service: fixed handling of structs and arrays in PHP bindings</para>
8502	</listitem>
8503
8504	<listitem>
8505	<para>Solaris Installer: fixed netmask to stay persistent across reboots for
8506	Host-only interface (bug #4590)</para>
8507	</listitem>
8508
8509	<listitem>
8510	<para>Linux installer: removed external dependency to libpng12.so (bug #6243)</para>
8511	</listitem>
8512
8513	<listitem>
8514	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed superfluous kernel logging (bug #6181)</para>
8515	</listitem>
8516
8517	<listitem>
8518	<para>Linux Additions: fixed hang when starting the X server in Fedora12
8519	guests and in guests with Linux 2.6.33 or later (bug #6198)</para>
8520	</listitem>
8521
8522	<listitem>
8523	<para>Linux Additions: support Mandriva speedboot runlevel (bug #5484)</para>
8524	</listitem>
8525
8526	<listitem>
8527	<para>Linux Additions: fixed SELinux security context of mount.vboxsf (bug #6362)</para>
8528	</listitem>
8529
8530	<listitem>
8531	<para>Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 10.04 (bug #5737)</para>
8532	</listitem>
8533
8534	<listitem>
8535	<para>Web service: update PHP bindings to fix problems with enums and collections</para>
8536	</listitem>
8537
8538	</itemizedlist>
8539	</sect1>
8540
8541	<sect1>
8542	<title>Version 3.1.4 (2010-02-12)</title>
8543
8544	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
8545	added:</para>
8546
8547	<itemizedlist>
8548
8549	<listitem>
8550	<para>VMM: SMP stability fixes</para>
8551	</listitem>
8552
8553	<listitem>
8554	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation in certain rare cases (bug #5968)</para>
8555	</listitem>
8556
8557	<listitem>
8558	<para>VMM: activate NXE for PAE enabled guests (VT-x and AMD-V on 32 bits
8559	hosts only; bug #3578)</para>
8560	</listitem>
8561
8562	<listitem>
8563	<para>VMM: added workaround for broken BIOSes that make VirtualBox think
8564	AMD-V is in use (for details see bug #5639)</para>
8565	</listitem>
8566
8567	<listitem>
8568	<para>VMM: fixed rare host reboot when restoring a saved state
8569	(bug #3945)</para>
8570	</listitem>
8571
8572	<listitem>
8573	<para>VMM: fixed incompatibility with 2.6.32 Linux kernels
8574	(software virtualization only; bug #6100)</para>
8575	</listitem>
8576
8577	<listitem>
8578	<para>VMM: turn on nested paging by default for new VMs (if available; VT-x
8579	and AMD-V only) </para>
8580	</listitem>
8581
8582	<listitem>
8583	<para>VMM: turn on VPID by default for new VMs (if available; VT-x only) </para>
8584	</listitem>
8585
8586	<listitem>
8587	<para>VMM: perform strict CPUID compatibility checks when
8588	teleporting; to get the old behavior set
8589	"VBoxInternal/CPUM/StrictCpuIdChecks" to 0</para>
8590	</listitem>
8591
8592	<listitem>
8593	<para>VMM: fixed VM crash with certain 16 bits Windows applications (software
8594	virtualization only; bug #5399) </para>
8595	</listitem>
8596
8597	<listitem>
8598	<para>Snapshots: fixed a 3.1 regression that broke deletion of snapshots when
8599	a machine had immutable or writethrough storage attached (bug #5727)</para>
8600	</listitem>
8601
8602	<listitem>
8603	<para>Saved state: fixed <emphasis>VERR_SSM_LOADED_TOO_MUCH</emphasis>
8604	error when loading <emphasis>DisplayScreenshot</emphasis>(bug #6162)</para>
8605	</listitem>
8606
8607	<listitem>
8608	<para>VBoxManage: add <emphasis>restorecurrent</emphasis> operation to
8609	snapshots command</para>
8610	</listitem>
8611
8612	<listitem>
8613	<para>VBoxManage: fixed broken snapshot lookup by name (bug #6070</para>
8614	</listitem>
8615
8616	<listitem>
8617	<para>GUI: fixed the broken "Reload" button that reloads the machine
8618	XML when a machine is inaccessible</para>
8619	</listitem>
8620
8621	<listitem>
8622	<para>GUI: fixed guest full screen mode after reboot (bug #5372)</para>
8623	</listitem>
8624
8625	<listitem>
8626	<para>GUI: handle Ctrl+Break properly on X11 hosts (bug #6122)</para>
8627	</listitem>
8628
8629	<listitem>
8630	<para>GUI: fixed status LEDs for storage devices</para>
8631	</listitem>
8632
8633	<listitem>
8634	<para>GUI: workaround for disabling the seamless mode on KDE hosts
8635	(KWin bug)</para>
8636	</listitem>
8637
8638	<listitem>
8639	<para>3D support: fixed SELinux warning saying VBoxOGL.so requires text
8640	relocation (bug #5690)</para>
8641	</listitem>
8642
8643	<listitem>
8644	<para>3D support: fixed Corrupted surface rendering (bug #5695)</para>
8645	</listitem>
8646
8647	<listitem>
8648	<para>3D support: free textures on guest application termination (bug #5206)</para>
8649	</listitem>
8650
8651	<listitem>
8652	<para>3D support: fixed <emphasis>ubigraph_server</emphasis> crashes (bug #4674)</para>
8653	</listitem>
8654
8655	<listitem>
8656	<para>3D support: fixes for 64-bit Solaris guests</para>
8657	</listitem>
8658
8659	<listitem>
8660	<para>Seamless: disable seamless mode when guest changes screen
8661	resolution (bug #5655)</para>
8662	</listitem>
8663
8664	<listitem>
8665	<para>NAT: fixed high CPU load under certain circumstances (Windows hosts only;
8666	bug #5787)</para>
8667	</listitem>
8668
8669	<listitem>
8670	<para>NAT: fixed handling of the <emphasis>broadcast</emphasis> flag in
8671	DHCP requests</para>
8672	</listitem>
8673
8674	<listitem>
8675	<para>NAT: fixed rare crash due to an assertion in the ICMP code
8676	(bug #3217)</para>
8677	</listitem>
8678
8679	<listitem>
8680	<para>Virtio-net: don't crash when ports accessed beyond the valid
8681	range (bug #5923)</para>
8682	</listitem>
8683
8684	<listitem>
8685	<para>LsiLogic: fix for Windows 7 guests</para>
8686	</listitem>
8687
8688	<listitem>
8689	<para>ATA: fix for guru meditation when installing Solaris 8 guests (bug #5972)</para>
8690	</listitem>
8691
8692	<listitem>
8693	<para>VHD: fixed an incompatibility with Virtual PC (bug #5990)</para>
8694	</listitem>
8695
8696	<listitem>
8697	<para>VHD: update the footer backup after setting a new UUID (bug #5004)</para>
8698	</listitem>
8699
8700	<listitem>
8701	<para>Host DVD: really fixed loading "passthrough" setting from configuration
8702	file (bug #5681)</para>
8703	</listitem>
8704
8705	<listitem>
8706	<para>Shared Folders: fixed resolving of symlink target on Linux
8707	(3.1.2 regression)</para>
8708	</listitem>
8709
8710	<listitem>
8711	<para>VRDP: fixed <emphasis>VERR_NET_ADDRESS_IN_USE</emphasis>
8712	error when restarting a VM (3.1 regression; bug #5902)</para>
8713	</listitem>
8714
8715	<listitem>
8716	<para>VRDP: fixed crash on Mac OS X when 3D is enabled (3.1
8717	regression)</para>
8718	</listitem>
8719
8720	<listitem>
8721	<para>PulseAudio: fixed recording (bug #4302)</para>
8722	</listitem>
8723
8724	<listitem>
8725	<para>USB: fixed a shutdown blue screen (Windows hosts only; bug #5885)</para>
8726	</listitem>
8727
8728	<listitem>
8729	<para>BIOS: fixed attribute during text scroll (bug #3407)</para>
8730	</listitem>
8731
8732	<listitem>
8733	<para>OVF: fix strange error messages on disk import errors</para>
8734	</listitem>
8735
8736	<listitem>
8737	<para>OVF: do not require write access to the .ovf file during import
8738	(3.1 regression; bug #5762)</para>
8739	</listitem>
8740
8741	<listitem>
8742	<para>iSCSI: fix taking snapshots of a running VM (bug #5849)</para>
8743	</listitem>
8744
8745	<listitem>
8746	<para>Solaris hosts: several USB fixes (including support for Apple iPod; bug #5873)</para>
8747	</listitem>
8748
8749	<listitem>
8750	<para>Solaris installer: fixed USB module removal and Solaris 10 "id" binary incompatibility</para>
8751	</listitem>
8752
8753	<listitem>
8754	<para>Guest Additions: fixed wrong guest time adjustment if the guest
8755	clock is ahead (3.1 regression; non-Windows guests only)</para>
8756	</listitem>
8757
8758	<listitem>
8759	<para>Linux Additions: fixed shared folders for Linux 2.6.32 guests (bug #5891)</para>
8760	</listitem>
8761
8762	<listitem>
8763	<para>Linux Additions: make the mouse driver work on Debian 5.0.3 guests
8764	again (3.1.2 regression; bug #5832)</para>
8765	</listitem>
8766
8767	<listitem>
8768	<para>Windows Additions: fixed malfunctioning VBoxService that broke time-sync (bug #5872)</para>
8769	</listitem>
8770
8771	<listitem>
8772	<para>Windows Additions: fixed uninstallation issues on 64-bit guests</para>
8773	</listitem>
8774
8775	<listitem>
8776	<para>Windows Additions: fixed some sysprep execution issues</para>
8777	</listitem>
8778
8779	<listitem>
8780	<para>X.Org Additions: never reject the saved video mode as invalid
8781	(bug #5731)</para>
8782	</listitem>
8783
8784	<listitem>
8785	<para>XFree86 Additions: accept video mode hints for the initial mode
8786	again</para>
8787	</listitem>
8788
8789	</itemizedlist>
8790
8791	</sect1>
8792
8793	<sect1>
8794	<title>Version 3.1.2 (2009-12-17)</title>
8795
8796	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
8797	added:</para>
8798
8799	<itemizedlist>
8800
8801	<listitem>
8802	<para>VMM: fixed SMP stability regression</para>
8803	</listitem>
8804
8805	<listitem>
8806	<para>USB: fixed USB related host crashes on 64 bits Windows hosts (bug #5237)</para>
8807	</listitem>
8808
8809	<listitem>
8810	<para>Main: wrong default HWVirtExExclusive value for new VMs (bug #5664)</para>
8811	</listitem>
8812
8813	<listitem>
8814	<para>Main: DVD passthrough setting was lost (bug #5681)</para>
8815	</listitem>
8816
8817	<listitem>
8818	<para>VBoxManage: iSCSI disks do not support adding a comment (bug #4460)</para>
8819	</listitem>
8820
8821	<listitem>
8822	<para>VBoxManage: added missing <emphasis>--cpus</emphasis> and
8823	<emphasis>--memory</emphasis> options to OVF <emphasis>--import</emphasis></para>
8824	</listitem>
8825
8826	<listitem>
8827	<para>GUI: fixed VBox URL in update dialog for German and Dutch languages</para>
8828	</listitem>
8829
8830	<listitem>
8831	<para>GUI: NLS updates</para>
8832	</listitem>
8833
8834	<listitem>
8835	<para>OVF: fixed export of non standard storage controller names (bug #5643)</para>
8836	</listitem>
8837
8838	<listitem>
8839	<para>Solaris hosts: several USB fixes (including support for Apple iPhone)</para>
8840	</listitem>
8841
8842	<listitem>
8843	<para>Mac OS X hosts: several fixes for the 3D support</para>
8844	</listitem>
8845
8846	<listitem>
8847	<para>Mac OS X hosts: re-enabled CMD+Key combinations, even if the
8848	Host-Key isn't CMD (bug #5684)</para>
8849	</listitem>
8850
8851	<listitem>
8852	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed to fast scrolling if the mouse wheel is
8853	used inside the guest (bug #5672)</para>
8854	</listitem>
8855
8856	<listitem>
8857	<para>Mac OS X hosts: dock & menubar don't disappear in
8858	full screen when the VM is not running on the primary display (bug
8859	#1762)</para>
8860	</listitem>
8861
8862	<listitem>
8863	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added an option for enabling "Auto show Dock &
8864	Menubar in full screen" (bug #5636)</para>
8865	</listitem>
8866
8867	<listitem>
8868	<para>Windows host installer: fixed starting VBox with wrong privileges
8869	right after installation (bug #4162)</para>
8870	</listitem>
8871
8872	<listitem>
8873	<para>Host interface and host-only networking: prevent driver from unloading
8874	while a VM is still active (Windows host only)</para>
8875	</listitem>
8876
8877	<listitem>
8878	<para>Host-only networking: fixed host-only interface creation (Windows host only) (bug #5708)</para>
8879	</listitem>
8880
8881	<listitem>
8882	<para>Virtio-net: don't crash without an attached network</para>
8883	</listitem>
8884
8885	<listitem>
8886	<para>Virtio-net: fixed the issue with intermittent network in VM with
8887	several virtual CPU cores</para>
8888	</listitem>
8889
8890	<listitem>
8891	<para>NAT: fixed port-forwarding regressions (bug #5666)</para>
8892	</listitem>
8893
8894	<listitem>
8895	<para>NAT: fixed crash under certain conditions (bug #5427)</para>
8896	</listitem>
8897
8898	<listitem>
8899	<para>NAT: fixed resolving of names containing a slash or underscore
8900	when using the host resolver DNS proxy (bug #5698)</para>
8901	</listitem>
8902
8903	<listitem>
8904	<para>ATA: fixed sporadic crash when resuming after a VM was forcefully
8905	paused (e.g. due to iSCSI target being unavailable)</para>
8906	</listitem>
8907
8908	<listitem>
8909	<para>SATA: fixed raw vmdk disks (bug #5724)</para>
8910	</listitem>
8911
8912	<listitem>
8913	<para>Linux guests: increased the default memory for Redhat and Fedora
8914	guests</para>
8915	</listitem>
8916
8917	<listitem>
8918	<para>Linux Additions: fixed installation on RHEL 3.9 guests
8919	and on some 64bit guests</para>
8920	</listitem>
8921
8922	<listitem>
8923	<para>Linux Additions: prevent SELinux warnings concerning
8924	text relocations in VBoxOGL.so (bug #5690)</para>
8925	</listitem>
8926
8927	<listitem>
8928	<para>X11 guests: fixed mouse support for some Xorg 1.4 guests
8929	(openSUSE 11.0)</para>
8930	</listitem>
8931
8932	<listitem>
8933	<para>X11 guests: fixed xorg.conf modification for some older Xorg
8934	releases (openSUSE 11.1)</para>
8935	</listitem>
8936
8937	<listitem>
8938	<para>Windows guests: fixed some VBoxService shutdown issues</para>
8939	</listitem>
8940
8941	<listitem>
8942	<para>Windows guests: fixed VBoxVideo spinlock issues on NT4</para>
8943	</listitem>
8944
8945	<listitem>
8946	<para>Windows Guest Additions: fixed uninstallation issues of NT4</para>
8947	</listitem>
8948
8949	<listitem>
8950	<para>Shared Folders: fixed resolving of symlink target (bug #5631)</para>
8951	</listitem>
8952
8953	<listitem>
8954	<para>2D Video acceleration: delay loading of OpenGL dlls for Windows hosts to avoid
8955	GUI crashes on misconfigured systems</para>
8956	</listitem>
8957
8958	<listitem>
8959	<para>2D Video acceleration: fixed issues with video picture not displayed on playback</para>
8960	</listitem>
8961
8962	</itemizedlist>
8963
8964	</sect1>
8965
8966	<sect1>
8967	<title>Version 3.1.0 (2009-11-30)</title>
8968
8969	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
8970	were added:</para>
8971
8972	<itemizedlist>
8973
8974	<listitem>
8975	<para>Teleportation (aka live migration); migrate a live VM session
8976	from one host to another (see <xref linkend="teleporting" />)</para>
8977	</listitem>
8978
8979	<listitem>
8980	<para>VM states can now be restored from arbitrary snapshots instead of only
8981	the last one, and new snapshots can be taken from other snapshots as well
8982	("branched snapshots"; see <xref linkend="snapshots" />)</para>
8983	</listitem>
8984
8985	<listitem>
8986	<para>2D video acceleration for Windows guests; use the host video
8987	hardware for overlay stretching and color conversion
8988	(see <xref linkend="guestadd-2d" />)</para>
8989	</listitem>
8990
8991	<listitem>
8992	<para>More flexible storage attachments: CD/DVD drives can be attached to
8993	arbitrary storage controllers, and there can be more than one such drive
8994	(<xref linkend="storage" />)</para>
8995	</listitem>
8996
8997	<listitem>
8998	<para>The network attachment type can be changed while a VM is
8999	running</para>
9000	</listitem>
9001
9002	<listitem>
9003	<para>Complete rewrite of experimental USB support for OpenSolaris hosts
9004	making use of the latest USB enhancements in Solaris Nevada 124 and higher</para>
9005	</listitem>
9006
9007	<listitem>
9008	<para>Significant performance improvements for PAE and AMD64 guests
9009	(VT-x and AMD-V only; normal (non-nested) paging) </para>
9010	</listitem>
9011
9012	<listitem>
9013	<para>Experimental support for EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface;
9014	see <xref linkend="efi" />)</para>
9015	</listitem>
9016
9017	<listitem>
9018	<para>Support for paravirtualized network adapters (virtio-net;
9019	see <xref linkend="nichardware" />)</para>
9020	</listitem>
9021
9022	</itemizedlist>
9023
9024	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
9025
9026	<itemizedlist>
9027
9028	<listitem>
9029	<para>VMM: guest SMP fixes for certain rare cases</para>
9030	</listitem>
9031
9032	<listitem>
9033	<para>GUI: snapshots include a screenshot</para>
9034	</listitem>
9035
9036	<listitem>
9037	<para>GUI: locked storage media can be unmounted by force</para>
9038	</listitem>
9039
9040	<listitem>
9041	<para>GUI: the log window grabbed all key events from other GUI windows
9042	(bug #5291)</para>
9043	</listitem>
9044
9045	<listitem>
9046	<para>GUI: allow to disable USB filters (bug #5426)</para>
9047	</listitem>
9048
9049	<listitem>
9050	<para>GUI: improved memory slider in the VM settings</para>
9051	</listitem>
9052
9053	<listitem>
9054	<para>3D support: major performance improvement in VBO processing</para>
9055	</listitem>
9056
9057	<listitem>
9058	<para>3D support: added <emphasis>GL_EXT_framebuffer_object</emphasis>,
9059	<emphasis>GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array</emphasis> support</para>
9060	</listitem>
9061
9062	<listitem>
9063	<para>3D support: fixed crashes in FarCry, SecondLife, Call of Duty,
9064	Unreal Tournament, Eve Online (bugs #2801, #2791)</para>
9065	</listitem>
9066
9067	<listitem>
9068	<para>3D support: fixed graphics corruption in World of Warcraft (bug #2816)</para>
9069	</listitem>
9070
9071	<listitem>
9072	<para>3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen (bug #4653)</para>
9073	</listitem>
9074
9075	<listitem>
9076	<para>3D support: fixed incorrect rendering of non ARGB textures under compiz</para>
9077	</listitem>
9078
9079	<listitem>
9080	<para>iSCSI: support iSCSI targets with more than 2TiB capacity</para>
9081	</listitem>
9082
9083	<listitem>
9084	<para>VRDP: fixed occasional VRDP server crash (bug #5424)</para>
9085	</listitem>
9086
9087	<listitem>
9088	<para>Network: fixed the E1000 emulation for QNX
9089	(and probably other) guests (bug #3206)</para>
9090	</listitem>
9091
9092	<listitem>
9093	<para>NAT: added host resolver DNS proxy
9094	(see <xref linkend="nat_host_resolver_proxy" />)</para>
9095	</listitem>
9096
9097	<listitem>
9098	<para>VMDK: fixed incorrectly rejected big images split into 2G pieces
9099	(bug #5523, #2787)</para>
9100	</listitem>
9101
9102	<listitem>
9103	<para>VMDK: fixed compatibility issue with fixed or raw disk VMDK files
9104	(bug #2723)</para>
9105	</listitem>
9106
9107	<listitem>
9108	<para>VHD: fixed incompatibility with Hyper-V</para>
9109	</listitem>
9110
9111	<listitem>
9112	<para>Support for Parallels version 2 disk image (HDD) files;
9113	see <xref linkend="vdidetails" /></para>
9114	</listitem>
9115
9116	<listitem>
9117	<para>OVF: create manifest files on export and verify the content of an
9118	optional manifest file on import</para>
9119	</listitem>
9120
9121	<listitem>
9122	<para>OVF: fixed memory setting during import (bug #4188)</para>
9123	</listitem>
9124
9125	<listitem>
9126	<para>Mouse device: now five buttons are passed to the guest
9127	(bug #3773)</para>
9128	</listitem>
9129
9130	<listitem>
9131	<para>VBoxHeadless: fixed loss of saved state when VM fails to start</para>
9132	</listitem>
9133
9134	<listitem>
9135	<para>VBoxSDL: fixed crash during shutdown (Windows hosts only)</para>
9136	</listitem>
9137
9138	<listitem>
9139	<para>X11 based hosts: allow the user to specify their own scan code
9140	layout (bug #2302)</para>
9141	</listitem>
9142
9143	<listitem>
9144	<para>Mac OS X hosts: don't auto show the menu and dock in full screen
9145	(bug #4866)</para>
9146	</listitem>
9147
9148	<listitem>
9149	<para>Mac OS X hosts (64 bit): don't interpret mouse wheel events as
9150	left click (bug #5049)</para>
9151	</listitem>
9152
9153	<listitem>
9154	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a VM abort during shutdown under
9155	certain conditions</para>
9156	</listitem>
9157
9158	<listitem>
9159	<para>Solaris hosts: combined the kernel interface package into the VirtualBox main package</para>
9160	</listitem>
9161
9162	<listitem>
9163	<para>Solaris hosts: support for OpenSolaris Boomer architecture (with OSS audio backend)</para>
9164	</listitem>
9165
9166	<listitem>
9167	<para>Shared Folders: VBOXSVR is visible in Network folder (Windows guests, bug #4842)</para>
9168	</listitem>
9169
9170	<listitem>
9171	<para>Shared Folders: performance improvements (Windows guests, bug #1728)</para>
9172	</listitem>
9173
9174	<listitem>
9175	<para>Windows, Linux and Solaris Additions: added balloon tip notifier if VirtualBox host version
9176	was updated and Additions are out of date</para>
9177	</listitem>
9178
9179	<listitem>
9180	<para>Solaris guests: fixed keyboard emulation (bug #1589)</para>
9181	</listitem>
9182
9183	<listitem>
9184	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed <emphasis>as_pagelock()</emphasis> failed errors affecting guest
9185	properties (bug #5337)</para>
9186	</listitem>
9187
9188	<listitem>
9189	<para>Windows Additions: added automatic logon support for Windows Vista and Windows 7</para>
9190	</listitem>
9191
9192	<listitem>
9193	<para>Windows Additions: improved file version lookup for guest OS information</para>
9194	</listitem>
9195
9196	<listitem>
9197	<para>Windows Additions: fixed runtime OS detection on Windows 7 for session information</para>
9198	</listitem>
9199
9200	<listitem>
9201	<para>Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo)</para>
9202	</listitem>
9203
9204	<listitem>
9205	<para>Linux Additions: added support for uninstalling the Linux Guest
9206	Additions (bug #4039)</para>
9207	</listitem>
9208
9209	<listitem>
9210	<para>Linux guest shared folders: allow mounting a shared folder if a
9211	file of the same name as the folder exists in the current directory
9212	(bug #928)</para>
9213	</listitem>
9214
9215	<listitem>
9216	<para>SDK: added object-oriented web service bindings for PHP5</para>
9217	</listitem>
9218
9219	</itemizedlist>
9220
9221	</sect1>
9222
9223	<sect1>
9224	<title>Version 3.0.12 (2009-11-10)</title>
9225
9226	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
9227	added:</para>
9228
9229	<itemizedlist>
9230
9231	<listitem>
9232	<para>VMM: reduced IO-APIC overhead for 32 bits Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
9233	guests; requires 64 bits support (VT-x only; bug #4392) </para>
9234	</listitem>
9235
9236	<listitem>
9237	<para>VMM: fixed double timer interrupt delivery on old Linux kernels
9238	using IO-APIC (caused guest time to run at double speed; bug #3135)</para>
9239	</listitem>
9240
9241	<listitem>
9242	<para>VMM: re-initizalize VT-x and AMD-V after host suspend or hibernate; some BIOSes
9243	forget this (Windows hosts only; bug #5421)</para>
9244	</listitem>
9245
9246	<listitem>
9247	<para>VMM: fixed loading of saved state when RAM preallocation is
9248	enabled</para>
9249	</listitem>
9250
9251	<listitem>
9252	<para>BIOS: ignore unknown shutdown codes instead of causing a guru
9253	meditation (bug #5389)</para>
9254	</listitem>
9255
9256	<listitem>
9257	<para>GUI: never start a VM on a single click into the selector window
9258	(bug #2676)</para>
9259	</listitem>
9260
9261	<listitem>
9262	<para>Serial: reduce the probability of lost bytes if the host end
9263	is connected to a raw file</para>
9264	</listitem>
9265
9266	<listitem>
9267	<para>VMDK: fixed handling of split image variants and fix a 3.0.10 regression
9268	(bug #5355)</para>
9269	</listitem>
9270
9271	<listitem>
9272	<para>VRDP: fixed occasional VRDP server crash</para>
9273	</listitem>
9274
9275	<listitem>
9276	<para>Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, some
9277	guests were able to send / receive packets (E1000; bug #5366)</para>
9278	</listitem>
9279
9280	<listitem>
9281	<para>Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, the
9282	PCNet card received some spurious packets which might confuse the
9283	guest (bug #4496)</para>
9284	</listitem>
9285
9286	<listitem>
9287	<para>Shared Folders: fixed changing case of file names (bug #2520)</para>
9288	</listitem>
9289
9290	<listitem>
9291	<para>Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo)</para>
9292	</listitem>
9293
9294	<listitem>
9295	<para>Linux Additions: fixed writing to files opened in
9296	<emphasis>O_APPEND</emphasis> mode (bug #3805)</para>
9297	</listitem>
9298
9299	<listitem>
9300	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed regression in Guest Additions driver which
9301	among other things caused lost guest property updates and
9302	periodic error messages being written to the system log</para>
9303	</listitem>
9304
9305	</itemizedlist>
9306
9307	</sect1>
9308
9309	<sect1>
9310	<title>Version 3.0.10 (2009-10-29)</title>
9311
9312	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
9313	added:</para>
9314
9315	<itemizedlist>
9316
9317	<listitem>
9318	<para>VMM: guest SMP stability fixes </para>
9319	</listitem>
9320
9321	<listitem>
9322	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation with nested paging and SMP guests (bug #5222) </para>
9323	</listitem>
9324
9325	<listitem>
9326	<para>VMM: changed VT-x/AMD-V usage to detect other active hypervisors;
9327	necessary for e.g. Windows 7 XP compatibility mode
9328	(Windows & Mac OS X hosts only; bug #4239) </para>
9329	</listitem>
9330
9331	<listitem>
9332	<para>VMM: guru meditation during SCO OpenServer installation and reboot
9333	(VT-x only; bug #5164)</para>
9334	</listitem>
9335
9336	<listitem>
9337	<para>VMM: fixed accessed bit handling in certain cases (bug #5248)</para>
9338	</listitem>
9339
9340	<listitem>
9341	<para>VMM: fixed VPID flushing (VT-x only)</para>
9342	</listitem>
9343
9344	<listitem>
9345	<para>VMM: fixed broken nested paging for 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts (AMD-V only; bug #5285)</para>
9346	</listitem>
9347
9348	<listitem>
9349	<para>VMM: fixed loading of old saved states/snapshots (bug #3984)</para>
9350	</listitem>
9351
9352	<listitem>
9353	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed memory leaks (bug #5084)</para>
9354	</listitem>
9355
9356	<listitem>
9357	<para>Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed redraw problem in a dual
9358	screen setup (bug #4942)</para>
9359	</listitem>
9360
9361	<listitem>
9362	<para>Windows hosts: installer updates for Windows 7</para>
9363	</listitem>
9364
9365	<listitem>
9366	<para>Solaris hosts: out of memory handled incorrectly (bug #5241)</para>
9367	</listitem>
9368
9369	<listitem>
9370	<para>Solaris hosts: the previous fix for #5077 broke the DVD host support
9371	on Solaris 10 (VBox 3.0.8 regression)</para>
9372	</listitem>
9373
9374	<listitem>
9375	<para>Linux hosts: fixed module compilation against Linux 2.6.32rc4 and later</para>
9376	</listitem>
9377
9378	<listitem>
9379	<para>Guest Additions: fixed possible guest OS kernel memory
9380	exhaustion</para>
9381	</listitem>
9382
9383	<listitem>
9384	<para>Guest Additions: fixed stability issues with SMP guests</para>
9385	</listitem>
9386
9387	<listitem>
9388	<para>Windows Additions: fixed color depth issue with low resolution hosts,
9389	netbooks, etc. (bug #4935)</para>
9390	</listitem>
9391
9392	<listitem>
9393	<para>Windows Additions: fixed NO_MORE_FILES error when saving to shared
9394	folders (bug #4106)</para>
9395	</listitem>
9396
9397	<listitem>
9398	<para>Windows Additions: fixed subdirectory creation on shared
9399	folders (bug #4299)</para>
9400	</listitem>
9401
9402	<listitem>
9403	<para>Linux Additions: <emphasis>sendfile()</emphasis> returned
9404	<emphasis>-EOVERFLOW</emphasis> when executed on a shared folder
9405	(bug #2921)</para>
9406	</listitem>
9407
9408	<listitem>
9409	<para>Linux Additions: fixed incorrect disk usage value (non-Windows
9410	hosts only)</para>
9411	</listitem>
9412
9413	<listitem>
9414	<para>Linux installer: register the module sources at DKMS even if the
9415	package provides proper modules for the current running kernel</para>
9416	</listitem>
9417
9418	<listitem>
9419	<para>3D support: removed invalid OpenGL assertion (bug #5158)</para>
9420	</listitem>
9421
9422	<listitem>
9423	<para>Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for QNX
9424	(and probably other) guests (bug #3206)</para>
9425	</listitem>
9426
9427	<listitem>
9428	<para>VMDK: fix handling of split image variants</para>
9429	</listitem>
9430
9431	<listitem>
9432	<para>VHD: do not delay updating the footer when expanding the image to prevent
9433	image inconsistency </para>
9434	</listitem>
9435
9436	<listitem>
9437	<para>USB: stability fix for some USB 2.0 devices</para>
9438	</listitem>
9439
9440	<listitem>
9441	<para>GUI: added a search index to the .chm help file</para>
9442	</listitem>
9443
9444	<listitem>
9445	<para>GUI/Windows hosts: fixed CapsLock handling on French keyboards
9446	(bug #2025)</para>
9447	</listitem>
9448
9449	<listitem>
9450	<para>Shared clipboard/X11 hosts: fixed a crash when clipboard
9451	initialisation failed (bug #4987)</para>
9452	</listitem>
9453
9454	</itemizedlist>
9455
9456	</sect1>
9457
9458	<sect1>
9459	<title>Version 3.0.8 (2009-10-02)</title>
9460
9461	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
9462	added:</para>
9463
9464	<itemizedlist>
9465
9466	<listitem>
9467	<para>VMM: fixed 64 bits guest on 32 bits host regression in 3.0.6
9468	(VT-x only; bug #4947)</para>
9469	</listitem>
9470
9471	<listitem>
9472	<para>VMM: fixed a recompiler triple fault guru meditation (VT-x &
9473	AMD-V only; bug #5058) </para>
9474	</listitem>
9475
9476	<listitem>
9477	<para>VMM: fixed hang after guest state restore (AMD-V, 32 bits Windows
9478	guest and IO-APIC enabled only; bug #5059) </para>
9479	</listitem>
9480
9481	<listitem>
9482	<para>VMM: fixed paging issue with OS/2 guests </para>
9483	</listitem>
9484
9485	<listitem>
9486	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation in rare cases (2.0 regression;
9487	software virtualization only) </para>
9488	</listitem>
9489
9490	<listitem>
9491	<para>VMM: fixed release assertion during state restore when using the
9492	Sound Blaster 16 emulation (bug #5042) </para>
9493	</listitem>
9494
9495	<listitem>
9496	<para>Security: fixed vulnerability that allowed to execute commands
9497	with root privileges</para>
9498	</listitem>
9499
9500	<listitem>
9501	<para>Linux hosts: fixed runtime assertion in semaphore implementation
9502	which was triggered under certain conditions (bug #616)</para>
9503	</listitem>
9504
9505	<listitem>
9506	<para>Linux hosts: change the default USB access mode on certain
9507	distributions (bugs #3394 and #4291)</para>
9508	</listitem>
9509
9510	<listitem>
9511	<para>Linux hosts: on hardened Gentoo, the VBoxSVC daemon crashed by
9512	opening the VM network settings (bug #3732)</para>
9513	</listitem>
9514
9515	<listitem>
9516	<para>Linux hosts, Solaris hosts: pass the XAUTHORITY variable along the
9517	DISPLAY variable when starting a VM from VBoxManage or from the VM
9518	selector (bug #5063)</para>
9519	</listitem>
9520
9521	<listitem>
9522	<para>Linux hosts: use sysfs to enumerate host drives if hal is not
9523	available</para>
9524	</listitem>
9525
9526	<listitem>
9527	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a bug which would hang the host sporadically as
9528	interrupts were not re-enabled every time</para>
9529	</listitem>
9530
9531	<listitem>
9532	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a kernel panic with bridged and host-only
9533	networking (bug #4775)</para>
9534	</listitem>
9535
9536	<listitem>
9537	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed incorrectly persistent CD/DVD-ROMs when
9538	changing them (bug #5077)</para>
9539	</listitem>
9540
9541	<listitem>
9542	<para>X11-based hosts: support additional function keys on Sun keyboards
9543	(bug #4907)</para>
9544	</listitem>
9545
9546	<listitem>
9547	<para>Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed problem starting headless
9548	VMs without a graphical session (bug #5002)</para>
9549	</listitem>
9550
9551	<listitem>
9552	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed problem listing host-only adapter names
9553	with trailing garbage (attached VMs won't start)</para>
9554	</listitem>
9555
9556	<listitem>
9557	<para>Windows Additions: now work with Vista 64-bit Home editions (bug #3865)</para>
9558	</listitem>
9559
9560	<listitem>
9561	<para>Windows Additions: fixed screen corruption with ZoomText Magnifier</para>
9562	</listitem>
9563
9564	<listitem>
9565	<para>Windows Additions: fixed NPGetUniversalName failure (bug #4853)</para>
9566	</listitem>
9567
9568	<listitem>
9569	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows NT regression (bug #4946)</para>
9570	</listitem>
9571
9572	<listitem>
9573	<para>Windows Additions: fixed VBoxService not running if no Shared Folders
9574	are installed</para>
9575	</listitem>
9576
9577	<listitem>
9578	<para>Linux Additions: implemented <emphasis>ftrunctate</emphasis>
9579	(bug #4771)</para>
9580	</listitem>
9581
9582	<listitem>
9583	<para>VRDP: start VM even if configured VRDP port is in use</para>
9584	</listitem>
9585
9586	<listitem>
9587	<para>Networking: the PCnet network device stopped receiving under
9588	rare conditions (bug #4870)</para>
9589	</listitem>
9590
9591	<listitem>
9592	<para>VBoxManage: implemented <computeroutput>controlvm vrdpport</computeroutput>
9593	command</para>
9594	</listitem>
9595
9596	<listitem>
9597	<para>iSCSI: fixed issue with NetApp targets (bug #5072)</para>
9598	</listitem>
9599
9600	<listitem>
9601	<para>SCSI: add support for virtual disks larger than 2TB </para>
9602	</listitem>
9603
9604	<listitem>
9605	<para>USB: fixed potential crash when unplugging USB2 devices
9606	(bug #5089)</para>
9607	</listitem>
9608
9609	<listitem>
9610	<para>NAT: IPSEC did not properly work with Linux guests (bug #4801)</para>
9611	</listitem>
9612
9613	</itemizedlist>
9614
9615	</sect1>
9616
9617	<sect1>
9618	<title>Version 3.0.6 (2009-09-09)</title>
9619
9620	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
9621	added:</para>
9622
9623	<itemizedlist>
9624
9625	<listitem>
9626	<para>VMM: fixed IO-APIC overhead for 32 bits Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003 guests
9627	(AMD-V only; bug #4392)</para>
9628	</listitem>
9629
9630	<listitem>
9631	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru meditation under certain circumstances when enabling
9632	a disabled device (bug #4510)</para>
9633	</listitem>
9634
9635	<listitem>
9636	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru meditation when booting certain Arch Linux guests
9637	(software virtualization only; bug #2149)</para>
9638	</listitem>
9639
9640	<listitem>
9641	<para>VMM: fixed hangs with 64 bits Solaris & OpenSolaris
9642	guests (bug #2258)</para>
9643	</listitem>
9644
9645	<listitem>
9646	<para>VMM: fixed decreasing <emphasis>rdtsc</emphasis> values
9647	(AMD-V & VT-x only; bug #2869)</para>
9648	</listitem>
9649
9650	<listitem>
9651	<para>VMM: small Solaris/OpenSolaris performance improvements (VT-x only) </para>
9652	</listitem>
9653
9654	<listitem>
9655	<para>VMM: <emphasis>cpuid</emphasis> change to correct reported virtual CPU ID in Linux </para>
9656	</listitem>
9657
9658	<listitem>
9659	<para>VMM: NetBSD 5.0.1 CD hangs during boot (VT-x only; bug #3947) </para>
9660	</listitem>
9661
9662	<listitem>
9663	<para>Solaris hosts: worked around an issue that caused the host to hang (bug #4486)</para>
9664	</listitem>
9665
9666	<listitem>
9667	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a rare host system deadlock when using bridged networking</para>
9668	</listitem>
9669
9670	<listitem>
9671	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a potential host system deadlock when CPUs were
9672	onlined or offlined</para>
9673	</listitem>
9674
9675	<listitem>
9676	<para>Solaris hosts installer: added missing dependency for UTF-8 package (bug #4899)</para>
9677	</listitem>
9678
9679	<listitem>
9680	<para>Linux hosts: don't crash on Linux PAE kernels < 2.6.11 (in particular
9681	RHEL/CentOS 4); disable VT-x on Linux kernels < 2.6.13 (bug #1842)</para>
9682	</listitem>
9683
9684	<listitem>
9685	<para>Linux/Solaris hosts: correctly detect keyboards with fewer keys
9686	than usual (bug #4799)</para>
9687	</listitem>
9688
9689	<listitem>
9690	<para>Mac OS X hosts: prevent password dialogs in 32 bits Snow Leopard</para>
9691	</listitem>
9692
9693	<listitem>
9694	<para>Python WS: fixed issue with certain enumerations constants having
9695	wrong values in Python web services bindings</para>
9696	</listitem>
9697
9698	<listitem>
9699	<para>Python API: several threading and platform issues fixed</para>
9700	</listitem>
9701
9702	<listitem>
9703	<para>Python shell: added <emphasis>exportVM</emphasis> command</para>
9704	</listitem>
9705
9706	<listitem>
9707	<para>Python shell: various improvements and bugfixes</para>
9708	</listitem>
9709
9710	<listitem>
9711	<para>Python shell: corrected detection of home directory in remote case</para>
9712	</listitem>
9713
9714	<listitem>
9715	<para>OVF: fixed XML comment handling that could lead to parser errors</para>
9716	</listitem>
9717
9718	<listitem>
9719	<para>Main: fixed a rare parsing problem with port numbers of USB device
9720	filters in machine settings XML</para>
9721	</listitem>
9722
9723	<listitem>
9724	<para>Main: restrict guest RAM size to 1.5 GB (32 bits Windows hosts only)</para>
9725	</listitem>
9726
9727	<listitem>
9728	<para>Main: fixed possible hang during guest reboot (bug #3792)</para>
9729	</listitem>
9730
9731	<listitem>
9732	<para>GUI: fixed rare crash when removing the last disk from the media manager (bug #4795)</para>
9733	</listitem>
9734
9735	<listitem>
9736	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <computeroutput>guestproperty</computeroutput>
9737	for Mac OS X hosts (bug #3806)</para>
9738	</listitem>
9739
9740	<listitem>
9741	<para>VBoxManage: fixed setting guest properties with
9742	<emphasis>--flags</emphasis> or <emphasis>-flags</emphasis></para>
9743	</listitem>
9744
9745	<listitem>
9746	<para>Web service: fixed a severe memory leak, at least on platforms using XPCOM</para>
9747	</listitem>
9748
9749	<listitem>
9750	<para>Serial: fixed host mode (Solaris, Linux and Mac OS X hosts; bug #4672)</para>
9751	</listitem>
9752
9753	<listitem>
9754	<para>VRDP: Remote USB Protocol version 3</para>
9755	</listitem>
9756
9757	<listitem>
9758	<para>SATA: fixed hangs and BSODs introduced with 3.0.4 (bugs #4695, #4739, #4710)</para>
9759	</listitem>
9760
9761	<listitem>
9762	<para>SATA: fixed a bug which prevented Windows 7 from detecting more than one hard disk</para>
9763	</listitem>
9764
9765	<listitem>
9766	<para>SATA/SCSI: fixed rare random guest crashes and hangs </para>
9767	</listitem>
9768
9769	<listitem>
9770	<para>SCSI: fixed problem with Fedora 11 refusing to boot after kernel update</para>
9771	</listitem>
9772
9773	<listitem>
9774	<para>iSCSI: fix logging out when the target has dropped the connection,
9775	fix negotiation of parameters, fix command resend when the connection
9776	was dropped, fix processing SCSI status for targets which do not use
9777	phase collapse</para>
9778	</listitem>
9779
9780	<listitem>
9781	<para>BIOS: fixed a bug that caused the OS/2 boot manager to fail
9782	(2.1.0 regression; bug #3911)</para>
9783	</listitem>
9784
9785	<listitem>
9786	<para>PulseAudio: don't hang during VM termination if the connection
9787	to the server was unexpectedly terminated (bug #3100)</para>
9788	</listitem>
9789
9790	<listitem>
9791	<para>Mouse: fixed weird mouse behaviour with SMP (Solaris) guests (bug #4538)</para>
9792	</listitem>
9793
9794	<listitem>
9795	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed failure in
9796	<emphasis>CreateHostOnlyNetworkInterface()</emphasis> on Linux (no GUID)</para>
9797	</listitem>
9798
9799	<listitem>
9800	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed wrong DHCP server startup while hostonly
9801	interface bringup on Linux</para>
9802	</listitem>
9803
9804	<listitem>
9805	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed incorrect factory and default MAC address on Solaris</para>
9806	</listitem>
9807
9808	<listitem>
9809	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed the problem with listing host-only
9810	interfaces on Mac OS X when all physical interfaces are down (bugs
9811	#4698, #4790)</para>
9812	</listitem>
9813
9814	<listitem>
9815	<para>DHCP: fixed a bug in the DHCP server where it allocated one IP address
9816	less than the configured range</para>
9817	</listitem>
9818
9819	<listitem>
9820	<para>E1000: fixed receiving of multicast packets</para>
9821	</listitem>
9822
9823	<listitem>
9824	<para>E1000: fixed up/down link notification after resuming a VM</para>
9825	</listitem>
9826
9827	<listitem>
9828	<para>NAT: fixed Ethernet address corruptions (bug #4839)</para>
9829	</listitem>
9830
9831	<listitem>
9832	<para>NAT: fixed hangs, dropped packets and retransmission problems (bug #4343)</para>
9833	</listitem>
9834
9835	<listitem>
9836	<para>Bridged networking: fixed packet queue issue which might cause
9837	DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE BSOD for Windows hosts (bug #4821)</para>
9838	</listitem>
9839
9840	<listitem>
9841	<para>Windows Additions: fixed a bug in VBoxGINA which prevented selecting
9842	the right domain when logging in the first time</para>
9843	</listitem>
9844
9845	<listitem>
9846	<para>Windows host installer: should now also work on unicode systems
9847	(like Korean, bug #3707)</para>
9848	</listitem>
9849
9850	<listitem>
9851	<para>Windows host installer: check for sufficient disk space</para>
9852	</listitem>
9853
9854	<listitem>
9855	<para>Shared clipboard: do not send zero-terminated text to X11 guests
9856	and hosts (bug #4712)</para>
9857	</listitem>
9858
9859	<listitem>
9860	<para>Shared clipboard: use a less CPU intensive way of checking for
9861	new data on X11 guests and hosts (bug #4092)</para>
9862	</listitem>
9863
9864	<listitem>
9865	<para>Guest Additions: do not hide the host mouse cursor when restoring
9866	a saved state (bug #4700)</para>
9867	</listitem>
9868
9869	<listitem>
9870	<para>Windows guests: fixed issues with the display of the mouse
9871	cursor image (bugs #2603, #2660 and #4817)</para>
9872	</listitem>
9873
9874	<listitem>
9875	<para>SUSE 11 guests: fixed Guest Additions installation (bug #4506)</para>
9876	</listitem>
9877
9878	<listitem>
9879	<para>Guest Additions: support Fedora 12 Alpha guests (bugs #4731, #4733 and #4734)</para>
9880	</listitem>
9881
9882	</itemizedlist>
9883
9884	</sect1>
9885
9886	<sect1>
9887	<title>Version 3.0.4 (2009-08-04)</title>
9888
9889	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
9890	added:</para>
9891
9892	<itemizedlist>
9893
9894	<listitem>
9895	<para>VMM: 64 bits guest stability fixes (AMD-V only; bugs #3923 & #3666)</para>
9896	</listitem>
9897
9898	<listitem>
9899	<para>VMM: SMP stability fixes (AMD-V only)</para>
9900	</listitem>
9901
9902	<listitem>
9903	<para>VMM: SMP performance improvement (esp. for Solaris guests)</para>
9904	</listitem>
9905
9906	<listitem>
9907	<para>VMM: eliminated several bugs which could lead to a host reboot</para>
9908	</listitem>
9909
9910	<listitem>
9911	<para>VMM: fixed OS/2 ACP2 boot floppy hang (VT-x only)</para>
9912	</listitem>
9913
9914	<listitem>
9915	<para>VMM: small performance improvement for OpenSolaris guests (AMD-V only)</para>
9916	</listitem>
9917
9918	<listitem>
9919	<para>VMM: fixed CentOS/Xen reboot (software virtualization only; bug #4509)</para>
9920	</listitem>
9921
9922	<listitem>
9923	<para>SATA: fixed hangs / BSOD during Windows XP installation (bug #4342)</para>
9924	</listitem>
9925
9926	<listitem>
9927	<para>SATA: mark the ports as non hotpluggable (bug #3920)</para>
9928	</listitem>
9929
9930	<listitem>
9931	<para>3D support: fix deadlocks and context/window tracking for
9932	multithreaded applications (bug #3922)</para>
9933	</listitem>
9934
9935	<listitem>
9936	<para>3D support: fix memory leaks when terminating OpenGL guest applications</para>
9937	</listitem>
9938
9939	<listitem>
9940	<para>3D support: fix crash in Call of Duty</para>
9941	</listitem>
9942
9943	<listitem>
9944	<para>NAT: using two or more NAT adapters in one VM was broken (3.0.0 regression)</para>
9945	</listitem>
9946
9947	<listitem>
9948	<para>NAT: fixed network communication corruptions (bugs #4499, #4540, #4591, #4604)</para>
9949	</listitem>
9950
9951	<listitem>
9952	<para>NAT: fixed passive ftp access to host server (bug #4427)</para>
9953	</listitem>
9954
9955	<listitem>
9956	<para>iSCSI: fixed cloning to/from iSCSI disks</para>
9957	</listitem>
9958
9959	<listitem>
9960	<para>GUI: fixed path separator handling for the OVF export on
9961	Windows (bug #4354)</para>
9962	</listitem>
9963
9964	<listitem>
9965	<para>GUI: the mini toolbar was only shown on the first host display
9966	(bug #4654)</para>
9967	</listitem>
9968
9969	<listitem>
9970	<para>GUI: added a VM option to display the mini toolbar on top</para>
9971	</listitem>
9972
9973	<listitem>
9974	<para>GUI: don't crash when adding plus configuring host-only network
9975	interfaces</para>
9976	</listitem>
9977
9978	<listitem>
9979	<para>Shared Folders: fixed selection of a drive root directory as a shared folder host path
9980	in VirtualBox (Windows host only)</para>
9981	</listitem>
9982
9983	<listitem>
9984	<para>USB: fixed a bug that may have rendered USB device filter settings
9985	inactive (3.0.2 regression; bug #4668)</para>
9986	</listitem>
9987
9988	<listitem>
9989	<para>Guest Additions: report the Guest Additions version to the guest
9990	properties (bug #3415)</para>
9991	</listitem>
9992
9993	<listitem>
9994	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fix creation of VMDK files giving raw partition access
9995	(bug #1461)</para>
9996	</listitem>
9997
9998	<listitem>
9999	<para>Mac OS X hosts: improved support for Snow Leopard </para>
10000	</listitem>
10001
10002	<listitem>
10003	<para>Linux hosts: fixed problems leading to wrong colors or
10004	transparency in host windows with some graphics drivers (bug #3095)</para>
10005	</listitem>
10006
10007	<listitem>
10008	<para>Linux hosts: hardware detection fallbacks if the hal service
10009	fails to find any DVD drives</para>
10010	</listitem>
10011
10012	<listitem>
10013	<para>Linux and Solaris hosts: Work around color handling problems in
10014	Qt (bug #4353)</para>
10015	</listitem>
10016
10017	<listitem>
10018	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed memory leaks in host-only networking</para>
10019	</listitem>
10020
10021	<listitem>
10022	<para>Solaris Installer: fixed incorrect netmask for Host-only interface (bug #4590)</para>
10023	</listitem>
10024
10025	<listitem>
10026	<para>Solaris Installer: added package dependency for Python and Python-devel (bug #4570)</para>
10027	</listitem>
10028
10029	<listitem>
10030	<para>X11 guests: prevent windows from being skipped in
10031	seamless mode KDE guests (bugs #1681 and #3574)</para>
10032	</listitem>
10033
10034	<listitem>
10035	<para>X11 guests: fixed screen corruption in X11 guests when large
10036	amounts of video RAM were allocated (bug #4430)</para>
10037	</listitem>
10038
10039	<listitem>
10040	<para>X11 guests: some fixes when switching between host and
10041	guest-drawn mouse pointers</para>
10042	</listitem>
10043
10044	<listitem>
10045	<para>X11 guests: fixed an issue which caused seamless mode to stop
10046	working as it should (the main issue listed in bug #2238)</para>
10047	</listitem>
10048
10049	</itemizedlist>
10050
10051	</sect1>
10052	<sect1>
10053	<title>Version 3.0.2 (2009-07-10)</title>
10054
10055	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
10056	added:</para>
10057
10058	<itemizedlist>
10059
10060	<listitem>
10061	<para>VMM: fixed network regressions (guest hangs during network IO) (bug #4343)</para>
10062	</listitem>
10063
10064	<listitem>
10065	<para>VMM: guest SMP performance improvements</para>
10066	</listitem>
10067
10068	<listitem>
10069	<para>VMM: fixed hangs and poor performance with Kaspersky Internet Security
10070	(VT-x/AMD-V only; bug #1778)</para>
10071	</listitem>
10072
10073	<listitem>
10074	<para>VMM: fixed crashes when executing certain Linux guests (software
10075	virtualization only; bugs #2696 & #3868)</para>
10076	</listitem>
10077
10078	<listitem>
10079	<para>ACPI: fixed Windows 2000 kernel hangs with IO-APIC enabled (bug #4348)</para>
10080	</listitem>
10081
10082	<listitem>
10083	<para>APIC: fixed high idle load for certain Linux guests (3.0 regression)</para>
10084	</listitem>
10085
10086	<listitem>
10087	<para>BIOS: properly handle Ctrl-Alt-Del in real mode</para>
10088	</listitem>
10089
10090	<listitem>
10091	<para>iSCSI: fixed configuration parsing (bug #4236)</para>
10092	</listitem>
10093
10094	<listitem>
10095	<para>OVF: fix potential confusion when exporting networks</para>
10096	</listitem>
10097
10098	<listitem>
10099	<para>OVF: compatibility fix (bug #4452)</para>
10100	</listitem>
10101
10102	<listitem>
10103	<para>OVF: accept ovf:/disk/ specifiers with a single slash in addition to ovf://disk/ (bug #4452) </para>
10104	</listitem>
10105
10106	<listitem>
10107	<para>NAT: fixed crashes under certain circumstances (bug #4330)</para>
10108	</listitem>
10109
10110	<listitem>
10111	<para>3D support: fixed dynamic linking on Solaris/OpenSolaris guests (bug #4399)</para>
10112	</listitem>
10113
10114	<listitem>
10115	<para>3D support: fixed incorrect context/window tracking for multithreaded apps</para>
10116	</listitem>
10117
10118	<listitem>
10119	<para>Shared Folders: fixed loading from saved state (bug #1595)</para>
10120	</listitem>
10121
10122	<listitem>
10123	<para>Shared Folders: host file permissions set to 0400 with Windows
10124	guest (bug #4381)</para>
10125	</listitem>
10126
10127	<listitem>
10128	<para>X11 host and guest clipboard: fixed a number of issues, including bug #4380 and #4344</para>
10129	</listitem>
10130
10131	<listitem>
10132	<para>X11 Additions: fixed some issues with seamless windows in X11 guests (bug #3727)</para>
10133	</listitem>
10134
10135	<listitem>
10136	<para>Windows Additions: added VBoxServiceNT for NT4 guests
10137	(for time synchronization and guest properties)</para>
10138	</listitem>
10139
10140	<listitem>
10141	<para>Windows Additions: fixed version lookup</para>
10142	</listitem>
10143
10144	<listitem>
10145	<para>Linux Installer: support Pardus Linux</para>
10146	</listitem>
10147
10148	<listitem>
10149	<para>Linux hosts: workaround for buggy graphics drivers showing a
10150	black VM window on recent distributions (bug #4335)</para>
10151	</listitem>
10152
10153	<listitem>
10154	<para>Linux hosts: fixed typo in kernel module startup script (bug #4388)</para>
10155	</listitem>
10156
10157	<listitem>
10158	<para>Solaris hosts: several installer fixes</para>
10159	</listitem>
10160
10161	<listitem>
10162	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a preemption issue causing VMs to never start on Solaris 10 (bug #4328)</para>
10163	</listitem>
10164
10165	<listitem>
10166	<para>Solaris guests: fixed mouse integration for OpenSolaris 2009.06 (bug #4365) </para>
10167	</listitem>
10168
10169	<listitem>
10170	<para>Windows hosts: fixed high CPU usage after resuming the host (bug #2978)</para>
10171	</listitem>
10172
10173	<listitem>
10174	<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>
10175	</listitem>
10176
10177	</itemizedlist>
10178
10179	</sect1>
10180
10181	<sect1>
10182	<title>Version 3.0.0 (2009-06-30)</title>
10183
10184	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
10185	were added:</para>
10186
10187	<itemizedlist>
10188
10189	<listitem>
10190	<para>Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only; see <xref linkend="settings-processor" />)</para>
10191	</listitem>
10192
10193	<listitem>
10194	<para>Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications / games
10195	(experimental; see <xref linkend="guestadd-3d" />)</para>
10196	</listitem>
10197
10198	<listitem>
10199	<para>Support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests</para>
10200	</listitem>
10201
10202	</itemizedlist>
10203
10204	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
10205
10206	<itemizedlist>
10207
10208	<listitem>
10209	<para>Solaris hosts: allow suspend/resume on the host when a VM is running (bug #3826)</para>
10210	</listitem>
10211
10212	<listitem>
10213	<para>Solaris hosts: loosen the restriction for contiguous physical memory under
10214	certain conditions</para>
10215	</listitem>
10216
10217	<listitem>
10218	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed guest PAE</para>
10219	</listitem>
10220
10221	<listitem>
10222	<para>Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.31 (bug #4264)</para>
10223	</listitem>
10224
10225	<listitem>
10226	<para>VMM: fixed occasional guru meditation when loading a saved state (VT-x only)</para>
10227	</listitem>
10228
10229	<listitem>
10230	<para>VMM: eliminated IO-APIC overhead with 32 bits guests (VT-x only, some Intel CPUs don't support
10231	this feature (most do); bug #638)</para>
10232	</listitem>
10233
10234	<listitem>
10235	<para>VMM: fixed 64 bits CentOS guest hangs during early boot (AMD-V only; bug #3927)</para>
10236	</listitem>
10237
10238	<listitem>
10239	<para>VMM: performance improvements for certain PAE guests (e.g. Linux 2.6.29+ kernels) </para>
10240	</listitem>
10241
10242	<listitem>
10243	<para>VMM: some Windows guests detected a completely wrong CPU frequency (bug #2227)</para>
10244	</listitem>
10245
10246	<listitem>
10247	<para>VMM: fixed hanging and unkillable VM processes (bug #4040)</para>
10248	</listitem>
10249
10250	<listitem>
10251	<para>VMM: fixed random infrequent guest crashes due XMM state corruption (Win64 hosts only)</para>
10252	</listitem>
10253
10254	<listitem>
10255	<para>VMM: performance improvements for network I/O (VT-x/AMD-V only)</para>
10256	</listitem>
10257
10258	<listitem>
10259	<para>GUI: added mini toolbar for full screen and seamless mode (Thanks to Huihong Luo)</para>
10260	</listitem>
10261
10262	<listitem>
10263	<para>GUI: redesigned settings dialogs</para>
10264	</listitem>
10265
10266	<listitem>
10267	<para>GUI: allow to create/remove more than one host-only network adapters
10268	(non Windows hosts)</para>
10269	</listitem>
10270
10271	<listitem>
10272	<para>GUI: display estimated time for long running operations (e.g. OVF import/export)</para>
10273	</listitem>
10274
10275	<listitem>
10276	<para>GUI: fixed rare hangs when open the OVF import/export wizards (bug #4157)</para>
10277	</listitem>
10278
10279	<listitem>
10280	<para>3D support: fixed VM crashes for client applications using incorrect OpenGL states</para>
10281	</listitem>
10282
10283	<listitem>
10284	<para>3D support: fixed memory corruption when querying for supported texture compression formats</para>
10285	</listitem>
10286
10287	<listitem>
10288	<para>3D support: fixed incorrect rendering of glDrawRangeElements</para>
10289	</listitem>
10290
10291	<listitem>
10292	<para>3D support: fixed memory leak when using VBOs</para>
10293	</listitem>
10294
10295	<listitem>
10296	<para>3D support: fixed glew library detection</para>
10297	</listitem>
10298
10299	<listitem>
10300	<para>3D support: fixed random textures corruption</para>
10301	</listitem>
10302
10303	<listitem>
10304	<para>VRDP: support Windows 7 RDP client</para>
10305	</listitem>
10306
10307	<listitem>
10308	<para>Networking: fixed another problem with TX checksum offloading
10309	with Linux kernels up to version 2.6.18</para>
10310	</listitem>
10311
10312	<listitem>
10313	<para>NAT: fixed "open ports on virtual router 10.0.2.2 - 513, 514" (forum)</para>
10314	</listitem>
10315
10316	<listitem>
10317	<para>NAT: allow to configure socket and internal parameters</para>
10318	</listitem>
10319
10320	<listitem>
10321	<para>NAT: allow to bind sockets to specific interface</para>
10322	</listitem>
10323
10324	<listitem>
10325	<para>PXE boot: significant performance increase (VT-x/AMD-V only)</para>
10326	</listitem>
10327
10328	<listitem>
10329	<para>VHD: properly write empty sectors when cloning of VHD images (bug #4080)</para>
10330	</listitem>
10331
10332	<listitem>
10333	<para>VHD: fixed crash when discarding snapshots of a VHD image</para>
10334	</listitem>
10335
10336	<listitem>
10337	<para>VHD: fixed access beyond the block bitmap which could lead to arbitrary crashes</para>
10338	</listitem>
10339
10340	<listitem>
10341	<para>VBoxManage: fixed incorrect partition table processing when
10342	creating VMDK files giving raw partition access (bug #3510)</para>
10343	</listitem>
10344
10345	<listitem>
10346	<para>VBoxManage: support cloning to existing image file</para>
10347	</listitem>
10348
10349	<listitem>
10350	<para>OVF: several OVF 1.0 compatibility fixes</para>
10351	</listitem>
10352
10353	<listitem>
10354	<para>OVF: fixed exporting of disk images when multiple virtual machines are exported at once</para>
10355	</listitem>
10356
10357	<listitem>
10358	<para>Virtual mouse device: eliminated micro-movements of the
10359	virtual mouse which were confusing some applications (bug #3782)</para>
10360	</listitem>
10361
10362	<listitem>
10363	<para>Shared Folders: sometimes a file was created using the wrong permissions
10364	(2.2.0 regression; bug #3785)</para>
10365	</listitem>
10366
10367	<listitem>
10368	<para>Shared Folders: allow to change file attributes from Linux guests and use the
10369	correct file mode when creating files</para>
10370	</listitem>
10371
10372	<listitem>
10373	<para>Shared Folders: some content was incorrectly written under certain
10374	conditions (bug #1187)</para>
10375	</listitem>
10376
10377	<listitem>
10378	<para>Shared Folders: fixed incorrect file timestamps, when using Windows guest
10379	on a Linux host (bug #3404)</para>
10380	</listitem>
10381
10382	<listitem>
10383	<para>X11 clipboard: fix duplicate end of lines (bug #4270)</para>
10384	</listitem>
10385
10386	<listitem>
10387	<para>X11 guests: a number of shared clipboard fixes</para>
10388	</listitem>
10389
10390	<listitem>
10391	<para>Linux guests: Guest Additions support for SUSE Linux
10392	Enterprise Desktop 11</para>
10393	</listitem>
10394
10395	<listitem>
10396	<para>Linux guests: new daemon vboxadd-service to handle time synchronization and
10397	guest property lookup</para>
10398	</listitem>
10399
10400	<listitem>
10401	<para>Linux guests: implemented guest properties (OS info, logged in users,
10402	basic network information)</para>
10403	</listitem>
10404
10405	<listitem>
10406	<para>Windows host installer: VirtualBox Python API can now be installed automatically
10407	(requires Python and Win32 Extensions installed)</para>
10408	</listitem>
10409
10410	<listitem>
10411	<para>USB: Support for high-speed isochronous endpoints has been
10412	added. In addition, read-ahead buffering is performed for input
10413	endpoints (currently Linux hosts only). This should allow additional
10414	devices to work, notably webcams (bug #242)</para>
10415	</listitem>
10416
10417	<listitem>
10418	<para>USB: fixed error handling for some USB dongles</para>
10419	</listitem>
10420
10421	<listitem>
10422	<para>Web service: fixed inability to handle NULL pointers for object arguments, which
10423	are valid values for a lot of APIs, in both the raw and the object-oriented
10424	web service</para>
10425	</listitem>
10426
10427	<listitem>
10428	<para>Web service: object-oriented bindings for JAX-WS did not exhibit interface
10429	inheritance correctly, fixed</para>
10430	</listitem>
10431
10432	<listitem>
10433	<para>Web service: added support for IDisplay and IGuest interfaces, which were previously
10434	unavailable</para>
10435	</listitem>
10436
10437	<listitem>
10438	<para>Registration dialog uses Sun Online accounts now</para>
10439	</listitem>
10440
10441	</itemizedlist>
10442	</sect1>
10443
10444	<sect1>
10445	<title>Version 2.2.4 (2009-05-29)</title>
10446
10447	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
10448	added:</para>
10449
10450	<itemizedlist>
10451
10452	<listitem>
10453	<para>Windows Installer: fixed a potential hang during
10454	installation</para>
10455	</listitem>
10456
10457	<listitem>
10458	<para>Windows Installer: fixed several problems (bug #3892)</para>
10459	</listitem>
10460
10461	<listitem>
10462	<para>Solaris hosts: make it work with Solaris build 114 or
10463	later (bug #3981)</para>
10464	</listitem>
10465
10466	<listitem>
10467	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a bug serial port character handling found during
10468	loopback (bug #3120)</para>
10469	</listitem>
10470
10471	<listitem>
10472	<para>Linux hosts: adapted vboxdrv.sh to the latest changes in
10473	<computeroutput>VBoxManage list runningvms</computeroutput>
10474	(bug #4034)
10475	</para>
10476	</listitem>
10477
10478	<listitem>
10479	<para>Windows hosts: fixed a crash caused by host-only/bridged
10480	networking</para>
10481	</listitem>
10482
10483	<listitem>
10484	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed access to host DVD with passthrough
10485	disabled (bug #4077)</para>
10486	</listitem>
10487
10488	<listitem>
10489	<para>Guest Additions: fixed problems with KDE 4 not recognizing mouse
10490	clicks</para>
10491	</listitem>
10492
10493	<listitem>
10494	<para>Windows Additions: fixed incorrect 8-bit guest color depth in
10495	Windows 7 guests</para>
10496	</listitem>
10497
10498	<listitem>
10499	<para>GUI: warn if VT-x/AMD-V could not be enabled for guests
10500	that require this setting (bug #4055)</para>
10501	</listitem>
10502
10503	<listitem>
10504	<para>VMM: fixed occasional crash due to insufficient memory</para>
10505	</listitem>
10506
10507	<listitem>
10508	<para>VMM: fixed hanging 64 bits Solaris guests</para>
10509	</listitem>
10510
10511	<listitem>
10512	<para>VMM: restore from a saved state occasionally failed
10513	(bugs #3984 and #2742)</para>
10514	</listitem>
10515
10516	<listitem>
10517	<para>Clipboard: fixed a deadlock while shutting down the shared
10518	clipboard on X11 hosts (bug #4020)</para>
10519	</listitem>
10520
10521	<listitem>
10522	<para>OVF: fixed potential hang during import</para>
10523	</listitem>
10524
10525	<listitem>
10526	<para>OVF: fixed potential crashes during import/export on Win64 hosts</para>
10527	</listitem>
10528
10529	<listitem>
10530	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>modifyhd --compact</computeroutput>:
10531	fixed bug which could lead to crashes and image corruption
10532	(bug #3864)</para>
10533	</listitem>
10534
10535	<listitem>
10536	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>metrics collect</computeroutput>:
10537	now flushes the output stream</para>
10538	</listitem>
10539
10540	<listitem>
10541	<para>VHD: made <computeroutput>VBoxManage internalcommands
10542	sethduuid</computeroutput> work for .vhd files (bug #3443)</para>
10543	</listitem>
10544
10545	<listitem>
10546	<para>VHD: some .vhd files could not be cloned (bug #4080)</para>
10547	</listitem>
10548
10549	<listitem>
10550	<para>NAT: improvement of TCP connection establishment (bug #2987)</para>
10551	</listitem>
10552
10553	<listitem>
10554	<para>NAT: fixed order of DNS servers in DHCP lease (bug #4091)</para>
10555	</listitem>
10556
10557	<listitem>
10558	<para>NAT: fixed DHCP lease for multiple name servers (bug #3692)</para>
10559	</listitem>
10560
10561	<listitem>
10562	<para>NAT: fixed a potential segfault if the host lost its connectivity
10563	(bug #3964)</para>
10564	</listitem>
10565
10566	<listitem>
10567	<para>Shared Folders: deny access to parent directories on Windows
10568	hosts (bug #4090)</para>
10569	</listitem>
10570
10571	<listitem>
10572	<para>Shared Folders: make rm/rmdir work with Solaris guests on Windows
10573	hosts</para>
10574	</listitem>
10575
10576	<listitem>
10577	<para>Networking: fixed the problem with blocked receiving thread when
10578	a broadcast packet arrives too early to be handled by uninitialized
10579	e1000 adapter</para>
10580	</listitem>
10581
10582	<listitem>
10583	<para>Networking: fixed the problem that caused host freezes/crashes
10584	when using bridged mode with host's interface having RX checksum
10585	offloading on (bug #3926 and related). Fixes problems with TX
10586	offloading as well (bug #3870)</para>
10587	</listitem>
10588
10589	<listitem>
10590	<para>PXE boot: Added support for PRO/1000 MT Server adapter</para>
10591	</listitem>
10592
10593	<listitem>
10594	<para>Python bindings: fixed keyword conflict</para>
10595	</listitem>
10596
10597	<listitem>
10598	<para>SCSI: fixed occasional crashes on Win64</para>
10599	</listitem>
10600
10601	<listitem>
10602	<para>Serial: allow to redirect the serial port to a raw
10603	file (bug #1023)</para>
10604	</listitem>
10605
10606	<listitem>
10607	<para>VRDP: fixed a rare incorrect screen update</para>
10608	</listitem>
10609
10610	<listitem>
10611	<para>VMDK: fixed creating snapshots</para>
10612	</listitem>
10613
10614	</itemizedlist>
10615	</sect1>
10616
10617	<sect1>
10618	<title>Version 2.2.2 (2009-04-27)</title>
10619
10620	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
10621	added:</para>
10622
10623	<itemizedlist>
10624
10625	<listitem>
10626	<para>Host and guest clipboard: fixed a number of issues affecting
10627	hosts and guests running the X window system</para>
10628	</listitem>
10629
10630	<listitem>
10631	<para>Guest Additions: make sure the virtual mouse autodetection works
10632	on first reboot after installing the Additions on X.Org server 1.5
10633	and later</para>
10634	</listitem>
10635
10636	<listitem>
10637	<para>Guest Additions: properly report process identity number of
10638	running services</para>
10639	</listitem>
10640
10641	<listitem>
10642	<para>Guest Additions: clean up properly if the X Window server
10643	terminates</para>
10644	</listitem>
10645
10646	<listitem>
10647	<para>Linux Additions: fixed installation path for OpenGL libraries
10648	in some 64-bit guests (bug #3693)</para>
10649	</listitem>
10650
10651	<listitem>
10652	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed installation to work when X.Org is not
10653	installed on the guest</para>
10654	</listitem>
10655
10656	<listitem>
10657	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed a bug that could panic the guest when
10658	unmounting a busy shared folder</para>
10659	</listitem>
10660
10661	<listitem>
10662	<para>Windows Additions: fixed mouse pointer integration of some
10663	Windows guests (2.2.0 regression; bug #3734)</para>
10664	</listitem>
10665
10666	<listitem>
10667	<para>Windows Additions: fixed installation on Windows Server 2008 Core
10668	(bug #2628)</para>
10669	</listitem>
10670
10671	<listitem>
10672	<para>Main: do not try to use older versions of D-Bus (Linux
10673	hosts only, bug #3732)</para>
10674	</listitem>
10675
10676	<listitem>
10677	<para>VMM: fixed out-of-memory conditions on Windows hosts
10678	(bug #3657)</para>
10679	</listitem>
10680
10681	<listitem>
10682	<para>VMM: fixed occasional hangs when attaching USB
10683	devices during VM startup (2.2.0 regression; bugs #3787)</para>
10684	</listitem>
10685
10686	<listitem>
10687	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation related to memory management (software
10688	virtualization only)
10689	</para>
10690	</listitem>
10691
10692	<listitem>
10693	<para>Virtual disks: fix possible data corruption when writing to diff
10694	images, incorrect detection of redundant writes</para>
10695	</listitem>
10696
10697	<listitem>
10698	<para>GUI: reworked network settings dialog</para>
10699	</listitem>
10700
10701	<listitem>
10702	<para>GUI: properly show the detailed settings dialog of NAT
10703	networks (bug #3702)</para>
10704	</listitem>
10705
10706	<listitem>
10707	<para>GUI: HostKey could not be changed (2.2.0 regression;
10708	bug #3689)</para>
10709	</listitem>
10710
10711	<listitem>
10712	<para>GUI: fixed memory textfield size (Windows hosts only;
10713	bug #3679)</para>
10714	</listitem>
10715
10716	<listitem>
10717	<para>GUI: fixed crash when selecting a shared folder path (Windows hosts only;
10718	bugs #3694, #3751, #3756)</para>
10719	</listitem>
10720
10721	<listitem>
10722	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>modifyhd --compact</computeroutput>:
10723	implemented again for VDI files, and now supports relative paths
10724	(bug #2180, #2833)</para>
10725	</listitem>
10726
10727	<listitem>
10728	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>snapshot discard</computeroutput>:
10729	made it work again (2.1.0 regression; bug #3714)</para>
10730	</listitem>
10731
10732	<listitem>
10733	<para>NAT: on some Windows hosts, the guest didn't receive a DHCP
10734	lease (bug #3655)</para>
10735	</listitem>
10736
10737	<listitem>
10738	<para>NAT: fixed release assertion during <emphasis>poll()</emphasis>
10739	(bug #3667)</para>
10740	</listitem>
10741
10742	<listitem>
10743	<para>Networking: fixed a deadlock caused by the PCnet network device
10744	emulation (2.2.0 regression; bug #3676)</para>
10745	</listitem>
10746
10747	<listitem>
10748	<para>Clipboard: fixed random crashes (X11 hosts only, bug #3723)</para>
10749	</listitem>
10750
10751	<listitem>
10752	<para>Shared Folders: fixed incorrect permissions for Solaris guests</para>
10753	</listitem>
10754
10755	<listitem>
10756	<para>Shared Folders: fixed wrong file sizes with Solaris guests</para>
10757	</listitem>
10758
10759	<listitem>
10760	<para>CBindings: fixed possible memory leak while releasing the IVirtualBox and ISession Objects</para>
10761	</listitem>
10762
10763	<listitem>
10764	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed host-only network interface incompatibility with nwam/dhcpagent (bug #3754)</para>
10765	</listitem>
10766
10767	<listitem>
10768	<para>Windows installer: fixed several install and uninstall issues (bugs #3659, #3686, #1730, #3711, #3373, #3382, #3701, #3685, #3710)</para>
10769	</listitem>
10770
10771	<listitem>
10772	<para>Mac OS X hosts: preliminary support for Snow Leopard</para>
10773	</listitem>
10774
10775	</itemizedlist>
10776	</sect1>
10777
10778	<sect1>
10779	<title>Version 2.2.0 (2009-04-08)</title>
10780
10781	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
10782	were added:</para>
10783
10784	<itemizedlist>
10785
10786	<listitem>
10787	<para>OVF (Open Virtualization Format) appliance import and export (see <xref linkend="ovf" />) </para>
10788	</listitem>
10789
10790	<listitem>
10791	<para>Host-only networking mode (see <xref linkend="network_hostonly" />) </para>
10792	</listitem>
10793
10794	<listitem>
10795	<para>Hypervisor optimizations with significant performance gains for high context switching rates</para>
10796	</listitem>
10797
10798	<listitem>
10799	<para>Raised the memory limit for VMs on 64-bit hosts to 16GB</para>
10800	</listitem>
10801
10802	<listitem>
10803	<para>VT-x/AMD-V are enabled by default for newly created virtual machines</para>
10804	</listitem>
10805
10806	<listitem>
10807	<para>USB (OHCI & EHCI) is enabled by default for newly created virtual machines (Qt GUI only)</para>
10808	</listitem>
10809
10810	<listitem>
10811	<para>Experimental USB support for OpenSolaris hosts</para>
10812	</listitem>
10813
10814	<listitem>
10815	<para>Shared Folders for Solaris and OpenSolaris guests</para>
10816	</listitem>
10817
10818	<listitem>
10819	<para>OpenGL 3D acceleration for Linux and Solaris guests (see <xref linkend="guestadd-3d" />)</para>
10820	</listitem>
10821
10822	<listitem>
10823	<para>Added C API in addition to C++, Java, Python and Web Services</para>
10824	</listitem>
10825
10826	</itemizedlist>
10827
10828	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
10829
10830	<itemizedlist>
10831
10832	<listitem>
10833	<para>VMM: FreeBSD guest related fix for V86 flags (bug #2342) </para>
10834	</listitem>
10835
10836	<listitem>
10837	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when booting an AsteriskNow Linux VM (bug #2342) </para>
10838	</listitem>
10839
10840	<listitem>
10841	<para>VMM: fixed PGMPOOLKIND_FREE guru meditation (bugs #3356, #3431) </para>
10842	</listitem>
10843
10844	<listitem>
10845	<para>VMM: fixed Windows XP boot hang (guest PAE + nested paging only) </para>
10846	</listitem>
10847
10848	<listitem>
10849	<para>VMM: allow mixing of VT-x/AMD-V and software virtualization </para>
10850	</listitem>
10851
10852	<listitem>
10853	<para>VMM: fixed extremely slow safe mode booting in e.g. Windows 2008 (VT-x/AMD-V only) </para>
10854	</listitem>
10855
10856	<listitem>
10857	<para>VMM: significant speedup of certain GRUB boot loaders (e.g. Solaris) (VT-x/AMD-V only) </para>
10858	</listitem>
10859
10860	<listitem>
10861	<para>VMM: real-mode IOPL fix for DOS guests (VT-x only) </para>
10862	</listitem>
10863
10864	<listitem>
10865	<para>VMM: fixed VT-x detection with certain BIOSes that enable VT-x,
10866	but don't set the lock bit in MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL </para>
10867	</listitem>
10868
10869	<listitem>
10870	<para>VMM: fixed hibernation issues on Windows XP hosts (VT-x only; bug #1794) </para>
10871	</listitem>
10872
10873	<listitem>
10874	<para>VMM: properly emulate <emphasis>RDMSR</emphasis> from the
10875	TSC MSR, should fix some NetBSD guests</para>
10876	</listitem>
10877
10878	<listitem>
10879	<para>VMM: emulate <emphasis>RDPMC</emphasis>; fixes Windows guests crashes
10880	when using the Kaspersky virus scanner (bug #1778) </para>
10881	</listitem>
10882
10883	<listitem>
10884	<para>NAT: fixed truncated downloads (FTP) (bug #3257)</para>
10885	</listitem>
10886
10887	<listitem>
10888	<para>NAT: blocked UDP packets caused a crash (bug #3426)</para>
10889	</listitem>
10890
10891	<listitem>
10892	<para>NAT: allow to configure the <emphasis>next server</emphasis>
10893	and the <emphasis>boot file</emphasis> via VBoxManage (bug #2759)</para>
10894	</listitem>
10895
10896	<listitem>
10897	<para>IDE: fixed hard disk upgrade from XML-1.2 settings (bug #1518)</para>
10898	</listitem>
10899
10900	<listitem>
10901	<para>Hard disk: support more VMDK file variants (including fixed-size
10902	ESX server images)</para>
10903	</listitem>
10904
10905	<listitem>
10906	<para>Hard disks: refuse to start the VM if a disk image is not
10907	writable</para>
10908	</listitem>
10909
10910	<listitem>
10911	<para>USB: further reduced host CPU utilization for OHCI and
10912	EHCI; the "VBoxInternal/Devices/usb-ohci/0/Config/FrameRate" CFG key
10913	is no longer necessary and no longer supported</para>
10914	</listitem>
10915
10916	<listitem>
10917	<para>USB: fixed BSOD on the host with certain USB devices
10918	(Windows hosts only; bug #1654)</para>
10919	</listitem>
10920
10921	<listitem>
10922	<para>E1000: properly handle cable disconnects (bug #3421)</para>
10923	</listitem>
10924
10925	<listitem>
10926	<para>VRDP: fixed hangs when VRDP server is enabled or disabled in runtime</para>
10927	</listitem>
10928
10929	<listitem>
10930	<para>Shared Folders: respect umask settings on Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris
10931	hosts when creating files</para>
10932	</listitem>
10933
10934	<listitem>
10935	<para>X11 guests: prevented setting the locale in vboxmouse, as
10936	this caused problems with Turkish locales (bug #3563)</para>
10937	</listitem>
10938
10939	<listitem>
10940	<para>X11 guests: show the guest mouse pointer at the right position
10941	if the virtual desktop is larger than the guest resolution (bug
10942	#2306)</para>
10943	</listitem>
10944
10945	<listitem>
10946	<para>Linux Additions: fixed typo when detecting Xorg 1.6
10947	(bug #3555)</para>
10948	</listitem>
10949
10950	<listitem>
10951	<para>Solaris guests: added xpg4/xcu4 dependency to the Guest Additions
10952	installer (bug #3524)</para>
10953	</listitem>
10954
10955	<listitem>
10956	<para>Windows guests: bind the VBoxMouse.sys filter driver to the
10957	correct guest pointing device (bug #1324)</para>
10958	</listitem>
10959
10960	<listitem>
10961	<para>Windows hosts: fixed BSOD when starting a VM with enabled host
10962	interface (bug #3414)</para>
10963	</listitem>
10964
10965	<listitem>
10966	<para>Linux hosts: do proper reference counting to prevent unloading
10967	the vboxnetflt module as long as this code is in use (bug #3104)</para>
10968	</listitem>
10969
10970	<listitem>
10971	<para>Linux hosts: do not leave zombies of VBoxSysInfo.sh
10972	(bug #3586)</para>
10973	</listitem>
10974
10975	<listitem>
10976	<para>Linux installers: fixes for Slackware, Arch Linux and Linux
10977	from Scratch systems</para>
10978	</listitem>
10979
10980	<listitem>
10981	<para>Windows installers: combined installer executable which contains
10982	both (32- and 64-bit) architectures</para>
10983	</listitem>
10984
10985	<listitem>
10986	<para>VBoxManage: less cryptic command-line error messages</para>
10987	</listitem>
10988
10989	<listitem>
10990	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>list vms</computeroutput> commands now
10991	default to compact format</para>
10992	</listitem>
10993
10994	<listitem>
10995	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>controlvm dvdattach</computeroutput>
10996	did not work if the image was attached before</para>
10997	</listitem>
10998
10999	<listitem>
11000	<para>VBoxManage: allow creation of all supported disk image variants</para>
11001	</listitem>
11002
11003	<listitem>
11004	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>showvminfo</computeroutput>:
11005	don't spam the release log if the Guest Additions don't support
11006	statistics information (bug #3457)</para>
11007	</listitem>
11008
11009	<listitem>
11010	<para>VBoxManage: big command line processing cleanup, the legacy
11011	single-dash options are deprecated and will be removed in the
11012	next major release, so switch to the new options now</para>
11013	</listitem>
11014
11015	<listitem>
11016	<para>Hard disks: improved immutable disk support to auto-reset diff file at
11017	VM startup (related to bug #2772)</para>
11018	</listitem>
11019
11020	<listitem>
11021	<para>GUI: enable the audio adapter by default for new VMs</para>
11022	</listitem>
11023
11024	<listitem>
11025	<para>GUI: warn if VT-x/AMD-V is not operational when starting a 64-bit guest</para>
11026	</listitem>
11027
11028	<listitem>
11029	<para>GUI: deactivate 64-bit guest support when the host CPU does not support VT-x/AMD-V</para>
11030	</listitem>
11031
11032	<listitem>
11033	<para>GUI: removed floppy icon from the status bar</para>
11034	</listitem>
11035
11036	<listitem>
11037	<para>GUI: show build revision in about dialog</para>
11038	</listitem>
11039
11040	<listitem>
11041	<para>GUI: fixed sticky status bar text</para>
11042	</listitem>
11043
11044	<listitem>
11045	<para>GUI: improved error dialogs</para>
11046	</listitem>
11047
11048	<listitem>
11049	<para>GUI: fail with an appropriate error message when trying to boot
11050	a read-only disk image (bug #1745)</para>
11051	</listitem>
11052
11053	<listitem>
11054	<para>GUI/Mac OS X: fixed disabled close button</para>
11055	</listitem>
11056
11057	<listitem>
11058	<para>GUI/Windows: re-enabled support for copy and paste (Windows hosts 2.0
11059	regression; bug #2065)</para>
11060	</listitem>
11061
11062	<listitem>
11063	<para>3D support: added OpenGL select/feedback support (bug #2920)</para>
11064	</listitem>
11065
11066	<listitem>
11067	<para>3D support: close OpenGL subsystem for terminated guest applications (bug #3243)</para>
11068	</listitem>
11069
11070	<listitem>
11071	<para>3D support: fixed VM hangs when starting guests with 3D acceleration enabled (bug #3437)</para>
11072	</listitem>
11073
11074	<listitem>
11075	<para>PXE: fixed boot hangs when hardware virtualization is used (bug
11076	#2536)</para>
11077	</listitem>
11078
11079	<listitem>
11080	<para>LsiLogic: fixed problems with Solaris guests</para>
11081	</listitem>
11082
11083	<listitem>
11084	<para>Main API: close machine settings XML file when unregistering machine
11085	(bug #3548)</para>
11086	</listitem>
11087
11088	</itemizedlist>
11089	</sect1>
11090
11091	<sect1>
11092	<title>Version 2.1.4 (2009-02-16)</title>
11093
11094	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
11095	added:</para>
11096
11097	<itemizedlist>
11098
11099	<listitem>
11100	<para>Windows hosts: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems
11101	when running Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763)</para>
11102	</listitem>
11103
11104	<listitem>
11105	<para>Windows hosts: fixed network component BSOD issue (bugs #3168, #2916)</para>
11106	</listitem>
11107
11108	<listitem>
11109	<para>Windows hosts: fixed installation issues (bugs #2517, #1730, #3130)</para>
11110	</listitem>
11111
11112	<listitem>
11113	<para>Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556)</para>
11114	</listitem>
11115
11116	<listitem>
11117	<para>Linux hosts: fixed module dependency for shipped modules
11118	(bug #3115)</para>
11119	</listitem>
11120
11121	<listitem>
11122	<para>Linux hosts: moved the udev rules for USB forward so that they
11123	don't override existing system rules (bug #3143)</para>
11124	</listitem>
11125
11126	<listitem>
11127	<para>Linux hosts: fixed the issue with guest not being able to
11128	communicate with each other when attached via TAP interfaces
11129	(bug #3215)</para>
11130	</listitem>
11131
11132	<listitem>
11133	<para>Linux hosts: give up probing for USB gracefully if DBus or hal
11134	are not available (bug #3136)</para>
11135	</listitem>
11136
11137	<listitem>
11138	<para>Linux hosts: fixed warnings in installer when SELinux was
11139	disabled (bug #3098)</para>
11140	</listitem>
11141
11142	<listitem>
11143	<para>Linux hosts: VirtualBox sometimes failed to start if it had
11144	been started using sudo previously (bug #3270)</para>
11145	</listitem>
11146
11147	<listitem>
11148	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests
11149	in parallel</para>
11150	</listitem>
11151
11152	<listitem>
11153	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs</para>
11154	</listitem>
11155
11156	<listitem>
11157	<para>VMM: fixed performance regression for Windows guests (bug #3172) </para>
11158	</listitem>
11159
11160	<listitem>
11161	<para>VMM: ignore CPU stepping when restoring a saved state/snapshot</para>
11162	</listitem>
11163
11164	<listitem>
11165	<para>REM: fixed inability to use gdb to debug programs in Linux guests with
11166	software virtualization (bug #3245)</para>
11167	</listitem>
11168
11169	<listitem>
11170	<para>GUI: fixed dead key handling on Solaris hosts (bug #3256)</para>
11171	</listitem>
11172
11173	<listitem>
11174	<para>GUI: in the shutdown dialog, disable the action <emphasis>send the
11175	shutdown signal</emphasis> if the guest is currently not using ACPI</para>
11176	</listitem>
11177
11178	<listitem>
11179	<para>GUI: suppress additional key release events sent by X11 hosts
11180	when keys are auto-repeated (bug #1296)</para>
11181	</listitem>
11182
11183	<listitem>
11184	<para>API: restore case insensitive OS type name lookup (bug #3087)</para>
11185	</listitem>
11186
11187	<listitem>
11188	<para>VBoxHeadless: really don't start X11 services (clipboard service,
11189	3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199)</para>
11190	</listitem>
11191
11192	<listitem>
11193	<para>NAT: fixed occasional crashes when the guest is doing
11194	traceroute (non-Windows hosts; bug #3200)</para>
11195	</listitem>
11196
11197	<listitem>
11198	<para>NAT: fixed crashes under high load (bug #3110)</para>
11199	</listitem>
11200
11201	<listitem>
11202	<para>NAT: fixed truncated downloads (Windows hosts only, bug #3257)</para>
11203	</listitem>
11204
11205	<listitem>
11206	<para>NAT: don't intercept TFTP packages with a destination address
11207	different from the builtin TFTP server (bug #3112)</para>
11208	</listitem>
11209
11210	<listitem>
11211	<para>USB: several fixes for USB passthrough on Linux hosts</para>
11212	</listitem>
11213
11214	<listitem>
11215	<para>USB: reduced host CPU utilization if EHCI is active</para>
11216	</listitem>
11217
11218	<listitem>
11219	<para>VRDP: fixed VRDP server black screen after a client reconnect (bug #1989)</para>
11220	</listitem>
11221
11222	<listitem>
11223	<para>VRDP: modified rdesktop client (rdesktop-vrdp) now uses NumLock state
11224	synchronization (bug #3253)</para>
11225	</listitem>
11226
11227	<listitem>
11228	<para>LsiLogic: make FreeBSD guests work (bug #3174)</para>
11229	</listitem>
11230
11231	<listitem>
11232	<para>ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the
11233	virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable)</para>
11234	</listitem>
11235
11236	<listitem>
11237	<para>iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM</para>
11238	</listitem>
11239
11240	<listitem>
11241	<para>3D support: added missing GL_MAX_TEXTURE_COORDS_ARB (bug #3246)</para>
11242	</listitem>
11243
11244	<listitem>
11245	<para>Windows Additions: fixed <emphasis>ERROR (e0000101)</emphasis>
11246	error during installation (bug #1923)</para>
11247	</listitem>
11248
11249	<listitem>
11250	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows Explorer hang when browsing shared folders
11251	with 64 bit guests (bug #2225)</para>
11252	</listitem>
11253
11254	<listitem>
11255	<para>Windows Additions: fixed guest screen distortions during a video mode change</para>
11256	</listitem>
11257
11258	<listitem>
11259	<para>Windows Additions: fixed the <emphasis>Network drive not connected</emphasis>
11260	message for mapped shared folders drives after the guest startup (bug #3157)</para>
11261	</listitem>
11262
11263	<listitem>
11264	<para>Linux Additions: fixed occasional file corruption when writing files
11265	in <emphasis>O_APPEND</emphasis> mode to a shared folder (bug #2844)</para>
11266	</listitem>
11267
11268	<listitem>
11269	<para>Linux Additions: the mouse driver was not properly set up
11270	on X.Org release candidates (bug #3212)</para>
11271	</listitem>
11272
11273	<listitem>
11274	<para>Linux Additions: fixed installer to work with openSUSE 11.1
11275	(bug #3213)</para>
11276	</listitem>
11277
11278	<listitem>
11279	<para>Linux Additions: disable dynamic resizing if the X server is
11280	configured for fixed resolutions</para>
11281	</listitem>
11282
11283	<listitem>
11284	<para>Linux/Solaris Additions: handle virtual resolutions properly which are
11285	larger than the actual guest resolution (bug #3096)</para>
11286	</listitem>
11287
11288	</itemizedlist>
11289	</sect1>
11290
11291	<sect1>
11292	<title>Version 2.1.2 (2009-01-21)</title>
11293
11294	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
11295	added:</para>
11296
11297	<itemizedlist>
11298
11299	<listitem>
11300	<para>USB: Linux host support fixes (bug #3136)</para>
11301	</listitem>
11302
11303	<listitem>
11304	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (AMD-V)</para>
11305	</listitem>
11306
11307	<listitem>
11308	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation on Mac OS X hosts when using VT-x</para>
11309	</listitem>
11310
11311	<listitem>
11312	<para>VMM: allow running up to 1023 VMs on 64-bit hosts (used to be 127)</para>
11313	</listitem>
11314
11315	<listitem>
11316	<para>VMM: several FreeBSD guest related fixes (bugs #2342, #2341, #2761) </para>
11317	</listitem>
11318
11319	<listitem>
11320	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when installing Suse Enterprise Server 10U2 (VT-x only; bug #3039)</para>
11321	</listitem>
11322
11323	<listitem>
11324	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when booting Novell NetWare 4.11 (VT-x only; bug #2898) </para>
11325	</listitem>
11326
11327	<listitem>
11328	<para>VMM: fixed VERR_ADDRESS_TOO_BIG error on some Mac OS X systems when starting a VM </para>
11329	</listitem>
11330
11331	<listitem>
11332	<para>VMM: clear MSR_K6_EFER_SVME after probing for AMD-V (bug #3058) </para>
11333	</listitem>
11334
11335	<listitem>
11336	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation during Windows 7 boot with more than 2 GB guest RAM (VT-x, nested paging only) </para>
11337	</listitem>
11338
11339	<listitem>
11340	<para>VMM: fixed hang during OS/2 MCP2 boot (AMD-V and VT-x only) </para>
11341	</listitem>
11342
11343	<listitem>
11344	<para>VMM: fixed loop during OpenBSD 4.0 boot (VT-x only) </para>
11345	</listitem>
11346
11347	<listitem>
11348	<para>VMM: fixed random crashes related to FPU/XMM with 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts </para>
11349	</listitem>
11350
11351	<listitem>
11352	<para>VMM: fixed occasional XMM state corruption with 64 bits guests </para>
11353	</listitem>
11354
11355	<listitem>
11356	<para>GUI: raised the RAM limit for new VMs to 75% of the host memory</para>
11357	</listitem>
11358
11359	<listitem>
11360	<para>GUI: added Windows 7 as operating system type</para>
11361	</listitem>
11362
11363	<listitem>
11364	<para>VBoxSDL: fixed <computeroutput>-fixed fixedmode</computeroutput> parameter
11365	(bug #3067)</para>
11366	</listitem>
11367
11368	<listitem>
11369	<para>Clipboard: stability fixes (Linux and Solaris hosts only,
11370	bug #2675 and #3003)</para>
11371	</listitem>
11372
11373	<listitem>
11374	<para>3D support: fixed VM crashes for certain guest applications
11375	(bugs #2781, #2797, #2972, #3089)</para>
11376	</listitem>
11377
11378	<listitem>
11379	<para>LsiLogic: improved support for Windows guests (still experimental)</para>
11380	</listitem>
11381
11382	<listitem>
11383	<para>VGA: fixed a 2.1.0 regression where guest screen resize
11384	events were not properly handled (bug #2783)</para>
11385	</listitem>
11386
11387	<listitem>
11388	<para>VGA: significant performance improvements when using VT-x/AMD-V
11389	on Mac OS X hosts</para>
11390	</listitem>
11391
11392	<listitem>
11393	<para>VGA: better handling for VRAM offset changes (fixes GRUB2 and Dos DOOM display issues)</para>
11394	</listitem>
11395
11396	<listitem>
11397	<para>VGA: custom VESA modes with invalid widths are now rounded up
11398	to correct ones (bug #2895)</para>
11399	</listitem>
11400
11401	<listitem>
11402	<para>IDE: fixed ATAPI passthrough support (Linux hosts only; bug #2795)</para>
11403	</listitem>
11404
11405	<listitem>
11406	<para>Networking: fixed kernel panics due to NULL pointer dereference
11407	in Linux kernels < 2.6.20 (Linux hosts only; bug #2827)</para>
11408	</listitem>
11409
11410	<listitem>
11411	<para>Networking: fixed intermittent BSODs when using the new host
11412	interface (Windows hosts only; bugs #2832, #2937, #2929)</para>
11413	</listitem>
11414
11415	<listitem>
11416	<para>Networking: fixed several issues with displaying hostif NICs
11417	in the GUI (Windows hosts only; bugs 2814, #2842)
11418	</para>
11419	</listitem>
11420
11421	<listitem>
11422	<para>Networking: fixed the issue with displaying hostif NICs
11423	without assigned IP addresses (Linux hosts only; bug #2780)
11424	</para>
11425	</listitem>
11426
11427	<listitem>
11428	<para>Networking: fixed the issue with sent packets coming back to
11429	internal network when using hostif (Linux hosts only; bug #3056).
11430	</para>
11431	</listitem>
11432
11433	<listitem>
11434	<para>NAT: fixed port forwarding (Windows hosts only; bug #2808)</para>
11435	</listitem>
11436
11437	<listitem>
11438	<para>NAT: fixed booting from the builtin TFTP server (bug #1959)</para>
11439	</listitem>
11440
11441	<listitem>
11442	<para>NAT: fixed occasional crashes (bug #2709)</para>
11443	</listitem>
11444
11445	<listitem>
11446	<para>SATA: vendor product data (VPD) is now configurable</para>
11447	</listitem>
11448
11449	<listitem>
11450	<para>SATA: raw disk partitions were not recognized
11451	(2.1.0 regression; Windows host only, bug #2778)</para>
11452	</listitem>
11453
11454	<listitem>
11455	<para>SATA: fixed timeouts in the guest when using raw VMDK files
11456	(Linux host only, bug #2796)</para>
11457	</listitem>
11458
11459	<listitem>
11460	<para>SATA: huge speed up during certain I/O operations like
11461	formatting a drive</para>
11462	</listitem>
11463
11464	<listitem>
11465	<para>SATA/IDE: fixed possible crash/errors during VM shutdown</para>
11466	</listitem>
11467
11468	<listitem>
11469	<para>VRDP: fixed loading of <computeroutput>libpam.so.1</computeroutput>
11470	from the host (Solaris hosts only)</para>
11471	</listitem>
11472
11473	<listitem>
11474	<para>VRDP: fixed RDP client disconnects</para>
11475	</listitem>
11476
11477	<listitem>
11478	<para>VRDP: fixed VRDP server misbehavior after a broken client connection</para>
11479	</listitem>
11480
11481	<listitem>
11482	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>showvminfo</computeroutput>:
11483	fixed assertion for running VMs (bug #2773)</para>
11484	</listitem>
11485
11486	<listitem>
11487	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>convertfromraw</computeroutput>: added
11488	parameter checking and made it default to creating VDI files;
11489	fixed and documented format parameter (bug #2776)</para>
11490	</listitem>
11491
11492	<listitem>
11493	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>clonehd</computeroutput>: fixed
11494	garbled output image when creating VDI files (bug #2813)</para>
11495	</listitem>
11496
11497	<listitem>
11498	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>guestproperty</computeroutput>: fixed
11499	property enumeration (incorrect parameters/exception)</para>
11500	</listitem>
11501
11502	<listitem>
11503	<para>VHD: fixed error when attaching certain container files
11504	(bug #2768)</para>
11505	</listitem>
11506
11507	<listitem>
11508	<para>Solaris hosts: added support for serial ports (bug #1849)</para>
11509	</listitem>
11510
11511	<listitem>
11512	<para>Solaris hosts: fix for Japanese keyboards (bug #2847)</para>
11513	</listitem>
11514
11515	<listitem>
11516	<para>Solaris hosts: 32-bit and 64-bit versions now available as a
11517	single, unified package</para>
11518	</listitem>
11519
11520	<listitem>
11521	<para>Linux hosts: don't depend on <computeroutput>libcap1</computeroutput>
11522	anymore (bug #2859)</para>
11523	</listitem>
11524
11525	<listitem>
11526	<para>Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.29-rc1</para>
11527	</listitem>
11528
11529	<listitem>
11530	<para>Linux hosts: don't drop any capability if the VM was started
11531	by root (2.1.0 regression)</para>
11532	</listitem>
11533
11534	<listitem>
11535	<para>Mac OS X hosts: save the state of running or paused VMs when the
11536	host machine's battery reaches critical level</para>
11537	</listitem>
11538
11539	<listitem>
11540	<para>Mac OS X hosts: improved window resizing of the VM window</para>
11541	</listitem>
11542
11543	<listitem>
11544	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added GUI option to disable the dock icon realtime
11545	preview in the GUI to decrease the host CPU load when the guest is
11546	doing 3D</para>
11547	</listitem>
11548
11549	<listitem>
11550	<para>Mac OS X hosts: polished realtime preview dock icon</para>
11551	</listitem>
11552
11553	<listitem>
11554	<para>Windows Additions: fixed guest property and logging OS type
11555	detection for Windows 2008 and Windows 7 Beta</para>
11556	</listitem>
11557
11558	<listitem>
11559	<para>Windows Additions: added support for Windows 7 Beta (bugs #2995, #3015)</para>
11560	</listitem>
11561
11562	<listitem>
11563	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 guest freeze when accessing
11564	files on shared folders (bug #2764)</para>
11565	</listitem>
11566
11567	<listitem>
11568	<para>Windows Additions: fixed CTRL-ALT-DEL handling when using VBoxGINA</para>
11569	</listitem>
11570
11571	<listitem>
11572	<para>Windows Additions Installer: added /extract switch to only extract
11573	(not install) the files to a directory (can be specified with /D=path)</para>
11574	</listitem>
11575
11576	<listitem>
11577	<para>Linux installer and Additions: added support for the Linux
11578	From Scratch distribution (bug #1587) and recent Gentoo versions
11579	(bug #2938)</para>
11580	</listitem>
11581
11582	<listitem>
11583	<para>Additions: added experimental support for X.Org Server 1.6 RC on
11584	Linux guests</para>
11585	</listitem>
11586
11587	<listitem>
11588	<para>Linux Additions: fixed bug which prevented to properly set
11589	<computeroutput>fmode</computeroutput> on mapped shared folders
11590	(bug #1776)</para>
11591	</listitem>
11592
11593	<listitem>
11594	<para>Linux Additions: fixed appending of files on shared folders
11595	(bug #1612)</para>
11596	</listitem>
11597
11598	<listitem>
11599	<para>Linux Additions: ignore <computeroutput>noauto</computeroutput>
11600	option when mounting a shared folder (bug #2498)</para>
11601	</listitem>
11602
11603	<listitem>
11604	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a driver issue preventing X11 from
11605	compiling keymaps (bug #2793 and #2905)</para>
11606	</listitem>
11607
11608	<listitem>
11609	<para>X11 Additions: workaround in the mouse driver for a server
11610	crash when the driver is loaded manually (bug #2397)</para>
11611	</listitem>
11612
11613	</itemizedlist>
11614	</sect1>
11615
11616	<sect1>
11617	<title>Version 2.1.0 (2008-12-17)</title>
11618
11619	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
11620	were added:</para>
11621
11622	<itemizedlist>
11623	<listitem>
11624	<para>Support for hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V) on Mac OS X hosts</para>
11625	</listitem>
11626
11627	<listitem>
11628	<para>Support for 64-bit guests on 32-bit host operating systems (experimental; see <xref linkend="intro-64bitguests" />)</para>
11629	</listitem>
11630
11631	<listitem>
11632	<para>Added support for Intel Nehalem virtualization enhancements (EPT and VPID; see <xref linkend="hwvirt" />)</para>
11633	</listitem>
11634
11635	<listitem>
11636	<para>Experimental 3D acceleration via OpenGL (see <xref linkend="guestadd-3d" />)</para>
11637	</listitem>
11638
11639	<listitem>
11640	<para>Experimental LsiLogic and BusLogic SCSI controllers (see <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />)</para>
11641	</listitem>
11642
11643	<listitem>
11644	<para>Full VMDK/VHD support including snapshots (see <xref linkend="vdidetails" />)</para>
11645	</listitem>
11646
11647	<listitem>
11648	<para>New NAT engine with significantly better performance, reliability and ICMP echo
11649	(ping) support (bugs #1046, #2438, #2223, #1247)</para>
11650	</listitem>
11651
11652	<listitem>
11653	<para>New Host Interface Networking implementations for Windows and
11654	Linux hosts with easier setup (replaces TUN/TAP on Linux and manual bridging on Windows)</para>
11655	</listitem>
11656
11657	</itemizedlist>
11658
11659	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
11660
11661	<itemizedlist>
11662	<listitem>
11663	<para>VMM: significant performance improvements for VT-x (real mode execution) </para>
11664	</listitem>
11665
11666	<listitem>
11667	<para>VMM: support for hardware breakpoints (VT-x and AMD-V only; bug #477)</para>
11668	</listitem>
11669
11670	<listitem>
11671	<para>VMM: VGA performance improvements for VT-x and AMD-V </para>
11672	</listitem>
11673
11674	<listitem>
11675	<para>VMM: Solaris and OpenSolaris guest performance improvements for AMD-V (Barcelona family CPUs only) </para>
11676	</listitem>
11677
11678	<listitem>
11679	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation while running the Dr. Web virus scanner
11680	(software virtualization only; bug #1439)</para>
11681	</listitem>
11682
11683	<listitem>
11684	<para>VMM: deactivate VT-x and AMD-V when the host machine goes into suspend mode; reactivate
11685	when the host machine resumes (Windows, Mac OS X & Linux hosts; bug #1660)</para>
11686	</listitem>
11687
11688	<listitem>
11689	<para>VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved states/snapshots </para>
11690	</listitem>
11691
11692	<listitem>
11693	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when executing a one byte debug
11694	instruction (VT-x only; bug #2617)</para>
11695	</listitem>
11696
11697	<listitem>
11698	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (VT-x) </para>
11699	</listitem>
11700
11701	<listitem>
11702	<para>VMM: disallow mixing of software and hardware virtualization execution in general (bug #2404)</para>
11703	</listitem>
11704
11705	<listitem>
11706	<para>VMM: fixed black screen when booting OS/2 1.x (AMD-V only) </para>
11707	</listitem>
11708
11709	<listitem>
11710	<para>GUI: pause running VMs when the host machine goes into suspend mode (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)</para>
11711	</listitem>
11712
11713	<listitem>
11714	<para>GUI: resume previously paused VMs when the host machine resumes after suspend (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)</para>
11715	</listitem>
11716
11717	<listitem>
11718	<para>GUI: save the state of running or paused VMs when the host machine's
11719	battery reaches critical level (Windows hosts)</para>
11720	</listitem>
11721
11722	<listitem>
11723	<para>GUI: properly restore the position of the selector window when running on
11724	the compiz window manager</para>
11725	</listitem>
11726
11727	<listitem>
11728	<para>GUI: properly restore the VM in seamless mode (2.0 regression)</para>
11729	</listitem>
11730
11731	<listitem>
11732	<para>GUI: warn user about non optimal memory settings</para>
11733	</listitem>
11734
11735	<listitem>
11736	<para>GUI: structure operating system list according to family and version for improved usability</para>
11737	</listitem>
11738
11739	<listitem>
11740	<para>GUI: predefined settings for QNX guests</para>
11741	</listitem>
11742
11743	<listitem>
11744	<para>IDE: improved ATAPI passthrough support</para>
11745	</listitem>
11746
11747	<listitem>
11748	<para>Networking: added support for up to 8 Ethernet adapters per VM</para>
11749	</listitem>
11750
11751	<listitem>
11752	<para>Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after a reboot</para>
11753	</listitem>
11754
11755	<listitem>
11756	<para>iSCSI: allow snapshot/diff creation using local VDI file</para>
11757	</listitem>
11758
11759	<listitem>
11760	<para>iSCSI: improved interoperability with iSCSI targets</para>
11761	</listitem>
11762
11763	<listitem>
11764	<para>Graphics: fixed handling of a guest video memory which is not a power
11765	of two (bug #2724)</para>
11766	</listitem>
11767
11768	<listitem>
11769	<para>VBoxManage: fixed bug which prevented setting up the serial port
11770	for direct device access</para>
11771	</listitem>
11772
11773	<listitem>
11774	<para>VBoxManage: added support for VMDK and VHD image creation</para>
11775	</listitem>
11776
11777	<listitem>
11778	<para>VBoxManage: added support for image conversion (VDI/VMDK/VHD/RAW)</para>
11779	</listitem>
11780
11781	<listitem>
11782	<para>Solaris hosts: added IPv6 support between host and guest when using host interface networking</para>
11783	</listitem>
11784
11785	<listitem>
11786	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added ACPI host power status reporting</para>
11787	</listitem>
11788
11789	<listitem>
11790	<para>API: redesigned storage model with better generalization</para>
11791	</listitem>
11792
11793	<listitem>
11794	<para>API: allow attaching a hard disk to more than one VM at a time</para>
11795	</listitem>
11796
11797	<listitem>
11798	<para>API: added methods to return network configuration information of the host system</para>
11799	</listitem>
11800
11801	<listitem>
11802	<para>Shared Folders: performance and stability fixes for Windows guests (Microsoft Office Applications)</para>
11803	</listitem>
11804
11805	</itemizedlist>
11806	</sect1>
11807
11808	<sect1>
11809	<title>Version 2.0.8 (2009-03-10)</title>
11810
11811	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
11812	added:</para>
11813
11814	<itemizedlist>
11815
11816	<listitem>
11817	<para>VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved
11818	states/snapshots</para>
11819	</listitem>
11820
11821	<listitem>
11822	<para>VMM: fixed memory allocation issues which can cause VM start
11823	failures with VERR_PGM_MAPPING_CONFLICT error</para>
11824	</listitem>
11825
11826	<listitem>
11827	<para>VMM: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems
11828	when running Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763)</para>
11829	</listitem>
11830
11831	<listitem>
11832	<para>XPCOM/Main: fixed synchronization bug caused by SYSV semaphore key
11833	collisions</para>
11834	</listitem>
11835
11836	<listitem>
11837	<para>ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the
11838	virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable)</para>
11839	</listitem>
11840
11841	<listitem>
11842	<para>iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM</para>
11843	</listitem>
11844
11845	<listitem>
11846	<para>iSCSI: fix PDU validity checking and detect final PDU
11847	reliably</para>
11848	</listitem>
11849
11850	<listitem>
11851	<para>VBoxHeadless: really don't start X11 services (clipboard service,
11852	3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199)</para>
11853	</listitem>
11854
11855	<listitem>
11856	<para>Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after
11857	a reboot</para>
11858	</listitem>
11859
11860	<listitem>
11861	<para>Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556)</para>
11862	</listitem>
11863
11864	<listitem>
11865	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests
11866	in parallel</para>
11867	</listitem>
11868
11869	<listitem>
11870	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs</para>
11871	</listitem>
11872
11873	<listitem>
11874	<para>Solaris/Web services: fixed SMF script to set home directory
11875	correctly</para>
11876	</listitem>
11877
11878	<listitem>
11879	<para>Linux Additions: fixed occasional file corruption when writing files
11880	in <emphasis>O_APPEND</emphasis> mode to a shared folder (bug #2844)</para>
11881	</listitem>
11882
11883	</itemizedlist>
11884	</sect1>
11885
11886	<sect1>
11887	<title>Version 2.0.6 (2008-11-21)</title>
11888
11889	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
11890	added:</para>
11891
11892	<itemizedlist>
11893
11894	<listitem>
11895	<para>VMM: fixed Guru meditation when running 64 bits Windows guests
11896	(bug #2220)</para>
11897	</listitem>
11898
11899	<listitem>
11900	<para>VMM: fixed Solaris 10U6 boot hangs (VT-x and AMD-V) bug #2565)</para>
11901	</listitem>
11902
11903	<listitem>
11904	<para>VMM: fixed Solaris 10U6 reboot hangs (AMD-V only; bug #2565)</para>
11905	</listitem>
11906
11907	<listitem>
11908	<para>GUI: the host key was sometimes not properly displayed (Windows
11909	hosts only, bug #1996)</para>
11910	</listitem>
11911
11912	<listitem>
11913	<para>GUI: the keyboard focus was lost after minimizing and restoring
11914	the VM window via the Windows taskbar (bugs #784)</para>
11915	</listitem>
11916
11917	<listitem>
11918	<para>VBoxManage: properly show SATA disks when showing the VM information
11919	(bug #2624)</para>
11920	</listitem>
11921
11922	<listitem>
11923	<para>SATA: fixed access if the buffer size is not sector-aligned
11924	(bug #2024)</para>
11925	</listitem>
11926
11927	<listitem>
11928	<para>SATA: improved performance</para>
11929	</listitem>
11930
11931	<listitem>
11932	<para>SATA: fixed snapshot function with ports>1 (bug #2510)</para>
11933	</listitem>
11934
11935	<listitem>
11936	<para>E1000: fixed crash under rare circumstances</para>
11937	</listitem>
11938
11939	<listitem>
11940	<para>USB: fixed support for iPhone and Nokia devices (Linux host:
11941	bugs #470 & #491)</para>
11942	</listitem>
11943
11944	<listitem>
11945	<para>Windows host installer: added proper handling of open VirtualBox
11946	applications when updating the installation</para>
11947	</listitem>
11948
11949	<listitem>
11950	<para>Windows host installer: fixed default installation directory on
11951	64-bit on new installations (bug #2501)</para>
11952	</listitem>
11953
11954	<listitem>
11955	<para>Linux/Solaris/Darwin hosts: verify permissions
11956	in <computeroutput>/tmp/vbox-$USER-ipc</computeroutput></para>
11957	</listitem>
11958
11959	<listitem>
11960	<para>Linux hosts: fixed assertion on high network load (AMD64 hosts,
11961	fix for Linux distributions with glibc 2.6 and newer (bug #616)</para>
11962	</listitem>
11963
11964	<listitem>
11965	<para>Linux hosts: don't crash during shutdown with serial ports
11966	connected to a host device</para>
11967	</listitem>
11968
11969	<listitem>
11970	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed incompatibility between IPSEC and host interface networking</para>
11971	</listitem>
11972
11973	<listitem>
11974	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a rare race condition while powering off VMs with host interface networking</para>
11975	</listitem>
11976
11977	<listitem>
11978	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed VBoxSDL on Solaris 10 by shipping the required SDL library (bug #2475)</para>
11979	</listitem>
11980
11981	<listitem>
11982	<para>Windows Additions: fixed logged in users reporting via guest properties
11983	when using native RDP connections</para>
11984	</listitem>
11985
11986	<listitem>
11987	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Vista crashes when accessing shared
11988	folders under certain circumstances (bug #2461)</para>
11989	</listitem>
11990
11991	<listitem>
11992	<para>Windows Additions: fixed shared folders access with MS-Office
11993	(bug #2591)</para>
11994	</listitem>
11995
11996	<listitem>
11997	<para>Linux Additions: fixed compilation of vboxvfs.ko for 64-bit
11998	guests (bug #2550)</para>
11999	</listitem>
12000
12001	<listitem>
12002	<para>SDK: added JAX-WS port caching to speedup connections</para>
12003	</listitem>
12004
12005	</itemizedlist>
12006	</sect1>
12007
12008	<sect1>
12009	<title>Version 2.0.4 (2008-10-24)</title>
12010
12011	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
12012	added:</para>
12013
12014	<itemizedlist>
12015	<listitem>
12016	<para>VMM: better error reporting for VT-x failures</para>
12017	</listitem>
12018
12019	<listitem>
12020	<para>VMM: don't overflow the release log with PATM messages (bug #1775)</para>
12021	</listitem>
12022
12023	<listitem>
12024	<para>VMM: fixed save state restore in real mode (software virtualization only)</para>
12025	</listitem>
12026
12027	<listitem>
12028	<para>GUI: work around a Qt bug on Mac OS X (bug #2321)</para>
12029	</listitem>
12030
12031	<listitem>
12032	<para>GUI: properly install the Qt4 accessible plugin (bug #629)</para>
12033	</listitem>
12034
12035	<listitem>
12036	<para>SATA: error message when starting a VM with a VMDK connected to a SATA port (bug #2182)</para>
12037	</listitem>
12038
12039	<listitem>
12040	<para>SATA: fixed Guru mediation when booting OpenSolaris/64; most
12041	likely applies to other guests as well (bug #2292)</para>
12042	</listitem>
12043
12044	<listitem>
12045	<para>Network: don't crash when changing the adapter link state if no
12046	host driver is attached (bug #2333)</para>
12047	</listitem>
12048
12049	<listitem>
12050	<para>VHD: fixed bug which prevents booting from VHD images bigger than 4GB (bug #2085)</para>
12051	</listitem>
12052
12053	<listitem>
12054	<para>VRDP: fixed a repaint problem when the guest resolution was not
12055	equal to the client resolution</para>
12056	</listitem>
12057
12058	<listitem>
12059	<para>Clipboard: don't crash when host service initialization takes
12060	longer than expected (Linux hosts only; bug #2001)</para>
12061	</listitem>
12062
12063	<listitem>
12064	<para>Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe crash (bug #2212)</para>
12065	</listitem>
12066
12067	<listitem>
12068	<para>Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe memory leak due to a Windows WMI memory leak (Vista only) (bug #2242)</para>
12069	</listitem>
12070
12071	<listitem>
12072	<para>Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe delays GUI startup</para>
12073	</listitem>
12074
12075	<listitem>
12076	<para>Linux hosts: handle jiffies counter overflow (VM stuck after 300
12077	seconds of host uptime; bug #2247)</para>
12078	</listitem>
12079
12080	<listitem>
12081	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed host or guest side networking going stale while using host interface
12082	networking (bug #2474)</para>
12083	</listitem>
12084
12085	<listitem>
12086	<para>Solaris hosts: added support for using unplumbed network interfaces and Crossbow Virtual
12087	Network Interfaces (VNICs) with host interface networking</para>
12088	</listitem>
12089
12090	<listitem>
12091	<para>Solaris hosts: reworked threading model improves performance for host interface networking</para>
12092	</listitem>
12093
12094	<listitem>
12095	<para>Windows Additions: fixed crash when accessing deep directory structures in a shared folder</para>
12096	</listitem>
12097
12098	<listitem>
12099	<para>Windows Additions: improved shared folder name resolving (bug #1728)</para>
12100	</listitem>
12101
12102	<listitem>
12103	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 shutdown crash (bug #2254)</para>
12104	</listitem>
12105
12106	<listitem>
12107	<para>Windows Additions: fixed error code for
12108	<computeroutput>MoveFile()</computeroutput> if the target exists (bug #2350)</para>
12109	</listitem>
12110
12111	<listitem>
12112	<para>Linux Additions: fixed <computeroutput>seek()</computeroutput>
12113	for files bigger than 2GB (bug #2379)</para>
12114	</listitem>
12115
12116	<listitem>
12117	<para>Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 8.10</para>
12118	</listitem>
12119
12120	<listitem>
12121	<para>Linux Additions: clipboard fixes (bug #2015)</para>
12122	</listitem>
12123
12124	<listitem>
12125	<para>Web services: improved documentation and fixed example (bug #1642)</para>
12126	</listitem>
12127
12128	</itemizedlist>
12129
12130	</sect1>
12131
12132	<sect1>
12133	<title>Version 2.0.2 (2008-09-12)</title>
12134
12135	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
12136	added:</para>
12137
12138	<itemizedlist>
12139
12140	<listitem>
12141	<para>VMM: fixed inability to run more than one VM in parallel (AMD-V on
12142	CPUs with erratum 170 only; bug #2167)</para>
12143	</listitem>
12144
12145	<listitem>
12146	<para>VMM: VT-x stability fixes (bug #2179 and others)</para>
12147	</listitem>
12148
12149	<listitem>
12150	<para>VMM: fixed Linux 2.6.26+ kernel crashes (used by Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha,
12151	Fedora 10 Alpha; bug #1875) </para>
12152	</listitem>
12153
12154	<listitem>
12155	<para>VMM: fixed 64 bits Linux 2.6.26 kernel crashes (Debian) </para>
12156	</listitem>
12157
12158	<listitem>
12159	<para>VMM: fixed Vista (32 bits) guest crash during boot when PAE and
12160	NX are enabled (applied to 64 bits hosts with VT-x enabled only) </para>
12161	</listitem>
12162
12163	<listitem>
12164	<para>VMM: fixed OS/2 guest crashes during boot (AMD-V; bug #2132) </para>
12165	</listitem>
12166
12167	<listitem>
12168	<para>GUI: fixed crash when trying to release an inaccessible image in
12169	the virtual disk manager</para>
12170	</listitem>
12171
12172	<listitem>
12173	<para>GUI: fixed invalid error message for a changed snapshot path even
12174	if that path wasn't changed (bug #2064)</para>
12175	</listitem>
12176
12177	<listitem>
12178	<para>GUI: fixed crash when creating a new hard disk image (bug #2060)</para>
12179	</listitem>
12180
12181	<listitem>
12182	<para>GUI: fixed crash when adding a hard disk in the VM settings (bug #2081)</para>
12183	</listitem>
12184
12185	<listitem>
12186	<para>GUI: fixed a bug where VirtualBox isn't working with the new
12187	QGtkStyle plugin (bug #2066)</para>
12188	</listitem>
12189
12190	<listitem>
12191	<para>GUI: fixed VM close dialog in seamless mode (Mac OS X hosts only;
12192	bug #2067)</para>
12193	</listitem>
12194
12195	<listitem>
12196	<para>GUI: fixed standard menu entries for NLS versions (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
12197	</listitem>
12198
12199	<listitem>
12200	<para>GUI: disable the VT-x/AMD-V setting when it's not supported by
12201	the CPU (or on Mac OS X hosts) </para>
12202	</listitem>
12203
12204	<listitem>
12205	<para>VBoxManage: fixed crash during
12206	<computeroutput>internalcommands createrawvmdk</computeroutput>
12207	(bug #2184)</para>
12208	</listitem>
12209
12210	<listitem>
12211	<para>VBoxManage: fixed output of
12212	<computeroutput>snapshot showvminfo</computeroutput> (bug #698)</para>
12213	</listitem>
12214
12215	<listitem>
12216	<para>Guest properties: added information about guest network interfaces
12217	(Windows guests only)</para>
12218	</listitem>
12219
12220	<listitem>
12221	<para>Shared Folders: fixed regression that caused Windows guest crashes</para>
12222	</listitem>
12223
12224	<listitem>
12225	<para>API: fixed number of installed CPUs (Solaris hosts only)</para>
12226	</listitem>
12227
12228	<listitem>
12229	<para>VRDP: allow a client to reconnect to an existing session on the VRDP server by dropping the existing connection
12230	(configurable and disabled by default; only relevant when multiconnection mode is disabled) </para>
12231	</listitem>
12232
12233	<listitem>
12234	<para>VRDP: fixed an image repaint problem</para>
12235	</listitem>
12236
12237	<listitem>
12238	<para>Linux hosts: fixed bug in vboxdrv.ko that could corrupt kernel
12239	memory and panic the kernel (bug #2078)
12240	</para>
12241	</listitem>
12242
12243	<listitem>
12244	<para>Linux hosts: compile fixes for kernel module on Linux 2.6.27</para>
12245	</listitem>
12246
12247	<listitem>
12248	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added Python support</para>
12249	</listitem>
12250
12251	<listitem>
12252	<para>Additions: fixed a possible hang in HGCM communication after
12253	a VM reboot</para>
12254	</listitem>
12255
12256	<listitem>
12257	<para>Windows Additions: added support for Windows XP 64 bits (bug #2117)</para>
12258	</listitem>
12259
12260	<listitem>
12261	<para>Linux Additions: deactivate dynamic resizing on Linux guests with
12262	buggy X servers</para>
12263	</listitem>
12264
12265	<listitem>
12266	<para>Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 8.10 guests and Fedora 9 guests
12267	(dynamic resizing disabled for the latter)</para>
12268	</listitem>
12269
12270	<listitem>
12271	<para>Linux Additions: added installer check for the system architecture</para>
12272	</listitem>
12273
12274	<listitem>
12275	<para>Linux Additions: fixed Xorg modules path for some Linux distributions
12276	(bug #2128)</para>
12277	</listitem>
12278
12279	<listitem>
12280	<para>VMDK: be more liberal with ambiguous parts of the format
12281	specification and accept more format variants (bug #2062)</para>
12282	</listitem>
12283
12284	<listitem>
12285	<para>VHD: fixed a bug in the VHD backend which resulted in reading
12286	the wrong data (bug #2085)</para>
12287	</listitem>
12288
12289	<listitem>
12290	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed kernel panic on certain machines when
12291	starting VMs with host interface networking (bug #2183)</para>
12292	</listitem>
12293
12294	<listitem>
12295	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed inability to access NFS shares on the
12296	host when host interface networking was enabled</para>
12297	</listitem>
12298
12299	<listitem>
12300	<para>Solaris hosts: installer now detects and reports when
12301	installing under the wrong architecture</para>
12302	</listitem>
12303
12304	<listitem>
12305	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed security hardening that prevented
12306	starting VMs from non-global zones even as root (bug #1948)</para>
12307	</listitem>
12308
12309	<listitem>
12310	<para>Solaris Additions: combined the 32 bit and 64 bit Additions
12311	installer into a single package</para>
12312	</listitem>
12313
12314	<listitem>
12315	<para>Mac OS X hosts: experimental support for attaching a real serial
12316	port to the guest
12317	</para>
12318	</listitem>
12319
12320	</itemizedlist>
12321
12322	</sect1>
12323
12324	<sect1>
12325	<title>Version 2.0.0 (2008-09-04)</title>
12326
12327	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
12328	were added:<itemizedlist>
12329
12330	<listitem>
12331	<para>64 bits guest support (64 bits host only) </para>
12332	</listitem>
12333
12334	<listitem>
12335	<para>New native Leopard user interface on Mac OS X hosts</para>
12336	</listitem>
12337
12338	<listitem>
12339	<para>The GUI was converted from Qt3 to Qt4 with many visual improvements</para>
12340	</listitem>
12341
12342	<listitem>
12343	<para>New-version notifier</para>
12344	</listitem>
12345
12346	<listitem>
12347	<para>Guest property information interface</para>
12348	</listitem>
12349
12350	<listitem>
12351	<para>Host Interface Networking on Mac OS X hosts</para>
12352	</listitem>
12353
12354	<listitem>
12355	<para>New Host Interface Networking on Solaris hosts</para>
12356	</listitem>
12357
12358	<listitem>
12359	<para>Support for Nested Paging on modern AMD CPUs (major performance gain)</para>
12360	</listitem>
12361
12362	<listitem>
12363	<para>Framework for collecting performance and resource usage data (metrics)</para>
12364	</listitem>
12365
12366	<listitem>
12367	<para>Added SATA asynchronous IO (NCQ: Native Command Queuing) when accessing raw
12368	disks/partitions (major performance gain)</para>
12369	</listitem>
12370
12371	<listitem>
12372	<para>Clipboard integration for OS/2 Guests</para>
12373	</listitem>
12374
12375	<listitem>
12376	<para>Created separate SDK component featuring a new Python programming interface on Linux and Solaris hosts</para>
12377	</listitem>
12378
12379	<listitem>
12380	<para>Support for VHD disk images</para>
12381	</listitem>
12382
12383	</itemizedlist></para>
12384
12385	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
12386
12387	<itemizedlist>
12388
12389	<listitem>
12390	<para>VMM: VT-x fixes</para>
12391	</listitem>
12392
12393	<listitem>
12394	<para>AHCI: improved performance</para>
12395	</listitem>
12396
12397	<listitem>
12398	<para>GUI: keyboard fixes</para>
12399	</listitem>
12400
12401	<listitem>
12402	<para>Linux installer: properly uninstall the package even if
12403	unregistering the DKMS module fails</para>
12404	</listitem>
12405
12406	<listitem>
12407	<para>Linux Additions: the guest screen resolution is properly
12408	restored</para>
12409	</listitem>
12410
12411	<listitem>
12412	<para>Network: added support for jumbo frames (> 1536 bytes)</para>
12413	</listitem>
12414
12415	<listitem>
12416	<para>Shared Folders: fixed guest crash with Windows Media Player 11</para>
12417	</listitem>
12418
12419	<listitem>
12420	<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>
12421	</listitem>
12422
12423	</itemizedlist>
12424
12425	</sect1>
12426

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