| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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| 2 | <!-- Release change log structure
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| 3 |
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| 4 | Each release has a matching log of changes which were made for that and
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| 5 | earlier releases. Earlier releases means anything with a lower number (e.g.
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| 6 | 5.0.18 is lower than 5.1.2) which was released before this one. The log is
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| 7 | kept in the file doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml. Anything worth mentioning,
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| 8 | particularly new features and fixed bugs, with a trac bug number if possible,
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| 9 | should be added to the top of the change log (that is, the section for the
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| 10 | upcoming release) for the branch in which it first appears - stable or
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| 11 | development - before the next release. If you back-port it to older branches
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| 12 | please add an entry there too. When a new major release is made, change log
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| 13 | sections for earlier releases are merged in.
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| 14 |
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| 15 | Change log sections are split into two groups: major new features (normally
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| 16 | only for dot zero releases) and fixes. In addition, the entries in each group
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| 17 | are ordered as follows:
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| 18 |
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| 19 | VMM-related entries (most important)
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| 20 | GUI-related entries (most visible for users)
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| 21 | Device-related entries
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| 22 | VBoxManage/API/Main-related entries
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| 23 | Host-related entries
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| 24 | Guest-related entries
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| 25 | BIOS/EFI/ACPI-related entries
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| 26 |
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| 27 | Please do further ordering as seems appropriate by importance and visibility for
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| 28 | users, e.g. audio before serial ports and generally Windows before Linux. Please
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| 29 | also try to describe the user impact, not the technical details, and only use
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| 30 | technical terms if no non-technical ones are clear enough.
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| 31 | -->
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| 32 | <chapter>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <!-- HACK ALERT! Seems we must have a single top level element for xi:include to work.
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| 35 | So, we use chapter and xpointer="xpointer(/chapter/)" with xi:include. -->
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <sect1>
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| 38 | <title>Version 6.0.0 (2018-12-18)</title>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <para>This is a major update. The following major new features
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| 41 | were added:</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <itemizedlist>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Implemented support for exporting a virtual machine to Oracle
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| 47 | Cloud Infrastructure</para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>User interface: greatly improved HiDPI and scaling support,
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| 52 | including better detection and per-machine configuration</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Major rework of user interface with simpler and more powerful
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| 57 | application and virtual machine set-up</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>User interface: a new file manager enabling user to control
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| 62 | the guest file system and copy files between host and guest.</para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>Graphics: major update of 3D graphics support for Windows guests,
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| 67 | and VMSVGA 3D graphics device emulation on Linux and Solaris guests
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <listitem>
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| 72 | <para>Added support for surround speaker setups (as used by
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| 73 | Windows 10 Build 1809)</para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <listitem>
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| 77 | <para>Added utility <computeroutput>vboximg-mount</computeroutput>
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| 78 | on Apple hosts to access the content of guest disks on the host
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| 79 | </para>
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| 80 | </listitem>
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| 81 | </itemizedlist>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <itemizedlist>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <listitem>
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| 88 | <para>Execution core: fixed single-stepping in certain circumstances
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| 89 | (bug #17316)</para>
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| 90 | </listitem>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <listitem>
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| 93 | <para>User interface: video and audio recording can now be separately
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| 94 | enabled</para>
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| 95 | </listitem>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <listitem>
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| 98 | <para>Audio/Video recording fixes and improvements</para>
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| 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <listitem>
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| 102 | <para>Audio: better support for attaching and detaching remote desktop
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| 103 | connections</para>
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| 104 | </listitem>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <listitem>
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| 107 | <para>New BusLogic ISA device variant</para>
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| 108 | </listitem>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <listitem>
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| 111 | <para>Serial port emulation fixes</para>
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| 112 | </listitem>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <listitem>
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| 115 | <para>Serial ports: allow changing the serial port attachment while a
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| 116 | machine is running (bug #6115)</para>
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| 117 | </listitem>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <listitem>
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| 120 | <para>Networking: Added a workaround for older guests which do not enable
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| 121 | bus mastering for the virtio PCI device</para>
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| 122 | </listitem>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <listitem>
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| 125 | <para>iSCSI: In cases where there is no ambiguity, the LUN of an iSCSI
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| 126 | target is automatically determined, for targets with non-zero LUNs
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| 127 | </para>
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| 128 | </listitem>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <listitem>
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| 131 | <para>Transparently resize disk images when merging if possible</para>
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| 132 | </listitem>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <listitem>
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| 135 | <para>VBoxManage: support for DHCP options</para>
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| 136 | </listitem>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <listitem>
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| 139 | <para>Guest Control: various new interfaces and features
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| 140 | (see SDK documentation)</para>
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| 141 | </listitem>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <listitem>
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| 144 | <para>Linux hosts: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)</para>
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| 145 | </listitem>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <listitem>
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| 148 | <para>Solaris: installer fixes</para>
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| 149 | </listitem>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <listitem>
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| 152 | <para>Shared folders: performance improvements</para>
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| 153 | </listitem>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <listitem>
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| 156 | <para>Guest Additions: improved shared folder auto-mounting</para>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <listitem>
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| 160 | <para>Windows Guest Additions: fix incorrect tablet co-ordinate
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| 161 | handling with recent Windows 10 builds</para>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <listitem>
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| 165 | <para>Linux Additions: fix for building vboxvideo on EL 7.6 standard
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| 166 | kernel, contributed by Robert Conde (bug #18093)</para>
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| 167 | </listitem>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <listitem>
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| 170 | <para>Linux guests: support Linux 4.20 (thank you Larry Finger)</para>
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| 171 | </listitem>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>Linux guests: support VMSVGA in the Linux and X11 Additions</para>
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| 175 | </listitem>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <listitem>
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| 178 | <para>MacOS Guest Additions: initial support</para>
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| 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <listitem>
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| 182 | <para>OS/2 Guest Additions: initial shared folder support</para>
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| 183 | </listitem>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <listitem>
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| 186 | <para>BIOS fixes</para>
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| 187 | </listitem>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <listitem>
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| 190 | <para>ACPI: Up to four custom ACPI tables can now be configured for a VM
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| 191 | </para>
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| 192 | </listitem>
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| 193 | </itemizedlist>
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| 194 | </sect1>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | </chapter>
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