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Config: disable PCI passthrough
debian: big resync with files in src/VBox/Installer/Linux/debian, this must have been broken for years
doc: mention dropping of PCI passthrough
src/VBox/Installer/linux: adapt to handle no longer present vboxpci.ko (without completely ripping it out)

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!-- Release change log structure
3
4Each release has a matching log of changes which were made for that and
5earlier releases. Earlier releases means anything with a lower number (e.g.
65.0.18 is lower than 5.1.2) which was released before this one. The log is
7kept in the file doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml. Anything worth mentioning,
8particularly new features and fixed bugs, with a trac bug number if possible,
9should be added to the top of the change log (that is, the section for the
10upcoming release) for the branch in which it first appears - stable or
11development - before the next release. If you back-port it to older branches
12please add an entry there too. When a new major release is made, change log
13sections for earlier releases are merged in.
14
15Change log sections are split into two groups: major new features (normally
16only for dot zero releases) and fixes. In addition, the entries in each group
17are ordered as follows:
18
19 VMM-related entries (most important)
20 GUI-related entries (most visible for users)
21 Device-related entries
22 VBoxManage/API/Main-related entries
23 Host-related entries
24 Guest-related entries
25 BIOS/EFI/ACPI-related entries
26
27Please do further ordering as seems appropriate by importance and visibility for
28users, e.g. audio before serial ports and generally Windows before Linux. Please
29also try to describe the user impact, not the technical details, and only use
30technical terms if no non-technical ones are clear enough.
31-->
32<chapter>
33
34<!-- HACK ALERT! Seems we must have a single top level element for xi:include to work.
35 So, we use chapter and xpointer="xpointer(/chapter/)" with xi:include. -->
36
37 <sect1>
38 <title>Version 6.1.x (2019-xx-xx)</title>
39
40 <para>
41 In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
42 </para>
43
44 <itemizedlist>
45
46 <listitem>
47 <para>
48 Linux host: Drop PCI passthrough, the current code is too incomplete
49 (cannot handle PCIe devices at all), i.e. not useful enough
50 </para>
51 </listitem>
52
53 <listitem>
54 <para>
55 </para>
56 </listitem>
57
58 </itemizedlist>
59 </sect1>
60
61 <sect1>
62 <title>Version 6.1.0_RC1 (2019-11-22)</title>
63
64 <para>
65 In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
66 </para>
67
68 <itemizedlist>
69
70 <listitem>
71 <para>
72 GUI: Some issues related to mouse integration cursor scaling were
73 addressed (bug #14366), more to go
74 </para>
75 </listitem>
76
77 <listitem>
78 <para>
79 GUI: Few usability related fixes for export appliance wizard
80 </para>
81 </listitem>
82
83 <listitem>
84 <para>
85 GUI: Fixed/improved mouse pointer scaling
86 </para>
87 </listitem>
88
89 <listitem>
90 <para>
91 GUI: Fixed crash in cloud related wizards when accessibility
92 functionality was enabled
93 </para>
94 </listitem>
95
96 <listitem>
97 <para>
98 GUI: Soft keyboard visual improvements, and fix crash for first use
99 </para>
100 </listitem>
101
102 <listitem>
103 <para>
104 GUI: Added the missing restriction options for disabling new
105 functionality such as the VISO creator
106 </para>
107 </listitem>
108
109 <listitem>
110 <para>
111 GUI: More consistent medium selection (both showing known images
112 and allowing to select using the file picker)
113 </para>
114 </listitem>
115
116 <listitem>
117 <para>
118 Documentation: updated supported host operating systems, added few
119 new manual pages (more to come later)
120 </para>
121 </listitem>
122
123 <listitem>
124 <para>
125 Virtualization core: Improvements for nested hardware-virtualization
126 on Intel CPUs
127 </para>
128 </listitem>
129
130 <listitem>
131 <para>
132 VBoxSVGA/VMSVGA: Support YUV2 and related texture formats with hosts
133 using OpenGL (macOS and Linux), which accelerates video playback
134 when 3D is enabled by delegating the color space conversion to the
135 host GPU
136 </para>
137 </listitem>
138
139 <listitem>
140 <para>
141 VBoxSVGA/VMSVGA: Several drawing fixes for the 3D case
142 </para>
143 </listitem>
144
145 <listitem>
146 <para>
147 USB: Improvements for EHCI controller implementation
148 </para>
149 </listitem>
150
151 <listitem>
152 <para>
153 USB: Filter can now specify port path, uniquely identifying a port
154 in a system
155 </para>
156 </listitem>
157
158 <listitem>
159 <para>
160 NAT Network: Use non-blocking sockets on Linux for accepted
161 incoming connections (port forwarding)
162 </para>
163 </listitem>
164
165 <listitem>
166 <para>
167 PCnet-ISA: Added new network adapter type, currently CLI only
168 </para>
169 </listitem>
170
171 <listitem>
172 <para>
173 SMBIOS: Store system UUID in little endian format which is the
174 default for new VMs, while existing VMs stick to the old VirtualBox
175 behavior of storing them in big endian format for backwards
176 compatibility to avoid breaking the activation status of Windows VMs
177 </para>
178 </listitem>
179
180 <listitem>
181 <para>VBoxSDL frontend: Fixed running on Windows hosts</para>
182 </listitem>
183
184 <listitem>
185 <para>VBoxManage: show "unrestricted guest" and "nested HW
186 virtualization" CPU features when listing the host information</para>
187 </listitem>
188
189 <listitem>
190 <para>
191 Shared Clipboard: Implemented experimental support for file transfers
192 for Linux hosts on Windows guests (disabled by default)
193 </para>
194 </listitem>
195
196 <listitem>
197 <para>Linux host and guest: Support Linux 5.4 (bug #18945)</para>
198 </listitem>
199
200 <listitem>
201 <para>Linux host and guest: Force disabling of kernel module signing
202 during build (user can do it afterwards)</para>
203 </listitem>
204
205 <listitem>
206 <para>
207 Windows Guest Additions: Many fixes for drawing problems in the
208 driver for VBoxSVGA
209 </para>
210 </listitem>
211
212 <listitem>
213 <para>
214 Windows Guest Additions: Fixes for legacy VBoxVGA adapter, restore
215 previously working cases
216 </para>
217 </listitem>
218
219 <listitem>
220 <para>
221 Windows Guest Additions: Restore VHWA functionality for VBoxSVGA
222 </para>
223 </listitem>
224
225 </itemizedlist>
226 </sect1>
227
228 <sect1>
229 <title>Version 6.1.0_BETA2 (2019-10-23)</title>
230
231 <para>
232 In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
233 </para>
234
235 <itemizedlist>
236
237 <listitem>
238 <para>
239 Virtualization core: Improvements for nested hardware-virtualization
240 on Intel CPUs, Windows works now on outer VM (needs beta VirtualBox)
241 </para>
242 </listitem>
243
244 <listitem>
245 <para>
246 Virtualization core: Drop recompiler, i.e. running VMs now needs
247 a CPU supporting hardware virtualization
248 </para>
249 </listitem>
250
251 <listitem>
252 <para>
253 Runtime: Works now on hosts with many CPUs (limit now 1024)
254 </para>
255 </listitem>
256
257 <listitem>
258 <para>
259 GUI: Storage and Network settings pages bug-fixes and usability optimization
260 </para>
261 </listitem>
262
263 <listitem>
264 <para>
265 GUI: Show VM CPU load as part of status bar CPU indicator
266 </para>
267 </listitem>
268
269 <listitem>
270 <para>
271 GUI: Media enumeration fixes
272 </para>
273 </listitem>
274
275 <listitem>
276 <para>
277 GUI: Popup messages mouse click fix
278 </para>
279 </listitem>
280
281 <listitem>
282 <para>
283 GUI: Details pane fixes
284 </para>
285 </listitem>
286
287 <listitem>
288 <para>
289 GUI: Added multimedia keys to soft keyboard and other improvements
290 </para>
291 </listitem>
292
293 <listitem>
294 <para>
295 GUI: Fix and unify geometry save/restore in various dialogs
296 </para>
297 </listitem>
298
299 <listitem>
300 <para>
301 Cloud: More flexibility in VM export and import to Oracle Cloud
302 Infrastructure, add free-form tags to cloud images
303 </para>
304 </listitem>
305
306 <listitem>
307 <para>
308 Graphics: Remove 3D support for VBoxVGA (old one deprecated with 6.0)
309 </para>
310 </listitem>
311
312 <listitem>
313 <para>
314 Graphics: Additional texture format supportd on Windows host
315 </para>
316 </listitem>
317
318 <listitem>
319 <para>
320 Graphics: Improved fix for flickering on Windows host
321 </para>
322 </listitem>
323
324 <listitem>
325 <para>
326 NAT: Fix TFTP OACK response, send only if request has options
327 </para>
328 </listitem>
329
330 <listitem>
331 <para>
332 API: Reduce the amount of leftovers from Move VM function
333 </para>
334 </listitem>
335
336 <listitem>
337 <para>
338 Audio: Allow changing the host audio backend while the VM is
339 in saved state
340 </para>
341 </listitem>
342
343 <listitem>
344 <para>vboximg-mount: Now also available on Linux host
345 </para>
346 </listitem>
347
348 <listitem>
349 <para>
350 VBoxManage: More cloud functionality coverage, e.g. starting
351 a cloud instance
352 </para>
353 </listitem>
354
355 <listitem>
356 <para>
357 VBoxManage: As part of the guest control feature support moving
358 multiple source files/directories to a target directory
359 </para>
360 </listitem>
361
362 <listitem>
363 <para>
364 macOS host: Fix VM crashes (most visible on macOS Catalina)
365 </para>
366 </listitem>
367
368 <listitem>
369 <para>
370 Windows host: Improve USB device capturing accuracy
371 </para>
372 </listitem>
373
374 <listitem>
375 <para>
376 EFI: Switch to newer firmware code base and add NVRAM support,
377 should improve compatibility with OSes significantly
378 </para>
379 </listitem>
380
381 </itemizedlist>
382
383 </sect1>
384
385 <sect1>
386 <title>Version 6.1.0_BETA1 (2019-09-12)</title>
387
388 <para>
389 This is a major update. The following major new features were
390 added:
391 </para>
392
393 <itemizedlist>
394
395 <listitem>
396 <para>
397 Implemented support for importing a virtual machine from Oracle
398 Cloud Infrastructure
399 </para>
400 </listitem>
401
402 <listitem>
403 <para>
404 Extended support for exporting a virtual machine to Oracle
405 Cloud Infrastructure, allowing the creation of multiple
406 virtual machines without re-uploading. Also added option to
407 export a VM to the cloud using the more efficient variant
408 "paravirtialized"
409 </para>
410 </listitem>
411
412 <listitem>
413 <para>
414 Virtualization core: Support for nested hardware-virtualization
415 on Intel CPUs (starting with 5th generation Core i, codename
416 Broadwell)
417 </para>
418 </listitem>
419
420 <listitem>
421 <para>
422 Graphics: New style 3D support (with VBoxSVGA and VMSVGA) remains,
423 old style 3D support (with VBoxVGA) has been completely removed
424 </para>
425 </listitem>
426
427 <listitem>
428 <para>
429 Shared Clipboard: Implemented experimental support for file transfers
430 (Windows hosts/guests only at the moment). Needs to be enabled via
431 VBoxManage (disabled by default).
432 </para>
433 </listitem>
434
435 </itemizedlist>
436
437 <para>
438 In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
439 </para>
440
441 <itemizedlist>
442
443 <listitem>
444 <para>
445 GUI: Improved the VISO creation and file manager dialogs
446 </para>
447 </listitem>
448
449 <listitem>
450 <para>
451 GUI: Virtual machine list of VirtualBox Manager was improved. Machine
452 groups are now more obvious visually and VM search functionality
453 has been improved. Global Tools element can now be pinned in place,
454 to avoid scrolling it with rest of machine list
455 </para>
456 </listitem>
457
458 <listitem>
459 <para>
460 GUI: Virtual machine details pane is now extended with embedded editors
461 for certain VM attributes which we decided as the most
462 important, allowing user to edit them on-the-fly by clicking corresponding
463 hyper-links without opening VM settings dialog
464 </para>
465 </listitem>
466
467 <listitem>
468 <para>
469 GUI: Internal medium enumeration routines were optimized to reduce the load
470 and optimize the performance in cases when user have lots
471 of media registered. Also, we again allowed to add existing media (and create new)
472 via Virtual Media Manager
473 </para>
474 </listitem>
475
476 <listitem>
477 <para>
478 GUI: VM storage settings page was adjusted a bit in usability regard. User is now
479 allowed to change controller bus type and can move attachments between the controllers
480 by using drag and drop
481 </para>
482 </listitem>
483
484 <listitem>
485 <para>
486 GUI: Added a new soft (virtual) keyboard enabling keyboard inputs to guests
487 </para>
488 </listitem>
489
490 <listitem>
491 <para>
492 GUI: Improved and extended the Session Information dialog
493 </para>
494 </listitem>
495
496 <listitem>
497 <para>Input: Added support for horizontal scrolling in the PS/2 mouse
498 device using the IntelliMouse Explorer protocol. Note that this support
499 is automatically used by Linux guests but not by Windows guests
500 </para>
501 </listitem>
502
503 <listitem>
504 <para>vboximg-mount: Experimental support for direct read-only access
505 to NTFS, FAT and ext2/3/4 filesystems inside a disk image without
506 the need for support on the host
507 </para>
508 </listitem>
509
510 <listitem>
511 <para>Guest Control/VBoxManage: Added support for specifying multiple sources
512 when renaming guest files
513 </para>
514 </listitem>
515
516 </itemizedlist>
517
518 </sect1>
519
520</chapter>
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