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r105269 r105453 74 74 <sect1> 75 75 76 <title>Version 7.0.X (date tbd)</title> 77 78 <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or 79 added:</para> 80 81 <itemizedlist> 82 83 <listitem> 84 <para>VMM: Fixed EFLAGS.TF handling for CPUID instructions when Hyper-V is used (bug #17961)</para> 85 </listitem> 86 87 <listitem> 88 <para>Oracle Extension Pack: Fixed shipping the cryptographic support module for full VM encryption</para> 89 </listitem> 90 91 <listitem> 92 <para>virtio-net: Follow up fixes for FreeBSD 12.3 and pfSense 2.6.0 (bug #21201)</para> 93 </listitem> 94 95 <listitem> 96 <para>Main: Introduced virtualization platform support to the public API to better abstract 97 platform-specific details. Please consult the SDK manual for more information</para> 98 </listitem> 99 100 <listitem> 101 <para>Guest Control: Added the ability to query the guest's mount points (drive letters on Windows) 102 via IGuestSession::mountPoints. Requires 7.1 Guest Additions</para> 103 </listitem> 104 105 <listitem> 106 <para>Unattended Installation: Added support for subiquity- / cloud-init-based installers; 107 this enables installing more modern Linux-based guest OSes in Unattended mode</para> 108 </listitem> 109 110 <listitem> 111 <para>Unattended Installation: Added support for specifying separate passwords for 112 the user and admin / root accounts</para> 113 </listitem> 114 115 <listitem> 116 <para>Video Recording: Bigger general performance improvements for the encoding 117 pipeline, resulting in less CPU usage while recording is active</para> 118 </listitem> 119 120 <listitem> 121 <para>VBoxManage: Added ability to show and (re-)attach to a (video) recording progress 122 of a VM</para> 123 </listitem> 124 125 <listitem> 126 <para>VBoxManage: Added the ability to query the guest's mount points via a new "mount" 127 Guest Control sub command. Requires at least 7.1 Guest Additions</para> 128 </listitem> 129 130 <listitem> 131 <para>VBoxShell: Lots of smaller and bigger bugfixes + Python 3.x compatibility</para> 132 </listitem> 133 134 <listitem> 135 <para>Python: Our API bindings for Python 2.x is now marked as being deprecated and will 136 be removed in a future version. Please upgrade your code to use Python 3</para> 137 </listitem> 138 139 </itemizedlist> 140 </sect1> 141 142 <sect1> 143 144 <title>Version 7.0.6 (2023-01-17)</title> 145 146 <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or 147 added:</para> 148 149 <itemizedlist> 150 151 <listitem> 152 <para>VMM: Fixed guru running the FreeBSD loader on older Intel CPUs 153 without unrestricted guest support (bug #21332)</para> 154 </listitem> 155 156 <listitem> 157 <para>GUI: Fixed virtual machines grouping when VM was created or 158 modified in command line (bugs #11500, #20933)</para> 159 </listitem> 160 161 <listitem> 162 <para>GUI: Introduced generic changes in settings dialogs</para> 163 </listitem> 164 165 <listitem> 166 <para>VirtioNet: Fixed broken network after loading saved state 167 (bug #21172)</para> 168 </listitem> 169 170 <listitem> 171 <para>Storage: Added support for increasing the size of the following 172 VMDK image variants: monolithicFlat, monolithicSparse, twoGbMaxExtentSparse, 173 twoGbMaxExtentFlat</para> 174 </listitem> 175 176 <listitem> 177 <para>VBoxManage: Added missing --directory switch for guestcontrol mktemp command</para> 178 </listitem> 179 180 <listitem> 181 <para>Mouse Integration: Guest was provided with extended host mouse state (bug #21139)</para> 182 </listitem> 183 184 <listitem> 185 <para>DnD: Introduced generic improvements</para> 186 </listitem> 187 188 <listitem> 189 <para>Guest Control: Fixed handling creation mode for temporary directories 190 (bug #21394)</para> 191 </listitem> 192 193 <listitem> 194 <para>Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for building UEK7 kernel on 195 Oracle Linux 8</para> 196 </listitem> 197 198 <listitem> 199 <para>Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 9.1 kernel</para> 200 </listitem> 201 202 <listitem> 203 <para>Windows Host: Fixed support for VM autostart (bug#21349)</para> 204 </listitem> 205 206 <listitem> 207 <para>Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.2 for vboxvideo</para> 208 </listitem> 209 210 <listitem> 211 <para>Audio: The "--audio" option in VBoxManage is now marked as 212 deprecated; please use "--audio-driver" and "--audio-enabled" 213 instead. This will allow more flexibility when changing the driver 214 and/or controlling the audio functionality</para> 215 </listitem> 216 217 </itemizedlist> 218 </sect1> 219 220 <sect1> 221 222 <title>Version 7.0.4 (2022-11-18)</title> 223 224 <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or 225 added:</para> 226 227 <itemizedlist> 228 229 <listitem> 230 <para>VMM: Added nested paging support for nested virtualization (Intel hosts only)</para> 231 </listitem> 232 233 <listitem> 234 <para>VMM: Fixed rare guru meditations with certain guests on macOS 10.15 (Catalina) (bug #21237)</para> 235 </listitem> 236 237 <listitem> 238 <para>VMM: Fixed possible VM process crash on Windows hosts when Hyper-V is used with certain guests (bug #21174)</para> 239 </listitem> 240 241 <listitem> 242 <para>VMM: Fixed Windows XP guest hang or BSOD on AMD CPUs under certain circumstances (bug #21256)</para> 243 </listitem> 244 245 <listitem> 246 <para>GUI: Various bugfixes for the Guest Control file manager</para> 247 </listitem> 248 249 <listitem> 250 <para>GUI: Added more informative file operations in the Guest Control file manager</para> 251 </listitem> 252 253 <listitem> 254 <para>GUI: Added an option to the global settings (the display page) to resize user interface font</para> 255 </listitem> 256 257 <listitem> 258 <para>GUI: Fixed a regression in new vm wizard. Selected virtual disks are no longer deleted when the wizard 259 is cancelled (bug #21244)</para> 260 </listitem> 261 262 <listitem> 263 <para>GUI: Added a new menu item to the devices menu to optionally upgrade the guest additions.</para> 264 </listitem> 265 266 <listitem> 267 <para>VirtioSCSI: Fixed recognition of the virtio SCSI controller by the EFI firmware (bug #21200)</para> 268 </listitem> 269 270 <listitem> 271 <para>VirtioSCSI: Fixed hang when shutting down the VM if the virtio SCSI controller is used (bug #21144)</para> 272 </listitem> 273 274 <listitem> 275 <para>virtio-net: Workaround a bug in the virtio-net driver included in FreeBSD version up to 12.3 276 which renders the device non functional (bug #21201)</para> 277 </listitem> 278 279 <listitem> 280 <para>Storage: Fixed I/O errors with the VirtioSCSI controller when the host I/O cache is enabled (bug #19717)</para> 281 </listitem> 282 283 <listitem> 284 <para>VBoxManage: Fixed regression when 'createmedium disk --variant RawDisk' command resulted 285 in invalid .vmdk file (bug #21125)</para> 286 </listitem> 287 288 <listitem> 289 <para>Main: Restored input pointing device behavior in multi-monitor 290 VM configuration (bug #21137)</para> 291 </listitem> 292 293 <listitem> 294 <para>Main: Fixed progress indication during automatic Linux 295 Guest Additions installation</para> 296 </listitem> 297 298 <listitem> 299 <para>Guest Control: Fixed path handling issues (bug #21095)</para> 300 </listitem> 301 302 <listitem> 303 <para>3D: Fixed VM process crash on macOS with 3D enabled (bug #21232)</para> 304 </listitem> 305 306 <listitem> 307 <para>Linux Host and Guest: General improvements in startup scripts</para> 308 </listitem> 309 310 <listitem> 311 <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for 312 RHEL 8.7 and 9.2 kernels (bug #21272, #21258)</para> 313 </listitem> 314 315 <listitem> 316 <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for SLES 15.4 kernels</para> 317 </listitem> 318 319 <listitem> 320 <para>Linux Guest Additions: Fixed kernel modules rebuild behavior on 321 system shutdown</para> 322 </listitem> 323 324 </itemizedlist> 325 </sect1> 326 327 <sect1> 328 329 <title>Version 7.0.2 (2022-10-20)</title> 330 331 <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or 332 added:</para> 333 334 <itemizedlist> 335 336 <listitem> 337 <para>Known issue: VMs having more than one vCPU configured will not work properly on macOS 338 Catalina due to an unknown memory corruption issue. Either lower the number of vCPUs to 1 339 or upgrade to BigSur or later where the issue does not occur</para> 340 </listitem> 341 342 <listitem> 343 <para>Main: Fixed issue when VBoxSVC could become unresponsive if Extension Pack 344 was not installed (bug #21167)</para> 345 </listitem> 346 347 <listitem> 348 <para>macOS hosts: Added workaround for a bug in the Hypervisor framework on Catalina causing 349 VERR_NEM_MAP_PAGES_FAILED errors when starting a VM. (bug #21128)</para> 350 </listitem> 351 352 <listitem> 353 <para>macOS hosts: Re-introduced support for internal networking, this is considered a bit 354 experimental still</para> 355 </listitem> 356 357 <listitem> 358 <para>macOS hosts: Fixed VM crash when the guest tries to access a microphone or webcam</para> 359 </listitem> 360 361 <listitem> 362 <para>Windows host: Shared Clipboard: Fixed issue when only 4Kb of host 363 clipboard buffer was accessible to guest (bug #21149)</para> 364 </listitem> 365 366 <listitem> 367 <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for kernel 6.1</para> 368 </listitem> 369 370 <listitem> 371 <para>Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxClient seamless service 372 caused a crash of some X11 applications (bug #21132)</para> 373 </listitem> 374 375 <listitem> 376 <para>Windows hosts: GUI: Fixed missing Qt libraries for vista style and sql driver (bug #21155)</para> 377 </listitem> 378 379 <listitem> 380 <para>GUI: Fixed a glitch in the log viewer which was causing wrong log file to be saved (bug #21156)</para> 381 </listitem> 382 383 </itemizedlist> 384 </sect1> 385 386 <sect1> 387 388 <title>Version 7.0.0 (2022-10-10)</title> 76 <title>Version 7.1.0 (date tbd)</title> 389 77 390 78 <para>This is a major update. The following major new features were added:</para> … … 393 81 394 82 <listitem> 395 <para>Virtual machines can be fully encrypted now, including the VM config logs 396 and saved states (CLI only for now)</para> 83 <para>New product icon and wordmark, including minor product rename</para> 397 84 </listitem> 398 85 399 86 <listitem> 400 <para>OCI: Cloud virtual machines can be added to Virtual Machine Manager and controlled 401 as local VMs</para> 87 <para>OCI: Performance dashboard shows resource usage like for local VMs</para> 402 88 </listitem> 403 89 404 90 <listitem> 405 <para>OCI: Cloud networks can now be configured via Network Manager tool same way as 406 it is done for Host-only and NAT networks</para> 91 <para>OCI: Function to clone compute instances</para> 407 92 </listitem> 408 93 409 94 <listitem> 410 <para>GUI: Added a new utility similar to "top" or "resource monitor" which lists peformance statistics 411 (CPU usage, RAM usage, disk I/O rate, etc.) of running guests</para> 95 <para>OCI: Function to reset compute instances</para> 412 96 </listitem> 413 97 414 98 <listitem> 415 <para>GUI: Reworked the new vm wizard to integrate the unattended416 guest OS installation and to have a more streamlined work flow</para>99 <para>GUI: Modernized look and feel, offering a selection between Basic and Experienced 100 user level with reduced or full UI functionality</para> 417 101 </listitem> 418 102 419 103 <listitem> 420 <para>GUI: Added a new help viewer widget which enables the user manual to be navigated 421 and searched</para> 104 <para>Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack: Ajustment to the PUEL license, removing the 105 duplicated evaluation option, for limited time evaluation use please download it 106 from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud</para> 422 107 </listitem> 423 108 424 109 <listitem> 425 <para>GUI: Adding new notification center unifying most of running progresses and error 426 reporting around the GUI</para> 110 <para>NAT: new engine with IPv6 support</para> 427 111 </listitem> 428 112 429 113 <listitem> 430 <para>GUI: Improved theme support on all platforms. Linux and macOS 431 use native engine while for Windows host it is separately implemented.</para> 432 </listitem> 433 434 <listitem> 435 <para>GUI: Large icon update.</para> 436 </listitem> 437 438 <listitem> 439 <para>Audio recording: Now using Vorbis as the default audio format for WebM containers. 440 Opus is no longer being used.</para> 441 </listitem> 442 443 <listitem> 444 <para>Audio: Added "default" host driver type to make it possible to move VMs (appliances) between different platforms 445 without the need of changing the audio driver explicitly. When the "default" driver is selected, the best audio backend 446 option for a platform will be used. This is the default for newly created VMs.</para> 447 </listitem> 448 449 <listitem> 450 <para>Guest Control: Implemented initial support for automatic updating 451 of Guest Additions for Linux guests</para> 452 </listitem> 453 454 <listitem> 455 <para>Guest Control: Implemented ability to wait for and/or reboot the 456 guest when updating Guest Additions via VBoxManage</para> 457 </listitem> 458 459 <listitem> 460 <para>VBoxManage: Added Guest Control "waitrunlevel" sub-command to 461 make it possible to wait for a guest to reach a certain run level</para> 462 </listitem> 463 464 <listitem> 465 <para>Windows hosts: Added experimental support of running autostarted VMs 466 in session 0, to allow running VMS even when a usser is not being logged 467 in (disabled by default, please consult the manual)</para> 468 </listitem> 469 470 <listitem> 471 <para>macOS host: Dropped all kernel extensions. VirtualBox relies fully on 472 the hypervisor and vmnet frameworks provided by Apple now. At the moment 473 the implementation lacks "Internal Networking" functionality. This will be 474 provided at a later date.</para> 475 </listitem> 476 477 <listitem> 478 <para>macOS host: Providing a Developer Preview package for systems with 479 an Apple silicon CPU. This is unsupported work in progress, and is known 480 to have very modest performance.</para> 481 </listitem> 482 483 <listitem> 484 <para>Linux Guest Additions: Reworked guest screen re-size functionality, 485 added basic integration with some of guest Desktop Environments</para> 486 </listitem> 487 488 <listitem> 489 <para>Devices: Implemented new 3D support based on DirectX 11 (and DXVK 490 on non Windows hosts)</para> 491 </listitem> 492 493 <listitem> 494 <para>Devices: Added virtual IOMMU devices (Intel and AMD variant)</para> 495 </listitem> 496 497 <listitem> 498 <para>Devices: Added virtual TPM 1.2 and 2.0 devices</para> 499 </listitem> 500 501 <listitem> 502 <para>Devices: The EHCI and XHCI USB controller devices are now part of the 503 open source base package</para> 504 </listitem> 505 506 <listitem> 507 <para>EFI: Added support for Secure Boot</para> 508 </listitem> 509 510 <listitem> 511 <para>Debugging: Added experimental support for guest debugging through 512 GDB and highly experimental support for guest debugging through KD/WinDbg</para> 114 <para>Linux host and guest: added Wayland support for Clipboard sharing and Drag and Drop</para> 513 115 </listitem> 514 116 … … 520 122 521 123 <listitem> 522 <para>OCI: Cloud networking functionality is enhanced for local VMs, now local VMs could 523 be connected to cloud networking</para> 124 <para>Screen recording: improve performance</para> 524 125 </listitem> 525 126 526 127 <listitem> 527 <para>GUI: Improved behavior of the virtual machine list and various VM related tools in case 528 multiple items are selected</para> 529 </listitem> 530 531 <listitem> 532 <para>GUI: On available platforms, added a new option to disable the host's screensaver</para> 533 </listitem> 534 535 <listitem> 536 <para>GUI: Reworked global preferences, machine settings and the wizards to improve stability 537 and usability</para> 538 </listitem> 539 540 <listitem> 541 <para>GUI: Improving mouse handling in multi-monitor case on X11 platform</para> 542 </listitem> 543 544 <listitem> 545 <para>GUI: Medium enumeration engine was reworked to improve permormance</para> 546 </listitem> 547 548 <listitem> 549 <para>GUI: NAT Network stuff was moved from global preferences to global Network Manager tool</para> 550 </listitem> 551 552 <listitem> 553 <para>GUI: Extension Pack Manager was moved from global preferences to global tools</para> 128 <para>EFI: Added support for Secure Boot</para> 554 129 </listitem> 555 130 … … 559 134 560 135 <listitem> 561 <para>GUI: Migrati ng to recent Qt versions.</para>136 <para>GUI: Migration to recent Qt version.</para> 562 137 </listitem> 563 138
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