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     5
     6  <sect1>
     7    <title>Version 5.1.22 (2017-04-28)</title>
     8
     9    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     10      added:</para>
     11
     12    <itemizedlist>
     13
     14      <listitem>
     15        <para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_IEM_INSTR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED</emphasis>
     16          Guru Meditation under certain conditions (5.1 regression;
     17          mostly Mac OS X hosts; bugs #15693, #15801, #16274, #16569, #16663)</para>
     18      </listitem>
     19
     20      <listitem>
     21        <para>VMM: fixed software virtualization on Solaris hosts
     22          (5.1.20 regression)</para>
     23      </listitem>
     24
     25      <listitem>
     26        <para>Storage: fixed a potential hang under rare circumstances
     27          (bug #16677)</para>
     28      </listitem>
     29
     30      <listitem>
     31        <para>Storage: fixed a potential crash under rare circumstances
     32          (asynchronous I/O disabled or during maintenance file operations
     33          like merging snapshots)</para>
     34      </listitem>
     35
     36      <listitem>
     37        <para>Linux hosts: make the ALSA backend work again as well as
     38          loading the GL libraries on certain hosts (5.1.20 regression;
     39          bugs #16667, #16693)</para>
     40      </listitem>
     41
     42      <listitem>
     43        <para>Linux Additions: fixed mount.vboxsf symlink problem (5.1.20
     44          regression; bug #16670)</para>
     45      </listitem>
     46
     47    </itemizedlist>
     48  </sect1>
     49
     50  <sect1>
     51    <title>Version 5.1.20 (2017-04-18)</title>
     52
     53    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     54      added:</para>
     55
     56    <itemizedlist>
     57
     58      <listitem>
     59        <para>GUI: don't check if the Extension Pack is up-to-date if the user
     60          is about to install a new Extension Pack (bug #16317)</para>
     61      </listitem>
     62
     63      <listitem>
     64        <para>GUI: fixed a possible crash when switching a multi-monitor VM
     65          into full-screen or seamless mode</para>
     66      </listitem>
     67
     68      <listitem>
     69        <para>GUI: fixed non-literal shortcuts if the keyboard is not captured
     70          (5.1.10 regression; Windows hosts only)</para>
     71      </listitem>
     72
     73      <listitem>
     74        <para>GUI: several mini-toolbar fixes in full-screen / seamless mode
     75          (X11 hosts only)</para>
     76      </listitem>
     77
     78      <listitem>
     79        <para>GUI: don't crash on restoring defaults in the
     80          <emphasis>appliance import</emphasis> dialog</para>
     81      </listitem>
     82
     83      <listitem>
     84        <para>Windows Additions: another fix for automatic logins for Windows
     85          Vista and newer (bug #15904)</para>
     86      </listitem>
     87
     88      <listitem>
     89        <para>ICH9: fix for Windows guests with a huge amount (>64G) of guest
     90          memory</para>
     91      </listitem>
     92
     93      <listitem>
     94        <para>BIOS: fixed El Torito hard disk emulation geometry calculation
     95          (thanks Dwight Engen)</para>
     96      </listitem>
     97
     98    </itemizedlist>
     99  </sect1>
     100
     101  <sect1>
     102    <title>Version 5.1.18 (2017-03-15)</title>
     103
     104    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     105      added:</para>
     106
     107    <itemizedlist>
     108
     109      <listitem>
     110        <para>Shared Folders: fixed case insensitive filename access
     111          (5.1.16 regression; Windows guests only; bug #16549)</para>
     112      </listitem>
     113
     114      <listitem>
     115        <para>Shared Folders: fixed access to long pathes
     116          (5.1.16 regression; Windows guests only; bugs #14651, #16564)</para>
     117      </listitem>
     118
     119      <listitem>
     120        <para>API: fixed snapshot handling of medium attachments and PCI device
     121          attachments (bug #16545)</para>
     122      </listitem>
     123
     124      <listitem>
     125        <para>API: make 32-bit Windows guests boot again with software
     126          virtualization if the ICH9 chipset is used (5.1.16 regression)</para>
     127      </listitem>
     128
     129      <listitem>
     130        <para>VBoxBugReport: fixed VM log collection issue</para>
     131      </listitem>
     132
     133      <listitem>
     134        <para>Linux hosts: fixed autostart service script (bug #14955)</para>
     135      </listitem>
     136
     137      <listitem>
     138        <para>Windows Additions: fixed automatic logins for Windows Vista and
     139          newer (5.1.4 regression; bug #15904)</para>
     140      </listitem>
     141
     142    </itemizedlist>
     143  </sect1>
     144
     145  <sect1>
     146    <title>Version 5.1.16 (2017-03-08)</title>
     147
     148    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     149      added:</para>
     150
     151    <itemizedlist>
     152
     153      <listitem>
     154        <para>VMM: don't access the <emphasis>MSR_IA32_SMM_MONITOR_CTL</emphasis>
     155          MSR if <emphasis>dual-monitor treatment</emphasis> is not available
     156          (KVM workaround, bug #14965)</para>
     157      </listitem>
     158
     159      <listitem>
     160        <para>VMM: another fix for handling certain MSRs on ancient CPUs
     161          without VT-x support for MSR bitmaps</para>
     162      </listitem>
     163
     164      <listitem>
     165        <para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_SSM_LOAD_CPUID_MISMATCH</emphasis>
     166          errors when restoring a saved state with SMP guests on hosts without
     167          the <emphasis>CPUID/HTT</emphasis> bit set (bug #16428)</para>
     168      </listitem>
     169
     170      <listitem>
     171        <para>VMM: fixed a bug in call gate emulation</para>
     172      </listitem>
     173
     174      <listitem>
     175        <para>VMM: <emphasis>FWAIT</emphasis> instruction fix</para>
     176      </listitem>
     177
     178      <listitem>
     179        <para>VMM: fixed a sporadic guest hang under certain conditions</para>
     180      </listitem>
     181
     182      <listitem>
     183        <para>GUI: hide the mini-toolbar from the taskbar and the pager on
     184          certain X11 hosts</para>
     185      </listitem>
     186
     187      <listitem>
     188        <para>GUI: better error handling on the global settings / network /
     189          host-only / DHCP server settings</para>
     190      </listitem>
     191
     192      <listitem>
     193        <para>GUI: fixes for full-screen with multiple screens</para>
     194      </listitem>
     195
     196      <listitem>
     197        <para>Host-only Network: fixed host-only adapter creation issue preventing
     198          VirtualBox installation on Windows 10 hosts (bug #16379)</para>
     199      </listitem>
     200
     201      <listitem>
     202        <para>NAT network: fixed two potential crashes in the DHCP server</para>
     203      </listitem>
     204
     205      <listitem>
     206        <para>ICH9: fixed incorrect initialization of the primary bus for PCI
     207          bridges (5.1.14 regression)</para>
     208      </listitem>
     209
     210      <listitem>
     211        <para>Storage: LsiLogic fix for Windows 10</para>
     212      </listitem>
     213
     214      <listitem>
     215        <para>USB: fixed not being able to attach certain USB devices having
     216          invalid characters in the device strings (5.0.18 regression; bug #15956)</para>
     217      </listitem>
     218
     219      <listitem>
     220        <para>USB: several fixes for the USB/IP support (bug #16462)</para>
     221      </listitem>
     222
     223      <listitem>
     224        <para>VBoxSVC: fixed another crash during shutdown under rare
     225          circumstances</para>
     226      </listitem>
     227
     228      <listitem>
     229        <para>VBoxSVC: fixed a stack overflow on (Windows debug builds
     230          only; bug #16409)</para>
     231      </listitem>
     232
     233      <listitem>
     234        <para>OVF: when importing an appliance handle more than 10 network
     235          adapters if the OVA was created by VirtualBox (bug #16401)</para>
     236      </listitem>
     237
     238      <listitem>
     239        <para>OVF: fixes for exporting and importing appliances with many
     240          disks (bug #16402)</para>
     241      </listitem>
     242
     243      <listitem>
     244        <para>VBoxManage: fixed regression with <emphasis>modifyhd
     245          --resize</emphasis> (bug #16311)</para>
     246      </listitem>
     247
     248      <listitem>
     249        <para>rdesktop-vrdp: source code tarball fixes</para>
     250      </listitem>
     251
     252      <listitem>
     253        <para>Linux Installers: do not rebuild kernel modules unnecessarily
     254          (bug #16408)</para>
     255      </listitem>
     256
     257      <listitem>
     258        <para>Linux hosts: added an action for opening the VM manager
     259          window to the .desktop file</para>
     260      </listitem>
     261
     262      <listitem>
     263        <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.11 compile fixes (bug #16506)</para>
     264      </listitem>
     265
     266      <listitem>
     267        <para>Linux Additions: added <emphasis>vboxsf</emphasis> FS modules
     268          alias (bug #16404)</para>
     269      </listitem>
     270
     271      <listitem>
     272        <para>Linux Additions: fix for the shared folders kernel module to
     273          compile on Linux 4.10</para>
     274      </listitem>
     275
     276      <listitem>
     277        <para>Linux Additions: properly install the Linux kernel module
     278          override rule on distributions without /etc/depmod.d</para>
     279      </listitem>
     280
     281      <listitem>
     282        <para>Windows Additions: fixed a crash with recent Windows 10 builds
     283          if 3D is disabled (bug #15973)</para>
     284      </listitem>
     285
     286    </itemizedlist>
     287  </sect1>
     288
     289  <sect1>
     290    <title>Version 5.1.14 (2017-01-16)</title>
     291
     292    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     293      added:</para>
     294
     295    <itemizedlist>
     296
     297      <listitem>
     298        <para>VMM: fixed emulation of certain instructions for 64-bit guests
     299          on 32-bit hosts</para>
     300      </listitem>
     301
     302      <listitem>
     303        <para>VMM: properly handle certain MSRs for 64-bit guests on ancient
     304          CPUs without VT-x support for MSR bitmaps (bug #13886)</para>
     305      </listitem>
     306
     307      <listitem>
     308        <para>GUI: fixed a crash with multimonitor setups under certain
     309          conditions</para>
     310      </listitem>
     311
     312      <listitem>
     313        <para>GUI: allow cloning of snapshots when the VM is running</para>
     314      </listitem>
     315
     316      <listitem>
     317        <para>NVMe: fixed compatibility with the Storage Performance Development
     318          Kit (SPDK, bug #16368)</para>
     319      </listitem>
     320
     321      <listitem>
     322        <para>VBoxSVC: fixed a crash under rare circumstances</para>
     323      </listitem>
     324
     325      <listitem>
     326        <para>VBoxManage: added a sanity check to
     327          <emphasis>modifymedium --resize</emphasis> to prevent users from
     328          resizing their hard disk from 1GB to 1PB (bug #16311)</para>
     329      </listitem>
     330
     331      <listitem>
     332        <para>Windows hosts: another fix for recent Windows 10 hosts</para>
     333      </listitem>
     334
     335      <listitem>
     336        <para>Linux hosts: Linux 4.10 fixes</para>
     337      </listitem>
     338
     339      <listitem>
     340        <para>Linux Additions: fixed protocol error during certain operations on
     341          shared folders (bug #8463)</para>
     342      </listitem>
     343
     344    </itemizedlist>
     345  </sect1>
     346
     347  <sect1>
     348    <title>Version 5.1.12 (2016-12-20)</title>
     349
     350    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     351      added:</para>
     352
     353    <itemizedlist>
     354
     355      <listitem>
     356        <para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_IEM_ASPECT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED</emphasis>
     357          Guru Meditations with certain Linux guests if KVM paravirtualization
     358          is enabled (5.1 regression; bugs #15613 and #16251)</para>
     359      </listitem>
     360
     361      <listitem>
     362        <para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_VMX_UNABLE_TO_START_VM</emphasis>
     363          Guru Meditations under rare conditions</para>
     364      </listitem>
     365
     366      <listitem>
     367        <para>GUI: prevent a crash under certain conditions if the VM is
     368          terminated very early</para>
     369      </listitem>
     370
     371      <listitem>
     372        <para>GUI: fixed certain keyboard capture issues (5.1.10 regression;
     373          Mac OS X hosts only; bug #16150)</para>
     374      </listitem>
     375
     376      <listitem>
     377        <para>GUI: fixed dragging guest windows in seamless mode with the
     378           keyboard captured (X11 hosts only; bug #15837)</para>
     379      </listitem>
     380
     381      <listitem>
     382        <para>GUI: fixed a problem where the <emphasis>new version detected</emphasis>
     383          dialog was covered by the <emphasis>appliance import</emphasis> dialog
     384          (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #16238)</para>
     385      </listitem>
     386
     387      <listitem>
     388        <para>Storage: fixed NVMe reset processing when doing
     389          <emphasis>rmmod nvme; modprobe nvme</emphasis> in a Linux guest
     390          (bug #16080)</para>
     391      </listitem>
     392
     393      <listitem>
     394        <para>Storage: fixed creating a snapshot when the VM is running
     395          and an NVMe controller is present</para>
     396      </listitem>
     397
     398      <listitem>
     399        <para>Storage: fixed a problem with the LsiLogic SCSI controller where
     400          requests could be lost with SMP guests</para>
     401      </listitem>
     402
     403      <listitem>
     404        <para>E1000: fixed "cable disconnected" issue (Mac OS X guests only;
     405          5.1.10 regression; bug #16260)</para>
     406      </listitem>
     407
     408      <listitem>
     409        <para>E1000: fixed "TX unit hang" issue (Linux guests only;
     410          5.1.10 regression; bug #16221)</para>
     411      </listitem>
     412
     413      <listitem>
     414        <para>Parallel ports: fixed port enumeration on Windows host (bugs
     415          #15872 and #16127)</para>
     416      </listitem>
     417
     418      <listitem>
     419        <para>API: don't crash when sanitizing certain VM names
     420          (bug #16299)</para>
     421      </listitem>
     422
     423      <listitem>
     424        <para>Linux hosts: automatically disable asynchronous I/O on Linux 2.6.18
     425          kernels as high I/O load may trigger kernel oopses on these kernels if
     426          this feature is enabled</para>
     427      </listitem>
     428
     429      <listitem>
     430        <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 2.6.28 compile fix (bug #16267)</para>
     431      </listitem>
     432
     433      <listitem>
     434        <para>Linux hosts: compile Linux 4.9 compile fix (bug #16286)</para>
     435      </listitem>
     436
     437      <listitem>
     438        <para>Linux Additions: warn the user about a known bug with older
     439          Linux guests (e.g. Debian 7) requiring manual work to get 3D
     440          working (bug #15319)</para>
     441      </listitem>
     442
     443      <listitem>
     444        <para>Linux Additions: fix the graphics driver build with Linux
     445           4.10 and later (bug #16298)</para>
     446      </listitem>
     447
     448      <listitem>
     449        <para>Windows Additions: fixed a crash in the WDDM driver under
     450          certain conditions</para>
     451      </listitem>
     452
     453    </itemizedlist>
     454  </sect1>
     455
     456  <sect1>
     457    <title>Version 5.1.10 (2016-11-21)</title>
     458
     459    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     460      added:</para>
     461
     462    <itemizedlist>
     463
     464      <listitem>
     465        <para>GUI: the USB filter settings dialog should allow to specify the
     466          USB revision in hexadecimal format (bug #15400)</para>
     467      </listitem>
     468
     469      <listitem>
     470        <para>GUI: fixed crash on certain hosts when pressing certain key
     471          combinations (Windows hosts only; bug #15719)</para>
     472      </listitem>
     473
     474      <listitem>
     475        <para>GUI: fixed issue with updating the available-geometry on
     476          host-screen work-area resize</para>
     477      </listitem>
     478
     479      <listitem>
     480        <para>GUI: don't crash / hang on certain environments if accessibility
     481          support is enabled</para>
     482      </listitem>
     483
     484      <listitem>
     485        <para>GUI: fixed various issues in Unscaled HiDPI Output mode
     486          (bug #15707)</para>
     487      </listitem>
     488
     489      <listitem>
     490        <para>GUI: extend the VM Input menu with
     491          <emphasis>Print Screen</emphasis>-related actions</para>
     492      </listitem>
     493
     494      <listitem>
     495        <para>GUI: improved handling of inserting the Guest Additions ISO image
     496          by trying all available optical drives rather than only the first one
     497          and by not asking the user if he wants to force unmounting (which
     498          doesn't work in most cases anyway)</para>
     499      </listitem>
     500
     501      <listitem>
     502        <para>API: default to RTC using UTC for Solaris 11 guests</para>
     503      </listitem>
     504
     505      <listitem>
     506        <para>Settings: be less restrictive when reading a VM configuration
     507          containing a host-only adapter without an interface name</para>
     508      </listitem>
     509
     510      <listitem>
     511        <para>Storage: fixed resizing VDI images resulting in an
     512          unbootable image under certain circumstances (bug #15983)</para>
     513      </listitem>
     514
     515      <listitem>
     516        <para>NAT: fixed several 5.1.8 regressions on Mac OS X and Windows
     517          hosts (bug #16084)</para>
     518      </listitem>
     519
     520      <listitem>
     521        <para>Audio: fixed a few 5.1.x regressions by using the audio code
     522          from 5.0.x until the audio overhaul is completed</para>
     523      </listitem>
     524
     525      <listitem>
     526        <para>VBoxManage: fixed documentation of the
     527          <emphasis>storagectl</emphasis> command (bug #15971)</para>
     528      </listitem>
     529
     530      <listitem>
     531        <para>Build system: another fix for building VirtualBox on systems
     532          which default to Python 3</para>
     533      </listitem>
     534
     535      <listitem>
     536        <para>Windows hosts: hardening fix for Windows 10 build 14971 (bug #16202)</para>
     537      </listitem>
     538
     539      <listitem>
     540        <para>Windows Additions: properly start the VirtualBox guest services even
     541          if the guest user name contains special characters (bug #15982)</para>
     542      </listitem>
     543
     544      <listitem>
     545        <para>Solaris Additions: fixed preemptible mouse notification callback being
     546          executed under a spinlock for Solaris guests</para>
     547      </listitem>
     548
     549      <listitem>
     550        <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.9 fixes (bugs #16155 and #16064)</para>
     551      </listitem>
     552
     553      <listitem>
     554        <para>Linux Additions: fixed Linux kernel module override rule
     555          (thanks Mark Furneaux)</para>
     556      </listitem>
     557
     558    </itemizedlist>
     559  </sect1>
     560
     561  <sect1>
     562    <title>Version 5.1.8 (2016-10-18)</title>
     563
     564    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     565      added:</para>
     566
     567    <itemizedlist>
     568
     569      <listitem>
     570        <para>GUI: fixed keyboard shortcut handling regressions (Mac OS X hosts
     571          only; bugs #15937 and #15938)</para>
     572      </listitem>
     573
     574      <listitem>
     575        <para>GUI: fixed keyboard handling regression for separate UI (Windows
     576          hosts only; bugs #15928)</para>
     577      </listitem>
     578
     579      <listitem>
     580        <para>NAT: don't exceed the maximum number of "search" suffixes.
     581          Patch from bug #15948.</para>
     582      </listitem>
     583
     584      <listitem>
     585        <para>NAT: fixed parsing of port-forwarding rules with a name which
     586          contains a slash (bug #16002)</para>
     587      </listitem>
     588
     589      <listitem>
     590        <para>NAT Network: when the host has only loopback nameserver
     591          that cannot be mapped to the guests (e.g. dnsmasq running on
     592          127.0.1.1), make DHCP supply NAT Network DNS proxy as
     593          nameserver.</para>
     594      </listitem>
     595
     596      <listitem>
     597        <para>Bridged Network: prevent flooding syslog with packet allocation
     598          error messages (bug #15569)</para>
     599      </listitem>
     600
     601      <listitem>
     602        <para>Audio: now using Audio Queues on Mac OS X hosts</para>
     603      </listitem>
     604
     605      <listitem>
     606        <para>Audio: fixed recording with the PulseAudio backend (5.1 regression)</para>
     607      </listitem>
     608
     609      <listitem>
     610        <para>Audio: various bugfixes</para>
     611      </listitem>
     612
     613      <listitem>
     614        <para>Snapshots: fixed regression in 5.1.4 for deleting snapshots with
     615          several disks (bug #15831)</para>
     616      </listitem>
     617
     618      <listitem>
     619        <para>Snapshots: crash fix and better error reporting when snapshot
     620          deletion failed</para>
     621      </listitem>
     622
     623      <listitem>
     624        <para>Storage: some fixes for the NVMe emulation with Windows guests</para>
     625      </listitem>
     626
     627      <listitem>
     628        <para>API: fixed initialization of SAS controllers (bug #15972)</para>
     629      </listitem>
     630
     631      <listitem>
     632        <para>Build system: make it possible to build VBox on systems which
     633          default to Python 3</para>
     634      </listitem>
     635
     636      <listitem>
     637        <para>Windows hosts: detect certain cases of
     638          <emphasis>REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG</emphasis> errors and print a helpful
     639          error message</para>
     640      </listitem>
     641
     642      <listitem>
     643        <para>Windows hosts: adapted to changes in Windows 10 build 14901
     644          (bug #15944)</para>
     645      </listitem>
     646
     647      <listitem>
     648        <para>Windows hosts: better support for processor groups on Windows 7
     649          and later which is required on certain hosts with many CPUs</para>
     650      </listitem>
     651
     652      <listitem>
     653        <para>Windows installer / Additions: added option to prevent creating
     654          of start menu items (bug #15922)</para>
     655      </listitem>
     656
     657      <listitem>
     658        <para>Windows Additions / VGA: if the guest's power management turns
     659          a virtual screen off, blank the corresponding VM window rather than
     660          hide the window</para>
     661      </listitem>
     662
     663      <listitem>
     664        <para>Windows Additions: fixed a generic bug which could lead to
     665          freezing shared folders (bug #15662)</para>
     666      </listitem>
     667
     668      <listitem>
     669        <para>Linux hosts / guests: fix for kernels with
     670          <emphasis>CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK</emphasis> set (bug #16020)</para>
     671      </listitem>
     672
     673      <listitem>
     674        <para>Linux Additions: don't require all virtual consoles be in text
     675          mode. This should fix cases when the guest is booted with a graphical
     676          boot screen (bug #15683)</para>
     677      </listitem>
     678
     679      <listitem>
     680        <para>Linux Additions: added depmod overrides for the vboxguest and vboxsf
     681          kernel modules to fix conflicts with modules shipped by certain Linux
     682          distributions</para>
     683      </listitem>
     684
     685      <listitem>
     686        <para>X11 Additions: disable 3D on the guest if the host does not
     687           provide enough capabilities (bug #15860)</para>
     688      </listitem>
     689
     690    </itemizedlist>
     691  </sect1>
     692
     693  <sect1>
     694    <title>Version 5.1.6 (2016-09-12)</title>
     695
     696    <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
     697      added:</para>
     698
     699    <itemizedlist>
     700
     701      <listitem>
     702        <para>GUI: fixed issue with opening '.vbox' files and it's aliases</para>
     703      </listitem>
     704
     705      <listitem>
     706        <para>GUI: keyboard grabbing fixes (bugs #15771 and #15745)</para>
     707      </listitem>
     708
     709      <listitem>
     710        <para>GUI: fix for passing through Ctrl + mouse-click (Mac OS X hosts only;
     711          bug #15714)</para>
     712      </listitem>
     713
     714      <listitem>
     715        <para>GUI: fixed automatic deletion of extension pack files (bugs #11352
     716          and #14742)</para>
     717      </listitem>
     718
     719      <listitem>
     720        <para>USB: fixed showing unknown device instead of the manufacturer or
     721          product description under certain circumstances (5.1.0 regression;
     722          bug #15764)</para>
     723      </listitem>
     724
     725      <listitem>
     726        <para>XHCI: another fix for a hanging guest under certain conditions
     727          as result of the fix for bug #15747, this time for Windows 7 guests</para>
     728      </listitem>
     729
     730      <listitem>
     731        <para>Serial: fixed high CPU usage with certain USB to serial converters
     732          on Linux hosts (bug #7796)</para>
     733      </listitem>
     734
     735      <listitem>
     736        <para>Storage: fixed attaching stream optimized VMDK images (bug #14764)</para>
     737      </listitem>
     738
     739      <listitem>
     740        <para>Storage: reject image variants which are unsupported by the
     741          backend (bug #7227)</para>
     742      </listitem>
     743
     744      <listitem>
     745        <para>Storage: fixed loading saved states created with VirtualBox 5.0.10
     746          and older when using a SCSI controller (bug #15865)</para>
     747      </listitem>
     748
     749      <listitem>
     750        <para>Storage: fixed broken NVMe emulation if the host I/O cache setting
     751          is enabled</para>
     752      </listitem>
     753
     754      <listitem>
     755        <para>Storage: fixed using multiple NVMe controllers if ICH9 is used</para>
     756      </listitem>
     757
     758      <listitem>
     759        <para>NVMe: fixed a crash during reset which could happen under certain
     760          circumstances</para>
     761      </listitem>
     762
     763      <listitem>
     764        <para>Audio: fixed microphone input (5.1.2 regression; bugs #14386 and
     765          #15802)</para>
     766      </listitem>
     767
     768      <listitem>
     769        <para>Audio: fixed crashes under certain conditions (5.1.0
     770          regression; bug #15887 and others)</para>
     771      </listitem>
     772
     773      <listitem>
     774        <para>Audio: fixed recording with the ALSA backend (5.1 regression)</para>
     775      </listitem>
     776
     777      <listitem>
     778        <para>Audio: fixed stream access mode with OSS backend (5.1 regression,
     779          thanks to Jung-uk Kim)</para>
     780      </listitem>
     781
     782      <listitem>
     783        <para>E1000: do also return masked bits when reading the ICR register,
     784          this fixes booting from iPXE (5.1.2 regression; bug #15846)</para>
     785      </listitem>
     786
     787      <listitem>
     788        <para>BIOS: fixed 4bpp scanline calculation (bug #15787)</para>
     789      </listitem>
     790
     791      <listitem>
     792        <para>API: relax the check for the version attribute in OVF/OVA
     793          appliances (bug #15856)</para>
     794      </listitem>
     795
     796      <listitem>
     797        <para>Windows hosts: fixed crashes when terminating the VM selector
     798          or other VBox COM clients (bug #15726 and others)</para>
     799      </listitem>
     800
     801      <listitem>
     802        <para>Linux Installer: fixed path to the documentation in .rpm
     803          packages (5.1.0 regression)</para>
     804      </listitem>
     805
     806      <listitem>
     807        <para>Linux Installer: fixed the vboxdrv.sh script to prevent an
     808          SELinux complaint (bug #15816)</para>
     809      </listitem>
     810
     811      <listitem>
     812        <para>Linux hosts: don't use 32-bit legacy capabilities</para>
     813      </listitem>
     814
     815      <listitem>
     816        <para>Linux Additions: Linux 4.8 fix for the kernel display driver
     817          (bugs #15890 and #15896)</para>
     818      </listitem>
     819
     820      <listitem>
     821        <para>Linux Additions: don't load the kernel modules provided by the
     822          Linux distribution but load the kernel modules from the official Guest
     823          Additions package instead (bug #15324)</para>
     824      </listitem>
     825
     826      <listitem>
     827        <para>Linux Additions: fix dynamic resizing problems in recent
     828           Linux guests (bug #15875)</para>
     829      </listitem>
     830
     831      <listitem>
     832        <para>User Manual: fixed error in the VBoxManage chapter for the
     833          <emphasis>getextradata enumerate</emphasis> example (bug #15862)</para>
     834      </listitem>
     835
     836    </itemizedlist>
     837  </sect1>
     838
    5839  <sect1>
    6840    <title>Version 5.1.4 (2016-08-16)</title>
    … …  
    44878
    45879      <listitem>
    46         <para>VMDK: Fixed an issue creating fixed size images with certain
     880        <para>VMDK: fixed an issue creating fixed size images with certain
    47881          sizes and the Split2G option enabled (bug #15748)</para>
    48882      </listitem>
    … …  
    54888
    55889      <listitem>
    56         <para>Storage: Fixed broken bandwidth limitation when the limit is very
     890        <para>Storage: fixed broken bandwidth limitation when the limit is very
    57891          low (bug #14982)</para>
    58892      </listitem>
    … …  
    11782012      <listitem>
    11792013        <para>GUI: fixed another 3D overlay window reparenting issue when the
    1180           VM is switched to fullscreen mode on X11 hosts</para>
     2014          VM is switched to full-screen mode on X11 hosts</para>
    11812015      </listitem>
    11822016
    … …  
    27293563      <listitem>
    27303564        <para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VINF_EM_TRIPLE_FAULT</emphasis>
    2731           on older CPUs that don't support MSR-bitmaps (VT-x only;
     3565          on older CPUs that don't support MSR bitmaps (VT-x only;
    27323566          bugs #13034, #13125, #13311, #13425, #13426, #13463, #13585)</para>
    27333567      </listitem>
    … …  
    27353569      <listitem>
    27363570        <para>GUI: fix 3D overlay window reparenting issue when VM goes to
    2737           fullscreen mode on X11 hosts</para>
     3571          full-screen mode on X11 hosts</para>
    27383572      </listitem>
    27393573
    … …  
    28013635      <listitem>
    28023636        <para>Storage: fixed a Guru Meditation under certain conditions when
    2803           using the DevLsiLogic controller with VMs running in raw mode
    2804           (4.3 regression; bugs #12254, #12655, #12709, #12774, #12886)</para>
     3637          using the DevLsiLogic controller with VMs running in software
     3638          virtualization mode (4.3 regression; bugs #12254, #12655, #12709,
     3639          #12774, #12886)</para>
    28053640      </listitem>
    28063641
    … …  
    40334868
    40344869      <listitem>
    4035         <para>Host-only Networking: fixed creating of host-only network interfaces
     4870        <para>Host-only Network: fixed creating of host-only network interfaces
    40364871          (4.3.0 regression; bug #12182)</para>
    40374872      </listitem>
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