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4	<para>
5	<sect1>
6	<title>Version 4.0.0 (2010-xx-xx)</title>
7
8	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
9	were added:</para>
10
11	<itemizedlist>
12
13	<listitem>
14	<para>Language bindings: implemented uniform Java bindings for both local
15	(COM/XPCOM) and remote (SOAP) invocation APIs</para>
16	</listitem>
17
18	</itemizedlist>
19
20	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
21
22	<itemizedlist>
23
24	<listitem>
25	<para>VMM: Support more than 1.5/2 GB guest RAM on 32-bit hosts</para>
26	</listitem>
27
28	<listitem>
29	<para>Settings: Deleting a machine now automatically deletes all
30	snapshots and saved states as well, it is no longer necessary
31	to manually delete snapshots first; VBoxManage unregistervm --delete
32	can do the same now</para>
33	</listitem>
34
35	<listitem>
36	<para>Guest Additions: Shared Folders now can be marked as being auto-mounted
37	on Windows, Linux and Solaris guests</para>
38	</listitem>
39
40	<listitem>
41	<para>Windows Additions: automatic logon on Windows Vista/Windows 7 is now able
42	to handle renamed user accounts; added various bugfixes</para>
43	</listitem>
44
45	<listitem>
46	<para>3D support: allow use of <emphasis>CR_SYSTEM_GL_PATH</emphasis>
47	again (bug #6864)</para>
48	</listitem>
49
50	<listitem>
51	<para>3D support: fix host assertion for some mt guest apps (bug #5236)</para>
52	</listitem>
53
54	<listitem>
55	<para>3D support: fixed host crashes with nvidia drivers on wddm startup</para>
56	</listitem>
57
58	<listitem>
59	<para>3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 32bit apps under 64bit Windows guests</para>
60	</listitem>
61
62	<listitem>
63	<para>3D support: fixed various clipping/visibility issues (bugs #5659,
64	#5794, #5848, #6018, #6187, #6570)</para>
65	</listitem>
66
67	<listitem>
68	<para>3D support: guest application stack corruption when using
69	glGetVertexAttrib[ifd]v (bug #7395)</para>
70	</listitem>
71
72	<listitem>
73	<para>3D support: fixed broken 3D support when switching to
74	fullscreen/seamless modes (bug #7314)</para>
75	</listitem>
76
77	<listitem>
78	<para>SATA: allow to attach CD/DVD-ROM drives including passthrough
79	(bug #7058)</para>
80	</listitem>
81
82	<listitem>
83	<para>Hard disks: fix auto-reset of immutable disk at VM startup
84	(bug #6832)</para>
85	</listitem>
86
87	<listitem>
88	<para>Floppy: support readonly image files, taking this as the
89	criteria for making the medium readonly (bug #5651)</para>
90	</listitem>
91
92	<listitem>
93	<para>Audio: the DirectSound backend now allows VMs to be audible when
94	another DirectSound application is active, including another VM (bug
95	#5578)
96	</para>
97	</listitem>
98
99	<listitem>
100	<para>OVF: creation of the manifest file on export is optional now</para>
101	</listitem>
102
103	</itemizedlist>
104
105	</sect1>
106
107	<sect1>
108	<title>Version 3.2.2 (2010-06-02)</title>
109
110	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
111	added:</para>
112
113	<itemizedlist>
114
115	<listitem>
116	<para>VMM: fixed rare invalid guest state guru meditation (VT-x only)</para>
117	</listitem>
118
119	<listitem>
120	<para>VMM: fixed poor performance with nested paging and unrestricted
121	guest execution (VT-x only; bug #6716)</para>
122	</listitem>
123
124	<listitem>
125	<para>VMM: fixed occasional guru meditation during Windows 7 bootup (bug #6728)</para>
126	</listitem>
127
128	<listitem>
129	<para>GUI: keep the status for remote control in sync with the actual
130	state</para>
131	</listitem>
132
133	<listitem>
134	<para>GUI: don't exit after a successful refresh of an invalid VM configuration</para>
135	</listitem>
136
137	<listitem>
138	<para>GUI: fixed keyboard capturing bug under metacity (bug #6727)</para>
139	</listitem>
140
141	<listitem>
142	<para>GUI: fixed crash during VM termination if a modal dialog is open</para>
143	</listitem>
144
145	<listitem>
146	<para>GUI: default controllers names of New VM Wizard are synchronized with VM settings</para>
147	</listitem>
148
149	<listitem>
150	<para>GUI: fixed superfluous resize-event on powering-on VM for X11</para>
151	</listitem>
152
153	<listitem>
154	<para>GUI: fixed regression - missed USB item's tool-tip of USB devices menu</para>
155	</listitem>
156
157	<listitem>
158	<para>GUI: Activate VM window on mouse-hovering for multi-monitor VMs</para>
159	</listitem>
160
161	<listitem>
162	<para>VBoxSDL/Linux hosts: automated keyboard type detection (bug #5764)</para>
163	</listitem>
164
165	<listitem>
166	<para>SATA: fixed crash during VM suspend under rare circumstances</para>
167	</listitem>
168
169	<listitem>
170	<para>SATA: fixed crash during VM reset after a snapshot was taken</para>
171	</listitem>
172
173	<listitem>
174	<para>Storage: fixed sporadic hang of SMP guests using SATA or
175	LSI Logic SCSI and asynchronous I/O</para>
176	</listitem>
177
178	<listitem>
179	<para>Virtio-net: fix for guests with more than about 4GB RAM
180	(bug #6784)</para>
181	</listitem>
182
183	<listitem>
184	<para>Page Fusion: fixed VBoxService crash with enabled Page Fusion on Win64 guests</para>
185	</listitem>
186
187	<listitem>
188	<para>Page Fusion: added kernel module sharing</para>
189	</listitem>
190
191	<listitem>
192	<para>HGCM: fixed memory leak which showed up if the Guest Additions were
193	accessing a non-existing HGCM service</para>
194	</listitem>
195
196	<listitem>
197	<para>Teleportation: several fixes</para>
198	</listitem>
199
200	<listitem>
201	<para>Floppy: don't disable the host I/O cache by default</para>
202	</listitem>
203
204	<listitem>
205	<para>USB: fixed 3.1 regression with certain devices (e.g. iPhone); Windows
206	host only</para>
207	</listitem>
208
209	<listitem>
210	<para>Serial: updated the guest device emulation to 16550A and reduced the
211	probability for lossing bytes during transmission (bug #1548)</para>
212	</listitem>
213
214	<listitem>
215	<para>NAT: re-fetch the name server parameters from the host on guest DHCP
216	requests to handle host network switches more gracefully (bug #3847)</para>
217	</listitem>
218
219	<listitem>
220	<para>NAT: fixed parsing of IPv4 addresses in CIDR notation (bug #6797)</para>
221	</listitem>
222
223	<listitem>
224	<para>NAT: limit the number of name servers passed to the guest to four
225	(non-Windows hosts only; bug #4098)</para>
226	</listitem>
227
228	<listitem>
229	<para>NAT: fixed DNS transaction id mismatch (bug #6833)</para>
230	</listitem>
231
232	<listitem>
233	<para>VDE: fixed changing the attachment during runtime</para>
234	</listitem>
235
236	<listitem>
237	<para>Bridged Networking: fixed memory leak in the Bridged Networking
238	driver for Windows hosts (bug #6824)</para>
239	</listitem>
240
241	<listitem>
242	<para>Windows Additions: fix for NT4 guests (bug #6748)</para>
243	</listitem>
244
245	<listitem>
246	<para>Windows Additions: re-introduced system preparation feature</para>
247	</listitem>
248
249	<listitem>
250	<para>Linux guests: enable PAE for RedHat guests by default</para>
251	</listitem>
252
253	<listitem>
254	<para>Linux guests: fix support for disabling mouse integration
255	(bug #6714)</para>
256	</listitem>
257
258	<listitem>
259	<para>Webservice: fixed a rare crash when calling IGuest methods from the webservice.</para>
260	</listitem>
261
262	<listitem>
263	<para>OVF: fixed wrong hard disk UUIDs on export (bug #6802)</para>
264	</listitem>
265
266	<listitem>
267	<para>OVF: fixed 3.2.0 regression importing legacy OVF 0.9 files</para>
268	</listitem>
269
270	<listitem>
271	<para>3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 64bit apps on windows guests</para>
272	</listitem>
273
274	<listitem>
275	<para>3D support: fixed various host crashes (#2954, #5713, #6443)</para>
276	</listitem>
277
278	</itemizedlist>
279
280	</sect1>
281
282	<sect1>
283	<title>Version 3.2.0 (2010-05-18)</title>
284
285	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
286	were added:</para>
287
288	<itemizedlist>
289
290	<listitem>
291	<para>Following the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation,
292	the product is now called "Oracle VM VirtualBox" and all references
293	were changed without impacting compatibility</para>
294	</listitem>
295
296	<listitem>
297	<para>Experimental support for Mac OS X Server guests (see <xref linkend="intro-macosxguests" />)</para>
298	</listitem>
299
300	<listitem>
301	<para>Memory ballooning to dynamically in- or decrease the
302	amount of RAM used by a VM (64-bit hosts only) (see <xref linkend="guestadd-balloon" />)</para>
303	</listitem>
304
305	<listitem>
306	<para>Page Fusion automatically de-duplicates RAM when running similar VMs thereby
307	increasing capacity. Currently supported for Windows guests on 64-bit hosts
308	(see <xref linkend="guestadd-pagefusion" />)</para>
309	</listitem>
310
311	<listitem>
312	<para>CPU hot-plugging for Linux (hot-add and hot-remove)
313	and certain Windows guests (hot-add only) (see <xref linkend="cpuhotplug" />)</para>
314	</listitem>
315
316	<listitem>
317	<para>New Hypervisor features: with both VT-x/AMD-V on 64-bit hosts, using large pages can improve performance
318	(see <xref linkend="nestedpaging"/>);
319	also, on VT-x, unrestricted guest execution is now supported (if nested paging
320	is enabled with VT-x, real mode and protected mode without paging code runs faster,
321	which mainly speeds up guest OS booting)</para>
322	</listitem>
323
324	<listitem>
325	<para>Support for deleting snapshots while the VM is running</para>
326	</listitem>
327
328	<listitem>
329	<para>Support for multi-monitor guest setups in the GUI for Windows
330	guests (see <xref linkend="settings-display" />)</para>
331	</listitem>
332
333	<listitem>
334	<para>USB tablet/keyboard emulation for improved user experience
335	if no Guest Additions are available (see <xref linkend="settings-motherboard" />)</para>
336	</listitem>
337
338	<listitem>
339	<para>LsiLogic SAS controller emulation (see <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />)</para>
340	</listitem>
341
342	<listitem>
343	<para>RDP video acceleration (see <xref linkend="vrdp-videochannel"/>)</para>
344	</listitem>
345
346	<listitem>
347	<para>NAT engine configuration via API and VBoxManage</para>
348	</listitem>
349
350	<listitem>
351	<para>Use of host I/O cache is now configurable (see <xref linkend="iocaching" />)</para>
352	</listitem>
353
354	<listitem>
355	<para>Guest Additions: added support for executing guest applications
356	from the host system (replaces the automatic system preparation feature; see
357	<xref linkend="guestadd-guestcontrol" />)</para>
358	</listitem>
359
360	<listitem>
361	<para>OVF: enhanced OVF support with custom namespace to preserve settings
362	that are not part of the base OVF standard</para>
363	</listitem>
364
365	</itemizedlist>
366
367	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
368
369	<itemizedlist>
370
371	<listitem>
372	<para>VMM: fixed Windows 2000 guest crash when configured with a large
373	amount of RAM (bug #5800) </para>
374	</listitem>
375
376	<listitem>
377	<para>Linux/Solaris guests: PAM module for automatic logons added</para>
378	</listitem>
379
380	<listitem>
381	<para>GUI: guess the OS type from the OS name when creating a new
382	VM</para>
383	</listitem>
384
385	<listitem>
386	<para>GUI: added VM setting for passing the time in UTC instead of
387	passing the local host time to the guest (bug #1310)</para>
388	</listitem>
389
390	<listitem>
391	<para>GUI: fixed seamless mode on secondary monitors (bugs #1322 and
392	#1669)</para>
393	</listitem>
394
395	<listitem>
396	<para>GUI: offer to download the user manual in the OSE version (bug
397	#6442)</para>
398	</listitem>
399
400	<listitem>
401	<para>GUI: allow to set an empty host key to disallow any host key
402	combination (bug #684)</para>
403	</listitem>
404
405	<listitem>
406	<para>GUI: allow to restrict the possible actions when shutting down
407	the VM from the GUI</para>
408	</listitem>
409
410	<listitem>
411	<para>Main: allow to start a VM even if a virtual DVD or floppy
412	medium is not accessible</para>
413	</listitem>
414
415	<listitem>
416	<para>Settings: be more robust when saving the XML settings files</para>
417	</listitem>
418
419	<listitem>
420	<para>Mac OS X: rewrite of the CoreAudio driver and added support for
421	audio input (bug #5869)</para>
422	</listitem>
423
424	<listitem>
425	<para>Mac OS X: external VRDP authentication module support (bug
426	#3106)</para>
427	</listitem>
428
429	<listitem>
430	<para>Mac OS X: moved the realtime dock preview settings to the VM
431	settings (no global option anymore). Use the dock menu to configure
432	it</para>
433	</listitem>
434
435	<listitem>
436	<para>Mac OS X: added the VM menu to the dock menu</para>
437	</listitem>
438
439	<listitem>
440	<para>3D support: fixed corrupted surface rendering (bug #5695)</para>
441	</listitem>
442
443	<listitem>
444	<para>3D support: fixed VM crashes when using
445	<emphasis>ARB_IMAGING</emphasis> (bug #6014)</para>
446	</listitem>
447
448	<listitem>
449	<para>3D support: fixed assertion when guest applications uses several
450	windows with single OpenGL context (bug #4598)</para>
451	</listitem>
452
453	<listitem>
454	<para>3D support: added GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object support</para>
455	</listitem>
456
457	<listitem>
458	<para>3D support: added OpenGL 2.1 support</para>
459	</listitem>
460
461	<listitem>
462	<para>3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the
463	screen (Mac OS X only) (bug #4653)</para>
464	</listitem>
465
466	<listitem>
467	<para>3D support: fixed blank screen after loading snapshot of VM with enabled Compiz</para>
468	</listitem>
469
470	<listitem>
471	<para>Added support for <emphasis>Virtual Distributed Ethernet</emphasis> (VDE)
472	(Linux hosts only; see <xref linkend="networkingmodes" />)</para>
473	</listitem>
474
475	<listitem>
476	<para>Added support for virtual high precision event timer (HPET)</para>
477	</listitem>
478
479	<listitem>
480	<para>OVF: fixed mapping between two IDE channels in OVF and the one IDE controller
481	in VirtualBox</para>
482	</listitem>
483
484	<listitem>
485	<para>OVF: fix VMDK format string identifiers and sort XML elements from rasd: namespace
486	alphabetically as prescribed by standard</para>
487	</listitem>
488
489	<listitem>
490	<para>VBoxShell: interactive Python shell extended to be fully functional TUI for
491	VirtualBox</para>
492	</listitem>
493
494	<listitem>
495	<para>Linux Additions: support Fedora 13 (bug #6370)</para>
496	</listitem>
497
498	<listitem>
499	<para>VBoxManage: fixed overly strict checks when creating a raw partition
500	VMDK (bugs #688, #4438)</para>
501	</listitem>
502
503	</itemizedlist>
504	</sect1>
505
506	<sect1>
507	<title>Version 3.1.8 (2010-05-10)</title>
508
509	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
510	added:</para>
511
512	<itemizedlist>
513
514	<listitem>
515	<para>VMM: fixed crash with the OpenSUSE 11.3 milestone kernel during
516	early boot (software virtualization only)</para>
517	</listitem>
518
519	<listitem>
520	<para>VMM: fixed invalid state during teleportation</para>
521	</listitem>
522
523	<listitem>
524	<para>VMM: fixed OS/2 guest crash with nested paging enabled</para>
525	</listitem>
526
527	<listitem>
528	<para>VMM: fixed massive display performance loss (AMD-V with nested paging
529	only) </para>
530	</listitem>
531
532	<listitem>
533	<para>GUI: fixed off-by-one bug when passing absolute mouse coordinates
534	to the guest (3.1.6 regression)</para>
535	</listitem>
536
537	<listitem>
538	<para>GUI: show the real version of the Guest Additions, not the
539	interface version</para>
540	</listitem>
541
542	<listitem>
543	<para>GUI: when adding a DVD or floppy slot in the VM mass storage
544	settings dialog, don't attach a random medium but just leave the
545	slot empty</para>
546	</listitem>
547
548	<listitem>
549	<para>GUI: added <computeroutput>--seamless</computeroutput> and
550	<computeroutput>--fullscreen</computeroutput> command line switches
551	(bug #4220)</para>
552	</listitem>
553
554	<listitem>
555	<para>GUI: fixed a SEGFAULT under rare circumstances</para>
556	</listitem>
557
558	<listitem>
559	<para>2D Video acceleration: fixed display issues when working with
560	non 32-bit modes (bugs #6094 & #6208)</para>
561	</listitem>
562
563	<listitem>
564	<para>LsiLogic: fixed detection of hard disks attached to port 0 when
565	using the drivers from LSI</para>
566	</listitem>
567
568	<listitem>
569	<para>ATA: fixed sporadic crash with Linux guests when having a hard
570	disk and DVD drive on the same channel (bug #6079)</para>
571	</listitem>
572
573	<listitem>
574	<para>Network: allow to start a VM even if not all network adapters are
575	attached</para>
576	</listitem>
577
578	<listitem>
579	<para>Network: promiscuous mode support for e1000 and paravirtualized
580	adapters (bug #6519)</para>
581	</listitem>
582
583	<listitem>
584	<para>NAT: fixed ICMP latency (non-Windows hosts only; bug #6427)</para>
585	</listitem>
586
587	<listitem>
588	<para>SCSI: fixed guest crashes under certain circumstances when
589	booting from SCSI devices</para>
590	</listitem>
591
592	<listitem>
593	<para>VBoxManage: fixed several bugs in cloning of images (one of them
594	is bug #6408)</para>
595	</listitem>
596
597	<listitem>
598	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>modifyvm --natnet default</emphasis></para>
599	</listitem>
600
601	<listitem>
602	<para>Solaris Hosts: fixed a kernel panic when bridged networking might
603	fail to initialize</para>
604	</listitem>
605
606	<listitem>
607	<para>Solaris Hosts: fixed priority tagged VLAN packets in bridged networking</para>
608	</listitem>
609
610	<listitem>
611	<para>Shared Folders: fixed issue with copying read-only files
612	(Linux guests only; bug #4890)</para>
613	</listitem>
614
615	<listitem>
616	<para>Shared Folders: renamed the guest kernel module from <emphasis>vboxvfs</emphasis>
617	to <emphasis>vboxsf</emphasis> to make it load on demand by the Linux kernel.
618	Fixes mounting from /etc/fstab in Ubuntu 10.04</para>
619	</listitem>
620
621	<listitem>
622	<para>Shared Folders: fixed setuid file permissions (Solaris guests only)</para>
623	</listitem>
624
625	<listitem>
626	<para>Shared Folders: fixed deleting directories recursively
627	(Solaris guests only; bug #6513)</para>
628	</listitem>
629
630	<listitem>
631	<para>Guest Additions: support seamless and dynamic resizing on certain
632	older X11 guests (bug #5840)</para>
633	</listitem>
634
635	<listitem>
636	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed OpenGL library dependencies
637	(bug #6435)</para>
638	</listitem>
639
640	<listitem>
641	<para>Keyboard/Mouse emulation: fixed handling of simultaneous
642	mouse/keyboard events under certain circumstances (bug #5375)</para>
643	</listitem>
644
645	<listitem>
646	<para>Mouse emulation: never switch straight back from Explorer to
647	IntelliMouse mode as it confuses the FreeBSD mouse driver
648	(bug #6488)</para>
649	</listitem>
650
651	<listitem>
652	<para>SDK: fixed memory leak in
653	<emphasis>IDisplay::takeScreenShotSlow()</emphasis> (bug #6549)</para>
654	</listitem>
655
656	<listitem>
657	<para>3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the
658	screen (Mac OS X only) (bug #4653)</para>
659	</listitem>
660
661	<listitem>
662	<para>VRDP: allow to bind to localhost only on Mac OS X (bug
663	#5227)</para>
664	</listitem>
665
666	<listitem>
667	<para>Linux hosts: add host USB support for Ubuntu 10.04 and other
668	hosts without the hal daemon or usbfs (bug #6343)</para>
669	</listitem>
670
671	<listitem>
672	<para>webservice: more structs and array fixes in PHP bindings</para>
673	</listitem>
674
675	<listitem>
676	<para>Windows hosts: make the bridged networking driver notify dll
677	be correctly unregistred on uninstall (bug #5780)</para>
678	</listitem>
679
680	</itemizedlist>
681	</sect1>
682
683	<sect1>
684	<title>Version 3.1.6 (2010-03-25)</title>
685
686	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
687	added:</para>
688
689	<itemizedlist>
690
691	<listitem>
692	<para>Linux hosts: fixed timing issue on hosts with Linux kernels
693	2.6.31 or later with certain CPUs (asynchronous timer mode; bug #6250)</para>
694	</listitem>
695
696	<listitem>
697	<para>Linux hosts: properly handle host suspend/resume events on
698	Linux kernels 2.6.30 or later (bug #5562)</para>
699	</listitem>
700
701	<listitem>
702	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed VBoxSVC crash while enumerating the host network
703	interfaces under certain circumstances</para>
704	</listitem>
705
706	<listitem>
707	<para>Snapshots: fixed image corruption after snapshot merge under certain
708	circumstances (bug #6023)</para>
709	</listitem>
710
711	<listitem>
712	<para>Snapshots: fixed crash with VBoxHeadless / OSE</para>
713	</listitem>
714
715	<listitem>
716	<para>VMM: fixed reference counting guru meditation (bug #4940)</para>
717	</listitem>
718
719	<listitem>
720	<para>VMM: improved guest SMP stability</para>
721	</listitem>
722
723	<listitem>
724	<para>VMM: fixed VT-x hardware debug issues (bugs #477 & #5792)</para>
725	</listitem>
726
727	<listitem>
728	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>PGMDynMapHCPage</emphasis> guru meditation
729	(Mac OS X; VT-x only; bug #6095)</para>
730	</listitem>
731
732	<listitem>
733	<para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>pgmPoolTrackFlushGCPhysPTInt</emphasis> guru meditations
734	(Mac OS X; VT-x only; bugs #6095 & #6125)</para>
735	</listitem>
736
737	<listitem>
738	<para>VMM: fixed host crash when running PAE guests in VT-X
739	mode (Mac OS X only; bug #5771)</para>
740	</listitem>
741
742	<listitem>
743	<para>GUI: fix displaying of error message (bug #4345)</para>
744	</listitem>
745
746	<listitem>
747	<para>GUI: fix inability to enter seamless mode (bugs #6185, #6188)</para>
748	</listitem>
749
750	<listitem>
751	<para>3D support: fixed assertion and flickering when guest application uses several
752	windows with a single OpenGL context (bug #4598)</para>
753	</listitem>
754
755	<listitem>
756	<para>3D support: fixed host crashes when using
757	<emphasis>GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array</emphasis> and array element
758	calls (bug #6165)</para>
759	</listitem>
760
761	<listitem>
762	<para>3D support: fixed runtime linker errors with OpenGL guest libs
763	(bug #5297)</para>
764	</listitem>
765
766	<listitem>
767	<para>3D support: fixed OpenGL extension viewer crash on startup
768	(bug #4962)</para>
769	</listitem>
770
771	<listitem>
772	<para>NAT: fixed a 3.1.4 regression on Windows hosts where graceful
773	connection termination was broken (bug #6237)</para>
774	</listitem>
775
776	<listitem>
777	<para>NAT: alternative network setting was not stored persistent
778	(bug #6176)</para>
779	</listitem>
780
781	<listitem>
782	<para>NAT: fixed memory corruption during ICMP traffic under
783	certain circumstances</para>
784	</listitem>
785
786	<listitem>
787	<para>Network: allow to switch the host interface or the internal
788	network while a VM is running (bug #5781)</para>
789	</listitem>
790
791	<listitem>
792	<para>VHD: fix for images with a block size different than 2MB</para>
793	</listitem>
794
795	<listitem>
796	<para>USB: fixed filtered device attach regression (bug #6251)</para>
797	</listitem>
798
799	<listitem>
800	<para>USB: fixed crash in OHCI under rare circumstances
801	(bug #3571)</para>
802	</listitem>
803
804	<listitem>
805	<para>VRDP: fixed hang under rare circumstances when attaching USB
806	devices</para>
807	</listitem>
808
809	<listitem>
810	<para>ACPI: prevent guest freezes when accessing /proc/acpi for
811	determining the state of the host battery and the AC adapter
812	(Linux hosts only; bug #2836)</para>
813	</listitem>
814
815	<listitem>
816	<para>PulseAudio: fixed guest freezes under certain conditions
817	(3.1.4 regression; bug #6224)</para>
818	</listitem>
819
820	<listitem>
821	<para>BIOS: increased space for DMI strings</para>
822	</listitem>
823
824	<listitem>
825	<para>BIOS: fixed interrupt routing problem for certain configurations
826	(I/O-APIC enabled, ACPI not used; bug #6098)</para>
827	</listitem>
828
829	<listitem>
830	<para>iSCSI: be more robust when handling the <emphasis>INQUIRY</emphasis>
831	response</para>
832	</listitem>
833
834	<listitem>
835	<para>iSCSI: be more robust when handling sense data</para>
836	</listitem>
837
838	<listitem>
839	<para>BusLogic: fixed FreeBSD guests</para>
840	</listitem>
841
842	<listitem>
843	<para>webservice: vboxwebsrv is now multithreaded</para>
844	</listitem>
845
846	<listitem>
847	<para>webservice: fixed handling of structs and arrays in PHP bindings</para>
848	</listitem>
849
850	<listitem>
851	<para>Solaris Installer: fixed netmask to stay persistent across reboots for
852	Host-only interface (bug #4590)</para>
853	</listitem>
854
855	<listitem>
856	<para>Linux installer: removed external dependency to libpng12.so (bug #6243)</para>
857	</listitem>
858
859	<listitem>
860	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed superfluous kernel logging (bug #6181)</para>
861	</listitem>
862
863	<listitem>
864	<para>Linux Additions: fixed hang when starting the X server in Fedora12
865	guests and in guests with Linux 2.6.33 or later (bug #6198)</para>
866	</listitem>
867
868	<listitem>
869	<para>Linux Additions: support Mandriva speedboot runlevel (bug #5484)</para>
870	</listitem>
871
872	<listitem>
873	<para>Linux Additions: fixed SELinux security context of mount.vboxsf (bug #6362)</para>
874	</listitem>
875
876	<listitem>
877	<para>Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 10.04 (bug #5737)</para>
878	</listitem>
879
880	<listitem>
881	<para>Web service: update PHP bindings to fix problems with enums and collections</para>
882	</listitem>
883
884	</itemizedlist>
885	</sect1>
886
887	<sect1>
888	<title>Version 3.1.4 (2010-02-12)</title>
889
890	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
891	added:</para>
892
893	<itemizedlist>
894
895	<listitem>
896	<para>VMM: SMP stability fixes</para>
897	</listitem>
898
899	<listitem>
900	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation in certain rare cases (bug #5968)</para>
901	</listitem>
902
903	<listitem>
904	<para>VMM: activate NXE for PAE enabled guests (VT-x and AMD-V on 32 bits
905	hosts only; bug #3578)</para>
906	</listitem>
907
908	<listitem>
909	<para>VMM: added workaround for broken BIOSes that make VirtualBox think
910	AMD-V is in use (for details see bug #5639)</para>
911	</listitem>
912
913	<listitem>
914	<para>VMM: fixed rare host reboot when restoring a saved state
915	(bug #3945)</para>
916	</listitem>
917
918	<listitem>
919	<para>VMM: fixed incompatibility with 2.6.32 Linux kernels
920	(software virtualization only; bug #6100)</para>
921	</listitem>
922
923	<listitem>
924	<para>VMM: turn on nested paging by default for new VMs (if available; VT-x
925	and AMD-V only) </para>
926	</listitem>
927
928	<listitem>
929	<para>VMM: turn on VPID by default for new VMs (if available; VT-x only) </para>
930	</listitem>
931
932	<listitem>
933	<para>VMM: perform strict CPUID compatibility checks when
934	teleporting; to get the old behavior set
935	"VBoxInternal/CPUM/StrictCpuIdChecks" to 0</para>
936	</listitem>
937
938	<listitem>
939	<para>VMM: fixed VM crash with certain 16 bits Windows applications (software
940	virtualization only; bug #5399) </para>
941	</listitem>
942
943	<listitem>
944	<para>Snapshots: fixed a 3.1 regression that broke deletion of snapshots when
945	a machine had immutable or writethrough storage attached (bug #5727)</para>
946	</listitem>
947
948	<listitem>
949	<para>Saved state: fixed <emphasis>VERR_SSM_LOADED_TOO_MUCH</emphasis>
950	error when loading <emphasis>DisplayScreenshot</emphasis>(bug #6162)</para>
951	</listitem>
952
953	<listitem>
954	<para>VBoxManage: add <emphasis>restorecurrent</emphasis> operation to
955	snapshots command</para>
956	</listitem>
957
958	<listitem>
959	<para>VBoxManage: fixed broken snapshot lookup by name (bug #6070</para>
960	</listitem>
961
962	<listitem>
963	<para>GUI: fixed the broken "Reload" button that reloads the machine
964	XML when a machine is inaccessible</para>
965	</listitem>
966
967	<listitem>
968	<para>GUI: fixed guest fullscreen mode after reboot (bug #5372)</para>
969	</listitem>
970
971	<listitem>
972	<para>GUI: handle Ctrl+Break properly on X11 hosts (bug #6122)</para>
973	</listitem>
974
975	<listitem>
976	<para>GUI: fixed status LEDs for storage devices</para>
977	</listitem>
978
979	<listitem>
980	<para>GUI: workaround for disabling the seamless mode on KDE hosts
981	(KWin bug)</para>
982	</listitem>
983
984	<listitem>
985	<para>3D support: fixed SELinux warning saying VBoxOGL.so requires text
986	relocation (bug #5690)</para>
987	</listitem>
988
989	<listitem>
990	<para>3D support: fixed Corrupted surface rendering (bug #5695)</para>
991	</listitem>
992
993	<listitem>
994	<para>3D support: free textures on guest application termination (bug #5206)</para>
995	</listitem>
996
997	<listitem>
998	<para>3D support: fixed <emphasis>ubigraph_server</emphasis> crashes (bug #4674)</para>
999	</listitem>
1000
1001	<listitem>
1002	<para>3D support: fixes for 64-bit Solaris guests</para>
1003	</listitem>
1004
1005	<listitem>
1006	<para>Seamless: disable seamless mode when guest changes screen
1007	resolution (bug #5655)</para>
1008	</listitem>
1009
1010	<listitem>
1011	<para>NAT: fixed high CPU load under certain circumstances (Windows hosts only;
1012	bug #5787)</para>
1013	</listitem>
1014
1015	<listitem>
1016	<para>NAT: fixed handling of the <emphasis>broadcast</emphasis> flag in
1017	DHCP requests</para>
1018	</listitem>
1019
1020	<listitem>
1021	<para>NAT: fixed rare crash due to an assertion in the ICMP code
1022	(bug #3217)</para>
1023	</listitem>
1024
1025	<listitem>
1026	<para>Virtio-net: don't crash when ports accessed beyond the valid
1027	range (bug #5923)</para>
1028	</listitem>
1029
1030	<listitem>
1031	<para>LsiLogic: fix for Windows 7 guests</para>
1032	</listitem>
1033
1034	<listitem>
1035	<para>ATA: fix for guru meditation when installing Solaris 8 guests (bug #5972)</para>
1036	</listitem>
1037
1038	<listitem>
1039	<para>VHD: fixed an incompatibility with Virtual PC (bug #5990)</para>
1040	</listitem>
1041
1042	<listitem>
1043	<para>VHD: update the footer backup after setting a new UUID (bug #5004)</para>
1044	</listitem>
1045
1046	<listitem>
1047	<para>Host DVD: really fixed loading "passthrough" setting from configuration
1048	file (bug #5681)</para>
1049	</listitem>
1050
1051	<listitem>
1052	<para>Shared Folders: fixed resolving of symlink target on Linux
1053	(3.1.2 regression)</para>
1054	</listitem>
1055
1056	<listitem>
1057	<para>VRDP: fixed <emphasis>VERR_NET_ADDRESS_IN_USE</emphasis>
1058	error when restarting a VM (3.1 regression; bug #5902)</para>
1059	</listitem>
1060
1061	<listitem>
1062	<para>VRDP: fixed crash on Mac OS X when 3D is enabled (3.1
1063	regression)</para>
1064	</listitem>
1065
1066	<listitem>
1067	<para>PulseAudio: fixed recording (bug #4302)</para>
1068	</listitem>
1069
1070	<listitem>
1071	<para>USB: fixed a shutdown blue screen (Windows hosts only; bug #5885)</para>
1072	</listitem>
1073
1074	<listitem>
1075	<para>BIOS: fixed attribute during text scroll (bug #3407)</para>
1076	</listitem>
1077
1078	<listitem>
1079	<para>OVF: fix strange error messages on disk import errors</para>
1080	</listitem>
1081
1082	<listitem>
1083	<para>OVF: do not require write access to the .ovf file during import
1084	(3.1 regression; bug #5762)</para>
1085	</listitem>
1086
1087	<listitem>
1088	<para>iSCSI: fix taking snapshots of a running VM (bug #5849)</para>
1089	</listitem>
1090
1091	<listitem>
1092	<para>Solaris hosts: several USB fixes (including support for Apple iPod; bug #5873)</para>
1093	</listitem>
1094
1095	<listitem>
1096	<para>Solaris installer: fixed USB module removal and Solaris 10 "id" binary incompatibility</para>
1097	</listitem>
1098
1099	<listitem>
1100	<para>Guest Additions: fixed wrong guest time adjustment if the guest
1101	clock is ahead (3.1 regression; non-Windows guests only)</para>
1102	</listitem>
1103
1104	<listitem>
1105	<para>Linux Additions: fixed shared folders for Linux 2.6.32 guests (bug #5891)</para>
1106	</listitem>
1107
1108	<listitem>
1109	<para>Linux Additions: make the mouse driver work on Debian 5.0.3 guests
1110	again (3.1.2 regression, bug #5832)</para>
1111	</listitem>
1112
1113	<listitem>
1114	<para>Windows Additions: fixed malfunctioning VBoxService that broke time-sync (bug #5872)</para>
1115	</listitem>
1116
1117	<listitem>
1118	<para>Windows Additions: fixed uninstallation issues on 64-bit guests</para>
1119	</listitem>
1120
1121	<listitem>
1122	<para>Windows Additions: fixed some sysprep execution issues</para>
1123	</listitem>
1124
1125	<listitem>
1126	<para>X.Org Additions: never reject the saved video mode as invalid
1127	(bug #5731)</para>
1128	</listitem>
1129
1130	<listitem>
1131	<para>XFree86 Additions: accept video mode hints for the initial mode
1132	again</para>
1133	</listitem>
1134
1135	</itemizedlist>
1136
1137	</sect1>
1138
1139	<sect1>
1140	<title>Version 3.1.2 (2009-12-17)</title>
1141
1142	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1143	added:</para>
1144
1145	<itemizedlist>
1146
1147	<listitem>
1148	<para>VMM: fixed SMP stability regression</para>
1149	</listitem>
1150
1151	<listitem>
1152	<para>USB: fixed USB related host crashes on 64 bits Windows hosts (bug #5237)</para>
1153	</listitem>
1154
1155	<listitem>
1156	<para>Main: wrong default HWVirtExExclusive value for new VMs (bug #5664)</para>
1157	</listitem>
1158
1159	<listitem>
1160	<para>Main: DVD passthrough setting was lost (bug #5681)</para>
1161	</listitem>
1162
1163	<listitem>
1164	<para>VBoxManage: iSCSI disks do not support adding a comment (bug #4460)</para>
1165	</listitem>
1166
1167	<listitem>
1168	<para>VBoxManage: added missing <emphasis>--cpus</emphasis> and
1169	<emphasis>--memory</emphasis> options to OVF <emphasis>--import</emphasis></para>
1170	</listitem>
1171
1172	<listitem>
1173	<para>GUI: fixed VBox URL in update dialog for German and Dutch languages</para>
1174	</listitem>
1175
1176	<listitem>
1177	<para>GUI: NLS updates</para>
1178	</listitem>
1179
1180	<listitem>
1181	<para>OVF: fixed export of non standard storage controller names (bug #5643)</para>
1182	</listitem>
1183
1184	<listitem>
1185	<para>Solaris hosts: several USB fixes (including support for Apple iPhone)</para>
1186	</listitem>
1187
1188	<listitem>
1189	<para>Mac OS X hosts: several fixes for the 3D support</para>
1190	</listitem>
1191
1192	<listitem>
1193	<para>Mac OS X hosts: re-enabled CMD+Key combinations, even if the
1194	Host-Key isn't CMD (bug #5684)</para>
1195	</listitem>
1196
1197	<listitem>
1198	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed to fast scrolling if the mouse wheel is
1199	used inside the guest (bug #5672)</para>
1200	</listitem>
1201
1202	<listitem>
1203	<para>Mac OS X hosts: dock & menubar don't disappear in
1204	fullscreen when the VM is not running on the primary display (bug
1205	#1762)</para>
1206	</listitem>
1207
1208	<listitem>
1209	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added an option for enabling "Auto show Dock &
1210	Menubar in fullscreen" (bug #5636)</para>
1211	</listitem>
1212
1213	<listitem>
1214	<para>Windows host installer: fixed starting VBox with wrong privileges
1215	right after installation (bug #4162)</para>
1216	</listitem>
1217
1218	<listitem>
1219	<para>Host interface and host-only networking: prevent driver from unloading
1220	while a VM is still active (Windows host only)</para>
1221	</listitem>
1222
1223	<listitem>
1224	<para>Host-only networking: fixed host-only interface creation (Windows host only) (bug #5708)</para>
1225	</listitem>
1226
1227	<listitem>
1228	<para>Virtio-net: don't crash without an attached network</para>
1229	</listitem>
1230
1231	<listitem>
1232	<para>Virtio-net: fixed the issue with intermittent network in VM with
1233	several virtual CPU cores.</para>
1234	</listitem>
1235
1236	<listitem>
1237	<para>NAT: fixed port-forwarding regressions (bug #5666)</para>
1238	</listitem>
1239
1240	<listitem>
1241	<para>NAT: fixed crash under certain conditions (bug #5427)</para>
1242	</listitem>
1243
1244	<listitem>
1245	<para>NAT: fixed resolving of names containing a slash or underscore
1246	when using the host resolver DNS proxy (bug #5698)</para>
1247	</listitem>
1248
1249	<listitem>
1250	<para>ATA: fixed sporadic crash when resuming after a VM was forcefully
1251	paused (e.g. due to iSCSI target being unavailable)</para>
1252	</listitem>
1253
1254	<listitem>
1255	<para>SATA: fixed raw vmdk disks (bug #5724)</para>
1256	</listitem>
1257
1258	<listitem>
1259	<para>Linux guests: increased the default memory for Redhat and Fedora
1260	guests</para>
1261	</listitem>
1262
1263	<listitem>
1264	<para>Linux Guest Additions: fixed installation on RHEL 3.9 guests
1265	and on some 64bit guests</para>
1266	</listitem>
1267
1268	<listitem>
1269	<para>Linux Guest Additions: prevent SELinux warnings concerning
1270	text relocations in VBoxOGL.so (bug #5690)</para>
1271	</listitem>
1272
1273	<listitem>
1274	<para>X11 guests: fixed mouse support for some Xorg 1.4 guests
1275	(openSUSE 11.0)</para>
1276	</listitem>
1277
1278	<listitem>
1279	<para>X11 guests: fixed xorg.conf modification for some older Xorg
1280	releases (openSUSE 11.1)</para>
1281	</listitem>
1282
1283	<listitem>
1284	<para>Windows guests: fixed some VBoxService shutdown issues</para>
1285	</listitem>
1286
1287	<listitem>
1288	<para>Windows guests: fixed VBoxVideo spinlock issues on NT4</para>
1289	</listitem>
1290
1291	<listitem>
1292	<para>Windows Guest Additions: fixed uninstallation issues of NT4</para>
1293	</listitem>
1294
1295	<listitem>
1296	<para>Shared Folders: fixed resolving of symlink target (bug #5631)</para>
1297	</listitem>
1298
1299	<listitem>
1300	<para>2D Video acceleration: delay loading of OpenGL dlls for Windows hosts to avoid
1301	GUI crashes on misconfigured systems</para>
1302	</listitem>
1303
1304	<listitem>
1305	<para>2D Video acceleration: fixed issues with video picture not displayed on playback</para>
1306	</listitem>
1307
1308	</itemizedlist>
1309
1310	</sect1>
1311
1312	<sect1>
1313	<title>Version 3.1.0 (2009-11-30)</title>
1314
1315	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
1316	were added:</para>
1317
1318	<itemizedlist>
1319
1320	<listitem>
1321	<para>Teleportation (aka live migration); migrate a live VM session
1322	from one host to another (see <xref linkend="teleporting" />)</para>
1323	</listitem>
1324
1325	<listitem>
1326	<para>VM states can now be restored from arbitrary snapshots instead of only
1327	the last one, and new snapshots can be taken from other snapshots as well
1328	("branched snapshots"; see <xref linkend="snapshots" />)</para>
1329	</listitem>
1330
1331	<listitem>
1332	<para>2D video acceleration for Windows guests; use the host video
1333	hardware for overlay stretching and color conversion
1334	(see <xref linkend="guestadd-2d" />)</para>
1335	</listitem>
1336
1337	<listitem>
1338	<para>More flexible storage attachments: CD/DVD drives can be attached to
1339	arbitrary storage controllers, and there can be more than one such drive
1340	(<xref linkend="storage" />)</para>
1341	</listitem>
1342
1343	<listitem>
1344	<para>The network attachment type can be changed while a VM is
1345	running</para>
1346	</listitem>
1347
1348	<listitem>
1349	<para>Complete rewrite of experimental USB support for OpenSolaris hosts
1350	making use of the latest USB enhancements in Solaris Nevada 124 and higher</para>
1351	</listitem>
1352
1353	<listitem>
1354	<para>Significant performance improvements for PAE and AMD64 guests
1355	(VT-x and AMD-V only; normal (non-nested) paging) </para>
1356	</listitem>
1357
1358	<listitem>
1359	<para>Experimental support for EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface;
1360	see <xref linkend="efi" />)</para>
1361	</listitem>
1362
1363	<listitem>
1364	<para>Support for paravirtualized network adapters (virtio-net;
1365	see <xref linkend="nichardware" />)</para>
1366	</listitem>
1367
1368	</itemizedlist>
1369
1370	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
1371
1372	<itemizedlist>
1373
1374	<listitem>
1375	<para>VMM: guest SMP fixes for certain rare cases</para>
1376	</listitem>
1377
1378	<listitem>
1379	<para>GUI: snapshots include a screenshot</para>
1380	</listitem>
1381
1382	<listitem>
1383	<para>GUI: locked storage media can be unmounted by force</para>
1384	</listitem>
1385
1386	<listitem>
1387	<para>GUI: the log window grabbed all key events from other GUI windows
1388	(bug #5291)</para>
1389	</listitem>
1390
1391	<listitem>
1392	<para>GUI: allow to disable USB filters (bug #5426)</para>
1393	</listitem>
1394
1395	<listitem>
1396	<para>GUI: improved memory slider in the VM settings</para>
1397	</listitem>
1398
1399	<listitem>
1400	<para>3D support: major performance improvement in VBO processing</para>
1401	</listitem>
1402
1403	<listitem>
1404	<para>3D support: added <emphasis>GL_EXT_framebuffer_object</emphasis>,
1405	<emphasis>GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array</emphasis> support</para>
1406	</listitem>
1407
1408	<listitem>
1409	<para>3D support: fixed crashes in FarCry, SecondLife, Call of Duty,
1410	Unreal Tournament, Eve Online (bugs #2801, #2791)</para>
1411	</listitem>
1412
1413	<listitem>
1414	<para>3D support: fixed graphics corruption in World of Warcraft (bug #2816)</para>
1415	</listitem>
1416
1417	<listitem>
1418	<para>3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen (bug #4653)</para>
1419	</listitem>
1420
1421	<listitem>
1422	<para>3D support: fixed incorrect rendering of non ARGB textures under compiz</para>
1423	</listitem>
1424
1425	<listitem>
1426	<para>iSCSI: support iSCSI targets with more than 2TiB capacity</para>
1427	</listitem>
1428
1429	<listitem>
1430	<para>VRDP: fixed occasional VRDP server crash (bug #5424)</para>
1431	</listitem>
1432
1433	<listitem>
1434	<para>Network: fixed the E1000 emulation for QNX
1435	(and probably other) guests (bug #3206)</para>
1436	</listitem>
1437
1438	<listitem>
1439	<para>NAT: added host resolver DNS proxy
1440	(see <xref linkend="nat_host_resolver_proxy" />)</para>
1441	</listitem>
1442
1443	<listitem>
1444	<para>VMDK: fixed incorrectly rejected big images split into 2G pieces
1445	(bug #5523, #2787)</para>
1446	</listitem>
1447
1448	<listitem>
1449	<para>VMDK: fixed compatibility issue with fixed or raw disk VMDK files
1450	(bug #2723)</para>
1451	</listitem>
1452
1453	<listitem>
1454	<para>VHD: fixed incompatibility with Hyper-V</para>
1455	</listitem>
1456
1457	<listitem>
1458	<para>Support for Parallels version 2 disk image (HDD) files;
1459	see <xref linkend="vdidetails" /></para>
1460	</listitem>
1461
1462	<listitem>
1463	<para>OVF: create manifest files on export and verify the content of an
1464	optional manifest file on import</para>
1465	</listitem>
1466
1467	<listitem>
1468	<para>OVF: fixed memory setting during import (bug #4188)</para>
1469	</listitem>
1470
1471	<listitem>
1472	<para>Mouse device: now five buttons are passed to the guest
1473	(bug #3773)</para>
1474	</listitem>
1475
1476	<listitem>
1477	<para>VBoxHeadless: fixed loss of saved state when VM fails to start</para>
1478	</listitem>
1479
1480	<listitem>
1481	<para>VBoxSDL: fixed crash during shutdown (Windows hosts only)</para>
1482	</listitem>
1483
1484	<listitem>
1485	<para>X11 based hosts: allow the user to specify their own scan code
1486	layout (bug #2302)</para>
1487	</listitem>
1488
1489	<listitem>
1490	<para>Mac OS X hosts: don't auto show the menu and dock in fullscreen
1491	(bug #4866)</para>
1492	</listitem>
1493
1494	<listitem>
1495	<para>Mac OS X hosts (64 bit): don't interpret mouse wheel events as
1496	left click (bug #5049)</para>
1497	</listitem>
1498
1499	<listitem>
1500	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a VM abort during shutdown under
1501	certain conditions</para>
1502	</listitem>
1503
1504	<listitem>
1505	<para>Solaris hosts: combined the kernel interface package into the VirtualBox main package</para>
1506	</listitem>
1507
1508	<listitem>
1509	<para>Solaris hosts: support for OpenSolaris Boomer architecture (with OSS audio backend).</para>
1510	</listitem>
1511
1512	<listitem>
1513	<para>Shared Folders: VBOXSVR is visible in Network folder (Windows guests, bug #4842)</para>
1514	</listitem>
1515
1516	<listitem>
1517	<para>Shared Folders: performance improvements (Windows guests, bug #1728)</para>
1518	</listitem>
1519
1520	<listitem>
1521	<para>Windows, Linux and Solaris Additions: added balloon tip notifier if VirtualBox host version
1522	was updated and Additions are out of date</para>
1523	</listitem>
1524
1525	<listitem>
1526	<para>Solaris guests: fixed keyboard emulation (bug #1589)</para>
1527	</listitem>
1528
1529	<listitem>
1530	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed <emphasis>as_pagelock()</emphasis> failed errors affecting guest
1531	properties (bug #5337)</para>
1532	</listitem>
1533
1534	<listitem>
1535	<para>Windows Additions: added automatic logon support for Windows Vista and Windows 7</para>
1536	</listitem>
1537
1538	<listitem>
1539	<para>Windows Additions: improved file version lookup for guest OS information</para>
1540	</listitem>
1541
1542	<listitem>
1543	<para>Windows Additions: fixed runtime OS detection on Windows 7 for session information</para>
1544	</listitem>
1545
1546	<listitem>
1547	<para>Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo)</para>
1548	</listitem>
1549
1550	<listitem>
1551	<para>Linux Additions: added support for uninstalling the Linux Guest
1552	Additions (bug #4039)</para>
1553	</listitem>
1554
1555	<listitem>
1556	<para>Linux guest shared folders: allow mounting a shared folder if a
1557	file of the same name as the folder exists in the current directory
1558	(bug #928)</para>
1559	</listitem>
1560
1561	<listitem>
1562	<para>SDK: added object-oriented web service bindings for PHP5</para>
1563	</listitem>
1564
1565	</itemizedlist>
1566
1567	</sect1>
1568
1569	<sect1>
1570	<title>Version 3.0.12 (2009-11-10)</title>
1571
1572	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1573	added:</para>
1574
1575	<itemizedlist>
1576
1577	<listitem>
1578	<para>VMM: reduced IO-APIC overhead for 32 bits Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
1579	guests; requires 64 bits support (VT-x only; bug #4392) </para>
1580	</listitem>
1581
1582	<listitem>
1583	<para>VMM: fixed double timer interrupt delivery on old Linux kernels
1584	using IO-APIC (caused guest time to run at double speed; bug #3135)</para>
1585	</listitem>
1586
1587	<listitem>
1588	<para>VMM: re-initizalize VT-x and AMD-V after host suspend or hibernate; some BIOSes
1589	forget this (Windows hosts only; bug #5421)</para>
1590	</listitem>
1591
1592	<listitem>
1593	<para>VMM: fixed loading of saved state when RAM preallocation is
1594	enabled</para>
1595	</listitem>
1596
1597	<listitem>
1598	<para>BIOS: ignore unknown shutdown codes instead of causing a guru
1599	meditation (bug #5389)</para>
1600	</listitem>
1601
1602	<listitem>
1603	<para>GUI: never start a VM on a single click into the selector window
1604	(bug #2676)</para>
1605	</listitem>
1606
1607	<listitem>
1608	<para>Serial: reduce the probability of lost bytes if the host end
1609	is connected to a raw file</para>
1610	</listitem>
1611
1612	<listitem>
1613	<para>VMDK: fixed handling of split image variants and fix a 3.0.10 regression
1614	(bug #5355)</para>
1615	</listitem>
1616
1617	<listitem>
1618	<para>VRDP: fixed occasional VRDP server crash</para>
1619	</listitem>
1620
1621	<listitem>
1622	<para>Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, some
1623	guests were able to send / receive packets (E1000; bug #5366)</para>
1624	</listitem>
1625
1626	<listitem>
1627	<para>Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, the
1628	PCNet card received some spurious packets which might confuse the
1629	guest (bug #4496)</para>
1630	</listitem>
1631
1632	<listitem>
1633	<para>Shared Folders: fixed changing case of file names (bug #2520)</para>
1634	</listitem>
1635
1636	<listitem>
1637	<para>Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo)</para>
1638	</listitem>
1639
1640	<listitem>
1641	<para>Linux Additions: fixed writing to files opened in
1642	<emphasis>O_APPEND</emphasis> mode (bug #3805)</para>
1643	</listitem>
1644
1645	<listitem>
1646	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed regression in Guest Additions driver which
1647	among other things caused lost guest property updates and
1648	periodic error messages being written to the system log</para>
1649	</listitem>
1650
1651	</itemizedlist>
1652
1653	</sect1>
1654
1655	<sect1>
1656	<title>Version 3.0.10 (2009-10-29)</title>
1657
1658	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1659	added:</para>
1660
1661	<itemizedlist>
1662
1663	<listitem>
1664	<para>VMM: guest SMP stability fixes </para>
1665	</listitem>
1666
1667	<listitem>
1668	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation with nested paging and SMP guests (bug #5222) </para>
1669	</listitem>
1670
1671	<listitem>
1672	<para>VMM: changed VT-x/AMD-V usage to detect other active hypervisors;
1673	necessary for e.g. Windows 7 XP compatibility mode
1674	(Windows & Mac OS X hosts only; bug #4239) </para>
1675	</listitem>
1676
1677	<listitem>
1678	<para>VMM: guru meditation during SCO OpenServer installation and reboot
1679	(VT-x only; bug #5164)</para>
1680	</listitem>
1681
1682	<listitem>
1683	<para>VMM: fixed accessed bit handling in certain cases (bug #5248)</para>
1684	</listitem>
1685
1686	<listitem>
1687	<para>VMM: fixed VPID flushing (VT-x only)</para>
1688	</listitem>
1689
1690	<listitem>
1691	<para>VMM: fixed broken nested paging for 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts (AMD-V only; bug #5285)</para>
1692	</listitem>
1693
1694	<listitem>
1695	<para>VMM: fixed loading of old saved states/snapshots (bug #3984)</para>
1696	</listitem>
1697
1698	<listitem>
1699	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed memory leaks (bug #5084)</para>
1700	</listitem>
1701
1702	<listitem>
1703	<para>Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed redraw problem in a dual
1704	screen setup (bug #4942)</para>
1705	</listitem>
1706
1707	<listitem>
1708	<para>Windows hosts: installer updates for Windows 7</para>
1709	</listitem>
1710
1711	<listitem>
1712	<para>Solaris hosts: out of memory handled incorrectly (bug #5241)</para>
1713	</listitem>
1714
1715	<listitem>
1716	<para>Solaris hosts: the previous fix for #5077 broke the DVD host support
1717	on Solaris 10 (VBox 3.0.8 regression)</para>
1718	</listitem>
1719
1720	<listitem>
1721	<para>Linux hosts: fixed module compilation against Linux 2.6.32rc4 and later</para>
1722	</listitem>
1723
1724	<listitem>
1725	<para>Guest Additions: fixed possible guest OS kernel memory
1726	exhaustion</para>
1727	</listitem>
1728
1729	<listitem>
1730	<para>Guest Additions: fixed stability issues with SMP guests</para>
1731	</listitem>
1732
1733	<listitem>
1734	<para>Windows Additions: fixed color depth issue with low resolution hosts,
1735	netbooks, etc. (bug #4935)</para>
1736	</listitem>
1737
1738	<listitem>
1739	<para>Windows Additions: fixed NO_MORE_FILES error when saving to shared
1740	folders (bug #4106)</para>
1741	</listitem>
1742
1743	<listitem>
1744	<para>Windows Additions: fixed subdirectory creation on shared
1745	folders (bug #4299)</para>
1746	</listitem>
1747
1748	<listitem>
1749	<para>Linux Additions: <emphasis>sendfile()</emphasis> returned
1750	<emphasis>-EOVERFLOW</emphasis> when executed on a shared folder
1751	(bug #2921)</para>
1752	</listitem>
1753
1754	<listitem>
1755	<para>Linux Additions: fixed incorrect disk usage value (non-Windows
1756	hosts only)</para>
1757	</listitem>
1758
1759	<listitem>
1760	<para>Linux installer: register the module sources at DKMS even if the
1761	package provides proper modules for the current running kernel</para>
1762	</listitem>
1763
1764	<listitem>
1765	<para>3D support: removed invalid OpenGL assertion (bug #5158)</para>
1766	</listitem>
1767
1768	<listitem>
1769	<para>Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for QNX
1770	(and probably other) guests (bug #3206)</para>
1771	</listitem>
1772
1773	<listitem>
1774	<para>VMDK: fix handling of split image variants</para>
1775	</listitem>
1776
1777	<listitem>
1778	<para>VHD: do not delay updating the footer when expanding the image to prevent
1779	image inconsistency </para>
1780	</listitem>
1781
1782	<listitem>
1783	<para>USB: stability fix for some USB 2.0 devices</para>
1784	</listitem>
1785
1786	<listitem>
1787	<para>GUI: added a search index to the .chm help file</para>
1788	</listitem>
1789
1790	<listitem>
1791	<para>GUI/Windows hosts: fixed CapsLock handling on French keyboards
1792	(bug #2025)</para>
1793	</listitem>
1794
1795	<listitem>
1796	<para>Shared clipboard/X11 hosts: fixed a crash when clipboard
1797	initialisation failed (bug #4987)</para>
1798	</listitem>
1799
1800	</itemizedlist>
1801
1802	</sect1>
1803
1804	<sect1>
1805	<title>Version 3.0.8 (2009-10-02)</title>
1806
1807	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1808	added:</para>
1809
1810	<itemizedlist>
1811
1812	<listitem>
1813	<para>VMM: fixed 64 bits guest on 32 bits host regression in 3.0.6
1814	(VT-x only; bug #4947)</para>
1815	</listitem>
1816
1817	<listitem>
1818	<para>VMM: fixed a recompiler triple fault guru meditation (VT-x &
1819	AMD-V only; bug #5058) </para>
1820	</listitem>
1821
1822	<listitem>
1823	<para>VMM: fixed hang after guest state restore (AMD-V, 32 bits Windows
1824	guest and IO-APIC enabled only; bug #5059) </para>
1825	</listitem>
1826
1827	<listitem>
1828	<para>VMM: fixed paging issue with OS/2 guests </para>
1829	</listitem>
1830
1831	<listitem>
1832	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation in rare cases (2.0 regression;
1833	software virtualization only) </para>
1834	</listitem>
1835
1836	<listitem>
1837	<para>VMM: fixed release assertion during state restore when using the
1838	Sound Blaster 16 emulation (bug #5042) </para>
1839	</listitem>
1840
1841	<listitem>
1842	<para>Security: fixed vulnerability that allowed to execute commands
1843	with root privileges</para>
1844	</listitem>
1845
1846	<listitem>
1847	<para>Linux hosts: fixed runtime assertion in semaphore implementation
1848	which was triggered under certain conditions (bug #616)</para>
1849	</listitem>
1850
1851	<listitem>
1852	<para>Linux hosts: change the default USB access mode on certain
1853	distributions (bugs #3394 and #4291)</para>
1854	</listitem>
1855
1856	<listitem>
1857	<para>Linux hosts: on hardened Gentoo, the VBoxSVC daemon crashed by
1858	opening the VM network settings (bug #3732)</para>
1859	</listitem>
1860
1861	<listitem>
1862	<para>Linux hosts, Solaris hosts: pass the XAUTHORITY variable along the
1863	DISPLAY variable when starting a VM from VBoxManage or from the VM
1864	selector (bug #5063)</para>
1865	</listitem>
1866
1867	<listitem>
1868	<para>Linux hosts: use sysfs to enumerate host drives if hal is not
1869	available</para>
1870	</listitem>
1871
1872	<listitem>
1873	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a bug which would hang the host sporadically as
1874	interrupts were not re-enabled every time</para>
1875	</listitem>
1876
1877	<listitem>
1878	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a kernel panic with bridged and host-only
1879	networking (bug #4775)</para>
1880	</listitem>
1881
1882	<listitem>
1883	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed incorrectly persistent CD/DVD-ROMs when
1884	changing them (bug #5077)</para>
1885	</listitem>
1886
1887	<listitem>
1888	<para>X11-based hosts: support additional function keys on Sun keyboards
1889	(bug #4907)</para>
1890	</listitem>
1891
1892	<listitem>
1893	<para>Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed problem starting headless
1894	VMs without a graphical session (bug #5002)</para>
1895	</listitem>
1896
1897	<listitem>
1898	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed problem listing host-only adapter names
1899	with trailing garbage (attached VMs won't start)</para>
1900	</listitem>
1901
1902	<listitem>
1903	<para>Windows Additions: now work with Vista 64-bit Home editions (bug #3865)</para>
1904	</listitem>
1905
1906	<listitem>
1907	<para>Windows Additions: fixed screen corruption with ZoomText Magnifier</para>
1908	</listitem>
1909
1910	<listitem>
1911	<para>Windows Additions: fixed NPGetUniversalName failure (bug #4853)</para>
1912	</listitem>
1913
1914	<listitem>
1915	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows NT regression (bug #4946)</para>
1916	</listitem>
1917
1918	<listitem>
1919	<para>Windows Additions: fixed VBoxService not running if no Shared Folders
1920	are installed</para>
1921	</listitem>
1922
1923	<listitem>
1924	<para>Linux Additions: implemented <emphasis>ftrunctate</emphasis>
1925	(bug #4771)</para>
1926	</listitem>
1927
1928	<listitem>
1929	<para>VRDP: start VM even if configured VRDP port is in use</para>
1930	</listitem>
1931
1932	<listitem>
1933	<para>Networking: the PCnet network device stopped receiving under
1934	rare conditions (bug #4870)</para>
1935	</listitem>
1936
1937	<listitem>
1938	<para>VBoxManage: implemented <computeroutput>controlvm vrdpport</computeroutput>
1939	command</para>
1940	</listitem>
1941
1942	<listitem>
1943	<para>iSCSI: fixed issue with NetApp targets (bug #5072)</para>
1944	</listitem>
1945
1946	<listitem>
1947	<para>SCSI: add support for virtual disks larger than 2TB </para>
1948	</listitem>
1949
1950	<listitem>
1951	<para>USB: fixed potential crash when unplugging USB2 devices
1952	(bug #5089)</para>
1953	</listitem>
1954
1955	<listitem>
1956	<para>NAT: IPSEC did not properly work with Linux guests (bug #4801)</para>
1957	</listitem>
1958
1959	</itemizedlist>
1960
1961	</sect1>
1962
1963	<sect1>
1964	<title>Version 3.0.6 (2009-09-09)</title>
1965
1966	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
1967	added:</para>
1968
1969	<itemizedlist>
1970
1971	<listitem>
1972	<para>VMM: fixed IO-APIC overhead for 32 bits Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003 guests
1973	(AMD-V only; bug #4392)</para>
1974	</listitem>
1975
1976	<listitem>
1977	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru meditation under certain circumstances when enabling
1978	a disabled device (bug #4510)</para>
1979	</listitem>
1980
1981	<listitem>
1982	<para>VMM: fixed a Guru meditation when booting certain Arch Linux guests
1983	(software virtualization only; bug #2149)</para>
1984	</listitem>
1985
1986	<listitem>
1987	<para>VMM: fixed hangs with 64 bits Solaris & OpenSolaris
1988	guests (bug #2258)</para>
1989	</listitem>
1990
1991	<listitem>
1992	<para>VMM: fixed decreasing <emphasis>rdtsc</emphasis> values
1993	(AMD-V & VT-x only; bug #2869)</para>
1994	</listitem>
1995
1996	<listitem>
1997	<para>VMM: small Solaris/OpenSolaris performance improvements (VT-x only) </para>
1998	</listitem>
1999
2000	<listitem>
2001	<para>VMM: <emphasis>cpuid</emphasis> change to correct reported virtual CPU id in Linux </para>
2002	</listitem>
2003
2004	<listitem>
2005	<para>VMM: NetBSD 5.0.1 CD hangs during boot (VT-x only; bug #3947) </para>
2006	</listitem>
2007
2008	<listitem>
2009	<para>Solaris hosts: worked around an issue that caused the host to hang (bug #4486)</para>
2010	</listitem>
2011
2012	<listitem>
2013	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a rare host system deadlock when using bridged networking</para>
2014	</listitem>
2015
2016	<listitem>
2017	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a potential host system deadlock when CPUs were
2018	onlined or offlined</para>
2019	</listitem>
2020
2021	<listitem>
2022	<para>Solaris hosts installer: added missing dependency for UTF-8 package (bug #4899)</para>
2023	</listitem>
2024
2025	<listitem>
2026	<para>Linux hosts: don't crash on Linux PAE kernels < 2.6.11 (in particular
2027	RHEL/CentOS 4); disable VT-x on Linux kernels < 2.6.13 (bug #1842)</para>
2028	</listitem>
2029
2030	<listitem>
2031	<para>Linux/Solaris hosts: correctly detect keyboards with fewer keys
2032	than usual (bug #4799)</para>
2033	</listitem>
2034
2035	<listitem>
2036	<para>Mac OS X hosts: prevent password dialogs in 32 bits Snow Leopard</para>
2037	</listitem>
2038
2039	<listitem>
2040	<para>Python WS: fixed issue with certain enumerations constants having
2041	wrong values in Python webservices bindings</para>
2042	</listitem>
2043
2044	<listitem>
2045	<para>Python API: several threading and platform issues fixed</para>
2046	</listitem>
2047
2048	<listitem>
2049	<para>Python shell: added <emphasis>exportVM</emphasis> command</para>
2050	</listitem>
2051
2052	<listitem>
2053	<para>Python shell: various improvements and bugfixes</para>
2054	</listitem>
2055
2056	<listitem>
2057	<para>Python shell: corrected detection of home directory in remote case</para>
2058	</listitem>
2059
2060	<listitem>
2061	<para>OVF: fixed XML comment handling that could lead to parser errors</para>
2062	</listitem>
2063
2064	<listitem>
2065	<para>Main: fixed a rare parsing problem with port numbers of USB device
2066	filters in machine settings XML</para>
2067	</listitem>
2068
2069	<listitem>
2070	<para>Main: restrict guest RAM size to 1.5 GB (32 bits Windows hosts only)</para>
2071	</listitem>
2072
2073	<listitem>
2074	<para>Main: fixed possible hang during guest reboot (bug #3792)</para>
2075	</listitem>
2076
2077	<listitem>
2078	<para>GUI: fixed rare crash when removing the last disk from the media manager (bug #4795)</para>
2079	</listitem>
2080
2081	<listitem>
2082	<para>VBoxManage: fixed <computeroutput>guestproperty</computeroutput>
2083	for Mac OS X hosts (bug #3806)</para>
2084	</listitem>
2085
2086	<listitem>
2087	<para>VBoxManage: fixed setting guest properties with
2088	<emphasis>--flags</emphasis> or <emphasis>-flags</emphasis></para>
2089	</listitem>
2090
2091	<listitem>
2092	<para>Webservice: fixed a severe memory leak, at least on platforms using XPCOM</para>
2093	</listitem>
2094
2095	<listitem>
2096	<para>Serial: fixed host mode (Solaris, Linux and Mac OS X hosts; bug #4672)</para>
2097	</listitem>
2098
2099	<listitem>
2100	<para>VRDP: Remote USB Protocol version 3</para>
2101	</listitem>
2102
2103	<listitem>
2104	<para>SATA: fixed hangs and BSODs introduced with 3.0.4 (bugs #4695, #4739, #4710)</para>
2105	</listitem>
2106
2107	<listitem>
2108	<para>SATA: fixed a bug which prevented Windows 7 from detecting more than one hard disk</para>
2109	</listitem>
2110
2111	<listitem>
2112	<para>SATA/SCSI: fixed rare random guest crashes and hangs </para>
2113	</listitem>
2114
2115	<listitem>
2116	<para>SCSI: fixed problem with Fedora 11 refusing to boot after kernel update</para>
2117	</listitem>
2118
2119	<listitem>
2120	<para>iSCSI: fix logging out when the target has dropped the connection,
2121	fix negotiation of parameters, fix command resend when the connection
2122	was dropped, fix processing SCSI status for targets which do not use
2123	phase collapse</para>
2124	</listitem>
2125
2126	<listitem>
2127	<para>BIOS: fixed a bug that caused the OS/2 boot manager to fail
2128	(2.1.0 regression, bug #3911)</para>
2129	</listitem>
2130
2131	<listitem>
2132	<para>PulseAudio: don't hang during VM termination if the connection
2133	to the server was unexpectedly terminated (bug #3100)</para>
2134	</listitem>
2135
2136	<listitem>
2137	<para>Mouse: fixed weird mouse behaviour with SMP (Solaris) guests (bug #4538)</para>
2138	</listitem>
2139
2140	<listitem>
2141	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed failure in
2142	<emphasis>CreateHostOnlyNetworkInterface()</emphasis> on Linux (no GUID)</para>
2143	</listitem>
2144
2145	<listitem>
2146	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed wrong DHCP server startup while hostonly
2147	interface bringup on Linux</para>
2148	</listitem>
2149
2150	<listitem>
2151	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed incorrect factory and default MAC address on Solaris</para>
2152	</listitem>
2153
2154	<listitem>
2155	<para>HostOnly Network: fixed the problem with listing host-only
2156	interfaces on Mac OS X when all physical interfaces are down (bugs
2157	#4698, #4790)</para>
2158	</listitem>
2159
2160	<listitem>
2161	<para>DHCP: fixed a bug in the DHCP server where it allocated one IP address
2162	less than the configured range</para>
2163	</listitem>
2164
2165	<listitem>
2166	<para>E1000: fixed receiving of multicast packets</para>
2167	</listitem>
2168
2169	<listitem>
2170	<para>E1000: fixed up/down link notification after resuming a VM</para>
2171	</listitem>
2172
2173	<listitem>
2174	<para>NAT: fixed ethernet address corruptions (bug #4839)</para>
2175	</listitem>
2176
2177	<listitem>
2178	<para>NAT: fixed hangs, dropped packets and retransmission problems (bug #4343)</para>
2179	</listitem>
2180
2181	<listitem>
2182	<para>Bridged Network: fixed packet queue issue which might cause
2183	DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE BSOD for Windows hosts (bug #4821)</para>
2184	</listitem>
2185
2186	<listitem>
2187	<para>Windows Additions: fixed a bug in VBoxGINA which prevented selecting
2188	the right domain when logging in the first time</para>
2189	</listitem>
2190
2191	<listitem>
2192	<para>Windows host installer: should now also work on unicode systems
2193	(like Korean, bug #3707)</para>
2194	</listitem>
2195
2196	<listitem>
2197	<para>Windows host installer: check for sufficient disk space</para>
2198	</listitem>
2199
2200	<listitem>
2201	<para>Shared clipboard: do not send zero-terminated text to X11 guests
2202	and hosts (bug #4712)</para>
2203	</listitem>
2204
2205	<listitem>
2206	<para>Shared clipboard: use a less CPU intensive way of checking for
2207	new data on X11 guests and hosts (bug #4092)</para>
2208	</listitem>
2209
2210	<listitem>
2211	<para>Guest Additions: do not hide the host mouse cursor when restoring
2212	a saved state (bug #4700)</para>
2213	</listitem>
2214
2215	<listitem>
2216	<para>Windows guests: fixed issues with the display of the mouse
2217	cursor image (bugs #2603, #2660 and #4817)</para>
2218	</listitem>
2219
2220	<listitem>
2221	<para>SUSE 11 guests: fixed Guest Additions installation (bug #4506)</para>
2222	</listitem>
2223
2224	<listitem>
2225	<para>Guest Additions: support Fedora 12 Alpha guests (bugs #4731, #4733 and #4734)</para>
2226	</listitem>
2227
2228	</itemizedlist>
2229
2230	</sect1>
2231
2232	<sect1>
2233	<title>Version 3.0.4 (2009-08-04)</title>
2234
2235	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2236	added:</para>
2237
2238	<itemizedlist>
2239
2240	<listitem>
2241	<para>VMM: 64 bits guest stability fixes (AMD-V only; bugs #3923 & #3666)</para>
2242	</listitem>
2243
2244	<listitem>
2245	<para>VMM: SMP stability fixes (AMD-V only)</para>
2246	</listitem>
2247
2248	<listitem>
2249	<para>VMM: SMP performance improvement (esp. for Solaris guests)</para>
2250	</listitem>
2251
2252	<listitem>
2253	<para>VMM: eliminated several bugs which could lead to a host reboot</para>
2254	</listitem>
2255
2256	<listitem>
2257	<para>VMM: fixed OS/2 ACP2 boot floppy hang (VT-x only)</para>
2258	</listitem>
2259
2260	<listitem>
2261	<para>VMM: small performance improvement for OpenSolaris guests (AMD-V only)</para>
2262	</listitem>
2263
2264	<listitem>
2265	<para>VMM: fixed CentOS/Xen reboot (software virtualization only; bug #4509)</para>
2266	</listitem>
2267
2268	<listitem>
2269	<para>SATA: fixed hangs / BSOD during Windows XP installation (bug #4342)</para>
2270	</listitem>
2271
2272	<listitem>
2273	<para>SATA: mark the ports as non hotpluggable (bug #3920)</para>
2274	</listitem>
2275
2276	<listitem>
2277	<para>3D support: fix deadlocks and context/window tracking for
2278	multithreaded applications (bug #3922)</para>
2279	</listitem>
2280
2281	<listitem>
2282	<para>3D support: fix memory leaks when terminating OpenGL guest applications</para>
2283	</listitem>
2284
2285	<listitem>
2286	<para>3D support: fix crash in Call of Duty</para>
2287	</listitem>
2288
2289	<listitem>
2290	<para>NAT: using two or more NAT adapters in one VM was broken (3.0.0 regression)</para>
2291	</listitem>
2292
2293	<listitem>
2294	<para>NAT: fixed network communication corruptions (bugs #4499, #4540, #4591, #4604)</para>
2295	</listitem>
2296
2297	<listitem>
2298	<para>NAT: fixed passive ftp access to host server (bug #4427)</para>
2299	</listitem>
2300
2301	<listitem>
2302	<para>iSCSI: fixed cloning to/from iSCSI disks</para>
2303	</listitem>
2304
2305	<listitem>
2306	<para>GUI: fixed path separator handling for the OVF export on
2307	Windows (bug #4354)</para>
2308	</listitem>
2309
2310	<listitem>
2311	<para>GUI: the mini toolbar was only shown on the first host display
2312	(bug #4654)</para>
2313	</listitem>
2314
2315	<listitem>
2316	<para>GUI: added a VM option to display the mini toolbar on top</para>
2317	</listitem>
2318
2319	<listitem>
2320	<para>GUI: don't crash when adding plus configuring host-only network
2321	interfaces</para>
2322	</listitem>
2323
2324	<listitem>
2325	<para>Shared Folders: fixed selection of a drive root directory as a shared folder host path
2326	in VirtualBox (Windows host only)</para>
2327	</listitem>
2328
2329	<listitem>
2330	<para>USB: fixed a bug that may have rendered USB device filter settings
2331	inactive (3.0.2 regression, bug #4668)</para>
2332	</listitem>
2333
2334	<listitem>
2335	<para>Guest Additions: report the Guest Additions version to the guest
2336	properties (bug #3415)</para>
2337	</listitem>
2338
2339	<listitem>
2340	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fix creation of VMDK files giving raw partition access
2341	(bug #1461)</para>
2342	</listitem>
2343
2344	<listitem>
2345	<para>Mac OS X hosts: improved support for Snow Leopard </para>
2346	</listitem>
2347
2348	<listitem>
2349	<para>Linux hosts: fixed problems leading to wrong colors or
2350	transparency in host windows with some graphics drivers (bug #3095)</para>
2351	</listitem>
2352
2353	<listitem>
2354	<para>Linux hosts: hardware detection fallbacks if the hal service
2355	fails to find any DVD drives.</para>
2356	</listitem>
2357
2358	<listitem>
2359	<para>Linux and Solaris hosts: Work around color handling problems in
2360	Qt (bug #4353)</para>
2361	</listitem>
2362
2363	<listitem>
2364	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed memory leaks in host-only networking</para>
2365	</listitem>
2366
2367	<listitem>
2368	<para>Solaris Installer: fixed incorrect netmask for Host-only interface (bug #4590)</para>
2369	</listitem>
2370
2371	<listitem>
2372	<para>Solaris Installer: added package dependency for Python and Python-devel (bug #4570)</para>
2373	</listitem>
2374
2375	<listitem>
2376	<para>X11 guests: prevent windows from being skipped in
2377	seamless mode KDE guests (bugs #1681 and #3574)</para>
2378	</listitem>
2379
2380	<listitem>
2381	<para>X11 guests: fixed screen corruption in X11 guests when large
2382	amounts of video RAM were allocated (bug #4430)</para>
2383	</listitem>
2384
2385	<listitem>
2386	<para>X11 guests: some fixes when switching between host and
2387	guest-drawn mouse pointers.</para>
2388	</listitem>
2389
2390	<listitem>
2391	<para>X11 guests: fixed an issue which caused seamless mode to stop
2392	working as it should (the main issue listed in bug #2238).</para>
2393	</listitem>
2394
2395	</itemizedlist>
2396
2397	</sect1>
2398	<sect1>
2399	<title>Version 3.0.2 (2009-07-10)</title>
2400
2401	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2402	added:</para>
2403
2404	<itemizedlist>
2405
2406	<listitem>
2407	<para>VMM: fixed network regressions (guest hangs during network IO) (bug #4343)</para>
2408	</listitem>
2409
2410	<listitem>
2411	<para>VMM: guest SMP performance improvements</para>
2412	</listitem>
2413
2414	<listitem>
2415	<para>VMM: fixed hangs and poor performance with Kaspersky Internet Security
2416	(VT-x/AMD-V only; bug #1778)</para>
2417	</listitem>
2418
2419	<listitem>
2420	<para>VMM: fixed crashes when executing certain Linux guests (software
2421	virtualization only; bugs #2696 & #3868)</para>
2422	</listitem>
2423
2424	<listitem>
2425	<para>ACPI: fixed Windows 2000 kernel hangs with IO-APIC enabled (bug #4348)</para>
2426	</listitem>
2427
2428	<listitem>
2429	<para>APIC: fixed high idle load for certain Linux guests (3.0 regression)</para>
2430	</listitem>
2431
2432	<listitem>
2433	<para>BIOS: properly handle Ctrl-Alt-Del in real mode</para>
2434	</listitem>
2435
2436	<listitem>
2437	<para>iSCSI: fixed configuration parsing (bug #4236)</para>
2438	</listitem>
2439
2440	<listitem>
2441	<para>OVF: fix potential confusion when exporting networks</para>
2442	</listitem>
2443
2444	<listitem>
2445	<para>OVF: compatibility fix (bug #4452)</para>
2446	</listitem>
2447
2448	<listitem>
2449	<para>OVF: accept ovf:/disk/ specifiers with a single slash in addition to ovf://disk/ (bug #4452) </para>
2450	</listitem>
2451
2452	<listitem>
2453	<para>NAT: fixed crashes under certain circumstances (bug #4330)</para>
2454	</listitem>
2455
2456	<listitem>
2457	<para>3D support: fixed dynamic linking on Solaris/OpenSolaris guests (bug #4399)</para>
2458	</listitem>
2459
2460	<listitem>
2461	<para>3D support: fixed incorrect context/window tracking for multithreaded apps</para>
2462	</listitem>
2463
2464	<listitem>
2465	<para>Shared Folders: fixed loading from saved state (bug #1595)</para>
2466	</listitem>
2467
2468	<listitem>
2469	<para>Shared Folders: host file permissions set to 0400 with Windows
2470	guest (bug #4381)</para>
2471	</listitem>
2472
2473	<listitem>
2474	<para>X11 host and guest clipboard: fixed a number of issues, including bug #4380 and #4344</para>
2475	</listitem>
2476
2477	<listitem>
2478	<para>X11 Additions: fixed some issues with seamless windows in X11 guests (bug #3727)</para>
2479	</listitem>
2480
2481	<listitem>
2482	<para>Windows Additions: added VBoxServiceNT for NT4 guests
2483	(for time synchronization and guest properties)</para>
2484	</listitem>
2485
2486	<listitem>
2487	<para>Windows Additions: fixed version lookup</para>
2488	</listitem>
2489
2490	<listitem>
2491	<para>Linux Installer: support Pardus Linux</para>
2492	</listitem>
2493
2494	<listitem>
2495	<para>Linux hosts: workaround for buggy graphics drivers showing a
2496	black VM window on recent distributions (bug #4335)</para>
2497	</listitem>
2498
2499	<listitem>
2500	<para>Linux hosts: fixed typo in kernel module startup script (bug #4388)</para>
2501	</listitem>
2502
2503	<listitem>
2504	<para>Solaris hosts: several installer fixes</para>
2505	</listitem>
2506
2507	<listitem>
2508	<para>Solaris host: fixed a preemption issue causing VMs to never start on Solaris 10 (bug #4328).</para>
2509	</listitem>
2510
2511	<listitem>
2512	<para>Solaris guest: fixed mouse integration for OpenSolaris 2009.06 (bug #4365) </para>
2513	</listitem>
2514
2515	<listitem>
2516	<para>Windows hosts: fixed high CPU usage after resuming the host (bug #2978)</para>
2517	</listitem>
2518
2519	<listitem>
2520	<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>
2521	</listitem>
2522
2523	</itemizedlist>
2524
2525	</sect1>
2526
2527	<sect1>
2528	<title>Version 3.0.0 (2009-06-30)</title>
2529
2530	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
2531	were added:</para>
2532
2533	<itemizedlist>
2534
2535	<listitem>
2536	<para>Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only; see <xref linkend="settings-processor" />)</para>
2537	</listitem>
2538
2539	<listitem>
2540	<para>Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications / games
2541	(experimental; see <xref linkend="guestadd-3d" />)</para>
2542	</listitem>
2543
2544	<listitem>
2545	<para>Support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests</para>
2546	</listitem>
2547
2548	</itemizedlist>
2549
2550	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
2551
2552	<itemizedlist>
2553
2554	<listitem>
2555	<para>Solaris hosts: allow suspend/resume on the host when a VM is running (bug #3826)</para>
2556	</listitem>
2557
2558	<listitem>
2559	<para>Solaris hosts: loosen the restriction for contiguous physical memory under
2560	certain conditions</para>
2561	</listitem>
2562
2563	<listitem>
2564	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed guest PAE</para>
2565	</listitem>
2566
2567	<listitem>
2568	<para>Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.31 (bug #4264)</para>
2569	</listitem>
2570
2571	<listitem>
2572	<para>VMM: fixed occasional guru meditation when loading a saved state (VT-x only)</para>
2573	</listitem>
2574
2575	<listitem>
2576	<para>VMM: eliminated IO-APIC overhead with 32 bits guests (VT-x only, some Intel CPUs don't support
2577	this feature (most do); bug #638)</para>
2578	</listitem>
2579
2580	<listitem>
2581	<para>VMM: fixed 64 bits CentOS guest hangs during early boot (AMD-V only; bug #3927)</para>
2582	</listitem>
2583
2584	<listitem>
2585	<para>VMM: performance improvements for certain PAE guests (e.g. Linux 2.6.29+ kernels) </para>
2586	</listitem>
2587
2588	<listitem>
2589	<para>VMM: some Windows guests detected a completely wrong CPU frequency (bug #2227)</para>
2590	</listitem>
2591
2592	<listitem>
2593	<para>VMM: fixed hanging and unkillable VM processes (bug #4040)</para>
2594	</listitem>
2595
2596	<listitem>
2597	<para>VMM: fixed random infrequent guest crashes due XMM state corruption (Win64 hosts only)</para>
2598	</listitem>
2599
2600	<listitem>
2601	<para>VMM: performance improvements for network I/O (VT-x/AMD-V only)</para>
2602	</listitem>
2603
2604	<listitem>
2605	<para>GUI: added mini toolbar for fullscreen and seamless mode (Thanks to Huihong Luo)</para>
2606	</listitem>
2607
2608	<listitem>
2609	<para>GUI: redesigned settings dialogs</para>
2610	</listitem>
2611
2612	<listitem>
2613	<para>GUI: allow to create/remove more than one host-only network adapters
2614	(non Windows hosts)</para>
2615	</listitem>
2616
2617	<listitem>
2618	<para>GUI: display estimated time for long running operations (e.g. OVF import/export)</para>
2619	</listitem>
2620
2621	<listitem>
2622	<para>GUI: fixed rare hangs when open the OVF import/export wizards (bug #4157)</para>
2623	</listitem>
2624
2625	<listitem>
2626	<para>3D support: fixed VM crashes for client applications using incorrect OpenGL states</para>
2627	</listitem>
2628
2629	<listitem>
2630	<para>3D support: fixed memory corruption when querying for supported texture compression formats</para>
2631	</listitem>
2632
2633	<listitem>
2634	<para>3D support: fixed incorrect rendering of glDrawRangeElements</para>
2635	</listitem>
2636
2637	<listitem>
2638	<para>3D support: fixed memory leak when using VBOs</para>
2639	</listitem>
2640
2641	<listitem>
2642	<para>3D support: fixed glew library detection</para>
2643	</listitem>
2644
2645	<listitem>
2646	<para>3D support: fixed random textures corruption</para>
2647	</listitem>
2648
2649	<listitem>
2650	<para>VRDP: support Windows 7 RDP client</para>
2651	</listitem>
2652
2653	<listitem>
2654	<para>Networking: fixed another problem with TX checksum offloading
2655	with Linux kernels up to version 2.6.18</para>
2656	</listitem>
2657
2658	<listitem>
2659	<para>NAT: fixed "open ports on virtual router 10.0.2.2 - 513, 514" (forum)</para>
2660	</listitem>
2661
2662	<listitem>
2663	<para>NAT: allow to configure socket and internal parameters</para>
2664	</listitem>
2665
2666	<listitem>
2667	<para>NAT: allow to bind sockets to specific interface</para>
2668	</listitem>
2669
2670	<listitem>
2671	<para>PXE boot: significant performance increase (VT-x/AMD-V only)</para>
2672	</listitem>
2673
2674	<listitem>
2675	<para>VHD: properly write empty sectors when cloning of VHD images (bug #4080)</para>
2676	</listitem>
2677
2678	<listitem>
2679	<para>VHD: fixed crash when discarding snapshots of a VHD image</para>
2680	</listitem>
2681
2682	<listitem>
2683	<para>VHD: fixed access beyond the block bitmap which could lead to arbitrary crashes</para>
2684	</listitem>
2685
2686	<listitem>
2687	<para>VBoxManage: fixed incorrect partition table processing when
2688	creating VMDK files giving raw partition access (bug #3510)</para>
2689	</listitem>
2690
2691	<listitem>
2692	<para>VBoxManage: support cloning to existing image file</para>
2693	</listitem>
2694
2695	<listitem>
2696	<para>OVF: several OVF 1.0 compatibility fixes</para>
2697	</listitem>
2698
2699	<listitem>
2700	<para>OVF: fixed exporting of disk images when multiple virtual machines are exported at once</para>
2701	</listitem>
2702
2703	<listitem>
2704	<para>Virtual mouse device: eliminated micro-movements of the
2705	virtual mouse which were confusing some applications (bug #3782)</para>
2706	</listitem>
2707
2708	<listitem>
2709	<para>Shared Folders: sometimes a file was created using the wrong permissions
2710	(2.2.0 regression; bug #3785)</para>
2711	</listitem>
2712
2713	<listitem>
2714	<para>Shared Folders: allow to change file attributes from Linux guests and use the
2715	correct file mode when creating files</para>
2716	</listitem>
2717
2718	<listitem>
2719	<para>Shared Folders: some content was incorrectly written under certain
2720	conditions (bug #1187)</para>
2721	</listitem>
2722
2723	<listitem>
2724	<para>Shared Folders: fixed incorrect file timestamps, when using Windows guest
2725	on a Linux host (bug #3404)</para>
2726	</listitem>
2727
2728	<listitem>
2729	<para>X11 clipboard: fix duplicate end of lines (bug #4270)</para>
2730	</listitem>
2731
2732	<listitem>
2733	<para>X11 guests: a number of shared clipboard fixes</para>
2734	</listitem>
2735
2736	<listitem>
2737	<para>Linux guests: Guest Additions support for SUSE Linux
2738	Enterprise Desktop 11</para>
2739	</listitem>
2740
2741	<listitem>
2742	<para>Linux guests: new daemon vboxadd-service to handle time synchronization and
2743	guest property lookup</para>
2744	</listitem>
2745
2746	<listitem>
2747	<para>Linux guests: implemented guest properties (OS info, logged in users,
2748	basic network information)</para>
2749	</listitem>
2750
2751	<listitem>
2752	<para>Windows host installer: VirtualBox Python API can now be installed automatically
2753	(requires Python and Win32 Extensions installed)</para>
2754	</listitem>
2755
2756	<listitem>
2757	<para>USB: Support for high-speed isochronous endpoints has been
2758	added. In addition, read-ahead buffering is performed for input
2759	endpoints (currently Linux hosts only). This should allow additional
2760	devices to work, notably webcams (bug #242).</para>
2761	</listitem>
2762
2763	<listitem>
2764	<para>USB: fixed error handling for some USB dongles</para>
2765	</listitem>
2766
2767	<listitem>
2768	<para>Web service: fixed inability to handle NULL pointers for object arguments, which
2769	are valid values for a lot of APIs, in both the raw and the object-oriented
2770	web service.</para>
2771	</listitem>
2772
2773	<listitem>
2774	<para>Web service: object-oriented bindings for JAX-WS did not exhibit interface
2775	inheritance correctly, fixed</para>
2776	</listitem>
2777
2778	<listitem>
2779	<para>Web service: added support for IDisplay and IGuest interfaces, which were previously
2780	unavailable</para>
2781	</listitem>
2782
2783	<listitem>
2784	<para>Registration dialog uses Sun Online accounts now</para>
2785	</listitem>
2786
2787	</itemizedlist>
2788	</sect1>
2789
2790	<sect1>
2791	<title>Version 2.2.4 (2009-05-29)</title>
2792
2793	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2794	added:</para>
2795
2796	<itemizedlist>
2797
2798	<listitem>
2799	<para>Windows Installer: fixed a potential hang during
2800	installation</para>
2801	</listitem>
2802
2803	<listitem>
2804	<para>Windows Installer: fixed several problems (bug #3892)</para>
2805	</listitem>
2806
2807	<listitem>
2808	<para>Solaris hosts: make it work with Solaris build 114 or
2809	later (bug #3981)</para>
2810	</listitem>
2811
2812	<listitem>
2813	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a bug serial port character handling found during
2814	loopback (bug #3120)</para>
2815	</listitem>
2816
2817	<listitem>
2818	<para>Linux hosts: adapted vboxdrv.sh to the latest changes in
2819	<computeroutput>VBoxManage list runningvms</computeroutput>
2820	(bug #4034)
2821	</para>
2822	</listitem>
2823
2824	<listitem>
2825	<para>Windows hosts: fixed a crash caused by host-only/bridged
2826	networking</para>
2827	</listitem>
2828
2829	<listitem>
2830	<para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed access to host DVD with passthrough
2831	disabled (bug #4077)</para>
2832	</listitem>
2833
2834	<listitem>
2835	<para>Guest Additions: fixed problems with KDE 4 not recognizing mouse
2836	clicks</para>
2837	</listitem>
2838
2839	<listitem>
2840	<para>Windows Additions: fixed incorrect 8-bit guest color depth in
2841	Windows 7 guests</para>
2842	</listitem>
2843
2844	<listitem>
2845	<para>GUI: warn if VT-x/AMD-V could not be enabled for guests
2846	that require this setting (bug #4055)</para>
2847	</listitem>
2848
2849	<listitem>
2850	<para>VMM: fixed occasional crash due to insufficient memory</para>
2851	</listitem>
2852
2853	<listitem>
2854	<para>VMM: fixed hanging 64 bits Solaris guests</para>
2855	</listitem>
2856
2857	<listitem>
2858	<para>VMM: restore from a saved state occasionally failed
2859	(bugs #3984 and #2742)</para>
2860	</listitem>
2861
2862	<listitem>
2863	<para>Clipboard: fixed a deadlock while shutting down the shared
2864	clipboard on X11 hosts (bug #4020)</para>
2865	</listitem>
2866
2867	<listitem>
2868	<para>OVF: fixed potential hang during import</para>
2869	</listitem>
2870
2871	<listitem>
2872	<para>OVF: fixed potential crashes during import/export on Win64 hosts</para>
2873	</listitem>
2874
2875	<listitem>
2876	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>modifyhd --compact</computeroutput>:
2877	fixed bug which could lead to crashes and image corruption
2878	(bug #3864)</para>
2879	</listitem>
2880
2881	<listitem>
2882	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>metrics collect</computeroutput>:
2883	now flushes the output stream</para>
2884	</listitem>
2885
2886	<listitem>
2887	<para>VHD: made <computeroutput>VBoxManage internalcommands
2888	sethduuid</computeroutput> work for .vhd files (bug #3443)</para>
2889	</listitem>
2890
2891	<listitem>
2892	<para>VHD: some .vhd files could not be cloned (bug #4080)</para>
2893	</listitem>
2894
2895	<listitem>
2896	<para>NAT: improvement of TCP connection establishment (bug #2987)</para>
2897	</listitem>
2898
2899	<listitem>
2900	<para>NAT: fixed order of DNS servers in DHCP lease (bug #4091)</para>
2901	</listitem>
2902
2903	<listitem>
2904	<para>NAT: fixed DHCP lease for multiple name servers (bug #3692)</para>
2905	</listitem>
2906
2907	<listitem>
2908	<para>NAT: fixed a potential segfault if the host lost its connectivity
2909	(bug #3964)</para>
2910	</listitem>
2911
2912	<listitem>
2913	<para>Shared Folders: deny access to parent directories on Windows
2914	hosts (bug #4090)</para>
2915	</listitem>
2916
2917	<listitem>
2918	<para>Shared Folders: make rm/rmdir work with Solaris guests on Windows
2919	hosts</para>
2920	</listitem>
2921
2922	<listitem>
2923	<para>Networking: fixed the problem with blocked receiving thread when
2924	a broadcast packet arrives too early to be handled by uninitialized
2925	e1000 adapter</para>
2926	</listitem>
2927
2928	<listitem>
2929	<para>Networking: fixed the problem that caused host freezes/crashes
2930	when using bridged mode with host's interface having RX checksum
2931	offloading on (bug #3926 and related). Fixes problems with TX
2932	offloading as well (bug #3870)</para>
2933	</listitem>
2934
2935	<listitem>
2936	<para>PXE boot: Added support for PRO/1000 MT Server adapter</para>
2937	</listitem>
2938
2939	<listitem>
2940	<para>Python bindings: fixed keyword conflict</para>
2941	</listitem>
2942
2943	<listitem>
2944	<para>SCSI: fixed occasional crashes on Win64</para>
2945	</listitem>
2946
2947	<listitem>
2948	<para>Serial: allow to redirect the serial port to a raw
2949	file (bug #1023)</para>
2950	</listitem>
2951
2952	<listitem>
2953	<para>VRDP: fixed a rare incorrect screen update</para>
2954	</listitem>
2955
2956	<listitem>
2957	<para>VMDK: fixed creating snapshots</para>
2958	</listitem>
2959
2960	</itemizedlist>
2961	</sect1>
2962
2963	<sect1>
2964	<title>Version 2.2.2 (2009-04-27)</title>
2965
2966	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
2967	added:</para>
2968
2969	<itemizedlist>
2970
2971	<listitem>
2972	<para>Host and guest clipboard: fixed a number of issues affecting
2973	hosts and guests running the X window system</para>
2974	</listitem>
2975
2976	<listitem>
2977	<para>Guest Additions: make sure the virtual mouse autodetection works
2978	on first reboot after installing the Additions on X.Org server 1.5
2979	and later</para>
2980	</listitem>
2981
2982	<listitem>
2983	<para>Guest Additions: properly report process identity number of
2984	running services</para>
2985	</listitem>
2986
2987	<listitem>
2988	<para>Guest Additions: clean up properly if the X Window server
2989	terminates</para>
2990	</listitem>
2991
2992	<listitem>
2993	<para>Linux Additions: fixed installation path for OpenGL libraries
2994	in some 64-bit guests (bug #3693)</para>
2995	</listitem>
2996
2997	<listitem>
2998	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed installation to work when X.Org is not
2999	installed on the guest</para>
3000	</listitem>
3001
3002	<listitem>
3003	<para>Solaris Additions: fixed a bug that could panic the guest when
3004	unmounting a busy shared folder</para>
3005	</listitem>
3006
3007	<listitem>
3008	<para>Windows Additions: fixed mouse pointer integration of some
3009	Windows guests (2.2.0 regression, bug #3734)</para>
3010	</listitem>
3011
3012	<listitem>
3013	<para>Windows Additions: fixed installation on Windows Server 2008 Core
3014	(bug #2628)</para>
3015	</listitem>
3016
3017	<listitem>
3018	<para>Main: do not try to use older versions of D-Bus (Linux
3019	hosts only, bug #3732)</para>
3020	</listitem>
3021
3022	<listitem>
3023	<para>VMM: fixed out-of-memory conditions on Windows hosts
3024	(bug #3657)</para>
3025	</listitem>
3026
3027	<listitem>
3028	<para>VMM: fixed occasional hangs when attaching USB
3029	devices during VM startup (2.2.0 regression; bugs #3787)</para>
3030	</listitem>
3031
3032	<listitem>
3033	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation related to memory management (software
3034	virtualization only)
3035	</para>
3036	</listitem>
3037
3038	<listitem>
3039	<para>Virtual disks: fix possible data corruption when writing to diff
3040	images, incorrect detection of redundant writes</para>
3041	</listitem>
3042
3043	<listitem>
3044	<para>GUI: reworked network settings dialog</para>
3045	</listitem>
3046
3047	<listitem>
3048	<para>GUI: properly show the detailed settings dialog of NAT
3049	networks (bug #3702)</para>
3050	</listitem>
3051
3052	<listitem>
3053	<para>GUI: HostKey could not be changed (2.2.0 regression,
3054	bug #3689)</para>
3055	</listitem>
3056
3057	<listitem>
3058	<para>GUI: fixed memory textfield size (Windows hosts only;
3059	bug #3679)</para>
3060	</listitem>
3061
3062	<listitem>
3063	<para>GUI: fixed crash when selecting a shared folder path (Windows hosts only;
3064	bugs #3694, #3751, #3756)</para>
3065	</listitem>
3066
3067	<listitem>
3068	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>modifyhd --compact</computeroutput>:
3069	implemented again for VDI files, and now supports relative paths
3070	(bug #2180, #2833)</para>
3071	</listitem>
3072
3073	<listitem>
3074	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>snapshot discard</computeroutput>:
3075	made it work again (2.1.0 regression; bug #3714)</para>
3076	</listitem>
3077
3078	<listitem>
3079	<para>NAT: on some Windows hosts, the guest didn't receive a DHCP
3080	lease (bug #3655)</para>
3081	</listitem>
3082
3083	<listitem>
3084	<para>NAT: fixed release assertion during <emphasis>poll()</emphasis>
3085	(bug #3667)</para>
3086	</listitem>
3087
3088	<listitem>
3089	<para>Networking: fixed a deadlock caused by the PCnet network device
3090	emulation (2.2.0 regression, bug #3676)</para>
3091	</listitem>
3092
3093	<listitem>
3094	<para>Clipboard: fixed random crashes (X11 hosts only, bug #3723)</para>
3095	</listitem>
3096
3097	<listitem>
3098	<para>Shared Folders: fixed incorrect permissions for Solaris guests</para>
3099	</listitem>
3100
3101	<listitem>
3102	<para>Shared Folders: fixed wrong file sizes with Solaris guests</para>
3103	</listitem>
3104
3105	<listitem>
3106	<para>CBindings: fixed possible memory leak while releasing the IVirtualBox and ISession Objects</para>
3107	</listitem>
3108
3109	<listitem>
3110	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed host-only network interface incompatibility with nwam/dhcpagent (bug #3754)</para>
3111	</listitem>
3112
3113	<listitem>
3114	<para>Windows installer: fixed several install and uninstall issues (bugs #3659, #3686, #1730, #3711, #3373, #3382, #3701, #3685, #3710)</para>
3115	</listitem>
3116
3117	<listitem>
3118	<para>Mac OS X hosts: preliminary support for Snow Leopard</para>
3119	</listitem>
3120
3121	</itemizedlist>
3122	</sect1>
3123
3124	<sect1>
3125	<title>Version 2.2.0 (2009-04-08)</title>
3126
3127	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
3128	were added:</para>
3129
3130	<itemizedlist>
3131
3132	<listitem>
3133	<para>OVF (Open Virtualization Format) appliance import and export (see <xref linkend="ovf" />) </para>
3134	</listitem>
3135
3136	<listitem>
3137	<para>Host-only networking mode (see <xref linkend="network_hostonly" />) </para>
3138	</listitem>
3139
3140	<listitem>
3141	<para>Hypervisor optimizations with significant performance gains for high context switching rates</para>
3142	</listitem>
3143
3144	<listitem>
3145	<para>Raised the memory limit for VMs on 64-bit hosts to 16GB</para>
3146	</listitem>
3147
3148	<listitem>
3149	<para>VT-x/AMD-V are enabled by default for newly created virtual machines</para>
3150	</listitem>
3151
3152	<listitem>
3153	<para>USB (OHCI & EHCI) is enabled by default for newly created virtual machines (Qt GUI only)</para>
3154	</listitem>
3155
3156	<listitem>
3157	<para>Experimental USB support for OpenSolaris hosts</para>
3158	</listitem>
3159
3160	<listitem>
3161	<para>Shared Folders for Solaris and OpenSolaris guests</para>
3162	</listitem>
3163
3164	<listitem>
3165	<para>OpenGL 3D acceleration for Linux and Solaris guests (see <xref linkend="guestadd-3d" />)</para>
3166	</listitem>
3167
3168	<listitem>
3169	<para>Added C API in addition to C++, Java, Python and Web Services</para>
3170	</listitem>
3171
3172	</itemizedlist>
3173
3174	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
3175
3176	<itemizedlist>
3177
3178	<listitem>
3179	<para>VMM: FreeBSD guest related fix for V86 flags (bug #2342) </para>
3180	</listitem>
3181
3182	<listitem>
3183	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when booting an AsteriskNow Linux VM (bug #2342) </para>
3184	</listitem>
3185
3186	<listitem>
3187	<para>VMM: fixed PGMPOOLKIND_FREE guru meditation (bugs #3356, #3431) </para>
3188	</listitem>
3189
3190	<listitem>
3191	<para>VMM: fixed Windows XP boot hang (guest PAE + nested paging only) </para>
3192	</listitem>
3193
3194	<listitem>
3195	<para>VMM: allow mixing of VT-x/AMD-V and software virtualization </para>
3196	</listitem>
3197
3198	<listitem>
3199	<para>VMM: fixed extremely slow safe mode booting in e.g. Windows 2008 (VT-x/AMD-V only) </para>
3200	</listitem>
3201
3202	<listitem>
3203	<para>VMM: significant speedup of certain GRUB boot loaders (e.g. Solaris) (VT-x/AMD-V only) </para>
3204	</listitem>
3205
3206	<listitem>
3207	<para>VMM: real-mode IOPL fix for DOS guests (VT-x only) </para>
3208	</listitem>
3209
3210	<listitem>
3211	<para>VMM: fixed VT-x detection with certain BIOSes that enable VT-x,
3212	but don't set the lock bit in MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL </para>
3213	</listitem>
3214
3215	<listitem>
3216	<para>VMM: fixed hibernation issues on Windows XP hosts (VT-x only; bug #1794) </para>
3217	</listitem>
3218
3219	<listitem>
3220	<para>VMM: properly emulate <emphasis>RDMSR</emphasis> from the
3221	TSC MSR, should fix some NetBSD guests</para>
3222	</listitem>
3223
3224	<listitem>
3225	<para>VMM: emulate <emphasis>RDPMC</emphasis>; fixes Windows guests crashes
3226	when using the Kaspersky virus scanner (bug #1778) </para>
3227	</listitem>
3228
3229	<listitem>
3230	<para>NAT: fixed truncated downloads (FTP) (bug #3257)</para>
3231	</listitem>
3232
3233	<listitem>
3234	<para>NAT: blocked UDP packets caused a crash (bug #3426)</para>
3235	</listitem>
3236
3237	<listitem>
3238	<para>NAT: allow to configure the <emphasis>next server</emphasis>
3239	and the <emphasis>boot file</emphasis> via VBoxManage (bug #2759)</para>
3240	</listitem>
3241
3242	<listitem>
3243	<para>IDE: fixed hard disk upgrade from XML-1.2 settings (bug #1518)</para>
3244	</listitem>
3245
3246	<listitem>
3247	<para>Hard disk: support more VMDK file variants (including fixed-size
3248	ESX server images)</para>
3249	</listitem>
3250
3251	<listitem>
3252	<para>Hard disks: refuse to start the VM if a disk image is not
3253	writable</para>
3254	</listitem>
3255
3256	<listitem>
3257	<para>USB: further reduced host CPU utilization for OHCI and
3258	EHCI; the "VBoxInternal/Devices/usb-ohci/0/Config/FrameRate" CFG key
3259	is no longer necessary and no longer supported</para>
3260	</listitem>
3261
3262	<listitem>
3263	<para>USB: fixed BSOD on the host with certain USB devices
3264	(Windows hosts only; bug #1654)</para>
3265	</listitem>
3266
3267	<listitem>
3268	<para>E1000: properly handle cable disconnects (bug #3421)</para>
3269	</listitem>
3270
3271	<listitem>
3272	<para>VRDP: fixed hangs when VRDP server is enabled or disabled in runtime</para>
3273	</listitem>
3274
3275	<listitem>
3276	<para>Shared Folders: respect umask settings on Linux, OSX and Solaris
3277	hosts when creating files</para>
3278	</listitem>
3279
3280	<listitem>
3281	<para>X11 guests: prevented setting the locale in vboxmouse, as
3282	this caused problems with Turkish locales (bug #3563)</para>
3283	</listitem>
3284
3285	<listitem>
3286	<para>X11 guests: show the guest mouse pointer at the right position
3287	if the virtual desktop is larger than the guest resolution (bug
3288	#2306)</para>
3289	</listitem>
3290
3291	<listitem>
3292	<para>Linux Additions: fixed typo when detecting Xorg 1.6
3293	(bug #3555)</para>
3294	</listitem>
3295
3296	<listitem>
3297	<para>Solaris guests: added xpg4/xcu4 dependency to the Guest Additions
3298	installer (bug #3524)</para>
3299	</listitem>
3300
3301	<listitem>
3302	<para>Windows guests: bind the VBoxMouse.sys filter driver to the
3303	correct guest pointing device (bug #1324)</para>
3304	</listitem>
3305
3306	<listitem>
3307	<para>Windows hosts: fixed BSOD when starting a VM with enabled host
3308	interface (bug #3414)</para>
3309	</listitem>
3310
3311	<listitem>
3312	<para>Linux hosts: do proper reference counting to prevent unloading
3313	the vboxnetflt module as long as this code is in use (bug #3104)</para>
3314	</listitem>
3315
3316	<listitem>
3317	<para>Linux hosts: do not leave zombies of VBoxSysInfo.sh
3318	(bug #3586)</para>
3319	</listitem>
3320
3321	<listitem>
3322	<para>Linux installers: fixes for Slackware, Arch Linux and Linux
3323	from Scratch systems</para>
3324	</listitem>
3325
3326	<listitem>
3327	<para>Windows installers: combined installer executable which contains
3328	both (32- and 64-bit) architectures</para>
3329	</listitem>
3330
3331	<listitem>
3332	<para>VBoxManage: less cryptic command-line error messages</para>
3333	</listitem>
3334
3335	<listitem>
3336	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>list vms</computeroutput> commands now
3337	default to compact format</para>
3338	</listitem>
3339
3340	<listitem>
3341	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>controlvm dvdattach</computeroutput>
3342	did not work if the image was attached before</para>
3343	</listitem>
3344
3345	<listitem>
3346	<para>VBoxManage: allow creation of all supported disk image variants</para>
3347	</listitem>
3348
3349	<listitem>
3350	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>showvminfo</computeroutput>:
3351	don't spam the release log if the Guest Additions don't support
3352	statistics information (bug #3457)</para>
3353	</listitem>
3354
3355	<listitem>
3356	<para>VBoxManage: big command line processing cleanup, the legacy
3357	single-dash options are deprecated and will be removed in the
3358	next major release, so switch to the new options now</para>
3359	</listitem>
3360
3361	<listitem>
3362	<para>Hard disks: improved immutable disk support to auto-reset diff file at
3363	VM startup (related to bug #2772)</para>
3364	</listitem>
3365
3366	<listitem>
3367	<para>GUI: enable the audio adapter by default for new VMs</para>
3368	</listitem>
3369
3370	<listitem>
3371	<para>GUI: warn if VT-x/AMD-V is not operational when starting a 64-bit guest</para>
3372	</listitem>
3373
3374	<listitem>
3375	<para>GUI: deactivate 64-bit guest support when the host CPU does not support VT-x/AMD-V</para>
3376	</listitem>
3377
3378	<listitem>
3379	<para>GUI: removed floppy icon from the status bar</para>
3380	</listitem>
3381
3382	<listitem>
3383	<para>GUI: show build revision in about dialog</para>
3384	</listitem>
3385
3386	<listitem>
3387	<para>GUI: fixed sticky status bar text</para>
3388	</listitem>
3389
3390	<listitem>
3391	<para>GUI: improved error dialogs</para>
3392	</listitem>
3393
3394	<listitem>
3395	<para>GUI: fail with an appropriate error message when trying to boot
3396	a read-only disk image (bug #1745)</para>
3397	</listitem>
3398
3399	<listitem>
3400	<para>GUI/Mac OS X: fixed disabled close button</para>
3401	</listitem>
3402
3403	<listitem>
3404	<para>GUI/Windows: re-enabled support for copy and paste (Windows hosts 2.0
3405	regression; bug #2065)</para>
3406	</listitem>
3407
3408	<listitem>
3409	<para>3D support: added OpenGL select/feedback support (bug #2920)</para>
3410	</listitem>
3411
3412	<listitem>
3413	<para>3D support: close OpenGL subsystem for terminated guest applications (bug #3243)</para>
3414	</listitem>
3415
3416	<listitem>
3417	<para>3D support: fixed VM hangs when starting guests with 3D acceleration enabled (bug #3437)</para>
3418	</listitem>
3419
3420	<listitem>
3421	<para>PXE: fixed boot hangs when hardware virtualization is used (bug
3422	#2536)</para>
3423	</listitem>
3424
3425	<listitem>
3426	<para>LsiLogic: fixed problems with Solaris guests</para>
3427	</listitem>
3428
3429	<listitem>
3430	<para>Main API: close machine settings XML file when unregistering machine
3431	(bug #3548)</para>
3432	</listitem>
3433
3434	</itemizedlist>
3435	</sect1>
3436
3437	<sect1>
3438	<title>Version 2.1.4 (2009-02-16)</title>
3439
3440	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3441	added:</para>
3442
3443	<itemizedlist>
3444
3445	<listitem>
3446	<para>Windows hosts: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems
3447	when running Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763)</para>
3448	</listitem>
3449
3450	<listitem>
3451	<para>Windows hosts: fixed network component BSOD issue (bugs #3168, #2916)</para>
3452	</listitem>
3453
3454	<listitem>
3455	<para>Windows hosts: fixed installation issues (bugs #2517, #1730, #3130)</para>
3456	</listitem>
3457
3458	<listitem>
3459	<para>Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556)</para>
3460	</listitem>
3461
3462	<listitem>
3463	<para>Linux hosts: fixed module dependency for shipped modules
3464	(bug #3115)</para>
3465	</listitem>
3466
3467	<listitem>
3468	<para>Linux hosts: moved the udev rules for USB forward so that they
3469	don't override existing system rules (bug #3143)</para>
3470	</listitem>
3471
3472	<listitem>
3473	<para>Linux hosts: fixed the issue with guest not being able to
3474	communicate with each other when attached via TAP interfaces
3475	(bug #3215)</para>
3476	</listitem>
3477
3478	<listitem>
3479	<para>Linux hosts: give up probing for USB gracefully if DBus or hal
3480	are not available (bug #3136)</para>
3481	</listitem>
3482
3483	<listitem>
3484	<para>Linux hosts: fixed warnings in installer when SELinux was
3485	disabled (bug #3098)</para>
3486	</listitem>
3487
3488	<listitem>
3489	<para>Linux hosts: VirtualBox sometimes failed to start if it had
3490	been started using sudo previously (bug #3270)</para>
3491	</listitem>
3492
3493	<listitem>
3494	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests
3495	in parallel</para>
3496	</listitem>
3497
3498	<listitem>
3499	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs</para>
3500	</listitem>
3501
3502	<listitem>
3503	<para>VMM: fixed performance regression for Windows guests (bug #3172) </para>
3504	</listitem>
3505
3506	<listitem>
3507	<para>VMM: ignore CPU stepping when restoring a saved state/snapshot</para>
3508	</listitem>
3509
3510	<listitem>
3511	<para>REM: fixed inability to use gdb to debug programs in Linux guests with
3512	software virtualization (bug #3245)</para>
3513	</listitem>
3514
3515	<listitem>
3516	<para>GUI: fixed dead key handling on Solaris hosts (bug #3256)</para>
3517	</listitem>
3518
3519	<listitem>
3520	<para>GUI: in the shutdown dialog, disable the action <emphasis>send the
3521	shutdown signal</emphasis> if the guest is currently not using ACPI</para>
3522	</listitem>
3523
3524	<listitem>
3525	<para>GUI: suppress additional key release events sent by X11 hosts
3526	when keys are auto-repeated (bug #1296)</para>
3527	</listitem>
3528
3529	<listitem>
3530	<para>API: restore case insensitive OS type name lookup (bug #3087)</para>
3531	</listitem>
3532
3533	<listitem>
3534	<para>VBoxHeadless: really don't start X11 services (clipboard service,
3535	3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199)</para>
3536	</listitem>
3537
3538	<listitem>
3539	<para>NAT: fixed occasional crashes when the guest is doing
3540	traceroute (non-Windows hosts; bug #3200)</para>
3541	</listitem>
3542
3543	<listitem>
3544	<para>NAT: fixed crashes under high load (bug #3110)</para>
3545	</listitem>
3546
3547	<listitem>
3548	<para>NAT: fixed truncated downloads (Windows hosts only, bug #3257)</para>
3549	</listitem>
3550
3551	<listitem>
3552	<para>NAT: don't intercept TFTP packages with a destination address
3553	different from the builtin TFTP server (bug #3112)</para>
3554	</listitem>
3555
3556	<listitem>
3557	<para>USB: several fixes for USB passthrough on Linux hosts</para>
3558	</listitem>
3559
3560	<listitem>
3561	<para>USB: reduced host CPU utilization if EHCI is active</para>
3562	</listitem>
3563
3564	<listitem>
3565	<para>VRDP: fixed VRDP server black screen after a client reconnect (bug #1989)</para>
3566	</listitem>
3567
3568	<listitem>
3569	<para>VRDP: modified rdesktop client (rdesktop-vrdp) now uses NumLock state
3570	synchronization (bug #3253)</para>
3571	</listitem>
3572
3573	<listitem>
3574	<para>LsiLogic: make FreeBSD guests work (bug #3174)</para>
3575	</listitem>
3576
3577	<listitem>
3578	<para>ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the
3579	virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable)</para>
3580	</listitem>
3581
3582	<listitem>
3583	<para>iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM</para>
3584	</listitem>
3585
3586	<listitem>
3587	<para>3D support: added missing GL_MAX_TEXTURE_COORDS_ARB (bug #3246)</para>
3588	</listitem>
3589
3590	<listitem>
3591	<para>Windows Additions: fixed <emphasis>ERROR (e0000101)</emphasis>
3592	error during installation (bug #1923)</para>
3593	</listitem>
3594
3595	<listitem>
3596	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows Explorer hang when browsing shared folders
3597	with 64 bit guests (bug #2225)</para>
3598	</listitem>
3599
3600	<listitem>
3601	<para>Windows Additions: fixed guest screen distortions during a video mode change</para>
3602	</listitem>
3603
3604	<listitem>
3605	<para>Windows Additions: fixed the <emphasis>Network drive not connected</emphasis>
3606	message for mapped shared folders drives after the guest startup (bug #3157)</para>
3607	</listitem>
3608
3609	<listitem>
3610	<para>Linux Additions: fixed occasional file corruption when writing files
3611	in <emphasis>O_APPEND</emphasis> mode to a shared folder (bug #2844)</para>
3612	</listitem>
3613
3614	<listitem>
3615	<para>Linux Additions: the mouse driver was not properly set up
3616	on X.Org release candidates (bug #3212)</para>
3617	</listitem>
3618
3619	<listitem>
3620	<para>Linux Additions: fixed installer to work with openSUSE 11.1
3621	(bug #3213)</para>
3622	</listitem>
3623
3624	<listitem>
3625	<para>Linux Additions: disable dynamic resizing if the X server is
3626	configured for fixed resolutions</para>
3627	</listitem>
3628
3629	<listitem>
3630	<para>Linux/Solaris Additions: handle virtual resolutions properly which are
3631	larger than the actual guest resolution (bug #3096)</para>
3632	</listitem>
3633
3634	</itemizedlist>
3635	</sect1>
3636
3637	<sect1>
3638	<title>Version 2.1.2 (2009-01-21)</title>
3639
3640	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
3641	added:</para>
3642
3643	<itemizedlist>
3644
3645	<listitem>
3646	<para>USB: Linux host support fixes (bug #3136)</para>
3647	</listitem>
3648
3649	<listitem>
3650	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (AMD-V)</para>
3651	</listitem>
3652
3653	<listitem>
3654	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation on Mac OS X hosts when using VT-x</para>
3655	</listitem>
3656
3657	<listitem>
3658	<para>VMM: allow running up to 1023 VMs on 64-bit hosts (used to be 127)</para>
3659	</listitem>
3660
3661	<listitem>
3662	<para>VMM: several FreeBSD guest related fixes (bugs #2342, #2341, #2761) </para>
3663	</listitem>
3664
3665	<listitem>
3666	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when installing Suse Enterprise Server 10U2 (VT-x only; bug #3039)</para>
3667	</listitem>
3668
3669	<listitem>
3670	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when booting Novell Netware 4.11 (VT-x only; bug #2898) </para>
3671	</listitem>
3672
3673	<listitem>
3674	<para>VMM: fixed VERR_ADDRESS_TOO_BIG error on some Mac OS X systems when starting a VM </para>
3675	</listitem>
3676
3677	<listitem>
3678	<para>VMM: clear MSR_K6_EFER_SVME after probing for AMD-V (bug #3058) </para>
3679	</listitem>
3680
3681	<listitem>
3682	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation during Windows 7 boot with more than 2 GB guest RAM (VT-x, nested paging only) </para>
3683	</listitem>
3684
3685	<listitem>
3686	<para>VMM: fixed hang during OS/2 MCP2 boot (AMD-V and VT-x only) </para>
3687	</listitem>
3688
3689	<listitem>
3690	<para>VMM: fixed loop during OpenBSD 4.0 boot (VT-x only) </para>
3691	</listitem>
3692
3693	<listitem>
3694	<para>VMM: fixed random crashes related to FPU/XMM with 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts </para>
3695	</listitem>
3696
3697	<listitem>
3698	<para>VMM: fixed occasional XMM state corruption with 64 bits guests </para>
3699	</listitem>
3700
3701	<listitem>
3702	<para>GUI: raised the RAM limit for new VMs to 75% of the host memory</para>
3703	</listitem>
3704
3705	<listitem>
3706	<para>GUI: added Windows 7 as operating system type</para>
3707	</listitem>
3708
3709	<listitem>
3710	<para>VBoxSDL: fixed <computeroutput>-fixed fixedmode</computeroutput> parameter
3711	(bug #3067)</para>
3712	</listitem>
3713
3714	<listitem>
3715	<para>Clipboard: stability fixes (Linux and Solaris hosts only,
3716	bug #2675 and #3003)</para>
3717	</listitem>
3718
3719	<listitem>
3720	<para>3D support: fixed VM crashes for certain guest applications
3721	(bugs #2781, #2797, #2972, #3089)</para>
3722	</listitem>
3723
3724	<listitem>
3725	<para>LsiLogic: improved support for Windows guests (still experimental)</para>
3726	</listitem>
3727
3728	<listitem>
3729	<para>VGA: fixed a 2.1.0 regression where guest screen resize
3730	events were not properly handled (bug #2783)</para>
3731	</listitem>
3732
3733	<listitem>
3734	<para>VGA: significant performance improvements when using VT-x/AMD-V
3735	on Mac OS X hosts</para>
3736	</listitem>
3737
3738	<listitem>
3739	<para>VGA: better handling for VRAM offset changes (fixes GRUB2 and Dos DOOM display issues)</para>
3740	</listitem>
3741
3742	<listitem>
3743	<para>VGA: custom VESA modes with invalid widths are now rounded up
3744	to correct ones (bug #2895)</para>
3745	</listitem>
3746
3747	<listitem>
3748	<para>IDE: fixed ATAPI passthrough support (Linux hosts only; bug #2795)</para>
3749	</listitem>
3750
3751	<listitem>
3752	<para>Networking: fixed kernel panics due to NULL pointer dereference
3753	in Linux kernels < 2.6.20 (Linux hosts only; bug #2827)</para>
3754	</listitem>
3755
3756	<listitem>
3757	<para>Networking: fixed intermittent BSODs when using the new host
3758	interface (Windows hosts only; bugs #2832, #2937, #2929)</para>
3759	</listitem>
3760
3761	<listitem>
3762	<para>Networking: fixed several issues with displaying hostif NICs
3763	in the GUI (Windows hosts only; bugs 2814, #2842)
3764	</para>
3765	</listitem>
3766
3767	<listitem>
3768	<para>Networking: fixed the issue with displaying hostif NICs
3769	without assigned IP addresses (Linux hosts only; bug #2780)
3770	</para>
3771	</listitem>
3772
3773	<listitem>
3774	<para>Networking: fixed the issue with sent packets coming back to
3775	internal network when using hostif (Linux hosts only; bug #3056).
3776	</para>
3777	</listitem>
3778
3779	<listitem>
3780	<para>NAT: fixed port forwarding (Windows hosts only; bug #2808)</para>
3781	</listitem>
3782
3783	<listitem>
3784	<para>NAT: fixed booting from the builtin TFTP server (bug #1959)</para>
3785	</listitem>
3786
3787	<listitem>
3788	<para>NAT: fixed occasional crashes (bug #2709)</para>
3789	</listitem>
3790
3791	<listitem>
3792	<para>SATA: vendor product data (VPD) is now configurable</para>
3793	</listitem>
3794
3795	<listitem>
3796	<para>SATA: raw disk partitions were not recognized
3797	(2.1.0 regression, Windows host only, bug #2778)</para>
3798	</listitem>
3799
3800	<listitem>
3801	<para>SATA: fixed timeouts in the guest when using raw VMDK files
3802	(Linux host only, bug #2796)</para>
3803	</listitem>
3804
3805	<listitem>
3806	<para>SATA: huge speed up during certain I/O operations like
3807	formatting a drive</para>
3808	</listitem>
3809
3810	<listitem>
3811	<para>SATA/IDE: fixed possible crash/errors during VM shutdown</para>
3812	</listitem>
3813
3814	<listitem>
3815	<para>VRDP: fixed loading of <computeroutput>libpam.so.1</computeroutput>
3816	from the host (Solaris hosts only)</para>
3817	</listitem>
3818
3819	<listitem>
3820	<para>VRDP: fixed RDP client disconnects</para>
3821	</listitem>
3822
3823	<listitem>
3824	<para>VRDP: fixed VRDP server misbehavior after a broken client connection</para>
3825	</listitem>
3826
3827	<listitem>
3828	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>showvminfo</computeroutput>:
3829	fixed assertion for running VMs (bug #2773)</para>
3830	</listitem>
3831
3832	<listitem>
3833	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>convertfromraw</computeroutput>: added
3834	parameter checking and made it default to creating VDI files;
3835	fixed and documented format parameter (bug #2776)</para>
3836	</listitem>
3837
3838	<listitem>
3839	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>clonehd</computeroutput>: fixed
3840	garbled output image when creating VDI files (bug #2813)</para>
3841	</listitem>
3842
3843	<listitem>
3844	<para>VBoxManage <computeroutput>guestproperty</computeroutput>: fixed
3845	property enumeration (incorrect parameters/exception)</para>
3846	</listitem>
3847
3848	<listitem>
3849	<para>VHD: fixed error when attaching certain container files
3850	(bug #2768)</para>
3851	</listitem>
3852
3853	<listitem>
3854	<para>Solaris hosts: added support for serial ports (bug #1849)</para>
3855	</listitem>
3856
3857	<listitem>
3858	<para>Solaris hosts: fix for Japanese keyboards (bug #2847)</para>
3859	</listitem>
3860
3861	<listitem>
3862	<para>Solaris hosts: 32-bit and 64-bit versions now available as a
3863	single, unified package</para>
3864	</listitem>
3865
3866	<listitem>
3867	<para>Linux hosts: don't depend on <computeroutput>libcap1</computeroutput>
3868	anymore (bug #2859)</para>
3869	</listitem>
3870
3871	<listitem>
3872	<para>Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.29-rc1</para>
3873	</listitem>
3874
3875	<listitem>
3876	<para>Linux hosts: don't drop any capability if the VM was started
3877	by root (2.1.0 regression)</para>
3878	</listitem>
3879
3880	<listitem>
3881	<para>Mac OS X hosts: save the state of running or paused VMs when the
3882	host machine's battery reaches critical level</para>
3883	</listitem>
3884
3885	<listitem>
3886	<para>Mac OS X hosts: improved window resizing of the VM window</para>
3887	</listitem>
3888
3889	<listitem>
3890	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added GUI option to disable the dock icon realtime
3891	preview in the GUI to decrease the host CPU load when the guest is
3892	doing 3D</para>
3893	</listitem>
3894
3895	<listitem>
3896	<para>Mac OS X hosts: polished realtime preview dock icon</para>
3897	</listitem>
3898
3899	<listitem>
3900	<para>Windows Additions: fixed guest property and logging OS type
3901	detection for Windows 2008 and Windows 7 Beta</para>
3902	</listitem>
3903
3904	<listitem>
3905	<para>Windows Additions: added support for Windows 7 Beta (bugs #2995, #3015)</para>
3906	</listitem>
3907
3908	<listitem>
3909	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 guest freeze when accessing
3910	files on shared folders (bug #2764)</para>
3911	</listitem>
3912
3913	<listitem>
3914	<para>Windows Additions: fixed CTRL-ALT-DEL handling when using VBoxGINA</para>
3915	</listitem>
3916
3917	<listitem>
3918	<para>Windows Additions Installer: added /extract switch to only extract
3919	(not install) the files to a directory (can be specified with /D=path)</para>
3920	</listitem>
3921
3922	<listitem>
3923	<para>Linux installer and Additions: added support for the Linux
3924	From Scratch distribution (bug #1587) and recent Gentoo versions
3925	(bug #2938)</para>
3926	</listitem>
3927
3928	<listitem>
3929	<para>Additions: added experimental support for X.Org Server 1.6 RC on
3930	Linux guests</para>
3931	</listitem>
3932
3933	<listitem>
3934	<para>Linux Additions: fixed bug which prevented to properly set
3935	<computeroutput>fmode</computeroutput> on mapped shared folders
3936	(bug #1776)</para>
3937	</listitem>
3938
3939	<listitem>
3940	<para>Linux Additions: fixed appending of files on shared folders
3941	(bug #1612)</para>
3942	</listitem>
3943
3944	<listitem>
3945	<para>Linux Additions: ignore <computeroutput>noauto</computeroutput>
3946	option when mounting a shared folder (bug #2498)</para>
3947	</listitem>
3948
3949	<listitem>
3950	<para>Linux Additions: fixed a driver issue preventing X11 from
3951	compiling keymaps (bug #2793 and #2905)</para>
3952	</listitem>
3953
3954	<listitem>
3955	<para>X11 Additions: workaround in the mouse driver for a server
3956	crash when the driver is loaded manually (bug #2397)</para>
3957	</listitem>
3958
3959	</itemizedlist>
3960	</sect1>
3961
3962	<sect1>
3963	<title>Version 2.1.0 (2008-12-17)</title>
3964
3965	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
3966	were added:</para>
3967
3968	<itemizedlist>
3969	<listitem>
3970	<para>Support for hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V) on Mac OS X hosts</para>
3971	</listitem>
3972
3973	<listitem>
3974	<para>Support for 64-bit guests on 32-bit host operating systems (experimental; see <xref linkend="intro-64bitguests" />)</para>
3975	</listitem>
3976
3977	<listitem>
3978	<para>Added support for Intel Nehalem virtualization enhancements (EPT and VPID; see <xref linkend="hwvirt" />)</para>
3979	</listitem>
3980
3981	<listitem>
3982	<para>Experimental 3D acceleration via OpenGL (see <xref linkend="guestadd-3d" />)</para>
3983	</listitem>
3984
3985	<listitem>
3986	<para>Experimental LsiLogic and BusLogic SCSI controllers (see <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />)</para>
3987	</listitem>
3988
3989	<listitem>
3990	<para>Full VMDK/VHD support including snapshots (see <xref linkend="vdidetails" />)</para>
3991	</listitem>
3992
3993	<listitem>
3994	<para>New NAT engine with significantly better performance, reliability and ICMP echo
3995	(ping) support (bugs #1046, #2438, #2223, #1247)</para>
3996	</listitem>
3997
3998	<listitem>
3999	<para>New Host Interface Networking implementations for Windows and
4000	Linux hosts with easier setup (replaces TUN/TAP on Linux and manual bridging on Windows)</para>
4001	</listitem>
4002
4003	</itemizedlist>
4004
4005	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
4006
4007	<itemizedlist>
4008	<listitem>
4009	<para>VMM: significant performance improvements for VT-x (real mode execution) </para>
4010	</listitem>
4011
4012	<listitem>
4013	<para>VMM: support for hardware breakpoints (VT-x and AMD-V only; bug #477)</para>
4014	</listitem>
4015
4016	<listitem>
4017	<para>VMM: VGA performance improvements for VT-x and AMD-V </para>
4018	</listitem>
4019
4020	<listitem>
4021	<para>VMM: Solaris and OpenSolaris guest performance improvements for AMD-V (Barcelona family CPUs only) </para>
4022	</listitem>
4023
4024	<listitem>
4025	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation while running the Dr. Web virus scanner
4026	(software virtualization only; bug #1439)</para>
4027	</listitem>
4028
4029	<listitem>
4030	<para>VMM: deactivate VT-x and AMD-V when the host machine goes into suspend mode; reactivate
4031	when the host machine resumes (Windows, Mac OS X & Linux hosts; bug #1660)</para>
4032	</listitem>
4033
4034	<listitem>
4035	<para>VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved states/snapshots </para>
4036	</listitem>
4037
4038	<listitem>
4039	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation when executing a one byte debug
4040	instruction (VT-x only; bug #2617)</para>
4041	</listitem>
4042
4043	<listitem>
4044	<para>VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (VT-x) </para>
4045	</listitem>
4046
4047	<listitem>
4048	<para>VMM: disallow mixing of software and hardware virtualization execution in general (bug #2404)</para>
4049	</listitem>
4050
4051	<listitem>
4052	<para>VMM: fixed black screen when booting OS/2 1.x (AMD-V only) </para>
4053	</listitem>
4054
4055	<listitem>
4056	<para>GUI: pause running VMs when the host machine goes into suspend mode (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)</para>
4057	</listitem>
4058
4059	<listitem>
4060	<para>GUI: resume previously paused VMs when the host machine resumes after suspend (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)</para>
4061	</listitem>
4062
4063	<listitem>
4064	<para>GUI: save the state of running or paused VMs when the host machine's
4065	battery reaches critical level (Windows hosts)</para>
4066	</listitem>
4067
4068	<listitem>
4069	<para>GUI: properly restore the position of the selector window when running on
4070	the compiz window manager</para>
4071	</listitem>
4072
4073	<listitem>
4074	<para>GUI: properly restore the VM in seamless mode (2.0 regression)</para>
4075	</listitem>
4076
4077	<listitem>
4078	<para>GUI: warn user about non optimal memory settings</para>
4079	</listitem>
4080
4081	<listitem>
4082	<para>GUI: structure operating system list according to family and version for improved usability</para>
4083	</listitem>
4084
4085	<listitem>
4086	<para>GUI: predefined settings for QNX guests</para>
4087	</listitem>
4088
4089	<listitem>
4090	<para>IDE: improved ATAPI passthrough support</para>
4091	</listitem>
4092
4093	<listitem>
4094	<para>Networking: added support for up to 8 Ethernet adapters per VM</para>
4095	</listitem>
4096
4097	<listitem>
4098	<para>Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after a reboot</para>
4099	</listitem>
4100
4101	<listitem>
4102	<para>iSCSI: allow snapshot/diff creation using local VDI file</para>
4103	</listitem>
4104
4105	<listitem>
4106	<para>iSCSI: improved interoperability with iSCSI targets</para>
4107	</listitem>
4108
4109	<listitem>
4110	<para>Graphics: fixed handling of a guest video memory which is not a power
4111	of two (bug #2724)</para>
4112	</listitem>
4113
4114	<listitem>
4115	<para>VBoxManage: fixed bug which prevented setting up the serial port
4116	for direct device access</para>
4117	</listitem>
4118
4119	<listitem>
4120	<para>VBoxManage: added support for VMDK and VHD image creation</para>
4121	</listitem>
4122
4123	<listitem>
4124	<para>VBoxManage: added support for image conversion (VDI/VMDK/VHD/RAW)</para>
4125	</listitem>
4126
4127	<listitem>
4128	<para>Solaris hosts: added IPv6 support between host and guest when using host interface networking</para>
4129	</listitem>
4130
4131	<listitem>
4132	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added ACPI host power status reporting</para>
4133	</listitem>
4134
4135	<listitem>
4136	<para>API: redesigned storage model with better generalization</para>
4137	</listitem>
4138
4139	<listitem>
4140	<para>API: allow attaching a hard disk to more than one VM at a time</para>
4141	</listitem>
4142
4143	<listitem>
4144	<para>API: added methods to return network configuration information of the host system</para>
4145	</listitem>
4146
4147	<listitem>
4148	<para>Shared Folders: performance and stability fixes for Windows guests (Microsoft Office Applications)</para>
4149	</listitem>
4150
4151	</itemizedlist>
4152	</sect1>
4153
4154	<sect1>
4155	<title>Version 2.0.8 (2009-03-10)</title>
4156
4157	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4158	added:</para>
4159
4160	<itemizedlist>
4161
4162	<listitem>
4163	<para>VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved
4164	states/snapshots</para>
4165	</listitem>
4166
4167	<listitem>
4168	<para>VMM: fixed memory allocation issues which can cause VM start
4169	failures with VERR_PGM_MAPPING_CONFLICT error</para>
4170	</listitem>
4171
4172	<listitem>
4173	<para>VMM: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems
4174	when running Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763)</para>
4175	</listitem>
4176
4177	<listitem>
4178	<para>XPCOM/Main: fixed synchronization bug caused by SYSV semaphore key
4179	collisions</para>
4180	</listitem>
4181
4182	<listitem>
4183	<para>ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the
4184	virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable)</para>
4185	</listitem>
4186
4187	<listitem>
4188	<para>iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM</para>
4189	</listitem>
4190
4191	<listitem>
4192	<para>iSCSI: fix PDU validity checking and detect final PDU
4193	reliably</para>
4194	</listitem>
4195
4196	<listitem>
4197	<para>VBoxHeadless: really don't start X11 services (clipboard service,
4198	3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199)</para>
4199	</listitem>
4200
4201	<listitem>
4202	<para>Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after
4203	a reboot</para>
4204	</listitem>
4205
4206	<listitem>
4207	<para>Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556)</para>
4208	</listitem>
4209
4210	<listitem>
4211	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests
4212	in parallel</para>
4213	</listitem>
4214
4215	<listitem>
4216	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs</para>
4217	</listitem>
4218
4219	<listitem>
4220	<para>Solaris/Web services: fixed SMF script to set home directory
4221	correctly</para>
4222	</listitem>
4223
4224	<listitem>
4225	<para>Linux Additions: fixed occasional file corruption when writing files
4226	in <emphasis>O_APPEND</emphasis> mode to a shared folder (bug #2844)</para>
4227	</listitem>
4228
4229	</itemizedlist>
4230	</sect1>
4231
4232	<sect1>
4233	<title>Version 2.0.6 (2008-11-21)</title>
4234
4235	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4236	added:</para>
4237
4238	<itemizedlist>
4239
4240	<listitem>
4241	<para>VMM: fixed Guru meditation when running 64 bits Windows guests
4242	(bug #2220)</para>
4243	</listitem>
4244
4245	<listitem>
4246	<para>VMM: fixed Solaris 10U6 boot hangs (VT-x and AMD-V) bug #2565)</para>
4247	</listitem>
4248
4249	<listitem>
4250	<para>VMM: fixed Solaris 10U6 reboot hangs (AMD-V only; bug #2565)</para>
4251	</listitem>
4252
4253	<listitem>
4254	<para>GUI: the host key was sometimes not properly displayed (Windows
4255	hosts only, bug #1996)</para>
4256	</listitem>
4257
4258	<listitem>
4259	<para>GUI: the keyboard focus was lost after minimizing and restoring
4260	the VM window via the Windows taskbar (bugs #784)</para>
4261	</listitem>
4262
4263	<listitem>
4264	<para>VBoxManage: properly show SATA disks when showing the VM information
4265	(bug #2624)</para>
4266	</listitem>
4267
4268	<listitem>
4269	<para>SATA: fixed access if the buffer size is not sector-aligned
4270	(bug #2024)</para>
4271	</listitem>
4272
4273	<listitem>
4274	<para>SATA: improved performance</para>
4275	</listitem>
4276
4277	<listitem>
4278	<para>SATA: fixed snapshot function with ports>1 (bug #2510)</para>
4279	</listitem>
4280
4281	<listitem>
4282	<para>E1000: fixed crash under rare circumstances</para>
4283	</listitem>
4284
4285	<listitem>
4286	<para>USB: fixed support for iPhone and Nokia devices (Linux host:
4287	bugs #470 & #491)</para>
4288	</listitem>
4289
4290	<listitem>
4291	<para>Windows host installer: added proper handling of open VirtualBox
4292	applications when updating the installation</para>
4293	</listitem>
4294
4295	<listitem>
4296	<para>Windows host installer: fixed default installation directory on
4297	64-bit on new installations (bug #2501)</para>
4298	</listitem>
4299
4300	<listitem>
4301	<para>Linux/Solaris/Darwin hosts: verify permissions
4302	in <computeroutput>/tmp/vbox-$USER-ipc</computeroutput></para>
4303	</listitem>
4304
4305	<listitem>
4306	<para>Linux hosts: fixed assertion on high network load (AMD64 hosts,
4307	fix for Linux distributions with glibc 2.6 and newer (bug #616)</para>
4308	</listitem>
4309
4310	<listitem>
4311	<para>Linux hosts: don't crash during shutdown with serial ports
4312	connected to a host device</para>
4313	</listitem>
4314
4315	<listitem>
4316	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed incompatibility between IPSEC and host interface networking</para>
4317	</listitem>
4318
4319	<listitem>
4320	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed a rare race condition while powering off VMs with host interface networking</para>
4321	</listitem>
4322
4323	<listitem>
4324	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed VBoxSDL on Solaris 10 by shipping the required SDL library (bug #2475)</para>
4325	</listitem>
4326
4327	<listitem>
4328	<para>Windows Additions: fixed logged in users reporting via guest properties
4329	when using native RDP connections</para>
4330	</listitem>
4331
4332	<listitem>
4333	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Vista crashes when accessing shared
4334	folders under certain circumstances (bug #2461)</para>
4335	</listitem>
4336
4337	<listitem>
4338	<para>Windows Additions: fixed shared folders access with MS-Office
4339	(bug #2591)</para>
4340	</listitem>
4341
4342	<listitem>
4343	<para>Linux Additions: fixed compilation of vboxvfs.ko for 64-bit
4344	guests (bug #2550)</para>
4345	</listitem>
4346
4347	<listitem>
4348	<para>SDK: added JAX-WS port caching to speedup connections</para>
4349	</listitem>
4350
4351	</itemizedlist>
4352	</sect1>
4353
4354	<sect1>
4355	<title>Version 2.0.4 (2008-10-24)</title>
4356
4357	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4358	added:</para>
4359
4360	<itemizedlist>
4361	<listitem>
4362	<para>VMM: better error reporting for VT-x failures</para>
4363	</listitem>
4364
4365	<listitem>
4366	<para>VMM: don't overflow the release log with PATM messages (bug #1775)</para>
4367	</listitem>
4368
4369	<listitem>
4370	<para>VMM: fixed save state restore in real mode (software virtualization only)</para>
4371	</listitem>
4372
4373	<listitem>
4374	<para>GUI: work around a Qt bug on Mac OS X (bug #2321)</para>
4375	</listitem>
4376
4377	<listitem>
4378	<para>GUI: properly install the Qt4 accessible plugin (bug #629)</para>
4379	</listitem>
4380
4381	<listitem>
4382	<para>SATA: error message when starting a VM with a VMDK connected to a SATA port (bug #2182)</para>
4383	</listitem>
4384
4385	<listitem>
4386	<para>SATA: fixed Guru mediation when booting OpenSolaris/64; most
4387	likely applies to other guests as well (bug #2292)</para>
4388	</listitem>
4389
4390	<listitem>
4391	<para>Network: don't crash when changing the adapter link state if no
4392	host driver is attached (bug #2333)</para>
4393	</listitem>
4394
4395	<listitem>
4396	<para>VHD: fixed bug which prevents booting from VHD images bigger than 4GB (bug #2085)</para>
4397	</listitem>
4398
4399	<listitem>
4400	<para>VRDP: fixed a repaint problem when the guest resolution was not
4401	equal to the client resolution</para>
4402	</listitem>
4403
4404	<listitem>
4405	<para>Clipboard: don't crash when host service initialization takes
4406	longer than expected (Linux hosts only; bug #2001)</para>
4407	</listitem>
4408
4409	<listitem>
4410	<para>Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe crash (bug #2212)</para>
4411	</listitem>
4412
4413	<listitem>
4414	<para>Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe memory leak due to a Windows WMI memory leak (Vista only) (bug #2242)</para>
4415	</listitem>
4416
4417	<listitem>
4418	<para>Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe delays GUI startup</para>
4419	</listitem>
4420
4421	<listitem>
4422	<para>Linux hosts: handle jiffies counter overflow (VM stuck after 300
4423	seconds of host uptime; bug #2247)</para>
4424	</listitem>
4425
4426	<listitem>
4427	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed host or guest side networking going stale while using host interface
4428	networking (bug #2474)</para>
4429	</listitem>
4430
4431	<listitem>
4432	<para>Solaris hosts: added support for using unplumbed network interfaces and Crossbow Virtual
4433	Network Interfaces (VNICs) with host interface networking</para>
4434	</listitem>
4435
4436	<listitem>
4437	<para>Solaris hosts: reworked threading model improves performance for host interface networking</para>
4438	</listitem>
4439
4440	<listitem>
4441	<para>Windows Additions: fixed crash when accessing deep directory structures in a shared folder</para>
4442	</listitem>
4443
4444	<listitem>
4445	<para>Windows Additions: improved shared folder name resolving (bug #1728)</para>
4446	</listitem>
4447
4448	<listitem>
4449	<para>Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 shutdown crash (bug #2254)</para>
4450	</listitem>
4451
4452	<listitem>
4453	<para>Windows Additions: fixed error code for
4454	<computeroutput>MoveFile()</computeroutput> if the target exists (bug #2350)</para>
4455	</listitem>
4456
4457	<listitem>
4458	<para>Linux Additions: fixed <computeroutput>seek()</computeroutput>
4459	for files bigger than 2GB (bug #2379)</para>
4460	</listitem>
4461
4462	<listitem>
4463	<para>Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 8.10</para>
4464	</listitem>
4465
4466	<listitem>
4467	<para>Linux Additions: clipboard fixes (bug #2015)</para>
4468	</listitem>
4469
4470	<listitem>
4471	<para>Web services: improved documentation and fixed example (bug #1642)</para>
4472	</listitem>
4473
4474	</itemizedlist>
4475
4476	</sect1>
4477
4478	<sect1>
4479	<title>Version 2.0.2 (2008-09-12)</title>
4480
4481	<para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
4482	added:</para>
4483
4484	<itemizedlist>
4485
4486	<listitem>
4487	<para>VMM: fixed inability to run more than one VM in parallel (AMD-V on
4488	CPUs with erratum 170 only; bug #2167)</para>
4489	</listitem>
4490
4491	<listitem>
4492	<para>VMM: VT-x stability fixes (bug #2179 and others)</para>
4493	</listitem>
4494
4495	<listitem>
4496	<para>VMM: fixed Linux 2.6.26+ kernel crashes (used by Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha,
4497	Fedora 10 Alpha; bug #1875) </para>
4498	</listitem>
4499
4500	<listitem>
4501	<para>VMM: fixed 64 bits Linux 2.6.26 kernel crashes (Debian) </para>
4502	</listitem>
4503
4504	<listitem>
4505	<para>VMM: fixed Vista (32 bits) guest crash during boot when PAE and
4506	NX are enabled (applied to 64 bits hosts with VT-x enabled only) </para>
4507	</listitem>
4508
4509	<listitem>
4510	<para>VMM: fixed OS/2 guest crashes during boot (AMD-V; bug #2132) </para>
4511	</listitem>
4512
4513	<listitem>
4514	<para>GUI: fixed crash when trying to release an inaccessible image in
4515	the virtual disk manager</para>
4516	</listitem>
4517
4518	<listitem>
4519	<para>GUI: fixed invalid error message for a changed snapshot path even
4520	if that path wasn't changed (bug #2064)</para>
4521	</listitem>
4522
4523	<listitem>
4524	<para>GUI: fixed crash when creating a new hard disk image (bug #2060)</para>
4525	</listitem>
4526
4527	<listitem>
4528	<para>GUI: fixed crash when adding a hard disk in the VM settings (bug #2081)</para>
4529	</listitem>
4530
4531	<listitem>
4532	<para>GUI: fixed a bug where VirtualBox isn't working with the new
4533	QGtkStyle plugin (bug #2066)</para>
4534	</listitem>
4535
4536	<listitem>
4537	<para>GUI: fixed VM close dialog in seamless mode (Mac OS X hosts only;
4538	bug #2067)</para>
4539	</listitem>
4540
4541	<listitem>
4542	<para>GUI: fixed standard menu entries for NLS versions (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
4543	</listitem>
4544
4545	<listitem>
4546	<para>GUI: disable the VT-x/AMD-V setting when it's not supported by
4547	the CPU (or on Mac OS X hosts) </para>
4548	</listitem>
4549
4550	<listitem>
4551	<para>VBoxManage: fixed crash during
4552	<computeroutput>internalcommands createrawvmdk</computeroutput>
4553	(bug #2184)</para>
4554	</listitem>
4555
4556	<listitem>
4557	<para>VBoxManage: fixed output of
4558	<computeroutput>snapshot showvminfo</computeroutput> (bug #698)</para>
4559	</listitem>
4560
4561	<listitem>
4562	<para>Guest properties: added information about guest network interfaces
4563	(Windows guests only)</para>
4564	</listitem>
4565
4566	<listitem>
4567	<para>Shared Folders: fixed regression that caused Windows guest crashes</para>
4568	</listitem>
4569
4570	<listitem>
4571	<para>API: fixed number of installed CPUs (Solaris hosts only)</para>
4572	</listitem>
4573
4574	<listitem>
4575	<para>VRDP: allow a client to reconnect to an existing session on the VRDP server by dropping the existing connection
4576	(configurable and disabled by default; only relevant when multiconnection mode is disabled) </para>
4577	</listitem>
4578
4579	<listitem>
4580	<para>VRDP: fixed an image repaint problem</para>
4581	</listitem>
4582
4583	<listitem>
4584	<para>Linux hosts: fixed bug in vboxdrv.ko that could corrupt kernel
4585	memory and panic the kernel (bug #2078)
4586	</para>
4587	</listitem>
4588
4589	<listitem>
4590	<para>Linux hosts: compile fixes for kernel module on Linux 2.6.27</para>
4591	</listitem>
4592
4593	<listitem>
4594	<para>Mac OS X hosts: added Python support</para>
4595	</listitem>
4596
4597	<listitem>
4598	<para>Additions: fixed a possible hang in HGCM communication after
4599	a VM reboot</para>
4600	</listitem>
4601
4602	<listitem>
4603	<para>Windows Additions: added support for Windows XP 64 bits (bug #2117)</para>
4604	</listitem>
4605
4606	<listitem>
4607	<para>Linux Additions: deactivate dynamic resizing on Linux guests with
4608	buggy X servers</para>
4609	</listitem>
4610
4611	<listitem>
4612	<para>Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 8.10 guests and Fedora 9 guests
4613	(dynamic resizing disabled for the latter)</para>
4614	</listitem>
4615
4616	<listitem>
4617	<para>Linux Additions: added installer check for the system architecture</para>
4618	</listitem>
4619
4620	<listitem>
4621	<para>Linux Additions: fixed Xorg modules path for some Linux distributions
4622	(bug #2128)</para>
4623	</listitem>
4624
4625	<listitem>
4626	<para>VMDK: be more liberal with ambiguous parts of the format
4627	specification and accept more format variants (bug #2062)</para>
4628	</listitem>
4629
4630	<listitem>
4631	<para>VHD: fixed a bug in the VHD backend which resulted in reading
4632	the wrong data (bug #2085)</para>
4633	</listitem>
4634
4635	<listitem>
4636	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed kernel panic on certain machines when
4637	starting VMs with host interface networking (bug #2183)</para>
4638	</listitem>
4639
4640	<listitem>
4641	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed inability to access NFS shares on the
4642	host when host interface networking was enabled</para>
4643	</listitem>
4644
4645	<listitem>
4646	<para>Solaris hosts: installer now detects and reports when
4647	installing under the wrong architecture</para>
4648	</listitem>
4649
4650	<listitem>
4651	<para>Solaris hosts: fixed security hardening that prevented
4652	starting VMs from non-global zones even as root (bug #1948)</para>
4653	</listitem>
4654
4655	<listitem>
4656	<para>Solaris Additions: combined the 32 bit and 64 bit Additions
4657	installer into a single package</para>
4658	</listitem>
4659
4660	<listitem>
4661	<para>Mac OS X hosts: experimental support for attaching a real serial
4662	port to the guest
4663	</para>
4664	</listitem>
4665
4666	</itemizedlist>
4667
4668	</sect1>
4669
4670	<sect1>
4671	<title>Version 2.0.0 (2008-09-04)</title>
4672
4673	<para>This version is a major update. The following major new features
4674	were added:<itemizedlist>
4675
4676	<listitem>
4677	<para>64 bits guest support (64 bits host only) </para>
4678	</listitem>
4679
4680	<listitem>
4681	<para>New native Leopard user interface on Mac OS X hosts</para>
4682	</listitem>
4683
4684	<listitem>
4685	<para>The GUI was converted from Qt3 to Qt4 with many visual improvements</para>
4686	</listitem>
4687
4688	<listitem>
4689	<para>New-version notifier</para>
4690	</listitem>
4691
4692	<listitem>
4693	<para>Guest property information interface</para>
4694	</listitem>
4695
4696	<listitem>
4697	<para>Host Interface Networking on Mac OS X hosts</para>
4698	</listitem>
4699
4700	<listitem>
4701	<para>New Host Interface Networking on Solaris hosts</para>
4702	</listitem>
4703
4704	<listitem>
4705	<para>Support for Nested Paging on modern AMD CPUs (major performance gain)</para>
4706	</listitem>
4707
4708	<listitem>
4709	<para>Framework for collecting performance and resource usage data (metrics)</para>
4710	</listitem>
4711
4712	<listitem>
4713	<para>Added SATA asynchronous IO (NCQ: Native Command Queuing) when accessing raw
4714	disks/partitions (major performance gain)</para>
4715	</listitem>
4716
4717	<listitem>
4718	<para>Clipboard integration for OS/2 Guests</para>
4719	</listitem>
4720
4721	<listitem>
4722	<para>Created separate SDK component featuring a new Python programming interface on Linux and Solaris hosts</para>
4723	</listitem>
4724
4725	<listitem>
4726	<para>Support for VHD disk images</para>
4727	</listitem>
4728
4729	</itemizedlist></para>
4730
4731	<para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
4732
4733	<itemizedlist>
4734
4735	<listitem>
4736	<para>VMM: VT-x fixes</para>
4737	</listitem>
4738
4739	<listitem>
4740	<para>AHCI: improved performance</para>
4741	</listitem>
4742
4743	<listitem>
4744	<para>GUI: keyboard fixes</para>
4745	</listitem>
4746
4747	<listitem>
4748	<para>Linux installer: properly uninstall the package even if
4749	unregistering the DKMS module fails</para>
4750	</listitem>
4751
4752	<listitem>
4753	<para>Linux Additions: the guest screen resolution is properly
4754	restored</para>
4755	</listitem>
4756
4757	<listitem>
4758	<para>Network: added support for jumbo frames (> 1536 bytes)</para>
4759	</listitem>
4760
4761	<listitem>
4762	<para>Shared Folders: fixed guest crash with Windows Media Player 11</para>
4763	</listitem>
4764
4765	<listitem>
4766	<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>
4767	</listitem>
4768
4769	</itemizedlist>
4770
4771	</sect1>
4772
4773	<para>In VirtualBox 3.2, changelog information for versions before 2.0 were removed in order to save space.
4774	To access this information, please consult the user manual of VirtualBox 3.1 or earlier.</para>
4775
4776	</para>

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