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diff --git a/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml b/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fe623ee6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml @@ -0,0 +1,499 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!-- + Copyright (C) 2006-2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates. + + This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as + available from https://www.virtualbox.org. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License + as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the + License. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>. + + SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only +--> + +<!-- +Release change log structure + +Each release has a matching log of changes which were made for that and +earlier releases. Earlier releases means anything with a lower number (e.g. +5.0.18 is lower than 5.1.2) which was released before this one. The log is +kept in the file doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml. Anything worth mentioning, +particularly new features and fixed bugs, with a trac bug number if possible, +should be added to the top of the change log (that is, the section for the +upcoming release) for the branch in which it first appears - stable or +development - before the next release. If you back-port it to older branches +please add an entry there too. When a new major release is made, change log +sections for earlier releases are merged in. + +Change log sections are split into two groups: major new features (normally +only for dot zero releases) and fixes. In addition, the entries in each group +are ordered as follows: + + VMM-related entries (most important) + GUI-related entries (most visible for users) + Device-related entries + VBoxManage/API/Main-related entries + Host-related entries + Guest-related entries + BIOS/EFI/ACPI-related entries + +Please do further ordering as seems appropriate by importance and visibility for +users, e.g. audio before serial ports and generally Windows before Linux. Please +also try to describe the user impact, not the technical details, and only use +technical terms if no non-technical ones are clear enough. + +Rules for adding a changelog entry to make them look more uniform: + + 1. Begin the entry with an UPPERCASE letter, e.g. "Foo: Fixed" vs. "Foo: fixed" + 2. Use the past form of something, e.g. "Fixed ..." vs. "Fix ..." + 3. No dot (.) after the entry, e.g. "<para>Foo: Bar</para>" vs. "<para>Foo: Bar.</para>" + 4. Use TWO (2) spaces for indentation + 5. Use line breaks when hitting column 80 + + Full example: + + <listitem> + <para>Foo: Fixed something really important, really really long line + with lots more text not fitting into 80 columns</para> + </listitem> +--> +<chapter> + +<!-- HACK ALERT! Seems we must have a single top level element for xi:include to work. + So, we use chapter and xpointer="xpointer(/chapter/)" with xi:include. --> + <sect1> + + <title>Version 7.0.6 (2023-01-17)</title> + + <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or + added:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para>VMM: Fixed guru running the FreeBSD loader on older Intel CPUs + without unrestricted guest support (bug #21332)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Fixed virtual machines grouping when VM was created or + modified in command line (bugs #11500, #20933)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Introduced generic changes in settings dialogs</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>VirtioNet: Fixed broken network after loading saved state + (bug #21172)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Storage: Added support for increasing the size of the following + VMDK image variants: monolithicFlat, monolithicSparse, twoGbMaxExtentSparse, + twoGbMaxExtentFlat</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>VBoxManage: Added missing --directory switch for guestcontrol mktemp command</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Mouse Integration: Guest was provided with extended host mouse state (bug #21139)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>DnD: Introduced generic improvements</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Guest Control: Fixed handling creation mode for temporary directories + (bug #21394)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for building UEK7 kernel on + Oracle Linux 8</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 9.1 kernel</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Windows Host: Fixed support for VM autostart (bug#21349)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.2 for vboxvideo</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Audio: The "--audio" option in VBoxManage is now marked as + deprecated; please use "--audio-driver" and "--audio-enabled" + instead. This will allow more flexibility when changing the driver + and/or controlling the audio functionality</para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </sect1> + + <sect1> + + <title>Version 7.0.4 (2022-11-18)</title> + + <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or + added:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para>VMM: Added nested paging support for nested virtualization (Intel hosts only)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>VMM: Fixed rare guru meditations with certain guests on macOS 10.15 (Catalina) (bug #21237)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>VMM: Fixed possible VM process crash on Windows hosts when Hyper-V is used with certain guests (bug #21174)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>VMM: Fixed Windows XP guest hang or BSOD on AMD CPUs under certain circumstances (bug #21256)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Various bugfixes for the Guest Control file manager</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Added more informative file operations in the Guest Control file manager</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Added an option to the global settings (the display page) to resize user interface font</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Fixed a regression in new vm wizard. Selected virtual disks are no longer deleted when the wizard + is cancelled (bug #21244)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Added a new menu item to the devices menu to optionally upgrade the guest additions.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>VirtioSCSI: Fixed recognition of the virtio SCSI controller by the EFI firmware (bug #21200)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>VirtioSCSI: Fixed hang when shutting down the VM if the virtio SCSI controller is used (bug #21144)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>virtio-net: Workaround a bug in the virtio-net driver included in FreeBSD version up to 12.3 + which renders the device non functional (bug #21201)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Storage: Fixed I/O errors with the VirtioSCSI controller when the host I/O cache is enabled (bug #19717)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>VBoxManage: Fixed regression when 'createmedium disk --variant RawDisk' command resulted + in invalid .vmdk file (bug #21125)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Main: Restored input pointing device behavior in multi-monitor + VM configuration (bug #21137)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Main: Fixed progress indication during automatic Linux + Guest Additions installation</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Guest Control: Fixed path handling issues (bug #21095)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>3D: Fixed VM process crash on macOS with 3D enabled (bug #21232)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux Host and Guest: General improvements in startup scripts</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for + RHEL 8.7 and 9.2 kernels (bug #21272, #21258)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for SLES 15.4 kernels</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux Guest Additions: Fixed kernel modules rebuild behavior on + system shutdown</para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </sect1> + + <sect1> + + <title>Version 7.0.2 (2022-10-20)</title> + + <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or + added:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para>Known issue: VMs having more than one vCPU configured will not work properly on macOS + Catalina due to an unknown memory corruption issue. Either lower the number of vCPUs to 1 + or upgrade to BigSur or later where the issue does not occur</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Main: Fixed issue when VBoxSVC could become unresponsive if Extension Pack + was not installed (bug #21167)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>macOS hosts: Added workaround for a bug in the Hypervisor framework on Catalina causing + VERR_NEM_MAP_PAGES_FAILED errors when starting a VM. (bug #21128)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>macOS hosts: Re-introduced support for internal networking, this is considered a bit + experimental still</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>macOS hosts: Fixed VM crash when the guest tries to access a microphone or webcam</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Windows host: Shared Clipboard: Fixed issue when only 4Kb of host + clipboard buffer was accessible to guest (bug #21149)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for kernel 6.1</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxClient seamless service + caused a crash of some X11 applications (bug #21132)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Windows hosts: GUI: Fixed missing Qt libraries for vista style and sql driver (bug #21155)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Fixed a glitch in the log viewer which was causing wrong log file to be saved (bug #21156)</para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </sect1> + + <sect1> + + <title>Version 7.0.0 (2022-10-10)</title> + + <para>This is a major update. The following major new features were added:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para>Virtual machines can be fully encrypted now, including the VM config logs + and saved states (CLI only for now)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>OCI: Cloud virtual machines can be added to Virtual Machine Manager and controlled + as local VMs</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>OCI: Cloud networks can now be configured via Network Manager tool same way as + it is done for Host-only and NAT networks</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Added a new utility similar to "top" or "resource monitor" which lists peformance statistics + (CPU usage, RAM usage, disk I/O rate, etc.) of running guests</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Reworked the new vm wizard to integrate the unattended + guest OS installation and to have a more streamlined work flow</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Added a new help viewer widget which enables the user manual to be navigated + and searched</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Adding new notification center unifying most of running progresses and error + reporting around the GUI</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Improved theme support on all platforms. Linux and macOS + use native engine while for Windows host it is separately implemented.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Large icon update.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Audio recording: Now using Vorbis as the default audio format for WebM containers. + Opus is no longer being used.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Audio: Added "default" host driver type to make it possible to move VMs (appliances) between different platforms + without the need of changing the audio driver explicitly. When the "default" driver is selected, the best audio backend + option for a platform will be used. This is the default for newly created VMs.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Guest Control: Implemented initial support for automatic updating + of Guest Additions for Linux guests</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Guest Control: Implemented ability to wait for and/or reboot the + guest when updating Guest Additions via VBoxManage</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>VBoxManage: Added Guest Control "waitrunlevel" sub-command to + make it possible to wait for a guest to reach a certain run level</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Windows hosts: Added experimental support of running autostarted VMs + in session 0, to allow running VMS even when a usser is not being logged + in (disabled by default, please consult the manual)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>macOS host: Dropped all kernel extensions. VirtualBox relies fully on + the hypervisor and vmnet frameworks provided by Apple now. At the moment + the implementation lacks "Internal Networking" functionality. This will be + provided at a later date.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>macOS host: Providing a Developer Preview package for systems with + an Apple silicon CPU. This is unsupported work in progress, and is known + to have very modest performance.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Linux Guest Additions: Reworked guest screen re-size functionality, + added basic integration with some of guest Desktop Environments</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Devices: Implemented new 3D support based on DirectX 11 (and DXVK + on non Windows hosts)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Devices: Added virtual IOMMU devices (Intel and AMD variant)</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Devices: Added virtual TPM 1.2 and 2.0 devices</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Devices: The EHCI and XHCI USB controller devices are now part of the + open source base package</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>EFI: Added support for Secure Boot</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Debugging: Added experimental support for guest debugging through + GDB and highly experimental support for guest debugging through KD/WinDbg</para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para>OCI: Cloud networking functionality is enhanced for local VMs, now local VMs could + be connected to cloud networking</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Improved behavior of the virtual machine list and various VM related tools in case + multiple items are selected</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: On available platforms, added a new option to disable the host's screensaver</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Reworked global preferences, machine settings and the wizards to improve stability + and usability</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Improving mouse handling in multi-monitor case on X11 platform</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Medium enumeration engine was reworked to improve permormance</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: NAT Network stuff was moved from global preferences to global Network Manager tool</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Extension Pack Manager was moved from global preferences to global tools</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Improved overall accessibility</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>GUI: Migrating to recent Qt versions.</para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </sect1> + +</chapter> |