From nobody Fri Apr 26 21:51:33 2024 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of redhat.com designates 170.10.133.124 as permitted sender) client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; dkim=pass; spf=pass (zohomail.com: domain of redhat.com designates 170.10.133.124 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1683028072; cv=none; d=zohomail.com; s=zohoarc; b=eZRGKviYUt4KNaGpbrMTfPmLDwF8r7X+dP7bPbkV/4c9Mnvb6DPNznO+EHcv0clLxG6JqHzGozRBeL4e0XLtzFldON7A7kdgGOdDVbvnKvv3wB7Bg7xWQqhIbKzLskSsld783j0lWqQ/3r7DbwD1plgGyQTtP9zbE7Ran+4U2do= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zohomail.com; s=zohoarc; t=1683028072; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:From:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Id:List-Archive:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Sender:Subject:To; bh=+O588ft0KeuW4xx1lLQzqy54GUjX+C4KwxdSPlyADG0=; b=S3GJDAfpmQD16V4BAd29FLXF4slWg4SBW2mXSIt0dKuyXlJoSv+bQYSKC4XMczLB6DXECu/9cEz8yU9GHra1KyScux7hIaDNduGoAgkOHCWDd1LF/9GDTfCNlBHU+n/2b71QlcaFV95TNgbom5fIB5A/3eHqCcE+XQBFsLkdwBg= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zohomail.com; dkim=pass; spf=pass (zohomail.com: domain of redhat.com designates 170.10.133.124 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass header.from= (p=none dis=none) Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1683028072335770.121871908775; Tue, 2 May 2023 04:47:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-16-7uYpIZItOiG7S_qakJ6O8w-1; Tue, 02 May 2023 07:47:49 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E3BFF857CE4; Tue, 2 May 2023 11:47:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (unknown [10.30.29.100]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48D2B2166B26; Tue, 2 May 2023 11:47:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1116D194658C; Tue, 2 May 2023 11:47:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.6]) by mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81DC01946589 for ; Tue, 2 May 2023 11:47:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id 5207B2166B2F; Tue, 2 May 2023 11:47:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from speedmetal.redhat.com (unknown [10.45.242.18]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A59F82166B26; Tue, 2 May 2023 11:47:38 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1683028071; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:list-id:list-help: list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=+O588ft0KeuW4xx1lLQzqy54GUjX+C4KwxdSPlyADG0=; b=Bd1CSxUXNEivnwf7IUGi39gGVb4VPTYV7eOBbXtt1a30nZA3WfTL2QwidGmb14WHOMrnw0 RWdoazmzy/Y0K9ysutCOaL1aaaVa0pfUAqqUGc6kYO4qR9LzjvxUWnfKzOWBhqqT9fq+e8 Pvj9ynOj5Pz5HN/8FZfI6ulYMO43XoY= X-MC-Unique: 7uYpIZItOiG7S_qakJ6O8w-1 X-Original-To: libvir-list@listman.corp.redhat.com From: Peter Krempa To: libvir-list@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: Update news for the 9.3.0 release Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 13:47:37 +0200 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.6 X-BeenThere: libvir-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Development discussions about the libvirt library & tools List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: jtomko@redhat.com Errors-To: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com Sender: "libvir-list" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.6 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1683028074122100001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Update the news file mentioning important changes such as the change of translatable strings or the fix of inactive snapshots of VMs using uefi. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa Reviewed-by: J=C3=A1n Tomko --- NEWS.rst | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 2a844ce40c..d0d78e2127 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ v9.3.0 (unreleased) * **New features** + * qemu: Introduce support for ``igb`` network interface model + + ``igb`` is a successor to the ``e1000e`` network device using PCIe int= erface. + It was introduced in QEMU 8.0 + + * qemu: Improve handling of maximum physical address configuration + * **Improvements** * qemu: Change default machine type for ARM and RISC-V @@ -25,8 +32,54 @@ v9.3.0 (unreleased) The previous defaults were nearly unusable and had to be overridden in= most cases. + * Improve translatable strings format substitutions + + All translatable error message with substitution strings were converte= d to + use positional modifiers to allow translators to shuffle around the + translated message. The translations pulled from Weblate were also upd= ated to + match. + + * qemu: Improve validation of ``watchdog`` devices + + Certain invalid configurations of ``watchdog`` device are now properly + detected: + + - hotplug of always-present platform watchdogs is forbidden + - ``iTCO`` watchdog can be configured only once + - ``ib700`` watchdog is allowed only on ``i440fx`` machines + + * Improved output of ``virt-host-validate`` on ARM + + Our validation tool now parses the ``IORT`` data on ARM to properly de= tect + presence of SMMU and other features. + * **Bug fixes** + * qemu: Fix inactive internal snapshots of VM with UEFI firmware + + Recent changes to UEFI firmware handling resulted into breaking support + for inactive internal snapshots of VMs with UEFI which historically wo= rked. + (Although the intention was to disallow them together with active ones= , but + the check did not work properly.) + + Preserve existing functionality by allowing such snapshots explicitly. + + * qemu: Properly configure locked memory limit for VMs with ``