Network Router User Manual

12 Change log

• Linux Additions: ﬁxed a driver issue preventing X11 from compiling keymaps

(bug #2793 and #2905)

• X11 Additions: workaround in the mouse driver for a server crash when the

driver is loaded manually (bug #2397)

12.14 Version 2.1.0 (2008-12-17)

This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:

• Support for hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V) on Mac OS X hosts

• Support for 64-bit guests on 32-bit host operating systems (experimental; see

chapter 3.2, 64-bit guests, page 45)

• Added support for Intel Nehalem virtualization enhancements (EPT and VPID;

see chapter 3.4.3, “Acceleration” tab: hardware vs. software virtualization, page

49)

• Experimental 3D acceleration via OpenGL (see chapter 4.9, Hardware 3D accel-

eration (OpenGL and Direct3D 8/9), page 72)

• Experimental LsiLogic and BusLogic SCSI controllers (see chapter 5.1, Hard disk

controllers: IDE, SATA (AHCI), SCSI, page 76)

• Full VMDK/VHD support including snapshots (see chapter 5.2, Disk image ﬁles

(VDI, VMDK, VHD, HDD), page 79)

• New NAT engine with signiﬁcantly better performance, reliability and ICMP echo

(ping) support (bugs #1046, #2438, #2223, #1247)

• New Host Interface Networking implementations for Windows and Linux hosts

with easier setup (replaces TUN/TAP on Linux and manual bridging on Win-

dows)

In addition, the following items were ﬁxed and/or added:

• VMM: signiﬁcant performance improvements for VT-x (real mode execution)

• VMM: support for hardware breakpoints (VT-x and AMD-V only; bug #477)

• VMM: VGA performance improvements for VT-x and AMD-V

• VMM: Solaris and OpenSolaris guest performance improvements for AMD-V

(Barcelona family CPUs only)

• VMM: ﬁxed guru meditation while running the Dr. Web virus scanner (software

virtualization only; bug #1439)

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