12 Change log
12.12 Version 2.0.0 (2008-09-04)
This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:
•64 bits guest support (64 bits host only)
•New native Leopard user interface on Mac OS X hosts
•The GUI was converted from Qt3 to Qt4 with many visual improvements
•New-version notifier
•Guest property information interface
•Host Interface Networking on Mac OS X hosts
•New Host Interface Networking on Solaris hosts
•Support for Nested Pagingon modern AMD CPUs (major performance gain)
•Framework for collecting performance and resource usage data (metrics)
•AddedSATAasynchronous IO (NCQ: Native Command Queuing) when accessing
raw disks/partitions (major performance gain)
•Clipboard integration for OS/2 Guests
•Createdseparate SDK component featuring a new Python programming interface
on Linux and Solaris hosts
•Support for VHD disk images
In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:
•VMM: VT-xfixes
•AHCI: improved performance
•GUI: keyboard fixes
•Linux installer: properly uninstall the package even if unregistering the DKMS
module fails
•Linux Additions: the guest screen resolution is properly restored
•Network: added support for jumbo frames (> 1536 bytes)
•Shared Folders: fixed guest crash with Windows Media Player 11
•MacOS 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)
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