12Change log

•NAT: pass first entry in DNS search list (Linux host) or primary DNS suffix (Win- dows host) as domain name in DHCP

•NAT: support UDP broadcasts, which enables using Windows shares

•NAT: only warn if the name server could not be determined, no fatal error any- more

•NAT: fix a potential problem with incorrect memory allocation

•Internal Networking: fixed issue on Windows hosts

•Host Interface Networking: fixed sporadic crashes on interface creation/destruction (Windows host)

•Host Interface Networking: reworked TAP handling for Linux 2.6.18+ compati- bility

•PXE: show error for unsupported V86 case

•PXE: small fix for parsing PXE menu entry without boot server IP

•Network: fixed network card hang after save/restore

•USB: rewrote Windows USB handling without the need for a filter driver

•USB: possible to steal arbitrary devices in Windows

•Serial: added serial ports with support for named pipes (local domain sockets) on the host

•Audio: fixed problem with ALSA on Linux before 2.6.18 blocking other ALSA clients on the system

•Audio: fixed problem with ALSA on AMD64 hosts

•Input: fixed PS/2 mouse detection in Win 3.x guests

•Shared Folders: fixed VM save/restore behaviour

•Shared Folders: functionality and stability fixes

•Shared Folders: allow non admin users to map folders

•Additions: added clipboard synchronization

•Windows Additions: fixed dynamic resolution changes after save/restore

•Windows Additions: added AMD PCNet driver for Windows Vista guests (with kind permission from AMD)

•Linux Additions: fixed a dependency problem which caused the vboxadd kernel module sometimes start after the X server

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