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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