12Change log

VBoxManage: added support for VMDK and VHD image creation

VBoxManage: added support for image conversion (VDI/VMDK/VHD/RAW)

Solaris hosts: added IPv6 support between host and guest when using host in- terface networking

Mac OS X hosts: added ACPI host power status reporting

API: redesigned storage model with better generalization

API: allow attaching a hard disk to more than one VM at a time

API: added methods to return network configuration information of the host system

Shared Folders: performance and stability fixes for Windows guests (Microsoft Office Applications)

12.15 Version 2.0.8 (2009-03-10)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved states/snapshots

VMM: fixed memory allocation issues which can cause VM start failures with VERR_PGM_MAPPING_CONFLICT error

VMM: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems when run- ning Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763)

XPCOM/Main: fixed synchronization bug caused by SYSV semaphore key colli- sions

ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable)

iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM

iSCSI: fix PDU validity checking and detect final PDU reliably

VBoxHeadless: really don’t start X11 services (clipboard service, 3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199)

Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after a reboot

Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556)

Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests in parallel

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